Resource Allocation Contracts in the West Midlands

Resource Allocation
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 97 124 175
Rank change year-on-year +27 +51 -50
Contract jobs citing Resource Allocation 15 4 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.77% 0.18% 0.056%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.93% 0.20% 0.062%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 4 2
10th Percentile £312 £128 £459
25th Percentile £425 £139 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £150 £513
Median % change year-on-year +233.33% -70.73% +70.12%
75th Percentile £556 £238 £572
90th Percentile £584 £388 £596
England median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +17.65%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,610 1,961 3,224
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 82.99% 87.90% 90.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,074 1,329 2,343
10th Percentile £263 £263 £275
25th Percentile £371 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £495
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +5.05% +16.47%
75th Percentile £625 £606 £586
90th Percentile £746 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £543
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.38% +8.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 116 49 65
10th Percentile £11.09 £12.50 £12.00
25th Percentile £14.22 £13.70 £13.75
Median hourly rate £22.50 £20.97 £16.83
Median % change year-on-year +7.30% +24.64% +5.16%
75th Percentile £40.81 £28.75 £19.86
90th Percentile £58.75 £48.75 £23.60
England median hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year - +50.00% +11.11%

Resource Allocation
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Resource Allocation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Resource Allocation in the West Midlands

Resource Allocation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Resource Allocation in the West Midlands

Resource Allocation
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Resource Allocation in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Resource Allocation in the West Midlands

Resource Allocation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Resource Allocation in the West Midlands

Resource Allocation
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 31 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
Birmingham - 6 £488 - 1
Warwickshire - 5 £550 -
Tipton - 2 £313 -
Staffordshire +6 1 £350 +133.33% 3
Coventry - 1 £500 - 1
Worcestershire - 1 £500 - 2
Resource Allocation
England

Resource Allocation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Applications
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Primavera
1 1 (6.67%) SAP ERP
1 1 (6.67%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (13.33%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (26.67%) VPN
2 2 (13.33%) LAN
2 2 (13.33%) Remote Desktop
2 2 (13.33%) TCP/IP
2 2 (13.33%) WAN
3 1 (6.67%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 2 (13.33%) JIRA
General
1 9 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Finance
2 3 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (80.00%) Project Manager
2 3 (20.00%) Security Manager
2 3 (20.00%) Security Project Manager
2 3 (20.00%) Technical Manager
2 3 (20.00%) Technical Project Manager
3 2 (13.33%) CCTV Project Manager
3 2 (13.33%) IT Manager
3 2 (13.33%) IT Project Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Lead
3 2 (13.33%) SAP Manager
3 2 (13.33%) SAP Project Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Network Infrastructure Project Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
4 1 (6.67%) Project Planner
4 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared Project Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Senior
4 1 (6.67%) Senior IT Project Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) CCTV
2 1 (6.67%) Cyber Security Posture
2 1 (6.67%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (6.67%) Operational Technology
2 1 (6.67%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (73.33%) Project Management
2 7 (46.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (40.00%) Risk Management
4 5 (33.33%) Agile
4 5 (33.33%) Change Control
4 5 (33.33%) Project Planning
4 5 (33.33%) Scrum
5 4 (26.67%) Validation
5 4 (26.67%) Waterfall
6 3 (20.00%) Change Management
6 3 (20.00%) PRINCE2
6 3 (20.00%) Project Delivery
7 2 (13.33%) Contingency Planning
7 2 (13.33%) Customer Service
7 2 (13.33%) Performance Analysis
7 2 (13.33%) Performance Improvement
7 2 (13.33%) Risk Register
7 2 (13.33%) Technical Leadership
7 2 (13.33%) Translating Business Requirements
7 2 (13.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 3 (20.00%) Degree
1 3 (20.00%) PMI Certification
1 3 (20.00%) PMP
2 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
2 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (6.67%) CCNA
3 1 (6.67%) CCNP
3 1 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (6.67%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (26.67%) QA
2 2 (13.33%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Laserfiche
1 2 (13.33%) SAP
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) NEC