Work Breakdown Structure Contracts with Work from Home Options

Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 321 431 581
Rank change year-on-year +110 +150 -106
Contract jobs citing Work Breakdown Structure 16 36 44
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.11% 0.14% 0.099%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.16% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 25 19
10th Percentile £388 £435 £460
25th Percentile £414 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £583 £645 £556
90th Percentile £625 £718 £710
UK median daily rate £513 £575 £500
% change year-on-year -10.87% +15.00% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 1
10th Percentile - £37.50 -
25th Percentile - £41.25 £41.67
Median hourly rate £87.80 £50.00 £44.45
Median % change year-on-year +75.60% +12.50% -
75th Percentile - £60.00 £47.22
90th Percentile - - -
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
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,316 22,957 40,627
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.90% 89.76% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,913 16,228 29,490
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £626
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 575 528 539
10th Percentile £15.17 £18.93 £13.70
25th Percentile £24.63 £30.00 £19.96
Median hourly rate £42.50 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +57.14% +40.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £55.13
90th Percentile £75.15 £80.25 £67.56
UK median hourly rate £35.95 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.14% +44.00% +2.04%

Work Breakdown Structure
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Work Breakdown Structure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Work Breakdown Structure trend for jobs with a WFH option

Work Breakdown Structure
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Work Breakdown Structure.

Work Breakdown Structure daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Work Breakdown Structure
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Work Breakdown Structure over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Work Breakdown Structure daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Work Breakdown Structure
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Work Breakdown Structure.

Work Breakdown Structure hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Work Breakdown Structure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 2 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Acrobat
1 2 (12.50%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (25.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (6.25%) Primavera
2 1 (6.25%) SAP CO
2 1 (6.25%) SAP EWM
2 1 (6.25%) SAP MM
2 1 (6.25%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.25%) SuccessFactors
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 5 (31.25%) Finance
2 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Legal
3 2 (12.50%) Local Government
3 2 (12.50%) Manufacturing
3 2 (12.50%) Marketing
3 2 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 1 (6.25%) Aeronautics
4 1 (6.25%) Banking
4 1 (6.25%) Environmental Health
4 1 (6.25%) French Language
4 1 (6.25%) General Ledger
4 1 (6.25%) Military
4 1 (6.25%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Retail
4 1 (6.25%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (18.75%) IT Manager
1 3 (18.75%) Project Manager
2 2 (12.50%) Bid Manager
2 2 (12.50%) IT Services Manager
2 2 (12.50%) Service Manager
2 2 (12.50%) Service Transition Manager
2 2 (12.50%) Technical Manager
2 2 (12.50%) Technical Project Manager
2 2 (12.50%) Transition Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Analyst
3 1 (6.25%) Architect
3 1 (6.25%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Lead
3 1 (6.25%) Product Lead
3 1 (6.25%) Project Analyst
3 1 (6.25%) Project Planner
3 1 (6.25%) Project Support Analyst
3 1 (6.25%) SAP Architect
3 1 (6.25%) Senior
3 1 (6.25%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Mobile App
1 1 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (6.25%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (25.00%) Project Management
1 4 (25.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (18.75%) Agile
2 3 (18.75%) Budget Management
2 3 (18.75%) Change Management
2 3 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (18.75%) Critical Path Analysis
2 3 (18.75%) Impact Analysis
2 3 (18.75%) Project Planning
2 3 (18.75%) Service Design
2 3 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (12.50%) Acceptance Criteria
3 2 (12.50%) Bill of Materials
3 2 (12.50%) Business Case
3 2 (12.50%) Business Impact Analysis
3 2 (12.50%) Conflict Resolution
3 2 (12.50%) Decision-Making
3 2 (12.50%) People Management
3 2 (12.50%) SFIA
3 2 (12.50%) Value Proposition
Qualifications
1 8 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (31.25%) SC Cleared
3 3 (18.75%) DV Cleared
3 3 (18.75%) PMI Certification
3 3 (18.75%) PMP
4 2 (12.50%) Degree
4 2 (12.50%) ISEB
5 1 (6.25%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) COBIT
1 2 (12.50%) PMO
1 2 (12.50%) QA
2 1 (6.25%) JSP 440
2 1 (6.25%) RMADS
Vendors
1 4 (25.00%) SAP
2 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
3 2 (12.50%) Adobe
4 1 (6.25%) Ariba
4 1 (6.25%) Salesforce