WFM Job Trends in Birmingham

Workforce Management (WFM)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring WFM skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 131 99
Rank change year-on-year +29 -32 +50
Permanent jobs citing WFM 3 2 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 0.17% 0.11% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.12% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - £22,625
25th Percentile - - £24,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £51,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -15.00%
75th Percentile - - £78,750
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median annual salary £75,000 - £51,000
% change year-on-year - - -18.40%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Birmingham

WFM falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Birmingham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,372 1,678 1,200
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 79.21% 93.27% 88.11%
Number of salaries quoted 971 782 1,015
10th Percentile £30,000 £37,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £43,563 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -2.62%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £91,125 £82,500
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%

WFM
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

WFM job vacancy trend in Birmingham

WFM
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing WFM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing WFM

WFM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (66.67%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) Azure Data Factory
2 2 (66.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Power BI
2 2 (66.67%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (33.33%) Tableau
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Billing
3 1 (33.33%) Games
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Business Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Commercial Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Insight Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Insight Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Senior
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (66.67%) Actionable Insight
2 2 (66.67%) Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Data Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Process Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Six Sigma
2 2 (66.67%) Time Management
2 2 (66.67%) Visual Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) Visualisation
3 1 (33.33%) AI
3 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) Lean Six Sigma
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) PMI Certification
2 1 (33.33%) PMP
2 1 (33.33%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Anaplan
1 1 (33.33%) Genesys
1 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow
1 1 (33.33%) Verint