Resource Allocation Contracts in the Thames Valley

Resource Allocation
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 93 133 139
Rank change year-on-year +40 +6 +12
Contract jobs citing Resource Allocation 9 12 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.60% 0.45% 0.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.64% 0.51% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 8 8
10th Percentile £238 £321 £364
25th Percentile £279 £423 £427
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £340 £469 £450
Median % change year-on-year -27.47% +4.17% -10.00%
75th Percentile £391 £600 £539
90th Percentile £397 - £624
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £530
% change year-on-year -2.44% -3.30% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Median hourly rate £46.30 - -
South East median hourly rate £46.30 - £60.00

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,403 2,340 2,682
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 92.85% 87.12% 91.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 851 1,306 1,860
10th Percentile £300 £213 £320
25th Percentile £413 £369 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £605 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 170 62
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.30 £18.60
25th Percentile £14.54 £19.48 £24.86
Median hourly rate £32.05 £45.00 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.78% -12.20% +192.86%
75th Percentile £62.44 £64.57 £66.21
90th Percentile £78.03 £85.65 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

Resource Allocation
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Resource Allocation in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Resource Allocation in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Resource Allocation in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate histogram for Resource Allocation in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Resource Allocation in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Resource Allocation in the Thames Valley

Resource Allocation
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley 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
Berkshire +31 6 £340 -2.86% 4
Oxfordshire - 3 - - 1
Resource Allocation
South East

Resource Allocation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) Azure
1 3 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
1 3 (33.33%) Google Workspace
2 2 (22.22%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Power BI
2 1 (11.11%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Selenium
General
1 3 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Aerospace
3 1 (11.11%) Billing
3 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
3 1 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Police
3 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Project Planner
2 2 (22.22%) Administrator
2 2 (22.22%) Lead
2 2 (22.22%) PMO Administrator
2 2 (22.22%) Test Leader
3 1 (11.11%) PMO Manager
3 1 (11.11%) PMO Planner
3 1 (11.11%) QA Leader
3 1 (11.11%) QA Manager
3 1 (11.11%) QA Test Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) ADO
2 1 (11.11%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Onboarding
2 1 (11.11%) Data Centre
2 1 (11.11%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Project Management
2 3 (33.33%) Capacity Planning
2 3 (33.33%) Change Control
2 3 (33.33%) Cost Management
2 3 (33.33%) Critical Path Analysis
2 3 (33.33%) DevOps
2 3 (33.33%) Gantt Chart
2 3 (33.33%) Project Planning
2 3 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 3 (33.33%) Work Breakdown Structure
3 2 (22.22%) Analytics
3 2 (22.22%) Artefact Management
3 2 (22.22%) DevSecOps
3 2 (22.22%) Issue Tracking
3 2 (22.22%) Mentoring
3 2 (22.22%) PRINCE2
3 2 (22.22%) Project Delivery
3 2 (22.22%) Sprint Planning
3 2 (22.22%) Test Management
3 2 (22.22%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 2 (22.22%) Degree
3 1 (11.11%) ISEB
3 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (66.67%) PMO
2 1 (11.11%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Google
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
3 1 (11.11%) Cisco
3 1 (11.11%) NEC