WFM Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Workforce Management (WFM)
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring WFM skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing WFM 4 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 1.11% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.28% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median annual salary £67,550 £60,000 £59,556
% change year-on-year +12.58% +0.75% +3.57%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 312 378 322
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 86.43% 78.91% 91.48%
Number of salaries quoted 143 188 243
10th Percentile £30,000 £34,112 £29,799
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +20.00% +3.09%
75th Percentile £68,750 £77,931 £65,000
90th Percentile £84,500 £95,000 £76,250
UK median annual salary £54,441 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.27% - -

WFM
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

WFM job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

WFM
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing WFM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing WFM

WFM
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WFM within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 30 October 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
County Antrim - 2 - -
Newry - 2 - -
County Down - 2 - -
WFM
UK

WFM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 4 (100.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
1 4 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 4 (100.00%) Power BI
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 4 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Billing
2 2 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Business Manager
1 2 (50.00%) Commercial Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Insight Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Insight Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 4 (100.00%) Analytics
1 4 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 4 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 4 (100.00%) Visual Analytics
1 4 (100.00%) Visualisation
2 2 (50.00%) AI
2 2 (50.00%) Budgeting
2 2 (50.00%) Customer Insight
2 2 (50.00%) Data Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) Data Collection
2 2 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 2 (50.00%) Proactive Monitoring
2 2 (50.00%) Six Sigma
2 2 (50.00%) Storytelling
2 2 (50.00%) Time Management
2 2 (50.00%) Workforce Productivity
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
1 2 (50.00%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Actionable Recommendations
1 2 (50.00%) Data Quality