WFM Job Trends in England

Workforce Management (WFM)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring WFM skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 562 648 610
Rank change year-on-year +86 -38 +306
Permanent jobs citing WFM 55 31 70
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.10% 0.064% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.071% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 16 15 52
10th Percentile £40,822 £41,600 £28,775
25th Percentile £56,125 £49,125 £40,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £60,000 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year +20.83% +0.75% -3.16%
75th Percentile £106,250 £88,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £125,000 £120,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £68,775 £60,000 £59,556
% change year-on-year +14.63% +0.75% -0.74%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 42,913 43,729 44,234
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 81.21% 90.84% 89.77%
Number of salaries quoted 25,804 21,413 34,236
10th Percentile £28,742 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

WFM
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

WFM job vacancy trend in England

WFM
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing WFM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing WFM

WFM
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing WFM in England over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for WFM in England

WFM
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WFM within the England region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +23 29 £120,000 +185.71% 6
North West +29 18 £120,000 +185.71% 3
London +53 8 £70,000 +16.67% 2
North East +17 8 - -
East of England - 7 £60,000 - 3
Midlands +25 5 £75,000 - 6
West Midlands +24 5 £75,000 - 3
South West +11 4 - - 1
Yorkshire -12 3 - - 3
South East +37 2 £58,750 -38.16% 3
WFM
UK

WFM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 19 (34.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (12.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (7.27%) Chatbot
4 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (3.64%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 39 (70.91%) Power Platform
2 18 (32.73%) Azure
3 14 (25.45%) Azure Data Factory
3 14 (25.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 3 (5.45%) ChatGPT
4 3 (5.45%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (1.82%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 1 (1.82%) Amazon S3
5 1 (1.82%) AWS
5 1 (1.82%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (1.82%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (1.82%) SaaS
5 1 (1.82%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.27%) VoIP
2 1 (1.82%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (70.91%) Power BI
2 16 (29.09%) Tableau
3 14 (25.45%) Azure SQL Database
3 14 (25.45%) SQL Server
3 14 (25.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (7.27%) BusinessObjects
4 4 (7.27%) Data Mining
5 3 (5.45%) Power Query
6 1 (1.82%) DynamoDB
6 1 (1.82%) Relational Database
General
1 36 (65.45%) Analytical Skills
2 25 (45.45%) Social Skills
3 24 (43.64%) Finance
4 20 (36.36%) Presentation Skills
5 13 (23.64%) Games
6 11 (20.00%) Marketing
7 7 (12.73%) Billing
8 6 (10.91%) Public Sector
8 6 (10.91%) Retail
9 3 (5.45%) Financial Institution
10 2 (3.64%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (1.82%) Advertising
11 1 (1.82%) Aviation
11 1 (1.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (1.82%) Legal
Job Titles
1 12 (21.82%) Analyst
1 12 (21.82%) Architect
1 12 (21.82%) Senior
1 12 (21.82%) Senior Architect
1 12 (21.82%) Senior Manager
2 8 (14.55%) Business Manager
2 8 (14.55%) Insight Analyst
3 7 (12.73%) Commercial Analyst
3 7 (12.73%) Insight Manager
4 6 (10.91%) Content Manager
4 6 (10.91%) Content Marketing Manager
4 6 (10.91%) Marketing Manager
5 4 (7.27%) Business Intelligence Analyst
5 4 (7.27%) Chief Technology Officer
6 3 (5.45%) Analytics Manager
6 3 (5.45%) Business Intelligence Manager
7 2 (3.64%) Administrator
7 2 (3.64%) Systems Administrator
8 1 (1.82%) Business Development Manager
8 1 (1.82%) Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.82%) .NET
1 1 (1.82%) AWS CDK
1 1 (1.82%) jQuery
1 1 (1.82%) Node.js
1 1 (1.82%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (1.82%) REST
1 1 (1.82%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (25.45%) Analytical Mindset
2 8 (14.55%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (7.27%) Data Structures
4 3 (5.45%) e-Learning
5 1 (1.82%) Blog
5 1 (1.82%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.82%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (70.91%) Business Intelligence
2 32 (58.18%) Decision-Making
3 25 (45.45%) Analytics
4 24 (43.64%) Continuous Improvement
5 23 (41.82%) Data Analysis
6 19 (34.55%) Problem-Solving
6 19 (34.55%) Six Sigma
6 19 (34.55%) Time Management
7 18 (32.73%) Actionable Insight
8 16 (29.09%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 16 (29.09%) Storytelling
9 15 (27.27%) AI
10 14 (25.45%) Process Improvement
10 14 (25.45%) Stakeholder Management
10 14 (25.45%) Visual Analytics
10 14 (25.45%) Visualisation
11 13 (23.64%) Strategic Thinking
12 12 (21.82%) Knowledge Transfer
12 12 (21.82%) Lean Six Sigma
12 12 (21.82%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 24 (43.64%) SQL
2 14 (25.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 4 (7.27%) VBA
4 1 (1.82%) C#
4 1 (1.82%) Python
Qualifications
1 20 (36.36%) Degree
2 12 (21.82%) PMI Certification
2 12 (21.82%) PMP
3 7 (12.73%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 1 (1.82%) AWS Certification
4 1 (1.82%) AWS Certified Developer
4 1 (1.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (12.73%) Actionable Recommendations
1 7 (12.73%) Data Quality
2 2 (3.64%) GDPR
3 1 (1.82%) PMO
Systems Management
1 1 (1.82%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (21.82%) Anaplan
1 12 (21.82%) Genesys
1 12 (21.82%) ServiceNow
1 12 (21.82%) Verint
2 8 (14.55%) Microsoft
3 4 (7.27%) Facebook
3 4 (7.27%) HubSpot
4 2 (3.64%) Sage
4 2 (3.64%) Workday
5 1 (1.82%) Cognos
5 1 (1.82%) IBM
5 1 (1.82%) Oracle
5 1 (1.82%) Salesforce