WMI Job Trends

Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring WMI skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 644 697 703
Rank change year-on-year +53 +6 +312
Permanent jobs citing WMI 5 14 10
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.008% 0.026% 0.018%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.12% 0.24% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 2 9 9
10th Percentile £72,875 - £51,558
25th Percentile £73,438 £46,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,250 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +52.50% -13.04% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,438 £78,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £78,625 £81,750 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £76,250 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +52.50% -13.04% -4.17%

All Systems Management Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 4,159 5,920 7,488
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.90% 11.05% 13.50%
Number of salaries quoted 2,942 3,602 6,091
10th Percentile £31,500 £38,275 £35,920
25th Percentile £42,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £69,404 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.95% +6.78% -3.70%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £84,056
90th Percentile £103,750 £110,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -4.35%

WMI
Job Vacancy Trend

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

WMI job vacancy trend in the UK

WMI
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing WMI.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing WMI

WMI
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WMI within the UK over the 6 months to 15 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
England +51 5 £76,250 +52.50% 1
South East +28 5 £76,250 -1.61% 1
UK excluding London +27 5 £76,250 +52.50% 1

WMI
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 (40.00%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) MSI
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Architect
2 3 (60.00%) Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Support Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Systems Support
3 1 (20.00%) Systems Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Fat Client
1 1 (20.00%) PKI
1 1 (20.00%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (20.00%) Open Source
2 1 (20.00%) Prototyping
2 1 (20.00%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (20.00%) C#
2 1 (20.00%) C++
2 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (20.00%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) Fujitsu
3 1 (20.00%) VMware