Workflow Contracts

Workflow
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Workflow skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Workflow over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 160 170 158
Rank change year-on-year +10 -12 -9
Contract jobs citing Workflow 668 912 1,620
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.54% 1.54% 1.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.78% 1.71% 2.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 406 616 1,016
10th Percentile £300 £313 £396
25th Percentile £405 £430 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +12.82%
75th Percentile £600 £660 £700
90th Percentile £719 £816 £795
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +10.00% -5.26% +3.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 22 33
10th Percentile £13.25 £16.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.80 £19.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.90 £30.76 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -15.82% +36.71% +7.14%
75th Percentile £40.00 £49.25 £54.00
90th Percentile £67.40 £56.38 £76.20
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £27.39 £17.50
% change year-on-year +9.55% +56.49% +4.48%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Workflow 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 requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,452 53,231 80,444
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.33% 89.85% 90.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,130 36,930 56,488
10th Percentile £300 £325 £341
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,454 1,752 1,920
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.95 £36.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.14% +44.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £64.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%

Workflow
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Workflow as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Workflow in the UK

Workflow
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Workflow.

Daily rate trend for Workflow in the UK

Workflow
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Workflow over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Workflow in the UK

Workflow
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Workflow.

Hourly rate trend for Workflow in the UK

Workflow
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Workflow over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Workflow in the UK

Workflow
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Workflow within the UK over the 6 months to 3 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
England +11 571 £525 -4.55% 493
London -22 294 £550 -8.33% 202
UK excluding London +67 287 £495 +10.00% 313
Work from Home +43 253 £500 -6.98% 219
South East +33 100 £449 -5.50% 60
North of England +44 57 £575 +21.05% 84
Midlands +17 39 £525 +10.53% 61
North West +23 38 £550 +15.79% 54
West Midlands +23 34 £550 +15.79% 40
South West +34 32 £375 +3.45% 47
East of England +20 32 £475 +26.67% 31
Scotland +15 25 £513 +12.64% 28
Yorkshire +29 17 £635 +41.11% 26
East Midlands +14 5 £294 -35.67% 21
North East +19 2 £533 - 4

Workflow
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 47 (7.04%) Confluence
2 31 (4.64%) Oracle Workflow
3 30 (4.49%) Apache Airflow
4 27 (4.04%) SharePoint
5 26 (3.89%) Apache
6 15 (2.25%) Appian
7 11 (1.65%) Camunda
8 6 (0.90%) Alfresco
8 6 (0.90%) FileNet
9 4 (0.60%) JBoss
9 4 (0.60%) WebSphere
10 3 (0.45%) Apache Spark
10 3 (0.45%) CMS
10 3 (0.45%) Documentum
10 3 (0.45%) IIS
10 3 (0.45%) Jadu
11 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
11 2 (0.30%) nginx
12 1 (0.15%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.15%) SAS
Applications
1 33 (4.94%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (4.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (2.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (1.65%) MS Visio
5 8 (1.20%) CATIA
6 6 (0.90%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.45%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.15%) 3ds Max
9 1 (0.15%) Adobe Captivate
9 1 (0.15%) Blender
9 1 (0.15%) Camtasia
9 1 (0.15%) InVision
9 1 (0.15%) Lectora
9 1 (0.15%) Sketch
9 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (1.95%) OpenText VIM for SAP
2 11 (1.65%) SAP FI-AP
2 11 (1.65%) SAP MDG
3 9 (1.35%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (1.35%) Teamcenter
4 8 (1.20%) DELMIA
5 6 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.90%) Oracle EBS
5 6 (0.90%) Oracle Payables
5 6 (0.90%) Oracle Receivables
6 5 (0.75%) Aareon QL
6 5 (0.75%) Oracle Assets
6 5 (0.75%) Oracle General Ledger
7 4 (0.60%) Fidessa
7 4 (0.60%) Maximo
7 4 (0.60%) Oracle EBS R12
7 4 (0.60%) Oracle FAH
7 4 (0.60%) Oracle Financials
7 4 (0.60%) Salesforce CRM
7 4 (0.60%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 97 (14.52%) Azure
2 54 (8.08%) AWS
3 39 (5.84%) Power Platform
4 31 (4.64%) GCP
5 22 (3.29%) Azure DevOps
6 19 (2.84%) GitHub
6 19 (2.84%) SuccessFactors
7 14 (2.10%) Power Automate
8 13 (1.95%) Microsoft 365
9 12 (1.80%) Cloud Computing
9 12 (1.80%) Dynamics 365
9 12 (1.80%) PowerApps
9 12 (1.80%) SaaS
9 12 (1.80%) Serverless
10 9 (1.35%) Collibra
11 8 (1.20%) Amazon S3
11 8 (1.20%) Azure Monitor
12 7 (1.05%) Azure Service Bus
12 7 (1.05%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 7 (1.05%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (4.04%) Intranet
2 25 (3.74%) VPN
3 17 (2.54%) MPLS
4 14 (2.10%) HTTP
5 13 (1.95%) BGP
5 13 (1.95%) Ethernet VPN
6 12 (1.80%) Radio Access Network
7 10 (1.50%) DNS
7 10 (1.50%) Firewall
7 10 (1.50%) TCP/IP
8 8 (1.20%) SSH
9 7 (1.05%) Internet
10 4 (0.60%) Telnet
11 3 (0.45%) ADSL
11 3 (0.45%) Ethernet
11 3 (0.45%) IP Telephony
11 3 (0.45%) Network Security
11 3 (0.45%) PSTN
11 3 (0.45%) PuTTY
11 3 (0.45%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (3.74%) NoSQL
2 21 (3.14%) PostgreSQL
2 21 (3.14%) Power BI
2 21 (3.14%) SQL Server
3 20 (2.99%) Relational Database
4 16 (2.40%) Data Warehouse
4 16 (2.40%) Metadata
5 14 (2.10%) Oracle Database
6 13 (1.95%) MongoDB
7 12 (1.80%) Big Data
8 10 (1.50%) RDBMS
9 9 (1.35%) BigQuery
10 7 (1.05%) Elasticsearch
10 7 (1.05%) MySQL
10 7 (1.05%) Oracle Reports
11 5 (0.75%) Amazon Aurora
11 5 (0.75%) Azure SQL Database
11 5 (0.75%) Data Lake
11 5 (0.75%) EDMS
11 5 (0.75%) Siebel EIM
Development Applications
1 113 (16.92%) JIRA
2 29 (4.34%) Git
2 29 (4.34%) GitLab
3 23 (3.44%) Jenkins
4 13 (1.95%) Robot Framework
4 13 (1.95%) TestRail
5 9 (1.35%) Eclipse
6 7 (1.05%) PyCharm
7 6 (0.90%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 6 (0.90%) CircleCI
7 6 (0.90%) Cypress.io
7 6 (0.90%) MLflow
7 6 (0.90%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 6 (0.90%) Travis CI
8 4 (0.60%) Artifactory
8 4 (0.60%) SpecFlow
8 4 (0.60%) TeamCity
8 4 (0.60%) Toad
9 3 (0.45%) Burp Suite
9 3 (0.45%) PHPUnit
General
1 173 (25.90%) Social Skills
2 101 (15.12%) Finance
3 84 (12.57%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (7.19%) Public Sector
5 40 (5.99%) Banking
6 37 (5.54%) Marketing
7 29 (4.34%) Manufacturing
8 26 (3.89%) Telecoms
9 21 (3.14%) Legal
10 19 (2.84%) Pharmaceutical
11 17 (2.54%) Retail
12 11 (1.65%) Front Office
12 11 (1.65%) Presentation Skills
13 10 (1.50%) Back Office
13 10 (1.50%) Investment Banking
14 8 (1.20%) Billing
15 7 (1.05%) German Language
16 6 (0.90%) Advertising
17 5 (0.75%) Retail Banking
18 4 (0.60%) Military
Job Titles
1 105 (15.72%) Developer
2 95 (14.22%) Analyst
3 66 (9.88%) Consultant
4 53 (7.93%) Lead
5 49 (7.34%) Business Analyst
6 45 (6.74%) Senior
7 41 (6.14%) Architect
8 31 (4.64%) Project Manager
9 26 (3.89%) Support Engineer
10 21 (3.14%) Applications Support
10 21 (3.14%) SAP Consultant
11 20 (2.99%) Applications Engineer
11 20 (2.99%) Product Owner
12 19 (2.84%) Administrator
13 18 (2.69%) ServiceNow Developer
13 18 (2.69%) Technical Writer
14 17 (2.54%) Applications Support Engineer
14 17 (2.54%) DevOps Engineer
14 17 (2.54%) JIRA Engineer
15 14 (2.10%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (7.19%) REST
2 39 (5.84%) CSS
3 38 (5.69%) HTML
4 31 (4.64%) Web Services
5 28 (4.19%) .NET
5 28 (4.19%) JSON
6 25 (3.74%) SOAP
7 17 (2.54%) XML
8 14 (2.10%) AngularJS
8 14 (2.10%) NumPy
9 13 (1.95%) NETCONF
9 13 (1.95%) Pandas
9 13 (1.95%) RESTCONF
10 12 (1.80%) EDI
10 12 (1.80%) IDoc
10 12 (1.80%) React
10 12 (1.80%) SAP Business Workflow
10 12 (1.80%) YANG
11 11 (1.65%) OAuth
11 11 (1.65%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 44 (6.59%) Product Ownership
2 27 (4.04%) Data Centre
3 26 (3.89%) Management Information System
4 20 (2.99%) Onboarding
5 14 (2.10%) Analytical Mindset
6 13 (1.95%) Enterprise Software
6 13 (1.95%) Low-Code
7 10 (1.50%) Data Structures
7 10 (1.50%) Life Science
7 10 (1.50%) Linux Command Line
8 7 (1.05%) CMDB
8 7 (1.05%) Greenfield Project
8 7 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (0.90%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (0.90%) Housing Association
9 6 (0.90%) Legacy Applications
9 6 (0.90%) Taxonomies
9 6 (0.90%) Virtual Team
10 5 (0.75%) Mainframe
10 5 (0.75%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 30 (4.49%) Windows
2 26 (3.89%) Linux
3 13 (1.95%) Unix
4 6 (0.90%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.75%) zOS
6 3 (0.45%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.30%) Android
7 2 (0.30%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.30%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.15%) AIX
8 1 (0.15%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.15%) OS/390
8 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.15%) Solaris
8 1 (0.15%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (25.90%) Agile
2 112 (16.77%) Problem-Solving
3 77 (11.53%) DevOps
4 71 (10.63%) Migration
5 69 (10.33%) CI/CD
6 68 (10.18%) Stakeholder Management
7 61 (9.13%) Project Management
8 59 (8.83%) Scrum
9 55 (8.23%) Analytics
10 54 (8.08%) Use Case
11 44 (6.59%) Change Management
11 44 (6.59%) User Experience
12 43 (6.44%) Continuous Improvement
13 41 (6.14%) Test Automation
14 40 (5.99%) Data Migration
15 38 (5.69%) Roadmaps
16 37 (5.54%) Workflow Management
17 33 (4.94%) Data Modelling
18 32 (4.79%) Data Governance
19 31 (4.64%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 116 (17.37%) SQL
2 92 (13.77%) Python
3 79 (11.83%) JavaScript
4 60 (8.98%) Java
5 35 (5.24%) C#
6 31 (4.64%) PowerShell
7 20 (2.99%) TypeScript
8 19 (2.84%) ABAP
9 12 (1.80%) PL/SQL
10 11 (1.65%) Bash
11 9 (1.35%) PHP
12 8 (1.20%) C
12 8 (1.20%) Groovy
13 7 (1.05%) VBA
14 6 (0.90%) C++
14 6 (0.90%) Scala
15 5 (0.75%) JCL
15 5 (0.75%) REXX
16 4 (0.60%) Bicep
16 4 (0.60%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 77 (11.53%) Degree
2 71 (10.63%) Security Cleared
3 55 (8.23%) SC Cleared
4 16 (2.40%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (1.95%) DV Cleared
6 10 (1.50%) Master's Degree
7 5 (0.75%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.45%) BC Cleared
8 3 (0.45%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.30%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.30%) CAPM
9 2 (0.30%) MCP
9 2 (0.30%) MCSE
9 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.30%) MOS
9 2 (0.30%) PMP
9 2 (0.30%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 2 (0.30%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 1 (0.15%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.15%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (6.89%) QA
2 28 (4.19%) SLA
3 24 (3.59%) Data Quality
4 17 (2.54%) PMO
5 12 (1.80%) GRC
6 11 (1.65%) PCI DSS
7 9 (1.35%) GDPR
8 7 (1.05%) Accessibility
8 7 (1.05%) Good Clinical Practice
8 7 (1.05%) GxP
9 3 (0.45%) ITGC
10 2 (0.30%) Basel III
10 2 (0.30%) COREP
10 2 (0.30%) FINREP
10 2 (0.30%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (0.30%) NIST
11 1 (0.15%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.15%) SNOMED CT
11 1 (0.15%) WCAG
System Software
1 26 (3.89%) Docker
2 5 (0.75%) Hyper-V
2 5 (0.75%) Time Sharing Option
3 4 (0.60%) NFS
4 2 (0.30%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.30%) Firmware
4 2 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 31 (4.64%) Kubernetes
2 28 (4.19%) Terraform
3 13 (1.95%) Ansible
4 7 (1.05%) Kibana
5 6 (0.90%) Docker Swarm
5 6 (0.90%) Grafana
5 6 (0.90%) Kubeflow
5 6 (0.90%) logstash
5 6 (0.90%) Progress Chef
5 6 (0.90%) Prometheus
5 6 (0.90%) Puppet
6 5 (0.75%) Argo
6 5 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.45%) SCCM
7 3 (0.45%) SCOM
8 2 (0.30%) Amdocs OSS
9 1 (0.15%) CSIRT
9 1 (0.15%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.15%) Packer
9 1 (0.15%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 87 (13.02%) Microsoft
2 64 (9.58%) SAP
3 41 (6.14%) ServiceNow
4 38 (5.69%) Oracle
5 36 (5.39%) Salesforce
6 23 (3.44%) IBM
7 20 (2.99%) Atlassian
8 18 (2.69%) Google
9 15 (2.25%) OpenText
10 13 (1.95%) Splunk
11 11 (1.65%) Workday
12 10 (1.50%) Okta
12 10 (1.50%) Pega
13 9 (1.35%) Cisco
14 8 (1.20%) BMC
14 8 (1.20%) Siemens
15 6 (0.90%) Foundry
15 6 (0.90%) Informatica
15 6 (0.90%) Palantir
15 6 (0.90%) TIBCO