Workflow Contracts in the UK excluding London

Workflow
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Workflow skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Workflow 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 137 150 220
Rank change year-on-year +13 +70 -15
Contract jobs citing Workflow 244 290 273
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.91% 1.40% 1.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.11% 1.65% 1.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 186 176
10th Percentile £256 £286 £228
25th Percentile £375 £380 £348
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £499 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +10.83% -5.26%
75th Percentile £586 £595 £575
90th Percentile £643 £668 £646
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 22 14
10th Percentile £13.08 £12.16 £13.63
25th Percentile £23.18 £14.56 £16.44
Median hourly rate £25.15 £30.00 £27.39
Median % change year-on-year -16.17% +9.55% +56.49%
75th Percentile £30.68 £56.50 £52.58
90th Percentile £60.63 £73.80 £56.38
UK median hourly rate £26.77 £25.90 £31.27
% change year-on-year +3.38% -17.19% +35.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Workflow 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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,543 17,602 21,544
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.42% 84.74% 89.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,249 10,520 14,947
10th Percentile £235 £250 £255
25th Percentile £375 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £662 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 825 2,048 1,307
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.33 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.28 £16.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%
75th Percentile £64.50 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £72.98
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Workflow
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Workflow in the UK excluding London

Workflow
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Workflow in the UK excluding London

Workflow
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Workflow in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Workflow in the UK excluding London

Workflow
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Workflow in the UK excluding London

Workflow
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Workflow in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Workflow in the UK excluding London

Workflow
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 Workflow within the UK excluding 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
Midlands +50 72 £475 -13.64% 73
South East +11 64 £475 +5.82% 191
West Midlands +36 57 £500 -11.50% 46
North of England +4 41 £550 -4.35% 108
South West +38 25 £500 +33.33% 66
Scotland +10 25 £450 -30.77% 30
Yorkshire +15 24 £520 -18.15% 32
East of England +16 18 £318 -33.01% 43
North West -3 17 £575 +4.55% 68
East Midlands +19 14 £463 +57.15% 22
Northern Ireland - 1 £325 - 7
Wales - 1 £501 - 9
Workflow
UK

Workflow
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 16 (6.56%) Apache
1 16 (6.56%) Apache Airflow
1 16 (6.56%) Oracle Workflow
1 16 (6.56%) SharePoint
2 10 (4.10%) Confluence
3 6 (2.46%) Oracle Self-Service HR
4 4 (1.64%) Camunda
5 2 (0.82%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.82%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.82%) CMS
5 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.82%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 2 (0.82%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.41%) Appian
6 1 (0.41%) Luigi
6 1 (0.41%) TPMS
Applications
1 13 (5.33%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.87%) InfoPath
3 6 (2.46%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.82%) Maya
4 2 (0.82%) NUKE
5 1 (0.41%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (2.46%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (2.05%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (1.64%) Oracle HRMS
4 3 (1.23%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.82%) Maximo
5 2 (0.82%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.82%) SAP GRC
5 2 (0.82%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.41%) Oracle 11i
6 1 (0.41%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.41%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.41%) Remedy AR System
6 1 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.41%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.41%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.41%) SAP PSCD
6 1 (0.41%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 30 (12.30%) Azure
2 27 (11.07%) Power Platform
3 19 (7.79%) AWS
4 18 (7.38%) GCP
5 16 (6.56%) Power Automate
5 16 (6.56%) PowerApps
6 13 (5.33%) Microsoft 365
6 13 (5.33%) Serverless
7 9 (3.69%) Dynamics 365
8 8 (3.28%) GitHub
9 7 (2.87%) Amazon S3
9 7 (2.87%) Cloud Computing
10 6 (2.46%) Azure Functions
10 6 (2.46%) Azure Logic Apps
10 6 (2.46%) IaaS
11 5 (2.05%) Entra ID
11 5 (2.05%) Google Workspace
11 5 (2.05%) OCI
12 4 (1.64%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (1.64%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.69%) DNS
2 8 (3.28%) DHCP
3 7 (2.87%) Firewall
4 6 (2.46%) FTP
5 5 (2.05%) SMTP
5 5 (2.05%) Telnet
5 5 (2.05%) VLAN
5 5 (2.05%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (1.23%) Radio Access Network
7 2 (0.82%) HTTP
7 2 (0.82%) Internet
7 2 (0.82%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.82%) WAN
8 1 (0.41%) BGP
8 1 (0.41%) Ethernet VPN
8 1 (0.41%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 1 (0.41%) MPLS
8 1 (0.41%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (7.79%) Power BI
2 17 (6.97%) Relational Database
3 10 (4.10%) RDBMS
4 9 (3.69%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (2.87%) Flink
6 6 (2.46%) Oracle Database
6 6 (2.46%) SQL Server
6 6 (2.46%) Tableau
7 5 (2.05%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (2.05%) Oracle Reports
8 4 (1.64%) BigQuery
9 3 (1.23%) Apache Hive
9 3 (1.23%) Big Data
9 3 (1.23%) Looker
9 3 (1.23%) MySQL
9 3 (1.23%) Oracle Database 10g
9 3 (1.23%) Oracle Database 11g
9 3 (1.23%) Power Query
10 2 (0.82%) Geospatial Data
10 2 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 41 (16.80%) JIRA
2 10 (4.10%) Git
3 8 (3.28%) GitLab
3 8 (3.28%) Jenkins
4 6 (2.46%) JUnit
4 6 (2.46%) Maven
5 5 (2.05%) Cucumber
5 5 (2.05%) Postman
6 4 (1.64%) Gradle
6 4 (1.64%) HP UFT
6 4 (1.64%) IntelliJ
6 4 (1.64%) Selenium
7 3 (1.23%) JMeter
8 2 (0.82%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.82%) Mockito
8 2 (0.82%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.82%) ScriptRunner
8 2 (0.82%) webpack
9 1 (0.41%) MLflow
9 1 (0.41%) Storybook
General
1 90 (36.89%) Social Skills
2 41 (16.80%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (11.48%) Finance
4 21 (8.61%) Public Sector
5 11 (4.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (4.51%) Telecoms
6 9 (3.69%) Banking
7 5 (2.05%) Investment Banking
7 5 (2.05%) Legal
7 5 (2.05%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (1.64%) Aerospace
8 4 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (1.64%) Retail
9 3 (1.23%) Advertising
9 3 (1.23%) Automotive
9 3 (1.23%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.23%) Marketing
10 2 (0.82%) Billing
10 2 (0.82%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.82%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 47 (19.26%) Developer
2 33 (13.52%) Lead
3 21 (8.61%) Architect
4 19 (7.79%) Analyst
5 18 (7.38%) Data Engineer
6 17 (6.97%) Senior
7 12 (4.92%) Business Analyst
8 10 (4.10%) Consultant
8 10 (4.10%) DevOps Engineer
9 9 (3.69%) Senior Developer
9 9 (3.69%) Solutions Architect
10 8 (3.28%) Java Developer
10 8 (3.28%) Oracle Specialist
10 8 (3.28%) Team Leader
11 7 (2.87%) Scrum Master
12 6 (2.46%) ServiceNow Developer
13 5 (2.05%) ABAP Developer
13 5 (2.05%) Cloud Engineer
13 5 (2.05%) IT Support
13 5 (2.05%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (7.79%) HTML
2 17 (6.97%) CSS
3 15 (6.15%) REST
4 10 (4.10%) PySpark
5 9 (3.69%) Kafka
5 9 (3.69%) React
6 8 (3.28%) .NET
6 8 (3.28%) jQuery
7 7 (2.87%) SOAP
8 6 (2.46%) Apache NiFi
8 6 (2.46%) JSON
8 6 (2.46%) Middleware
8 6 (2.46%) SAP Fiori
8 6 (2.46%) SAPUI5
8 6 (2.46%) Web Services
9 5 (2.05%) .NET Framework
9 5 (2.05%) ASP.NET MVC
9 5 (2.05%) HTML5
9 5 (2.05%) Oracle Fusion
9 5 (2.05%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 13 (5.33%) Onboarding
2 12 (4.92%) EPoS
3 8 (3.28%) Management Information System
4 7 (2.87%) Enterprise Software
4 7 (2.87%) NHS
4 7 (2.87%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (2.46%) Hybrid Cloud
5 6 (2.46%) Product Ownership
6 5 (2.05%) Enterprise Cloud
6 5 (2.05%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.64%) Cloud Native
7 4 (1.64%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.23%) Driving Licence
9 2 (0.82%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.82%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.82%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (0.82%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 2 (0.82%) TM Forum
9 2 (0.82%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 19 (7.79%) Linux
2 16 (6.56%) Windows
3 5 (2.05%) Unix
4 4 (1.64%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.82%) Solaris
6 1 (0.41%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.41%) CentOS
6 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.41%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (29.10%) Problem-Solving
2 53 (21.72%) Agile
3 31 (12.70%) Continuous Improvement
4 28 (11.48%) Decision-Making
5 27 (11.07%) DevOps
6 26 (10.66%) Business Intelligence
6 26 (10.66%) CI/CD
7 25 (10.25%) Stakeholder Management
7 25 (10.25%) Workflow Management
8 24 (9.84%) Analytics
9 23 (9.43%) Migration
10 22 (9.02%) Data Modelling
11 21 (8.61%) Data Pipeline
11 21 (8.61%) Scrum
12 18 (7.38%) Service Delivery
12 18 (7.38%) User Experience
13 17 (6.97%) Project Management
13 17 (6.97%) Technical Leadership
14 16 (6.56%) Data Management
14 16 (6.56%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 41 (16.80%) Python
2 40 (16.39%) SQL
3 31 (12.70%) JavaScript
4 27 (11.07%) Java
5 11 (4.51%) ABAP
5 11 (4.51%) C#
6 7 (2.87%) PowerShell
7 5 (2.05%) COBOL
7 5 (2.05%) Perl
7 5 (2.05%) Shell Script
8 4 (1.64%) PL/SQL
8 4 (1.64%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.23%) Bash
9 3 (1.23%) Groovy
9 3 (1.23%) VBA
10 2 (0.82%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.41%) JCL
11 1 (0.41%) R
11 1 (0.41%) REXX
11 1 (0.41%) Scala
Qualifications
1 44 (18.03%) Security Cleared
2 33 (13.52%) SC Cleared
3 17 (6.97%) Degree
4 10 (4.10%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (2.87%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (2.87%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.23%) AWS Certification
6 3 (1.23%) CISSP
7 2 (0.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (0.82%) CISM
7 2 (0.82%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (0.41%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.41%) CCNP
8 1 (0.41%) CISA
8 1 (0.41%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.41%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.41%) MCITP
8 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.41%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (9.02%) QA
2 17 (6.97%) Data Quality
3 5 (2.05%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.64%) GDPR
4 4 (1.64%) SLA
5 2 (0.82%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (0.82%) GRC
6 1 (0.41%) COSHH
6 1 (0.41%) GxP
6 1 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 17 (6.97%) Docker
2 6 (2.46%) Active Directory
3 5 (2.05%) NFS
3 5 (2.05%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (0.82%) Samba
5 1 (0.41%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 23 (9.43%) Kubernetes
2 10 (4.10%) Terraform
3 9 (3.69%) Ansible
4 3 (1.23%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.82%) Kibana
5 2 (0.82%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.82%) yum
6 1 (0.41%) Control-M
6 1 (0.41%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.41%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
6 1 (0.41%) Grafana
6 1 (0.41%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 1 (0.41%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 35 (14.34%) Microsoft
2 22 (9.02%) ServiceNow
3 20 (8.20%) Oracle
4 16 (6.56%) Google
5 14 (5.74%) SAP
6 12 (4.92%) Atlassian
7 8 (3.28%) Adobe
8 4 (1.64%) Cisco
9 3 (1.23%) Databricks
9 3 (1.23%) Dynatrace
9 3 (1.23%) IBM
9 3 (1.23%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.82%) Ariba
10 2 (0.82%) Cloudera
10 2 (0.82%) DocuSign
10 2 (0.82%) IFS
10 2 (0.82%) Red Hat
10 2 (0.82%) Snow
10 2 (0.82%) Splunk
10 2 (0.82%) Virgin Media