Resource Allocation Contracts in the UK excluding London

Resource Allocation
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with 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 22 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
22 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 316 387 428
Rank change year-on-year +71 +41 -104
Contract jobs citing Resource Allocation 75 57 74
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.37% 0.25% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.44% 0.28% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 41 55
10th Percentile £306 £251 £359
25th Percentile £355 £413 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +54.14%
75th Percentile £538 £600 -
90th Percentile £588 £750 £620
UK median daily rate £500 £535 £500
% change year-on-year -6.54% +7.00% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 0
10th Percentile £23.40 - -
25th Percentile £24.00 - -
Median hourly rate £25.00 £37.30 -
Median % change year-on-year -32.98% - -
75th Percentile £26.00 £48.65 -
90th Percentile £26.60 £55.46 -
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
UK excluding London

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 advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,047 20,460 27,138
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.14% 89.36% 89.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,194 14,069 18,950
10th Percentile £250 £260 £237
25th Percentile £380 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £482
Median % change year-on-year - +3.73% +9.55%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £656
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £533
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.29% +7.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,072 1,252 1,360
10th Percentile £12.34 £10.63 £12.31
25th Percentile £15.29 £15.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -5.88%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £47.40
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.75 £61.52
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £37.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year -2.58% +44.08% +7.00%

Resource Allocation
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Resource Allocation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Resource Allocation in the UK excluding London

Resource Allocation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Resource Allocation in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Resource Allocation in the UK excluding London

Resource Allocation
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Resource Allocation in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 22 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Resource Allocation in the UK excluding London

Resource Allocation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Resource Allocation in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Resource Allocation in the UK excluding London

Resource Allocation
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Resource Allocation within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 22 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 +19 23 £509 +1.75% 25
Midlands +41 19 £475 +216.67% 38
West Midlands +36 16 £500 +233.33% 21
North of England +26 11 £438 -37.50% 31
Scotland +42 6 £265 -41.22% 13
South West +14 6 £500 -6.98% 17
North West +10 6 £438 -37.50% 16
East of England +8 5 £513 +20.59% 7
Wales +24 4 £325 -16.67% 2
East Midlands - 3 £355 - 17
Yorkshire +13 1 - - 10
North East - 1 - - 6
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 3
Resource Allocation
UK

Resource Allocation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (4.00%) Confluence
2 1 (1.33%) Anypoint
2 1 (1.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (9.33%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (5.33%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.33%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (4.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.67%) Primavera
3 1 (1.33%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.33%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 1 (1.33%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 7 (9.33%) Azure
2 5 (6.67%) WhatsApp
3 2 (2.67%) AWS
3 2 (2.67%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.33%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.33%) GCP
4 1 (1.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.67%) VPN
2 2 (2.67%) LAN
2 2 (2.67%) Network Security
2 2 (2.67%) Remote Desktop
2 2 (2.67%) TCP/IP
2 2 (2.67%) WAN
3 1 (1.33%) Firewall
3 1 (1.33%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (1.33%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.67%) MS Access
1 2 (2.67%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 9 (12.00%) JIRA
General
1 40 (53.33%) Social Skills
2 25 (33.33%) Finance
3 9 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (8.00%) Manufacturing
5 5 (6.67%) Retail
6 4 (5.33%) Local Government
6 4 (5.33%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (5.33%) Public Sector
7 3 (4.00%) Legal
7 3 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (4.00%) Telecoms
8 2 (2.67%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.33%) Banking
9 1 (1.33%) Electronics
9 1 (1.33%) Games
9 1 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.33%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 43 (57.33%) Project Manager
2 8 (10.67%) IT Manager
3 7 (9.33%) IT Project Manager
3 7 (9.33%) Lead
4 6 (8.00%) Technical Manager
4 6 (8.00%) Technical Project Manager
5 5 (6.67%) Coordinator
5 5 (6.67%) Project Coordinator
6 3 (4.00%) Analyst
6 3 (4.00%) Analytics Manager
6 3 (4.00%) Data Analytics Manager
6 3 (4.00%) Programme Manager
6 3 (4.00%) Security Manager
6 3 (4.00%) Security Project Manager
6 3 (4.00%) Senior
7 2 (2.67%) Financial Controller
7 2 (2.67%) Java Scrum Master
7 2 (2.67%) Programme Controller
7 2 (2.67%) SC Cleared Project Manager
7 2 (2.67%) Scrum Master
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.33%) Middleware
1 1 (1.33%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.00%) Robotics
2 2 (2.67%) CCTV
2 2 (2.67%) Mainframe
2 2 (2.67%) Operational Technology
2 2 (2.67%) Security Posture
3 1 (1.33%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.33%) Cyber Security Posture
3 1 (1.33%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.33%) FMCG
3 1 (1.33%) Life Science
3 1 (1.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.33%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.33%) Replication
3 1 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.33%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.33%) Linux
1 1 (1.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (69.33%) Project Management
2 28 (37.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 20 (26.67%) Risk Management
4 19 (25.33%) Agile
4 19 (25.33%) Project Delivery
5 18 (24.00%) Budget Management
5 18 (24.00%) Project Planning
6 16 (21.33%) Problem-Solving
7 15 (20.00%) PRINCE2
8 14 (18.67%) Change Management
9 13 (17.33%) Continuous Improvement
10 11 (14.67%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
10 11 (14.67%) Programme Management
11 10 (13.33%) Decision-Making
11 10 (13.33%) Scrum
12 8 (10.67%) ITIL
12 8 (10.67%) Resource Management
12 8 (10.67%) Translating Business Requirements
13 7 (9.33%) Change Control
13 7 (9.33%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.67%) Java
2 1 (1.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (20.00%) Degree
2 11 (14.67%) PMP
3 10 (13.33%) PMI Certification
4 5 (6.67%) Security Cleared
5 4 (5.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 4 (5.33%) SC Cleared
6 3 (4.00%) CCNP
6 3 (4.00%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (4.00%) CISSP
6 3 (4.00%) Master's Degree
7 2 (2.67%) ACCA
7 2 (2.67%) CCNA
7 2 (2.67%) CIMA
8 1 (1.33%) AWS Certification
8 1 (1.33%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 1 (1.33%) Azure Certification
8 1 (1.33%) CCSP
8 1 (1.33%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.33%) PhD
8 1 (1.33%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (16.00%) QA
2 5 (6.67%) PMO
3 3 (4.00%) GDPR
4 2 (2.67%) SLA
5 1 (1.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.33%) GRC
5 1 (1.33%) HIPAA
5 1 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.33%) NIST
5 1 (1.33%) P3O
5 1 (1.33%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.33%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (1.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (9.33%) SAP
2 6 (8.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (2.67%) Ariba
3 2 (2.67%) Laserfiche
3 2 (2.67%) NEC
3 2 (2.67%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.33%) Adobe
4 1 (1.33%) Blue Prism
4 1 (1.33%) BT
4 1 (1.33%) Cisco
4 1 (1.33%) Facebook
4 1 (1.33%) Google
4 1 (1.33%) Infor
4 1 (1.33%) Instagram
4 1 (1.33%) MuleSoft
4 1 (1.33%) Oracle
4 1 (1.33%) Progress
4 1 (1.33%) VMware