Resource Allocation Contracts

Resource Allocation
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Resource Allocation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Resource Allocation over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 437 584 687
Rank change year-on-year +147 +103 -174
Contract jobs citing Resource Allocation 150 138 144
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.34% 0.23% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.40% 0.26% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 99 89
10th Percentile £293 £369 £288
25th Percentile £355 £450 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% +26.58%
75th Percentile £569 £713 £650
90th Percentile £623 £793 £695
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £459
% change year-on-year -5.00% +8.99% +45.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 7 4
10th Percentile £16.80 £18.35 £39.08
25th Percentile £22.34 £30.19 £40.31
Median hourly rate £23.00 £37.30 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.34% -11.19% +46.09%
75th Percentile £30.16 £50.25 £43.00
90th Percentile - £55.05 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £37.30 -
% change year-on-year -32.98% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Resource Allocation 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 37,653 53,977 80,244
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.28% 89.91% 90.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,313 37,392 56,301
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,429 1,779 1,937
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.54 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +50.00% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.98 £35.90 £20.00
% change year-on-year +0.21% +79.50% -8.09%

Resource Allocation
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Resource Allocation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Resource Allocation in the UK

Resource Allocation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Resource Allocation.

Daily rate trend for Resource Allocation in the UK

Resource Allocation
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Resource Allocation over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Resource Allocation in the UK

Resource Allocation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Resource Allocation.

Hourly rate trend for Resource Allocation in the UK

Resource Allocation
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Resource Allocation over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Resource Allocation in the UK

Resource Allocation
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Resource Allocation within the UK over the 6 months to 25 April 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 +127 119 £500 -9.09% 197
UK excluding London +80 74 £475 -5.00% 114
London +109 56 £525 -19.23% 84
Work from Home +136 54 £463 -22.92% 84
South East +13 22 £525 -0.94% 22
Midlands +41 18 £475 +216.67% 30
West Midlands +40 15 £488 +225.00% 16
North of England +22 11 £425 -26.09% 28
Scotland +26 7 £400 -11.11% 10
South West +24 6 £500 -6.98% 11
North West +4 6 £425 -26.09% 15
Wales +20 5 £325 -16.67% 4
East of England +9 4 £575 +35.29% 14
East Midlands - 3 £355 - 14
Yorkshire +24 1 - - 10
North East - 1 - - 5
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 1

Resource Allocation
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 3 (2.00%) Confluence
1 3 (2.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.67%) Anypoint
2 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (7.33%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.67%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (2.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.67%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (4.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.33%) Primavera
3 1 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.67%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 1 (0.67%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 1 (0.67%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.67%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.67%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.67%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.67%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.67%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.67%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 18 (12.00%) Azure
2 9 (6.00%) WhatsApp
3 5 (3.33%) AWS
4 3 (2.00%) SaaS
5 2 (1.33%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.67%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.67%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.67%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.67%) GCP
6 1 (0.67%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.67%) Smartsheet
6 1 (0.67%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.00%) VPN
2 4 (2.67%) LAN
2 4 (2.67%) Network Security
2 4 (2.67%) WAN
3 2 (1.33%) Firewall
3 2 (1.33%) Remote Desktop
3 2 (1.33%) SD-WAN
3 2 (1.33%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.67%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.67%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.33%) MS Access
2 1 (0.67%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.67%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 16 (10.67%) JIRA
2 1 (0.67%) Selenium
General
1 74 (49.33%) Social Skills
2 55 (36.67%) Finance
3 24 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (7.33%) Manufacturing
5 10 (6.67%) Retail
6 6 (4.00%) Banking
6 6 (4.00%) Local Government
7 5 (3.33%) Legal
7 5 (3.33%) Pharmaceutical
7 5 (3.33%) Public Sector
8 4 (2.67%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (2.67%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.00%) Investment Banking
9 3 (2.00%) Marketing
10 2 (1.33%) Dutch Language
10 2 (1.33%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.33%) Front Office
10 2 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.33%) Law
11 1 (0.67%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 72 (48.00%) Project Manager
2 18 (12.00%) Lead
3 16 (10.67%) IT Manager
4 12 (8.00%) IT Project Manager
5 9 (6.00%) Coordinator
5 9 (6.00%) Project Coordinator
6 8 (5.33%) Analyst
7 7 (4.67%) Technical Manager
8 6 (4.00%) Technical Project Manager
9 5 (3.33%) PMO Lead
9 5 (3.33%) Portfolio Manager
9 5 (3.33%) Senior
10 4 (2.67%) Architect
10 4 (2.67%) Consultant
10 4 (2.67%) Programme Manager
10 4 (2.67%) Security Manager
11 3 (2.00%) Administrator
11 3 (2.00%) ERP Manager
11 3 (2.00%) Security Project Manager
11 3 (2.00%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.67%) GraphQL
1 1 (0.67%) Middleware
1 1 (0.67%) Node.js
1 1 (0.67%) SailPoint
1 1 (0.67%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 4 (2.67%) FMCG
1 4 (2.67%) Management Information System
2 3 (2.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (2.00%) Biopharmaceutical
2 3 (2.00%) Data Centre
2 3 (2.00%) Robotics
2 3 (2.00%) Security Posture
3 2 (1.33%) CCTV
3 2 (1.33%) Hedge funds
3 2 (1.33%) Mainframe
3 2 (1.33%) Operational Technology
3 2 (1.33%) Replication
3 2 (1.33%) Virtual Team
4 1 (0.67%) CMDB
4 1 (0.67%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.67%) EPoS
4 1 (0.67%) Mobile App
4 1 (0.67%) Public Cloud
4 1 (0.67%) Social Media
4 1 (0.67%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.00%) Windows
2 1 (0.67%) Linux
2 1 (0.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (60.00%) Project Management
2 51 (34.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 37 (24.67%) Project Delivery
3 37 (24.67%) Risk Management
4 33 (22.00%) Problem-Solving
5 31 (20.67%) Project Planning
6 30 (20.00%) Budget Management
7 29 (19.33%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
8 28 (18.67%) Agile
9 22 (14.67%) PRINCE2
10 20 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
11 17 (11.33%) Change Management
12 14 (9.33%) Programme Management
12 14 (9.33%) Resource Management
13 12 (8.00%) Scrum
13 12 (8.00%) Translating Business Requirements
14 11 (7.33%) Budgeting
14 11 (7.33%) ITIL
14 11 (7.33%) Portfolio Management
14 11 (7.33%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.00%) Java
1 3 (2.00%) SQL
2 1 (0.67%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 22 (14.67%) PMP
2 21 (14.00%) PMI Certification
3 20 (13.33%) Degree
4 10 (6.67%) Security Cleared
5 8 (5.33%) CISSP
6 7 (4.67%) SC Cleared
7 4 (2.67%) CCNP
7 4 (2.67%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (2.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 3 (2.00%) CCNA
8 3 (2.00%) CISM
8 3 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.33%) AWS Certification
9 2 (1.33%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 2 (1.33%) Azure Certification
9 2 (1.33%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.67%) CEH
10 1 (0.67%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 1 (0.67%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (14.00%) QA
2 18 (12.00%) PMO
3 6 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (2.00%) GDPR
4 3 (2.00%) SLA
5 2 (1.33%) GRC
5 2 (1.33%) HIPAA
5 2 (1.33%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.67%) COBIT
6 1 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.67%) EMIR
6 1 (0.67%) FedRAMP
6 1 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.67%) NIST
6 1 (0.67%) P3O
6 1 (0.67%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (2.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.33%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.67%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.67%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 21 (14.00%) Microsoft
2 10 (6.67%) SAP
3 7 (4.67%) Salesforce
4 5 (3.33%) VMware
5 3 (2.00%) Oracle
6 2 (1.33%) Ariba
6 2 (1.33%) Facebook
6 2 (1.33%) Google
6 2 (1.33%) Instagram
6 2 (1.33%) Laserfiche
6 2 (1.33%) NEC
7 1 (0.67%) Blue Prism
7 1 (0.67%) BT
7 1 (0.67%) Citrix
7 1 (0.67%) Infor
7 1 (0.67%) JD Edwards
7 1 (0.67%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.67%) Progress
7 1 (0.67%) TikTok
7 1 (0.67%) Veeam