Workforce Management (WFM)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for WFM skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited WFM over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 755 932 1085
Rank change year-on-year +177 +153 -283
Permanent jobs citing WFM 135 45 159
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.045% 0.099%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.047% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 64 21 59
10th Percentile £22,950 £42,000 £31,200
25th Percentile £31,250 £86,250 £41,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £120,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -58.33% +100.00% +38.73%
75th Percentile £63,631 £131,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £135,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,013 £43,000 £44,250
% change year-on-year +11.66% -2.82% +2.31%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

WFM is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85,135 94,784 153,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.22% 95.58% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 59,872 55,911 82,488
10th Percentile £29,089 £34,000 £33,635
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

WFM
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing WFM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for WFM in the UK

WFM
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing WFM.

Salary trend for WFM in the UK

WFM
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing WFM over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for WFM in the UK

WFM
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WFM within the UK over the 6 months to 18 May 2024. 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 +180 129 £50,000 -58.33% 45
Work from Home +139 78 £90,000 -25.00% 26
UK excluding London +21 71 £48,013 +11.66% 38
London +151 64 £95,000 -20.83% 14
South West - 24 £32,500 - 2
South East +15 16 £45,000 - 7
Midlands 0 15 £55,000 -38.89% 6
West Midlands +20 14 £55,000 -38.89% 6
North of England +58 9 £25,000 -40.62% 13
North West +11 8 £25,000 -41.25% 10
Scotland -60 6 £60,743 -32.51% 4
Yorkshire +83 1 - - 1
East of England +4 1 £31,250 - 4
East Midlands - 1 £30,000 -

WFM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.48%) SharePoint
Applications
1 25 (18.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (11.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.48%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.48%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (2.96%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 38 (28.15%) SaaS
2 6 (4.44%) Power Platform
3 4 (2.96%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (1.48%) AWS
5 1 (0.74%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (34.81%) Tableau
2 6 (4.44%) Power BI
3 4 (2.96%) Data Hub
3 4 (2.96%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.48%) Amazon QuickSight
4 2 (1.48%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 45 (33.33%) Git
General
1 78 (57.78%) Social Skills
2 35 (25.93%) Finance
3 26 (19.26%) Law
4 23 (17.04%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (13.33%) Banking
6 14 (10.37%) Front Office
6 14 (10.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 14 (10.37%) Investment Banking
6 14 (10.37%) Retail
7 11 (8.15%) Public Sector
8 8 (5.93%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (2.96%) Manufacturing
9 4 (2.96%) Marketing
9 4 (2.96%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.48%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.74%) Back Office
11 1 (0.74%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 62 (45.93%) Senior
2 45 (33.33%) Data Scientist
2 45 (33.33%) Senior Data Scientist
3 19 (14.07%) Consultant
4 17 (12.59%) Senior Manager
5 16 (11.85%) Project Manager
6 14 (10.37%) Associate Project Manager
6 14 (10.37%) Portfolio Manager
6 14 (10.37%) Portfolio Project Manager
6 14 (10.37%) Senior Portfolio Manager
6 14 (10.37%) Senior Project Manager
7 9 (6.67%) Software Consultant
8 7 (5.19%) Account Manager
8 7 (5.19%) IT Support
9 6 (4.44%) Client Director
9 6 (4.44%) Implementation Consultant
9 6 (4.44%) Lead
9 6 (4.44%) Software Implementation Consultant
10 5 (3.70%) Analyst
10 5 (3.70%) Head of Implementation
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (33.33%) Pandas
1 45 (33.33%) PySpark
1 45 (33.33%) scikit-learn
1 45 (33.33%) TensorFlow
2 2 (1.48%) Kafka
2 2 (1.48%) Spring Boot
2 2 (1.48%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 45 (33.33%) Algorithms
2 19 (14.07%) Self-Motivation
3 15 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
4 14 (10.37%) Derivative
5 7 (5.19%) Credit Risk
6 3 (2.22%) NHS
7 2 (1.48%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (1.48%) Robotics
8 1 (0.74%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.74%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.96%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (52.59%) Decision-Making
2 57 (42.22%) Artificial Intelligence
3 51 (37.78%) Actionable Insight
3 51 (37.78%) Machine Learning
3 51 (37.78%) Visualisation
4 47 (34.81%) Customer Experience
4 47 (34.81%) Data Science
4 47 (34.81%) Demand Forecasting
5 45 (33.33%) Data Munging
5 45 (33.33%) Generative AI
5 45 (33.33%) Mathematics
5 45 (33.33%) MLOps
5 45 (33.33%) Natural Language Processing
5 45 (33.33%) Neural Network
5 45 (33.33%) Physics
5 45 (33.33%) Predictive Modelling
5 45 (33.33%) Propensity Modelling
5 45 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
5 45 (33.33%) Statistics
5 45 (33.33%) Storytelling
Programming Languages
1 70 (51.85%) SQL
2 47 (34.81%) Python
3 4 (2.96%) Java
3 4 (2.96%) PHP
4 2 (1.48%) R
Qualifications
1 72 (53.33%) Degree
2 49 (36.30%) DBS Check
3 45 (33.33%) Master's Degree
4 2 (1.48%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.48%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.96%) Actionable Recommendations
2 3 (2.22%) SLA
3 2 (1.48%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (1.48%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.48%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 45 (33.33%) Databricks
2 9 (6.67%) Microsoft
3 6 (4.44%) Salesforce
4 4 (2.96%) Apple
5 1 (0.74%) Oracle