Workflow Contracts

Workflow
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Workflow skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Workflow over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 158 167 159
Rank change year-on-year +9 -8 -16
Contract jobs citing Workflow 669 931 1,629
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.55% 1.56% 1.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.79% 1.73% 2.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 406 630 1,026
10th Percentile £300 £313 £379
25th Percentile £407 £430 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +14.58%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £688
90th Percentile £725 £813 £791
UK excluding London median daily rate £499 £450 £471
% change year-on-year +10.83% -4.46% +4.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 22 31
10th Percentile £13.25 £16.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.80 £22.79 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.90 £35.89 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.84% +59.49% +7.14%
75th Percentile £40.00 £49.25 £51.77
90th Percentile £67.40 £56.38 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £31.27 £17.50
% change year-on-year -4.06% +78.69% -7.89%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Workflow 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,374 53,774 80,482
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.31% 89.91% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,095 37,304 56,474
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,422 1,763 1,928
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.00 £36.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year - +80.00% -8.17%

Workflow
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Workflow in the UK

Workflow
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Workflow.

Daily rate trend for Workflow in the UK

Workflow
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Workflow over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Workflow in the UK

Workflow
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Workflow.

Hourly rate trend for Workflow in the UK

Workflow
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Workflow over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Workflow in the UK

Workflow
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Workflow within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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
England +13 570 £530 -3.64% 480
London -11 292 £550 -5.58% 212
UK excluding London +71 290 £499 +10.83% 291
Work from Home +44 257 £500 -6.98% 236
South East +39 100 £449 -5.50% 60
North of England +45 55 £575 +21.05% 78
Midlands +10 40 £550 +15.79% 55
North West +19 36 £550 +15.79% 48
West Midlands +26 34 £565 +18.95% 35
South West +36 33 £375 -6.25% 40
East of England +21 32 £475 +26.67% 32
Scotland +15 28 £650 +43.65% 23
Yorkshire +28 17 £635 +41.11% 25
East Midlands +11 5 £294 -35.67% 20
North East +21 2 £533 - 5

Workflow
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 47 (7.03%) Confluence
2 30 (4.48%) Apache Airflow
3 29 (4.33%) Oracle Workflow
4 27 (4.04%) SharePoint
5 24 (3.59%) Apache
6 15 (2.24%) Appian
7 13 (1.94%) Camunda
8 6 (0.90%) Alfresco
8 6 (0.90%) FileNet
9 4 (0.60%) JBoss
9 4 (0.60%) WebSphere
10 3 (0.45%) CMS
10 3 (0.45%) Documentum
10 3 (0.45%) IIS
10 3 (0.45%) Jadu
11 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
11 2 (0.30%) nginx
12 1 (0.15%) SAS
12 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.15%) WebLogic
Applications
1 33 (4.93%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (4.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (2.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.35%) MS Visio
5 8 (1.20%) CATIA
6 5 (0.75%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.45%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.15%) 3ds Max
9 1 (0.15%) Adobe Captivate
9 1 (0.15%) Blender
9 1 (0.15%) Camtasia
9 1 (0.15%) InVision
9 1 (0.15%) Lectora
9 1 (0.15%) Sketch
9 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (1.94%) OpenText VIM for SAP
2 11 (1.64%) SAP FI-AP
3 10 (1.49%) SAP MDG
4 9 (1.35%) Teamcenter
5 8 (1.20%) DELMIA
5 8 (1.20%) SAP S/4HANA
6 6 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
6 6 (0.90%) Oracle EBS
7 5 (0.75%) Aareon QL
7 5 (0.75%) Oracle Assets
7 5 (0.75%) Oracle General Ledger
7 5 (0.75%) Oracle Payables
7 5 (0.75%) Oracle Receivables
7 5 (0.75%) Salesforce CRM
8 4 (0.60%) Fidessa
8 4 (0.60%) Maximo
8 4 (0.60%) Oracle EBS R12
8 4 (0.60%) Oracle Financials
8 4 (0.60%) TrackWise
9 3 (0.45%) Oracle FAH
Cloud Services
1 97 (14.50%) Azure
2 54 (8.07%) AWS
3 46 (6.88%) Power Platform
4 31 (4.63%) GCP
5 22 (3.29%) Azure DevOps
6 19 (2.84%) GitHub
6 19 (2.84%) SuccessFactors
7 17 (2.54%) Power Automate
8 14 (2.09%) Microsoft 365
9 13 (1.94%) PowerApps
9 13 (1.94%) SaaS
10 12 (1.79%) Cloud Computing
10 12 (1.79%) Dynamics 365
10 12 (1.79%) Serverless
11 9 (1.35%) Collibra
12 8 (1.20%) Azure Monitor
13 7 (1.05%) Cloud Functions
13 7 (1.05%) Figma
13 7 (1.05%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 7 (1.05%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 26 (3.89%) Intranet
1 26 (3.89%) VPN
2 17 (2.54%) MPLS
3 14 (2.09%) HTTP
4 13 (1.94%) BGP
4 13 (1.94%) Ethernet VPN
5 12 (1.79%) Radio Access Network
6 10 (1.49%) DNS
6 10 (1.49%) Firewall
6 10 (1.49%) TCP/IP
7 8 (1.20%) SSH
8 7 (1.05%) Internet
9 4 (0.60%) Telnet
10 3 (0.45%) ADSL
10 3 (0.45%) Ethernet
10 3 (0.45%) IP Telephony
10 3 (0.45%) Network Security
10 3 (0.45%) PSTN
10 3 (0.45%) PuTTY
10 3 (0.45%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (3.59%) Power BI
2 22 (3.29%) NoSQL
2 22 (3.29%) Relational Database
2 22 (3.29%) SQL Server
3 21 (3.14%) PostgreSQL
4 17 (2.54%) Metadata
5 16 (2.39%) Oracle Database
6 14 (2.09%) Data Warehouse
7 13 (1.94%) MongoDB
8 12 (1.79%) Big Data
9 11 (1.64%) RDBMS
10 9 (1.35%) BigQuery
10 9 (1.35%) Elasticsearch
11 6 (0.90%) MySQL
12 5 (0.75%) Amazon Aurora
12 5 (0.75%) Data Mart
12 5 (0.75%) EDMS
12 5 (0.75%) Oracle Reports
12 5 (0.75%) Siebel EIM
13 3 (0.45%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 114 (17.04%) JIRA
2 31 (4.63%) Git
3 29 (4.33%) GitLab
4 25 (3.74%) Jenkins
5 13 (1.94%) Robot Framework
5 13 (1.94%) TestRail
6 9 (1.35%) Eclipse
7 7 (1.05%) PyCharm
8 6 (0.90%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 6 (0.90%) CircleCI
8 6 (0.90%) Cypress.io
8 6 (0.90%) MLflow
8 6 (0.90%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 6 (0.90%) Travis CI
9 5 (0.75%) TeamCity
10 4 (0.60%) Artifactory
10 4 (0.60%) Toad
11 3 (0.45%) Burp Suite
11 3 (0.45%) SpecFlow
11 3 (0.45%) Visual Studio
General
1 176 (26.31%) Social Skills
2 99 (14.80%) Finance
3 84 (12.56%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (6.88%) Public Sector
5 39 (5.83%) Banking
6 37 (5.53%) Marketing
7 28 (4.19%) Manufacturing
8 27 (4.04%) Telecoms
9 21 (3.14%) Legal
10 20 (2.99%) Pharmaceutical
11 16 (2.39%) Retail
12 11 (1.64%) Front Office
13 10 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
14 9 (1.35%) Back Office
14 9 (1.35%) Investment Banking
15 8 (1.20%) Billing
16 6 (0.90%) Advertising
16 6 (0.90%) German Language
17 4 (0.60%) Military
17 4 (0.60%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 105 (15.70%) Developer
2 91 (13.60%) Analyst
3 65 (9.72%) Consultant
4 51 (7.62%) Lead
5 47 (7.03%) Senior
6 46 (6.88%) Architect
7 45 (6.73%) Business Analyst
8 31 (4.63%) Project Manager
9 25 (3.74%) Support Engineer
10 21 (3.14%) Administrator
11 20 (2.99%) Applications Support
11 20 (2.99%) SAP Consultant
12 19 (2.84%) Applications Engineer
12 19 (2.84%) Product Owner
13 18 (2.69%) ServiceNow Developer
14 17 (2.54%) DevOps Engineer
14 17 (2.54%) JIRA Engineer
14 17 (2.54%) Technical Writer
15 16 (2.39%) Applications Support Engineer
16 14 (2.09%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (7.32%) REST
2 39 (5.83%) CSS
3 37 (5.53%) HTML
4 31 (4.63%) Web Services
5 28 (4.19%) JSON
6 27 (4.04%) .NET
7 26 (3.89%) SOAP
8 17 (2.54%) XML
9 14 (2.09%) NumPy
10 13 (1.94%) AngularJS
10 13 (1.94%) NETCONF
10 13 (1.94%) Pandas
10 13 (1.94%) RESTCONF
11 12 (1.79%) EDI
11 12 (1.79%) IDoc
11 12 (1.79%) Lightning Web Components
11 12 (1.79%) React
11 12 (1.79%) YANG
12 11 (1.64%) SAP Business Workflow
12 11 (1.64%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 43 (6.43%) Product Ownership
2 26 (3.89%) Data Centre
2 26 (3.89%) Management Information System
3 20 (2.99%) Onboarding
4 14 (2.09%) Analytical Mindset
4 14 (2.09%) Enterprise Software
5 13 (1.94%) Low-Code
6 10 (1.49%) Data Structures
6 10 (1.49%) Life Science
6 10 (1.49%) Linux Command Line
7 6 (0.90%) CMDB
7 6 (0.90%) Fixed Income
7 6 (0.90%) Greenfield Project
7 6 (0.90%) Housing Association
7 6 (0.90%) Legacy Applications
7 6 (0.90%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (0.90%) Taxonomies
7 6 (0.90%) Virtual Team
8 5 (0.75%) Driving Licence
8 5 (0.75%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 28 (4.19%) Windows
2 26 (3.89%) Linux
3 15 (2.24%) Unix
4 6 (0.90%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.75%) zOS
6 3 (0.45%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.30%) Android
7 2 (0.30%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.30%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.15%) AIX
8 1 (0.15%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.15%) OS/390
8 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.15%) Solaris
8 1 (0.15%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 175 (26.16%) Agile
2 111 (16.59%) Problem-Solving
3 78 (11.66%) DevOps
4 73 (10.91%) Migration
5 69 (10.31%) CI/CD
6 64 (9.57%) Stakeholder Management
7 62 (9.27%) Project Management
8 57 (8.52%) Scrum
9 55 (8.22%) Analytics
10 53 (7.92%) Use Case
11 45 (6.73%) Change Management
12 44 (6.58%) User Experience
13 43 (6.43%) Continuous Improvement
14 41 (6.13%) Roadmaps
14 41 (6.13%) Test Automation
15 38 (5.68%) Workflow Management
16 37 (5.53%) Data Migration
17 34 (5.08%) Project Delivery
18 31 (4.63%) Cybersecurity
18 31 (4.63%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 115 (17.19%) SQL
2 92 (13.75%) Python
3 78 (11.66%) JavaScript
4 62 (9.27%) Java
5 35 (5.23%) C#
6 32 (4.78%) PowerShell
7 20 (2.99%) TypeScript
8 18 (2.69%) ABAP
9 11 (1.64%) Bash
9 11 (1.64%) PL/SQL
10 8 (1.20%) C
10 8 (1.20%) Groovy
11 7 (1.05%) PHP
11 7 (1.05%) VBA
12 6 (0.90%) C++
12 6 (0.90%) Shell Script
13 5 (0.75%) JCL
13 5 (0.75%) R
13 5 (0.75%) REXX
14 4 (0.60%) Scala
Qualifications
1 79 (11.81%) Degree
2 71 (10.61%) Security Cleared
3 55 (8.22%) SC Cleared
4 18 (2.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (1.94%) DV Cleared
6 11 (1.64%) Master's Degree
7 5 (0.75%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.45%) BC Cleared
8 3 (0.45%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.30%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.30%) CAPM
9 2 (0.30%) MCP
9 2 (0.30%) MCSE
9 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.30%) MOS
9 2 (0.30%) PMP
9 2 (0.30%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 2 (0.30%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 1 (0.15%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 1 (0.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (7.03%) QA
2 28 (4.19%) SLA
3 22 (3.29%) Data Quality
4 16 (2.39%) PMO
5 12 (1.79%) GRC
6 10 (1.49%) PCI DSS
7 9 (1.35%) GDPR
8 7 (1.05%) Accessibility
8 7 (1.05%) Good Clinical Practice
8 7 (1.05%) GxP
9 3 (0.45%) ITGC
10 2 (0.30%) Basel III
10 2 (0.30%) COREP
10 2 (0.30%) FINREP
10 2 (0.30%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (0.30%) NIST
11 1 (0.15%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.15%) SNOMED CT
11 1 (0.15%) WCAG
System Software
1 25 (3.74%) Docker
2 5 (0.75%) Hyper-V
2 5 (0.75%) Time Sharing Option
3 4 (0.60%) NFS
4 2 (0.30%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.30%) Firmware
4 2 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 31 (4.63%) Kubernetes
2 28 (4.19%) Terraform
3 13 (1.94%) Ansible
4 7 (1.05%) Kibana
5 6 (0.90%) Docker Swarm
5 6 (0.90%) Grafana
5 6 (0.90%) Kubeflow
5 6 (0.90%) logstash
5 6 (0.90%) Progress Chef
5 6 (0.90%) Prometheus
5 6 (0.90%) Puppet
6 5 (0.75%) Argo
6 5 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.45%) SCCM
7 3 (0.45%) SCOM
8 2 (0.30%) Amdocs OSS
9 1 (0.15%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.15%) Nessus
9 1 (0.15%) Packer
9 1 (0.15%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 92 (13.75%) Microsoft
2 66 (9.87%) SAP
3 41 (6.13%) ServiceNow
4 39 (5.83%) Salesforce
5 38 (5.68%) Oracle
6 23 (3.44%) IBM
7 21 (3.14%) Atlassian
8 18 (2.69%) Google
9 15 (2.24%) OpenText
10 13 (1.94%) Splunk
11 11 (1.64%) Workday
12 10 (1.49%) Okta
12 10 (1.49%) Pega
13 9 (1.35%) Cisco
14 8 (1.20%) BMC
14 8 (1.20%) Siemens
15 6 (0.90%) Foundry
15 6 (0.90%) Informatica
15 6 (0.90%) Murex
15 6 (0.90%) TIBCO