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 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 349 388 465
Rank change year-on-year +39 +77 -40
Contract jobs citing Work Breakdown Structure 36 58 40
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.18% 0.25% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.28% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 50 29
10th Percentile £384 £424 £400
25th Percentile £407 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £538 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.65% +13.16% +11.76%
75th Percentile £590 £641 £500
90th Percentile £625 £975 £545
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 5 5
10th Percentile - £37.50 -
25th Percentile - £41.25 -
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 £47.22
90th Percentile £87.80 - £58.07
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 17,140 20,557 27,119
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.34% 89.47% 89.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,220 14,177 18,943
10th Percentile £250 £256 £238
25th Percentile £381 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.43%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £655
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,064 1,258 1,350
10th Percentile £12.35 £10.63 £12.25
25th Percentile £15.25 £15.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.54%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £47.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.72 £61.52
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £35.65 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.11% +38.82% +5.90%

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 17 May 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 17 May 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 17 May 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 East +20 10 £430 -4.44% 11
South West -2 9 £575 +17.95% 3
Scotland - 8 - - 4
Wales +8 4 - -
East of England -2 2 £525 -44.74% 1
Midlands +29 1 - - 4
North of England +21 1 - - 6
North West - 1 - - 6
Northern Ireland - 1 £400 -
West Midlands - 1 - - 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 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (11.11%) Acrobat
2 3 (8.33%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (8.33%) Primavera
1 3 (8.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (5.56%) CA PPM
3 1 (2.78%) SAP MM
3 1 (2.78%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.78%) AWS
1 1 (2.78%) Azure
1 1 (2.78%) Power Platform
1 1 (2.78%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.78%) Power BI
1 1 (2.78%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 13 (36.11%) Social Skills
2 9 (25.00%) Finance
2 9 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 5 (13.89%) Marketing
4 4 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (11.11%) Law
4 4 (11.11%) Legal
4 4 (11.11%) Local Government
5 2 (5.56%) Environmental Health
5 2 (5.56%) Manufacturing
5 2 (5.56%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (5.56%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.78%) Aeronautics
6 1 (2.78%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.78%) Aviation
6 1 (2.78%) Electronics
6 1 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.78%) Military
Job Titles
1 8 (22.22%) Project Controller
2 6 (16.67%) Senior
2 6 (16.67%) Service Manager
2 6 (16.67%) Service Transition Manager
2 6 (16.67%) Transition Manager
3 4 (11.11%) Bid Manager
4 3 (8.33%) Project Manager
4 3 (8.33%) Technical Manager
4 3 (8.33%) Technical Project Manager
5 2 (5.56%) IT Manager
5 2 (5.56%) IT Services Manager
5 2 (5.56%) Project Planner
5 2 (5.56%) Senior Bid Manager
5 2 (5.56%) Senior Manager
6 1 (2.78%) Accountant
6 1 (2.78%) Project Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.78%) CSS
1 1 (2.78%) HTML
1 1 (2.78%) JSP
1 1 (2.78%) LDAP
1 1 (2.78%) REST
1 1 (2.78%) SOAP
1 1 (2.78%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.78%) Management Information System
1 1 (2.78%) Onboarding
1 1 (2.78%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.78%) Unix
1 1 (2.78%) Windows
1 1 (2.78%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (47.22%) Project Management
2 12 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 10 (27.78%) Critical Path Analysis
4 9 (25.00%) Configuration Management
5 8 (22.22%) Coaching
5 8 (22.22%) Conflict Resolution
5 8 (22.22%) Document Management
5 8 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (19.44%) PRINCE2
6 7 (19.44%) Risk Management
7 6 (16.67%) Change Management
7 6 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (16.67%) ITIL
8 5 (13.89%) Acceptance Criteria
8 5 (13.89%) Cybersecurity
8 5 (13.89%) Service Management
8 5 (13.89%) SFIA
9 4 (11.11%) Bill of Materials
9 4 (11.11%) Decision-Making
9 4 (11.11%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.78%) Java
1 1 (2.78%) PowerShell
1 1 (2.78%) SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (58.33%) Security Cleared
2 14 (38.89%) PMP
2 14 (38.89%) SC Cleared
3 8 (22.22%) DV Cleared
4 4 (11.11%) PMI Certification
5 3 (8.33%) Degree
6 2 (5.56%) ISEB
7 1 (2.78%) CISM
7 1 (2.78%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.56%) COBIT
1 2 (5.56%) PMO
2 1 (2.78%) ISO 9000
2 1 (2.78%) JSP 440
2 1 (2.78%) RMADS
Vendors
1 7 (19.44%) Microsoft
2 5 (13.89%) SAP
3 4 (11.11%) Adobe
4 1 (2.78%) Ariba
4 1 (2.78%) Cisco
4 1 (2.78%) CyberArk
4 1 (2.78%) Oracle
4 1 (2.78%) Salesforce