Resource Allocation Contracts in England

Resource Allocation
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Resource Allocation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Resource Allocation 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 426 538 667
Rank change year-on-year +112 +129 -184
Contract jobs citing Resource Allocation 123 108 112
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.33% 0.22% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% 0.24% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 83 71
10th Percentile £306 £369 £375
25th Percentile £372 £456 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £530 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £575 £700 £650
90th Percentile £713 £770 £738
UK median daily rate £475 £540 £500
% change year-on-year -12.04% +8.00% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 6 3
10th Percentile £16.80 £17.17 £38.80
25th Percentile £20.96 £26.64 £39.63
Median hourly rate £25.00 £37.30 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.98% -11.19% +46.09%
75th Percentile £30.16 £45.89 £43.00
90th Percentile - £54.38 -
UK median hourly rate £23.00 £37.30 £42.00
% change year-on-year -38.34% -11.19% +46.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Resource Allocation 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%

Resource Allocation
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Resource Allocation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Resource Allocation in England

Resource Allocation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Resource Allocation in England.

Daily rate trend for Resource Allocation in England

Resource Allocation
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for Resource Allocation in England

Resource Allocation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Resource Allocation in England.

Hourly rate trend for Resource Allocation in England

Resource Allocation
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

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

Hourly rate histogram for Resource Allocation in England

Resource Allocation
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 Resource Allocation 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 +102 59 £525 -14.29% 70
South East +24 22 £500 -3.75% 26
Midlands +41 18 £475 +216.67% 34
West Midlands +30 15 £488 +225.00% 20
North of England +22 10 £413 -28.26% 32
South West +20 6 £500 -6.98% 21
East of England +13 5 £513 +20.59% 6
North West +10 5 £413 -28.26% 13
East Midlands - 3 £355 - 14
Yorkshire +16 1 - - 15
North East - 1 - - 5
Resource Allocation
UK

Resource Allocation
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 4 (3.25%) Confluence
1 4 (3.25%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.81%) Anypoint
2 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (8.94%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (3.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.25%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.63%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (4.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.63%) Primavera
3 1 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.81%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 1 (0.81%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.81%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 18 (14.63%) Azure
2 5 (4.07%) AWS
3 4 (3.25%) WhatsApp
4 3 (2.44%) SaaS
5 2 (1.63%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (1.63%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.81%) Azure API Management
6 1 (0.81%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (0.81%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.81%) Azure Functions
6 1 (0.81%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (0.81%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.81%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.81%) GCP
6 1 (0.81%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.07%) VPN
2 3 (2.44%) LAN
2 3 (2.44%) Network Security
2 3 (2.44%) WAN
3 2 (1.63%) Remote Desktop
3 2 (1.63%) SD-WAN
3 2 (1.63%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.81%) Firewall
4 1 (0.81%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.81%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.63%) DB2
1 2 (1.63%) MS Access
1 2 (1.63%) Power BI
1 2 (1.63%) SAP HANA
2 1 (0.81%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 14 (11.38%) JIRA
2 1 (0.81%) Selenium
General
1 58 (47.15%) Social Skills
2 44 (35.77%) Finance
3 23 (18.70%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (9.76%) Manufacturing
5 10 (8.13%) Retail
6 7 (5.69%) Banking
7 5 (4.07%) Legal
7 5 (4.07%) Marketing
8 4 (3.25%) Local Government
8 4 (3.25%) Pharmaceutical
8 4 (3.25%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (3.25%) Public Sector
9 3 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.63%) Dutch Language
10 2 (1.63%) Front Office
10 2 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.63%) Investment Banking
10 2 (1.63%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.81%) Advertising
11 1 (0.81%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 58 (47.15%) Project Manager
2 16 (13.01%) IT Manager
3 15 (12.20%) Lead
4 12 (9.76%) IT Project Manager
5 7 (5.69%) Analyst
6 5 (4.07%) Coordinator
6 5 (4.07%) Project Coordinator
7 4 (3.25%) Programme Manager
7 4 (3.25%) Security Manager
7 4 (3.25%) Senior
7 4 (3.25%) Technical Manager
7 4 (3.25%) Technical Project Manager
8 3 (2.44%) Consultant
8 3 (2.44%) PMO Lead
8 3 (2.44%) Portfolio Manager
8 3 (2.44%) Security Project Manager
9 2 (1.63%) Architect
9 2 (1.63%) Business Analyst
9 2 (1.63%) Senior Manager
9 2 (1.63%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.81%) GraphQL
1 1 (0.81%) Middleware
1 1 (0.81%) Node.js
1 1 (0.81%) SailPoint
1 1 (0.81%) SAP PI
1 1 (0.81%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.25%) Management Information System
2 3 (2.44%) Biopharmaceutical
2 3 (2.44%) Data Centre
2 3 (2.44%) Robotics
3 2 (1.63%) CCTV
3 2 (1.63%) FMCG
3 2 (1.63%) LPAR
3 2 (1.63%) Mainframe
3 2 (1.63%) Operational Technology
3 2 (1.63%) Security Posture
3 2 (1.63%) Virtual Team
4 1 (0.81%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (0.81%) CMDB
4 1 (0.81%) EPoS
4 1 (0.81%) PMI
4 1 (0.81%) Reinsurance
4 1 (0.81%) Replication
4 1 (0.81%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (0.81%) Social Media
4 1 (0.81%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.44%) Linux
2 2 (1.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (1.63%) Windows
2 2 (1.63%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (59.35%) Project Management
2 41 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 34 (27.64%) Risk Management
4 29 (23.58%) Project Delivery
5 28 (22.76%) Agile
6 26 (21.14%) Budget Management
6 26 (21.14%) Problem-Solving
7 24 (19.51%) Project Planning
8 21 (17.07%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
8 21 (17.07%) PRINCE2
9 17 (13.82%) Continuous Improvement
10 16 (13.01%) Change Management
11 15 (12.20%) Programme Management
12 12 (9.76%) Scrum
13 11 (8.94%) ITIL
14 10 (8.13%) Translating Business Requirements
15 9 (7.32%) Change Control
15 9 (7.32%) Decision-Making
15 9 (7.32%) Project Governance
15 9 (7.32%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.44%) Java
1 3 (2.44%) SQL
2 1 (0.81%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 19 (15.45%) PMP
2 18 (14.63%) Degree
3 17 (13.82%) PMI Certification
4 8 (6.50%) Security Cleared
5 7 (5.69%) SC Cleared
6 6 (4.88%) CISSP
7 4 (3.25%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 3 (2.44%) CCNP
8 3 (2.44%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (2.44%) Master's Degree
9 2 (1.63%) ACCA
9 2 (1.63%) AWS Certification
9 2 (1.63%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 2 (1.63%) Azure Certification
9 2 (1.63%) CCNA
9 2 (1.63%) CIMA
9 2 (1.63%) CISM
10 1 (0.81%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.81%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (13.01%) QA
2 12 (9.76%) PMO
3 4 (3.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.63%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.63%) GDPR
4 2 (1.63%) SLA
5 1 (0.81%) COBIT
5 1 (0.81%) EMIR
5 1 (0.81%) GRC
5 1 (0.81%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (0.81%) NIST
5 1 (0.81%) P3O
5 1 (0.81%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.81%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (3.25%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.81%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.63%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 17 (13.82%) Microsoft
2 10 (8.13%) SAP
3 5 (4.07%) VMware
4 4 (3.25%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.63%) Ariba
5 2 (1.63%) Dynatrace
5 2 (1.63%) Facebook
5 2 (1.63%) Google
5 2 (1.63%) IBM
5 2 (1.63%) Instagram
5 2 (1.63%) Laserfiche
5 2 (1.63%) NEC
6 1 (0.81%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.81%) Blue Prism
6 1 (0.81%) BT
6 1 (0.81%) Databricks
6 1 (0.81%) JD Edwards
6 1 (0.81%) MuleSoft
6 1 (0.81%) Oracle
6 1 (0.81%) TikTok