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 1 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 482 442 500
Rank change year-on-year -40 +58 +226
Permanent jobs citing Resource Allocation 199 175 341
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.25% 0.46% 0.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 0.50% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 139 107 288
10th Percentile £47,400 £42,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% - -17.24%
75th Percentile £97,500 £84,375 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,750 £90,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -17.24%

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 59,858 35,198 71,429
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 74.86% 93.05% 85.59%
Number of salaries quoted 37,901 20,543 53,811
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £57,946 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.42% +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 1 May 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 1 May 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 -15 70 £80,000 -1.54% 44
North of England -39 55 £68,750 +25.00% 18
South East -16 38 £86,000 +45.76% 16
Yorkshire -45 30 £100,000 +40.35% 12
Midlands -30 27 £55,000 +10.00% 8
West Midlands -19 22 £55,000 +10.00% 7
North West -20 21 £60,000 +9.09% 7
East of England -19 15 £49,157 -29.78% 7
South West -64 10 £47,500 -5.00% 7
East Midlands -47 5 £55,000 -19.71% 1
North East -34 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 (3.02%) Confluence
2 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.01%) SAS
2 2 (1.01%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.50%) CMS
Applications
1 17 (8.54%) Microsoft Project
2 11 (5.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (3.52%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.50%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (2.01%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.01%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.50%) Primavera
3 1 (0.50%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 67 (33.67%) SaaS
2 43 (21.61%) AWS
3 18 (9.05%) Azure
4 17 (8.54%) Power Platform
5 6 (3.02%) GCP
6 5 (2.51%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (1.51%) Smartsheet
8 2 (1.01%) Entra ID
8 2 (1.01%) IaaS
8 2 (1.01%) Miro
9 1 (0.50%) Apigee
9 1 (0.50%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.50%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.50%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.50%) Azure Machine Learning
9 1 (0.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (0.50%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.50%) Kong
9 1 (0.50%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.50%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.52%) Wireless
2 2 (1.01%) Firewall
2 2 (1.01%) VPN
3 1 (0.50%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (9.05%) SQL Server
2 17 (8.54%) Power BI
3 4 (2.01%) DB2
3 4 (2.01%) DB2 UDB
3 4 (2.01%) QlikView
4 2 (1.01%) Data Mining
4 2 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.01%) Tableau
5 1 (0.50%) Looker
5 1 (0.50%) Semantic Layer
5 1 (0.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 14 (7.04%) JIRA
2 1 (0.50%) GitLab
2 1 (0.50%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.50%) Postman
2 1 (0.50%) Visual Studio
General
1 70 (35.18%) Social Skills
2 68 (34.17%) Finance
3 44 (22.11%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (9.05%) Legal
5 17 (8.54%) Organisational Skills
6 14 (7.04%) Public Sector
7 12 (6.03%) Law
8 11 (5.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (4.52%) Marketing
10 8 (4.02%) Automotive
10 8 (4.02%) Banking
11 7 (3.52%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (3.02%) Electronics
13 5 (2.51%) Financial Institution
13 5 (2.51%) Retail
14 4 (2.01%) Brand Awareness
14 4 (2.01%) Manufacturing
14 4 (2.01%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (2.01%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (1.51%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 33 (16.58%) Developer
1 33 (16.58%) Lead
2 23 (11.56%) Senior
3 20 (10.05%) Project Manager
4 18 (9.05%) Software Engineer
5 17 (8.54%) .NET Developer
5 17 (8.54%) .NET Software Developer
5 17 (8.54%) .NET Software Engineer
5 17 (8.54%) C# .NET Developer
5 17 (8.54%) C# Developer
5 17 (8.54%) C# Software Developer
5 17 (8.54%) C# Software Engineer
5 17 (8.54%) Developer/Software Engineer
6 15 (7.54%) .NET Development Manager
6 15 (7.54%) Analyst
6 15 (7.54%) Development Manager
6 15 (7.54%) Software Development Manager
6 15 (7.54%) Software Manager
7 13 (6.53%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
7 13 (6.53%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (18.59%) .NET
2 17 (8.54%) CSS
2 17 (8.54%) HTML
3 16 (8.04%) Vue
4 2 (1.01%) REST
5 1 (0.50%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.50%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.50%) JSON
5 1 (0.50%) JWT
5 1 (0.50%) MACH
5 1 (0.50%) Node.js
5 1 (0.50%) React
5 1 (0.50%) RESTful
5 1 (0.50%) SAML
5 1 (0.50%) Swagger
5 1 (0.50%) Symfony
5 1 (0.50%) Unity (Game Engine)
5 1 (0.50%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 11 (5.53%) PropTech
2 10 (5.03%) Management Information System
3 8 (4.02%) GNSS
3 8 (4.02%) Onboarding
3 8 (4.02%) Satnav
4 7 (3.52%) Product Ownership
5 4 (2.01%) ASIC
5 4 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.51%) Cloud Native
6 3 (1.51%) Life Science
6 3 (1.51%) Pharmacovigilance
6 3 (1.51%) Smart City
6 3 (1.51%) Virtual Team
7 2 (1.01%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.01%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.01%) Digital Signage
7 2 (1.01%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.01%) Hedge funds
7 2 (1.01%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.01%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.51%) Windows
2 2 (1.01%) Windows Server
2 2 (1.01%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (0.50%) Android
3 1 (0.50%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (55.28%) Continuous Improvement
2 64 (32.16%) Agile
2 64 (32.16%) Software Engineering
3 63 (31.66%) Project Management
4 60 (30.15%) SDLC
5 56 (28.14%) Problem-Solving
6 53 (26.63%) Product Vision
7 49 (24.62%) Decision-Making
8 38 (19.10%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
9 35 (17.59%) Stakeholder Management
10 33 (16.58%) AI
11 32 (16.08%) Project Delivery
12 31 (15.58%) Roadmaps
13 27 (13.57%) Risk Management
14 26 (13.07%) PRINCE2
15 23 (11.56%) Process Improvement
16 20 (10.05%) Collaborative Culture
16 20 (10.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 19 (9.55%) Budget Management
17 19 (9.55%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 37 (18.59%) C#
2 30 (15.08%) Python
3 19 (9.55%) SQL
4 4 (2.01%) R
5 3 (1.51%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.50%) C++
6 1 (0.50%) Kotlin
6 1 (0.50%) Lua
6 1 (0.50%) PHP
6 1 (0.50%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 40 (20.10%) Degree
2 18 (9.05%) PMI Certification
2 18 (9.05%) PMP
3 10 (5.03%) DBS Check
4 9 (4.52%) Security Cleared
5 7 (3.52%) SC Cleared
6 6 (3.02%) Azure Certification
6 6 (3.02%) Master's Degree
7 4 (2.01%) AWS Certification
7 4 (2.01%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 2 (1.01%) ACCA
8 2 (1.01%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (1.01%) CISA
8 2 (1.01%) CISM
8 2 (1.01%) CISSP
8 2 (1.01%) CRISC
8 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.50%) CIMA
9 1 (0.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (10.55%) PMO
2 17 (8.54%) QA
3 8 (4.02%) ISO 9001
4 5 (2.51%) Accessibility
5 4 (2.01%) Data Quality
5 4 (2.01%) GDPR
5 4 (2.01%) ISO 26262
6 3 (1.51%) Good Clinical Practice
6 3 (1.51%) GRC
6 3 (1.51%) GxP
6 3 (1.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 2 (1.01%) NCSC
7 2 (1.01%) NIST
8 1 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (1.01%) Active Directory
1 2 (1.01%) Docker
1 2 (1.01%) Hyper-V
1 2 (1.01%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (1.01%) vSphere
2 1 (0.50%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (2.01%) Functional Safety
2 2 (1.01%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.50%) Ansible
3 1 (0.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (6.53%) Microsoft
2 6 (3.02%) SAP
3 4 (2.01%) Google
3 4 (2.01%) JD Edwards
3 4 (2.01%) Oracle
4 3 (1.51%) Pardot
4 3 (1.51%) Sage
4 3 (1.51%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.01%) Aruba
5 2 (1.01%) Cisco
5 2 (1.01%) Civica
5 2 (1.01%) Fortinet
5 2 (1.01%) Meraki
5 2 (1.01%) Northgate
5 2 (1.01%) Orchard
5 2 (1.01%) Ruckus Wireless
5 2 (1.01%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.01%) Sophos
5 2 (1.01%) Veeam
5 2 (1.01%) VMware