Resource Allocation Contracts in England

Resource Allocation
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Resource Allocation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Resource Allocation over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 329 423 542
Rank change year-on-year +94 +119 +130
Contract jobs citing Resource Allocation 156 119 111
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.64% 0.32% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.70% 0.37% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 84 85
10th Percentile £336 £308 £369
25th Percentile £425 £375 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £578 £738
90th Percentile £767 £646 £820
UK median daily rate £520 £475 £550
% change year-on-year +9.47% -13.64% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 8 7
10th Percentile - £16.80 £18.35
25th Percentile £20.45 £20.96 £30.19
Median hourly rate £34.17 £25.00 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year +36.69% -32.98% -11.19%
75th Percentile £46.30 £30.16 £50.25
90th Percentile - - £55.05
UK median hourly rate £31.35 £23.00 £37.30
% change year-on-year +36.28% -38.34% -11.19%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

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 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 2025. 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 +69 86 £550 +4.76% 142
North of England +33 25 £510 +19.97% 37
South East +41 17 £500 -2.44% 49
North West +24 13 £520 +22.29% 24
Midlands +14 10 £396 -16.74% 25
South West +48 8 £388 -22.50% 19
Yorkshire +15 8 £500 - 10
West Midlands +6 7 £400 -17.95% 17
North East +3 4 £650 - 3
East of England +29 3 £800 +39.13% 21
East Midlands +9 2 £346 -2.68% 6
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 5 (3.21%) Apache Airflow
1 5 (3.21%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.92%) Confluence
3 1 (0.64%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (0.64%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.64%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 19 (12.18%) Microsoft Project
2 18 (11.54%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (6.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (3.85%) Trello
6 3 (1.92%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (1.28%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.64%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 3 (1.92%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (1.92%) SAP ERP
2 2 (1.28%) FLEXCUBE
2 2 (1.28%) Misys Midas
2 2 (1.28%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (1.28%) Workday HCM
3 1 (0.64%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.64%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.64%) Oracle Payroll
3 1 (0.64%) Primavera
3 1 (0.64%) SAP Business ByDesign
3 1 (0.64%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.64%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 14 (8.97%) AWS
2 13 (8.33%) Azure
3 7 (4.49%) Power Platform
4 6 (3.85%) Google Workspace
4 6 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (3.21%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (3.21%) GCP
5 5 (3.21%) GitHub
6 4 (2.56%) Asana
7 3 (1.92%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (1.92%) SuccessFactors
8 2 (1.28%) OCI
9 1 (0.64%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 1 (0.64%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 1 (0.64%) Apigee
9 1 (0.64%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (0.64%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.64%) Google Sheets
9 1 (0.64%) Snowflake
9 1 (0.64%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.92%) Firewall
2 2 (1.28%) VPN
3 1 (0.64%) Intranet
3 1 (0.64%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.49%) Power BI
2 5 (3.21%) Data Lake
3 4 (2.56%) Big Data
3 4 (2.56%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (1.28%) BigQuery
4 2 (1.28%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.28%) Tableau
5 1 (0.64%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.64%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.64%) Looker
5 1 (0.64%) MS Access
5 1 (0.64%) QlikView
5 1 (0.64%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 14 (8.97%) JIRA
2 6 (3.85%) GitLab
3 2 (1.28%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.28%) Selenium
4 1 (0.64%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.64%) Git
4 1 (0.64%) JBehave
4 1 (0.64%) SoapUI
4 1 (0.64%) Subversion
4 1 (0.64%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.64%) WebDriver
General
1 71 (45.51%) Finance
2 69 (44.23%) Social Skills
3 38 (24.36%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (12.18%) Legal
5 13 (8.33%) Local Government
5 13 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (6.41%) Banking
7 9 (5.77%) Public Sector
8 4 (2.56%) Back Office
8 4 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (2.56%) Retail
9 3 (1.92%) General Ledger
9 3 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.92%) Marketing
9 3 (1.92%) Retail Banking
10 2 (1.28%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.28%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.28%) Law
10 2 (1.28%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.64%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 56 (35.90%) Project Manager
2 19 (12.18%) Lead
3 14 (8.97%) IT Manager
4 13 (8.33%) IT Project Manager
5 12 (7.69%) Programme Manager
6 7 (4.49%) Analyst
6 7 (4.49%) Delivery Manager
7 6 (3.85%) Data Manager
7 6 (3.85%) Project Planner
8 5 (3.21%) DevOps Engineer
8 5 (3.21%) Operations Manager
8 5 (3.21%) SAP Manager
8 5 (3.21%) Senior
8 5 (3.21%) Senior Manager
8 5 (3.21%) Senior Project Manager
8 5 (3.21%) Technical Manager
9 4 (2.56%) AWS Engineer
9 4 (2.56%) Cloud Engineer
9 4 (2.56%) Data Centre Manager
9 4 (2.56%) Data Centre Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.49%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (1.92%) ADO
3 1 (0.64%) CSS
3 1 (0.64%) HTML
3 1 (0.64%) PySpark
3 1 (0.64%) REST
3 1 (0.64%) RFC 2544
3 1 (0.64%) SOAP
3 1 (0.64%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 12 (7.69%) Management Information System
2 8 (5.13%) Onboarding
3 6 (3.85%) Analytical Mindset
3 6 (3.85%) PMI
4 5 (3.21%) Data Centre
5 4 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (2.56%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.92%) Mainframe
6 3 (1.92%) NHS
6 3 (1.92%) Reference Data
7 2 (1.28%) Derivative
7 2 (1.28%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (1.28%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.64%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.64%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.64%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.64%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.64%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (0.64%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.56%) Windows
2 2 (1.28%) Linux
2 2 (1.28%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.64%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.64%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (58.97%) Project Management
2 58 (37.18%) Risk Management
3 49 (31.41%) Stakeholder Management
4 42 (26.92%) Agile
5 37 (23.72%) Problem-Solving
6 35 (22.44%) Continuous Improvement
7 30 (19.23%) PRINCE2
7 30 (19.23%) Project Delivery
8 28 (17.95%) Budget Management
9 25 (16.03%) Decision-Making
10 24 (15.38%) Change Management
11 20 (12.82%) Programme Management
12 19 (12.18%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
12 19 (12.18%) Project Planning
12 19 (12.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 17 (10.90%) Analytics
13 17 (10.90%) Migration
13 17 (10.90%) Waterfall
14 15 (9.62%) Budgeting
15 14 (8.97%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 10 (6.41%) SQL
2 3 (1.92%) Java
3 2 (1.28%) Python
4 1 (0.64%) Bash
4 1 (0.64%) C++
4 1 (0.64%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.64%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.64%) R
4 1 (0.64%) Scala
Qualifications
1 32 (20.51%) Degree
2 30 (19.23%) PMI Certification
3 29 (18.59%) PMP
4 15 (9.62%) Security Cleared
5 13 (8.33%) SC Cleared
6 8 (5.13%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (4.49%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 4 (2.56%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.92%) CISA
10 2 (1.28%) AWS Certification
10 2 (1.28%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.64%) APMG
11 1 (0.64%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.64%) CISM
11 1 (0.64%) CISSP
11 1 (0.64%) ISEB
11 1 (0.64%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.64%) PCI QSA
11 1 (0.64%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (9.62%) PMO
2 14 (8.97%) QA
3 7 (4.49%) Accessibility
3 7 (4.49%) GDPR
4 4 (2.56%) NIST
5 3 (1.92%) COBIT
5 3 (1.92%) COSO
5 3 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (1.28%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.64%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.64%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.64%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.64%) MiFID
7 1 (0.64%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (1.92%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (1.28%) Docker
2 2 (1.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.64%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.64%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.64%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (1.28%) Kubernetes
1 2 (1.28%) Terraform
2 1 (0.64%) Ansible
2 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.64%) Podman
2 1 (0.64%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 22 (14.10%) Microsoft
2 14 (8.97%) SAP
3 13 (8.33%) Oracle
4 10 (6.41%) Google
5 5 (3.21%) Workday
6 4 (2.56%) ServiceNow
7 3 (1.92%) Adobe
7 3 (1.92%) Ariba
7 3 (1.92%) Liquidlogic
7 3 (1.92%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.28%) Citrix
8 2 (1.28%) Planview
8 2 (1.28%) VMware
9 1 (0.64%) Cisco
9 1 (0.64%) Civica
9 1 (0.64%) Databricks
9 1 (0.64%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.64%) NEC
9 1 (0.64%) Splunk
9 1 (0.64%) Wallstreet Suite