Resource Allocation Contract Job Trends in Central London

Resource Allocation
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Resource Allocation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 116 121 153
Rank change year-on-year +5 +32 +52
Contract jobs citing Resource Allocation 12 10 3
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.63% 0.43% 0.095%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 0.46% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 7 2
10th Percentile £417 £453 £310
25th Percentile £456 £484 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £625 £475
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% +31.58% -
75th Percentile £728 £669 £588
90th Percentile £760 £715 £640
London median daily rate £550 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -4.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

Resource Allocation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,798 2,154 2,843
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 93.99% 91.97% 89.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,214 1,374 1,976
10th Percentile £325 £363 £359
25th Percentile £424 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £595
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -3.36% +3.48%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £770 £788 £813
London median daily rate £540 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -1.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 29 17
10th Percentile £17.79 £18.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £22.00 £25.40 £17.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +27.27% -34.52%
75th Percentile £36.00 £61.25 £46.75
90th Percentile £60.95 £117.10 £59.30
London median hourly rate £30.00 £36.80 £37.75
% change year-on-year -18.48% -2.52% +6.34%

Resource Allocation
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Resource Allocation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Resource Allocation job vacancy trend in Central London

Resource Allocation
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Resource Allocation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Resource Allocation

Resource Allocation
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Resource Allocation in Central London over the 6 months to 5 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Resource Allocation in Central London

Resource Allocation
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Resource Allocation.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Resource Allocation

Resource Allocation
Contract Job Locations in Central London

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 Central London region over the 6 months to 5 October 2025. 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
City of London +9 12 £700 +23.08% 7
Resource Allocation
London

Resource Allocation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) AWS
1 1 (8.33%) Azure
1 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) Firewall
1 1 (8.33%) Network Security
1 1 (8.33%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) DB2
1 1 (8.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 11 (91.67%) Finance
2 6 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 5 (41.67%) Banking
4 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (16.67%) Back Office
4 2 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (16.67%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Project Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Lead
2 2 (16.67%) PMO Lead
3 1 (8.33%) Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Change Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Cost Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Development Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Implementation Manager
3 1 (8.33%) IT Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) IT Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Programme Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Senior
3 1 (8.33%) Senior Development Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Senior Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Workforce Management Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Onboarding
1 2 (16.67%) PMI
1 2 (16.67%) Reference Data
2 1 (8.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (8.33%) AS400
2 1 (8.33%) iSeries
2 1 (8.33%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 5 (41.67%) Agile
2 5 (41.67%) Project Management
3 4 (33.33%) Budget Management
3 4 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 4 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 4 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (25.00%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
5 2 (16.67%) Accounts Receivable
5 2 (16.67%) Budgeting
5 2 (16.67%) Decision-Making
5 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (16.67%) Programme Management
5 2 (16.67%) Project Governance
5 2 (16.67%) Reference Data Management
5 2 (16.67%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 2 (16.67%) Time Management
5 2 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (16.67%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) COBOL
1 1 (8.33%) Korn
1 1 (8.33%) RPG
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) PMI Certification
2 4 (33.33%) Degree
3 3 (25.00%) PMP
4 1 (8.33%) APMG
4 1 (8.33%) CFA
4 1 (8.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (8.33%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) PMO
2 1 (8.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) Avaloq
2 1 (8.33%) Citrix
2 1 (8.33%) FNZ
2 1 (8.33%) IBM
2 1 (8.33%) Oracle
2 1 (8.33%) Planview
2 1 (8.33%) Workday