Resource Allocation Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Resource Allocation
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hertfordshire requiring Resource Allocation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 41 -
Rank change year-on-year -21 - -
Contract jobs citing Resource Allocation 4 4 0
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 0.60% 1.06% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.68% 1.21% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 £310 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £320 -
Median % change year-on-year +48.44% - -
75th Percentile £488 £330 -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £513 £525 £363
% change year-on-year -2.38% +44.83% -22.46%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 584 331 581
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 87.82% 87.34% 87.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 209 134 309
10th Percentile £193 £263 £285
25th Percentile £406 £339 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £650
90th Percentile £718 £675 £753
East of England median daily rate £483 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +1.63% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 242 80 148
10th Percentile £16.76 £16.17 £28.87
25th Percentile £18.50 £38.75 £44.38
Median hourly rate £43.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.85% - -
75th Percentile £67.00 £74.06 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £88.25 £90.00
East of England median hourly rate £20.88 £30.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -30.42% +36.36% -1.12%

Resource Allocation
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Resource Allocation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

Resource Allocation job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Resource Allocation
Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Resource Allocation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Resource Allocation

Resource Allocation
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 22 December 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
Stevenage -12 1 £475 +48.44%
Watford - 1 - -
Resource Allocation
East of England

Resource Allocation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) GCP
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (25.00%) Retail
1 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Network Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (25.00%) PMO Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Delivery Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Test Manager
2 1 (25.00%) QA Manager
2 1 (25.00%) QA Test Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Test Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Test Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Configuration Management
1 2 (50.00%) Network Management
1 2 (50.00%) Performance Metrics
1 2 (50.00%) Resource Management
1 2 (50.00%) Task Automation
2 1 (25.00%) Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Line Management
2 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Project Governance
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Quality Management
2 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) SLA
2 1 (25.00%) PMO
2 1 (25.00%) QA