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 20 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 322 412 532
Rank change year-on-year +90 +120 +122
Contract jobs citing Resource Allocation 149 121 108
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.61% 0.33% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 0.38% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 87 83
10th Percentile £322 £306 £304
25th Percentile £425 £373 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £650 £581 £700
90th Percentile £763 £710 £770
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £540
% change year-on-year +4.00% -7.41% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 8 5
10th Percentile - £16.80 £28.77
25th Percentile £20.45 £20.96 -
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 £48.75
90th Percentile - - £55.50
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 22,169 31,438 43,665
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.25% 86.37% 90.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,471 20,622 30,640
10th Percentile £306 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £514 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.10% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 963 2,250 1,536
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.92 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.13 £15.96 £16.13
Median hourly rate £28.60 £36.50 £37.15
Median % change year-on-year -21.64% -1.75% +48.60%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £36.05 £36.00
% change year-on-year -22.32% +0.13% +40.19%

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 20 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 20 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 20 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 +80 86 £528 +0.48% 194
North of England +25 21 £522 +19.40% 48
South East +36 15 £500 - 66
North West +21 12 £545 +24.54% 20
Midlands +7 10 £425 -10.53% 21
Yorkshire +24 8 £500 - 21
West Midlands -4 7 £463 -5.13% 15
South West +41 5 £325 -35.00% 19
East of England +24 3 £800 +56.10% 19
East Midlands +9 2 £346 -2.68% 6
North East -5 1 £550 - 7
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 (3.36%) Apache Airflow
1 5 (3.36%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.67%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (0.67%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.67%) Confluence
2 1 (0.67%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 17 (11.41%) Microsoft Excel
1 17 (11.41%) Microsoft Project
2 10 (6.71%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (4.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (3.36%) Trello
5 3 (2.01%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.67%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 3 (2.01%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (2.01%) SAP ERP
2 2 (1.34%) Workday HCM
3 1 (0.67%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.67%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.67%) Oracle Payroll
3 1 (0.67%) Primavera
3 1 (0.67%) SAP Business ByDesign
3 1 (0.67%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 14 (9.40%) Azure
2 13 (8.72%) AWS
3 9 (6.04%) Power Platform
4 6 (4.03%) GCP
4 6 (4.03%) Google Workspace
5 5 (3.36%) GitHub
5 5 (3.36%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (3.36%) SaaS
6 3 (2.01%) Asana
6 3 (2.01%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (2.01%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (2.01%) Entra ID
6 3 (2.01%) SuccessFactors
7 2 (1.34%) OCI
8 1 (0.67%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (0.67%) Apigee
8 1 (0.67%) Google Sheets
8 1 (0.67%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.67%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 1 (0.67%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.68%) Firewall
2 2 (1.34%) Network Security
2 2 (1.34%) VPN
3 1 (0.67%) DMZ
3 1 (0.67%) Intranet
3 1 (0.67%) MPLS
3 1 (0.67%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (6.04%) Power BI
2 6 (4.03%) Tableau
3 5 (3.36%) Data Lake
4 4 (2.68%) Big Data
5 2 (1.34%) BigQuery
5 2 (1.34%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.34%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.67%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.67%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (0.67%) GIS
6 1 (0.67%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.67%) Looker
6 1 (0.67%) MS Access
6 1 (0.67%) QlikView
6 1 (0.67%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 12 (8.05%) JIRA
2 6 (4.03%) GitLab
3 3 (2.01%) Selenium
4 2 (1.34%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.67%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.67%) Git
5 1 (0.67%) JBehave
5 1 (0.67%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.67%) Subversion
5 1 (0.67%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.67%) WebDriver
General
1 71 (47.65%) Social Skills
2 65 (43.62%) Finance
3 38 (25.50%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (14.77%) Legal
5 12 (8.05%) Local Government
5 12 (8.05%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (5.37%) Banking
7 6 (4.03%) Public Sector
8 5 (3.36%) Back Office
8 5 (3.36%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (2.68%) Marketing
10 3 (2.01%) General Ledger
10 3 (2.01%) Manufacturing
10 3 (2.01%) Retail
10 3 (2.01%) Retail Banking
11 2 (1.34%) Aerospace
11 2 (1.34%) Billing
11 2 (1.34%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.67%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 56 (37.58%) Project Manager
2 18 (12.08%) Lead
3 11 (7.38%) IT Manager
4 10 (6.71%) Analyst
4 10 (6.71%) IT Project Manager
4 10 (6.71%) Programme Manager
5 7 (4.70%) Delivery Manager
6 6 (4.03%) Data Manager
6 6 (4.03%) Project Planner
6 6 (4.03%) Technical Manager
7 5 (3.36%) Business Manager
7 5 (3.36%) DevOps Engineer
7 5 (3.36%) Operations Manager
7 5 (3.36%) SAP Manager
8 4 (2.68%) AWS Engineer
8 4 (2.68%) Cloud Engineer
8 4 (2.68%) Data Centre Manager
8 4 (2.68%) Data Centre Project Manager
8 4 (2.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (2.68%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.34%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.67%) ADO
2 1 (0.67%) CSS
2 1 (0.67%) HTML
2 1 (0.67%) PySpark
2 1 (0.67%) REST
2 1 (0.67%) RFC 2544
2 1 (0.67%) SOAP
2 1 (0.67%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 11 (7.38%) Management Information System
2 7 (4.70%) Onboarding
3 6 (4.03%) Analytical Mindset
3 6 (4.03%) Data Centre
3 6 (4.03%) PMI
4 4 (2.68%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (2.68%) Product Ownership
5 3 (2.01%) Mainframe
5 3 (2.01%) NHS
5 3 (2.01%) Reference Data
6 2 (1.34%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.34%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (1.34%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.67%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.67%) Distributed Architecture
7 1 (0.67%) Distributed Computing
7 1 (0.67%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.67%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.67%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 7 (4.70%) Windows
2 4 (2.68%) Linux
2 4 (2.68%) Windows Server
3 3 (2.01%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.67%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (57.72%) Project Management
2 54 (36.24%) Risk Management
3 52 (34.90%) Stakeholder Management
4 39 (26.17%) Agile
5 35 (23.49%) Problem-Solving
6 30 (20.13%) Continuous Improvement
7 29 (19.46%) Project Delivery
8 27 (18.12%) PRINCE2
9 26 (17.45%) Budget Management
10 24 (16.11%) Decision-Making
11 23 (15.44%) Programme Management
12 20 (13.42%) Project Planning
13 19 (12.75%) Change Management
14 17 (11.41%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
15 16 (10.74%) Migration
15 16 (10.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 15 (10.07%) Strategic Planning
16 15 (10.07%) Waterfall
17 14 (9.40%) Budgeting
18 13 (8.72%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 8 (5.37%) SQL
2 4 (2.68%) Java
3 2 (1.34%) Python
4 1 (0.67%) Bash
4 1 (0.67%) C++
4 1 (0.67%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.67%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.67%) R
4 1 (0.67%) Scala
Qualifications
1 29 (19.46%) PMI Certification
2 27 (18.12%) Degree
3 26 (17.45%) PMP
4 12 (8.05%) Security Cleared
5 11 (7.38%) SC Cleared
6 7 (4.70%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (4.70%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 4 (2.68%) Master's Degree
8 3 (2.01%) CISA
9 2 (1.34%) AWS Certification
9 2 (1.34%) Azure Certification
9 2 (1.34%) CISSP
10 1 (0.67%) APMG
10 1 (0.67%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.67%) CCNA
10 1 (0.67%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.67%) CISM
10 1 (0.67%) ISEB
10 1 (0.67%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.67%) PCI QSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (8.72%) PMO
2 11 (7.38%) QA
3 7 (4.70%) GDPR
4 6 (4.03%) Accessibility
5 5 (3.36%) NIST
6 3 (2.01%) COBIT
6 3 (2.01%) COSO
6 3 (2.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (2.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (1.34%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.67%) EMIR
8 1 (0.67%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.67%) ISO 14001
8 1 (0.67%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.67%) MiFID
8 1 (0.67%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (3.36%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (2.68%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.01%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (1.34%) Docker
5 1 (0.67%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (2.01%) vCenter Server
2 2 (1.34%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.34%) Terraform
3 1 (0.67%) Ansible
3 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.67%) Podman
Vendors
1 24 (16.11%) Microsoft
2 14 (9.40%) SAP
3 10 (6.71%) Google
4 6 (4.03%) Oracle
5 5 (3.36%) Workday
6 4 (2.68%) Citrix
6 4 (2.68%) ServiceNow
6 4 (2.68%) VMware
7 3 (2.01%) Ariba
7 3 (2.01%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.34%) Adobe
8 2 (1.34%) Liquidlogic
9 1 (0.67%) Blue Prism
9 1 (0.67%) Cisco
9 1 (0.67%) Civica
9 1 (0.67%) Databricks
9 1 (0.67%) ESRI
9 1 (0.67%) NEC
9 1 (0.67%) Okta
9 1 (0.67%) Splunk