Resource Manager Contracts

Resource Manager
UK

The median Resource Manager daily rate in the UK is £310, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 515 577 707
Rank change year-on-year +62 +130 +118
Contract jobs requiring a Resource Manager 5 5 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.017% 0.011% 0.018%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.018% 0.012% 0.019%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 6
10th Percentile £226 £334 £295
25th Percentile £256 £385 £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £310 £470 £333
Median % change year-on-year -34.04% +41.35% -16.88%
75th Percentile £363 £555 £556
90th Percentile £392 £606 £625
UK excluding London median daily rate £213 £470 £600
% change year-on-year -54.79% -21.67% +41.18%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Resource Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Resource Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Resource Manager in the UK

Resource Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Resource Manager in the UK

Resource Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Resource Manager over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Resource Manager in the UK

Resource Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Resource Manager in the UK

Resource Manager
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Resource Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +57 5 £310 -34.04% 10
London - 3 £408 - 9
UK excluding London +59 1 £213 -54.79% 2
South West - 1 £213 -
Work from Home - 1 £213 - 6

Resource Manager Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Resource Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Resource Manager in the job title.

1 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (40.00%) Resource Management
1 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (40.00%) Internal Audit
1 2 (40.00%) Resource Allocation
1 2 (40.00%) Business Forecasting
1 2 (40.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Budgeting
2 1 (20.00%) PMO
2 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) SaaS
2 1 (20.00%) Change Control
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Validation
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) Planview

Resource Manager Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (20.00%) Banking
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Business Forecasting
1 2 (40.00%) Internal Audit
1 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (40.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (40.00%) Resource Allocation
1 2 (40.00%) Resource Management
1 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (20.00%) Budgeting
2 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (20.00%) Change Control
2 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (20.00%) Validation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Planview