Work Breakdown Structure Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of 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 122 - 145
Rank change year-on-year - - +50
Contract jobs citing Work Breakdown Structure 1 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.056% - 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.060% - 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £238
25th Percentile £675 - £354
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - £488
Median % change year-on-year - - -30.85%
75th Percentile £725 - £573
90th Percentile - - £604
Central London median daily rate £700 £504 £488
% change year-on-year +39.03% +3.28% -30.85%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,653 1,958 2,349
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 92.09% 91.62% 89.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,158 1,207 1,661
10th Percentile £336 £363 £363
25th Percentile £419 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £694
90th Percentile £752 £788 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 17 12
10th Percentile £20.06 £16.70 -
25th Percentile £25.88 £22.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate £34.00 £38.50 £23.75
Median % change year-on-year -11.69% +62.11% -53.88%
75th Percentile £52.19 £92.50 £40.19
90th Percentile £63.75 £122.20 £71.05
Central London median hourly rate £31.00 £35.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -11.43% +40.00% -50.50%

Work Breakdown Structure
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Work Breakdown Structure job vacancy trend in the City of London

Work Breakdown Structure
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Work Breakdown Structure.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Work Breakdown Structure

Work Breakdown Structure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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