WMI Job Trends in the South East

Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring WMI skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 268 297 282
Rank change year-on-year +29 -15 +119
Permanent jobs citing WMI 6 4 5
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.058% 0.044% 0.058%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.93% 0.40% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 3 3 5
10th Percentile £69,500 - -
25th Percentile £70,625 £76,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £77,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +34.78% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,125 £86,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £78,500 £90,750 £62,500
England median annual salary £75,000 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +50.00% -13.04% -4.17%

All Systems Management Skills
South East

WMI falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring systems management skills in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 642 990 1,077
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 6.17% 10.95% 12.55%
Number of salaries quoted 410 544 895
10th Percentile £30,500 £40,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £47,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +13.64% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £71,000
90th Percentile £83,875 £87,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -10.71% +7.69% -3.70%

WMI
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing WMI relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

WMI job vacancy trend in the South East

WMI
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing WMI.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing WMI

WMI
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WMI within the South East region over the 6 months to 9 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
Hampshire +39 5 £75,000 -3.23% 3
West Sussex - 1 - -
WMI
England

WMI
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 4 (66.67%) MSI
General
1 1 (16.67%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Architect
2 4 (66.67%) Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Support Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Systems Support
3 1 (16.67%) Systems Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Fat Client
1 1 (16.67%) PKI
1 1 (16.67%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (16.67%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Agile
2 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (16.67%) Open Source
2 1 (16.67%) Patch Management
2 1 (16.67%) Prototyping
2 1 (16.67%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) PowerShell
2 1 (16.67%) C#
2 1 (16.67%) C++
2 1 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
1 1 (16.67%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) Fujitsu
3 1 (16.67%) VMware