WFM Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Workforce Management (WFM)
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring WFM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 127 94 101
Rank change year-on-year -33 +7 +40
Contract jobs citing WFM 8 3 4
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 0.44% 0.23% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.49% 0.26% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 1
10th Percentile £474 £468 -
25th Percentile £483 £494 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% +10.00% +2.15%
75th Percentile £517 £619 -
90th Percentile £520 £653 -
England median daily rate £501 £481 £500
% change year-on-year +4.27% -3.90% -21.57%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Yorkshire

WFM 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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,631 1,138 1,625
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 89.71% 85.82% 88.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,081 658 1,045
10th Percentile £240 £241 £300
25th Percentile £375 £389 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £498 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -0.50% -0.10%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £700
England median daily rate £501 £525 £548
% change year-on-year -4.67% -4.11% -0.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 39 24
10th Percentile £15.00 £12.55 £15.80
25th Percentile £18.61 £13.52 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £20.00 £21.66
Median % change year-on-year +25.75% -7.64% +13.97%
75th Percentile £25.83 £33.75 £24.51
90th Percentile £81.25 £44.45 £40.18
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.43 £45.00
% change year-on-year -29.01% -21.27% +23.29%

WFM
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing WFM relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

WFM job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

WFM
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing WFM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing WFM

WFM
Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing WFM.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing WFM

WFM
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WFM within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 27 November 2025. 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
South Yorkshire -36 8 £506 -8.09%
WFM
England

WFM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (75.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (75.00%) Git
2 1 (12.50%) Jenkins
General
1 1 (12.50%) Finance
1 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Developer
2 3 (37.50%) Full-Stack Developer
2 3 (37.50%) Full-Stack Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) .NET Developer
3 1 (12.50%) C# .NET Developer
3 1 (12.50%) C# Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Management Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Workforce Management Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (87.50%) .NET
2 6 (75.00%) ASP.NET Web API
2 6 (75.00%) CSS
2 6 (75.00%) HTML
2 6 (75.00%) jQuery
3 5 (62.50%) Compass CSS Framework
4 1 (12.50%) .NET Framework
4 1 (12.50%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) Management Information System
2 2 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (25.00%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (12.50%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Agile
1 7 (87.50%) Full-Stack Development
2 6 (75.00%) Business Analysis
2 6 (75.00%) MVC
3 5 (62.50%) Front End Development
3 5 (62.50%) Test Automation
3 5 (62.50%) Use Case
4 4 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns
4 4 (50.00%) Code Quality
4 4 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
4 4 (50.00%) OO
4 4 (50.00%) OOP
5 3 (37.50%) Matrix Management
6 2 (25.00%) Data Protection
6 2 (25.00%) Microservices
6 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (12.50%) CI/CD
7 1 (12.50%) Containerisation
7 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
7 1 (12.50%) Digital Transformation Programme
Programming Languages
1 7 (87.50%) C#
1 7 (87.50%) JavaScript
2 2 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) GoldenSource