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 30 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 545 416 423
Rank change year-on-year -129 +7 +127
Permanent jobs citing Resource Allocation 221 238 357
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.21% 0.55% 0.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.62% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 110 98 126
10th Percentile £37,500 £44,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £48,125 £56,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +16.67% -5.62%
75th Percentile £80,000 £96,625 £78,438
90th Percentile £104,875 £104,125 £94,375
UK median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% -5.83%

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 76,412 38,327 54,773
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.56% 89.12% 82.24%
Number of salaries quoted 53,811 21,662 29,728
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,233 £36,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -2.44%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £78,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,033
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.23% -3.28%

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 30 September 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 30 September 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 -64 76 £55,000 -21.43% 71
London -92 66 £75,000 -20.21% 164
North of England -39 47 £50,000 +14.29% 54
Yorkshire -24 24 £50,000 +25.00% 17
North West -11 23 £40,625 -27.78% 30
Midlands -64 13 £40,000 -33.33% 28
South West -80 13 £70,000 +47.37% 24
West Midlands -55 7 £55,000 -8.33% 20
East Midlands -36 6 £40,000 -41.61% 8
East of England -35 4 £41,000 -23.72% 14
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 7 (3.17%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.71%) Confluence
3 3 (1.36%) CMS
4 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.90%) R Markdown
4 2 (0.90%) SAS
5 1 (0.45%) Moodle
Applications
1 23 (10.41%) Microsoft Project
2 8 (3.62%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (3.17%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (2.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (1.36%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.90%) Trello
6 2 (0.90%) Weka
7 1 (0.45%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 3 (1.36%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (1.36%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.90%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.90%) SAP Business ByDesign
3 1 (0.45%) Primavera
3 1 (0.45%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.45%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.45%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.45%) SAP MDG-F
3 1 (0.45%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 30 (13.57%) AWS
2 29 (13.12%) Azure
3 24 (10.86%) SaaS
4 8 (3.62%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (3.62%) Power Platform
5 7 (3.17%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (2.71%) GCP
6 6 (2.71%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (2.71%) Smartsheet
7 3 (1.36%) Entra ID
8 2 (0.90%) Asana
8 2 (0.90%) GitHub
8 2 (0.90%) Slack
8 2 (0.90%) Veeva
9 1 (0.45%) Apigee
9 1 (0.45%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.45%) Figma
9 1 (0.45%) IaaS
9 1 (0.45%) Kong
9 1 (0.45%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (7.69%) Network Security
2 13 (5.88%) Firewall
3 10 (4.52%) Intrusion Detection
4 5 (2.26%) VPN
5 4 (1.81%) Wireless
6 1 (0.45%) Broadband
6 1 (0.45%) LAN
6 1 (0.45%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.45%) Structured Cabling
6 1 (0.45%) WAN
6 1 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.62%) Power BI
2 4 (1.81%) Metadata
3 3 (1.36%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.90%) Big Data
4 2 (0.90%) Geospatial Data
4 2 (0.90%) GIS
4 2 (0.90%) Power Query
5 1 (0.45%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.45%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 26 (11.76%) JIRA
2 3 (1.36%) Git
3 2 (0.90%) GitLab
3 2 (0.90%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.45%) Postman
4 1 (0.45%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.45%) Subversion
General
1 110 (49.77%) Social Skills
2 69 (31.22%) Finance
3 46 (20.81%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (15.38%) Influencing Skills
5 27 (12.22%) Aerospace
6 25 (11.31%) Pharmaceutical
7 19 (8.60%) Organisational Skills
8 17 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 17 (7.69%) Military
9 16 (7.24%) Manufacturing
10 13 (5.88%) Law
10 13 (5.88%) Marketing
11 11 (4.98%) Banking
11 11 (4.98%) Public Sector
11 11 (4.98%) Retail
12 10 (4.52%) Automotive
12 10 (4.52%) Legal
13 7 (3.17%) Aviation
14 5 (2.26%) Advertising
15 3 (1.36%) Digital Healthcare
Job Titles
1 48 (21.72%) Lead
2 21 (9.50%) Developer
3 19 (8.60%) Software Engineer
4 17 (7.69%) Project Manager
5 15 (6.79%) .NET Developer
5 15 (6.79%) .NET Software Developer
5 15 (6.79%) .NET Software Engineer
5 15 (6.79%) C# .NET Developer
5 15 (6.79%) C# Developer
5 15 (6.79%) C# Software Developer
5 15 (6.79%) C# Software Engineer
5 15 (6.79%) Developer/Software Engineer
6 13 (5.88%) Operations Manager
6 13 (5.88%) Senior
7 11 (4.98%) Architect
8 10 (4.52%) Service Desk Manager
8 10 (4.52%) Service Manager
9 9 (4.07%) IT Manager
9 9 (4.07%) Lead Architect
10 8 (3.62%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (8.60%) HTML
2 18 (8.14%) .NET
3 16 (7.24%) CSS
4 15 (6.79%) Vue
5 10 (4.52%) ModSecurity
6 2 (0.90%) ADO
6 2 (0.90%) Terraform
7 1 (0.45%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.45%) GraphQL
7 1 (0.45%) JSON
7 1 (0.45%) JWT
7 1 (0.45%) REST
7 1 (0.45%) RESTful
7 1 (0.45%) SAML
7 1 (0.45%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 28 (12.67%) Management Information System
2 23 (10.41%) Life Science
3 20 (9.05%) Onboarding
3 20 (9.05%) Pharmacovigilance
4 15 (6.79%) Social Media
5 11 (4.98%) PMI
6 10 (4.52%) Data Centre
6 10 (4.52%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 10 (4.52%) Security Posture
7 8 (3.62%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (3.17%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (3.17%) Private Cloud
9 6 (2.71%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.81%) Autonomous Agent
10 4 (1.81%) Blog
10 4 (1.81%) NHS
10 4 (1.81%) Operational Technology
11 3 (1.36%) Biopharmaceutical
11 3 (1.36%) IVR
11 3 (1.36%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.52%) Windows
2 6 (2.71%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.81%) Linux
4 3 (1.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (1.36%) Rocky
5 2 (0.90%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.90%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (61.54%) Continuous Improvement
2 73 (33.03%) Stakeholder Management
3 60 (27.15%) Roadmaps
4 52 (23.53%) Agile
4 52 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
4 52 (23.53%) Project Management
5 51 (23.08%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
6 50 (22.62%) Decision-Making
7 48 (21.72%) Change Management
8 39 (17.65%) AI
8 39 (17.65%) Risk Management
8 39 (17.65%) Service Delivery
9 33 (14.93%) Project Delivery
10 31 (14.03%) Customer Service
11 29 (13.12%) ITIL
12 28 (12.67%) Service Management
13 27 (12.22%) Coaching
13 27 (12.22%) People Management
13 27 (12.22%) PRINCE2
14 26 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 18 (8.14%) C#
2 13 (5.88%) SQL
3 9 (4.07%) Python
4 3 (1.36%) Bash
4 3 (1.36%) Shell Script
5 2 (0.90%) C
5 2 (0.90%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.90%) R
6 1 (0.45%) Assembly Language
6 1 (0.45%) C++
6 1 (0.45%) Lua
6 1 (0.45%) MATLAB
6 1 (0.45%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 73 (33.03%) Degree
2 36 (16.29%) Security Cleared
3 25 (11.31%) DV Cleared
4 22 (9.95%) PMI Certification
5 16 (7.24%) SC Cleared
6 13 (5.88%) CISSP
7 11 (4.98%) Cisco Certification
7 11 (4.98%) PMP
8 10 (4.52%) BPSS Clearance
8 10 (4.52%) CCNP
8 10 (4.52%) Master's Degree
9 7 (3.17%) TOGAF Certification
10 5 (2.26%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (2.26%) MBA
11 4 (1.81%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (1.36%) ACCA
12 3 (1.36%) Chartered Engineer
12 3 (1.36%) CISA
12 3 (1.36%) CISM
12 3 (1.36%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (18.10%) QA
2 20 (9.05%) Good Clinical Practice
2 20 (9.05%) GxP
2 20 (9.05%) SLA
3 16 (7.24%) PMO
4 15 (6.79%) Accessibility
5 6 (2.71%) GDPR
5 6 (2.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (2.26%) Data Quality
7 4 (1.81%) GRC
8 3 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 3 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 3 (1.36%) NCSC
8 3 (1.36%) NIST
8 3 (1.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.90%) ISO 26262
10 1 (0.45%) IFRS
10 1 (0.45%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (2.71%) VMware Infrastructure
1 6 (2.71%) vSphere
2 5 (2.26%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.81%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (1.81%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (1.36%) Docker
4 3 (1.36%) Firmware
5 2 (0.90%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (2.26%) Ansible
2 3 (1.36%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.90%) Functional Safety
4 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 33 (14.93%) Microsoft
2 21 (9.50%) SAP
3 14 (6.33%) Cisco
4 13 (5.88%) Fortinet
4 13 (5.88%) ServiceNow
5 11 (4.98%) Palo Alto
6 9 (4.07%) Oracle
7 7 (3.17%) VMware
8 5 (2.26%) YouTube
9 3 (1.36%) Sage
9 3 (1.36%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.90%) Aruba
10 2 (0.90%) CA Agile Central
10 2 (0.90%) Databricks
10 2 (0.90%) ESRI
10 2 (0.90%) Meraki
10 2 (0.90%) NVIDIA
10 2 (0.90%) Ruckus Wireless
10 2 (0.90%) Sophos
10 2 (0.90%) Veeam