Resource Allocation Contracts in the South West

Resource Allocation
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 103 151 163
Rank change year-on-year +48 +12 +9
Contract jobs citing Resource Allocation 8 6 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.48% 0.19% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.53% 0.23% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 4
10th Percentile £246 £380 -
25th Percentile £289 - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year -22.50% -6.98% +19.44%
75th Percentile £581 £538 £644
90th Percentile £818 £575 £723
England median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,516 2,656 3,250
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 90.35% 83.03% 89.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 965 1,696 2,395
10th Percentile £235 £220 £313
25th Percentile £400 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £549
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.37% +9.80%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £644
90th Percentile £688 £700 £719
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 145 336 335
10th Percentile £18.33 £13.86 £9.80
25th Percentile £20.48 £27.50 £17.00
Median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.00% -18.70% +26.16%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.30
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.50 £83.36
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Resource Allocation
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Resource Allocation in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Resource Allocation in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Resource Allocation in the South West

Resource Allocation
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Daily rate histogram for Resource Allocation in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Resource Allocation in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Resource Allocation in the South West

Resource Allocation
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West 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
Gloucestershire +19 4 £334 -25.85% 5
Wiltshire +32 2 - - 1
Somerset - 1 £325 - 4
Resource Allocation
England

Resource Allocation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 (12.50%) MS Project Server
1 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle Reports
1 2 (25.00%) Power BI
General
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Local Government
3 2 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Project Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Procurement Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Procurement Project Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Service Owner
3 1 (12.50%) Administrator
3 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Operations Manager
3 1 (12.50%) PMO Administrator
3 1 (12.50%) Project Supervisor
3 1 (12.50%) SAP Manager
3 1 (12.50%) SAP Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Service Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Service Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (37.50%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
1 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (50.00%) Project Management
3 3 (37.50%) Change Management
3 3 (37.50%) Collaborative Working
3 3 (37.50%) Data Analysis
3 3 (37.50%) Performance Monitoring
3 3 (37.50%) Risk Management
3 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 2 (25.00%) Contract Management
4 2 (25.00%) Due Diligence
4 2 (25.00%) Performance Metrics
4 2 (25.00%) Process Management
4 2 (25.00%) Service Management
4 2 (25.00%) Spend Analysis
4 2 (25.00%) Transition Management
4 2 (25.00%) Validation
5 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
1 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (12.50%) PMI Certification
2 1 (12.50%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) PMO
1 1 (12.50%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Oracle
1 3 (37.50%) SAP
2 2 (25.00%) Ariba