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 5 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 366 409 483
Rank change year-on-year +43 +74 +152
Permanent jobs citing Resource Allocation 264 283 287
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.46% 0.61% 0.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.58% 0.67% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 114 161 244
10th Percentile £44,750 £45,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,625 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £61,305 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +34.57% +2.18% -14.29%
75th Percentile £100,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £108,875 £93,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £61,903 £61,250
% change year-on-year +29.24% +1.07% -9.26%

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 45,633 42,349 57,263
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 80.04% 91.91% 88.36%
Number of salaries quoted 27,719 20,706 45,408
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £46,250 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £55,440
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +11.83% -11.30%
75th Percentile £77,250 £81,250 £75,772
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 5 February 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 5 February 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
London +64 91 £90,000 +12.50% 35
South East +79 84 £100,000 +69.49% 32
North of England -28 49 £97,500 +77.27% 15
Midlands +1 29 £59,764 +3.94% 11
Yorkshire -18 27 £100,000 +29.03% 6
West Midlands +32 25 £60,000 +26.32% 9
North West -25 18 £72,500 +31.82% 8
South West -4 12 £47,500 -13.64% 4
East of England +7 9 £54,500 -22.14% 15
North East -10 4 £82,500 +135.71% 1
East Midlands -35 4 £55,000 -4.35% 2
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 2 (0.76%) Confluence
1 2 (0.76%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.38%) CMS
Applications
1 16 (6.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (5.30%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (2.65%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.38%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 39 (14.77%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (2.65%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (2.65%) Shopify
3 2 (0.76%) Adaptiv
3 2 (0.76%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.76%) Primavera
4 1 (0.38%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (0.38%) TRIRIGA
4 1 (0.38%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 107 (40.53%) SaaS
2 35 (13.26%) AWS
3 23 (8.71%) Azure
4 17 (6.44%) Power Platform
5 10 (3.79%) GCP
6 7 (2.65%) Microsoft Copilot
7 6 (2.27%) Microsoft 365
8 5 (1.89%) Azure Machine Learning
9 3 (1.14%) Smartsheet
9 3 (1.14%) SuccessFactors
10 1 (0.38%) AWS Direct Connect
10 1 (0.38%) Azure Cognitive Services
10 1 (0.38%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.38%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 1 (0.38%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 1 (0.38%) dbt
10 1 (0.38%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.38%) Google Ads
10 1 (0.38%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.76%) SD-WAN
1 2 (0.76%) WAN
2 1 (0.38%) BGP
2 1 (0.38%) EIGRP
2 1 (0.38%) Firewall
2 1 (0.38%) Internet
2 1 (0.38%) Network Security
2 1 (0.38%) OSPF
2 1 (0.38%) VLAN
2 1 (0.38%) VoIP
2 1 (0.38%) VPN
2 1 (0.38%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (6.44%) SQL Server
2 16 (6.06%) Power BI
3 2 (0.76%) Tableau
4 1 (0.38%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.38%) DB2
4 1 (0.38%) DB2 UDB
4 1 (0.38%) QlikView
4 1 (0.38%) Snowflake Schema
4 1 (0.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (1.14%) JIRA
2 1 (0.38%) GitLab
2 1 (0.38%) Gradle
General
1 155 (58.71%) Social Skills
2 141 (53.41%) Finance
3 72 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (8.71%) Police
5 22 (8.33%) Aviation
5 22 (8.33%) Fire and Rescue
5 22 (8.33%) Legal
6 14 (5.30%) Organisational Skills
7 13 (4.92%) Banking
8 12 (4.55%) Manufacturing
9 8 (3.03%) Financial Institution
9 8 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (3.03%) Marketing
9 8 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (3.03%) Retail
10 7 (2.65%) Law
10 7 (2.65%) Public Sector
11 5 (1.89%) Games
12 3 (1.14%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.76%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 51 (19.32%) Senior
2 44 (16.67%) Lead
3 24 (9.09%) Project Manager
3 24 (9.09%) Service Manager
4 23 (8.71%) Operations Manager
5 22 (8.33%) Service Operations Manager
6 20 (7.58%) Development Manager
6 20 (7.58%) Software Development Manager
6 20 (7.58%) Software Manager
7 15 (5.68%) .NET Development Manager
8 14 (5.30%) Analyst
9 13 (4.92%) Senior Manager
10 10 (3.79%) Developer
11 8 (3.03%) IT Manager
11 8 (3.03%) Support Supervisor
11 8 (3.03%) Technical Support
11 8 (3.03%) Technical Support Supervisor
12 7 (2.65%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
12 7 (2.65%) Head of Infrastructure
12 7 (2.65%) Software Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (6.82%) .NET
2 5 (1.89%) React
2 5 (1.89%) REST
2 5 (1.89%) Symfony
2 5 (1.89%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 5 (1.89%) WebGL
3 2 (0.76%) XML
4 1 (0.38%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.38%) Blazor
4 1 (0.38%) CSS
4 1 (0.38%) HTML
4 1 (0.38%) Kafka
4 1 (0.38%) LDAP
4 1 (0.38%) Node.js
4 1 (0.38%) RESTful
4 1 (0.38%) Spring
4 1 (0.38%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 28 (10.61%) Analytical Mindset
1 28 (10.61%) Data Centre
2 22 (8.33%) Robotics
3 10 (3.79%) Product Ownership
4 8 (3.03%) GNSS
4 8 (3.03%) Satnav
5 7 (2.65%) Onboarding
6 6 (2.27%) Educational Technology
7 5 (1.89%) Management Information System
7 5 (1.89%) Mobile Games
8 4 (1.52%) PropTech
9 3 (1.14%) Algorithms
9 3 (1.14%) Cloud Native
9 3 (1.14%) Public Cloud
9 3 (1.14%) Social Media
10 2 (0.76%) Credit Risk
10 2 (0.76%) IoT
10 2 (0.76%) Renewable Energy
10 2 (0.76%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.76%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.89%) Android
1 5 (1.89%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.76%) Linux
2 2 (0.76%) Windows
3 1 (0.38%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.38%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (45.83%) Continuous Improvement
2 96 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
3 89 (33.71%) Project Management
4 86 (32.58%) Decision-Making
5 84 (31.82%) Agile
6 72 (27.27%) ERP
7 70 (26.52%) Software Engineering
8 67 (25.38%) Change Management
9 53 (20.08%) AI
10 51 (19.32%) Stakeholder Management
11 45 (17.05%) Business Case
12 44 (16.67%) Data-Driven Decision Making
13 43 (16.29%) Budget Management
14 42 (15.91%) Analytics
15 41 (15.53%) Collaborative Culture
15 41 (15.53%) SDLC
16 39 (14.77%) Financial Modelling
16 39 (14.77%) Service Delivery
16 39 (14.77%) Trade-off Analysis
17 36 (13.64%) Product Vision
Programming Languages
1 18 (6.82%) C#
1 18 (6.82%) Python
2 6 (2.27%) SQL
3 5 (1.89%) Kotlin
3 5 (1.89%) PHP
4 3 (1.14%) Java
4 3 (1.14%) R
5 2 (0.76%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.38%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 59 (22.35%) Degree
2 42 (15.91%) Master's Degree
3 39 (14.77%) MBA
4 11 (4.17%) AWS Certification
4 11 (4.17%) Azure Certification
5 9 (3.41%) PMI Certification
5 9 (3.41%) PMP
6 8 (3.03%) DBS Check
7 7 (2.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 6 (2.27%) Security Cleared
9 5 (1.89%) SC Cleared
10 4 (1.52%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (1.52%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 2 (0.76%) CFA
11 2 (0.76%) DV Cleared
12 1 (0.38%) CCIE
12 1 (0.38%) CCNP
12 1 (0.38%) CIMA
12 1 (0.38%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (14.77%) QA
2 18 (6.82%) PMO
3 8 (3.03%) ISO 9001
4 7 (2.65%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.52%) GDPR
6 3 (1.14%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.76%) SLA
8 1 (0.38%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (0.38%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.38%) Firmware
1 1 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.38%) Nagios
1 1 (0.38%) SCCM
1 1 (0.38%) vCenter Server
1 1 (0.38%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 44 (16.67%) SAP
2 20 (7.58%) Microsoft
3 4 (1.52%) Google
3 4 (1.52%) ServiceNow
4 3 (1.14%) Workday
4 3 (1.14%) YouTube
5 2 (0.76%) FIS
5 2 (0.76%) HubSpot
5 2 (0.76%) Murex
5 2 (0.76%) Oracle
5 2 (0.76%) VMware
6 1 (0.38%) Cisco
6 1 (0.38%) Civica
6 1 (0.38%) IBM
6 1 (0.38%) JD Edwards
6 1 (0.38%) Kronos
6 1 (0.38%) Northgate
6 1 (0.38%) Orchard
6 1 (0.38%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.38%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud