Capacity Management Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Capacity Management
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Capacity Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 343 275 302
Rank change year-on-year -68 +27 +70
Contract jobs citing Capacity Management 49 69 95
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.27% 0.50% 0.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.57% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 31 68
10th Percentile £330 £220 £350
25th Percentile £438 £429 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £484 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.31% -3.20% +9.89%
75th Percentile £575 £566 £600
90th Percentile £615 £601 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £600
% change year-on-year -4.76% -12.50% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £76.50 - £56.73
25th Percentile £78.75 - £57.58
Median hourly rate £85.00 - £59.00
75th Percentile £88.75 - £61.00
90th Percentile £89.50 - £62.20
UK median hourly rate £36.00 - £57.32
% change year-on-year - - -11.82%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Capacity Management 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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,442 12,054 16,983
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 85.18% 87.99% 87.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,457 7,040 10,848
10th Percentile £222 £239 £250
25th Percentile £375 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £685 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,678 680 1,283
10th Percentile £14.37 £15.48 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.25 £20.00 £16.96
Median hourly rate £23.83 £30.00 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year -20.58% -31.43% +51.38%
75th Percentile £55.00 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.03 £73.75 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £31.69 £40.50
% change year-on-year -20.64% -21.75% +15.71%

Capacity Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Capacity Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Capacity Management job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Capacity Management
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Capacity Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Capacity Management

Capacity Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Capacity Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Capacity Management in the UK excluding London

Capacity Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Capacity Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Capacity Management

Capacity Management
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Capacity Management within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 January 2026. 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
South East -8 20 £500 +2.56% 8
Scotland -10 9 £350 -30.62%
South West -30 7 £550 +13.81% 3
Midlands -46 6 £369 +116.76% 1
West Midlands -37 5 £300 +76.47% 1
East of England -20 4 £460 -19.12%
Yorkshire -41 4 £485 - 2
North of England -55 4 £485 +3.69% 2
Wales - 2 - - 1
East Midlands -18 1 £437 -
South Coast - 1 £625 -
Capacity Management
UK

Capacity Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (4.08%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 6 (12.24%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (8.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (2.04%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (4.08%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (4.08%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 6 (12.24%) Nutanix
2 4 (8.16%) Power Platform
3 2 (4.08%) Azure
4 1 (2.04%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (14.29%) Firewall
2 3 (6.12%) SAN
2 3 (6.12%) SNMP
3 2 (4.08%) 4G
3 2 (4.08%) ADSL
3 2 (4.08%) LAN
3 2 (4.08%) TETRA
3 2 (4.08%) WAN
4 1 (2.04%) DHCP
4 1 (2.04%) DNS
4 1 (2.04%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (2.04%) IPv4
4 1 (2.04%) IPv6
4 1 (2.04%) Network Security
4 1 (2.04%) TCP/IP
4 1 (2.04%) VLAN
4 1 (2.04%) VPN
4 1 (2.04%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.16%) Power BI
2 2 (4.08%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (2.04%) MariaDB
3 1 (2.04%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (10.20%) JIRA
General
1 13 (26.53%) Finance
2 10 (20.41%) Social Skills
3 8 (16.33%) Public Sector
4 7 (14.29%) Telecoms
5 5 (10.20%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (10.20%) Electronics
5 5 (10.20%) Manufacturing
5 5 (10.20%) Marketing
6 4 (8.16%) Front Office
6 4 (8.16%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (6.12%) Banking
8 1 (2.04%) Aerospace
8 1 (2.04%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 13 (26.53%) Analyst
2 12 (24.49%) Lead
3 5 (10.20%) Availability Manager
4 4 (8.16%) Data Analyst
4 4 (8.16%) Data Centre Analyst
4 4 (8.16%) Nutanix Engineer
4 4 (8.16%) PMO Analyst
4 4 (8.16%) Programmer
4 4 (8.16%) Python Programmer
4 4 (8.16%) Technical Analyst
5 3 (6.12%) Architect
5 3 (6.12%) Data Centre Technician
5 3 (6.12%) Data Technician
5 3 (6.12%) OSS Engineer
5 3 (6.12%) OSS Systems Engineer
5 3 (6.12%) Senior
5 3 (6.12%) Support Engineer
5 3 (6.12%) Systems Engineer
5 3 (6.12%) Systems Support
5 3 (6.12%) Systems Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.12%) JSON
1 3 (6.12%) REST
2 2 (4.08%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (2.04%) LDAP
3 1 (2.04%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 14 (28.57%) Data Centre
2 5 (10.20%) Distributed Systems
2 5 (10.20%) Product Ownership
3 4 (8.16%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (8.16%) Management Information System
4 3 (6.12%) Onboarding
4 3 (6.12%) Operational Technology
5 2 (4.08%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (4.08%) Driving Licence
5 2 (4.08%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (4.08%) Industrial Internet of Things
5 2 (4.08%) IoT
5 2 (4.08%) SCADA
6 1 (2.04%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 7 (14.29%) Linux
1 7 (14.29%) Unix
2 4 (8.16%) Windows
3 2 (4.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (4.08%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (2.04%) VMS
4 1 (2.04%) Windows Server
4 1 (2.04%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (36.73%) Service Management
2 14 (28.57%) ITIL
3 10 (20.41%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (18.37%) Business Intelligence
4 9 (18.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 8 (16.33%) Agile
6 7 (14.29%) Availability Management
6 7 (14.29%) Incident Management
6 7 (14.29%) Performance Monitoring
6 7 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (14.29%) Programme Management
6 7 (14.29%) Project Management
6 7 (14.29%) Risk Management
6 7 (14.29%) SDLC
7 6 (12.24%) Change Management
7 6 (12.24%) Release Management
7 6 (12.24%) Storage Management
8 5 (10.20%) Business Continuity
8 5 (10.20%) Digital Marketing
8 5 (10.20%) Lean Six Sigma
Programming Languages
1 7 (14.29%) Python
2 5 (10.20%) PowerShell
3 4 (8.16%) Perl
4 1 (2.04%) Java
4 1 (2.04%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 11 (22.45%) SC Cleared
3 3 (6.12%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (6.12%) Server+ Certification
4 2 (4.08%) HNC
4 2 (4.08%) PMI Certification
4 2 (4.08%) PMP
5 1 (2.04%) BC Cleared
5 1 (2.04%) CCNA
5 1 (2.04%) CCNP
5 1 (2.04%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.04%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.04%) JNCIA
5 1 (2.04%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (12.24%) PMO
2 2 (4.08%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (4.08%) SLA
3 1 (2.04%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.04%) NIST
3 1 (2.04%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (8.16%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (4.08%) Active Directory
3 1 (2.04%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.04%) KVM
3 1 (2.04%) RHEV
3 1 (2.04%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (2.04%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (2.04%) Xen
Systems Management
1 1 (2.04%) Check_MK
1 1 (2.04%) Nagios
1 1 (2.04%) Nessus
1 1 (2.04%) Proxmox
1 1 (2.04%) SCCM
1 1 (2.04%) vCenter Server
1 1 (2.04%) WSUS
Vendors
1 5 (10.20%) SAP
1 5 (10.20%) VMware
2 4 (8.16%) Citrix
2 4 (8.16%) Microsoft
3 3 (6.12%) Cisco
3 3 (6.12%) Oracle
3 3 (6.12%) Progress
4 2 (4.08%) Databricks
4 2 (4.08%) Fortinet
4 2 (4.08%) Palo Alto
4 2 (4.08%) Red Hat
4 2 (4.08%) Splunk
5 1 (2.04%) F5
5 1 (2.04%) Juniper
5 1 (2.04%) McAfee
5 1 (2.04%) NetApp
5 1 (2.04%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.04%) SolarWinds
5 1 (2.04%) Tenable