Resource Levelling Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Resource Levelling
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Resource Levelling skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 394 365 416
Rank change year-on-year -29 +51 +85
Contract jobs citing Resource Levelling 5 6 1
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.028% 0.036% 0.005%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.032% 0.043% 0.006%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £488 £250
Median % change year-on-year +12.82% +95.00% -31.03%
UK median daily rate £550 £488 £438
% change year-on-year +12.82% +11.43% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £25.47 -
25th Percentile £46.24 £25.65 -
Median hourly rate £47.48 £25.93 -
Median % change year-on-year +83.09% - -
75th Percentile £48.71 £26.22 -
90th Percentile - £26.39 -
UK median hourly rate £47.48 £25.93 £43.86
% change year-on-year +83.09% -40.88% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Resource Levelling 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 15,425 13,932 18,120
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 87.90% 84.32% 88.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,364 7,974 11,803
10th Percentile £220 £246 £250
25th Percentile £368 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,760 878 1,273
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £19.08 £17.72
Median hourly rate £23.00 £33.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.30% -25.84% +50.29%
75th Percentile £44.02 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.25 £72.50 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.95
% change year-on-year -28.14% -20.36% +25.57%

Resource Levelling
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Resource Levelling job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Resource Levelling
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Resource Levelling.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Resource Levelling

Resource Levelling
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Resource Levelling.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Resource Levelling

Resource Levelling
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 Levelling within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 November 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
South East - 5 £550 -
Resource Levelling
UK

Resource Levelling
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:

Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (100.00%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Copilot
1 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Power BI
General
1 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Environmental Health
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) Network Planner
1 1 (20.00%) Programme Planner
1 1 (20.00%) Project Planner
1 1 (20.00%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (20.00%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Change Control
2 4 (80.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (60.00%) Work Breakdown Structure
4 1 (20.00%) AI
4 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (20.00%) Critical Path Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Data Interpretation
4 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (20.00%) Impact Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Matrix Organization
4 1 (20.00%) Performance Measurement
4 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
4 1 (20.00%) Project Management
4 1 (20.00%) Project Planning
4 1 (20.00%) Risk Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) DV Cleared
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft