WFM Job Trends in Manchester

Workforce Management (WFM)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring WFM skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 149 141
Rank change year-on-year +24 -8 +108
Permanent jobs citing WFM 8 2 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.28% 0.075% 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.080% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - £56,494
25th Percentile - - £57,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £59,556
Median % change year-on-year - - +129.06%
75th Percentile - - £61,123
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £120,000 £42,000 £59,556
% change year-on-year +185.71% -29.48% +80.47%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,284 2,498 2,306
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 79.72% 93.66% 90.93%
Number of salaries quoted 1,367 1,169 1,842
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,500 £84,056
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%

WFM
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

WFM job vacancy trend in Manchester

WFM
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing WFM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing WFM

WFM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 6 (75.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 6 (75.00%) Azure
3 2 (25.00%) Azure Data Factory
3 2 (25.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (100.00%) Power BI
2 4 (50.00%) BusinessObjects
2 4 (50.00%) Data Mining
3 2 (25.00%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (25.00%) SQL Server
3 2 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (25.00%) Tableau
General
1 8 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (50.00%) Retail
3 3 (37.50%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (25.00%) Finance
4 2 (25.00%) Games
4 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
5 1 (12.50%) Billing
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Analyst
2 4 (50.00%) Business Intelligence Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Architect
3 2 (25.00%) Senior
3 2 (25.00%) Senior Architect
3 2 (25.00%) Senior Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Business Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Commercial Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Insight Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Insight Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Data Structures
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (75.00%) Data Analysis
3 4 (50.00%) Coaching
3 4 (50.00%) Commercial Awareness
3 4 (50.00%) Customer Experience
3 4 (50.00%) Data Management
3 4 (50.00%) Decision-Making
3 4 (50.00%) Performance Management
3 4 (50.00%) Service Delivery
4 3 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (37.50%) Six Sigma
4 3 (37.50%) Time Management
5 2 (25.00%) Analytics
5 2 (25.00%) Lean Six Sigma
5 2 (25.00%) Migration
5 2 (25.00%) Process Improvement
5 2 (25.00%) Project Management
5 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (25.00%) Visual Analytics
5 2 (25.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 6 (75.00%) SQL
2 4 (50.00%) VBA
3 2 (25.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) Degree
2 2 (25.00%) PMI Certification
2 2 (25.00%) PMP
3 1 (12.50%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (12.50%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Facebook
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (25.00%) Anaplan
2 2 (25.00%) Genesys
2 2 (25.00%) ServiceNow
2 2 (25.00%) Verint