Work Breakdown Structure Contracts in London

Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 376 410 546
Rank change year-on-year +34 +136 +17
Contract jobs citing Work Breakdown Structure 5 21 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.032% 0.10% 0.089%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.036% 0.11% 0.097%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 19 22
10th Percentile £453 £418 £295
25th Percentile £457 £465 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £454
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +26.65% +2.02%
75th Percentile £550 £603 £579
90th Percentile £573 £647 £658
England median daily rate £500 £575 £500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% +42.86%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 requiring process or methodology skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,962 18,344 33,959
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.17% 89.71% 91.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,995 13,225 24,324
10th Percentile £350 £363 £400
25th Percentile £450 £463 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £588
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -2.13% +6.82%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £798
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 168 234 277
10th Percentile £17.43 £18.21 £16.53
25th Percentile £25.17 £21.25 £23.25
Median hourly rate £38.75 £39.09 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -0.86% +4.23% +8.70%
75th Percentile £58.75 £63.25 £59.38
90th Percentile £80.23 £77.50 £75.39
England median hourly rate £39.50 £44.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -11.24% +27.14% +70.73%

Work Breakdown Structure
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Work Breakdown Structure in London

Work Breakdown Structure
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Work Breakdown Structure in London

Work Breakdown Structure
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Work Breakdown Structure in London

Work Breakdown Structure
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
Central London +17 2 £504 -9.48%
Work Breakdown Structure
England

Work Breakdown Structure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Primavera
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Unified Communications
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Investment Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Military
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (40.00%) Senior
2 2 (40.00%) Senior Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Applications Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Applications Project Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Change Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Finance Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Migration Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Migration Project Manager
3 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared Project Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Applications Project Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Change Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Delivery Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Agile
1 2 (40.00%) Business Case
1 2 (40.00%) Change Management
1 2 (40.00%) Resource Management
1 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (40.00%) Strategic Planning
1 2 (40.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (20.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (20.00%) Budgeting
2 1 (20.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 1 (20.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (20.00%) Contingency Planning
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (20.00%) Logistics
2 1 (20.00%) People Management
2 1 (20.00%) Programme Governance
2 1 (20.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (20.00%) Resource Allocation
2 1 (20.00%) Service Design
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) PMI Certification
3 1 (20.00%) PMP
3 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) JSP 440
1 1 (20.00%) QA
1 1 (20.00%) RMADS
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Planview