Capacity Management Contracts

Capacity Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Capacity Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Capacity Management over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 358 414 607
Rank change year-on-year +56 +193 -99
Contract jobs citing Capacity Management 228 291 236
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.53% 0.52% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.62% 0.58% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 164 210 161
10th Percentile £350 £380 £406
25th Percentile £438 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £569 £575
Median % change year-on-year -12.09% -1.09% +15.00%
75th Percentile £600 £675 £638
90th Percentile £675 £700 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £463 £550
% change year-on-year +7.03% -15.91% +18.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 11 3
10th Percentile £22.08 £14.00 -
25th Percentile £23.43 £37.88 -
Median hourly rate £34.00 £65.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.69% +225.00% -39.80%
75th Percentile £40.00 £65.38 £34.23
90th Percentile - £65.75 £42.76
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £65.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -38.46% +225.00% -39.80%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Capacity Management 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 requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,802 50,277 79,372
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.47% 89.69% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,632 34,811 55,790
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £438 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £644
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +9.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,530 1,673 1,868
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.72 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +9.74%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.76%

Capacity Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Capacity Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Capacity Management in the UK

Capacity Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Capacity Management in the UK

Capacity Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Capacity Management over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Capacity Management in the UK

Capacity Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Capacity Management in the UK

Capacity Management
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Capacity Management over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Capacity Management in the UK

Capacity Management
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Capacity Management within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 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
England +57 197 £495 -15.09% 50
UK excluding London +61 125 £495 +7.03% 28
London +38 89 £550 -15.38% 29
Work from Home +81 71 £495 -1.00% 12
South West +41 50 £495 +1.02% 1
North of England +37 22 £493 +23.25% 11
South East +3 22 £575 -0.69% 5
North West +34 21 £493 +23.25% 7
Scotland +22 21 £600 +29.73% 3
East of England +7 7 £350 -
Midlands +17 3 £500 +33.33% 4
West Midlands +13 3 £500 +29.03% 3
Yorkshire +16 1 - - 2

Capacity Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 35 (15.35%) Confluence
2 34 (14.91%) SharePoint
3 28 (12.28%) SharePoint Server
4 18 (7.89%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (3.07%) IIS
6 5 (2.19%) SAS
7 4 (1.75%) Apache
7 4 (1.75%) Tomcat
8 3 (1.32%) CMS
9 1 (0.44%) WebLogic
Applications
1 7 (3.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.88%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (3.07%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (2.19%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (1.75%) Aligne
4 2 (0.88%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.44%) Loan IQ
Cloud Services
1 54 (23.68%) Azure
2 30 (13.16%) AWS
3 29 (12.72%) Azure Stack
4 16 (7.02%) PaaS
5 10 (4.39%) GitHub
6 7 (3.07%) Power Platform
7 6 (2.63%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (2.63%) Nutanix
8 4 (1.75%) Entra ID
8 4 (1.75%) IaaS
9 3 (1.32%) Amazon S3
9 3 (1.32%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 3 (1.32%) Azure Key Vault
9 3 (1.32%) Azure Storage
9 3 (1.32%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (1.32%) GCP
9 3 (1.32%) Mimecast
9 3 (1.32%) OneDrive
9 3 (1.32%) Rubrik
10 2 (0.88%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 40 (17.54%) Firewall
2 34 (14.91%) BGP
3 23 (10.09%) LAN
4 17 (7.46%) DNS
5 16 (7.02%) FTP
6 15 (6.58%) WAN
7 14 (6.14%) SAN
8 13 (5.70%) DHCP
8 13 (5.70%) Wi-Fi
9 12 (5.26%) VPN
10 9 (3.95%) MPLS
10 9 (3.95%) TCP/IP
11 8 (3.51%) Network Security
12 7 (3.07%) Internet
12 7 (3.07%) Wireless
13 6 (2.63%) OSPF
14 5 (2.19%) Cisco ASA
14 5 (2.19%) VSAN
15 4 (1.75%) H.323
15 4 (1.75%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (7.46%) SQL Server
2 16 (7.02%) Hadoop
3 11 (4.82%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (3.95%) Elasticsearch
5 7 (3.07%) Oracle Database
5 7 (3.07%) Power BI
6 5 (2.19%) MongoDB
6 5 (2.19%) Oracle Exadata
7 3 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (1.32%) GIS
7 3 (1.32%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 3 (1.32%) MySQL
7 3 (1.32%) Spatial Data
7 3 (1.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 3 (1.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (1.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.88%) DB2
8 2 (0.88%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.88%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.44%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 45 (19.74%) JIRA
2 11 (4.82%) Jenkins
3 10 (4.39%) Artifactory
4 9 (3.95%) GitLab
4 9 (3.95%) Subversion
5 3 (1.32%) Git
6 2 (0.88%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.44%) Apache Continuum
7 1 (0.44%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.44%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.44%) TeamCity
General
1 88 (38.60%) Social Skills
2 49 (21.49%) Analytical Skills
3 36 (15.79%) Public Sector
4 29 (12.72%) Finance
5 21 (9.21%) Organisational Skills
5 21 (9.21%) Telecoms
6 14 (6.14%) Electronics
6 14 (6.14%) Manufacturing
6 14 (6.14%) Marketing
7 9 (3.95%) Banking
8 8 (3.51%) Aerospace
9 7 (3.07%) Billing
9 7 (3.07%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (2.63%) Investment Banking
11 5 (2.19%) Legal
12 2 (0.88%) Local Government
13 1 (0.44%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 35 (15.35%) Analyst
2 22 (9.65%) Availability Manager
2 22 (9.65%) Capacity Manager
3 18 (7.89%) Capacity and Availability Manager
4 16 (7.02%) Implementation Specialist
5 15 (6.58%) Consultant
5 15 (6.58%) Lead
6 14 (6.14%) Microsoft Engineer
7 11 (4.82%) Database Specialist
7 11 (4.82%) IT Analyst
8 10 (4.39%) Architect
9 9 (3.95%) DBA
9 9 (3.95%) Senior
10 8 (3.51%) Administrator
10 8 (3.51%) Infrastructure Analyst
10 8 (3.51%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
10 8 (3.51%) IT Support
11 7 (3.07%) Exchange Engineer
11 7 (3.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 6 (2.63%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (7.89%) LDAP
2 10 (4.39%) .NET
3 9 (3.95%) Middleware
4 7 (3.07%) FIX Protocol
5 4 (1.75%) AngularJS
5 4 (1.75%) CSS
5 4 (1.75%) HTML
5 4 (1.75%) SailPoint
5 4 (1.75%) Software Packaging
6 3 (1.32%) Flash
6 3 (1.32%) POSIX
7 2 (0.88%) ISPF
8 1 (0.44%) .NET Core
8 1 (0.44%) .NET Framework
8 1 (0.44%) ASP.NET
8 1 (0.44%) React Native
8 1 (0.44%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 38 (16.67%) Data Centre
2 30 (13.16%) Management Information System
2 30 (13.16%) Private Cloud
3 24 (10.53%) Replication
4 19 (8.33%) Clustering
5 10 (4.39%) Client/Server
5 10 (4.39%) Linux Command Line
6 7 (3.07%) CMDB
6 7 (3.07%) Derivative
6 7 (3.07%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (2.63%) Market Risk
7 6 (2.63%) PKI
8 5 (2.19%) Product Ownership
8 5 (2.19%) Virtual Team
8 5 (2.19%) VxBlock/Vblock
9 4 (1.75%) IVR
10 3 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.32%) Driving Licence
10 3 (1.32%) Fat Client
10 3 (1.32%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 87 (38.16%) Windows
2 45 (19.74%) Unix
3 40 (17.54%) Linux
4 12 (5.26%) Windows Server
5 8 (3.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.88%) Data ONTAP
6 2 (0.88%) zOS
7 1 (0.44%) VMS
7 1 (0.44%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (28.07%) ITIL
2 63 (27.63%) Migration
3 56 (24.56%) Service Management
4 50 (21.93%) Disaster Recovery
5 46 (20.18%) Problem-Solving
6 43 (18.86%) Availability Management
7 42 (18.42%) Network Management
8 39 (17.11%) High Availability
9 36 (15.79%) Agile
10 35 (15.35%) Problem Management
11 31 (13.60%) ITSM
12 30 (13.16%) Capacity Planning
12 30 (13.16%) Security Monitoring
13 29 (12.72%) Continuous Improvement
14 28 (12.28%) Change Management
15 26 (11.40%) DevOps
16 25 (10.96%) Data Migration
17 23 (10.09%) Mentoring
18 21 (9.21%) Business Intelligence
18 21 (9.21%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 38 (16.67%) PowerShell
2 26 (11.40%) Python
3 23 (10.09%) SQL
4 16 (7.02%) Java
5 15 (6.58%) Bash
6 10 (4.39%) C#
6 10 (4.39%) C++
7 6 (2.63%) JavaScript
7 6 (2.63%) Perl
8 3 (1.32%) Ruby
9 2 (0.88%) Assembly Language
9 2 (0.88%) JCL
9 2 (0.88%) REXX
9 2 (0.88%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.44%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.44%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 90 (39.47%) Security Cleared
2 57 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 36 (15.79%) Degree
4 30 (13.16%) DV Cleared
5 7 (3.07%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (2.63%) Azure Certification
6 6 (2.63%) ISACA
7 4 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (1.32%) MCITP
8 3 (1.32%) MCTS
9 2 (0.88%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.88%) CCNA
9 2 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.88%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.88%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.88%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (0.44%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (12.28%) Government Security Classifications
2 10 (4.39%) SLA
3 7 (3.07%) COBIT
3 7 (3.07%) GDPR
3 7 (3.07%) NIST
4 3 (1.32%) QA
5 2 (0.88%) PMO
6 1 (0.44%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.44%) WCAG
System Software
1 38 (16.67%) Active Directory
2 35 (15.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (8.33%) NFS
4 16 (7.02%) HDFS
5 13 (5.70%) vSphere
6 11 (4.82%) Hyper-V
7 8 (3.51%) Virtual Servers
7 8 (3.51%) VMware Workstation
8 5 (2.19%) VMware NSX
9 3 (1.32%) BitLocker
9 3 (1.32%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (0.88%) ACF2
10 2 (0.88%) Docker
10 2 (0.88%) GPFS
10 2 (0.88%) RACF
10 2 (0.88%) Time Sharing Option
10 2 (0.88%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 27 (11.84%) SCOM
2 20 (8.77%) Ansible
3 17 (7.46%) SCCM
4 16 (7.02%) ITRS Geneos
5 14 (6.14%) Terraform
6 12 (5.26%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 11 (4.82%) NetBackup
8 10 (4.39%) Nagios
9 9 (3.95%) BladeLogic
9 9 (3.95%) VxRail
10 8 (3.51%) Microsoft Clustering
10 8 (3.51%) SCVMM
11 7 (3.07%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 6 (2.63%) Kubernetes
13 5 (2.19%) vCenter Server
14 3 (1.32%) FortiGate
14 3 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
14 3 (1.32%) Opsgenie
15 2 (0.88%) logstash
15 2 (0.88%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 56 (24.56%) Microsoft
2 38 (16.67%) VMware
3 33 (14.47%) Atlassian
4 19 (8.33%) Cisco
5 17 (7.46%) Oracle
6 16 (7.02%) Dell
6 16 (7.02%) Isilon
6 16 (7.02%) SAP
6 16 (7.02%) SolarWinds
7 14 (6.14%) Red Hat
8 12 (5.26%) Dynatrace
9 10 (4.39%) NetApp
10 9 (3.95%) Altiris
10 9 (3.95%) Citrix
10 9 (3.95%) Juniper
11 8 (3.51%) Hitachi
12 7 (3.07%) Avaya
12 7 (3.07%) Splunk
13 6 (2.63%) Palo Alto
14 5 (2.19%) F5