Work Breakdown Structure Contracts in the UK excluding London

Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Work Breakdown Structure skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Work Breakdown Structure over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 351 398 472
Rank change year-on-year +47 +74 -63
Contract jobs citing Work Breakdown Structure 40 63 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.19% 0.26% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% 0.29% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 54 27
10th Percentile £363 £450 £358
25th Percentile £401 £513 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £550 £475
Median % change year-on-year -7.95% +15.79% +11.76%
75th Percentile £595 £680 £500
90th Percentile £623 £960 £530
UK median daily rate £525 £575 £500
% change year-on-year -8.70% +15.00% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 5 3
10th Percentile - £37.50 £19.90
25th Percentile - £41.25 £24.63
Median hourly rate £40.94 £50.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.12% +53.85% -27.78%
75th Percentile £85.70 £60.00 £39.86
90th Percentile £87.80 - £44.27
UK median hourly rate £40.94 £50.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -18.12% +53.85% -27.78%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Work Breakdown Structure is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,621 21,650 27,472
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.77% 89.55% 88.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,595 15,013 19,156
10th Percentile £243 £252 £231
25th Percentile £378 £400 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.83%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,028 1,330 1,375
10th Percentile £12.30 £11.00 £12.01
25th Percentile £15.17 £16.19 £14.00
Median hourly rate £35.98 £35.90 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.21% +79.50% -8.09%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £45.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.60 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% +50.00% -

Work Breakdown Structure
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Work Breakdown Structure in the UK excluding London

Work Breakdown Structure
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Work Breakdown Structure in the UK excluding London

Work Breakdown Structure
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Work Breakdown Structure in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Work Breakdown Structure in the UK excluding London

Work Breakdown Structure
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Work Breakdown Structure in the UK excluding London

Work Breakdown Structure
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Work Breakdown Structure in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Work Breakdown Structure in the UK excluding London

Work Breakdown Structure
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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
South West +25 15 £575 +9.52% 3
South East +5 8 £413 -29.48% 10
Scotland - 8 - - 3
Wales +6 4 - -
East of England -1 2 £525 -44.74% 4
North of England +30 1 - - 6
West Midlands +28 1 - - 2
Midlands +24 1 - - 3
North West - 1 - - 4
Northern Ireland - 1 £400 - 1
Work Breakdown Structure
UK

Work Breakdown Structure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (10.00%) Acrobat
2 3 (7.50%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (7.50%) CA PPM
1 3 (7.50%) Primavera
1 3 (7.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.50%) SAP MM
2 1 (2.50%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.00%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 9 (22.50%) JIRA
General
1 14 (35.00%) Social Skills
2 11 (27.50%) Finance
3 9 (22.50%) Public Sector
4 6 (15.00%) Marketing
5 4 (10.00%) Law
5 4 (10.00%) Legal
5 4 (10.00%) Local Government
6 3 (7.50%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (7.50%) Manufacturing
6 3 (7.50%) Telecoms
7 2 (5.00%) Electronics
7 2 (5.00%) Environmental Health
7 2 (5.00%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (2.50%) Aeronautics
8 1 (2.50%) Aerospace
8 1 (2.50%) Aviation
8 1 (2.50%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (2.50%) Military
Job Titles
1 9 (22.50%) Service Manager
1 9 (22.50%) Service Transition Manager
1 9 (22.50%) Transition Manager
2 8 (20.00%) Project Controller
3 5 (12.50%) Senior
4 4 (10.00%) Bid Manager
4 4 (10.00%) Project Manager
5 3 (7.50%) IT Manager
5 3 (7.50%) IT Services Manager
5 3 (7.50%) Technical Manager
5 3 (7.50%) Technical Project Manager
6 2 (5.00%) Project Planner
6 2 (5.00%) Senior Bid Manager
6 2 (5.00%) Senior Manager
7 1 (2.50%) Accountant
7 1 (2.50%) Analyst
7 1 (2.50%) Project Accountant
7 1 (2.50%) Project Analyst
7 1 (2.50%) Project Support Analyst
7 1 (2.50%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (57.50%) Project Management
2 13 (32.50%) Critical Path Analysis
3 12 (30.00%) Project Delivery
4 11 (27.50%) Conflict Resolution
5 10 (25.00%) PRINCE2
5 10 (25.00%) Risk Management
6 9 (22.50%) Change Management
6 9 (22.50%) Configuration Management
6 9 (22.50%) ITIL
7 8 (20.00%) Coaching
7 8 (20.00%) Document Management
7 8 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
8 7 (17.50%) Service Management
9 6 (15.00%) Business Continuity
9 6 (15.00%) Business Impact Analysis
9 6 (15.00%) Impact Analysis
9 6 (15.00%) SFIA
10 5 (12.50%) Acceptance Criteria
10 5 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
10 5 (12.50%) Customer Experience
Qualifications
1 21 (52.50%) Security Cleared
2 16 (40.00%) PMP
3 13 (32.50%) SC Cleared
4 6 (15.00%) DV Cleared
5 4 (10.00%) ISEB
5 4 (10.00%) PMI Certification
6 3 (7.50%) Degree
7 2 (5.00%) ISEB Practitioner
7 2 (5.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (5.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.50%) PMO
2 4 (10.00%) COBIT
2 4 (10.00%) ISO 9000
3 1 (2.50%) JSP 440
3 1 (2.50%) RMADS
Vendors
1 7 (17.50%) Microsoft
2 6 (15.00%) SAP
3 4 (10.00%) Adobe
4 1 (2.50%) Ariba
4 1 (2.50%) BT
4 1 (2.50%) Cisco
4 1 (2.50%) Salesforce