Capacity Planning Contracts in England

Capacity Planning
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Capacity Planning skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Capacity Planning over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 379 409 500
Rank change year-on-year +30 +91 -93
Contract jobs citing Capacity Planning 166 250 296
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.45% 0.50% 0.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.52% 0.55% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 106 158 180
10th Percentile £328 £328 £363
25th Percentile £413 £389 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £496 £509
Median % change year-on-year +5.79% -2.46% +4.09%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £621
90th Percentile £688 £721 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 22 3
10th Percentile £34.80 £35.66 £25.00
25th Percentile - - £32.50
Median hourly rate £40.00 £65.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.46% +44.44% +164.71%
75th Percentile - £65.75 £66.25
90th Percentile - £79.00 £79.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £65.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -38.46% +44.44% +164.71%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Capacity Planning 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 32,201 45,536 64,490
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.52% 90.24% 90.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,119 31,974 45,794
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.14%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £766 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,240 1,592 1,770
10th Percentile £12.91 £10.87 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.83 £37.50 £24.48
Median % change year-on-year -4.45% +53.20% +1.99%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £37.30 £25.00
% change year-on-year -4.83% +49.20% -

Capacity Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Capacity Planning in England

Capacity Planning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Capacity Planning in England

Capacity Planning
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Capacity Planning in England over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Capacity Planning in England

Capacity Planning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Capacity Planning in England

Capacity Planning
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Capacity Planning in England over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Capacity Planning in England

Capacity Planning
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 Planning within the England region over the 6 months to 29 April 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 +44 53 £550 +15.79% 41
South East +31 43 £500 +15.94% 14
South West +14 23 £575 -17.86% 4
North of England +18 22 £423 +8.33% 14
Midlands +16 15 £450 -30.77% 18
West Midlands +30 13 £450 -30.77% 13
Yorkshire +22 12 £435 -2.25% 1
North West +14 10 £400 +2.56% 13
East of England +8 3 £300 +66.67% 6
East Midlands +8 2 £432 -34.62% 5
Capacity Planning
UK

Capacity Planning
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 8 (4.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.41%) Confluence
3 3 (1.81%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (1.81%) CICS
3 3 (1.81%) CMS
3 3 (1.81%) Drupal
3 3 (1.81%) Jupyter
3 3 (1.81%) nginx
4 2 (1.20%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (1.20%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.60%) Apache
5 1 (0.60%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.60%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 13 (7.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.61%) MS Visio
3 5 (3.01%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.81%) AutoCAD
4 3 (1.81%) Revit
5 2 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (3.01%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (1.81%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.60%) SAP Hybris
3 1 (0.60%) SAP PP
3 1 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 36 (21.69%) Azure
2 35 (21.08%) AWS
3 23 (13.86%) GCP
4 16 (9.64%) Power Platform
5 7 (4.22%) Serverless
6 4 (2.41%) Azure Data Factory
6 4 (2.41%) Azure Functions
6 4 (2.41%) PaaS
7 3 (1.81%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.81%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (1.81%) CloudBees
7 3 (1.81%) Entra ID
7 3 (1.81%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 3 (1.81%) IaaS
7 3 (1.81%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (1.81%) Nutanix
7 3 (1.81%) SaaS
7 3 (1.81%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 2 (1.20%) Amazon EC2
8 2 (1.20%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 22 (13.25%) DNS
2 19 (11.45%) WAN
3 18 (10.84%) LAN
4 17 (10.24%) DHCP
5 13 (7.83%) Firewall
5 13 (7.83%) SAN
5 13 (7.83%) VPN
6 11 (6.63%) Radio Access Network
6 11 (6.63%) Wi-Fi
7 10 (6.02%) 5G
7 10 (6.02%) MPLS
8 9 (5.42%) 3G
8 9 (5.42%) 4G
9 7 (4.22%) Network Security
10 5 (3.01%) Cisco Nexus
10 5 (3.01%) Internet
11 4 (2.41%) BGP
11 4 (2.41%) SSL
12 3 (1.81%) HTTP
12 3 (1.81%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (9.64%) Power BI
2 12 (7.23%) SQL Server
3 10 (6.02%) MongoDB
4 8 (4.82%) Amazon RDS
4 8 (4.82%) Elasticsearch
5 7 (4.22%) Oracle Database
6 6 (3.61%) OLTP
7 5 (3.01%) NoSQL
8 4 (2.41%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (2.41%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (2.41%) DB2
8 4 (2.41%) OLAP
9 3 (1.81%) Apache Cassandra
9 3 (1.81%) Big Data
9 3 (1.81%) ClickHouse
9 3 (1.81%) Data Lake
10 2 (1.20%) PostgreSQL
11 1 (0.60%) InterSystems Cache
11 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Analysis Services
11 1 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (4.82%) JIRA
2 6 (3.61%) Jenkins
3 4 (2.41%) Git
3 4 (2.41%) Selenium
4 3 (1.81%) Artifactory
4 3 (1.81%) Sonatype Nexus
4 3 (1.81%) Subversion
5 2 (1.20%) GitLab
6 1 (0.60%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.60%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.60%) Gatling
6 1 (0.60%) JMeter
6 1 (0.60%) Oracle APEX
General
1 57 (34.34%) Social Skills
2 38 (22.89%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (16.27%) Finance
4 14 (8.43%) Public Sector
4 14 (8.43%) Telecoms
5 11 (6.63%) Banking
6 8 (4.82%) Aerospace
6 8 (4.82%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (3.61%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (3.61%) Public Speaking
8 4 (2.41%) Legal
8 4 (2.41%) Local Government
9 3 (1.81%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.81%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.81%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.20%) Back Office
10 2 (1.20%) Electronics
10 2 (1.20%) Marketing
11 1 (0.60%) Games
11 1 (0.60%) German Language
Job Titles
1 17 (10.24%) Consultant
2 16 (9.64%) Analyst
3 15 (9.04%) Senior
4 13 (7.83%) Network Engineer
5 12 (7.23%) Architect
6 11 (6.63%) DBA
6 11 (6.63%) IT Analyst
7 10 (6.02%) Availability Manager
8 8 (4.82%) Capacity Manager
8 8 (4.82%) Infrastructure Analyst
8 8 (4.82%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
8 8 (4.82%) Lead
9 7 (4.22%) Performance Specialist
10 6 (3.61%) Capacity and Availability Manager
10 6 (3.61%) Project Manager
10 6 (3.61%) Scrum Master
10 6 (3.61%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
11 5 (3.01%) Administrator
11 5 (3.01%) Performance Consultant
11 5 (3.01%) Senior Performance Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.82%) Lucene
2 6 (3.61%) Elastic Stack
2 6 (3.61%) Kafka
3 5 (3.01%) LDAP
4 4 (2.41%) XML
5 3 (1.81%) Apache Beam
5 3 (1.81%) Keycloak
5 3 (1.81%) Middleware
5 3 (1.81%) Node.js
6 2 (1.20%) .NET
6 2 (1.20%) JSON
6 2 (1.20%) OAuth
6 2 (1.20%) OAuth2
6 2 (1.20%) OpenAPI
6 2 (1.20%) OpenID
6 2 (1.20%) RabbitMQ
6 2 (1.20%) REST
6 2 (1.20%) SOAP
6 2 (1.20%) Swagger
6 2 (1.20%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (14.46%) Data Centre
2 9 (5.42%) Distributed Systems
2 9 (5.42%) Management Information System
3 8 (4.82%) Client/Server
3 8 (4.82%) Cloud Native
3 8 (4.82%) Clustering
4 7 (4.22%) CMDB
4 7 (4.22%) Replication
5 6 (3.61%) Mainframe
5 6 (3.61%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (3.01%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 4 (2.41%) Mobile App
7 4 (2.41%) Product Ownership
7 4 (2.41%) Smart Meter
7 4 (2.41%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.81%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.81%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.81%) Private Cloud
8 3 (1.81%) Public Cloud
9 2 (1.20%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 36 (21.69%) Linux
2 29 (17.47%) Windows
3 27 (16.27%) Unix
4 9 (5.42%) Windows Server
5 4 (2.41%) zOS
6 1 (0.60%) Android
6 1 (0.60%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.60%) VMS
6 1 (0.60%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (27.11%) Problem-Solving
2 35 (21.08%) Roadmaps
3 29 (17.47%) Capacity Management
4 28 (16.87%) Disaster Recovery
5 22 (13.25%) Agile
5 22 (13.25%) Decision-Making
6 20 (12.05%) Configuration Management
6 20 (12.05%) DevOps
6 20 (12.05%) ITIL
7 19 (11.45%) Project Management
8 17 (10.24%) Computer Science
8 17 (10.24%) Performance Tuning
9 15 (9.04%) Analytics
9 15 (9.04%) Stakeholder Management
10 14 (8.43%) Business Intelligence
10 14 (8.43%) CI/CD
10 14 (8.43%) Migration
10 14 (8.43%) Performance Metrics
11 13 (7.83%) Project Delivery
11 13 (7.83%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 29 (17.47%) Python
2 18 (10.84%) Java
2 18 (10.84%) PowerShell
3 15 (9.04%) SQL
4 9 (5.42%) Bash
5 6 (3.61%) JavaScript
6 4 (2.41%) Go
7 3 (1.81%) COBOL
7 3 (1.81%) Groovy
7 3 (1.81%) REXX
7 3 (1.81%) Ruby
7 3 (1.81%) Scala
8 2 (1.20%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.60%) C#
9 1 (0.60%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.60%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 41 (24.70%) Degree
2 36 (21.69%) Security Cleared
3 30 (18.07%) SC Cleared
4 14 (8.43%) Cisco Certification
5 11 (6.63%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (6.02%) CCNP
7 6 (3.61%) AWS Certification
7 6 (3.61%) CCNA
8 5 (3.01%) Azure Certification
8 5 (3.01%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (3.01%) CCIE
8 5 (3.01%) DV Cleared
8 5 (3.01%) Master's Degree
8 5 (3.01%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (1.81%) Network+ Certification
9 3 (1.81%) PhD
10 2 (1.20%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 2 (1.20%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 1 (0.60%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 1 (0.60%) HP ASE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (7.23%) PMO
2 11 (6.63%) GDPR
3 6 (3.61%) SLA
4 5 (3.01%) QA
5 3 (1.81%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.81%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.20%) P3O
6 2 (1.20%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 21 (12.65%) VMware Infrastructure
2 20 (12.05%) Active Directory
3 9 (5.42%) Docker
3 9 (5.42%) Hyper-V
4 8 (4.82%) Virtual Servers
4 8 (4.82%) VMware Workstation
5 3 (1.81%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 2 (1.20%) KVM
6 2 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (1.20%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.60%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.60%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.60%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (7.83%) Ansible
2 12 (7.23%) Kubernetes
2 12 (7.23%) Terraform
3 11 (6.63%) NetBackup
4 10 (6.02%) Nagios
5 9 (5.42%) SCCM
6 8 (4.82%) Microsoft Clustering
7 5 (3.01%) Grafana
8 3 (1.81%) Netcool
9 2 (1.20%) Prometheus
9 2 (1.20%) Rundeck
9 2 (1.20%) ZABBIX
10 1 (0.60%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.60%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.60%) Oracle RMAN
10 1 (0.60%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 29 (17.47%) Microsoft
2 22 (13.25%) VMware
3 12 (7.23%) Oracle
4 9 (5.42%) Google
5 8 (4.82%) Cisco
5 8 (4.82%) Hitachi
5 8 (4.82%) NetApp
6 7 (4.22%) SAP
7 6 (3.61%) Nokia
7 6 (3.61%) Salesforce
8 5 (3.01%) Juniper
8 5 (3.01%) Remedy
8 5 (3.01%) ServiceNow
8 5 (3.01%) Splunk
9 4 (2.41%) Ab Initio
9 4 (2.41%) CheckPoint
9 4 (2.41%) F5
9 4 (2.41%) Palo Alto
10 3 (1.81%) IBM
10 3 (1.81%) Infoblox