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 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 155 171 162
Rank change year-on-year +16 -9 -12
Contract jobs citing Workflow 658 864 1,567
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.55% 1.51% 1.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.79% 1.68% 1.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 392 581 986
10th Percentile £300 £313 £400
25th Percentile £406 £430 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +12.82%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £700
90th Percentile £720 £800 £798
UK excluding London median daily rate £498 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +10.56% -5.26% +2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 19 32
10th Percentile £13.25 £15.50 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.80 £16.63 £15.78
Median hourly rate £27.25 £30.25 £22.22
Median % change year-on-year -9.92% +36.17% +5.79%
75th Percentile £40.00 £50.22 £50.06
90th Percentile £67.40 £56.60 £77.48
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £23.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year +27.66% +34.29% -10.26%

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 36,687 51,295 79,236
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.22% 89.83% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,611 35,552 55,630
10th Percentile £300 £325 £343
25th Percentile £413 £438 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £476
% change year-on-year - +5.04% +8.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,428 1,693 1,906
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.77 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.13 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +4.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.52
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
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 15 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 15 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 15 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 +6 560 £525 -4.55% 473
London 0 288 £550 -4.35% 175
UK excluding London +62 285 £498 +10.56% 317
Work from Home +55 254 £500 -4.76% 203
South East +31 95 £449 -5.50% 69
North of England +43 62 £575 +21.05% 91
Midlands +20 40 £525 +10.53% 58
North West +25 37 £550 +12.82% 46
West Midlands +19 35 £550 +15.79% 37
South West +33 30 £386 +6.55% 42
East of England +20 30 £475 +43.40% 26
Scotland +31 26 £513 +13.26% 30
Yorkshire +35 23 £625 +35.14% 40
East Midlands +6 5 £294 -43.94% 21
North East +13 2 £533 - 5

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 52 (7.90%) Confluence
2 31 (4.71%) Oracle Workflow
3 27 (4.10%) Apache Airflow
4 26 (3.95%) SharePoint
5 25 (3.80%) Apache
6 15 (2.28%) Appian
7 11 (1.67%) Camunda
8 6 (0.91%) Alfresco
8 6 (0.91%) FileNet
9 4 (0.61%) Apache Spark
9 4 (0.61%) JBoss
9 4 (0.61%) WebSphere
10 3 (0.46%) Documentum
10 3 (0.46%) IIS
10 3 (0.46%) Jadu
11 2 (0.30%) CMS
11 2 (0.30%) nginx
12 1 (0.15%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.15%) SAS
12 1 (0.15%) WebLogic
Applications
1 31 (4.71%) Microsoft Office
2 27 (4.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (2.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (1.52%) MS Visio
5 8 (1.22%) CATIA
6 6 (0.91%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.46%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
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%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 13 (1.98%) OpenText VIM for SAP
2 11 (1.67%) SAP FI-AP
3 10 (1.52%) SAP MDG
3 10 (1.52%) SAP S/4HANA
4 9 (1.37%) Teamcenter
5 8 (1.22%) DELMIA
6 6 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
6 6 (0.91%) Oracle EBS
6 6 (0.91%) Oracle Payables
6 6 (0.91%) Oracle Receivables
7 5 (0.76%) Aareon QL
7 5 (0.76%) Oracle Assets
7 5 (0.76%) Oracle General Ledger
8 4 (0.61%) Fidessa
8 4 (0.61%) Maximo
8 4 (0.61%) Oracle EBS R12
8 4 (0.61%) Oracle FAH
8 4 (0.61%) Oracle Financials
8 4 (0.61%) Salesforce CRM
8 4 (0.61%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 98 (14.89%) Azure
2 56 (8.51%) AWS
3 40 (6.08%) Power Platform
4 34 (5.17%) GCP
5 24 (3.65%) GitHub
6 23 (3.50%) Azure DevOps
7 19 (2.89%) SuccessFactors
8 15 (2.28%) Power Automate
9 14 (2.13%) Microsoft 365
9 14 (2.13%) SaaS
10 13 (1.98%) PowerApps
11 12 (1.82%) Cloud Computing
11 12 (1.82%) Dynamics 365
12 10 (1.52%) Serverless
13 9 (1.37%) Amazon S3
13 9 (1.37%) Collibra
13 9 (1.37%) Kong
14 8 (1.22%) Azure Monitor
14 8 (1.22%) Azure Service Bus
15 7 (1.06%) Cloud Functions
Communications & Networking
1 28 (4.26%) Intranet
2 27 (4.10%) VPN
3 17 (2.58%) HTTP
4 16 (2.43%) MPLS
5 14 (2.13%) Firewall
6 13 (1.98%) DNS
6 13 (1.98%) TCP/IP
7 12 (1.82%) BGP
7 12 (1.82%) Ethernet VPN
8 11 (1.67%) Radio Access Network
9 8 (1.22%) SSH
10 7 (1.06%) Internet
11 4 (0.61%) Reverse Proxy
11 4 (0.61%) Telnet
12 3 (0.46%) BIG-IP
12 3 (0.46%) Ethernet
12 3 (0.46%) IP Telephony
12 3 (0.46%) PSTN
12 3 (0.46%) SSL
12 3 (0.46%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (3.50%) Power BI
1 23 (3.50%) SQL Server
2 22 (3.34%) NoSQL
3 20 (3.04%) PostgreSQL
4 19 (2.89%) Relational Database
5 16 (2.43%) Data Warehouse
6 15 (2.28%) Metadata
7 13 (1.98%) Oracle Database
8 12 (1.82%) MongoDB
9 11 (1.67%) Big Data
10 10 (1.52%) RDBMS
11 9 (1.37%) BigQuery
11 9 (1.37%) Elasticsearch
12 7 (1.06%) MySQL
12 7 (1.06%) Oracle Reports
13 5 (0.76%) Amazon Aurora
13 5 (0.76%) Azure SQL Database
13 5 (0.76%) Data Lake
13 5 (0.76%) EDMS
13 5 (0.76%) Siebel EIM
Development Applications
1 117 (17.78%) JIRA
2 29 (4.41%) Git
2 29 (4.41%) GitLab
3 23 (3.50%) Jenkins
4 12 (1.82%) Robot Framework
4 12 (1.82%) TestRail
5 9 (1.37%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 9 (1.37%) CircleCI
5 9 (1.37%) Eclipse
5 9 (1.37%) Travis CI
6 7 (1.06%) PyCharm
7 6 (0.91%) Cypress.io
7 6 (0.91%) MLflow
7 6 (0.91%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 5 (0.76%) SpecFlow
9 4 (0.61%) Artifactory
9 4 (0.61%) TeamCity
9 4 (0.61%) Toad
9 4 (0.61%) Visual Studio
10 3 (0.46%) PHPUnit
General
1 167 (25.38%) Social Skills
2 108 (16.41%) Finance
3 84 (12.77%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (6.84%) Public Sector
5 41 (6.23%) Banking
6 35 (5.32%) Marketing
7 28 (4.26%) Manufacturing
8 24 (3.65%) Telecoms
9 21 (3.19%) Legal
10 19 (2.89%) Pharmaceutical
11 17 (2.58%) Retail
12 12 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
13 11 (1.67%) Front Office
14 10 (1.52%) Back Office
14 10 (1.52%) Investment Banking
15 8 (1.22%) Billing
15 8 (1.22%) German Language
16 5 (0.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 5 (0.76%) Influencing Skills
16 5 (0.76%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 100 (15.20%) Developer
2 95 (14.44%) Analyst
3 67 (10.18%) Consultant
4 54 (8.21%) Lead
5 51 (7.75%) Business Analyst
6 45 (6.84%) Senior
7 36 (5.47%) Architect
8 32 (4.86%) Project Manager
9 27 (4.10%) Support Engineer
10 22 (3.34%) Applications Support
11 21 (3.19%) Applications Engineer
11 21 (3.19%) Technical Writer
12 20 (3.04%) DevOps Engineer
12 20 (3.04%) Product Owner
12 20 (3.04%) SAP Consultant
13 18 (2.74%) Administrator
13 18 (2.74%) Applications Support Engineer
13 18 (2.74%) JIRA Engineer
14 15 (2.28%) Data Analyst
15 12 (1.82%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (7.29%) REST
2 40 (6.08%) HTML
3 39 (5.93%) CSS
4 33 (5.02%) Web Services
5 31 (4.71%) .NET
6 30 (4.56%) JSON
7 23 (3.50%) SOAP
8 19 (2.89%) XML
9 16 (2.43%) AngularJS
10 13 (1.98%) SAP Business Workflow
11 12 (1.82%) EDI
11 12 (1.82%) IDoc
11 12 (1.82%) NETCONF
11 12 (1.82%) NumPy
11 12 (1.82%) RESTCONF
12 11 (1.67%) OAuth
12 11 (1.67%) Pandas
12 11 (1.67%) Spring Boot
12 11 (1.67%) YAML
12 11 (1.67%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 44 (6.69%) Product Ownership
2 28 (4.26%) Data Centre
3 24 (3.65%) Management Information System
4 14 (2.13%) Analytical Mindset
5 13 (1.98%) Data Structures
5 13 (1.98%) Enterprise Software
5 13 (1.98%) Low-Code
5 13 (1.98%) Onboarding
6 11 (1.67%) Linux Command Line
7 10 (1.52%) Life Science
8 7 (1.06%) Greenfield Project
9 6 (0.91%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (0.91%) Housing Association
9 6 (0.91%) Legacy Applications
9 6 (0.91%) Taxonomies
10 5 (0.76%) Derivative
10 5 (0.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 5 (0.76%) Mainframe
10 5 (0.76%) Online Banking
10 5 (0.76%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 28 (4.26%) Windows
2 26 (3.95%) Linux
3 12 (1.82%) Unix
4 6 (0.91%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.76%) zOS
6 3 (0.46%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.30%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.15%) AIX
8 1 (0.15%) Android
8 1 (0.15%) Apple iOS
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
1 174 (26.44%) Agile
2 111 (16.87%) Problem-Solving
3 82 (12.46%) DevOps
4 72 (10.94%) Stakeholder Management
5 71 (10.79%) CI/CD
5 71 (10.79%) Migration
6 64 (9.73%) Project Management
7 61 (9.27%) Scrum
8 53 (8.05%) Use Case
9 52 (7.90%) Analytics
10 48 (7.29%) Change Management
11 45 (6.84%) User Experience
12 44 (6.69%) Continuous Improvement
13 40 (6.08%) Data Migration
14 38 (5.78%) Test Automation
15 36 (5.47%) Roadmaps
16 35 (5.32%) Workflow Management
17 31 (4.71%) Cybersecurity
17 31 (4.71%) Data Governance
17 31 (4.71%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 113 (17.17%) SQL
2 92 (13.98%) Python
3 79 (12.01%) JavaScript
4 58 (8.81%) Java
5 37 (5.62%) C#
6 32 (4.86%) PowerShell
7 20 (3.04%) TypeScript
8 19 (2.89%) ABAP
9 15 (2.28%) Bash
10 12 (1.82%) PL/SQL
11 8 (1.22%) Groovy
11 8 (1.22%) PHP
12 6 (0.91%) C
12 6 (0.91%) Scala
12 6 (0.91%) VBA
13 5 (0.76%) Bicep
13 5 (0.76%) JCL
13 5 (0.76%) REXX
14 4 (0.61%) C++
14 4 (0.61%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 76 (11.55%) Degree
2 70 (10.64%) Security Cleared
3 51 (7.75%) SC Cleared
4 16 (2.43%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (2.28%) DV Cleared
6 9 (1.37%) Master's Degree
7 5 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.46%) BC Cleared
8 3 (0.46%) 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 Certified DevOps Engineer
10 1 (0.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (7.90%) QA
2 29 (4.41%) SLA
3 24 (3.65%) Data Quality
4 17 (2.58%) PMO
5 12 (1.82%) GRC
6 11 (1.67%) PCI DSS
7 10 (1.52%) Accessibility
8 9 (1.37%) GDPR
9 7 (1.06%) Good Clinical Practice
9 7 (1.06%) GxP
10 3 (0.46%) ITGC
11 2 (0.30%) Basel III
11 2 (0.30%) COREP
11 2 (0.30%) FINREP
11 2 (0.30%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.30%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 2 (0.30%) NIST
12 1 (0.15%) Disclosure Scotland
12 1 (0.15%) ISO 15022
System Software
1 29 (4.41%) Docker
2 5 (0.76%) Hyper-V
2 5 (0.76%) Time Sharing Option
3 4 (0.61%) NFS
4 2 (0.30%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.30%) Firmware
4 2 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 34 (5.17%) Kubernetes
2 29 (4.41%) Terraform
3 16 (2.43%) Ansible
4 10 (1.52%) Kibana
4 10 (1.52%) Progress Chef
5 9 (1.37%) Docker Swarm
5 9 (1.37%) Grafana
5 9 (1.37%) logstash
5 9 (1.37%) Prometheus
5 9 (1.37%) Puppet
6 6 (0.91%) Kubeflow
7 5 (0.76%) Argo
7 5 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.46%) SCCM
8 3 (0.46%) SCOM
9 2 (0.30%) Amdocs OSS
10 1 (0.15%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.15%) Nmap
10 1 (0.15%) Packer
10 1 (0.15%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 83 (12.61%) Microsoft
2 61 (9.27%) SAP
3 37 (5.62%) Oracle
4 33 (5.02%) Salesforce
4 33 (5.02%) ServiceNow
5 22 (3.34%) IBM
6 20 (3.04%) Atlassian
7 19 (2.89%) Google
8 16 (2.43%) OpenText
8 16 (2.43%) Splunk
9 11 (1.67%) Okta
10 10 (1.52%) Pega
11 9 (1.37%) Cisco
12 8 (1.22%) Siemens
13 6 (0.91%) BMC
13 6 (0.91%) F5
13 6 (0.91%) Foundry
13 6 (0.91%) Informatica
13 6 (0.91%) Palantir
13 6 (0.91%) TIBCO