Resource Allocation Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Resource Allocation
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Resource Allocation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 63 72
Rank change year-on-year +1 +9 -
Contract jobs citing Resource Allocation 2 5 2
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.29% 0.79% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 0.83% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £404 -
25th Percentile £513 £447 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £400
Median % change year-on-year - +31.25% -
75th Percentile £538 £609 -
90th Percentile - £656 -
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £438
% change year-on-year - +2.86% -2.78%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 601 602 702
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 86.85% 95.10% 87.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 310 332 413
10th Percentile £250 £205 £245
25th Percentile £406 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £451 £463 £487
Median % change year-on-year -2.59% -5.03% +2.53%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £575
90th Percentile £650 £637 £663
Scotland median daily rate £450 £457 £475
% change year-on-year -1.53% -3.79% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 27 30
10th Percentile £17.23 £17.30 £15.91
25th Percentile £28.38 £19.42 £16.31
Median hourly rate £50.00 £23.00 £24.44
Median % change year-on-year +117.39% -5.87% +13.84%
75th Percentile £75.00 £24.18 £60.75
90th Percentile £81.24 £30.74 -
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £22.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year -9.09% +12.82% +7.68%

Resource Allocation
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Resource Allocation job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Resource Allocation
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Resource Allocation

Resource Allocation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 1 (50.00%) Apache
1 1 (50.00%) Apache Superset
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (50.00%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Asana
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Datadog
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Data Science
2 1 (50.00%) Deep Learning
2 1 (50.00%) Generative AI
2 1 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (50.00%) MLOps
2 1 (50.00%) Open Source
2 1 (50.00%) Open Source Development
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) Product Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (50.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality