Resource Allocation Contracts in Scotland

Resource Allocation
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 101 122 157
Rank change year-on-year +21 +35 0
Contract jobs citing Resource Allocation 15 7 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.92% 0.32% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.99% 0.36% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 3 2
10th Percentile £362 £122 -
25th Percentile £413 £226 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% +87.89%
75th Percentile £534 £444 -
90th Percentile £695 £470 -
UK median daily rate £520 £475 £550
% change year-on-year +9.47% -13.64% +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,518 1,963 2,651
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 93.42% 88.54% 92.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 920 1,196 1,908
10th Percentile £263 £229 £263
25th Percentile £375 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% - +2.15%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £556
90th Percentile £606 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 94 54
10th Percentile £16.19 £12.36 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.00 £11.51
Median hourly rate £21.59 £19.34 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +11.66% +9.11% -55.69%
75th Percentile £24.66 £40.94 £53.75
90th Percentile £51.48 £60.75 £66.09
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Resource Allocation
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Resource Allocation in Scotland

Resource Allocation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Resource Allocation in Scotland

Resource Allocation
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

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

Daily rate histogram for Resource Allocation in Scotland

Resource Allocation
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 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
Glasgow +9 7 £530 - 7
Edinburgh +8 5 £525 +31.25% 5
Perth and Kinross - 2 £450 -
Resource Allocation
UK

Resource Allocation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 1 (6.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) Azure
1 1 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (6.67%) Power Automate
1 1 (6.67%) Power Platform
1 1 (6.67%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) ADSL
1 1 (6.67%) LAN
1 1 (6.67%) PSTN
1 1 (6.67%) SDH
1 1 (6.67%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) Power BI
General
1 7 (46.67%) Social Skills
2 6 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (40.00%) Finance
3 3 (20.00%) Banking
3 3 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (6.67%) Aerospace
4 1 (6.67%) Electronics
4 1 (6.67%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
4 1 (6.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (46.67%) Project Manager
2 2 (13.33%) Programme Manager
2 2 (13.33%) Service Manager
2 2 (13.33%) Technical Manager
2 2 (13.33%) Technical Project Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Consultant
3 1 (6.67%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (6.67%) IT Manager
3 1 (6.67%) IT Services Manager
3 1 (6.67%) PMO Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Project Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Senior IT Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Senior Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Senior Service Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Service Delivery Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Software Project Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Technical Architect
3 1 (6.67%) Technical Consultant
3 1 (6.67%) Telecoms Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (6.67%) Data Centre
2 1 (6.67%) Driving Licence
2 1 (6.67%) Fibre Optics
2 1 (6.67%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
1 9 (60.00%) Project Management
2 8 (53.33%) Project Delivery
2 8 (53.33%) Risk Management
3 7 (46.67%) Change Management
3 7 (46.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (40.00%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
4 6 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 5 (33.33%) Agile
5 5 (33.33%) Budget Management
5 5 (33.33%) Budgeting
5 5 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
6 4 (26.67%) PRINCE2
6 4 (26.67%) Programme Management
6 4 (26.67%) Waterfall
7 3 (20.00%) ITIL
7 3 (20.00%) Service Management
8 2 (13.33%) Business Development
8 2 (13.33%) Scrum
8 2 (13.33%) Software Testing
Qualifications
1 3 (20.00%) Degree
2 2 (13.33%) PMI Certification
3 1 (6.67%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (6.67%) HNC
3 1 (6.67%) ISEB
3 1 (6.67%) PMP
3 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (26.67%) QA
2 2 (13.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 2 (13.33%) PMO
3 1 (6.67%) P3O
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Pega
2 1 (6.67%) Cisco
2 1 (6.67%) Nokia
2 1 (6.67%) Salesforce