Capacity Planning Contracts

Capacity Planning
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 347 387 508
Rank change year-on-year +40 +121 -52
Contract jobs citing Capacity Planning 227 325 370
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.53% 0.57% 0.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.62% 0.64% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 145 203 232
10th Percentile £322 £359 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £503
Median % change year-on-year - -0.50% +5.79%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £615
90th Percentile £688 £715 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% +17.65%
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 excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £65.00 -
% change year-on-year -38.46% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,673 51,121 79,325
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.13% 89.77% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,631 35,432 55,673
10th Percentile £300 £325 £344
25th Percentile £413 £438 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £480
% change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,440 1,683 1,892
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.99 £16.01 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +7.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.54
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -4.99%

Capacity Planning
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Capacity Planning in the UK

Capacity Planning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Capacity Planning in the UK

Capacity Planning
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Capacity Planning in the UK

Capacity Planning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Capacity Planning in the UK

Capacity Planning
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

Hourly rate histogram for Capacity Planning in the UK

Capacity Planning
Top 15 Contract Locations

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 UK 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
England +49 175 £500 - 108
UK excluding London +42 138 £450 -18.18% 68
Work from Home +61 80 £500 - 46
South East +55 49 £480 +3.78% 19
London +27 48 £575 +21.05% 40
South West +10 23 £575 -11.54% 4
Scotland +27 21 £430 -28.33% 6
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
Wales +11 1 £220 -60.00% 2

Capacity Planning
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 8 (3.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (2.64%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.20%) CICS
4 4 (1.76%) Confluence
4 4 (1.76%) OpenStack
5 3 (1.32%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (1.32%) CMS
5 3 (1.32%) Drupal
5 3 (1.32%) Jupyter
5 3 (1.32%) nginx
5 3 (1.32%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.44%) Apache
6 1 (0.44%) Oracle Spatial
6 1 (0.44%) SAS
6 1 (0.44%) WebLogic
Applications
1 18 (7.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (3.96%) Chatbot
2 9 (3.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (3.52%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (2.64%) MS Visio
5 3 (1.32%) AutoCAD
5 3 (1.32%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (1.32%) Revit
Business Applications
1 5 (2.20%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (1.76%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (1.32%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.44%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.44%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.44%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.44%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.44%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.44%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 52 (22.91%) AWS
1 52 (22.91%) Azure
2 33 (14.54%) GCP
3 20 (8.81%) Power Platform
4 12 (5.29%) Cloud Computing
5 9 (3.96%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 9 (3.96%) Azure Sentinel
5 9 (3.96%) Dynamics 365
5 9 (3.96%) Entra ID
5 9 (3.96%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (3.96%) Twilio
6 6 (2.64%) Serverless
7 4 (1.76%) AWS Direct Connect
7 4 (1.76%) Azure Data Factory
7 4 (1.76%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 4 (1.76%) Azure Functions
7 4 (1.76%) PaaS
7 4 (1.76%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 3 (1.32%) Nutanix
8 3 (1.32%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (9.69%) Firewall
2 20 (8.81%) WAN
3 17 (7.49%) DNS
4 14 (6.17%) LAN
4 14 (6.17%) MPLS
4 14 (6.17%) SAN
4 14 (6.17%) VPN
5 13 (5.73%) 5G
5 13 (5.73%) CTI
5 13 (5.73%) VoIP
6 12 (5.29%) 3G
6 12 (5.29%) 4G
6 12 (5.29%) DHCP
7 11 (4.85%) Radio Access Network
7 11 (4.85%) Wi-Fi
8 10 (4.41%) Network Security
9 8 (3.52%) BGP
10 7 (3.08%) SD-WAN
11 6 (2.64%) OSPF
11 6 (2.64%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (8.81%) Power BI
2 14 (6.17%) Amazon RDS
3 13 (5.73%) Oracle Database
4 12 (5.29%) MongoDB
4 12 (5.29%) SQL Server
5 8 (3.52%) OLTP
6 6 (2.64%) Elasticsearch
6 6 (2.64%) Metadata
6 6 (2.64%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (2.20%) Apache Cassandra
7 5 (2.20%) Big Data
7 5 (2.20%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (2.20%) DB2
7 5 (2.20%) MySQL
7 5 (2.20%) NoSQL
8 4 (1.76%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (1.76%) OLAP
8 4 (1.76%) Oracle Database 12c
8 4 (1.76%) Oracle8/8i Database
9 3 (1.32%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 8 (3.52%) JIRA
2 6 (2.64%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.76%) Git
3 4 (1.76%) Selenium
4 3 (1.32%) Artifactory
4 3 (1.32%) Oracle APEX
4 3 (1.32%) Sonatype Nexus
4 3 (1.32%) Subversion
5 2 (0.88%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 2 (0.88%) Gatling
5 2 (0.88%) GitLab
5 2 (0.88%) JMeter
5 2 (0.88%) JUnit
5 2 (0.88%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.44%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.44%) Cypress.io
General
1 71 (31.28%) Social Skills
2 53 (23.35%) Analytical Skills
3 46 (20.26%) Finance
4 23 (10.13%) Telecoms
5 18 (7.93%) Public Sector
6 15 (6.61%) Banking
7 14 (6.17%) Organisational Skills
8 13 (5.73%) Retail
9 8 (3.52%) Aerospace
10 6 (2.64%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (2.20%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.76%) Legal
12 4 (1.76%) Local Government
12 4 (1.76%) Public Speaking
13 3 (1.32%) Financial Institution
13 3 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.88%) Back Office
14 2 (0.88%) Electronics
14 2 (0.88%) Marketing
15 1 (0.44%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 30 (13.22%) Architect
2 21 (9.25%) Analyst
3 20 (8.81%) DBA
4 17 (7.49%) Administrator
4 17 (7.49%) Consultant
4 17 (7.49%) Solutions Architect
5 16 (7.05%) Senior
6 13 (5.73%) Network Engineer
7 11 (4.85%) IT Analyst
7 11 (4.85%) Lead
8 10 (4.41%) Availability Manager
9 9 (3.96%) Oracle DBA
10 8 (3.52%) Capacity Manager
10 8 (3.52%) Developer
10 8 (3.52%) Infrastructure Analyst
10 8 (3.52%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
10 8 (3.52%) PMO Analyst
11 7 (3.08%) Performance Specialist
12 6 (2.64%) Capacity and Availability Manager
12 6 (2.64%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (5.29%) Middleware
2 9 (3.96%) Web Services
3 6 (2.64%) Lucene
4 5 (2.20%) Kafka
5 4 (1.76%) Elastic Stack
5 4 (1.76%) Oracle GoldenGate
5 4 (1.76%) XML
6 3 (1.32%) Apache Beam
6 3 (1.32%) Keycloak
6 3 (1.32%) Node.js
7 2 (0.88%) JSON
7 2 (0.88%) OAuth
7 2 (0.88%) OAuth2
7 2 (0.88%) OpenAPI
7 2 (0.88%) OpenID
7 2 (0.88%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (0.88%) Regular Expression
7 2 (0.88%) REST
7 2 (0.88%) Swagger
7 2 (0.88%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 26 (11.45%) Data Centre
2 23 (10.13%) Management Information System
3 13 (5.73%) IVR
4 11 (4.85%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (3.52%) Client/Server
5 8 (3.52%) Cloud Native
5 8 (3.52%) Clustering
5 8 (3.52%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (3.08%) CMDB
6 7 (3.08%) Mainframe
6 7 (3.08%) Onboarding
6 7 (3.08%) Replication
7 4 (1.76%) Data Structures
7 4 (1.76%) Driving Licence
7 4 (1.76%) Mobile App
7 4 (1.76%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.76%) Smart Meter
7 4 (1.76%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.32%) Private Cloud
8 3 (1.32%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 48 (21.15%) Linux
2 33 (14.54%) Unix
3 27 (11.89%) Windows
4 5 (2.20%) zOS
5 4 (1.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (1.32%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.44%) Android
7 1 (0.44%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.44%) CentOS
7 1 (0.44%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (27.75%) Problem-Solving
2 39 (17.18%) Roadmaps
3 37 (16.30%) Agile
4 33 (14.54%) Performance Tuning
5 31 (13.66%) Computer Science
6 30 (13.22%) Capacity Management
6 30 (13.22%) Disaster Recovery
7 29 (12.78%) DevOps
7 29 (12.78%) Stakeholder Management
8 26 (11.45%) Decision-Making
9 25 (11.01%) Analytics
9 25 (11.01%) Project Management
10 24 (10.57%) Performance Optimisation
11 23 (10.13%) Configuration Management
11 23 (10.13%) Migration
12 21 (9.25%) Performance Monitoring
13 19 (8.37%) ITIL
14 18 (7.93%) Business Intelligence
14 18 (7.93%) Project Delivery
15 16 (7.05%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 29 (12.78%) Python
2 22 (9.69%) SQL
3 20 (8.81%) Java
4 17 (7.49%) PowerShell
5 9 (3.96%) Bash
6 7 (3.08%) PL/SQL
7 6 (2.64%) JavaScript
8 5 (2.20%) COBOL
8 5 (2.20%) REXX
8 5 (2.20%) Shell Script
9 4 (1.76%) Go
10 3 (1.32%) Groovy
10 3 (1.32%) Ruby
10 3 (1.32%) Scala
11 2 (0.88%) Search Processing Language
12 1 (0.44%) C#
12 1 (0.44%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 59 (25.99%) Degree
2 36 (15.86%) Security Cleared
3 25 (11.01%) Computer Science Degree
3 25 (11.01%) SC Cleared
4 22 (9.69%) Master's Degree
5 21 (9.25%) AWS Certification
6 18 (7.93%) Azure Certification
7 15 (6.61%) Cisco Certification
8 11 (4.85%) CCNP
9 10 (4.41%) Microsoft Certification
10 9 (3.96%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 9 (3.96%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 9 (3.96%) DV Cleared
11 6 (2.64%) CCNA
12 5 (2.20%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (2.20%) CCIE
13 3 (1.32%) Network+ Certification
13 3 (1.32%) PhD
14 2 (0.88%) JNCIP
14 2 (0.88%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (9.69%) PMO
2 21 (9.25%) GDPR
3 13 (5.73%) PCI DSS
4 11 (4.85%) HIPAA
5 8 (3.52%) QA
5 8 (3.52%) SOC 2
6 6 (2.64%) SLA
7 3 (1.32%) Accessibility
7 3 (1.32%) Data Quality
7 3 (1.32%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (0.88%) P3O
9 1 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.44%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.44%) ISO 8583
9 1 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 21 (9.25%) VMware Infrastructure
2 20 (8.81%) Active Directory
3 8 (3.52%) Virtual Servers
3 8 (3.52%) VMware Workstation
4 7 (3.08%) VMware NSX
5 6 (2.64%) Docker
6 4 (1.76%) Hyper-V
6 4 (1.76%) Oracle RAC
7 3 (1.32%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 2 (0.88%) KVM
8 2 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.44%) Firmware
9 1 (0.44%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.44%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (7.49%) Ansible
2 14 (6.17%) Terraform
3 12 (5.29%) NetBackup
4 10 (4.41%) Nagios
5 9 (3.96%) Kubernetes
6 8 (3.52%) Microsoft Clustering
6 8 (3.52%) SCCM
7 5 (2.20%) Data Guard
8 4 (1.76%) Oracle RMAN
9 3 (1.32%) Grafana
9 3 (1.32%) Netcool
9 3 (1.32%) Packer
10 2 (0.88%) Puppet
10 2 (0.88%) Rundeck
10 2 (0.88%) ZABBIX
11 1 (0.44%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.44%) Tivoli Storage Manager
11 1 (0.44%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 43 (18.94%) Microsoft
2 33 (14.54%) Oracle
3 23 (10.13%) VMware
4 19 (8.37%) Cisco
5 17 (7.49%) Google
6 13 (5.73%) Genesys
7 9 (3.96%) Avaya
7 9 (3.96%) NetApp
7 9 (3.96%) SAP
7 9 (3.96%) Splunk
8 8 (3.52%) F5
8 8 (3.52%) Hitachi
9 6 (2.64%) Juniper
9 6 (2.64%) Nokia
10 5 (2.20%) Remedy
10 5 (2.20%) Salesforce
10 5 (2.20%) ServiceNow
11 4 (1.76%) Ab Initio
11 4 (1.76%) CheckPoint
11 4 (1.76%) Palo Alto