Work Breakdown Structure Contracts in England

Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with 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 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 503 565 719
Rank change year-on-year +62 +154 -111
Contract jobs citing Work Breakdown Structure 40 73 62
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.11% 0.15% 0.088%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.17% 0.097%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 55 28
10th Percentile £397 £425 £409
25th Percentile £475 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £481
Median % change year-on-year - +19.48% +13.24%
75th Percentile £599 £756 £556
90th Percentile £630 £975 £715
UK median daily rate £563 £550 £500
% change year-on-year +2.27% +10.00% +21.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 6
10th Percentile - £44.75 -
25th Percentile - £50.00 £32.50
Median hourly rate £40.00 £60.00 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +23.08% +8.33%
75th Percentile - - £65.00
90th Percentile - £78.00 £65.15
UK median hourly rate £40.94 £60.00 £48.75
% change year-on-year -31.77% +23.08% +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,587 42,714 64,087
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.77% 89.96% 90.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,623 29,972 45,670
10th Percentile £300 £325 £335
25th Percentile £413 £445 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £543
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.38% +8.50%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £767 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,317 1,513 1,726
10th Percentile £12.85 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.50 £15.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year - +50.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.54 £25.68
% change year-on-year -0.11% +42.29% +9.46%

Work Breakdown Structure
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Work Breakdown Structure in England

Work Breakdown Structure
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Work Breakdown Structure in England

Work Breakdown Structure
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Work Breakdown Structure in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Work Breakdown Structure in England

Work Breakdown Structure
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Work Breakdown Structure in England

Work 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 Work Breakdown Structure within the England region over the 6 months to 31 May 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 +68 14 £575 -1.71% 5
South East +15 9 £440 -2.22% 10
South West +5 9 £575 +17.95% 3
East of England -2 4 £525 -44.74% 3
Midlands +21 1 - - 4
North of England +20 1 - - 3
North West - 1 - - 3
West Midlands - 1 - - 2
Work Breakdown Structure
UK

Work 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.50%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (7.50%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (5.00%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (27.50%) Primavera
2 5 (12.50%) SAP PS
3 4 (10.00%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (10.00%) Teamcenter
4 3 (7.50%) SAP HR
4 3 (7.50%) SAP MRS
5 2 (5.00%) CA PPM
6 1 (2.50%) Magento
6 1 (2.50%) SAP CO
6 1 (2.50%) SAP EWM
6 1 (2.50%) SAP FI
6 1 (2.50%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (2.50%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.00%) Azure
1 4 (10.00%) Power Platform
2 3 (7.50%) Power Automate
2 3 (7.50%) PowerApps
3 1 (2.50%) AWS
3 1 (2.50%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.50%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.50%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.00%) Power BI
2 3 (7.50%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (7.50%) Data Lake
3 1 (2.50%) MySQL
3 1 (2.50%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (2.50%) JIRA
General
1 18 (45.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (20.00%) Finance
2 8 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 4 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (10.00%) Law
4 2 (5.00%) Banking
4 2 (5.00%) Environmental Health
4 2 (5.00%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (5.00%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.50%) Electronics
5 1 (2.50%) French Language
5 1 (2.50%) General Ledger
5 1 (2.50%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.50%) Marketing
5 1 (2.50%) Military
Job Titles
1 6 (15.00%) Architect
1 6 (15.00%) Project Manager
1 6 (15.00%) Service Manager
1 6 (15.00%) Service Transition Manager
1 6 (15.00%) Transition Manager
2 4 (10.00%) Senior
2 4 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
3 3 (7.50%) Applications Manager
3 3 (7.50%) Business Intelligence Manager
3 3 (7.50%) Consultant
3 3 (7.50%) Data Manager
3 3 (7.50%) IT Manager
3 3 (7.50%) Project Planner
3 3 (7.50%) Report Manager
3 3 (7.50%) SAP Consultant
3 3 (7.50%) Technical Manager
3 3 (7.50%) Technical Project Manager
4 2 (5.00%) IT Services Manager
4 2 (5.00%) Planning Manager
4 2 (5.00%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.50%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (5.00%) CSS
2 2 (5.00%) HTML
3 1 (2.50%) jQuery
3 1 (2.50%) JSP
3 1 (2.50%) LAMP
3 1 (2.50%) LDAP
3 1 (2.50%) REST
3 1 (2.50%) SOAP
3 1 (2.50%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.50%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (2.50%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (2.50%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (2.50%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (2.50%) Freedom of Information Act
2 1 (2.50%) Mobile App
2 1 (2.50%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.50%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.50%) Unix
1 1 (2.50%) Windows
1 1 (2.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (30.00%) Critical Path Analysis
1 12 (30.00%) Project Management
2 9 (22.50%) Risk Management
3 8 (20.00%) Conflict Resolution
3 8 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (17.50%) Change Management
4 7 (17.50%) Project Planning
5 6 (15.00%) ITIL
5 6 (15.00%) Project Delivery
6 5 (12.50%) Acceptance Criteria
6 5 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
6 5 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (12.50%) Product Breakdown Structure
6 5 (12.50%) Service Management
6 5 (12.50%) SFIA
7 4 (10.00%) Agile
7 4 (10.00%) CAD
7 4 (10.00%) Change Control
7 4 (10.00%) PLM
7 4 (10.00%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.00%) SQL
2 3 (7.50%) ABAP
2 3 (7.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 3 (7.50%) Python
2 3 (7.50%) R
3 1 (2.50%) Java
3 1 (2.50%) PHP
3 1 (2.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 20 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 13 (32.50%) SC Cleared
3 7 (17.50%) DV Cleared
4 3 (7.50%) CIMA
4 3 (7.50%) PMP
5 2 (5.00%) Degree
5 2 (5.00%) ISEB
6 1 (2.50%) CISM
6 1 (2.50%) CISSP
6 1 (2.50%) FFIEC
6 1 (2.50%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (15.00%) PMO
2 2 (5.00%) COBIT
3 1 (2.50%) ISO 9000
3 1 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.50%) JSP 440
3 1 (2.50%) NIST
3 1 (2.50%) PCI DSS
3 1 (2.50%) QA
3 1 (2.50%) RMADS
Vendors
1 11 (27.50%) SAP
2 3 (7.50%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.50%) Ariba
3 1 (2.50%) Cisco
3 1 (2.50%) CyberArk
3 1 (2.50%) Oracle
3 1 (2.50%) Salesforce