Work Breakdown Structure Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Work Breakdown Structure skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Work Breakdown Structure 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 299 329 443
Rank change year-on-year +30 +114 +148
Contract jobs citing Work Breakdown Structure 5 16 34
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.050% 0.10% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.055% 0.12% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 11 23
10th Percentile £302 £388 £450
25th Percentile £328 £414 £464
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £370 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year -27.80% -6.82% +10.00%
75th Percentile £371 £583 £623
90th Percentile £371 £625 £708
UK median daily rate £386 £525 £575
% change year-on-year -26.50% -8.70% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 5
10th Percentile £41.90 - £37.50
25th Percentile £44.75 - £41.25
Median hourly rate £49.50 £87.80 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -43.62% +75.60% +12.50%
75th Percentile £54.25 - £60.00
90th Percentile £57.10 - -
UK median hourly rate £46.30 £40.94 £50.00
% change year-on-year +13.09% -18.12% +53.85%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Work Breakdown Structure falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Work Breakdown Structure
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Work Breakdown Structure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Work Breakdown Structure trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Work Breakdown Structure.

Work Breakdown Structure daily rate 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 remote working options citing Work Breakdown Structure.

Work Breakdown Structure hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Work Breakdown Structure over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Work Breakdown Structure hourly rate histogram 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:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (20.00%) MS Visio
1 1 (20.00%) Notepad++
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Primavera
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MagicDraw
1 1 (20.00%) XMLSpy
General
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Banking
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Project Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Senior
1 2 (40.00%) Technical Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Technical Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Data Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) ICT Manager
2 1 (20.00%) ICT Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) FpML
1 1 (20.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Derivative
1 1 (20.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (20.00%) OTC Derivatives
1 1 (20.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Critical Path Analysis
1 3 (60.00%) Project Management
1 3 (60.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (40.00%) PRINCE2
2 2 (40.00%) Project Planning
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Conflict Resolution
3 1 (20.00%) Contingency Planning
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Data Governance
3 1 (20.00%) Data Lineage
3 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) TDD
3 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle