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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 375 416 515
Rank change year-on-year +41 +99 -109
Contract jobs citing Capacity Planning 170 253 297
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.46% 0.51% 0.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.53% 0.56% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 111 161 181
10th Percentile £320 £331 £373
25th Percentile £413 £400 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £513
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -7.32% +4.86%
75th Percentile £622 £675 £620
90th Percentile £688 £719 £701
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 19 3
10th Percentile £34.80 £31.51 £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 - £80.00 £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 31,929 45,052 64,584
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.59% 90.19% 90.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,948 31,615 45,896
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% +8.04%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,243 1,590 1,753
10th Percentile £12.92 £10.99 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.33 £36.40 £24.35
Median % change year-on-year -0.18% +49.47% +3.62%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK median hourly rate £35.95 £35.80 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.42% +43.20% +2.04%

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 5 May 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 5 May 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 5 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 +43 50 £550 +15.79% 57
South East +38 45 £490 +8.89% 21
South West +25 23 £575 -11.54% 4
North of England +21 21 £424 +8.65% 19
Midlands +21 19 £450 -30.77% 16
West Midlands +26 14 £450 -30.77% 10
Yorkshire +20 12 £435 +11.54% 6
North West +16 9 £400 +2.56% 11
East Midlands +8 5 £550 -16.67% 6
East of England +14 4 £288 +59.72% 10
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 (4.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.35%) Confluence
3 3 (1.76%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (1.76%) CICS
3 3 (1.76%) CMS
3 3 (1.76%) Drupal
3 3 (1.76%) Jupyter
3 3 (1.76%) nginx
4 2 (1.18%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (1.18%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.59%) Apache
5 1 (0.59%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.59%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 13 (7.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.53%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (3.53%) MS Visio
3 3 (1.76%) AutoCAD
3 3 (1.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.76%) Revit
4 2 (1.18%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.59%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (2.94%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (1.76%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.59%) SAP Hybris
3 1 (0.59%) SAP PP
3 1 (0.59%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 37 (21.76%) Azure
2 35 (20.59%) AWS
3 25 (14.71%) GCP
4 16 (9.41%) Power Platform
5 6 (3.53%) Serverless
6 4 (2.35%) Azure Data Factory
6 4 (2.35%) Azure Functions
6 4 (2.35%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (2.35%) PaaS
7 3 (1.76%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.76%) CloudBees
7 3 (1.76%) Entra ID
7 3 (1.76%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 3 (1.76%) IaaS
7 3 (1.76%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (1.76%) Nutanix
7 3 (1.76%) SaaS
7 3 (1.76%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 2 (1.18%) Amazon GuardDuty
8 2 (1.18%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 21 (12.35%) DNS
2 19 (11.18%) WAN
3 18 (10.59%) LAN
4 16 (9.41%) DHCP
4 16 (9.41%) Firewall
5 15 (8.82%) VPN
6 14 (8.24%) SAN
7 13 (7.65%) MPLS
8 11 (6.47%) 5G
8 11 (6.47%) Radio Access Network
8 11 (6.47%) Wi-Fi
9 10 (5.88%) 3G
9 10 (5.88%) 4G
10 9 (5.29%) Network Security
11 7 (4.12%) BGP
12 6 (3.53%) OSPF
13 5 (2.94%) Cisco Nexus
13 5 (2.94%) Internet
13 5 (2.94%) TCP/IP
14 4 (2.35%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (9.41%) Power BI
2 12 (7.06%) SQL Server
3 10 (5.88%) MongoDB
4 7 (4.12%) Amazon RDS
4 7 (4.12%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (3.53%) OLTP
5 6 (3.53%) Oracle Database
6 5 (2.94%) NoSQL
7 4 (2.35%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (2.35%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (2.35%) DB2
7 4 (2.35%) OLAP
8 3 (1.76%) Apache Cassandra
8 3 (1.76%) Big Data
8 3 (1.76%) ClickHouse
8 3 (1.76%) Data Lake
9 2 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.59%) InterSystems Cache
10 1 (0.59%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 1 (0.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 8 (4.71%) JIRA
2 6 (3.53%) Jenkins
3 4 (2.35%) Git
3 4 (2.35%) Selenium
4 3 (1.76%) Artifactory
4 3 (1.76%) Sonatype Nexus
4 3 (1.76%) Subversion
5 2 (1.18%) GitLab
6 1 (0.59%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.59%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.59%) Gatling
6 1 (0.59%) JMeter
General
1 56 (32.94%) Social Skills
2 39 (22.94%) Analytical Skills
3 30 (17.65%) Finance
4 15 (8.82%) Public Sector
4 15 (8.82%) Telecoms
5 11 (6.47%) Banking
6 9 (5.29%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (4.71%) Aerospace
8 6 (3.53%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (2.94%) Public Speaking
10 4 (2.35%) Legal
10 4 (2.35%) Local Government
11 3 (1.76%) Financial Institution
11 3 (1.76%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.76%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (1.18%) Back Office
12 2 (1.18%) Electronics
12 2 (1.18%) Marketing
12 2 (1.18%) Retail
13 1 (0.59%) German Language
Job Titles
1 16 (9.41%) Architect
1 16 (9.41%) Consultant
2 15 (8.82%) Analyst
2 15 (8.82%) Senior
3 13 (7.65%) Network Engineer
4 10 (5.88%) Availability Manager
4 10 (5.88%) DBA
4 10 (5.88%) IT Analyst
5 8 (4.71%) Capacity Manager
5 8 (4.71%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 8 (4.71%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
5 8 (4.71%) Lead
6 7 (4.12%) Performance Specialist
7 6 (3.53%) Administrator
7 6 (3.53%) Capacity and Availability Manager
7 6 (3.53%) Project Manager
7 6 (3.53%) Scrum Master
7 6 (3.53%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
8 5 (2.94%) Senior Consultant
8 5 (2.94%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.12%) Lucene
2 5 (2.94%) Elastic Stack
2 5 (2.94%) Kafka
2 5 (2.94%) LDAP
3 4 (2.35%) Middleware
3 4 (2.35%) XML
4 3 (1.76%) Apache Beam
4 3 (1.76%) Keycloak
4 3 (1.76%) Node.js
5 2 (1.18%) .NET
5 2 (1.18%) JSON
5 2 (1.18%) OAuth
5 2 (1.18%) OAuth2
5 2 (1.18%) OpenAPI
5 2 (1.18%) OpenID
5 2 (1.18%) REST
5 2 (1.18%) SOAP
5 2 (1.18%) Swagger
5 2 (1.18%) YAML
6 1 (0.59%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 25 (14.71%) Data Centre
2 10 (5.88%) Management Information System
3 8 (4.71%) Client/Server
3 8 (4.71%) Cloud Native
3 8 (4.71%) Clustering
3 8 (4.71%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (4.12%) Replication
5 6 (3.53%) CMDB
5 6 (3.53%) Mainframe
5 6 (3.53%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (2.94%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 4 (2.35%) Mobile App
7 4 (2.35%) Product Ownership
7 4 (2.35%) Smart Meter
7 4 (2.35%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.76%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.76%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.76%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.76%) Private Cloud
8 3 (1.76%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 32 (18.82%) Linux
2 27 (15.88%) Unix
2 27 (15.88%) Windows
3 8 (4.71%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.35%) zOS
5 1 (0.59%) Android
5 1 (0.59%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.59%) VMS
5 1 (0.59%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (27.06%) Problem-Solving
2 35 (20.59%) Roadmaps
3 28 (16.47%) Capacity Management
4 26 (15.29%) Disaster Recovery
5 23 (13.53%) Agile
6 22 (12.94%) Decision-Making
6 22 (12.94%) Project Management
7 19 (11.18%) Computer Science
7 19 (11.18%) Configuration Management
7 19 (11.18%) ITIL
8 18 (10.59%) DevOps
8 18 (10.59%) Performance Tuning
8 18 (10.59%) Stakeholder Management
9 15 (8.82%) Analytics
10 14 (8.24%) Business Intelligence
10 14 (8.24%) Migration
10 14 (8.24%) Project Delivery
11 13 (7.65%) Performance Metrics
11 13 (7.65%) Performance Monitoring
11 13 (7.65%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 26 (15.29%) Python
2 17 (10.00%) Java
3 16 (9.41%) PowerShell
4 14 (8.24%) SQL
5 9 (5.29%) Bash
6 6 (3.53%) JavaScript
7 4 (2.35%) Go
8 3 (1.76%) COBOL
8 3 (1.76%) Groovy
8 3 (1.76%) REXX
8 3 (1.76%) Ruby
8 3 (1.76%) Scala
9 2 (1.18%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.59%) C#
10 1 (0.59%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.59%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 43 (25.29%) Degree
2 35 (20.59%) Security Cleared
3 29 (17.06%) SC Cleared
4 13 (7.65%) Cisco Certification
4 13 (7.65%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (5.88%) CCNP
6 7 (4.12%) Master's Degree
7 6 (3.53%) AWS Certification
7 6 (3.53%) Azure Certification
7 6 (3.53%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (2.94%) CCIE
8 5 (2.94%) CCNA
8 5 (2.94%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.76%) PhD
10 2 (1.18%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 2 (1.18%) Network+ Certification
10 2 (1.18%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 1 (0.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.59%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (7.65%) PMO
2 12 (7.06%) GDPR
3 6 (3.53%) PCI DSS
3 6 (3.53%) SLA
4 5 (2.94%) QA
5 4 (2.35%) HIPAA
6 3 (1.76%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.76%) Data Quality
7 2 (1.18%) P3O
8 1 (0.59%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.59%) SOC 2
System Software
1 21 (12.35%) VMware Infrastructure
2 20 (11.76%) Active Directory
3 9 (5.29%) Hyper-V
4 8 (4.71%) Virtual Servers
4 8 (4.71%) VMware Workstation
5 7 (4.12%) Docker
6 3 (1.76%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 2 (1.18%) KVM
7 2 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (1.18%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.59%) Firmware
8 1 (0.59%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.59%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (7.06%) Ansible
1 12 (7.06%) NetBackup
2 11 (6.47%) Terraform
3 10 (5.88%) Kubernetes
4 9 (5.29%) Nagios
4 9 (5.29%) SCCM
5 8 (4.71%) Microsoft Clustering
6 4 (2.35%) Grafana
7 3 (1.76%) Netcool
8 2 (1.18%) Rundeck
9 1 (0.59%) Data Guard
9 1 (0.59%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.59%) Oracle RMAN
9 1 (0.59%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.59%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 1 (0.59%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.59%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 30 (17.65%) Microsoft
2 22 (12.94%) VMware
3 11 (6.47%) Oracle
4 10 (5.88%) Google
5 9 (5.29%) Cisco
5 9 (5.29%) NetApp
6 8 (4.71%) Hitachi
7 7 (4.12%) SAP
8 6 (3.53%) Nokia
8 6 (3.53%) Salesforce
9 5 (2.94%) Juniper
9 5 (2.94%) Remedy
9 5 (2.94%) ServiceNow
9 5 (2.94%) Splunk
10 4 (2.35%) Ab Initio
10 4 (2.35%) CheckPoint
10 4 (2.35%) F5
10 4 (2.35%) IBM
10 4 (2.35%) Palo Alto
11 3 (1.76%) Infoblox