Workflow Contracts

Workflow
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 152 159 166
Rank change year-on-year +7 +7 -7
Contract jobs citing Workflow 555 672 923
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.90% 1.54% 1.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.09% 1.79% 1.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 338 408 621
10th Percentile £313 £300 £313
25th Percentile £402 £408 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £600 £600 £656
90th Percentile £725 £729 £813
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £499 £450
% change year-on-year -4.76% +10.83% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 32 23
10th Percentile £16.97 £13.25 £16.25
25th Percentile £24.16 £16.80 £20.25
Median hourly rate £26.77 £25.90 £31.27
Median % change year-on-year +3.38% -17.19% +35.38%
75th Percentile £30.68 £40.00 £48.50
90th Percentile £62.81 £67.40 £56.38
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £30.00 £27.39
% change year-on-year -16.17% +9.55% +56.49%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,551 37,621 53,662
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.82% 86.30% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,137 24,254 37,244
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.86% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £744 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.80% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,437 1,746
10th Percentile £14.70 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.31% -4.83% +49.20%
75th Percentile £62.00 £59.95 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.94 £36.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -23.45% +1.39% +80.00%

Workflow
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Workflow as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Workflow in the UK

Workflow
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Workflow.

Daily rate trend for Workflow in the UK

Workflow
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Workflow over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Workflow in the UK

Workflow
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Workflow.

Hourly rate trend for Workflow in the UK

Workflow
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Workflow over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Workflow in the UK

Workflow
Top 16 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 30 April 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
England +15 483 £500 -5.66% 874
UK excluding London +20 241 £475 -4.76% 368
London +7 236 £550 - 540
Work from Home -15 166 £475 -5.00% 468
Midlands +52 72 £475 -13.64% 61
South East +9 63 £475 +5.82% 93
West Midlands +37 57 £500 -11.50% 42
North of England +13 41 £550 -4.35% 98
South West +36 24 £506 +35.00% 54
Yorkshire +22 24 £520 -18.15% 31
Scotland +5 24 £450 -30.77% 21
East of England +19 18 £318 -33.01% 31
North West -9 17 £575 +4.55% 61
East Midlands +19 14 £463 +57.15% 19
Wales - 1 £501 - 9
Northern Ireland - 1 £325 - 7

Workflow
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 42 (7.57%) Oracle Workflow
2 37 (6.67%) Confluence
3 28 (5.05%) SharePoint
4 27 (4.86%) Apache
5 23 (4.14%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (1.62%) Camunda
7 6 (1.08%) Apache Spark
7 6 (1.08%) Oracle Self-Service HR
8 5 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.54%) CMS
9 3 (0.54%) NetWeaver
9 3 (0.54%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 3 (0.54%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.36%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.36%) Alfresco
10 2 (0.36%) Luigi
11 1 (0.18%) Appian
11 1 (0.18%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.18%) SAS
11 1 (0.18%) TPMS
Applications
1 21 (3.78%) Microsoft Excel
1 21 (3.78%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (2.70%) MS Visio
3 11 (1.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.26%) InfoPath
5 3 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.36%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.36%) Maya
6 2 (0.36%) NUKE
6 2 (0.36%) ProjectWise
6 2 (0.36%) Siemens NX
6 2 (0.36%) Trello
7 1 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.18%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.18%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 13 (2.34%) Oracle EBS
2 10 (1.80%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (1.80%) Oracle Payables
3 9 (1.62%) Oracle EBS R12
4 8 (1.44%) SAP S/4HANA
5 7 (1.26%) Oracle Assets
6 5 (0.90%) Oracle Applications
6 5 (0.90%) Oracle General Ledger
6 5 (0.90%) SAP HCM
7 4 (0.72%) Oracle HRMS
7 4 (0.72%) Oracle Internet Expenses
7 4 (0.72%) Oracle iProcurement
7 4 (0.72%) Oracle Receivables
7 4 (0.72%) Remedy ITSM
7 4 (0.72%) SAP HR
7 4 (0.72%) SAP Payroll
8 3 (0.54%) Aladdin
8 3 (0.54%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 3 (0.54%) SAP MDG
8 3 (0.54%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 83 (14.95%) Azure
2 57 (10.27%) Power Platform
3 44 (7.93%) AWS
4 34 (6.13%) PowerApps
5 30 (5.41%) GCP
6 27 (4.86%) Power Automate
7 24 (4.32%) Azure DevOps
8 21 (3.78%) Microsoft 365
9 19 (3.42%) Dynamics 365
9 19 (3.42%) Serverless
10 18 (3.24%) Cloud Computing
11 15 (2.70%) Azure Logic Apps
11 15 (2.70%) GitHub
12 13 (2.34%) Azure Functions
12 13 (2.34%) SaaS
13 10 (1.80%) OCI
14 9 (1.62%) Amazon S3
15 8 (1.44%) Azure Data Factory
15 8 (1.44%) Entra ID
16 7 (1.26%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 22 (3.96%) Firewall
2 16 (2.88%) SMTP
3 12 (2.16%) DNS
4 11 (1.98%) HTTP
5 10 (1.80%) POP3
6 8 (1.44%) DHCP
7 7 (1.26%) FTP
7 7 (1.26%) Telnet
8 6 (1.08%) Internet
8 6 (1.08%) Network Security
8 6 (1.08%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (0.90%) VLAN
9 5 (0.90%) VPN
10 4 (0.72%) SD-WAN
10 4 (0.72%) WAN
11 3 (0.54%) Radio Access Network
11 3 (0.54%) SNMP
12 2 (0.36%) LAN
12 2 (0.36%) MPLS
12 2 (0.36%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (5.95%) Power BI
2 30 (5.41%) Relational Database
3 17 (3.06%) Oracle Reports
4 15 (2.70%) SQL Server
5 13 (2.34%) PostgreSQL
5 13 (2.34%) RDBMS
6 12 (2.16%) Data Warehouse
7 11 (1.98%) Tableau
8 9 (1.62%) Big Data
8 9 (1.62%) Flink
8 9 (1.62%) Oracle Database
9 8 (1.44%) BigQuery
10 6 (1.08%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 5 (0.90%) Apache Hive
11 5 (0.90%) Data Lake
11 5 (0.90%) Hadoop
11 5 (0.90%) MongoDB
11 5 (0.90%) MySQL
11 5 (0.90%) NoSQL
11 5 (0.90%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 76 (13.69%) JIRA
2 22 (3.96%) Git
3 17 (3.06%) Jenkins
4 14 (2.52%) GitLab
5 11 (1.98%) Oracle Forms
6 8 (1.44%) JUnit
7 6 (1.08%) Maven
7 6 (1.08%) Postman
8 5 (0.90%) Cucumber
9 4 (0.72%) Gradle
9 4 (0.72%) HP UFT
9 4 (0.72%) IntelliJ
9 4 (0.72%) ScriptRunner
9 4 (0.72%) Selenium
10 3 (0.54%) git-flow
10 3 (0.54%) JMeter
10 3 (0.54%) MLflow
10 3 (0.54%) Oracle APEX
11 2 (0.36%) SonarQube
11 2 (0.36%) webpack
General
1 200 (36.04%) Social Skills
2 123 (22.16%) Finance
3 90 (16.22%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (7.93%) Public Sector
5 38 (6.85%) Banking
6 26 (4.68%) Legal
7 18 (3.24%) Investment Banking
8 17 (3.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 15 (2.70%) Front Office
10 13 (2.34%) Organisational Skills
10 13 (2.34%) Retail
10 13 (2.34%) Telecoms
11 12 (2.16%) Marketing
12 9 (1.62%) Documentation Skills
12 9 (1.62%) Financial Institution
12 9 (1.62%) Presentation Skills
13 8 (1.44%) Back Office
13 8 (1.44%) Billing
14 7 (1.26%) General Ledger
15 6 (1.08%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 111 (20.00%) Developer
2 74 (13.33%) Analyst
3 49 (8.83%) Lead
4 48 (8.65%) Consultant
5 45 (8.11%) Senior
6 44 (7.93%) Business Analyst
7 39 (7.03%) Architect
8 28 (5.05%) Data Engineer
9 24 (4.32%) ServiceNow Developer
10 21 (3.78%) Senior Developer
11 19 (3.42%) Solutions Architect
12 16 (2.88%) DevOps Engineer
13 15 (2.70%) Project Manager
14 12 (2.16%) Functional Consultant
14 12 (2.16%) SAP Consultant
14 12 (2.16%) Support Analyst
15 11 (1.98%) Automation Engineer
15 11 (1.98%) Java Developer
16 10 (1.80%) Oracle Consultant
16 10 (1.80%) Scrum Master
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (6.31%) HTML
2 28 (5.05%) CSS
2 28 (5.05%) REST
3 25 (4.50%) Web Services
4 22 (3.96%) SOAP
5 20 (3.60%) AngularJS
5 20 (3.60%) XML
6 18 (3.24%) .NET
6 18 (3.24%) JSON
7 15 (2.70%) CSS3
7 15 (2.70%) Kafka
8 12 (2.16%) Oracle Fusion
8 12 (2.16%) PySpark
9 11 (1.98%) LDAP
9 11 (1.98%) RESTful
9 11 (1.98%) SAP Fiori
10 10 (1.80%) Bootstrap
10 10 (1.80%) Middleware
10 10 (1.80%) SAPUI5
11 9 (1.62%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 24 (4.32%) Product Ownership
2 22 (3.96%) Onboarding
3 15 (2.70%) Management Information System
4 12 (2.16%) Data Structures
4 12 (2.16%) EPoS
5 11 (1.98%) Cloud Native
5 11 (1.98%) Enterprise Software
5 11 (1.98%) Legacy Systems
5 11 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (1.80%) CMDB
6 10 (1.80%) Fixed Income
7 9 (1.62%) Algorithms
7 9 (1.62%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 9 (1.62%) NHS
8 7 (1.26%) Low-Code
9 6 (1.08%) Enterprise Cloud
9 6 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (0.90%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (0.72%) Data Centre
11 4 (0.72%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 43 (7.75%) Linux
2 24 (4.32%) Windows
3 20 (3.60%) Unix
4 9 (1.62%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.90%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.90%) Mac OS
5 5 (0.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.54%) Solaris
7 2 (0.36%) Android
7 2 (0.36%) CentOS
7 2 (0.36%) VMS
8 1 (0.18%) Amazon Linux
8 1 (0.18%) CoreOS
8 1 (0.18%) VyOS
8 1 (0.18%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (25.05%) Problem-Solving
2 133 (23.96%) Agile
3 72 (12.97%) DevOps
4 59 (10.63%) Project Management
5 54 (9.73%) Stakeholder Management
6 50 (9.01%) CI/CD
6 50 (9.01%) Continuous Improvement
7 49 (8.83%) Analytics
7 49 (8.83%) Decision-Making
7 49 (8.83%) Migration
8 47 (8.47%) Business Intelligence
9 44 (7.93%) Workflow Management
10 43 (7.75%) Scrum
11 42 (7.57%) Data Modelling
12 37 (6.67%) ETL
13 36 (6.49%) ITSM
14 35 (6.31%) Data Analysis
14 35 (6.31%) Roadmaps
14 35 (6.31%) User Experience
15 33 (5.95%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 99 (17.84%) SQL
2 95 (17.12%) Python
3 55 (9.91%) JavaScript
4 54 (9.73%) Java
5 24 (4.32%) C#
6 21 (3.78%) ABAP
7 14 (2.52%) Bash
7 14 (2.52%) PowerShell
8 13 (2.34%) PL/SQL
9 7 (1.26%) Perl
10 6 (1.08%) Shell Script
10 6 (1.08%) TypeScript
10 6 (1.08%) VBA
11 5 (0.90%) COBOL
11 5 (0.90%) Groovy
11 5 (0.90%) VB
12 3 (0.54%) Apex Code
12 3 (0.54%) C++
12 3 (0.54%) MATLAB
12 3 (0.54%) Scala
Qualifications
1 83 (14.95%) Security Cleared
2 63 (11.35%) SC Cleared
3 43 (7.75%) Degree
4 13 (2.34%) BPSS Clearance
4 13 (2.34%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (1.44%) DV Cleared
6 6 (1.08%) AWS Certification
6 6 (1.08%) CISSP
6 6 (1.08%) PMI Certification
7 5 (0.90%) CISM
7 5 (0.90%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 4 (0.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (0.54%) CAPM
9 3 (0.54%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.54%) PMP
9 3 (0.54%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (0.36%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.36%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.36%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.18%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (5.77%) QA
2 24 (4.32%) Data Quality
3 12 (2.16%) SLA
4 11 (1.98%) Accessibility
5 10 (1.80%) GDPR
6 7 (1.26%) PMO
7 5 (0.90%) GRC
8 2 (0.36%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (0.36%) Dodd-Frank
8 2 (0.36%) EMIR
8 2 (0.36%) MiFID
8 2 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.18%) Basel III
9 1 (0.18%) COBIT
9 1 (0.18%) COSHH
9 1 (0.18%) GxP
9 1 (0.18%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.18%) SEPA
9 1 (0.18%) TARGET2
System Software
1 27 (4.86%) Docker
2 21 (3.78%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.44%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (1.08%) NFS
5 5 (0.90%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.36%) FreeRADIUS
6 2 (0.36%) iptables
6 2 (0.36%) Samba
7 1 (0.18%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 35 (6.31%) Kubernetes
2 24 (4.32%) Terraform
3 22 (3.96%) Ansible
4 11 (1.98%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (1.44%) Prometheus
6 7 (1.26%) Grafana
7 4 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.54%) Kibana
9 2 (0.36%) Cacti
9 2 (0.36%) Istio
9 2 (0.36%) Kubeflow
9 2 (0.36%) logstash
9 2 (0.36%) Nagios
9 2 (0.36%) Netcool
9 2 (0.36%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.36%) Proxmox
9 2 (0.36%) Puppet
9 2 (0.36%) yum
9 2 (0.36%) ZABBIX
10 1 (0.18%) Argo
Vendors
1 78 (14.05%) Microsoft
2 68 (12.25%) ServiceNow
3 54 (9.73%) Oracle
4 38 (6.85%) SAP
5 31 (5.59%) Google
6 17 (3.06%) Atlassian
7 16 (2.88%) Adobe
8 13 (2.34%) Salesforce
9 11 (1.98%) Databricks
10 10 (1.80%) Cisco
11 8 (1.44%) Palo Alto
12 7 (1.26%) Ariba
12 7 (1.26%) Murex
13 6 (1.08%) Dynatrace
13 6 (1.08%) Qualys
14 5 (0.90%) Alteryx
14 5 (0.90%) Bloomberg
14 5 (0.90%) Informatica
14 5 (0.90%) Red Hat
14 5 (0.90%) Splunk