Resource Allocation Contracts in the South West

Resource Allocation
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Resource Allocation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Resource Allocation over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 140 165 164
Rank change year-on-year +25 -1 -29
Contract jobs citing Resource Allocation 6 4 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.19% 0.11% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% 0.12% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 4
10th Percentile £380 - £392
25th Percentile - £463 £417
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £444
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +21.13% +95.56%
75th Percentile £538 £644 £484
90th Percentile £575 £723 £546
England median daily rate £500 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +21.21%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Resource Allocation is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,643 3,248 3,291
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 83.14% 89.65% 88.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,686 2,392 2,335
10th Percentile £220 £313 £300
25th Percentile £405 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +6.52%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £589
90th Percentile £700 £722 £670
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 335 334 195
10th Percentile £13.86 £9.80 £15.90
25th Percentile £28.63 £16.32 £20.16
Median hourly rate £55.00 £61.50 £48.74
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +26.18% +9.53%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £83.37 £70.65
England median hourly rate £36.33 £37.15 £24.35
% change year-on-year -2.21% +52.57% +3.62%

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 4 May 2024.

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 4 May 2024. 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
Bristol +15 2 £500 +5.26% 6
Gloucestershire - 2 £450 - 1
Wiltshire - 2 £525 - 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 (16.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) AWS
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
1 1 (16.67%) GCP
1 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Firewall
1 1 (16.67%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (16.67%) Network Security
1 1 (16.67%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Legal
3 2 (33.33%) Finance
4 1 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Project Manager
2 3 (50.00%) IT Manager
2 3 (50.00%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Information Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Information Security Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Portfolio Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (16.67%) Security Posture
1 1 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Project Management
2 3 (50.00%) Agile
2 3 (50.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (33.33%) Change Management
3 2 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 2 (33.33%) ITIL
3 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (33.33%) Project Governance
3 2 (33.33%) Project Planning
3 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
4 1 (16.67%) Agile Project Management
4 1 (16.67%) Budget Control
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Customer Engagement
4 1 (16.67%) Data Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) Data Visualisation
4 1 (16.67%) Network Architecture
4 1 (16.67%) Portfolio Management
4 1 (16.67%) Security Architecture
4 1 (16.67%) Visualisation
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) CCNP
1 1 (16.67%) CCSP
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (16.67%) CISSP
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
1 1 (16.67%) PMI Certification
1 1 (16.67%) PMP
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) GDPR
1 1 (16.67%) GRC
1 1 (16.67%) HIPAA
1 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (16.67%) NIST
1 1 (16.67%) PCI DSS
1 1 (16.67%) PMO
1 1 (16.67%) QA
1 1 (16.67%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Google
2 1 (16.67%) Progress
2 1 (16.67%) SAP