Work Breakdown Structure Contracts in the East of England

Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England requiring Work Breakdown Structure skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Work Breakdown Structure over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 110 109
Rank change year-on-year +35 -1 +34
Contract jobs citing Work Breakdown Structure 7 2 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 0.75% 0.10% 0.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.84% 0.12% 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 9
10th Percentile - - £450
25th Percentile £538 £513 £675
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £950
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -44.74% +80.95%
75th Percentile £613 £538 £975
90th Percentile - - £1,041
England median daily rate £425 £525 £645
% change year-on-year -19.05% -18.60% +32.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile - - £43.88
25th Percentile - - £47.81
Median hourly rate £40.00 - £55.00
75th Percentile £45.00 - £60.00
90th Percentile £48.00 - -
England median hourly rate £46.30 - £50.00
% change year-on-year - - +53.85%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East of England

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 East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 837 1,644 1,800
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 89.23% 86.12% 87.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 432 703 1,064
10th Percentile £225 £207 £200
25th Percentile £400 £339 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -
75th Percentile £600 £575 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 177 607 340
10th Percentile £14.99 £14.16 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.39 £14.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 £40.00 £24.62
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +62.47% +58.84%
75th Percentile £70.00 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £75.25 £70.00
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Work Breakdown Structure
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Work Breakdown Structure in the East of England

Work Breakdown Structure
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Work Breakdown Structure in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Work Breakdown Structure in the East of England

Work Breakdown Structure
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Work Breakdown Structure in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Work Breakdown Structure in the East of England

Work Breakdown Structure
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 East of England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Hertfordshire - 5 - -
Bedfordshire +2 2 £575 +9.52%
Work Breakdown Structure
England

Work Breakdown Structure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Applications
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (71.43%) Primavera
2 2 (28.57%) SAP S/4HANA
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Project Controller
1 2 (28.57%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Life Science
2 1 (14.29%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Change Control
1 5 (71.43%) Critical Path Analysis
1 5 (71.43%) Project Management
2 4 (57.14%) Risk Analysis
3 3 (42.86%) Contingency Planning
3 3 (42.86%) Risk Management
4 2 (28.57%) Analytics
4 2 (28.57%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (28.57%) Data Design
4 2 (28.57%) Data Governance
4 2 (28.57%) Matrix Organization
5 1 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence
5 1 (14.29%) Data Migration
5 1 (14.29%) Impact Assessments
5 1 (14.29%) Machine Learning
5 1 (14.29%) Migration
5 1 (14.29%) Use Case
5 1 (14.29%) Validation
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared
1 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) SAP
2 1 (14.29%) Ariba
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft