Work Breakdown Structure Contracts in London

Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 347 374 453
Rank change year-on-year +27 +79 +134
Contract jobs citing Work Breakdown Structure 6 17 40
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.048% 0.095% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.052% 0.11% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 12 25
10th Percentile £284 - £487
25th Percentile £285 £475 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £343 £575 £650
Median % change year-on-year -40.43% -11.54% +4.00%
75th Percentile £469 £596 £750
90th Percentile £503 £647 £926
England median daily rate £425 £525 £645
% change year-on-year -19.05% -18.60% +32.31%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,564 15,790 24,631
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.16% 88.55% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,847 11,316 17,711
10th Percentile £350 £338 £375
25th Percentile £440 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £813 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 324 278
10th Percentile £16.17 £16.00 £18.59
25th Percentile £22.68 £20.00 £22.53
Median hourly rate £31.67 £29.50 £38.13
Median % change year-on-year +7.36% -22.62% +5.90%
75th Percentile £50.75 £47.56 £62.64
90th Percentile £63.75 £65.93 £76.78
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 London

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

Job vacancy trend for Work Breakdown Structure in London

Work Breakdown Structure
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Work Breakdown Structure in London.

Daily rate trend for Work Breakdown Structure in London

Work Breakdown Structure
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Work Breakdown Structure in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Work Breakdown Structure in London

Work Breakdown Structure
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Work Breakdown Structure in London.

Hourly rate trend for Work Breakdown Structure in London

Work Breakdown Structure
Contract Job Locations in 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 London 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
Central London 0 2 £425 -26.09%
Work Breakdown Structure
England

Work Breakdown Structure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (33.33%) MS Visio
1 2 (33.33%) Notepad++
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) SAP CO
1 1 (16.67%) SAP S/4HANA
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) MagicDraw
1 2 (33.33%) XMLSpy
General
1 3 (50.00%) Banking
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Analyst
1 4 (66.67%) Data Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Data Migration Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Migration Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Payments Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Architect
3 1 (16.67%) IT Architect
3 1 (16.67%) IT Security Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (66.67%) XML
2 2 (33.33%) FpML
2 2 (33.33%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 2 (33.33%) Derivative
2 2 (33.33%) OTC Derivatives
3 1 (16.67%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Migration
2 3 (50.00%) Agile
2 3 (50.00%) Data Migration
3 2 (33.33%) Analytics
3 2 (33.33%) Business Analysis
3 2 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 2 (33.33%) Data Governance
3 2 (33.33%) Data Lineage
3 2 (33.33%) Data Modelling
3 2 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (33.33%) System Integration Testing
3 2 (33.33%) TDD
3 2 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Visualisation
4 1 (16.67%) Change Management
4 1 (16.67%) Logistics
4 1 (16.67%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
4 1 (16.67%) Project Management
4 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) PMP
1 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) QA
1 2 (33.33%) SEPA
2 1 (16.67%) GDPR
2 1 (16.67%) HIPAA
2 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (16.67%) NIST
2 1 (16.67%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle
1 1 (16.67%) SAP