Resource Allocation Contracts with Work from Home 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 17 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 291 416 542
Rank change year-on-year +125 +126 -73
Contract jobs citing Resource Allocation 50 41 81
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.34% 0.17% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% 0.19% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 25 54
10th Percentile £223 £405 £400
25th Percentile £313 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -11.90% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £549 £688 £606
90th Percentile £710 £700 £709
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +21.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Median hourly rate £30.16 - -
UK median hourly rate £23.00 £47.50 £42.00
% change year-on-year -51.58% +13.10% +46.09%

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 12,871 21,399 39,942
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.23% 89.63% 91.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,673 15,206 29,099
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +5.42%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 572 495 518
10th Percentile £15.02 £18.49 £14.96
25th Percentile £24.00 £25.75 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.13 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.51% +30.33% +66.67%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £74.95 £78.45 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
% change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%

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 17 June 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 (6.00%) Confluence
1 3 (6.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.00%) Anypoint
2 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (2.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.00%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
1 1 (2.00%) SAP ERP
1 1 (2.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 10 (20.00%) Azure
2 6 (12.00%) WhatsApp
3 2 (4.00%) Azure API Management
3 2 (4.00%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (4.00%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (2.00%) AWS
4 1 (2.00%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.00%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.00%) LAN
1 2 (4.00%) WAN
2 1 (2.00%) Firewall
2 1 (2.00%) SAN
2 1 (2.00%) SD-WAN
2 1 (2.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (2.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (8.00%) JIRA
2 2 (4.00%) JMeter
2 2 (4.00%) LoadRunner
2 2 (4.00%) Postman
3 1 (2.00%) Selenium
General
1 21 (42.00%) Social Skills
2 12 (24.00%) Finance
3 8 (16.00%) Manufacturing
4 6 (12.00%) Retail
5 4 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (6.00%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (4.00%) Legal
7 2 (4.00%) Public Sector
8 1 (2.00%) Banking
8 1 (2.00%) Marketing
8 1 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (2.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 24 (48.00%) Project Manager
2 7 (14.00%) Coordinator
2 7 (14.00%) Project Coordinator
3 4 (8.00%) Lead
4 3 (6.00%) IT Manager
4 3 (6.00%) Technical Manager
4 3 (6.00%) Technical Project Manager
4 3 (6.00%) Test Manager
5 2 (4.00%) Analyst
5 2 (4.00%) Architect
5 2 (4.00%) Infrastructure Manager
5 2 (4.00%) Integration Manager
5 2 (4.00%) Integration Project Manager
5 2 (4.00%) IT Project Manager
5 2 (4.00%) Senior
6 1 (2.00%) Compliance Manager
6 1 (2.00%) ERP Project Manager
6 1 (2.00%) SAP Integration Manager
6 1 (2.00%) SAP Manager
6 1 (2.00%) Security Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.00%) Swagger
2 1 (2.00%) Middleware
2 1 (2.00%) SailPoint
2 1 (2.00%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.00%) Biopharmaceutical
1 3 (6.00%) Robotics
2 1 (2.00%) Cyber Security Posture
2 1 (2.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (2.00%) EPoS
2 1 (2.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.00%) Reinsurance
2 1 (2.00%) Replication
2 1 (2.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (2.00%) Tandem
2 1 (2.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.00%) Windows
1 1 (2.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (58.00%) Project Management
2 19 (38.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 11 (22.00%) Risk Management
4 10 (20.00%) Agile
4 10 (20.00%) PRINCE2
5 8 (16.00%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
5 8 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (16.00%) Project Planning
6 6 (12.00%) Budget Management
6 6 (12.00%) Scrum
6 6 (12.00%) Translating Business Requirements
6 6 (12.00%) Waterfall
7 5 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (10.00%) Project Delivery
8 4 (8.00%) Coaching
8 4 (8.00%) Programme Management
8 4 (8.00%) Project Governance
8 4 (8.00%) Roadmaps
9 3 (6.00%) Data Management
9 3 (6.00%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (22.00%) PMP
2 10 (20.00%) PMI Certification
3 2 (4.00%) Degree
3 2 (4.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.00%) AWS Certification
4 1 (2.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 1 (2.00%) Azure Certification
4 1 (2.00%) CISSP
4 1 (2.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (2.00%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.00%) QA
2 2 (4.00%) Accessibility
2 2 (4.00%) PMO
2 2 (4.00%) SLA
3 1 (2.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (2.00%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (4.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (2.00%) Terminal Services
Vendors
1 6 (12.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.00%) VMware
3 2 (4.00%) SAP
4 1 (2.00%) Cisco
4 1 (2.00%) Citrix
4 1 (2.00%) Facebook
4 1 (2.00%) Infor
4 1 (2.00%) Instagram
4 1 (2.00%) MuleSoft
4 1 (2.00%) Veeam