Product Breakdown Structure Contracts in England

Product Breakdown Structure (PBS)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Product Breakdown Structure skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Product Breakdown Structure over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 543 630 784
Rank change year-on-year +87 +154 -128
Contract jobs citing Product Breakdown Structure 7 6 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.019% 0.013% 0.004%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.022% 0.014% 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 3
10th Percentile £510 - -
25th Percentile £515 £400 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year +4.68% +11.11% +15.38%
75th Percentile - £622 £459
90th Percentile - £661 £465
UK median daily rate £523 £500 £450
% change year-on-year +4.68% +11.11% +15.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £39.55 -
UK median hourly rate - £39.55 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Product 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 requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,030 42,283 63,775
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.40% 89.90% 90.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,779 29,697 45,496
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £440 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,363 1,526 1,693
10th Percentile £12.79 £10.69 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.01 £15.75 £15.63
Median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +40.19% +14.13%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.59 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.71 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
% change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%

Product Breakdown Structure
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Product Breakdown Structure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Product Breakdown Structure in England

Product Breakdown Structure
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Product Breakdown Structure in England.

Daily rate trend for Product Breakdown Structure in England

Product Breakdown Structure
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Product Breakdown Structure in England.

Hourly rate trend for Product Breakdown Structure in England

Product Breakdown Structure
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Product Breakdown Structure within the England region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
London +86 5 £523 -12.77%
South West -2 1 £513 +28.13%
Product Breakdown Structure
UK

Product Breakdown Structure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (28.57%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (57.14%) Primavera
1 4 (57.14%) Teamcenter
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Architect
1 3 (42.86%) Senior
1 3 (42.86%) Solutions Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Project Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Senior Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Solutions Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Project Management
1 5 (71.43%) Work Breakdown Structure
2 4 (57.14%) CAD
2 4 (57.14%) PLM
3 3 (42.86%) Agile
3 3 (42.86%) Business Case
3 3 (42.86%) Document Management
3 3 (42.86%) IT Strategy
3 3 (42.86%) Technology Strategy
4 2 (28.57%) Agile Project Management
4 2 (28.57%) Business Transformation
4 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
4 2 (28.57%) Contract Management
4 2 (28.57%) ITIL
4 2 (28.57%) PRINCE2
4 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
4 2 (28.57%) Requirements Management
4 2 (28.57%) Systems Engineering
5 1 (14.29%) Change Control
5 1 (14.29%) Project Governance
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Degree
1 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared
1 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 2 (28.57%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) Government Security Classifications