Capacity Management Contracts in England

Capacity Management
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Capacity Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Capacity Management over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 345 421 587
Rank change year-on-year +76 +166 -119
Contract jobs citing Capacity Management 211 240 192
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.57% 0.49% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 0.54% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 160 182 122
10th Percentile £350 £369 £400
25th Percentile £450 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £583 £550
Median % change year-on-year -14.67% +6.00% +13.40%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £647
90th Percentile £688 £700 £749
UK median daily rate £500 £568 £562
% change year-on-year -11.89% +1.07% +15.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 13 3
10th Percentile £22.05 - -
25th Percentile £22.30 - -
Median hourly rate £40.00 £65.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.46% +225.00% -39.80%
75th Percentile - £65.75 £34.23
90th Percentile - - £42.76
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £65.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -38.46% +225.00% -39.80%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Capacity Management 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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,794 44,158 63,636
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.49% 90.16% 90.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,826 30,977 45,197
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £766 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,249 1,562 1,739
10th Percentile £12.91 £10.64 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £37.18 £37.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.85% +50.00% +6.38%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +4.82%

Capacity Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Capacity Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Capacity Management in England

Capacity Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Capacity Management in England.

Daily rate trend for Capacity Management in England

Capacity Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Capacity Management in England over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Capacity Management in England

Capacity Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Capacity Management in England.

Hourly rate trend for Capacity Management in England

Capacity Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Capacity Management in England over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Capacity Management in England

Capacity Management
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Capacity Management within the England region over the 6 months to 10 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
London +45 94 £600 -4.00% 14
South West +59 56 £495 -2.46% 4
North of England +46 23 £493 +23.25% 9
South East +14 23 £575 - 7
North West +32 20 £493 +23.25% 8
East of England +14 8 £350 +1.45% 1
Midlands +20 3 £500 +33.33% 4
Yorkshire +19 3 £650 +62.50% 1
West Midlands +16 3 £500 +25.00% 4
Capacity Management
UK

Capacity Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 39 (18.48%) SharePoint
2 36 (17.06%) Confluence
3 34 (16.11%) SharePoint Server
4 11 (5.21%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (3.79%) IIS
6 6 (2.84%) Apache
6 6 (2.84%) Tomcat
7 3 (1.42%) CMS
7 3 (1.42%) IBM Domino
7 3 (1.42%) IBM Notes
8 1 (0.47%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 8 (3.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.95%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (3.32%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (2.37%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (1.90%) Aligne
4 2 (0.95%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.47%) Loan IQ
Cloud Services
1 57 (27.01%) Azure
2 35 (16.59%) Azure Stack
3 23 (10.90%) AWS
4 13 (6.16%) PaaS
5 10 (4.74%) GitHub
6 9 (4.27%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (3.32%) Power Platform
8 6 (2.84%) IaaS
9 5 (2.37%) Cloud Computing
10 4 (1.90%) Entra ID
10 4 (1.90%) Nutanix
11 3 (1.42%) Amazon S3
11 3 (1.42%) Azure Key Vault
11 3 (1.42%) Azure Storage
11 3 (1.42%) GCP
11 3 (1.42%) OneDrive
12 2 (0.95%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 2 (0.95%) Mimecast
12 2 (0.95%) Rubrik
13 1 (0.47%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 46 (21.80%) Firewall
2 40 (18.96%) BGP
3 23 (10.90%) LAN
4 18 (8.53%) DNS
4 18 (8.53%) WAN
5 13 (6.16%) FTP
5 13 (6.16%) Wi-Fi
6 12 (5.69%) DHCP
6 12 (5.69%) SAN
7 10 (4.74%) TCP/IP
7 10 (4.74%) VPN
8 9 (4.27%) MPLS
8 9 (4.27%) Network Security
9 7 (3.32%) Wireless
9 7 (3.32%) WLAN
10 6 (2.84%) Cisco ASA
10 6 (2.84%) Internet
10 6 (2.84%) OSPF
11 5 (2.37%) H.323
11 5 (2.37%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (8.53%) SQL Server
2 13 (6.16%) Hadoop
3 11 (5.21%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (4.27%) Elasticsearch
5 7 (3.32%) Power BI
6 6 (2.84%) Oracle Database
7 5 (2.37%) MongoDB
7 5 (2.37%) Oracle Exadata
8 3 (1.42%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (1.42%) GIS
8 3 (1.42%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 3 (1.42%) MySQL
8 3 (1.42%) Spatial Data
8 3 (1.42%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 3 (1.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (1.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.47%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.47%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.47%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.47%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 42 (19.91%) JIRA
2 11 (5.21%) Jenkins
3 10 (4.74%) Artifactory
3 10 (4.74%) Subversion
4 9 (4.27%) GitLab
5 3 (1.42%) Git
6 2 (0.95%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.47%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.47%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.47%) TeamCity
General
1 86 (40.76%) Social Skills
2 50 (23.70%) Analytical Skills
3 30 (14.22%) Finance
3 30 (14.22%) Public Sector
4 17 (8.06%) Organisational Skills
4 17 (8.06%) Telecoms
5 10 (4.74%) Banking
5 10 (4.74%) Electronics
5 10 (4.74%) Manufacturing
5 10 (4.74%) Marketing
6 8 (3.79%) Aerospace
6 8 (3.79%) Billing
7 7 (3.32%) Investment Banking
8 6 (2.84%) Legal
9 3 (1.42%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.95%) Local Government
11 1 (0.47%) Games
11 1 (0.47%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.47%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 33 (15.64%) Analyst
2 22 (10.43%) Availability Manager
2 22 (10.43%) Capacity Manager
3 18 (8.53%) Capacity and Availability Manager
4 17 (8.06%) Microsoft Engineer
5 13 (6.16%) Implementation Specialist
6 12 (5.69%) Database Specialist
6 12 (5.69%) Lead
7 11 (5.21%) Consultant
8 10 (4.74%) Architect
8 10 (4.74%) IT Analyst
9 8 (3.79%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 8 (3.79%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
9 8 (3.79%) IT Support
10 7 (3.32%) DBA
11 6 (2.84%) Citrix Analyst
11 6 (2.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 6 (2.84%) Platform Specialist
12 5 (2.37%) Service Manager
12 5 (2.37%) SQL Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (7.11%) LDAP
2 11 (5.21%) FIX Protocol
3 10 (4.74%) .NET
4 9 (4.27%) Middleware
5 4 (1.90%) AngularJS
5 4 (1.90%) CSS
5 4 (1.90%) HTML
6 3 (1.42%) Software Packaging
7 1 (0.47%) .NET Core
7 1 (0.47%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.47%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.47%) React Native
7 1 (0.47%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 37 (17.54%) Data Centre
2 36 (17.06%) Private Cloud
3 31 (14.69%) Management Information System
4 21 (9.95%) Replication
5 19 (9.00%) Clustering
6 11 (5.21%) Derivative
7 10 (4.74%) Client/Server
7 10 (4.74%) Linux Command Line
8 7 (3.32%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (2.84%) CMDB
9 6 (2.84%) Market Risk
10 5 (2.37%) IVR
10 5 (2.37%) PKI
10 5 (2.37%) Virtual Team
11 3 (1.42%) Driving Licence
11 3 (1.42%) Product Ownership
12 2 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
12 2 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
12 2 (0.95%) Fat Client
12 2 (0.95%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 83 (39.34%) Windows
2 42 (19.91%) Unix
3 37 (17.54%) Linux
4 11 (5.21%) Windows Server
5 7 (3.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.47%) CentOS
6 1 (0.47%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.47%) VMS
6 1 (0.47%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (32.23%) ITIL
2 62 (29.38%) Service Management
3 56 (26.54%) Migration
4 49 (23.22%) Network Management
5 43 (20.38%) Disaster Recovery
6 42 (19.91%) Problem-Solving
7 39 (18.48%) Availability Management
8 36 (17.06%) Security Monitoring
9 34 (16.11%) ITSM
10 33 (15.64%) Change Management
11 32 (15.17%) High Availability
12 30 (14.22%) Continuous Improvement
13 28 (13.27%) Capacity Planning
14 27 (12.80%) Agile
15 24 (11.37%) Problem Management
16 22 (10.43%) Stakeholder Management
17 21 (9.95%) Data Migration
18 20 (9.48%) Mentoring
18 20 (9.48%) Performance Tuning
19 19 (9.00%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 24 (11.37%) PowerShell
2 22 (10.43%) Python
3 19 (9.00%) SQL
4 14 (6.64%) Java
5 10 (4.74%) Bash
5 10 (4.74%) C#
5 10 (4.74%) C++
6 6 (2.84%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.42%) Perl
7 3 (1.42%) Ruby
8 1 (0.47%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.47%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.47%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.47%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 86 (40.76%) Security Cleared
2 51 (24.17%) SC Cleared
3 35 (16.59%) DV Cleared
4 26 (12.32%) Degree
5 7 (3.32%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (2.84%) Azure Certification
6 6 (2.84%) ISACA
7 4 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.90%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (1.42%) MCITP
8 3 (1.42%) MCTS
9 2 (0.95%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.95%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.95%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.47%) BC Cleared
10 1 (0.47%) CCNA
10 1 (0.47%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.47%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (16.11%) Government Security Classifications
2 9 (4.27%) SLA
3 7 (3.32%) COBIT
3 7 (3.32%) GDPR
3 7 (3.32%) NIST
4 3 (1.42%) QA
5 2 (0.95%) PMO
6 1 (0.47%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.47%) NCSC
6 1 (0.47%) WCAG
System Software
1 30 (14.22%) Active Directory
2 29 (13.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (6.16%) HDFS
3 13 (6.16%) NFS
4 11 (5.21%) Hyper-V
5 9 (4.27%) vSphere
6 8 (3.79%) Virtual Servers
6 8 (3.79%) VMware Workstation
7 2 (0.95%) BitLocker
7 2 (0.95%) Microsoft App-V
7 2 (0.95%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 33 (15.64%) SCOM
2 21 (9.95%) Ansible
3 19 (9.00%) ITRS Geneos
4 17 (8.06%) SCCM
5 14 (6.64%) Terraform
6 12 (5.69%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 11 (5.21%) NetBackup
8 9 (4.27%) BladeLogic
8 9 (4.27%) Nagios
9 8 (3.79%) Microsoft Clustering
9 8 (3.79%) SCVMM
10 4 (1.90%) FortiGate
10 4 (1.90%) VxRail
11 3 (1.42%) Kubernetes
11 3 (1.42%) Microsoft Intune
11 3 (1.42%) Opsgenie
12 2 (0.95%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.95%) Kibana
12 2 (0.95%) logstash
13 1 (0.47%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 64 (30.33%) Microsoft
2 34 (16.11%) Atlassian
3 30 (14.22%) VMware
4 18 (8.53%) Oracle
5 17 (8.06%) Cisco
6 15 (7.11%) Red Hat
6 15 (7.11%) SolarWinds
7 13 (6.16%) Isilon
8 12 (5.69%) Dynatrace
8 12 (5.69%) SAP
9 9 (4.27%) Altiris
9 9 (4.27%) Citrix
9 9 (4.27%) Dell
10 8 (3.79%) Hitachi
10 8 (3.79%) Juniper
10 8 (3.79%) NetApp
11 7 (3.32%) Avaya
11 7 (3.32%) Palo Alto
11 7 (3.32%) Splunk
12 6 (2.84%) Proofpoint