Resource Allocation Job Trends in England

Resource Allocation
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Resource Allocation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 368 401 465
Rank change year-on-year +33 +64 +189
Permanent jobs citing Resource Allocation 247 298 218
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.47% 0.62% 0.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.58% 0.68% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 104 156 182
10th Percentile £43,009 £45,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £53,438 £50,188 £52,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +41.67% -11.11% +0.75%
75th Percentile £100,000 £77,313 £82,500
90th Percentile £113,500 £93,750 £94,500
UK median annual salary £81,250 £60,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +34.30% -10.37% +3.85%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Resource Allocation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 42,654 43,715 44,039
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 81.32% 90.65% 89.80%
Number of salaries quoted 25,577 21,511 34,063
10th Percentile £28,560 £35,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,326 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Resource Allocation
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Resource Allocation relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Resource Allocation job vacancy trend in England

Resource Allocation
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Resource Allocation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Resource Allocation

Resource Allocation
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Resource Allocation in England over the 6 months to 10 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Resource Allocation in England

Resource Allocation
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Resource Allocation within the England region over the 6 months to 10 January 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +94 85 £100,000 +69.49% 31
London +52 84 £97,500 +27.45% 18
North of England -25 40 £100,000 +81.82% 17
Midlands -8 28 £60,000 +4.35% 7
West Midlands +22 23 £60,000 +25.65% 6
Yorkshire -15 23 £100,000 +29.03% 5
North West -13 15 £68,750 +25.00% 11
South West -5 12 £47,500 -6.86% 7
East Midlands -25 5 £50,195 -12.70% 1
East of England -5 4 £54,500 -22.14% 7
North East +4 2 - - 1
Resource Allocation
UK

Resource Allocation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.40%) CMS
1 1 (0.40%) Confluence
1 1 (0.40%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (4.86%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (2.43%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 39 (15.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (2.83%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (2.83%) Shopify
3 2 (0.81%) Adaptiv
3 2 (0.81%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.81%) Primavera
4 1 (0.40%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (0.40%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 101 (40.89%) SaaS
2 33 (13.36%) AWS
3 21 (8.50%) Azure
4 12 (4.86%) Power Platform
5 10 (4.05%) GCP
6 7 (2.83%) Microsoft Copilot
7 5 (2.02%) Azure Machine Learning
7 5 (2.02%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (1.21%) Smartsheet
8 3 (1.21%) SuccessFactors
9 1 (0.40%) AWS Direct Connect
9 1 (0.40%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (0.40%) dbt
9 1 (0.40%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.40%) Google Ads
9 1 (0.40%) Google Analytics
9 1 (0.40%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.81%) SD-WAN
1 2 (0.81%) WAN
2 1 (0.40%) BGP
2 1 (0.40%) EIGRP
2 1 (0.40%) Firewall
2 1 (0.40%) Internet
2 1 (0.40%) Network Security
2 1 (0.40%) OSPF
2 1 (0.40%) VLAN
2 1 (0.40%) VoIP
2 1 (0.40%) VPN
2 1 (0.40%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (6.88%) SQL Server
2 11 (4.45%) Power BI
3 2 (0.81%) Tableau
4 1 (0.40%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.40%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.40%) GIS
4 1 (0.40%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 3 (1.21%) GitLab
2 2 (0.81%) JIRA
3 1 (0.40%) Gradle
General
1 152 (61.54%) Social Skills
2 138 (55.87%) Finance
3 68 (27.53%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (9.31%) Police
5 22 (8.91%) Aviation
5 22 (8.91%) Fire and Rescue
5 22 (8.91%) Legal
6 15 (6.07%) Banking
7 12 (4.86%) Manufacturing
8 9 (3.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (3.64%) Law
8 9 (3.64%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (3.64%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (3.24%) Marketing
10 7 (2.83%) Financial Institution
10 7 (2.83%) Retail
11 6 (2.43%) Public Sector
12 5 (2.02%) Games
13 2 (0.81%) Front Office
13 2 (0.81%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 48 (19.43%) Senior
2 38 (15.38%) Lead
3 24 (9.72%) Project Manager
3 24 (9.72%) Service Manager
4 23 (9.31%) Operations Manager
5 22 (8.91%) Service Operations Manager
6 19 (7.69%) Development Manager
6 19 (7.69%) Software Development Manager
6 19 (7.69%) Software Manager
7 14 (5.67%) .NET Development Manager
8 13 (5.26%) Senior Manager
9 9 (3.64%) Analyst
10 8 (3.24%) Support Supervisor
10 8 (3.24%) Technical Support
10 8 (3.24%) Technical Support Supervisor
11 7 (2.83%) Head of Infrastructure
11 7 (2.83%) Senior Project Manager
12 6 (2.43%) Head of Technology
12 6 (2.43%) IT Manager
12 6 (2.43%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (6.07%) .NET
2 5 (2.02%) React
2 5 (2.02%) REST
2 5 (2.02%) Symfony
2 5 (2.02%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 5 (2.02%) WebGL
3 2 (0.81%) XML
4 1 (0.40%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.40%) Blazor
4 1 (0.40%) Kafka
4 1 (0.40%) LDAP
4 1 (0.40%) Node.js
4 1 (0.40%) RESTful
4 1 (0.40%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 28 (11.34%) Analytical Mindset
1 28 (11.34%) Data Centre
2 22 (8.91%) Robotics
3 8 (3.24%) GNSS
3 8 (3.24%) Product Ownership
3 8 (3.24%) Satnav
4 6 (2.43%) Educational Technology
4 6 (2.43%) Onboarding
5 5 (2.02%) Mobile Games
6 4 (1.62%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.21%) Algorithms
7 3 (1.21%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.21%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.21%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.21%) Social Media
7 3 (1.21%) Virtual Team
8 2 (0.81%) Credit Risk
8 2 (0.81%) IoT
8 2 (0.81%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.40%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.02%) Android
1 5 (2.02%) Apple iOS
2 4 (1.62%) Linux
3 3 (1.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.81%) Windows
5 1 (0.40%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.40%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (44.94%) Continuous Improvement
2 87 (35.22%) Problem-Solving
3 84 (34.01%) Project Management
4 81 (32.79%) Agile
5 76 (30.77%) Decision-Making
6 71 (28.74%) ERP
7 68 (27.53%) Change Management
8 62 (25.10%) Software Engineering
9 50 (20.24%) Stakeholder Management
10 49 (19.84%) AI
11 44 (17.81%) Data-Driven Decision Making
12 43 (17.41%) Budget Management
13 42 (17.00%) Business Case
14 39 (15.79%) Financial Modelling
14 39 (15.79%) Trade-off Analysis
15 38 (15.38%) Analytics
15 38 (15.38%) Collaborative Culture
16 36 (14.57%) Service Delivery
17 35 (14.17%) SDLC
18 34 (13.77%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 15 (6.07%) C#
2 14 (5.67%) Python
3 5 (2.02%) Kotlin
3 5 (2.02%) PHP
3 5 (2.02%) SQL
4 3 (1.21%) Java
5 2 (0.81%) R
6 1 (0.40%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.40%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 56 (22.67%) Degree
2 42 (17.00%) Master's Degree
3 39 (15.79%) MBA
4 11 (4.45%) AWS Certification
4 11 (4.45%) Azure Certification
5 9 (3.64%) PMI Certification
5 9 (3.64%) PMP
6 7 (2.83%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 7 (2.83%) Security Cleared
7 5 (2.02%) SC Cleared
8 4 (1.62%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (1.21%) DBS Check
9 3 (1.21%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.21%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 2 (0.81%) CFA
11 1 (0.40%) APMP
11 1 (0.40%) CAPM
11 1 (0.40%) CCIE
11 1 (0.40%) CIMA
11 1 (0.40%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (16.60%) QA
2 18 (7.29%) PMO
3 8 (3.24%) ISO 9001
4 7 (2.83%) Accessibility
5 5 (2.02%) GDPR
6 3 (1.21%) SLA
7 2 (0.81%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.40%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (1.21%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.40%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.40%) Firmware
2 1 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.40%) Nagios
1 1 (0.40%) SCCM
1 1 (0.40%) vCenter Server
1 1 (0.40%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 44 (17.81%) SAP
2 19 (7.69%) Microsoft
3 4 (1.62%) Google
3 4 (1.62%) ServiceNow
3 4 (1.62%) VMware
3 4 (1.62%) Workday
4 3 (1.21%) YouTube
5 2 (0.81%) FIS
5 2 (0.81%) HubSpot
5 2 (0.81%) Kronos
5 2 (0.81%) Murex
5 2 (0.81%) Oracle
6 1 (0.40%) Cisco
6 1 (0.40%) Civica
6 1 (0.40%) Facebook
6 1 (0.40%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.40%) IBM
6 1 (0.40%) Northgate
6 1 (0.40%) Orchard
6 1 (0.40%) Salesforce