Resource Allocation Contracts in the UK excluding London

Resource Allocation
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 327 374 430
Rank change year-on-year +47 +56 -104
Contract jobs citing Resource Allocation 74 56 74
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.35% 0.25% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.42% 0.28% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 41 57
10th Percentile £306 £268 £335
25th Percentile £355 £413 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +50.83%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £538
90th Percentile £583 £750 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +21.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £23.40 - -
25th Percentile £24.00 - -
Median hourly rate £25.00 £60.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -58.33% - -
75th Percentile £26.00 - -
90th Percentile £26.60 - -
UK median hourly rate £23.00 £47.50 £42.00
% change year-on-year -51.58% +13.10% +46.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,630 20,207 27,140
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 82.67% 89.05% 89.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,358 13,864 18,970
10th Percentile £250 £260 £246
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £586
90th Percentile £688 £694 £663
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,185 1,244 1,334
10th Percentile £12.50 £10.90 £12.49
25th Percentile £15.48 £15.21 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.12 £34.90 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.23% +66.18% -
75th Percentile £61.30 £63.75 £47.96
90th Percentile £72.90 £75.00 £63.60
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
% change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%

Resource Allocation
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Resource Allocation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Resource Allocation in the UK excluding London

Resource Allocation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Resource Allocation in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Resource Allocation in the UK excluding London

Resource Allocation
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Resource Allocation in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Resource Allocation in the UK excluding London

Resource Allocation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Resource Allocation in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Resource Allocation in the UK excluding London

Resource Allocation
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 Resource Allocation within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
South East +16 20 £475 +5.56% 20
Midlands +31 18 £500 +233.33% 27
West Midlands +29 15 £500 +233.33% 14
North of England +12 11 £450 -35.71% 27
East of England +5 8 £500 +17.65% 15
Scotland +52 6 £265 - 8
North West +7 6 £450 -35.71% 14
South West +3 6 £500 -6.98% 14
Wales +23 4 £325 -16.67% 4
East Midlands - 3 £355 - 13
Yorkshire +13 1 - - 11
North East - 1 - - 2
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 1
Resource Allocation
UK

Resource Allocation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 3 (4.05%) Confluence
2 1 (1.35%) Anypoint
2 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (6.76%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (5.41%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (4.05%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.35%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
2 1 (1.35%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 7 (9.46%) Azure
2 5 (6.76%) WhatsApp
3 3 (4.05%) AWS
4 2 (2.70%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.35%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.35%) GCP
5 1 (1.35%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.76%) VPN
2 2 (2.70%) LAN
2 2 (2.70%) Network Security
2 2 (2.70%) Remote Desktop
2 2 (2.70%) TCP/IP
2 2 (2.70%) WAN
3 1 (1.35%) Firewall
3 1 (1.35%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (1.35%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.70%) Power BI
2 1 (1.35%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (9.46%) JIRA
General
1 44 (59.46%) Social Skills
2 23 (31.08%) Finance
3 11 (14.86%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (8.11%) Manufacturing
5 5 (6.76%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (6.76%) Public Sector
6 4 (5.41%) Local Government
6 4 (5.41%) Retail
7 3 (4.05%) Legal
7 3 (4.05%) Telecoms
8 2 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (2.70%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.35%) Electronics
9 1 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.35%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 47 (63.51%) Project Manager
2 9 (12.16%) IT Manager
3 8 (10.81%) IT Project Manager
4 6 (8.11%) Lead
4 6 (8.11%) Technical Manager
4 6 (8.11%) Technical Project Manager
5 4 (5.41%) Analyst
5 4 (5.41%) Coordinator
5 4 (5.41%) Project Coordinator
5 4 (5.41%) Senior
6 3 (4.05%) Analytics Manager
6 3 (4.05%) Data Analytics Manager
6 3 (4.05%) Programme Manager
6 3 (4.05%) Security Manager
6 3 (4.05%) Security Project Manager
6 3 (4.05%) Senior Manager
6 3 (4.05%) Senior Project Manager
7 2 (2.70%) ERP Project Manager
7 2 (2.70%) ICT Manager
7 2 (2.70%) Integration Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.35%) Middleware
1 1 (1.35%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.05%) Robotics
2 2 (2.70%) CCTV
2 2 (2.70%) Replication
2 2 (2.70%) Security Posture
2 2 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.35%) Cyber Security Posture
3 1 (1.35%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.35%) FMCG
3 1 (1.35%) Life Science
3 1 (1.35%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.35%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.35%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.35%) Linux
1 1 (1.35%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (67.57%) Project Management
2 28 (37.84%) Stakeholder Management
3 21 (28.38%) Risk Management
4 19 (25.68%) Project Delivery
4 19 (25.68%) Project Planning
5 17 (22.97%) Agile
5 17 (22.97%) Budget Management
5 17 (22.97%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (21.62%) Change Management
6 16 (21.62%) PRINCE2
7 13 (17.57%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
7 13 (17.57%) Continuous Improvement
8 11 (14.86%) Programme Management
9 10 (13.51%) Decision-Making
10 8 (10.81%) Change Control
10 8 (10.81%) ITIL
10 8 (10.81%) Resource Management
10 8 (10.81%) Scrum
11 7 (9.46%) Waterfall
12 6 (8.11%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (22.97%) Degree
2 12 (16.22%) PMP
3 10 (13.51%) PMI Certification
4 4 (5.41%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 3 (4.05%) CCNP
5 3 (4.05%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (4.05%) CISSP
5 3 (4.05%) Master's Degree
5 3 (4.05%) Security Cleared
6 2 (2.70%) ACCA
6 2 (2.70%) AWS Certification
6 2 (2.70%) CCNA
6 2 (2.70%) CIMA
6 2 (2.70%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.35%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 1 (1.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (1.35%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.35%) PhD
7 1 (1.35%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (17.57%) QA
2 3 (4.05%) GDPR
2 3 (4.05%) PMO
3 2 (2.70%) SLA
4 1 (1.35%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.35%) GRC
4 1 (1.35%) HIPAA
4 1 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.35%) NIST
4 1 (1.35%) P3O
4 1 (1.35%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.35%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (1.35%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (9.46%) SAP
2 6 (8.11%) Microsoft
3 2 (2.70%) Ariba
3 2 (2.70%) Facebook
3 2 (2.70%) Laserfiche
4 1 (1.35%) Adobe
4 1 (1.35%) Blue Prism
4 1 (1.35%) BT
4 1 (1.35%) Cisco
4 1 (1.35%) Google
4 1 (1.35%) Infor
4 1 (1.35%) Instagram
4 1 (1.35%) MuleSoft
4 1 (1.35%) Oracle
4 1 (1.35%) Progress
4 1 (1.35%) VMware