Work Breakdown Structure Contracts with Work from Home Options

Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 319 420 574
Rank change year-on-year +101 +154 -77
Contract jobs citing Work Breakdown Structure 20 31 50
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.14% 0.13% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.14% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 23 17
10th Percentile £444 £415 £425
25th Percentile £494 £464 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +5.00% +82.15%
75th Percentile £617 £601 £575
90th Percentile £625 £701 £720
UK median daily rate £531 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -3.41% +10.00% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 4
10th Percentile - £43.88 £42.25
25th Percentile £40.00 £47.81 £56.88
Median hourly rate £63.90 £55.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.18% -15.38% -
75th Percentile £87.80 £60.00 £65.08
90th Percentile - - £65.21
UK median hourly rate £40.94 £60.00 £48.75
% change year-on-year -31.77% +23.08% +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,810 21,394 40,150
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.31% 89.63% 91.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,622 15,186 29,240
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% +6.06%
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 573 497 521
10th Percentile £14.90 £18.50 £14.50
25th Percentile £23.75 £25.75 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +31.25% +68.42%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £59.00
90th Percentile £74.40 £78.30 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £35.80 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.96% +39.41% +11.65%

Work Breakdown Structure
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Work Breakdown Structure trend for jobs with a WFH option

Work 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 Work Breakdown Structure.

Work Breakdown Structure daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Work Breakdown Structure
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Work Breakdown Structure over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Work Breakdown Structure daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Work Breakdown Structure
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Work Breakdown Structure hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Work Breakdown Structure
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Work Breakdown Structure over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Work Breakdown Structure hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Work 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Acrobat
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.00%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (20.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (15.00%) Primavera
2 3 (15.00%) SAP CO
3 2 (10.00%) SAP FI
3 2 (10.00%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (5.00%) SAP EWM
4 1 (5.00%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.00%) Azure
1 2 (10.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.00%) SuccessFactors
Development Applications
1 1 (5.00%) JIRA
General
1 5 (25.00%) Finance
2 4 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (15.00%) Banking
3 3 (15.00%) General Ledger
3 3 (15.00%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (10.00%) Legal
4 2 (10.00%) Local Government
4 2 (10.00%) Marketing
4 2 (10.00%) Public Sector
4 2 (10.00%) Retail
5 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Environmental Health
5 1 (5.00%) French Language
5 1 (5.00%) Manufacturing
5 1 (5.00%) Military
5 1 (5.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (15.00%) CyberArk Engineer
1 3 (15.00%) IT Manager
1 3 (15.00%) Lead
2 2 (10.00%) Architect
2 2 (10.00%) Bid Manager
2 2 (10.00%) IT Services Manager
2 2 (10.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (10.00%) Project Planner
2 2 (10.00%) Service Manager
2 2 (10.00%) Service Transition Manager
2 2 (10.00%) Transition Manager
3 1 (5.00%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (5.00%) Planning Manager
3 1 (5.00%) Product Lead
3 1 (5.00%) SAP Architect
3 1 (5.00%) Senior
3 1 (5.00%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (5.00%) Technical Manager
3 1 (5.00%) Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (30.00%) Risk Management
2 5 (25.00%) Critical Path Analysis
2 5 (25.00%) Project Management
3 4 (20.00%) Business Case
4 3 (15.00%) Accounts Payable
4 3 (15.00%) Accounts Receivable
4 3 (15.00%) Capacity Planning
4 3 (15.00%) Change Control
4 3 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (15.00%) Impact Analysis
4 3 (15.00%) Project Planning
4 3 (15.00%) Service Design
4 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (10.00%) Agile
5 2 (10.00%) Business Continuity
5 2 (10.00%) Contingency Planning
5 2 (10.00%) Psychology
5 2 (10.00%) Record to Report
5 2 (10.00%) Risk Analysis
5 2 (10.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 10 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (35.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (15.00%) DV Cleared
3 3 (15.00%) PMI Certification
3 3 (15.00%) PMP
4 2 (10.00%) Degree
4 2 (10.00%) ISEB
5 1 (5.00%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) PMO
1 3 (15.00%) QA
2 2 (10.00%) COBIT
3 1 (5.00%) JSP 440
3 1 (5.00%) PCI DSS
3 1 (5.00%) RMADS
System Software
1 2 (10.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (20.00%) SAP
2 3 (15.00%) CyberArk
2 3 (15.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (10.00%) Adobe
4 1 (5.00%) Salesforce