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 25 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 535 466 432
Rank change year-on-year -69 -34 +147
Permanent jobs citing Resource Allocation 226 192 373
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.23% 0.44% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.49% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 140 92 173
10th Percentile £39,900 £49,075 £30,000
25th Percentile £49,375 £56,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £68,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.12% +23.64% -12.94%
75th Percentile £83,750 £90,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £102,375 £93,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £67,500 £55,750
% change year-on-year -18.52% +21.08% -11.76%

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 70,697 38,871 59,141
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.46% 88.96% 81.02%
Number of salaries quoted 50,125 22,487 37,620
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -1.79% -10.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 25 August 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 25 August 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 -15 77 £55,000 -18.52% 25
London -56 74 £80,000 -5.88% 111
North of England -26 42 £50,000 +14.29% 31
Yorkshire -26 26 £50,000 +25.00% 12
North West -5 16 £52,500 -6.67% 16
Midlands -34 14 £40,000 -40.74% 9
South West -76 10 £47,500 -5.00% 21
East of England -16 9 £45,814 -14.77% 6
West Midlands -42 8 £55,000 -13.73% 6
East Midlands -21 6 £40,000 -41.61% 3
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 8 (3.54%) Confluence
2 5 (2.21%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.33%) CMS
4 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.88%) SAS
Applications
1 21 (9.29%) Microsoft Project
2 10 (4.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.65%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (2.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (1.33%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.88%) Trello
6 2 (0.88%) Weka
Business Applications
1 6 (2.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.33%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.44%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.44%) Primavera
3 1 (0.44%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.44%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.44%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.44%) SAP MDG-F
3 1 (0.44%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 44 (19.47%) SaaS
2 39 (17.26%) AWS
3 30 (13.27%) Azure
4 13 (5.75%) Power Platform
5 9 (3.98%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (3.54%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (3.10%) GCP
8 6 (2.65%) Smartsheet
9 4 (1.77%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (1.33%) Entra ID
11 2 (0.88%) Miro
11 2 (0.88%) Slack
11 2 (0.88%) Veeva
12 1 (0.44%) Apigee
12 1 (0.44%) Cloud Computing
12 1 (0.44%) Figma
12 1 (0.44%) IaaS
12 1 (0.44%) Kong
12 1 (0.44%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (6.64%) Network Security
2 12 (5.31%) Firewall
3 10 (4.42%) Intrusion Detection
4 6 (2.65%) Wireless
5 4 (1.77%) VPN
6 1 (0.44%) Broadband
6 1 (0.44%) LAN
6 1 (0.44%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.44%) Structured Cabling
6 1 (0.44%) WAN
6 1 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.75%) Power BI
2 4 (1.77%) Metadata
2 4 (1.77%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.33%) Db2
3 3 (1.33%) DB2 UDB
3 3 (1.33%) QlikView
4 1 (0.44%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.44%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.44%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.44%) Semantic Layer
4 1 (0.44%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 26 (11.50%) JIRA
2 3 (1.33%) GitLab
2 3 (1.33%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.44%) Git
3 1 (0.44%) Postman
3 1 (0.44%) Subversion
3 1 (0.44%) Visual Studio
General
1 103 (45.58%) Social Skills
2 74 (32.74%) Finance
3 51 (22.57%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (12.83%) Influencing Skills
5 23 (10.18%) Aerospace
6 20 (8.85%) Pharmaceutical
7 17 (7.52%) Military
8 16 (7.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 15 (6.64%) Marketing
10 14 (6.19%) Public Sector
11 13 (5.75%) Organisational Skills
12 12 (5.31%) Manufacturing
13 11 (4.87%) Banking
13 11 (4.87%) Law
14 10 (4.42%) Legal
15 9 (3.98%) Automotive
16 7 (3.10%) Aviation
16 7 (3.10%) Retail
17 5 (2.21%) Electronics
18 4 (1.77%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 51 (22.57%) Lead
2 30 (13.27%) Developer
3 27 (11.95%) Software Engineer
4 26 (11.50%) Project Manager
5 22 (9.73%) .NET Developer
5 22 (9.73%) .NET Software Developer
5 22 (9.73%) .NET Software Engineer
5 22 (9.73%) C# .NET Developer
5 22 (9.73%) C# Developer
5 22 (9.73%) C# Software Developer
5 22 (9.73%) C# Software Engineer
5 22 (9.73%) Developer/Software Engineer
6 18 (7.96%) Senior
7 11 (4.87%) IT Manager
8 10 (4.42%) Architect
8 10 (4.42%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
8 10 (4.42%) Full-Stack C# Developer
8 10 (4.42%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 10 (4.42%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
8 10 (4.42%) Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (12.39%) .NET
2 26 (11.50%) HTML
3 23 (10.18%) CSS
4 22 (9.73%) Vue
5 10 (4.42%) ModSecurity
6 3 (1.33%) Terraform
7 1 (0.44%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.44%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.44%) GraphQL
7 1 (0.44%) JSON
7 1 (0.44%) JWT
7 1 (0.44%) MACH
7 1 (0.44%) REST
7 1 (0.44%) RESTful
7 1 (0.44%) SAML
7 1 (0.44%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 25 (11.06%) Management Information System
2 20 (8.85%) Life Science
3 19 (8.41%) Onboarding
4 17 (7.52%) Pharmacovigilance
5 15 (6.64%) Social Media
6 11 (4.87%) PMI
7 10 (4.42%) Data Centre
7 10 (4.42%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 10 (4.42%) Security Posture
8 9 (3.98%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (3.10%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (3.10%) Private Cloud
9 7 (3.10%) PropTech
10 4 (1.77%) ASIC
10 4 (1.77%) Blog
10 4 (1.77%) GNSS
10 4 (1.77%) Operational Technology
10 4 (1.77%) Satnav
10 4 (1.77%) Virtual Team
11 3 (1.33%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.77%) Windows
2 3 (1.33%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.88%) Linux
3 2 (0.88%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (0.44%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.44%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (59.29%) Continuous Improvement
2 65 (28.76%) Stakeholder Management
3 64 (28.32%) Project Management
3 64 (28.32%) Roadmaps
4 57 (25.22%) Problem-Solving
5 56 (24.78%) Agile
5 56 (24.78%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
6 45 (19.91%) Decision-Making
7 44 (19.47%) Change Management
8 38 (16.81%) Risk Management
9 37 (16.37%) AI
9 37 (16.37%) SDLC
9 37 (16.37%) Software Engineering
10 33 (14.60%) Service Delivery
11 32 (14.16%) PRINCE2
11 32 (14.16%) Project Delivery
12 29 (12.83%) ITIL
13 28 (12.39%) Product Vision
14 27 (11.95%) Service Management
15 26 (11.50%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 28 (12.39%) C#
2 16 (7.08%) SQL
3 12 (5.31%) Python
4 2 (0.88%) C
4 2 (0.88%) C++
4 2 (0.88%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.44%) Assembly Language
5 1 (0.44%) Bash
5 1 (0.44%) Lua
5 1 (0.44%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.44%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 75 (33.19%) Degree
2 35 (15.49%) Security Cleared
3 29 (12.83%) PMI Certification
4 23 (10.18%) DV Cleared
5 18 (7.96%) PMP
6 17 (7.52%) SC Cleared
7 13 (5.75%) CISSP
8 11 (4.87%) Cisco Certification
9 10 (4.42%) BPSS Clearance
9 10 (4.42%) CCNP
9 10 (4.42%) Master's Degree
10 7 (3.10%) TOGAF Certification
11 5 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (2.21%) MBA
12 4 (1.77%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (1.33%) ACCA
13 3 (1.33%) CISA
13 3 (1.33%) CISM
13 3 (1.33%) CRISC
13 3 (1.33%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (17.70%) QA
2 20 (8.85%) SLA
3 17 (7.52%) Good Clinical Practice
3 17 (7.52%) GxP
4 14 (6.19%) Accessibility
5 13 (5.75%) PMO
6 7 (3.10%) GDPR
7 6 (2.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (2.21%) GRC
9 4 (1.77%) ISO 26262
9 4 (1.77%) ISO 9001
9 4 (1.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (1.33%) Data Quality
10 3 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 3 (1.33%) NCSC
10 3 (1.33%) NIST
11 1 (0.44%) IFRS
11 1 (0.44%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (1.77%) Docker
2 3 (1.33%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (1.33%) vSphere
3 2 (0.88%) Firmware
3 2 (0.88%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.44%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (1.77%) Ansible
1 4 (1.77%) Functional Safety
1 4 (1.77%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 23 (10.18%) Microsoft
2 18 (7.96%) SAP
3 14 (6.19%) Cisco
4 13 (5.75%) Fortinet
5 12 (5.31%) ServiceNow
6 11 (4.87%) Palo Alto
7 10 (4.42%) Oracle
8 6 (2.65%) Salesforce
9 4 (1.77%) VMware
10 3 (1.33%) JD Edwards
10 3 (1.33%) Pardot
10 3 (1.33%) Sage
11 2 (0.88%) Aruba
11 2 (0.88%) CA Agile Central
11 2 (0.88%) Meraki
11 2 (0.88%) NVIDIA
11 2 (0.88%) Ruckus Wireless
11 2 (0.88%) Sophos
11 2 (0.88%) Veeam
12 1 (0.44%) Xero