Resource Allocation Contracts in Reading

Resource Allocation
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading 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 55 89 83
Rank change year-on-year +34 -6 +13
Contract jobs citing Resource Allocation 5 2 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.84% 0.17% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.90% 0.19% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile £241 - £275
25th Percentile £286 - £311
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £459 £399
Median % change year-on-year -18.30% +15.12% -0.32%
75th Percentile £394 - £498
90th Percentile £398 - £541
Berkshire median daily rate £340 £350 £530
% change year-on-year -2.86% -33.96% +6.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 555 1,075 936
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 92.96% 90.18% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 329 581 620
10th Percentile £313 £213 £363
25th Percentile £450 £413 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £619 £660
90th Percentile £700 £688 £721
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £511 £525
% change year-on-year -2.10% -2.71% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 46 23
10th Percentile £33.82 £27.58 £45.50
25th Percentile £41.05 £53.74 £53.00
Median hourly rate £53.10 £62.07 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.46% -4.50% +132.14%
75th Percentile £65.14 £82.55 £74.40
90th Percentile £72.37 £87.50 £79.19
Berkshire median hourly rate £61.50 £61.60 £57.82
% change year-on-year -0.17% +6.54% +174.67%

Resource Allocation
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings citing Resource Allocation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for Resource Allocation in Reading

Resource Allocation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Resource Allocation in Reading.

Daily rate trend for Resource Allocation in Reading

Resource Allocation
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Resource Allocation in Reading over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Resource Allocation in Reading

Resource Allocation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Azure
1 3 (60.00%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (40.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Power BI
2 1 (20.00%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Selenium
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Billing
2 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Administrator
1 2 (40.00%) PMO Administrator
1 2 (40.00%) Project Planner
2 1 (20.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) PMO Manager
2 1 (20.00%) PMO Planner
2 1 (20.00%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (20.00%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Project Management
2 3 (60.00%) DevOps
3 2 (40.00%) Analytics
3 2 (40.00%) Artefact Management
3 2 (40.00%) DevSecOps
3 2 (40.00%) Issue Tracking
3 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (40.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (40.00%) Sprint Planning
3 2 (40.00%) Workshop Facilitation
4 1 (20.00%) Agile
4 1 (20.00%) Change Management
4 1 (20.00%) CRM
4 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (20.00%) Logistics
4 1 (20.00%) Resource Management
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
4 1 (20.00%) Test Management
4 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) ISEB
1 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) NEC