Resource Allocation Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Resource Allocation
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Resource Allocation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 49 63
Rank change year-on-year -23 +14 -
Contract jobs citing Resource Allocation 11 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 1.09% 0.20% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.30% 0.23% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 1 1
10th Percentile £304 - -
25th Percentile £333 - £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £340 £391 £463
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% -15.46% -
75th Percentile £390 - £469
90th Percentile £401 - -
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 843 442 595
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 83.22% 86.67% 79.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 459 299 406
10th Percentile £198 £201 £185
25th Percentile £360 £325 £269
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £425 £417
Median % change year-on-year +5.18% +1.98% -7.39%
75th Percentile £543 £510 £538
90th Percentile £628 £588 £625
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 20 64
10th Percentile £13.54 £13.81 £11.86
25th Percentile £16.35 £14.97 £14.00
Median hourly rate £19.19 £22.05 £17.71
Median % change year-on-year -12.97% +24.46% +5.24%
75th Percentile £25.00 £26.00 £27.06
90th Percentile £26.81 £35.38 £51.50
England median hourly rate £32.50 £34.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -4.41% +4.62% -10.48%

Resource Allocation
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Resource Allocation job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Resource Allocation
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Resource Allocation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Resource Allocation

Resource Allocation
Contract Job Locations in the East 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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 21 March 2026. 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
Northamptonshire -12 11 £340 -13.04%
Resource Allocation
England

Resource Allocation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 7 (63.64%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (63.64%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 9 (81.82%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (81.82%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 9 (81.82%) JIRA
General
1 9 (81.82%) Finance
2 8 (72.73%) Banking
3 7 (63.64%) Corporate Banking
3 7 (63.64%) Retail Banking
4 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
4 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (72.73%) Project Manager
2 3 (27.27%) Banking Project Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Finance Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Finance Project Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Junior
3 1 (9.09%) Junior Project Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Lead
3 1 (9.09%) PMO Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) PMO Manager
3 1 (9.09%) PMO Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 7 (63.64%) PMI
1 7 (63.64%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) Agile
2 9 (81.82%) Business Intelligence
2 9 (81.82%) Continuous Improvement
2 9 (81.82%) Scrum
2 9 (81.82%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (63.64%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
3 7 (63.64%) Change Management
3 7 (63.64%) Fintech
3 7 (63.64%) Kanban
3 7 (63.64%) Lean Six Sigma
3 7 (63.64%) Process Improvement
3 7 (63.64%) Regulatory Change
3 7 (63.64%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 7 (63.64%) Six Sigma
3 7 (63.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 7 (63.64%) Wealth Management
4 6 (54.55%) Project Management
5 5 (45.45%) Digital Banking
5 5 (45.45%) Regulatory Compliance
6 2 (18.18%) Decision-Making
Qualifications
1 7 (63.64%) Degree
1 7 (63.64%) Master's Degree
1 7 (63.64%) MBA
1 7 (63.64%) PMI Certification
1 7 (63.64%) PMP
1 7 (63.64%) SAFe Agilist
2 2 (18.18%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (63.64%) Basel III
1 7 (63.64%) QA
2 2 (18.18%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft