Resource Management Contracts in England

Resource Management
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Resource Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Resource Management over the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 323 347 430
Rank change year-on-year +24 +83 +15
Contract jobs citing Resource Management 153 193 241
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.63% 0.52% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.69% 0.60% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 117 170
10th Percentile £313 £340 £302
25th Percentile £413 £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -
75th Percentile £600 £625 £650
90th Percentile £691 £768 £790
UK median daily rate £500 £508 £525
% change year-on-year -1.48% -3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 9 3
10th Percentile £24.32 - £17.36
25th Percentile £30.69 £18.35 £18.84
Median hourly rate £32.07 £26.66 £21.30
Median % change year-on-year +20.29% +25.16% -34.46%
75th Percentile £33.75 £26.73 £43.15
90th Percentile - £35.00 £56.26
UK median hourly rate £31.64 £26.66 £21.30
% change year-on-year +18.68% +25.16% -34.46%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Resource Management 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 22,235 32,086 45,187
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.15% 86.56% 90.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,554 21,040 31,727
10th Percentile £309 £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% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 931 2,256 1,594
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.96 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.33 £36.77
Median % change year-on-year -19.99% -1.19% +51.01%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.95 £36.00
% change year-on-year -19.33% -0.14% +44.00%

Resource Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Resource Management in England

Resource Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Resource Management in England

Resource Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Resource Management in England over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Resource Management in England

Resource Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Resource Management in England

Resource Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Resource Management in England over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Resource Management in England

Resource Management
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 Management within the England region over the 6 months to 4 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 +49 72 £518 -1.43% 119
North of England +17 22 £417 -24.14% 69
Midlands +4 20 £507 +6.79% 36
South East +27 19 £494 -5.95% 68
West Midlands +4 18 £513 +7.89% 16
North West +19 15 £449 -12.49% 44
East of England +42 8 £430 +102.35% 33
Yorkshire +7 7 £379 -43.89% 18
South West +14 4 £453 -13.76% 32
East Midlands - 2 £234 - 15
Resource Management
UK

Resource Management
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 (2.61%) Confluence
1 4 (2.61%) IIS
1 4 (2.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.96%) OpenStack
3 2 (1.31%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.65%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.65%) MS Project Server
4 1 (0.65%) OpenROAD
Applications
1 22 (14.38%) Microsoft Project
2 21 (13.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (9.15%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (6.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (1.31%) Open Workbench
5 2 (1.31%) Trello
6 1 (0.65%) CANalyzer
6 1 (0.65%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.65%) iTrent
1 1 (0.65%) Primavera
1 1 (0.65%) SAP HCM
1 1 (0.65%) SAP Payroll
1 1 (0.65%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 27 (17.65%) Azure
2 19 (12.42%) Power Platform
3 16 (10.46%) AWS
4 12 (7.84%) GCP
5 11 (7.19%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (3.27%) Cloud Computing
6 5 (3.27%) Entra ID
6 5 (3.27%) Microsoft Purview
6 5 (3.27%) Snowflake
7 3 (1.96%) Azure Monitor
7 3 (1.96%) IaaS
7 3 (1.96%) OpenShift
8 2 (1.31%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.31%) PaaS
8 2 (1.31%) SaaS
8 2 (1.31%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 1 (0.65%) GitHub
9 1 (0.65%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.65%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 1 (0.65%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.92%) DHCP
1 6 (3.92%) DNS
1 6 (3.92%) TCP/IP
2 4 (2.61%) LAN
2 4 (2.61%) NAS
2 4 (2.61%) SAN
2 4 (2.61%) WAN
3 3 (1.96%) Firewall
3 3 (1.96%) VPN
4 1 (0.65%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.65%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (12.42%) Power BI
2 5 (3.27%) SQL Server
3 4 (2.61%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (1.96%) ClickHouse
4 3 (1.96%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.31%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (1.31%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.65%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.65%) Big Data
6 1 (0.65%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.65%) IDMS
6 1 (0.65%) Ingres
6 1 (0.65%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 14 (9.15%) JIRA
2 6 (3.92%) Git
3 5 (3.27%) GitLab
4 4 (2.61%) Bitbucket
4 4 (2.61%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.96%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.65%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.65%) Locust
6 1 (0.65%) Postman
6 1 (0.65%) Subversion
6 1 (0.65%) Terragrunt
General
1 64 (41.83%) Social Skills
2 49 (32.03%) Finance
3 31 (20.26%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (13.73%) Banking
5 14 (9.15%) Public Sector
6 11 (7.19%) Financial Institution
7 10 (6.54%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (5.23%) Investment Banking
9 7 (4.58%) Legal
9 7 (4.58%) Telecoms
10 5 (3.27%) Law
10 5 (3.27%) Local Government
10 5 (3.27%) Pharmaceutical
10 5 (3.27%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (3.27%) Retail
11 4 (2.61%) Billing
11 4 (2.61%) Manufacturing
11 4 (2.61%) Marketing
12 3 (1.96%) Back Office
12 3 (1.96%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 25 (16.34%) Project Manager
2 22 (14.38%) Analyst
3 19 (12.42%) Senior
4 17 (11.11%) Lead
5 9 (5.88%) PMO Analyst
6 8 (5.23%) Administrator
6 8 (5.23%) DevOps Engineer
7 7 (4.58%) Delivery Manager
7 7 (4.58%) PMO Manager
8 6 (3.92%) Business Manager
8 6 (3.92%) Cloud Engineer
8 6 (3.92%) Developer
8 6 (3.92%) Resource Management Analyst
9 5 (3.27%) Azure Engineer
9 5 (3.27%) C# Developer
9 5 (3.27%) Consultant
9 5 (3.27%) Facilities Manager
9 5 (3.27%) Facilities Project Manager
9 5 (3.27%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
9 5 (3.27%) Senior Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.27%) .NET
1 5 (3.27%) ASP.NET Web API
2 4 (2.61%) LDAP
3 3 (1.96%) ASP.NET
3 3 (1.96%) CSS
3 3 (1.96%) HTML
3 3 (1.96%) REST
4 2 (1.31%) ARM Templates
4 2 (1.31%) Dapper ORM
4 2 (1.31%) HTML5
4 2 (1.31%) LESS
4 2 (1.31%) Node.js
4 2 (1.31%) React
4 2 (1.31%) Sass
4 2 (1.31%) Tailwind CSS
5 1 (0.65%) ADO
5 1 (0.65%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.65%) GraphQL
5 1 (0.65%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 15 (9.80%) Onboarding
2 10 (6.54%) Data Centre
2 10 (6.54%) Management Information System
3 6 (3.92%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (3.27%) NHS
5 4 (2.61%) Distributed Computing
5 4 (2.61%) Security Posture
6 3 (1.96%) BYOD
6 3 (1.96%) Cloud Native
6 3 (1.96%) Legacy Applications
6 3 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.96%) Private Cloud
6 3 (1.96%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.31%) CMDB
7 2 (1.31%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.31%) DataPower
7 2 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.31%) Mainframe
7 2 (1.31%) PKI
7 2 (1.31%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 14 (9.15%) Windows
2 10 (6.54%) Windows Server
3 8 (5.23%) Linux
4 4 (2.61%) Ubuntu
4 4 (2.61%) Windows Server 2012
4 4 (2.61%) Windows Server 2016
4 4 (2.61%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.65%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.65%) Unix
5 1 (0.65%) VyOS
5 1 (0.65%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (33.99%) Problem-Solving
2 48 (31.37%) Stakeholder Management
3 45 (29.41%) Project Management
4 33 (21.57%) Risk Management
5 31 (20.26%) Agile
6 27 (17.65%) Budget Management
7 26 (16.99%) DevOps
7 26 (16.99%) Project Delivery
8 25 (16.34%) Change Management
9 21 (13.73%) Decision-Making
10 20 (13.07%) Business Case
10 20 (13.07%) Project Governance
11 19 (12.42%) Roadmaps
12 17 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
12 17 (11.11%) PRINCE2
12 17 (11.11%) Waterfall
13 16 (10.46%) Project Planning
14 15 (9.80%) Infrastructure as Code
15 14 (9.15%) Programme Management
16 13 (8.50%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 13 (8.50%) Python
2 10 (6.54%) SQL
3 6 (3.92%) C#
3 6 (3.92%) PowerShell
4 5 (3.27%) Bash
5 4 (2.61%) JavaScript
6 3 (1.96%) Shell Script
7 2 (1.31%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.65%) Groovy
8 1 (0.65%) Java
Qualifications
1 28 (18.30%) Security Cleared
2 20 (13.07%) Degree
2 20 (13.07%) SC Cleared
3 10 (6.54%) PMP
4 9 (5.88%) PMI Certification
5 7 (4.58%) Azure Certification
5 7 (4.58%) DV Cleared
6 5 (3.27%) HNC
7 3 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.96%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 3 (1.96%) RHCSA
8 2 (1.31%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (1.31%) APMP
8 2 (1.31%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.31%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 2 (1.31%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.31%) ISEB
9 1 (0.65%) CCAB
9 1 (0.65%) CISSP
9 1 (0.65%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (18.95%) PMO
2 10 (6.54%) QA
3 7 (4.58%) SLA
4 6 (3.92%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.96%) GDPR
5 3 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.96%) P3O
5 3 (1.96%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.31%) HIPAA
6 2 (1.31%) NCSC
6 2 (1.31%) NIST
7 1 (0.65%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.65%) GRC
7 1 (0.65%) WCAG
System Software
1 8 (5.23%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (3.92%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.92%) Docker
2 6 (3.92%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (2.61%) Hyper-V
3 4 (2.61%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 14 (9.15%) Terraform
2 10 (6.54%) Kubernetes
3 7 (4.58%) Ansible
4 5 (3.27%) vCenter Server
5 4 (2.61%) Microsoft Clustering
5 4 (2.61%) NetApp OnCommand
5 4 (2.61%) vMotion
5 4 (2.61%) WSUS
6 2 (1.31%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (1.31%) Puppet
7 1 (0.65%) Cloudify
7 1 (0.65%) Grafana
Vendors
1 41 (26.80%) Microsoft
2 8 (5.23%) Red Hat
2 8 (5.23%) VMware
3 7 (4.58%) SAP
4 6 (3.92%) Databricks
4 6 (3.92%) Google
4 6 (3.92%) Oracle
5 5 (3.27%) Atlassian
5 5 (3.27%) Salesforce
5 5 (3.27%) ServiceNow
6 4 (2.61%) NetApp
7 2 (1.31%) Adobe
7 2 (1.31%) Genesys
8 1 (0.65%) Avaloq
8 1 (0.65%) CheckPoint
8 1 (0.65%) Cisco
8 1 (0.65%) Citrix
8 1 (0.65%) Juniper
8 1 (0.65%) NEC
8 1 (0.65%) Planview