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 22 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 22 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	316	281	318
Rank change year-on-year	-35	+37	-
Permanent jobs citing WFM	33	3	1
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East	0.17%	0.033%	0.009%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	0.23%	0.038%	0.011%
Number of salaries quoted	32	2	1
10^th Percentile	£27,500	£100,375	-
25^th Percentile	£27,875	£100,938	£92,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£36,250	£103,750	£95,000
Median % change year-on-year	-65.06%	+9.21%	-
75^th Percentile	£49,688	£108,438	£97,500
90^th Percentile	£52,500	£110,125	-
England median annual salary	£60,000	£82,500	£57,250
% change year-on-year	-27.27%	+44.10%	-16.73%

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.

	6 months to 22 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills	14,427	7,899	9,334
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East	72.51%	88.03%	81.30%
Number of salaries quoted	10,114	4,304	4,982
10^th Percentile	£30,000	£27,000	£32,750
25^th Percentile	£39,783	£32,500	£42,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	£47,500	£55,000
Median % change year-on-year	+15.79%	-13.64%	-
75^th Percentile	£70,000	£65,000	£70,000
90^th Percentile	£90,000	£81,250	£85,000
England median annual salary	£60,000	£55,000	£60,000
% change year-on-year	+9.09%	-8.33%	-

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 Salary Trend in the South East

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 22 October 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 22 October 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	-3	16	£32,500	-	7
Hampshire	-43	15	£47,500	-54.22%
Buckinghamshire	-	9	£30,000	-	3
Oxfordshire	-	7	£37,500	-
West Sussex	-	2	£80,000	-
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WFM Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 22 October 2026, job vacancies citing WFM also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South East region with a requirement for WFM.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	CRM	33.3%	11
2	Lead Generation	27.3%	9
3	ITSM	24.2%	8
3	SaaS	24.2%	8
3	SQL	24.2%	8
6	Collaborative Culture	21.2%	7
6	Degree	21.2%	7
8	Coaching	18.2%	6
8	Crystal Reports	18.2%	6
8	Customer Requirements	18.2%	6
8	ERP	18.2%	6
8	IIS	18.2%	6
13	B2B	15.2%	5
13	B2B Marketing	15.2%	5
13	Content Management	15.2%	5
13	Creative Thinking	15.2%	5
13	Decision-Making	15.2%	5
13	Demand Generation	15.2%	5
13	E-Commerce	15.2%	5
13	Marketing Automation	15.2%	5
13	Outbound Marketing	15.2%	5
13	Performance Measurement	15.2%	5
13	Project Management	15.2%	5
13	SLA	15.2%	5
25	AI	12.1%	4
25	Business Development	12.1%	4
25	Commercial Awareness	12.1%	4
25	Data Enrichment	12.1%	4
25	Economics	12.1%	4
25	Microsoft	12.1%	4

WFM Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	CRM	33.3%	11
2	Lead Generation	27.3%	9
3	ITSM	24.2%	8
4	Collaborative Culture	21.2%	7
5	Coaching	18.2%	6
5	Customer Requirements	18.2%	6
5	ERP	18.2%	6
8	B2B	15.2%	5
8	B2B Marketing	15.2%	5
8	Content Management	15.2%	5
8	Creative Thinking	15.2%	5
8	Decision-Making	15.2%	5
8	Demand Generation	15.2%	5
8	E-Commerce	15.2%	5
8	Marketing Automation	15.2%	5
8	Outbound Marketing	15.2%	5
8	Performance Measurement	15.2%	5
8	Project Management	15.2%	5
19	AI	12.1%	4
19	Business Development	12.1%	4