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 20 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 524 462 496
Rank change year-on-year -62 +34 +161
Permanent jobs citing Resource Allocation 181 166 403
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.22% 0.42% 0.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.45% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 126 98 262
10th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £30,200
25th Percentile £50,000 £54,375 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +20.00% -22.41%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £99,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +22.73% -24.14%

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 61,307 36,819 78,197
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.20% 92.52% 81.80%
Number of salaries quoted 43,146 20,189 56,768
10th Percentile £30,750 £29,000 £29,497
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%

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 20 June 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 20 June 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 -38 62 £80,000 -3.03% 36
South East -6 44 £55,000 -8.33% 17
North of England -4 41 £51,250 -18.00% 11
Yorkshire -27 25 £50,000 -29.82% 6
East of England 0 16 £49,157 -8.55% 5
Midlands -25 15 £56,250 +2.27% 8
North West +14 14 £56,250 +18.42% 3
West Midlands -16 13 £57,500 +9.52% 5
South West -77 9 £47,500 -5.00% 4
East Midlands -33 2 £55,000 -19.71% 3
North East -50 2 £82,500 - 2
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 (4.42%) Confluence
2 3 (1.66%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.10%) SAS
Applications
1 15 (8.29%) Microsoft Project
2 10 (5.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (3.31%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (1.10%) Trello
6 1 (0.55%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (2.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.10%) Workfront
3 1 (0.55%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 53 (29.28%) SaaS
2 35 (19.34%) AWS
3 17 (9.39%) Azure
3 17 (9.39%) Power Platform
4 6 (3.31%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (3.31%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (3.31%) Smartsheet
5 4 (2.21%) GCP
6 2 (1.10%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.10%) IaaS
6 2 (1.10%) Miro
7 1 (0.55%) Apigee
7 1 (0.55%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.55%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (0.55%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (0.55%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.55%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.55%) Kong
7 1 (0.55%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.55%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.31%) Wireless
2 2 (1.10%) Firewall
2 2 (1.10%) VPN
3 1 (0.55%) Broadband
3 1 (0.55%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (9.39%) Power BI
2 7 (3.87%) SQL Server
3 4 (2.21%) Db2
3 4 (2.21%) DB2 UDB
3 4 (2.21%) QlikView
4 1 (0.55%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.55%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.55%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.55%) Looker
4 1 (0.55%) Semantic Layer
4 1 (0.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.55%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 16 (8.84%) JIRA
2 3 (1.66%) GitLab
2 3 (1.66%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.55%) Postman
3 1 (0.55%) Visual Studio
General
1 70 (38.67%) Social Skills
2 59 (32.60%) Finance
3 38 (20.99%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (9.94%) Influencing Skills
5 15 (8.29%) Organisational Skills
6 13 (7.18%) Public Sector
7 12 (6.63%) Pharmaceutical
8 11 (6.08%) Legal
9 9 (4.97%) Marketing
10 8 (4.42%) Law
11 7 (3.87%) Automotive
11 7 (3.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (3.31%) Banking
13 5 (2.76%) Electronics
13 5 (2.76%) Manufacturing
13 5 (2.76%) Retail
14 4 (2.21%) Brand Awareness
14 4 (2.21%) Telecoms
15 3 (1.66%) Financial Institution
16 2 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 38 (20.99%) Developer
2 29 (16.02%) Lead
3 27 (14.92%) Software Engineer
4 25 (13.81%) .NET Developer
4 25 (13.81%) .NET Software Developer
4 25 (13.81%) .NET Software Engineer
4 25 (13.81%) C# .NET Developer
4 25 (13.81%) C# Developer
4 25 (13.81%) C# Software Developer
4 25 (13.81%) C# Software Engineer
4 25 (13.81%) Developer/Software Engineer
5 20 (11.05%) Project Manager
6 18 (9.94%) Senior
7 13 (7.18%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
7 13 (7.18%) Full-Stack C# Developer
7 13 (7.18%) Full-Stack Developer
7 13 (7.18%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 13 (7.18%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
8 12 (6.63%) Lead Developer
8 12 (6.63%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (18.78%) .NET
2 25 (13.81%) CSS
2 25 (13.81%) HTML
3 24 (13.26%) Vue
4 1 (0.55%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.55%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.55%) JSON
4 1 (0.55%) JWT
4 1 (0.55%) MACH
4 1 (0.55%) Node.js
4 1 (0.55%) REST
4 1 (0.55%) RESTful
4 1 (0.55%) SAML
4 1 (0.55%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 12 (6.63%) PropTech
2 11 (6.08%) Life Science
2 11 (6.08%) Management Information System
2 11 (6.08%) Pharmacovigilance
3 7 (3.87%) GNSS
3 7 (3.87%) Onboarding
3 7 (3.87%) Satnav
4 4 (2.21%) ASIC
4 4 (2.21%) Product Ownership
4 4 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (1.66%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (1.66%) Smart City
5 3 (1.66%) Virtual Team
6 2 (1.10%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.10%) Hedge funds
6 2 (1.10%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.10%) Social Media
7 1 (0.55%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.55%) NHS
7 1 (0.55%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.66%) Windows
2 2 (1.10%) Windows Server
2 2 (1.10%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (56.91%) Continuous Improvement
2 54 (29.83%) Project Management
3 49 (27.07%) SDLC
3 49 (27.07%) Software Engineering
4 47 (25.97%) Problem-Solving
5 45 (24.86%) Decision-Making
5 45 (24.86%) Roadmaps
6 42 (23.20%) Agile
6 42 (23.20%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
7 41 (22.65%) Product Vision
8 35 (19.34%) Stakeholder Management
9 29 (16.02%) Microservices
10 27 (14.92%) Project Delivery
11 25 (13.81%) Full-Stack Development
12 24 (13.26%) CQRS
12 24 (13.26%) Risk Management
13 23 (12.71%) AI
13 23 (12.71%) PRINCE2
14 22 (12.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 19 (10.50%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 34 (18.78%) C#
2 21 (11.60%) Python
2 21 (11.60%) SQL
3 3 (1.66%) JavaScript
3 3 (1.66%) R
4 1 (0.55%) Assembly Language
4 1 (0.55%) C
4 1 (0.55%) C++
4 1 (0.55%) Lua
4 1 (0.55%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 48 (26.52%) Degree
2 17 (9.39%) PMI Certification
2 17 (9.39%) PMP
3 10 (5.52%) Security Cleared
4 9 (4.97%) DBS Check
5 7 (3.87%) SC Cleared
6 6 (3.31%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.66%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (1.10%) ACCA
8 2 (1.10%) CISA
8 2 (1.10%) CISM
8 2 (1.10%) CISSP
8 2 (1.10%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.10%) CRISC
8 2 (1.10%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 2 (1.10%) SAFe Agilist
9 1 (0.55%) CIMA
9 1 (0.55%) MBA
9 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.55%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (12.71%) QA
2 15 (8.29%) PMO
3 13 (7.18%) Accessibility
4 11 (6.08%) Good Clinical Practice
4 11 (6.08%) GxP
5 7 (3.87%) ISO 9001
6 6 (3.31%) Data Quality
7 4 (2.21%) GDPR
7 4 (2.21%) GRC
7 4 (2.21%) ISO 26262
8 3 (1.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 2 (1.10%) NCSC
9 2 (1.10%) NIST
10 1 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.55%) IFRS
10 1 (0.55%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (2.21%) Docker
2 2 (1.10%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.10%) Hyper-V
2 2 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.10%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (2.21%) Functional Safety
1 4 (2.21%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.66%) Ansible
2 3 (1.66%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (6.08%) Microsoft
2 6 (3.31%) SAP
3 4 (2.21%) JD Edwards
3 4 (2.21%) ServiceNow
4 3 (1.66%) Oracle
4 3 (1.66%) Pardot
4 3 (1.66%) Sage
4 3 (1.66%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.10%) Aruba
5 2 (1.10%) Cisco
5 2 (1.10%) Fortinet
5 2 (1.10%) Meraki
5 2 (1.10%) Ruckus Wireless
5 2 (1.10%) Sophos
5 2 (1.10%) Veeam
5 2 (1.10%) VMware
6 1 (0.55%) Google
6 1 (0.55%) NETGEAR
6 1 (0.55%) OpenAI
6 1 (0.55%) Xero