Resource Allocation Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Resource Allocation
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring Resource Allocation skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 - 50
Rank change year-on-year - - +13
Contract jobs citing Resource Allocation 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 1.22% - 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.36% - 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £265 - -
25th Percentile £266 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £266 - £220
Median % change year-on-year - - -58.10%
75th Percentile £396 - -
90th Percentile £473 - -
Wales median daily rate £266 - £225
% change year-on-year - - -57.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 220 262 357
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 89.80% 80.37% 88.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 159 140 271
10th Percentile £190 £142 £190
25th Percentile £265 £209 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £406 £475
Median % change year-on-year -7.64% -14.53% -7.77%
75th Percentile £488 £550 £600
90th Percentile £628 £638 £650
Wales median daily rate £400 £413 £463
% change year-on-year -3.03% -10.81% -7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 39 23
10th Percentile £13.08 £15.48 £16.98
25th Percentile £13.37 £20.12 £19.13
Median hourly rate £14.81 £25.36 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.62% +1.44% +25.57%
75th Percentile £20.75 £48.13 £40.63
90th Percentile - £54.00 £51.16
Wales median hourly rate £20.50 £25.48 £24.46
% change year-on-year -19.54% +4.18% +35.88%

Resource Allocation
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Resource Allocation in South Wales

Resource Allocation
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Resource Allocation

Resource Allocation
Daily Rate Histogram in South Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Resource Allocation in South Wales over the 6 months to 4 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Resource Allocation in South Wales

Resource Allocation
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 South Wales region over the 6 months to 4 September 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
Cardiff - 2 £383 - 4
Newport - 1 £265 - 1
Resource Allocation
Wales

Resource Allocation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Clinical Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) NHS Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Project Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Resource Management Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) Project Delivery
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Business Case
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (33.33%) Line Management
2 1 (33.33%) Resource Management
2 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) PMO