WFM Job Trends in Preston

Workforce Management (WFM)
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Preston requiring WFM skills. It covers permanent 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 15 26 -
Rank change year-on-year +11 - -
Permanent jobs citing WFM 1 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Preston 1.37% 0.68% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.82% 0.69% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 -
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 -
% change year-on-year +7.69% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Preston

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 Preston.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 55 145 116
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Preston 75.34% 98.64% 95.08%
Number of salaries quoted 44 103 85
10th Percentile £29,300 £32,600 £23,000
25th Percentile £39,542 £39,000 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,500 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% +7.45% +11.65%
75th Percentile £55,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £62,730 £76,350 £72,500
Lancashire median annual salary £45,750 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.50% - +11.11%

WFM
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

WFM job vacancy trend in Preston

WFM
Salary Trend in Preston

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing WFM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing WFM

WFM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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 (100.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Lead Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Ruby Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby on Rails
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby