Resource Allocation Contracts

Resource Allocation
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Resource Allocation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Resource Allocation over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 435 554 705
Rank change year-on-year +119 +151 -154
Contract jobs citing Resource Allocation 151 135 150
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.35% 0.24% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% 0.27% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 95 93
10th Percentile £306 £375 £355
25th Percentile £373 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £540 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% +23.46%
75th Percentile £574 £694 £638
90th Percentile £690 £750 £734
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +54.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 5 4
10th Percentile £16.80 £28.77 £39.08
25th Percentile £22.34 - £40.31
Median hourly rate £23.00 £37.30 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.34% -11.19% +46.09%
75th Percentile £30.16 £48.75 £45.69
90th Percentile - £55.50 £50.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £37.30 -
% change year-on-year -32.98% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Resource Allocation 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 36,703 50,479 79,939
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.70% 89.71% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,654 34,954 56,109
10th Percentile £300 £325 £344
25th Percentile £413 £438 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £640
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £485
% change year-on-year - +3.04% +9.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,498 1,668 1,904
10th Percentile £12.74 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.70 £15.52
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.13 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.04% +40.67% +7.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
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% -4.99%

Resource Allocation
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Resource Allocation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Resource Allocation in the UK

Resource Allocation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Resource Allocation in the UK

Resource Allocation
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Resource Allocation over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Resource Allocation in the UK

Resource Allocation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Resource Allocation in the UK

Resource Allocation
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Resource Allocation over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Resource Allocation in the UK

Resource Allocation
Top 17 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 28 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 +121 124 £500 -5.21% 203
UK excluding London +50 73 £475 -5.00% 155
London +89 58 £538 -2.27% 72
Work from Home +112 50 £469 -14.77% 144
South East +19 23 £509 +1.75% 37
Midlands +38 18 £475 +216.67% 32
West Midlands +21 15 £500 +233.33% 18
North of England +21 11 £438 -37.50% 37
North West +13 6 £438 -37.50% 17
South West +6 6 £500 -6.98% 21
Scotland +39 5 £265 -41.22% 13
East of England +5 5 £513 +20.59% 11
Wales +16 4 £325 -16.67% 4
East Midlands - 3 £355 - 12
Yorkshire +14 1 - - 15
North East - 1 - - 6
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 4

Resource Allocation
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 4 (2.65%) Confluence
1 4 (2.65%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.66%) Anypoint
Applications
1 10 (6.62%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (2.65%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.32%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (4.64%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.32%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.66%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 1 (0.66%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 1 (0.66%) Primavera
3 1 (0.66%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.66%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.66%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.66%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.66%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 21 (13.91%) Azure
2 10 (6.62%) WhatsApp
3 5 (3.31%) AWS
4 3 (1.99%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (1.32%) Azure API Management
5 2 (1.32%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (1.32%) Azure Functions
5 2 (1.32%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 2 (1.32%) Power Platform
5 2 (1.32%) SaaS
5 2 (1.32%) Serverless
6 1 (0.66%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.66%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.66%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.66%) GCP
6 1 (0.66%) Smartsheet
6 1 (0.66%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.97%) VPN
2 4 (2.65%) LAN
2 4 (2.65%) Network Security
2 4 (2.65%) WAN
3 2 (1.32%) Firewall
3 2 (1.32%) Remote Desktop
3 2 (1.32%) SD-WAN
3 2 (1.32%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.66%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.66%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.32%) Data Lake
1 2 (1.32%) DB2
1 2 (1.32%) Power BI
1 2 (1.32%) SAP HANA
2 1 (0.66%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.66%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 14 (9.27%) JIRA
2 1 (0.66%) Selenium
General
1 76 (50.33%) Social Skills
2 52 (34.44%) Finance
3 27 (17.88%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (7.95%) Manufacturing
5 9 (5.96%) Retail
6 7 (4.64%) Banking
7 6 (3.97%) Legal
7 6 (3.97%) Local Government
8 5 (3.31%) Marketing
8 5 (3.31%) Pharmaceutical
8 5 (3.31%) Public Sector
9 4 (2.65%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.99%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.99%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.32%) Dutch Language
11 2 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.32%) Investment Banking
11 2 (1.32%) Law
12 1 (0.66%) Fire and Rescue
12 1 (0.66%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 67 (44.37%) Project Manager
2 17 (11.26%) Lead
3 16 (10.60%) IT Manager
4 13 (8.61%) IT Project Manager
5 8 (5.30%) Analyst
5 8 (5.30%) Coordinator
5 8 (5.30%) Project Coordinator
6 6 (3.97%) Consultant
6 6 (3.97%) Programme Manager
6 6 (3.97%) Senior
6 6 (3.97%) Technical Manager
6 6 (3.97%) Technical Project Manager
7 4 (2.65%) Architect
7 4 (2.65%) PMO Lead
7 4 (2.65%) Portfolio Manager
7 4 (2.65%) Security Manager
8 3 (1.99%) Analytics Manager
8 3 (1.99%) Data Analytics Manager
8 3 (1.99%) ERP Manager
8 3 (1.99%) Security Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.66%) ARM Templates
1 1 (0.66%) GraphQL
1 1 (0.66%) Middleware
1 1 (0.66%) Node.js
1 1 (0.66%) SailPoint
1 1 (0.66%) SAP PI
1 1 (0.66%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (2.65%) Management Information System
2 3 (1.99%) Biopharmaceutical
2 3 (1.99%) Data Centre
2 3 (1.99%) Robotics
2 3 (1.99%) Security Posture
3 2 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (1.32%) CCTV
3 2 (1.32%) FMCG
3 2 (1.32%) LPAR
3 2 (1.32%) Mainframe
3 2 (1.32%) Product Ownership
3 2 (1.32%) Replication
3 2 (1.32%) Virtual Team
4 1 (0.66%) EPoS
4 1 (0.66%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (0.66%) Life Science
4 1 (0.66%) PMI
4 1 (0.66%) Reinsurance
4 1 (0.66%) Social Media
4 1 (0.66%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.65%) Windows
2 3 (1.99%) Linux
3 2 (1.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (1.32%) zOS
4 1 (0.66%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (58.28%) Project Management
2 51 (33.77%) Stakeholder Management
3 37 (24.50%) Risk Management
4 35 (23.18%) Agile
4 35 (23.18%) Problem-Solving
4 35 (23.18%) Project Delivery
5 28 (18.54%) Budget Management
5 28 (18.54%) Project Planning
6 25 (16.56%) PRINCE2
7 24 (15.89%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
8 20 (13.25%) Continuous Improvement
9 18 (11.92%) Change Management
10 15 (9.93%) Programme Management
11 13 (8.61%) Decision-Making
12 12 (7.95%) Scrum
13 11 (7.28%) ITIL
13 11 (7.28%) Resource Management
13 11 (7.28%) Translating Business Requirements
14 10 (6.62%) Mentoring
14 10 (6.62%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.99%) Java
1 3 (1.99%) SQL
2 1 (0.66%) Bicep
2 1 (0.66%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.66%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 25 (16.56%) Degree
2 22 (14.57%) PMP
3 20 (13.25%) PMI Certification
4 11 (7.28%) Security Cleared
5 9 (5.96%) SC Cleared
6 8 (5.30%) CISSP
7 5 (3.31%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (2.65%) CCNP
8 4 (2.65%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (2.65%) Master's Degree
8 4 (2.65%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 3 (1.99%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.99%) CCNA
9 3 (1.99%) CISM
10 2 (1.32%) ACCA
10 2 (1.32%) AWS Certification
10 2 (1.32%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 2 (1.32%) CIMA
11 1 (0.66%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (13.25%) QA
2 14 (9.27%) PMO
3 5 (3.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.65%) GDPR
4 4 (2.65%) SLA
5 3 (1.99%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.66%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.66%) COBIT
6 1 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.66%) EMIR
6 1 (0.66%) GRC
6 1 (0.66%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.66%) NIST
6 1 (0.66%) P3O
6 1 (0.66%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.66%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (3.31%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (1.99%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.66%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.66%) Terminal Services
3 1 (0.66%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 19 (12.58%) Microsoft
2 15 (9.93%) SAP
3 8 (5.30%) VMware
4 6 (3.97%) Salesforce
5 3 (1.99%) Oracle
6 2 (1.32%) Ariba
6 2 (1.32%) Databricks
6 2 (1.32%) Dynatrace
6 2 (1.32%) Facebook
6 2 (1.32%) Google
6 2 (1.32%) IBM
6 2 (1.32%) Instagram
6 2 (1.32%) Laserfiche
7 1 (0.66%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.66%) Blue Prism
7 1 (0.66%) Broadcom
7 1 (0.66%) Infor
7 1 (0.66%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.66%) TikTok
7 1 (0.66%) Veeam