Resource Allocation Contracts

Resource Allocation
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 19 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 343 430 520
Rank change year-on-year +87 +90 +187
Contract jobs citing Resource Allocation 219 151 155
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.67% 0.36% 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.74% 0.42% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 96 114
10th Percentile £269 £353 £369
25th Percentile £398 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £516 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.99% -1.66% +5.00%
75th Percentile £591 £578 £650
90th Percentile £716 £672 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £403 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -19.50% +5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 8 3
10th Percentile - £21.64 £26.25
25th Percentile £20.45 £22.84 £33.75
Median hourly rate £28.75 £24.15 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% -49.16% +3.26%
75th Percentile £46.30 £27.79 £54.38
90th Percentile - £30.16 £57.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £46.30 £24.15 £41.25
% change year-on-year +91.72% -41.45% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 29,656 35,918 49,614
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.33% 85.38% 89.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,620 23,009 34,128
10th Percentile £300 £305 £325
25th Percentile £405 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,566 2,286 1,643
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £13.91
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.71 £18.31
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £41.81
Median % change year-on-year -34.02% -8.83% +58.73%
75th Percentile £51.10 £62.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.38 £77.49
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.00 £38.12 £40.58
% change year-on-year -37.04% -6.05% +88.72%

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 19 July 2025.

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 19 July 2025.

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 19 July 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
England +93 185 £475 -8.44% 264
London +85 101 £510 -11.30% 132
UK excluding London +48 89 £403 -19.50% 149
Work from Home +38 61 £500 +5.26% 108
North of England +23 33 £403 -19.50% 37
Midlands -1 21 £400 -20.00% 29
North West +15 17 £402 -19.60% 13
Yorkshire +13 15 £475 - 19
South East +18 13 £406 -14.55% 42
West Midlands +6 12 £463 -7.50% 15
Scotland +2 9 £530 +100.19% 11
East Midlands +4 8 £358 -12.42% 13
South West +41 7 £350 -31.71% 19
Wales - 4 £358 - 2
East of England +3 1 - - 9
North East 0 1 £550 - 5
Northern Ireland -11 1 £550 - 1

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 13 (5.94%) Confluence
2 5 (2.28%) Apache Airflow
2 5 (2.28%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.91%) CMS
3 2 (0.91%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (0.46%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.46%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 24 (10.96%) Microsoft Project
2 18 (8.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (5.02%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (3.65%) Trello
5 6 (2.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (1.37%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.46%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.46%) InDesign
7 1 (0.46%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 8 (3.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.83%) SAP ERP
3 3 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.91%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.91%) Sprinklr
5 1 (0.46%) Primavera
5 1 (0.46%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.46%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.46%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 25 (11.42%) AWS
2 17 (7.76%) Azure
3 10 (4.57%) Power Platform
4 8 (3.65%) Google Workspace
4 8 (3.65%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (3.20%) Asana
5 7 (3.20%) GCP
5 7 (3.20%) SaaS
6 5 (2.28%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (2.28%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (2.28%) GitHub
6 5 (2.28%) SuccessFactors
7 4 (1.83%) Entra ID
8 2 (0.91%) OCI
8 2 (0.91%) Power Automate
8 2 (0.91%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 2 (0.91%) Snowflake
9 1 (0.46%) Google Sheets
9 1 (0.46%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.46%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.65%) Firewall
2 3 (1.37%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
2 3 (1.37%) VPN
3 2 (0.91%) BIG-IP
3 2 (0.91%) Cisco ISE
3 2 (0.91%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
3 2 (0.91%) LAN
3 2 (0.91%) Network Security
3 2 (0.91%) WAN
4 1 (0.46%) ADSL
4 1 (0.46%) DMZ
4 1 (0.46%) DNS
4 1 (0.46%) MPLS
4 1 (0.46%) PSTN
4 1 (0.46%) SDH
4 1 (0.46%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.57%) Power BI
2 7 (3.20%) Tableau
3 5 (2.28%) Data Lake
4 4 (1.83%) Big Data
5 3 (1.37%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (0.91%) BigQuery
6 2 (0.91%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.46%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.46%) DB2
7 1 (0.46%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (0.46%) GIS
7 1 (0.46%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.46%) Looker
7 1 (0.46%) MS Access
7 1 (0.46%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.46%) QlikView
7 1 (0.46%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 28 (12.79%) JIRA
2 6 (2.74%) GitLab
3 4 (1.83%) Selenium
4 3 (1.37%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.46%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.46%) Dreamweaver
5 1 (0.46%) Git
5 1 (0.46%) JBehave
5 1 (0.46%) Postman
5 1 (0.46%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.46%) SpecFlow
5 1 (0.46%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.46%) WebDriver
General
1 102 (46.58%) Social Skills
2 94 (42.92%) Finance
3 48 (21.92%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (10.05%) Legal
5 19 (8.68%) Banking
6 13 (5.94%) Organisational Skills
7 11 (5.02%) Back Office
7 11 (5.02%) Local Government
8 10 (4.57%) Public Sector
9 8 (3.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (3.65%) Retail
10 7 (3.20%) Marketing
11 5 (2.28%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.83%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.83%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (1.37%) Financial Institution
13 3 (1.37%) General Ledger
14 2 (0.91%) Billing
14 2 (0.91%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 82 (37.44%) Project Manager
2 25 (11.42%) Lead
3 14 (6.39%) Analyst
3 14 (6.39%) Programme Manager
4 13 (5.94%) Delivery Manager
5 11 (5.02%) SAP Manager
6 10 (4.57%) Architect
6 10 (4.57%) Technical Manager
7 9 (4.11%) IT Manager
8 8 (3.65%) IT Project Manager
9 7 (3.20%) Coordinator
9 7 (3.20%) Solutions Architect
9 7 (3.20%) Technical Project Manager
10 6 (2.74%) Infrastructure Manager
10 6 (2.74%) Infrastructure Project Manager
10 6 (2.74%) SAP Project Manager
11 5 (2.28%) Business Manager
11 5 (2.28%) DevOps Engineer
11 5 (2.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 5 (2.28%) Project Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (5.02%) .NET
2 9 (4.11%) AngularJS
2 9 (4.11%) React
3 8 (3.65%) REST
4 1 (0.46%) ADO
4 1 (0.46%) CSS
4 1 (0.46%) Flash
4 1 (0.46%) Gherkin
4 1 (0.46%) HTML
4 1 (0.46%) PySpark
4 1 (0.46%) RFC 2544
4 1 (0.46%) SAP Basis
4 1 (0.46%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (0.46%) SOAP
4 1 (0.46%) Web Services
4 1 (0.46%) WireMock
4 1 (0.46%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (5.94%) Management Information System
2 9 (4.11%) Onboarding
2 9 (4.11%) PMI
3 6 (2.74%) Analytical Mindset
3 6 (2.74%) Data Centre
4 5 (2.28%) Driving Licence
4 5 (2.28%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (1.83%) NHS
5 4 (1.83%) Renewable Energy
6 3 (1.37%) Cloud Native
6 3 (1.37%) Life Science
6 3 (1.37%) Mainframe
6 3 (1.37%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.37%) Reference Data
7 2 (0.91%) FMCG
7 2 (0.91%) Mobile Banking
7 2 (0.91%) Security Operations Centre
7 2 (0.91%) Security Posture
7 2 (0.91%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.46%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 12 (5.48%) Windows
2 6 (2.74%) Windows Server
3 5 (2.28%) Linux
4 4 (1.83%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.91%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.46%) VMS
6 1 (0.46%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.46%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (53.42%) Project Management
2 83 (37.90%) Risk Management
3 75 (34.25%) Agile
4 68 (31.05%) Stakeholder Management
5 59 (26.94%) Problem-Solving
6 54 (24.66%) Project Delivery
7 39 (17.81%) Continuous Improvement
8 36 (16.44%) Decision-Making
9 35 (15.98%) PRINCE2
10 34 (15.53%) Scrum
11 33 (15.07%) Change Management
12 32 (14.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 31 (14.16%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
13 31 (14.16%) Waterfall
14 28 (12.79%) Budget Management
15 24 (10.96%) Migration
16 23 (10.50%) Programme Management
16 23 (10.50%) Project Planning
17 21 (9.59%) Resource Management
18 19 (8.68%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 12 (5.48%) Java
2 11 (5.02%) Python
3 10 (4.57%) SQL
4 9 (4.11%) TypeScript
5 2 (0.91%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.46%) Bash
6 1 (0.46%) C#
6 1 (0.46%) C++
6 1 (0.46%) COBOL
6 1 (0.46%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.46%) R
6 1 (0.46%) RPG
6 1 (0.46%) Scala
Qualifications
1 42 (19.18%) PMI Certification
2 38 (17.35%) Degree
2 38 (17.35%) PMP
3 17 (7.76%) Security Cleared
4 13 (5.94%) SC Cleared
5 7 (3.20%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.83%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.83%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.37%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (1.37%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 2 (0.91%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.91%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.91%) CISM
8 2 (0.91%) CRISC
9 1 (0.46%) APMG
9 1 (0.46%) CISSP
9 1 (0.46%) PCI QSA
9 1 (0.46%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (0.46%) SAFe Agilist
9 1 (0.46%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (10.96%) PMO
2 22 (10.05%) QA
3 6 (2.74%) Accessibility
4 5 (2.28%) SLA
5 3 (1.37%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.91%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 2 (0.91%) GDPR
6 2 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.46%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.46%) EMIR
7 1 (0.46%) GxP
7 1 (0.46%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.46%) MiFID
7 1 (0.46%) NIST
7 1 (0.46%) P3O
7 1 (0.46%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.46%) RMADS
System Software
1 8 (3.65%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.20%) Virtual Machines
2 7 (3.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (2.28%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.91%) Docker
5 1 (0.46%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.46%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.46%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (2.28%) vCenter Server
2 3 (1.37%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.37%) Terraform
3 1 (0.46%) Ansible
3 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.46%) Podman
3 1 (0.46%) PowerCLI
3 1 (0.46%) QRadar
Vendors
1 33 (15.07%) Microsoft
2 23 (10.50%) SAP
3 12 (5.48%) ServiceNow
4 11 (5.02%) Google
5 7 (3.20%) Ariba
5 7 (3.20%) VMware
6 6 (2.74%) Oracle
7 5 (2.28%) Cisco
7 5 (2.28%) Citrix
7 5 (2.28%) F5
8 4 (1.83%) Workday
9 3 (1.37%) Pega
10 2 (0.91%) Aruba
10 2 (0.91%) Avaya
10 2 (0.91%) Genesys
10 2 (0.91%) Imperva
10 2 (0.91%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.91%) Sitecore
10 2 (0.91%) Splunk
11 1 (0.46%) ESRI