Workload Management Job Trends in the West Midlands

Workload Management
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Workload Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 168 205 171
Rank change year-on-year +37 -34 +99
Permanent jobs citing Workload Management 6 1 7
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.11% 0.023% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.026% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 5
10th Percentile £41,250 - £34,904
25th Percentile £45,938 - £39,934
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - £46,674
Median % change year-on-year - - -41.66%
75th Percentile - - £49,750
90th Percentile - - £49,851
England median annual salary £51,250 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -6.82% +15.79% -29.63%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Workload Management 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 the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,345 3,896 3,005
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 82.42% 90.69% 88.80%
Number of salaries quoted 2,244 1,745 2,557
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £69,920 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Workload Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Workload Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Workload Management job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Workload Management
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Workload Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Workload Management

Workload Management
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Workload Management in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 3 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Workload Management in the West Midlands

Workload Management
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Workload Management within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 3 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
Coventry - 4 £60,000 -
Warwickshire - 2 £42,500 - 1
Workload Management
England

Workload Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (33.33%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (66.67%) Smartsheet
2 2 (33.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Power BI
General
1 6 (100.00%) Finance
2 4 (66.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) IT Assistant
2 2 (33.33%) Change Manager
2 2 (33.33%) ERP Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Head of Applications
2 2 (33.33%) Head of IT
2 2 (33.33%) IT Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Applications Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Assistant IT Manager
3 1 (16.67%) ERP Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (66.67%) ERP
2 4 (66.67%) Logistics
2 4 (66.67%) Project Delivery
3 3 (50.00%) Portfolio Management
4 2 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (33.33%) Change Management
4 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (33.33%) PRINCE
4 2 (33.33%) PRINCE2
4 2 (33.33%) Project Management
4 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
4 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (33.33%) Technology Transformation
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) PMI Certification
1 2 (33.33%) PMP
1 2 (33.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft