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

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 376 409 493
Rank change year-on-year +33 +84 +157
Permanent jobs citing Resource Allocation 248 274 285
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.42% 0.61% 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.53% 0.66% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 117 163 246
10th Percentile £46,100 £45,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £61,305 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.50% +2.18% -16.67%
75th Percentile £100,000 £80,000 £79,500
90th Percentile £107,750 £93,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £80,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +28.00% +4.17% -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 47,129 41,258 58,606
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 79.49% 92.34% 88.19%
Number of salaries quoted 28,853 20,302 46,329
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £46,250 £40,702
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -12.00%
75th Percentile £77,424 £82,500 £75,250
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 15 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 15 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 +24 80 £90,000 +12.50% 23
South East +69 76 £100,000 +69.49% 30
North of England -29 49 £97,500 +74.11% 10
Midlands -8 32 £60,000 +4.35% 8
West Midlands +27 27 £60,000 +23.08% 7
Yorkshire -26 26 £100,000 +29.03% 5
North West -15 19 £72,500 +31.82% 5
South West -14 12 £47,500 -13.64% 2
East of England +8 10 £52,500 -25.00% 7
East Midlands -30 5 £55,000 -4.35% 1
North East -4 4 £82,500 +135.71%
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 (0.81%) Confluence
1 2 (0.81%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.40%) CMS
Applications
1 14 (5.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (4.84%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (2.82%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.40%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 30 (12.10%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (2.02%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (2.02%) 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
4 1 (0.40%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 92 (37.10%) SaaS
2 37 (14.92%) AWS
3 25 (10.08%) Azure
4 17 (6.85%) Power Platform
5 10 (4.03%) GCP
6 6 (2.42%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (2.02%) Azure Machine Learning
7 5 (2.02%) Microsoft Copilot
8 3 (1.21%) Smartsheet
8 3 (1.21%) SuccessFactors
9 2 (0.81%) IaaS
10 1 (0.40%) AWS Direct Connect
10 1 (0.40%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 1 (0.40%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.40%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 1 (0.40%) dbt
10 1 (0.40%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.40%) Google Ads
10 1 (0.40%) PowerApps
10 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 16 (6.45%) Power BI
1 16 (6.45%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.21%) Tableau
3 2 (0.81%) Data Mining
3 2 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.40%) DB2
4 1 (0.40%) DB2 UDB
4 1 (0.40%) QlikView
4 1 (0.40%) Snowflake Schema
4 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (1.21%) JIRA
2 1 (0.40%) GitLab
2 1 (0.40%) Gradle
General
1 138 (55.65%) Social Skills
2 131 (52.82%) Finance
3 69 (27.82%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (8.87%) Legal
5 14 (5.65%) Aviation
5 14 (5.65%) Police
6 13 (5.24%) Banking
6 13 (5.24%) Fire and Rescue
6 13 (5.24%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (4.03%) Manufacturing
8 9 (3.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (3.23%) Financial Institution
9 8 (3.23%) Marketing
9 8 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (3.23%) Public Sector
9 8 (3.23%) Retail
10 7 (2.82%) Law
11 5 (2.02%) Games
12 3 (1.21%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.81%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 52 (20.97%) Senior
2 46 (18.55%) Lead
3 22 (8.87%) Project Manager
4 20 (8.06%) Development Manager
4 20 (8.06%) Software Development Manager
4 20 (8.06%) Software Manager
5 15 (6.05%) .NET Development Manager
5 15 (6.05%) Service Manager
6 14 (5.65%) Operations Manager
7 13 (5.24%) Senior Manager
7 13 (5.24%) Service Operations Manager
8 12 (4.84%) Analyst
8 12 (4.84%) Developer
9 8 (3.23%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
9 8 (3.23%) IT Manager
9 8 (3.23%) Python Developer
9 8 (3.23%) Support Supervisor
9 8 (3.23%) Technical Support
9 8 (3.23%) Technical Support Supervisor
10 7 (2.82%) Head of Infrastructure
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (7.66%) .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%) CSS
3 2 (0.81%) HTML
3 2 (0.81%) Vue
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 (11.29%) Analytical Mindset
1 28 (11.29%) Data Centre
2 13 (5.24%) Robotics
3 10 (4.03%) Product Ownership
4 8 (3.23%) GNSS
4 8 (3.23%) Satnav
5 7 (2.82%) Onboarding
6 6 (2.42%) Educational Technology
7 5 (2.02%) Management Information System
7 5 (2.02%) Mobile Games
7 5 (2.02%) PropTech
8 3 (1.21%) Algorithms
8 3 (1.21%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.21%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.21%) Social Media
9 2 (0.81%) Credit Risk
9 2 (0.81%) IoT
9 2 (0.81%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (0.81%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.81%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.02%) Android
1 5 (2.02%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.81%) Linux
2 2 (0.81%) Windows
3 1 (0.40%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.40%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (47.18%) Continuous Improvement
2 89 (35.89%) Project Management
3 87 (35.08%) Problem-Solving
4 77 (31.05%) Decision-Making
5 76 (30.65%) Agile
6 64 (25.81%) Software Engineering
7 63 (25.40%) ERP
8 58 (23.39%) Change Management
9 53 (21.37%) Stakeholder Management
10 45 (18.15%) AI
11 43 (17.34%) Analytics
11 43 (17.34%) SDLC
12 42 (16.94%) Budget Management
13 38 (15.32%) Product Vision
14 35 (14.11%) Business Case
14 35 (14.11%) Data-Driven Decision Making
15 34 (13.71%) Project Delivery
16 33 (13.31%) Business Strategy
17 32 (12.90%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
17 32 (12.90%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 20 (8.06%) Python
2 19 (7.66%) C#
3 7 (2.82%) SQL
4 5 (2.02%) Kotlin
4 5 (2.02%) PHP
5 4 (1.61%) R
6 3 (1.21%) Java
7 2 (0.81%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.40%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 49 (19.76%) Degree
2 33 (13.31%) Master's Degree
3 30 (12.10%) MBA
4 12 (4.84%) Azure Certification
5 11 (4.44%) AWS Certification
6 9 (3.63%) DBS Check
6 9 (3.63%) PMI Certification
6 9 (3.63%) PMP
7 7 (2.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 6 (2.42%) Security Cleared
9 5 (2.02%) SC Cleared
10 4 (1.61%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (1.61%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 2 (0.81%) CFA
11 2 (0.81%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.40%) CCIE
12 1 (0.40%) CCNP
12 1 (0.40%) CIMA
12 1 (0.40%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (11.69%) QA
2 18 (7.26%) PMO
3 8 (3.23%) ISO 9001
4 5 (2.02%) Accessibility
4 5 (2.02%) GDPR
5 4 (1.61%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.81%) SLA
7 1 (0.40%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (0.40%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.40%) Firmware
1 1 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
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 35 (14.11%) SAP
2 20 (8.06%) Microsoft
3 5 (2.02%) Google
4 4 (1.61%) ServiceNow
5 3 (1.21%) Workday
5 3 (1.21%) YouTube
6 2 (0.81%) Civica
6 2 (0.81%) FIS
6 2 (0.81%) HubSpot
6 2 (0.81%) Murex
6 2 (0.81%) Northgate
6 2 (0.81%) Oracle
6 2 (0.81%) Orchard
6 2 (0.81%) VMware
7 1 (0.40%) Cisco
7 1 (0.40%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.40%) IBM
7 1 (0.40%) JD Edwards
7 1 (0.40%) Kronos
7 1 (0.40%) Salesforce