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

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 416 539 660
Rank change year-on-year +123 +121 -165
Contract jobs citing Resource Allocation 121 108 119
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.33% 0.22% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 0.25% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 83 77
10th Percentile £306 £369 £374
25th Percentile £373 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £530 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £581 £700 £638
90th Percentile £710 £770 £726
UK median daily rate £500 £540 £500
% change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 5 4
10th Percentile £16.80 £28.77 £39.08
25th Percentile £20.96 - £40.31
Median hourly rate £25.00 £37.30 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.98% -11.19% +46.09%
75th Percentile £30.16 £48.75 £45.69
90th Percentile - £55.50 £50.53
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 31,491 43,355 63,906
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.40% 90.10% 90.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,622 30,435 45,445
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £450 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £765 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,249 1,535 1,743
10th Percentile £12.92 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.95 £16.13 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% +45.00% +7.94%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £35.65 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.11% +38.82% +5.90%

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 17 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 17 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 17 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 +89 56 £525 -12.50% 56
South East +18 22 £500 -3.75% 21
Midlands +45 18 £475 +216.67% 30
West Midlands +37 15 £488 +225.00% 15
North of England +17 11 £438 -23.91% 34
North West +5 6 £438 -23.91% 15
South West +3 6 £500 -6.98% 18
East of England +8 5 £513 +20.59% 6
East Midlands - 3 £355 - 15
Yorkshire +11 1 - - 14
North East - 1 - - 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 4 (3.31%) Confluence
1 4 (3.31%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.83%) Anypoint
2 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (8.26%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (3.31%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.65%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.83%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (4.96%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.65%) Primavera
3 1 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.83%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 1 (0.83%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.83%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.83%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 17 (14.05%) Azure
2 5 (4.13%) AWS
3 4 (3.31%) WhatsApp
4 2 (1.65%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (1.65%) Power Platform
4 2 (1.65%) SaaS
5 1 (0.83%) Azure API Management
5 1 (0.83%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (0.83%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.83%) Azure Functions
5 1 (0.83%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (0.83%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.83%) GCP
5 1 (0.83%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.13%) VPN
2 3 (2.48%) LAN
2 3 (2.48%) Network Security
2 3 (2.48%) WAN
3 2 (1.65%) Remote Desktop
3 2 (1.65%) SD-WAN
3 2 (1.65%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.83%) Firewall
4 1 (0.83%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.83%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.65%) DB2
1 2 (1.65%) MS Access
1 2 (1.65%) Power BI
1 2 (1.65%) SAP HANA
2 1 (0.83%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 13 (10.74%) JIRA
2 1 (0.83%) Selenium
General
1 57 (47.11%) Social Skills
2 41 (33.88%) Finance
3 22 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (9.92%) Manufacturing
5 9 (7.44%) Retail
6 6 (4.96%) Banking
7 5 (4.13%) Legal
7 5 (4.13%) Marketing
7 5 (4.13%) Pharmaceutical
8 4 (3.31%) Local Government
8 4 (3.31%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (3.31%) Public Sector
9 3 (2.48%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.65%) Dutch Language
10 2 (1.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.65%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.83%) Advertising
11 1 (0.83%) Electronics
11 1 (0.83%) Front Office
11 1 (0.83%) Games
Job Titles
1 55 (45.45%) Project Manager
2 15 (12.40%) Lead
3 14 (11.57%) IT Manager
4 11 (9.09%) IT Project Manager
5 7 (5.79%) Analyst
6 6 (4.96%) Programme Manager
7 5 (4.13%) Coordinator
7 5 (4.13%) Project Coordinator
7 5 (4.13%) Senior
8 4 (3.31%) Consultant
8 4 (3.31%) Security Manager
8 4 (3.31%) Technical Manager
8 4 (3.31%) Technical Project Manager
9 3 (2.48%) Analytics Manager
9 3 (2.48%) Data Analytics Manager
9 3 (2.48%) PMO Lead
9 3 (2.48%) Security Project Manager
10 2 (1.65%) Financial Controller
10 2 (1.65%) Java Scrum Master
10 2 (1.65%) Programme Controller
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.83%) GraphQL
1 1 (0.83%) Middleware
1 1 (0.83%) Node.js
1 1 (0.83%) SailPoint
1 1 (0.83%) SAP PI
1 1 (0.83%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.31%) Management Information System
2 3 (2.48%) Biopharmaceutical
2 3 (2.48%) Robotics
3 2 (1.65%) CCTV
3 2 (1.65%) Data Centre
3 2 (1.65%) FMCG
3 2 (1.65%) LPAR
3 2 (1.65%) Mainframe
3 2 (1.65%) Operational Technology
3 2 (1.65%) Security Posture
3 2 (1.65%) Virtual Team
4 1 (0.83%) CMDB
4 1 (0.83%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (0.83%) EPoS
4 1 (0.83%) Life Science
4 1 (0.83%) PMI
4 1 (0.83%) Reinsurance
4 1 (0.83%) Replication
4 1 (0.83%) Social Media
4 1 (0.83%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.48%) Linux
2 2 (1.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (1.65%) Windows
2 2 (1.65%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (60.33%) Project Management
2 41 (33.88%) Stakeholder Management
3 30 (24.79%) Project Delivery
3 30 (24.79%) Risk Management
4 29 (23.97%) Agile
5 26 (21.49%) Problem-Solving
6 24 (19.83%) Budget Management
7 22 (18.18%) Project Planning
8 21 (17.36%) PRINCE2
9 20 (16.53%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
10 17 (14.05%) Change Management
10 17 (14.05%) Continuous Improvement
11 14 (11.57%) Programme Management
12 11 (9.09%) Decision-Making
12 11 (9.09%) ITIL
12 11 (9.09%) Scrum
13 10 (8.26%) Translating Business Requirements
14 9 (7.44%) Change Control
14 9 (7.44%) Project Governance
14 9 (7.44%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.48%) Java
1 3 (2.48%) SQL
2 1 (0.83%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 19 (15.70%) Degree
2 18 (14.88%) PMP
3 16 (13.22%) PMI Certification
4 9 (7.44%) Security Cleared
5 8 (6.61%) SC Cleared
6 6 (4.96%) CISSP
7 4 (3.31%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 3 (2.48%) CCNP
8 3 (2.48%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (2.48%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (2.48%) Master's Degree
9 2 (1.65%) ACCA
9 2 (1.65%) AWS Certification
9 2 (1.65%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 2 (1.65%) Azure Certification
9 2 (1.65%) CCNA
9 2 (1.65%) CIMA
9 2 (1.65%) CISM
10 1 (0.83%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.83%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (13.22%) QA
2 12 (9.92%) PMO
3 4 (3.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (2.48%) GDPR
5 2 (1.65%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.65%) SLA
6 1 (0.83%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.83%) COBIT
6 1 (0.83%) EMIR
6 1 (0.83%) GRC
6 1 (0.83%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.83%) NIST
6 1 (0.83%) P3O
6 1 (0.83%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.83%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (3.31%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.83%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.65%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 15 (12.40%) Microsoft
2 12 (9.92%) SAP
3 5 (4.13%) VMware
4 4 (3.31%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.65%) Ariba
5 2 (1.65%) Dynatrace
5 2 (1.65%) Facebook
5 2 (1.65%) Google
5 2 (1.65%) IBM
5 2 (1.65%) Instagram
5 2 (1.65%) Laserfiche
5 2 (1.65%) NEC
5 2 (1.65%) Oracle
6 1 (0.83%) Adobe
6 1 (0.83%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.83%) Blue Prism
6 1 (0.83%) BT
6 1 (0.83%) Databricks
6 1 (0.83%) MuleSoft
6 1 (0.83%) TikTok