Resource Allocation Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Resource Allocation
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 242 292 433
Rank change year-on-year +50 +141 +125
Contract jobs citing Resource Allocation 62 53 44
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.63% 0.35% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.69% 0.39% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 43 28
10th Percentile £200 £209 £439
25th Percentile £381 £313 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £463 £600
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -22.92% +20.00%
75th Percentile £656 £550 £700
90th Percentile £674 £598 £790
UK median daily rate £520 £475 £550
% change year-on-year +9.47% -13.64% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £20.45 - -
Median hourly rate £22.04 £30.16 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% -19.14% -
75th Percentile £27.22 - -
90th Percentile £33.69 - -
UK median hourly rate £31.35 £23.00 £37.30
% change year-on-year +36.28% -38.34% -11.19%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Resource Allocation
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Resource Allocation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Resource Allocation trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Resource Allocation
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Resource Allocation.

Resource Allocation daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Resource Allocation
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Resource Allocation over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Resource Allocation daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Resource Allocation
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Resource Allocation.

Resource Allocation hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Resource Allocation
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Resource Allocation over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Resource Allocation hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Resource Allocation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 1 (1.61%) MS Project Server
1 1 (1.61%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (19.35%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (11.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (11.29%) Trello
3 6 (9.68%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (4.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (4.84%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (1.61%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 1 (1.61%) Workday HCM
1 1 (1.61%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 6 (9.68%) Asana
2 3 (4.84%) Azure
3 2 (3.23%) AWS
3 2 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.61%) Adobe Creative Cloud
4 1 (1.61%) Google Analytics
4 1 (1.61%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.84%) Firewall
2 2 (3.23%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.23%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (3.23%) JIRA
General
1 33 (53.23%) Social Skills
2 30 (48.39%) Finance
3 10 (16.13%) Legal
4 7 (11.29%) Back Office
4 7 (11.29%) Banking
5 4 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (6.45%) Local Government
5 4 (6.45%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (4.84%) General Ledger
6 3 (4.84%) Retail Banking
7 2 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (3.23%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (3.23%) Retail
8 1 (1.61%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.61%) Automotive
8 1 (1.61%) Front Office
8 1 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.61%) Marketing
8 1 (1.61%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 26 (41.94%) Project Manager
2 7 (11.29%) IT Manager
3 6 (9.68%) Coordinator
3 6 (9.68%) IT Project Manager
3 6 (9.68%) Project Coordinator
4 4 (6.45%) Programme Manager
4 4 (6.45%) Risk Manager
5 3 (4.84%) IT Risk Manager
5 3 (4.84%) Lead
5 3 (4.84%) Support Officer
5 3 (4.84%) Technical Manager
5 3 (4.84%) Technical Project Manager
6 2 (3.23%) Agile Delivery Lead
6 2 (3.23%) Procurement Project Manager
6 2 (3.23%) Risk Project Manager
6 2 (3.23%) SAP Manager
6 2 (3.23%) SAP Project Manager
6 2 (3.23%) Senior
6 2 (3.23%) Senior Project Manager
6 2 (3.23%) Service Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.23%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.61%) RFC 2544
2 1 (1.61%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 10 (16.13%) Management Information System
2 7 (11.29%) PMI
3 3 (4.84%) Mainframe
3 3 (4.84%) Reference Data
4 2 (3.23%) Data Centre
4 2 (3.23%) Life Science
5 1 (1.61%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.61%) NHS
5 1 (1.61%) Robotics
5 1 (1.61%) Social Media
5 1 (1.61%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.84%) Windows
2 1 (1.61%) Windows Server
2 1 (1.61%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (64.52%) Project Management
2 22 (35.48%) Project Delivery
3 21 (33.87%) Risk Management
4 18 (29.03%) Budget Management
5 16 (25.81%) Agile
6 15 (24.19%) Stakeholder Management
7 12 (19.35%) Problem-Solving
8 11 (17.74%) Change Management
8 11 (17.74%) PRINCE2
9 10 (16.13%) Analytics
9 10 (16.13%) Continuous Improvement
10 9 (14.52%) Decision-Making
11 8 (12.90%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
11 8 (12.90%) Business Case
11 8 (12.90%) Demand Management
11 8 (12.90%) Waterfall
12 7 (11.29%) Roadmaps
12 7 (11.29%) Scrum
12 7 (11.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 6 (9.68%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.61%) C++
Qualifications
1 20 (32.26%) PMI Certification
2 19 (30.65%) Degree
3 17 (27.42%) PMP
4 7 (11.29%) SC Cleared
4 7 (11.29%) Security Cleared
5 4 (6.45%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 3 (4.84%) CISA
7 2 (3.23%) Master's Degree
8 1 (1.61%) APMG
8 1 (1.61%) CISM
8 1 (1.61%) CISSP
8 1 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.61%) PCI QSA
8 1 (1.61%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (14.52%) PMO
2 7 (11.29%) QA
3 5 (8.06%) GDPR
4 4 (6.45%) NIST
5 3 (4.84%) COBIT
5 3 (4.84%) COSO
5 3 (4.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (3.23%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 2 (3.23%) Accessibility
6 2 (3.23%) HIPAA
6 2 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (1.61%) ISO 9001
7 1 (1.61%) MiFID
7 1 (1.61%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 9 (14.52%) Microsoft
2 8 (12.90%) SAP
3 4 (6.45%) Ariba
4 3 (4.84%) Cisco
5 2 (3.23%) Adobe
5 2 (3.23%) Aruba
5 2 (3.23%) F5
5 2 (3.23%) Imperva
5 2 (3.23%) Oracle
5 2 (3.23%) Pega
5 2 (3.23%) Workday
6 1 (1.61%) Blue Prism
6 1 (1.61%) Databricks
6 1 (1.61%) Google
6 1 (1.61%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.61%) ServiceNow