Workforce Optimisation Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Workforce Optimisation (WFO)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Workforce Optimisation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 150 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Workforce Optimisation 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.10% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £293 - -
25th Percentile £356 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £475 - £350

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Workforce Optimisation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,411 1,185 1,659
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 84.04% 89.30% 84.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,604 802 1,101
10th Percentile £304 £200 £263
25th Percentile £402 £391 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £654 £688 £706
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 53 119
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.32 £11.11
25th Percentile £16.05 £14.70 £14.06
Median hourly rate £25.00 £18.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +38.89% -20.00% +26.98%
75th Percentile £30.00 £24.22 £40.25
90th Percentile £60.65 £34.75 £58.75
England median hourly rate £35.00 £33.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year +6.06% - -12.00%

Workforce Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Workforce Optimisation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Workforce Optimisation job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Workforce Optimisation
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Workforce Optimisation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Workforce Optimisation

Workforce Optimisation
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Workforce Optimisation in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 24 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Workforce Optimisation in the West Midlands

Workforce Optimisation
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Workforce Optimisation within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 24 March 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Birmingham - 2 £475 - 1
Shropshire - 1 £250 -
Workforce Optimisation
England

Workforce Optimisation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Project Manager
1 2 (66.67%) Workforce Management Program Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Commercial Awareness
2 2 (66.67%) Cost Control
2 2 (66.67%) Project Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) WFM
3 1 (33.33%) Dashboard Development
3 1 (33.33%) Data Discovery
3 1 (33.33%) Product Roadmap
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) User Stories
3 1 (33.33%) Visualisation