Work Breakdown Structure Contracts in the South West

Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Work Breakdown Structure skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Work Breakdown Structure over the 6 months to 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 143 155 176
Rank change year-on-year +12 +21 -44
Contract jobs citing Work Breakdown Structure 14 12 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.44% 0.33% 0.027%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.53% 0.37% 0.030%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 9 1
10th Percentile £362 £400 -
25th Percentile £475 £450 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £488
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £608 £538 £506
90th Percentile £625 £598 -
England median daily rate £525 £645 £488
% change year-on-year -18.60% +32.31% +14.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £35.00 -
England median hourly rate - £50.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year - +53.85% -27.78%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Work Breakdown Structure is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,656 3,250 3,283
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 83.03% 89.63% 88.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,696 2,395 2,328
10th Percentile £220 £313 £300
25th Percentile £404 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £549 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.37% +9.80% +6.30%
75th Percentile £625 £644 £590
90th Percentile £700 £719 £669
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 336 335 194
10th Percentile £13.86 £9.80 £15.90
25th Percentile £27.50 £17.00 £20.08
Median hourly rate £50.00 £61.50 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year -18.70% +26.16% +8.33%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £83.36 £69.95
England median hourly rate £36.00 £37.50 £24.50
% change year-on-year -4.00% +53.06% +2.08%

Work Breakdown Structure
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Work Breakdown Structure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Work Breakdown Structure in the South West

Work Breakdown Structure
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Work Breakdown Structure in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Work Breakdown Structure in the South West

Work Breakdown Structure
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Work Breakdown Structure in the South West over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Work Breakdown Structure in the South West

Work Breakdown Structure
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Work Breakdown Structure in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Work Breakdown Structure in the South West

Work Breakdown Structure
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Work Breakdown Structure within the South West region over the 6 months to 30 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Somerset - 5 £580 - 2
Bristol +29 4 £595 -11.85% 1
Wiltshire +4 2 £506 +26.56%
Devon -1 2 £313 -
Gloucestershire - 1 £400 -
Work Breakdown Structure
England

Work Breakdown Structure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) CA PPM
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 5 (35.71%) Public Sector
2 4 (28.57%) Finance
2 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 3 (21.43%) Law
3 3 (21.43%) Telecoms
4 2 (14.29%) Electronics
4 2 (14.29%) Manufacturing
4 2 (14.29%) Marketing
5 1 (7.14%) Military
Job Titles
1 8 (57.14%) Service Manager
1 8 (57.14%) Service Transition Manager
1 8 (57.14%) Transition Manager
2 2 (14.29%) IT Manager
2 2 (14.29%) IT Services Manager
2 2 (14.29%) Project Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Project Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Project Support Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Support Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Technical Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) Change Management
1 8 (57.14%) Conflict Resolution
1 8 (57.14%) Critical Path Analysis
1 8 (57.14%) ITIL
2 6 (42.86%) Project Management
2 6 (42.86%) Service Management
2 6 (42.86%) SFIA
3 5 (35.71%) Acceptance Criteria
3 5 (35.71%) Business Continuity
3 5 (35.71%) Business Impact Analysis
3 5 (35.71%) Impact Analysis
3 5 (35.71%) Risk Management
4 4 (28.57%) ITSM
4 4 (28.57%) Project Delivery
5 3 (21.43%) Customer Experience
5 3 (21.43%) PRINCE2
5 3 (21.43%) Service Design
5 3 (21.43%) TOGAF
6 2 (14.29%) Digital Marketing
6 2 (14.29%) Programme Management
Qualifications
1 9 (64.29%) Security Cleared
2 7 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (21.43%) ISEB
4 2 (14.29%) PMP
5 1 (7.14%) DV Cleared
5 1 (7.14%) ISEB Practitioner
5 1 (7.14%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (7.14%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) COBIT
1 3 (21.43%) ISO 9000
1 3 (21.43%) PMO
2 1 (7.14%) JSP 440
2 1 (7.14%) RMADS
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) SAP
2 1 (7.14%) BT
2 1 (7.14%) Salesforce