Work Breakdown Structure Contracts

Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
UK

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 525 587 750
Rank change year-on-year +62 +163 -65
Contract jobs citing Work Breakdown Structure 54 97 91
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.17% 0.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.19% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 75 45
10th Percentile £399 £425 £411
25th Percentile £475 £479 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% +10.00% +21.95%
75th Percentile £594 £681 £575
90th Percentile £629 £941 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £525 £460
% change year-on-year - +14.25% +8.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 6 6
10th Percentile - £45.63 -
25th Percentile - £52.50 £32.50
Median hourly rate £40.94 £60.00 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year -31.77% +23.08% +8.33%
75th Percentile £85.00 £75.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £87.80 £85.00 £65.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.94 £60.00 £48.75
% change year-on-year -31.77% +23.08% +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,816 50,571 79,556
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.44% 89.70% 90.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,638 35,025 55,934
10th Percentile £300 £325 £348
25th Percentile £413 £438 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £644
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,533 1,671 1,865
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.57 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +9.70%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.88%

Work Breakdown Structure
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Work Breakdown Structure in the UK

Work Breakdown Structure
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Work Breakdown Structure in the UK

Work Breakdown Structure
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Work Breakdown Structure over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Work Breakdown Structure in the UK

Work Breakdown Structure
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Work Breakdown Structure in the UK

Work Breakdown Structure
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Work Breakdown Structure over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Work Breakdown Structure in the UK

Work Breakdown Structure
Top 13 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 2 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
England +62 40 £575 +2.22% 30
UK excluding London +27 36 £525 - 26
Work from Home +94 16 £538 +2.38% 16
London +80 14 £575 -0.86% 6
South East +14 9 £440 -2.22% 8
South West +5 9 £575 +17.95% 2
Scotland - 8 - - 3
Wales +5 4 - -
East of England -2 4 £525 -44.74% 3
Midlands +24 1 - - 5
North of England +23 1 - - 5
North West - 1 - - 4
West Midlands - 1 - - 2

Work Breakdown Structure
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 4 (7.41%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.85%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (7.41%) Acrobat
2 3 (5.56%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (3.70%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (20.37%) Primavera
2 6 (11.11%) SAP PS
2 6 (11.11%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (7.41%) Teamcenter
4 3 (5.56%) SAP HR
4 3 (5.56%) SAP MRS
5 2 (3.70%) CA PPM
5 2 (3.70%) SAP CO
5 2 (3.70%) SAP EWM
6 1 (1.85%) Magento
6 1 (1.85%) SAP FI
6 1 (1.85%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (1.85%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 4 (7.41%) Azure
1 4 (7.41%) Power Platform
2 3 (5.56%) Power Automate
2 3 (5.56%) PowerApps
3 1 (1.85%) AWS
3 1 (1.85%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.85%) SaaS
3 1 (1.85%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.85%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.41%) Power BI
2 3 (5.56%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (5.56%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.85%) MySQL
3 1 (1.85%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 21 (38.89%) Social Skills
2 13 (24.07%) Finance
3 8 (14.81%) Public Sector
4 5 (9.26%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (9.26%) Marketing
5 4 (7.41%) Law
5 4 (7.41%) Legal
5 4 (7.41%) Local Government
6 3 (5.56%) Banking
6 3 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (3.70%) Environmental Health
7 2 (3.70%) General Ledger
7 2 (3.70%) Manufacturing
7 2 (3.70%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (3.70%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.85%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.85%) Electronics
8 1 (1.85%) French Language
8 1 (1.85%) Military
Job Titles
1 8 (14.81%) Project Controller
2 7 (12.96%) Architect
3 6 (11.11%) Project Manager
3 6 (11.11%) Senior
3 6 (11.11%) Service Manager
3 6 (11.11%) Service Transition Manager
3 6 (11.11%) Transition Manager
4 4 (7.41%) Bid Manager
4 4 (7.41%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (5.56%) Applications Manager
5 3 (5.56%) Business Intelligence Manager
5 3 (5.56%) Consultant
5 3 (5.56%) Data Manager
5 3 (5.56%) IT Manager
5 3 (5.56%) Project Planner
5 3 (5.56%) Report Manager
5 3 (5.56%) SAP Consultant
5 3 (5.56%) Technical Manager
5 3 (5.56%) Technical Project Manager
6 2 (3.70%) Senior Bid Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.56%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (3.70%) CSS
2 2 (3.70%) HTML
3 1 (1.85%) jQuery
3 1 (1.85%) JSP
3 1 (1.85%) LAMP
3 1 (1.85%) LDAP
3 1 (1.85%) REST
3 1 (1.85%) SOAP
3 1 (1.85%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.26%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.85%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (1.85%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (1.85%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (1.85%) Freedom of Information Act
2 1 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (1.85%) Mobile App
2 1 (1.85%) Onboarding
2 1 (1.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.85%) Unix
1 1 (1.85%) Windows
1 1 (1.85%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (44.44%) Project Management
2 14 (25.93%) Project Delivery
3 12 (22.22%) Critical Path Analysis
3 12 (22.22%) Risk Management
3 12 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (16.67%) Configuration Management
4 9 (16.67%) Document Management
5 8 (14.81%) Coaching
5 8 (14.81%) Conflict Resolution
5 8 (14.81%) PRINCE2
5 8 (14.81%) Project Planning
6 7 (12.96%) Change Management
7 6 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
7 6 (11.11%) ITIL
7 6 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (9.26%) Acceptance Criteria
8 5 (9.26%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (9.26%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (9.26%) Product Breakdown Structure
8 5 (9.26%) SFIA
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.41%) SQL
2 3 (5.56%) ABAP
2 3 (5.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 3 (5.56%) Python
2 3 (5.56%) R
3 1 (1.85%) Java
3 1 (1.85%) PHP
3 1 (1.85%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 24 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 17 (31.48%) SC Cleared
3 15 (27.78%) PMP
4 7 (12.96%) DV Cleared
5 5 (9.26%) Degree
5 5 (9.26%) PMI Certification
6 3 (5.56%) CIMA
7 2 (3.70%) ISEB
8 1 (1.85%) CCA
8 1 (1.85%) CISM
8 1 (1.85%) CISSP
8 1 (1.85%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (12.96%) PMO
2 2 (3.70%) COBIT
2 2 (3.70%) QA
3 1 (1.85%) ISO 9000
3 1 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.85%) JSP 440
3 1 (1.85%) NIST
3 1 (1.85%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.85%) RMADS
Vendors
1 13 (24.07%) SAP
2 7 (12.96%) Microsoft
3 4 (7.41%) Adobe
4 1 (1.85%) Ariba
4 1 (1.85%) Cisco
4 1 (1.85%) CyberArk
4 1 (1.85%) Oracle
4 1 (1.85%) Salesforce