Resource Allocation Contracts with Work from Home Options

Resource Allocation
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 7 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 288 421 544
Rank change year-on-year +133 +123 -84
Contract jobs citing Resource Allocation 51 42 81
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.35% 0.18% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.40% 0.20% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 26 54
10th Percentile £223 £406 £400
25th Percentile £322 £453 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £516 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.41% +3.25% +11.11%
75th Percentile £550 £672 £606
90th Percentile £708 £700 £709
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +21.58%
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 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 WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,873 21,488 40,445
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.49% 89.70% 91.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,658 15,241 29,441
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £544 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.49% +3.62% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £730
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 574 501 519
10th Percentile £14.91 £17.50 £14.50
25th Percentile £23.81 £25.75 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +31.25% +66.67%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £57.94
90th Percentile £74.35 £78.00 £70.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £35.80 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.96% +39.41% +10.45%

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 7 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 (5.88%) Confluence
1 3 (5.88%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.96%) Anypoint
2 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (3.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.96%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.96%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.96%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
1 1 (1.96%) SAP ERP
1 1 (1.96%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 11 (21.57%) Azure
2 6 (11.76%) WhatsApp
3 2 (3.92%) AWS
3 2 (3.92%) Azure API Management
3 2 (3.92%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (3.92%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.96%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.96%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.96%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.92%) LAN
1 2 (3.92%) WAN
2 1 (1.96%) Firewall
2 1 (1.96%) SAN
2 1 (1.96%) SD-WAN
2 1 (1.96%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.96%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.96%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (7.84%) JIRA
2 2 (3.92%) JMeter
2 2 (3.92%) LoadRunner
2 2 (3.92%) Postman
3 1 (1.96%) Selenium
General
1 21 (41.18%) Social Skills
2 13 (25.49%) Finance
3 8 (15.69%) Manufacturing
4 6 (11.76%) Retail
5 4 (7.84%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (5.88%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (3.92%) Legal
7 2 (3.92%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.96%) Banking
8 1 (1.96%) Marketing
8 1 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.96%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 25 (49.02%) Project Manager
2 7 (13.73%) Coordinator
2 7 (13.73%) Project Coordinator
3 4 (7.84%) Lead
4 3 (5.88%) IT Manager
4 3 (5.88%) Technical Manager
4 3 (5.88%) Technical Project Manager
4 3 (5.88%) Test Manager
5 2 (3.92%) Analyst
5 2 (3.92%) Architect
5 2 (3.92%) Infrastructure Manager
5 2 (3.92%) Integration Manager
5 2 (3.92%) Integration Project Manager
5 2 (3.92%) IT Project Manager
5 2 (3.92%) Senior
6 1 (1.96%) Analytics Manager
6 1 (1.96%) Compliance Project Manager
6 1 (1.96%) Construction Project Manager
6 1 (1.96%) Programme Delivery Manager
6 1 (1.96%) Senior PMO
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.92%) Swagger
2 1 (1.96%) Middleware
2 1 (1.96%) SailPoint
2 1 (1.96%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.88%) Biopharmaceutical
1 3 (5.88%) Robotics
2 1 (1.96%) Cyber Security Posture
2 1 (1.96%) Data Centre
2 1 (1.96%) EPoS
2 1 (1.96%) Product Ownership
2 1 (1.96%) Public Cloud
2 1 (1.96%) Reinsurance
2 1 (1.96%) Replication
2 1 (1.96%) Security Posture
2 1 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (1.96%) Tandem
2 1 (1.96%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.96%) Windows
1 1 (1.96%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (58.82%) Project Management
2 19 (37.25%) Stakeholder Management
3 11 (21.57%) Risk Management
4 10 (19.61%) Agile
4 10 (19.61%) PRINCE2
5 8 (15.69%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
5 8 (15.69%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (15.69%) Project Planning
6 7 (13.73%) Budget Management
7 6 (11.76%) Scrum
7 6 (11.76%) Translating Business Requirements
7 6 (11.76%) Waterfall
8 5 (9.80%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (9.80%) Project Delivery
8 5 (9.80%) Project Governance
9 4 (7.84%) Coaching
9 4 (7.84%) Programme Management
9 4 (7.84%) Roadmaps
9 4 (7.84%) Test Strategy
10 3 (5.88%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.96%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (21.57%) PMP
2 10 (19.61%) PMI Certification
3 2 (3.92%) Degree
3 2 (3.92%) SC Cleared
3 2 (3.92%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.96%) AWS Certification
4 1 (1.96%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 1 (1.96%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.96%) CISSP
4 1 (1.96%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (1.96%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.84%) QA
2 3 (5.88%) PMO
3 2 (3.92%) Accessibility
3 2 (3.92%) SLA
4 1 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.96%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (3.92%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.96%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.96%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.96%) Terminal Services
Vendors
1 7 (13.73%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.84%) VMware
3 2 (3.92%) SAP
4 1 (1.96%) Cisco
4 1 (1.96%) Citrix
4 1 (1.96%) Facebook
4 1 (1.96%) Infor
4 1 (1.96%) Instagram
4 1 (1.96%) MuleSoft
4 1 (1.96%) Veeam