Resource Management Contracts in the UK excluding London

Resource Management
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Resource Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Resource Management over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 246 285 318
Rank change year-on-year +39 +33 +27
Contract jobs citing Resource Management 140 173 193
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.68% 0.74% 0.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.81% 0.82% 0.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 123 116
10th Percentile £313 £233 £363
25th Percentile £400 £414 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £488
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £608 £675 £550
90th Percentile £775 £788 £650
UK median daily rate £508 £525 £524
% change year-on-year -3.33% +0.24% +10.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 5
10th Percentile - £25.67 £23.80
25th Percentile £18.35 £32.23 -
Median hourly rate £26.66 £43.15 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.22% +32.77% -
75th Percentile £28.80 £54.08 -
90th Percentile £35.00 £60.63 £38.50
UK median hourly rate £26.66 £21.30 £32.50
% change year-on-year +25.16% -34.46% -30.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Resource Management 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 advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,341 21,054 27,253
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.49% 89.57% 88.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,323 14,598 19,040
10th Percentile £250 £256 £232
25th Percentile £375 £400 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,053 1,291 1,337
10th Percentile £12.31 £11.00 £12.23
25th Percentile £15.17 £15.50 £14.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £46.12
90th Percentile £72.82 £73.75 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +2.04%

Resource Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Resource Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Resource Management in the UK excluding London

Resource Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Resource Management in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Resource Management in the UK excluding London

Resource Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Resource Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Resource Management in the UK excluding London

Resource Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Resource Management in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Resource Management in the UK excluding London

Resource Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Resource Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Resource Management in the UK excluding London

Resource Management
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Resource Management within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 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
Midlands +39 31 £475 -7.32% 8
South West +35 30 £525 +2.44% 13
West Midlands +35 30 £475 -7.32% 3
South East -38 30 £525 -0.94% 21
North of England +20 22 £550 - 24
Scotland +42 18 £400 -11.11% 7
North West +26 11 £513 +5.45% 9
Yorkshire +20 11 £675 +25.58% 8
Wales - 6 £400 - 1
Isle of Man - 2 - -
East Midlands +18 1 - - 5
East of England 0 1 £213 -67.31% 8
Resource Management
UK

Resource Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 7 (5.00%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.86%) Confluence
3 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.71%) WebSphere
Applications
1 6 (4.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (2.86%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (2.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (2.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.43%) SAP CRM
2 2 (1.43%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 7 (5.00%) Azure
2 5 (3.57%) Power Platform
3 4 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (2.86%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (2.14%) WhatsApp
5 2 (1.43%) AWS
5 2 (1.43%) Azure Storage
5 2 (1.43%) OneDrive
5 2 (1.43%) SaaS
6 1 (0.71%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.71%) GitHub
6 1 (0.71%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (0.71%) Power Automate
6 1 (0.71%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 23 (16.43%) Firewall
2 8 (5.71%) Network Security
3 6 (4.29%) LAN
3 6 (4.29%) MPLS
3 6 (4.29%) PBX
3 6 (4.29%) VoIP
3 6 (4.29%) VPN
3 6 (4.29%) WAN
3 6 (4.29%) WLAN
4 5 (3.57%) Cisco ASA
4 5 (3.57%) Cisco Firepower
4 5 (3.57%) Cisco ISE
4 5 (3.57%) DHCP
4 5 (3.57%) DNS
4 5 (3.57%) Internet
4 5 (3.57%) SD-WAN
5 2 (1.43%) CTI
5 2 (1.43%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (0.71%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.57%) Power BI
2 3 (2.14%) Metadata
3 2 (1.43%) Geospatial Data
3 2 (1.43%) GIS
3 2 (1.43%) Redis
4 1 (0.71%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 5 (3.57%) JIRA
2 2 (1.43%) GitLab
2 2 (1.43%) Selenium
General
1 56 (40.00%) Finance
2 44 (31.43%) Social Skills
3 20 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (12.86%) Public Sector
5 10 (7.14%) Telecoms
6 9 (6.43%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (5.71%) Military
8 6 (4.29%) Banking
8 6 (4.29%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (2.86%) Local Government
9 4 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (2.14%) Billing
10 3 (2.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.43%) Back Office
11 2 (1.43%) Legal
11 2 (1.43%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.43%) Marketing
12 1 (0.71%) Aviation
12 1 (0.71%) Law
Job Titles
1 44 (31.43%) Project Manager
2 20 (14.29%) Analyst
3 17 (12.14%) Network Engineer
4 15 (10.71%) PMO Analyst
5 13 (9.29%) Senior
6 12 (8.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 12 (8.57%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
7 9 (6.43%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 8 (5.71%) Architect
8 8 (5.71%) Lead
9 7 (5.00%) Senior Manager
9 7 (5.00%) Senior Project Manager
9 7 (5.00%) SOC Manager
10 5 (3.57%) Coordinator
10 5 (3.57%) Enterprise Architect
10 5 (3.57%) Project Coordinator
11 4 (2.86%) CRM Project Manager
11 4 (2.86%) IT Project Manager
11 4 (2.86%) Programme Manager
11 4 (2.86%) Resource Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.29%) Web Services
2 2 (1.43%) pytest
2 2 (1.43%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (17.14%) Data Centre
2 18 (12.86%) Private Cloud
3 8 (5.71%) Management Information System
4 7 (5.00%) Cyber Defence
4 7 (5.00%) Security Operations Centre
5 4 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.43%) Credit Risk
6 2 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.43%) Freedom of Information
6 2 (1.43%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (1.43%) NHS
6 2 (1.43%) PMI
6 2 (1.43%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.43%) SCADA
7 1 (0.71%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.71%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.71%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.71%) Tandem
7 1 (0.71%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.14%) Linux
1 3 (2.14%) Windows
2 2 (1.43%) Alpine Linux
2 2 (1.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (1.43%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.71%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.71%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (0.71%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (27.86%) Stakeholder Management
2 38 (27.14%) Risk Management
3 35 (25.00%) Project Management
4 27 (19.29%) Agile
5 25 (17.86%) Cybersecurity
6 24 (17.14%) Budget Management
6 24 (17.14%) Project Delivery
7 23 (16.43%) Programme Management
8 22 (15.71%) Problem-Solving
9 19 (13.57%) Mentoring
10 18 (12.86%) Continuous Improvement
10 18 (12.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 17 (12.14%) Virtual Infrastructure
12 15 (10.71%) Penetration Testing
13 13 (9.29%) ITIL
13 13 (9.29%) PRINCE2
13 13 (9.29%) Project Planning
13 13 (9.29%) Vulnerability Scanning
14 11 (7.86%) Analytics
14 11 (7.86%) Programme Governance
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.43%) Python
2 1 (0.71%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 31 (22.14%) Security Cleared
2 24 (17.14%) SC Cleared
3 11 (7.86%) Degree
4 9 (6.43%) DV Cleared
5 6 (4.29%) CCIE
5 6 (4.29%) CCIE Data Center
5 6 (4.29%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (4.29%) CISM
5 6 (4.29%) CISSP
5 6 (4.29%) PMI Certification
6 5 (3.57%) DBS Check
6 5 (3.57%) PMP
7 4 (2.86%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 3 (2.14%) APMG
8 3 (2.14%) NVQ Level 4
9 2 (1.43%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 1 (0.71%) APMP
10 1 (0.71%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (21.43%) PMO
2 10 (7.14%) QA
3 7 (5.00%) NIST
3 7 (5.00%) NIST 800
4 6 (4.29%) SLA
5 2 (1.43%) COBIT
5 2 (1.43%) GDPR
5 2 (1.43%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.71%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 22 (15.71%) VMware Infrastructure
2 19 (13.57%) vSphere
3 3 (2.14%) Hyper-V
3 3 (2.14%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (2.14%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.71%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 13 (9.29%) vCenter Server
2 3 (2.14%) Terraform
3 2 (1.43%) Grafana
3 2 (1.43%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.43%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.71%) Ansible
4 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.71%) Packer
Vendors
1 22 (15.71%) VMware
2 15 (10.71%) Microsoft
3 10 (7.14%) Cisco
4 7 (5.00%) SAP
5 6 (4.29%) Palo Alto
5 6 (4.29%) Zscaler
6 5 (3.57%) CheckPoint
6 5 (3.57%) Infoblox
6 5 (3.57%) Symantec
7 3 (2.14%) Dell
7 3 (2.14%) Sparx
8 2 (1.43%) Cadence
8 2 (1.43%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.71%) Blue Prism
9 1 (0.71%) CA Agile Central
9 1 (0.71%) Citrix
9 1 (0.71%) EMC
9 1 (0.71%) Oracle
9 1 (0.71%) Planview