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 12 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 476 426 489
Rank change year-on-year -50 +63 +156
Permanent jobs citing Resource Allocation 209 189 347
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.28% 0.51% 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 0.55% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 147 120 300
10th Percentile £47,500 £43,700 £36,125
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,938 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% +8.33% -14.29%
75th Percentile £98,750 £84,063 £77,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £93,750 £87,750
UK median annual salary £71,250 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.62% +8.33% -14.29%

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 56,888 34,178 69,245
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 75.94% 93.12% 85.95%
Number of salaries quoted 35,854 20,456 53,153
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £93,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%

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 12 April 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 12 April 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 +4 79 £83,750 +1.52% 26
North of England -41 55 £78,750 +43.18% 14
South East -27 33 £86,000 +45.76% 20
Midlands -33 30 £55,000 +7.32% 5
Yorkshire -38 30 £100,000 +40.35% 8
West Midlands -2 25 £55,000 +10.00% 5
North West -28 21 £72,500 +31.82% 5
East of England -30 14 £52,500 -25.00% 10
South West -53 12 £47,500 -5.00% 2
East Midlands -49 5 £55,000 -15.38%
North East -29 4 £82,500 - 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 6 (2.87%) Confluence
2 2 (0.96%) SAS
2 2 (0.96%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.48%) CMS
3 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 13 (6.22%) Microsoft Project
2 10 (4.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (3.83%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.48%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.91%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.48%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.48%) Primavera
2 1 (0.48%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 71 (33.97%) SaaS
2 45 (21.53%) AWS
3 23 (11.00%) Azure
4 17 (8.13%) Power Platform
5 8 (3.83%) GCP
6 5 (2.39%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (1.91%) Azure Machine Learning
8 2 (0.96%) IaaS
8 2 (0.96%) Miro
9 1 (0.48%) Apigee
9 1 (0.48%) Azure Cognitive Services
9 1 (0.48%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.48%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.48%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.48%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (0.48%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.48%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.48%) Kong
9 1 (0.48%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.48%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.87%) Wireless
2 2 (0.96%) Firewall
3 1 (0.48%) Internet
3 1 (0.48%) Network Security
3 1 (0.48%) VLAN
3 1 (0.48%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (8.13%) SQL Server
2 16 (7.66%) Power BI
3 4 (1.91%) DB2
3 4 (1.91%) DB2 UDB
3 4 (1.91%) QlikView
4 2 (0.96%) Data Mining
4 2 (0.96%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.96%) Tableau
5 1 (0.48%) Looker
5 1 (0.48%) Semantic Layer
5 1 (0.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 11 (5.26%) JIRA
2 1 (0.48%) GitLab
2 1 (0.48%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.48%) Postman
2 1 (0.48%) Visual Studio
General
1 79 (37.80%) Social Skills
2 78 (37.32%) Finance
3 51 (24.40%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (11.00%) Legal
5 16 (7.66%) Organisational Skills
6 15 (7.18%) Public Sector
7 13 (6.22%) Banking
8 11 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (5.26%) Law
8 11 (5.26%) Marketing
9 10 (4.78%) Retail
10 7 (3.35%) Automotive
10 7 (3.35%) Financial Institution
11 6 (2.87%) Electronics
11 6 (2.87%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (2.39%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.91%) Brand Awareness
13 4 (1.91%) Games
13 4 (1.91%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.96%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 32 (15.31%) Lead
2 30 (14.35%) Developer
2 30 (14.35%) Senior
3 27 (12.92%) Project Manager
4 16 (7.66%) Development Manager
4 16 (7.66%) Software Development Manager
4 16 (7.66%) Software Engineer
4 16 (7.66%) Software Manager
5 15 (7.18%) .NET Developer
5 15 (7.18%) .NET Development Manager
5 15 (7.18%) .NET Software Developer
5 15 (7.18%) .NET Software Engineer
5 15 (7.18%) Analyst
5 15 (7.18%) C# .NET Developer
5 15 (7.18%) C# Developer
5 15 (7.18%) C# Software Developer
5 15 (7.18%) C# Software Engineer
5 15 (7.18%) Developer/Software Engineer
6 13 (6.22%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
6 13 (6.22%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (16.75%) .NET
2 14 (6.70%) CSS
2 14 (6.70%) HTML
2 14 (6.70%) Vue
3 5 (2.39%) REST
4 4 (1.91%) React
4 4 (1.91%) Symfony
4 4 (1.91%) Unity (Game Engine)
4 4 (1.91%) WebGL
5 1 (0.48%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.48%) Blazor
5 1 (0.48%) JSON
5 1 (0.48%) JWT
5 1 (0.48%) LDAP
5 1 (0.48%) MACH
5 1 (0.48%) Node.js
5 1 (0.48%) RESTful
5 1 (0.48%) SAML
5 1 (0.48%) Swagger
5 1 (0.48%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (5.26%) PropTech
2 10 (4.78%) Product Ownership
3 9 (4.31%) GNSS
3 9 (4.31%) Onboarding
3 9 (4.31%) Satnav
4 4 (1.91%) ASIC
4 4 (1.91%) Educational Technology
4 4 (1.91%) Management Information System
4 4 (1.91%) Mobile Games
4 4 (1.91%) Social Media
5 3 (1.44%) Algorithms
5 3 (1.44%) Cloud Native
5 3 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (1.44%) Smart City
5 3 (1.44%) Virtual Team
6 2 (0.96%) AI Agents
6 2 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (0.96%) Digital Signage
6 2 (0.96%) Hedge funds
6 2 (0.96%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.91%) Android
1 4 (1.91%) Apple iOS
2 3 (1.44%) Windows
3 1 (0.48%) Linux
3 1 (0.48%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.48%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.48%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.48%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (53.11%) Continuous Improvement
2 70 (33.49%) Agile
3 68 (32.54%) Project Management
4 67 (32.06%) Software Engineering
5 64 (30.62%) Problem-Solving
6 58 (27.75%) SDLC
7 52 (24.88%) Product Vision
8 49 (23.44%) Decision-Making
9 41 (19.62%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
10 40 (19.14%) AI
11 34 (16.27%) Budget Management
11 34 (16.27%) Project Delivery
12 33 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
13 29 (13.88%) Roadmaps
14 27 (12.92%) Collaborative Culture
14 27 (12.92%) PRINCE2
14 27 (12.92%) Risk Management
15 26 (12.44%) Process Improvement
16 19 (9.09%) IT Strategy
16 19 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 35 (16.75%) C#
2 30 (14.35%) Python
3 17 (8.13%) SQL
4 4 (1.91%) Kotlin
4 4 (1.91%) PHP
4 4 (1.91%) R
5 2 (0.96%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.48%) C++
6 1 (0.48%) Lua
6 1 (0.48%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 36 (17.22%) Degree
2 17 (8.13%) PMI Certification
2 17 (8.13%) PMP
3 10 (4.78%) DBS Check
4 8 (3.83%) Azure Certification
5 7 (3.35%) SC Cleared
5 7 (3.35%) Security Cleared
6 6 (2.87%) AWS Certification
6 6 (2.87%) Master's Degree
7 4 (1.91%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 4 (1.91%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 2 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.48%) CIMA
9 1 (0.48%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.48%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (8.13%) PMO
2 15 (7.18%) QA
3 9 (4.31%) ISO 9001
4 4 (1.91%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.91%) GDPR
4 4 (1.91%) ISO 26262
5 3 (1.44%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.48%) Good Clinical Practice
6 1 (0.48%) GRC
6 1 (0.48%) GxP
6 1 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (0.96%) Active Directory
1 2 (0.96%) Docker
2 1 (0.48%) Firmware
2 1 (0.48%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.48%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (1.91%) Functional Safety
2 2 (0.96%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.48%) Ansible
3 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.48%) Nagios
3 1 (0.48%) SCCM
3 1 (0.48%) Terraform
3 1 (0.48%) vCenter Server
3 1 (0.48%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 14 (6.70%) Microsoft
2 6 (2.87%) SAP
3 4 (1.91%) Google
3 4 (1.91%) JD Edwards
4 3 (1.44%) Oracle
4 3 (1.44%) Pardot
4 3 (1.44%) Salesforce
4 3 (1.44%) ServiceNow
4 3 (1.44%) YouTube
5 2 (0.96%) Civica
5 2 (0.96%) Fortinet
5 2 (0.96%) Northgate
5 2 (0.96%) Orchard
6 1 (0.48%) Cisco
6 1 (0.48%) HubSpot
6 1 (0.48%) NETGEAR
6 1 (0.48%) Sophos
6 1 (0.48%) Veeam
6 1 (0.48%) VMware
6 1 (0.48%) Workday