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 11 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 461 402 470
Rank change year-on-year -59 +68 +162
Permanent jobs citing Resource Allocation 183 218 335
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.28% 0.55% 0.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.36% 0.59% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 120 144 291
10th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £81,250 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +8.33% -17.24%
75th Percentile £100,000 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £107,750 £90,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +23.08% +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 50,376 36,888 64,463
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 78.07% 93.67% 87.35%
Number of salaries quoted 31,062 20,202 50,479
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £29,068
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £75,000
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% -11.31%

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 11 March 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 11 March 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 +23 77 £90,000 +12.50% 24
North of England -28 47 £97,500 +77.27% 19
Midlands -25 27 £55,000 -4.35% 9
Yorkshire -37 23 £100,000 +25.00% 8
West Midlands +2 22 £57,500 +15.00% 8
North West -11 20 £72,500 +31.82% 10
South East -15 20 £97,500 +65.25% 30
South West -21 14 £47,500 -6.86% 8
East of England -13 10 £52,500 -25.00% 8
East Midlands -46 5 £55,000 -15.38% 1
North East - 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 2 (1.09%) Confluence
1 2 (1.09%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.55%) CMS
Applications
1 9 (4.92%) Microsoft Project
2 8 (4.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (3.83%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.55%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.09%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.55%) Primavera
2 1 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.55%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 59 (32.24%) SaaS
2 38 (20.77%) AWS
3 24 (13.11%) Azure
4 15 (8.20%) Power Platform
5 10 (5.46%) GCP
6 4 (2.19%) Azure Machine Learning
7 3 (1.64%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (1.09%) IaaS
9 1 (0.55%) AWS Direct Connect
9 1 (0.55%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.55%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (0.55%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.55%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (0.55%) dbt
9 1 (0.55%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.55%) Google Analytics
9 1 (0.55%) Miro
9 1 (0.55%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.55%) Snowflake
9 1 (0.55%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.09%) SD-WAN
1 2 (1.09%) WAN
2 1 (0.55%) BGP
2 1 (0.55%) EIGRP
2 1 (0.55%) Firewall
2 1 (0.55%) Internet
2 1 (0.55%) Network Security
2 1 (0.55%) OSPF
2 1 (0.55%) VLAN
2 1 (0.55%) VoIP
2 1 (0.55%) VPN
2 1 (0.55%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (9.29%) SQL Server
2 14 (7.65%) Power BI
3 3 (1.64%) DB2
3 3 (1.64%) DB2 UDB
3 3 (1.64%) QlikView
3 3 (1.64%) Tableau
4 2 (1.09%) Data Mining
4 2 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.55%) Looker
5 1 (0.55%) Snowflake Schema
5 1 (0.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 4 (2.19%) JIRA
2 1 (0.55%) Gradle
General
1 73 (39.89%) Social Skills
2 68 (37.16%) Finance
3 41 (22.40%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (12.57%) Legal
5 12 (6.56%) Banking
5 12 (6.56%) Organisational Skills
6 9 (4.92%) Financial Institution
7 8 (4.37%) Law
7 8 (4.37%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (4.37%) Public Sector
7 8 (4.37%) Retail
8 7 (3.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (3.83%) Marketing
9 4 (2.19%) Aviation
9 4 (2.19%) Games
9 4 (2.19%) Police
10 3 (1.64%) Fire and Rescue
11 2 (1.09%) Aerospace
11 2 (1.09%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.09%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 29 (15.85%) Senior
2 22 (12.02%) Lead
3 20 (10.93%) Development Manager
3 20 (10.93%) Software Development Manager
3 20 (10.93%) Software Manager
4 19 (10.38%) Project Manager
5 18 (9.84%) Developer
6 15 (8.20%) .NET Development Manager
7 14 (7.65%) Analyst
8 13 (7.10%) Senior Manager
9 12 (6.56%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
9 12 (6.56%) Python Developer
10 10 (5.46%) Lead Developer
10 10 (5.46%) Senior Developer
10 10 (5.46%) Support Supervisor
10 10 (5.46%) Technical Support
10 10 (5.46%) Technical Support Supervisor
11 9 (4.92%) Lead Python Developer
11 9 (4.92%) Senior Python Developer
12 8 (4.37%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (12.02%) .NET
2 4 (2.19%) CSS
2 4 (2.19%) HTML
2 4 (2.19%) React
2 4 (2.19%) REST
2 4 (2.19%) Symfony
2 4 (2.19%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 4 (2.19%) Vue
2 4 (2.19%) WebGL
3 2 (1.09%) XML
4 1 (0.55%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.55%) Blazor
4 1 (0.55%) Kafka
4 1 (0.55%) LDAP
4 1 (0.55%) Node.js
4 1 (0.55%) RESTful
4 1 (0.55%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 10 (5.46%) GNSS
1 10 (5.46%) Product Ownership
1 10 (5.46%) Satnav
2 9 (4.92%) PropTech
3 7 (3.83%) Onboarding
4 5 (2.73%) Educational Technology
5 4 (2.19%) Mobile Games
5 4 (2.19%) Social Media
6 3 (1.64%) Algorithms
6 3 (1.64%) Cloud Native
6 3 (1.64%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.64%) Public Cloud
6 3 (1.64%) Robotics
6 3 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.09%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.09%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.55%) Digital Signage
8 1 (0.55%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.55%) Smart City
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.19%) Android
1 4 (2.19%) Apple iOS
2 3 (1.64%) Windows
3 1 (0.55%) Linux
3 1 (0.55%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.55%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (49.18%) Continuous Improvement
2 68 (37.16%) Agile
3 60 (32.79%) Software Engineering
4 58 (31.69%) Project Management
5 57 (31.15%) Problem-Solving
6 50 (27.32%) Decision-Making
7 49 (26.78%) SDLC
8 44 (24.04%) Product Vision
9 39 (21.31%) Budget Management
10 37 (20.22%) AI
11 32 (17.49%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
12 28 (15.30%) Project Delivery
13 27 (14.75%) Process Improvement
14 26 (14.21%) Risk Management
14 26 (14.21%) Stakeholder Management
15 23 (12.57%) IT Strategy
16 22 (12.02%) Collaborative Culture
16 22 (12.02%) PRINCE2
16 22 (12.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 20 (10.93%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 24 (13.11%) Python
2 22 (12.02%) C#
3 10 (5.46%) SQL
4 4 (2.19%) Kotlin
4 4 (2.19%) PHP
4 4 (2.19%) R
5 2 (1.09%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.55%) Java
6 1 (0.55%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 23 (12.57%) Degree
2 12 (6.56%) Azure Certification
3 11 (6.01%) AWS Certification
3 11 (6.01%) PMI Certification
3 11 (6.01%) PMP
4 10 (5.46%) DBS Check
5 7 (3.83%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 4 (2.19%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 4 (2.19%) Security Cleared
7 3 (1.64%) SC Cleared
8 2 (1.09%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.09%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (1.09%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.55%) CCIE
9 1 (0.55%) CCNP
9 1 (0.55%) CIMA
9 1 (0.55%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (9.84%) PMO
2 13 (7.10%) QA
3 10 (5.46%) ISO 9001
4 4 (2.19%) Data Quality
4 4 (2.19%) GDPR
5 2 (1.09%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.09%) SLA
6 1 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.55%) GRC
6 1 (0.55%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (0.55%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.55%) Firmware
1 1 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.55%) Nagios
1 1 (0.55%) SCCM
1 1 (0.55%) vCenter Server
1 1 (0.55%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 12 (6.56%) Microsoft
2 5 (2.73%) ServiceNow
3 4 (2.19%) Google
3 4 (2.19%) SAP
4 3 (1.64%) JD Edwards
4 3 (1.64%) Oracle
4 3 (1.64%) YouTube
5 2 (1.09%) Civica
5 2 (1.09%) HubSpot
5 2 (1.09%) Northgate
5 2 (1.09%) Orchard
5 2 (1.09%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.09%) Workday
6 1 (0.55%) Cisco
6 1 (0.55%) Facebook
6 1 (0.55%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.55%) Palo Alto
6 1 (0.55%) Pardot
6 1 (0.55%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 1 (0.55%) VMware