WFM Job Trends in the South East

Workforce Management (WFM)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring WFM skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 272 285 320
Rank change year-on-year +13 +35 +99
Permanent jobs citing WFM 4 1 6
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.036% 0.012% 0.049%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.046% 0.013% 0.057%
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 4
10th Percentile - - £34,200
25th Percentile £16,250 £92,500 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £95,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -38.16% +90.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £110,000 £97,500 £52,500
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £72,500 £60,372 £59,556
% change year-on-year +20.09% +1.37% -4.71%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,738 7,621 10,503
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 79.03% 89.29% 86.02%
Number of salaries quoted 5,323 3,469 7,739
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,750 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £58,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.79% +16.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £61,967 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.24% +12.67% -12.00%

WFM
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

WFM job vacancy trend in the South East

WFM
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing WFM

WFM
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing WFM in the South East over the 6 months to 7 February 2026.

Salary histogram for WFM in the South East

WFM
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 WFM within the South East region over the 6 months to 7 February 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
Thames Valley - 4 £58,750 -
Buckinghamshire - 2 £17,500 -
Oxfordshire - 2 £100,000 -
WFM
England

WFM
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:

Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) SaaS
General
1 2 (50.00%) Advertising
1 2 (50.00%) Legal
1 2 (50.00%) Marketing
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Account Executive
1 2 (50.00%) IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Asset Management
1 2 (50.00%) B2B
1 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (50.00%) EAM
1 2 (50.00%) ERP
1 2 (50.00%) Lead Generation
1 2 (50.00%) Service Management
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft