Work Breakdown Structure Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Work Breakdown Structure skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 149 115 118
Rank change year-on-year -34 +3 +21
Contract jobs citing Work Breakdown Structure 6 3 9
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.19% 0.18% 0.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.20% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 6
10th Percentile - - £450
25th Percentile £463 £563 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% - +27.78%
75th Percentile £675 £588 £650
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £528 £580 £563
% change year-on-year -9.05% +3.11% +28.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £47.48 -
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £47.48 -
% change year-on-year +0.05% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,487 1,501 1,925
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 80.30% 90.97% 85.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,572 907 1,080
10th Percentile £325 £293 £281
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -1.96% -1.92%
75th Percentile £610 £600 £625
90th Percentile £713 £663 £688
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% -1.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 239 99 89
10th Percentile £13.12 £14.20 £15.84
25th Percentile £16.38 £15.12 £32.00
Median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £60.46
Median % change year-on-year +108.75% -58.40% +20.91%
75th Percentile £84.00 £44.68 £70.39
90th Percentile £104.00 £78.00 £87.46
South East median hourly rate £52.43 £21.82 £57.35
% change year-on-year +140.23% -61.95% +9.24%

Work Breakdown Structure
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Work Breakdown Structure job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Work Breakdown Structure
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Work Breakdown Structure.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Work Breakdown Structure

Work Breakdown Structure
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Work Breakdown Structure in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 11 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Work Breakdown Structure in the Thames Valley

Work Breakdown Structure
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Work Breakdown Structure.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Work Breakdown Structure

Work Breakdown Structure
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 11 September 2026. 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
Berkshire -18 6 £475 -17.39% 2
Work Breakdown Structure
South East

Work Breakdown Structure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (16.67%) Primavera
General
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Project Manager
1 2 (33.33%) Security Manager
1 2 (33.33%) Security Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Project Planner
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Impact Assessments
2 3 (50.00%) AI
2 3 (50.00%) Earned Value Management
2 3 (50.00%) Generative AI
3 2 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
3 2 (33.33%) BCP
3 2 (33.33%) Budget Management
3 2 (33.33%) Budgeting
3 2 (33.33%) Change Management
3 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 2 (33.33%) Matrix Organization
3 2 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
3 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 2 (33.33%) Runbook
3 2 (33.33%) Sprint Planning
3 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) CISM
1 2 (33.33%) CISSP
1 2 (33.33%) PMI Certification
1 2 (33.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) GDPR
1 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (33.33%) NIST
1 2 (33.33%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) NEC