Hybrid/Remote Resource Levelling Contract Job Trends

Resource Levelling
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Resource Levelling skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 323 313 368
Rank change year-on-year -10 +55 +175
Contract jobs citing Resource Levelling 1 1 6
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.010% 0.009% 0.035%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.011% 0.010% 0.040%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 6
10th Percentile - - £381
25th Percentile - £488 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +5.26% +24.59%
75th Percentile - £513 £497
90th Percentile - - £513
UK median daily rate £550 £356 £475
% change year-on-year +54.49% -25.05% +11.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Resource Levelling 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 9,247 10,391 15,174
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 90.90% 89.11% 88.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,104 6,538 10,363
10th Percentile £331 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £638
90th Percentile £720 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 327 211 367
10th Percentile £15.26 £18.10 £19.69
25th Percentile £20.50 £22.00 £27.50
Median hourly rate £42.50 £36.00 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.06% -33.33% -2.35%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.30 £70.98
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £86.90
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.33
% change year-on-year -22.62% -24.99% +23.80%

Resource Levelling
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Resource Levelling and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Resource Levelling job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Resource Levelling
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Resource Levelling.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Resource Levelling

Resource Levelling
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Copilot
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Planner
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (100.00%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Data Interpretation
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Matrix Organization
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft