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 10 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 286 300 332
Rank change year-on-year +14 +32 -
Permanent jobs citing WFM 39 3 5
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.21% 0.033% 0.038%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.038% 0.048%
Number of salaries quoted 38 2 5
10th Percentile £24,025 £100,375 -
25th Percentile £27,500 £100,938 £20,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £103,750 £24,000
Median % change year-on-year -66.27% +332.29% -
75th Percentile £48,750 £108,438 £60,000
90th Percentile £52,500 £110,125 -
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,394 £40,000
% change year-on-year -13.07% +50.98% -66.67%

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 13,012 7,985 10,483
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 71.52% 87.79% 80.63%
Number of salaries quoted 9,360 4,239 6,038
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,750 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -7.41% -1.82%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £88,750 £82,100 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -8.00%

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 10 September 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 10 September 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 +32 27 £30,000 - 3
Buckinghamshire - 19 £30,000 - 1
Hampshire -41 10 £47,500 -54.22% 2
Oxfordshire - 6 £36,250 -
Berkshire +26 2 £85,000 - 2
West Sussex - 2 £80,000 - 1
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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (23.08%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 7 (17.95%) SaaS
2 2 (5.13%) AWS
2 2 (5.13%) Azure
2 2 (5.13%) Azure AKS
2 2 (5.13%) Azure App Service
2 2 (5.13%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (5.13%) Azure Functions
2 2 (5.13%) Azure Key Vault
2 2 (5.13%) Azure Service Bus
2 2 (5.13%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (5.13%) Entra ID
2 2 (5.13%) GCP
2 2 (5.13%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (5.13%) Power Platform
2 2 (5.13%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.13%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (23.08%) Crystal Reports
2 2 (5.13%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (5.13%) MySQL
2 2 (5.13%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (5.13%) Relational Database
2 2 (5.13%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (7.69%) JIRA
2 2 (5.13%) NUnit
General
1 12 (30.77%) Advertising
1 12 (30.77%) Legal
2 5 (12.82%) Manufacturing
2 5 (12.82%) Marketing
2 5 (12.82%) Social Skills
3 2 (5.13%) Aviation
4 1 (2.56%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.56%) Humanities
4 1 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (2.56%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 21 (53.85%) Analyst
1 21 (53.85%) Support Analyst
2 15 (38.46%) Applications Support
2 15 (38.46%) Applications Support Analyst
3 5 (12.82%) Project Manager
4 4 (10.26%) Campaign Manager
4 4 (10.26%) Campaign Marketing Manager
4 4 (10.26%) IT Support
4 4 (10.26%) Lead
4 4 (10.26%) Marketing Manager
4 4 (10.26%) Technical Analyst
4 4 (10.26%) Technical Support
4 4 (10.26%) Technical Support Analyst
5 2 (5.13%) Lead Software Engineer
5 2 (5.13%) Software Analyst
5 2 (5.13%) Software Engineer
5 2 (5.13%) Software Support Analyst
6 1 (2.56%) Graduate
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.13%) .NET
1 2 (5.13%) .NET Framework
1 2 (5.13%) ASP.NET
1 2 (5.13%) ASP.NET Core
1 2 (5.13%) ASP.NET Web API
1 2 (5.13%) Dapper ORM
1 2 (5.13%) Entity Framework
1 2 (5.13%) OAuth
1 2 (5.13%) OAuth2
1 2 (5.13%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.26%) Operational Technology
1 4 (10.26%) Web Conferencing
2 2 (5.13%) Driving Licence
2 2 (5.13%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (23.08%) CRM
1 9 (23.08%) Customer Requirements
2 8 (20.51%) ITSM
3 7 (17.95%) B2B
4 6 (15.38%) Collaborative Culture
5 5 (12.82%) Content Management
5 5 (12.82%) E-Commerce
5 5 (12.82%) ERP
5 5 (12.82%) Lead Generation
6 4 (10.26%) B2B Marketing
6 4 (10.26%) Creative Thinking
6 4 (10.26%) Demand Generation
6 4 (10.26%) Marketing Automation
6 4 (10.26%) Outbound Marketing
6 4 (10.26%) Performance Measurement
6 4 (10.26%) Project Management
6 4 (10.26%) Root Cause Analysis
6 4 (10.26%) Service Management
7 3 (7.69%) Coaching
7 3 (7.69%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 11 (28.21%) SQL
2 2 (5.13%) C#
2 2 (5.13%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (7.69%) Degree
1 3 (7.69%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (5.13%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (5.13%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (15.38%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (5.13%) Active Directory
1 2 (5.13%) Docker
Vendors
1 7 (17.95%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.69%) ServiceNow
3 2 (5.13%) JDA