Product Breakdown Structure Contracts with Work from Home Options

Product Breakdown Structure (PBS)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 338 454 619
Rank change year-on-year +116 +165 -111
Contract jobs citing Product Breakdown Structure 3 3 4
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.020% 0.013% 0.009%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.023% 0.014% 0.010%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 3
10th Percentile £510 - -
25th Percentile £515 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £600 £450
Median % change year-on-year -12.77% +33.33% +36.36%
75th Percentile - - £459
90th Percentile - - £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
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,871 21,399 39,942
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.23% 89.63% 91.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,673 15,206 29,099
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +5.42%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 572 495 518
10th Percentile £15.02 £18.49 £14.96
25th Percentile £24.00 £25.75 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.13 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.51% +30.33% +66.67%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £74.95 £78.45 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
% change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%

Product Breakdown Structure
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Product Breakdown Structure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Product Breakdown Structure trend for jobs with a WFH option

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

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Product Breakdown Structure.

Product Breakdown Structure daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Product 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 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (66.67%) MS Visio
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Project Manager
1 2 (66.67%) Senior
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Manager
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Business Case
2 2 (66.67%) Agile Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Contract Management
2 2 (66.67%) Document Management
2 2 (66.67%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2
2 2 (66.67%) Project Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Change Control
3 1 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (33.33%) Project Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Work Breakdown Structure
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Government Security Classifications