Capacity Planning Contracts

Capacity Planning
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Capacity Planning skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Capacity Planning over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 371 392 519
Rank change year-on-year +21 +127 -87
Contract jobs citing Capacity Planning 222 329 360
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.51% 0.57% 0.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% 0.63% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 208 220
10th Percentile £324 £356 £363
25th Percentile £413 £418 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £614 £638 £603
90th Percentile £688 £715 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £550 £475
% change year-on-year -18.18% +15.79% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 19 3
10th Percentile £34.80 £31.51 £25.00
25th Percentile - - £32.50
Median hourly rate £40.00 £65.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.46% +44.44% +164.71%
75th Percentile - £65.75 £66.25
90th Percentile - £80.00 £79.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £65.00 -
% change year-on-year -38.46% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Capacity Planning 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,201 52,182 79,685
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.27% 89.83% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,946 36,175 55,967
10th Percentile £300 £325 £341
25th Percentile £413 £438 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,437 1,727 1,890
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.98%

Capacity Planning
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Capacity Planning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Capacity Planning in the UK

Capacity Planning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Capacity Planning.

Daily rate trend for Capacity Planning in the UK

Capacity Planning
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Capacity Planning over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Capacity Planning in the UK

Capacity Planning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Capacity Planning.

Hourly rate trend for Capacity Planning in the UK

Capacity Planning
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Capacity Planning over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Capacity Planning in the UK

Capacity Planning
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Capacity Planning within the UK over the 6 months to 8 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
England +12 168 £505 +3.48% 113
UK excluding London +47 132 £450 -18.18% 66
Work from Home +72 79 £500 - 99
London +31 48 £563 +18.42% 46
South East +27 46 £480 +6.67% 17
South West +21 23 £575 -11.54% 3
Scotland +30 22 £430 -28.33% 4
North of England +16 19 £423 +8.33% 14
Midlands +23 18 £450 -30.77% 19
West Midlands +29 13 £450 -30.77% 14
Yorkshire +26 11 £425 +8.97% 4
North West +12 8 £400 +2.56% 8
East Midlands +8 5 £550 -16.67% 5
East of England +2 4 £288 +59.72% 9

Capacity Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 8 (3.60%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (2.70%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.25%) CICS
4 4 (1.80%) Confluence
4 4 (1.80%) OpenStack
5 3 (1.35%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (1.35%) CMS
5 3 (1.35%) Drupal
5 3 (1.35%) Jupyter
5 3 (1.35%) nginx
5 3 (1.35%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.45%) Apache
6 1 (0.45%) Oracle Spatial
6 1 (0.45%) SAS
6 1 (0.45%) WebLogic
Applications
1 17 (7.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.15%) Chatbot
2 7 (3.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (2.70%) MS Visio
4 3 (1.35%) AutoCAD
4 3 (1.35%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.35%) Revit
Business Applications
1 5 (2.25%) Remedy ITSM
1 5 (2.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.80%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.90%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.45%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.45%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.45%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.45%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 52 (23.42%) AWS
2 50 (22.52%) Azure
3 32 (14.41%) GCP
4 20 (9.01%) Power Platform
5 10 (4.50%) Cloud Computing
6 9 (4.05%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 9 (4.05%) Azure Sentinel
6 9 (4.05%) Dynamics 365
6 9 (4.05%) Entra ID
6 9 (4.05%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (3.15%) Twilio
8 6 (2.70%) Serverless
9 4 (1.80%) AWS Direct Connect
9 4 (1.80%) Azure Data Factory
9 4 (1.80%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 4 (1.80%) Azure Functions
9 4 (1.80%) PaaS
9 4 (1.80%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 3 (1.35%) CloudBees
10 3 (1.35%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (8.56%) Firewall
1 19 (8.56%) WAN
2 18 (8.11%) DNS
3 15 (6.76%) LAN
4 14 (6.31%) MPLS
4 14 (6.31%) SAN
4 14 (6.31%) VPN
5 13 (5.86%) DHCP
6 12 (5.41%) 5G
7 11 (4.95%) 3G
7 11 (4.95%) 4G
7 11 (4.95%) CTI
7 11 (4.95%) Radio Access Network
7 11 (4.95%) VoIP
7 11 (4.95%) Wi-Fi
8 9 (4.05%) Network Security
9 8 (3.60%) BGP
10 6 (2.70%) OSPF
11 5 (2.25%) Cisco Nexus
11 5 (2.25%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (9.01%) Power BI
2 14 (6.31%) Amazon RDS
2 14 (6.31%) Oracle Database
3 12 (5.41%) MongoDB
3 12 (5.41%) SQL Server
4 8 (3.60%) OLTP
5 7 (3.15%) Elasticsearch
6 6 (2.70%) Metadata
7 5 (2.25%) Apache Cassandra
7 5 (2.25%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (2.25%) DB2
7 5 (2.25%) MySQL
7 5 (2.25%) NoSQL
7 5 (2.25%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (1.80%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (1.80%) OLAP
8 4 (1.80%) Oracle Database 12c
8 4 (1.80%) Oracle8/8i Database
9 3 (1.35%) Big Data
9 3 (1.35%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 8 (3.60%) JIRA
2 6 (2.70%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.80%) Git
3 4 (1.80%) Oracle APEX
3 4 (1.80%) Selenium
4 3 (1.35%) Artifactory
4 3 (1.35%) Sonatype Nexus
4 3 (1.35%) Subversion
5 2 (0.90%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 2 (0.90%) GitLab
5 2 (0.90%) JMeter
6 1 (0.45%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.45%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.45%) Gatling
6 1 (0.45%) JUnit
6 1 (0.45%) LoadRunner
General
1 71 (31.98%) Social Skills
2 54 (24.32%) Analytical Skills
3 43 (19.37%) Finance
4 21 (9.46%) Telecoms
5 16 (7.21%) Public Sector
6 14 (6.31%) Banking
7 12 (5.41%) Organisational Skills
7 12 (5.41%) Retail
8 8 (3.60%) Aerospace
9 7 (3.15%) Manufacturing
10 6 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (2.25%) Public Speaking
12 4 (1.80%) Legal
12 4 (1.80%) Local Government
13 3 (1.35%) Financial Institution
13 3 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.90%) Back Office
14 2 (0.90%) Electronics
14 2 (0.90%) Marketing
15 1 (0.45%) French Language
Job Titles
1 28 (12.61%) Architect
2 20 (9.01%) Analyst
2 20 (9.01%) DBA
3 16 (7.21%) Consultant
4 15 (6.76%) Senior
4 15 (6.76%) Solutions Architect
5 13 (5.86%) Administrator
5 13 (5.86%) Lead
5 13 (5.86%) Network Engineer
6 10 (4.50%) Availability Manager
6 10 (4.50%) IT Analyst
6 10 (4.50%) Oracle DBA
7 8 (3.60%) Capacity Manager
7 8 (3.60%) Developer
7 8 (3.60%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 8 (3.60%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
7 8 (3.60%) PMO Analyst
8 7 (3.15%) Performance Specialist
9 6 (2.70%) Capacity and Availability Manager
9 6 (2.70%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.50%) Middleware
2 7 (3.15%) Lucene
2 7 (3.15%) Web Services
3 6 (2.70%) Kafka
4 5 (2.25%) Elastic Stack
5 4 (1.80%) Oracle GoldenGate
5 4 (1.80%) XML
6 3 (1.35%) Apache Beam
6 3 (1.35%) Keycloak
6 3 (1.35%) LDAP
6 3 (1.35%) Node.js
7 2 (0.90%) JSON
7 2 (0.90%) OAuth2
7 2 (0.90%) OpenAPI
7 2 (0.90%) OpenID
7 2 (0.90%) RabbitMQ
7 2 (0.90%) Regular Expression
7 2 (0.90%) REST
7 2 (0.90%) Swagger
7 2 (0.90%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 26 (11.71%) Data Centre
2 20 (9.01%) Management Information System
3 11 (4.95%) IVR
3 11 (4.95%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (4.05%) Distributed Systems
5 8 (3.60%) Client/Server
5 8 (3.60%) Cloud Native
5 8 (3.60%) Clustering
6 7 (3.15%) Mainframe
6 7 (3.15%) Replication
7 6 (2.70%) CMDB
8 5 (2.25%) Onboarding
9 4 (1.80%) Data Structures
9 4 (1.80%) Driving Licence
9 4 (1.80%) Mobile App
9 4 (1.80%) Product Ownership
9 4 (1.80%) Smart Meter
9 4 (1.80%) Virtual Team
10 3 (1.35%) Private Cloud
10 3 (1.35%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 47 (21.17%) Linux
2 33 (14.86%) Unix
3 29 (13.06%) Windows
4 5 (2.25%) Windows Server
4 5 (2.25%) zOS
5 4 (1.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.45%) Android
6 1 (0.45%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.45%) CentOS
6 1 (0.45%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (27.48%) Problem-Solving
2 39 (17.57%) Roadmaps
3 36 (16.22%) Agile
4 34 (15.32%) Performance Tuning
5 30 (13.51%) Disaster Recovery
6 29 (13.06%) Capacity Management
6 29 (13.06%) Computer Science
7 28 (12.61%) DevOps
8 27 (12.16%) Stakeholder Management
9 26 (11.71%) Decision-Making
10 24 (10.81%) Project Management
11 23 (10.36%) Migration
12 22 (9.91%) Analytics
12 22 (9.91%) Configuration Management
12 22 (9.91%) Performance Optimisation
13 21 (9.46%) Performance Monitoring
14 18 (8.11%) Business Intelligence
14 18 (8.11%) ITIL
14 18 (8.11%) Project Delivery
15 16 (7.21%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 29 (13.06%) Python
2 22 (9.91%) SQL
3 18 (8.11%) Java
4 16 (7.21%) PowerShell
5 9 (4.05%) Bash
6 8 (3.60%) PL/SQL
7 6 (2.70%) JavaScript
8 5 (2.25%) COBOL
8 5 (2.25%) REXX
8 5 (2.25%) Shell Script
9 4 (1.80%) Go
10 3 (1.35%) Groovy
10 3 (1.35%) Ruby
10 3 (1.35%) Scala
11 2 (0.90%) Search Processing Language
12 1 (0.45%) C#
12 1 (0.45%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 57 (25.68%) Degree
2 35 (15.77%) Security Cleared
3 27 (12.16%) SC Cleared
4 23 (10.36%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (9.01%) Master's Degree
6 19 (8.56%) AWS Certification
7 16 (7.21%) Azure Certification
8 14 (6.31%) Cisco Certification
9 11 (4.95%) CCNP
10 9 (4.05%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 9 (4.05%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (3.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 7 (3.15%) DV Cleared
12 5 (2.25%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (2.25%) CCIE
12 5 (2.25%) CCNA
13 3 (1.35%) PhD
14 2 (0.90%) JNCIP
14 2 (0.90%) Network+ Certification
14 2 (0.90%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (9.91%) PMO
2 19 (8.56%) GDPR
3 11 (4.95%) PCI DSS
4 9 (4.05%) HIPAA
5 8 (3.60%) QA
6 6 (2.70%) SLA
6 6 (2.70%) SOC 2
7 3 (1.35%) Accessibility
7 3 (1.35%) Data Quality
7 3 (1.35%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (0.90%) P3O
9 1 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.45%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.45%) ISO 8583
9 1 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 22 (9.91%) Active Directory
2 21 (9.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (3.60%) Virtual Servers
3 8 (3.60%) VMware Workstation
4 7 (3.15%) Docker
5 6 (2.70%) Hyper-V
6 5 (2.25%) VMware NSX
7 4 (1.80%) Oracle RAC
8 3 (1.35%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 2 (0.90%) KVM
9 2 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.45%) Firmware
10 1 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.45%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (7.66%) Ansible
2 14 (6.31%) Terraform
3 12 (5.41%) NetBackup
4 10 (4.50%) Kubernetes
5 9 (4.05%) Nagios
6 8 (3.60%) Microsoft Clustering
6 8 (3.60%) SCCM
7 6 (2.70%) Data Guard
8 5 (2.25%) Oracle RMAN
9 4 (1.80%) Grafana
10 3 (1.35%) Netcool
10 3 (1.35%) Packer
11 2 (0.90%) Puppet
11 2 (0.90%) Rundeck
12 1 (0.45%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.45%) Prometheus
12 1 (0.45%) Tivoli Storage Manager
12 1 (0.45%) vCenter Server
12 1 (0.45%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 41 (18.47%) Microsoft
2 32 (14.41%) Oracle
3 22 (9.91%) VMware
4 16 (7.21%) Cisco
4 16 (7.21%) Google
5 11 (4.95%) Genesys
5 11 (4.95%) SAP
6 9 (4.05%) NetApp
6 9 (4.05%) Splunk
7 8 (3.60%) Hitachi
8 7 (3.15%) Avaya
9 6 (2.70%) F5
9 6 (2.70%) Juniper
9 6 (2.70%) Nokia
10 5 (2.25%) Remedy
10 5 (2.25%) Salesforce
10 5 (2.25%) ServiceNow
11 4 (1.80%) Ab Initio
11 4 (1.80%) CheckPoint
11 4 (1.80%) IBM