Capacity Planning Contracts in England

Capacity Planning
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Capacity Planning skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Capacity Planning over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 358 407 487
Rank change year-on-year +49 +80 -62
Contract jobs citing Capacity Planning 175 245 304
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.48% 0.51% 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.56% 0.56% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 154 187
10th Percentile £285 £342 £374
25th Percentile £413 £401 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £625
90th Percentile £688 £723 £703
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £503
% change year-on-year - -0.50% +5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 16 1
10th Percentile £34.80 £30.19 -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £40.00 £65.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.46% +225.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile - £66.81 -
90th Percentile - £80.00 -
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £65.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -38.46% +225.00% +17.65%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Capacity Planning 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 advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,464 43,415 63,929
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.38% 90.10% 90.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,624 30,476 45,458
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £448 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £765 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,249 1,526 1,738
10th Percentile £12.92 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.95 £16.20 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.40 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.29% +45.58% +8.70%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +7.00%

Capacity Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Capacity Planning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Capacity Planning in England

Capacity Planning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Capacity Planning in England.

Daily rate trend for Capacity Planning in England

Capacity Planning
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Capacity Planning in England over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Capacity Planning in England

Capacity Planning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Capacity Planning in England.

Hourly rate trend for Capacity Planning in England

Capacity Planning
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Capacity Planning in England over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Capacity Planning in England

Capacity Planning
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Capacity Planning within the England region over the 6 months to 18 May 2024. 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
South East +55 49 £480 +3.78% 19
London +27 48 £575 +21.05% 40
South West +10 23 £575 -11.54% 4
Midlands +18 21 £450 -30.77% 20
North of England +21 19 £423 +8.33% 11
West Midlands +29 16 £450 -30.77% 13
Yorkshire +13 10 £425 +8.97% 2
North West +11 9 £400 +2.56% 7
East Midlands +3 5 £550 -16.67% 7
East of England +2 4 £288 +59.72% 8
Capacity Planning
UK

Capacity Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 8 (4.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.29%) Confluence
3 3 (1.71%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (1.71%) CICS
3 3 (1.71%) CMS
3 3 (1.71%) Drupal
3 3 (1.71%) Jupyter
3 3 (1.71%) nginx
4 2 (1.14%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (1.14%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.57%) Apache
5 1 (0.57%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.57%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 14 (8.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (4.57%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (3.43%) MS Visio
4 5 (2.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (2.29%) Chatbot
6 3 (1.71%) AutoCAD
6 3 (1.71%) Revit
7 2 (1.14%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (2.86%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (1.71%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.57%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.57%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.57%) SAP Hybris
3 1 (0.57%) SAP PP
3 1 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 37 (21.14%) Azure
2 34 (19.43%) AWS
3 27 (15.43%) GCP
4 16 (9.14%) Power Platform
5 7 (4.00%) Cloud Computing
6 6 (3.43%) Serverless
7 4 (2.29%) Azure Data Factory
7 4 (2.29%) Azure Functions
7 4 (2.29%) PaaS
7 4 (2.29%) Twilio
8 3 (1.71%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (1.71%) CloudBees
8 3 (1.71%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 3 (1.71%) IaaS
8 3 (1.71%) Nutanix
8 3 (1.71%) SaaS
8 3 (1.71%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 2 (1.14%) Apigee
9 2 (1.14%) Entra ID
9 2 (1.14%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 20 (11.43%) Firewall
2 18 (10.29%) WAN
3 17 (9.71%) DNS
4 14 (8.00%) SAN
4 14 (8.00%) VPN
5 13 (7.43%) 5G
5 13 (7.43%) LAN
5 13 (7.43%) MPLS
6 12 (6.86%) 3G
6 12 (6.86%) 4G
6 12 (6.86%) DHCP
7 11 (6.29%) Radio Access Network
7 11 (6.29%) Wi-Fi
8 9 (5.14%) Network Security
9 7 (4.00%) BGP
9 7 (4.00%) SD-WAN
10 6 (3.43%) CTI
10 6 (3.43%) OSPF
10 6 (3.43%) TCP/IP
10 6 (3.43%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (9.14%) Power BI
2 12 (6.86%) SQL Server
3 10 (5.71%) MongoDB
4 7 (4.00%) Amazon RDS
5 6 (3.43%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (3.43%) OLTP
6 5 (2.86%) Big Data
6 5 (2.86%) NoSQL
6 5 (2.86%) Oracle Database
7 4 (2.29%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (2.29%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (2.29%) OLAP
7 4 (2.29%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (1.71%) Apache Cassandra
8 3 (1.71%) ClickHouse
8 3 (1.71%) Data Lake
8 3 (1.71%) DB2
9 2 (1.14%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.57%) GIS
10 1 (0.57%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (4.00%) JIRA
2 6 (3.43%) Jenkins
3 4 (2.29%) Git
3 4 (2.29%) Selenium
4 3 (1.71%) Artifactory
4 3 (1.71%) Sonatype Nexus
4 3 (1.71%) Subversion
5 2 (1.14%) Gatling
5 2 (1.14%) GitLab
5 2 (1.14%) JMeter
5 2 (1.14%) JUnit
5 2 (1.14%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.57%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.57%) Cypress.io
General
1 57 (32.57%) Social Skills
2 41 (23.43%) Analytical Skills
3 35 (20.00%) Finance
4 18 (10.29%) Telecoms
5 16 (9.14%) Public Sector
6 13 (7.43%) Banking
7 11 (6.29%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (4.57%) Aerospace
9 6 (3.43%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (2.86%) Retail
11 4 (2.29%) Legal
11 4 (2.29%) Local Government
11 4 (2.29%) Public Speaking
12 3 (1.71%) Financial Institution
12 3 (1.71%) Manufacturing
13 2 (1.14%) Back Office
13 2 (1.14%) Electronics
13 2 (1.14%) Marketing
13 2 (1.14%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.57%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (11.43%) Architect
2 17 (9.71%) Consultant
3 16 (9.14%) Analyst
4 15 (8.57%) Senior
5 13 (7.43%) Network Engineer
6 11 (6.29%) IT Analyst
7 10 (5.71%) Availability Manager
7 10 (5.71%) DBA
8 9 (5.14%) Administrator
8 9 (5.14%) Solutions Architect
9 8 (4.57%) Capacity Manager
9 8 (4.57%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 8 (4.57%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
10 7 (4.00%) Lead
10 7 (4.00%) Performance Specialist
11 6 (3.43%) Capacity and Availability Manager
11 6 (3.43%) Project Manager
12 5 (2.86%) Developer
12 5 (2.86%) Scrum Master
12 5 (2.86%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.00%) Middleware
2 6 (3.43%) Lucene
3 4 (2.29%) Elastic Stack
3 4 (2.29%) Kafka
3 4 (2.29%) Web Services
3 4 (2.29%) XML
4 3 (1.71%) Apache Beam
4 3 (1.71%) Keycloak
4 3 (1.71%) Node.js
5 2 (1.14%) .NET
5 2 (1.14%) JSON
5 2 (1.14%) OAuth
5 2 (1.14%) OAuth2
5 2 (1.14%) OpenAPI
5 2 (1.14%) OpenID
5 2 (1.14%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (1.14%) REST
5 2 (1.14%) SOAP
5 2 (1.14%) Swagger
5 2 (1.14%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (12.57%) Data Centre
2 13 (7.43%) Management Information System
3 8 (4.57%) Client/Server
3 8 (4.57%) Cloud Native
3 8 (4.57%) Clustering
4 7 (4.00%) CMDB
4 7 (4.00%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (4.00%) Replication
5 6 (3.43%) IVR
5 6 (3.43%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (2.86%) Mainframe
6 5 (2.86%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.29%) Mobile App
7 4 (2.29%) Product Ownership
7 4 (2.29%) Smart Meter
7 4 (2.29%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.71%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.71%) Private Cloud
8 3 (1.71%) Public Cloud
9 2 (1.14%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 35 (20.00%) Linux
2 27 (15.43%) Unix
3 21 (12.00%) Windows
4 3 (1.71%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.71%) zOS
5 1 (0.57%) Android
5 1 (0.57%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.57%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (29.14%) Problem-Solving
2 34 (19.43%) Roadmaps
3 29 (16.57%) Capacity Management
4 26 (14.86%) Agile
5 25 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
6 23 (13.14%) Computer Science
6 23 (13.14%) Project Management
7 22 (12.57%) Decision-Making
8 21 (12.00%) DevOps
8 21 (12.00%) Stakeholder Management
9 20 (11.43%) Analytics
9 20 (11.43%) Configuration Management
10 19 (10.86%) ITIL
11 17 (9.71%) Performance Tuning
12 16 (9.14%) Project Delivery
13 15 (8.57%) Performance Monitoring
14 14 (8.00%) Business Intelligence
14 14 (8.00%) Migration
15 13 (7.43%) Performance Management
15 13 (7.43%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 26 (14.86%) Python
2 20 (11.43%) Java
3 17 (9.71%) PowerShell
4 15 (8.57%) SQL
5 9 (5.14%) Bash
6 6 (3.43%) JavaScript
7 4 (2.29%) Go
8 3 (1.71%) COBOL
8 3 (1.71%) Groovy
8 3 (1.71%) REXX
8 3 (1.71%) Ruby
8 3 (1.71%) Scala
9 2 (1.14%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.57%) C#
10 1 (0.57%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.57%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 46 (26.29%) Degree
2 35 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 25 (14.29%) SC Cleared
4 17 (9.71%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (8.00%) Cisco Certification
6 11 (6.29%) Master's Degree
7 10 (5.71%) CCNP
8 9 (5.14%) AWS Certification
8 9 (5.14%) Azure Certification
8 9 (5.14%) DV Cleared
9 6 (3.43%) CCNA
10 5 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (2.86%) CCIE
10 5 (2.86%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (2.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 3 (1.71%) Network+ Certification
12 3 (1.71%) PhD
13 2 (1.14%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 2 (1.14%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 1 (0.57%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (8.57%) GDPR
1 15 (8.57%) PMO
2 9 (5.14%) PCI DSS
3 7 (4.00%) HIPAA
4 6 (3.43%) SLA
5 5 (2.86%) QA
6 4 (2.29%) SOC 2
7 3 (1.71%) Accessibility
7 3 (1.71%) Data Quality
8 2 (1.14%) P3O
9 1 (0.57%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 20 (11.43%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (6.86%) Active Directory
3 8 (4.57%) Virtual Servers
3 8 (4.57%) VMware Workstation
4 6 (3.43%) Docker
4 6 (3.43%) VMware NSX
5 4 (2.29%) Hyper-V
6 3 (1.71%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 2 (1.14%) KVM
7 2 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.57%) Firmware
8 1 (0.57%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.57%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (6.86%) Ansible
1 12 (6.86%) NetBackup
2 11 (6.29%) Terraform
3 10 (5.71%) Nagios
4 9 (5.14%) Kubernetes
5 8 (4.57%) Microsoft Clustering
5 8 (4.57%) SCCM
6 3 (1.71%) Grafana
6 3 (1.71%) Netcool
7 2 (1.14%) Rundeck
7 2 (1.14%) ZABBIX
8 1 (0.57%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.57%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 1 (0.57%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 26 (14.86%) Microsoft
2 22 (12.57%) VMware
3 13 (7.43%) Oracle
4 12 (6.86%) Cisco
4 12 (6.86%) Google
5 9 (5.14%) NetApp
6 8 (4.57%) F5
6 8 (4.57%) Hitachi
7 7 (4.00%) SAP
8 6 (3.43%) Genesys
8 6 (3.43%) Nokia
9 5 (2.86%) Juniper
9 5 (2.86%) Remedy
9 5 (2.86%) Salesforce
9 5 (2.86%) ServiceNow
9 5 (2.86%) Splunk
10 4 (2.29%) Ab Initio
10 4 (2.29%) Avaya
10 4 (2.29%) CheckPoint
10 4 (2.29%) Palo Alto