Work Breakdown Structure Contract Job Trends in Central London

Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Work Breakdown Structure skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 130 135 142
Rank change year-on-year +5 +7 +67
Contract jobs citing Work Breakdown Structure 1 2 4
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.051% 0.084% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.055% 0.091% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 4
10th Percentile - £466 £238
25th Percentile £675 £480 £354
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £504 £488
Median % change year-on-year +39.03% +3.28% -30.85%
75th Percentile £725 £527 £573
90th Percentile - £541 £604
London median daily rate £650 £500 £531
% change year-on-year +30.00% -5.88% +6.25%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

Work Breakdown Structure falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,815 2,194 2,506
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 91.90% 91.65% 89.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,262 1,376 1,782
10th Percentile £339 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £474 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £668 £688 £690
90th Percentile £750 £778 £825
London median daily rate £525 £550 £568
% change year-on-year -4.55% -3.08% -3.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 28 17
10th Percentile £19.98 £19.90 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.47 £26.60 £18.93
Median hourly rate £31.00 £35.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.43% +40.00% -50.50%
75th Percentile £46.11 £48.13 £46.75
90th Percentile £60.25 £112.00 £68.50
London median hourly rate £29.50 £37.25 £35.96
% change year-on-year -20.81% +3.60% -9.55%

Work Breakdown Structure
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Work Breakdown Structure relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Work Breakdown Structure job vacancy trend in Central London

Work Breakdown Structure
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Work Breakdown Structure.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Work Breakdown Structure

Work Breakdown Structure
Contract Job Locations in Central London

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 Central London region over the 6 months to 3 December 2025. 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
City of London - 1 £700 - 1
Work Breakdown Structure
London

Work Breakdown Structure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) SAP PS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Project Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) SAP PS Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cost Control
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Portfolio Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP