Resource Allocation Contracts with Work from Home Options

Resource Allocation
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 295 431 547
Rank change year-on-year +136 +116 -94
Contract jobs citing Resource Allocation 53 45 75
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.35% 0.18% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.40% 0.20% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 29 49
10th Percentile £219 £413 £240
25th Percentile £322 £450 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £600 £500
Median % change year-on-year -21.88% +20.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £550 £700 £538
90th Percentile £599 £785 £678
UK median daily rate £475 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% +25.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 0
Median hourly rate £30.16 £37.30 -
Median % change year-on-year -19.14% - -
UK median hourly rate £23.00 £37.30 £42.00
% change year-on-year -38.34% -11.19% +46.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,319 22,924 40,623
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.90% 89.76% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,917 16,193 29,494
10th Percentile £325 £363 £362
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £630
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 575 527 541
10th Percentile £15.17 £18.67 £13.75
25th Percentile £24.63 £30.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +57.14% +40.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £55.25
90th Percentile £75.15 £80.25 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £35.95 £35.80 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.42% +43.20% +2.04%

Resource Allocation
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Resource Allocation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Resource Allocation trend for jobs with a WFH option

Resource Allocation
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing Resource Allocation over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

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 a work from home option citing Resource Allocation.

Resource Allocation hourly rate 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 3 (5.66%) Confluence
1 3 (5.66%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.89%) Anypoint
2 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (3.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.89%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.89%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
1 1 (1.89%) SAP ERP
1 1 (1.89%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 11 (20.75%) Azure
2 6 (11.32%) WhatsApp
3 2 (3.77%) AWS
4 1 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.89%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.89%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.89%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.77%) LAN
1 2 (3.77%) WAN
2 1 (1.89%) Firewall
2 1 (1.89%) SAN
2 1 (1.89%) SD-WAN
2 1 (1.89%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.89%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.89%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (9.43%) JIRA
2 1 (1.89%) Selenium
General
1 23 (43.40%) Social Skills
2 14 (26.42%) Finance
3 8 (15.09%) Manufacturing
4 5 (9.43%) Retail
5 3 (5.66%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (5.66%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (3.77%) Legal
6 2 (3.77%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.89%) Banking
7 1 (1.89%) Front Office
7 1 (1.89%) Games
7 1 (1.89%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.89%) Marketing
7 1 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (47.17%) Project Manager
2 7 (13.21%) Coordinator
2 7 (13.21%) Project Coordinator
3 5 (9.43%) IT Manager
3 5 (9.43%) Lead
4 4 (7.55%) Technical Manager
5 3 (5.66%) Technical Project Manager
5 3 (5.66%) Test Manager
6 2 (3.77%) Analyst
6 2 (3.77%) Architect
6 2 (3.77%) Integration Manager
6 2 (3.77%) Integration Project Manager
6 2 (3.77%) IT Project Manager
6 2 (3.77%) Portfolio Manager
6 2 (3.77%) Programme Manager
6 2 (3.77%) Security Manager
7 1 (1.89%) Compliance Manager
7 1 (1.89%) ERP Project Manager
7 1 (1.89%) Finance Project Manager
7 1 (1.89%) IT Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.89%) Middleware
1 1 (1.89%) SailPoint
1 1 (1.89%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.66%) Biopharmaceutical
1 3 (5.66%) Robotics
2 1 (1.89%) Cyber Security Posture
2 1 (1.89%) Data Centre
2 1 (1.89%) EPoS
2 1 (1.89%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (1.89%) Public Cloud
2 1 (1.89%) Reinsurance
2 1 (1.89%) Replication
2 1 (1.89%) Security Posture
2 1 (1.89%) Tandem
2 1 (1.89%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.89%) Windows
1 1 (1.89%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (56.60%) Project Management
2 21 (39.62%) Stakeholder Management
3 14 (26.42%) Risk Management
4 12 (22.64%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
5 10 (18.87%) Agile
5 10 (18.87%) PRINCE2
5 10 (18.87%) Project Planning
6 9 (16.98%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (15.09%) Budget Management
8 6 (11.32%) Programme Management
8 6 (11.32%) Scrum
8 6 (11.32%) Translating Business Requirements
8 6 (11.32%) Waterfall
9 5 (9.43%) Budgeting
9 5 (9.43%) Project Delivery
9 5 (9.43%) Project Governance
10 4 (7.55%) Coaching
10 4 (7.55%) ERP
10 4 (7.55%) Portfolio Management
10 4 (7.55%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.89%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (20.75%) PMI Certification
1 11 (20.75%) PMP
2 3 (5.66%) Degree
3 1 (1.89%) AWS Certification
3 1 (1.89%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 1 (1.89%) Azure Certification
3 1 (1.89%) CISSP
3 1 (1.89%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (1.89%) SAP Certification
3 1 (1.89%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.89%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.43%) PMO
1 5 (9.43%) QA
2 2 (3.77%) SLA
3 1 (1.89%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.89%) FedRAMP
3 1 (1.89%) HIPAA
3 1 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.89%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (3.77%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.89%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.89%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.89%) Terminal Services
Vendors
1 6 (11.32%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.55%) VMware
3 2 (3.77%) SAP
4 1 (1.89%) Citrix
4 1 (1.89%) Facebook
4 1 (1.89%) Infor
4 1 (1.89%) Instagram
4 1 (1.89%) MuleSoft
4 1 (1.89%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.89%) Veeam