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

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 436 390 480
Rank change year-on-year -46 +90 +167
Permanent jobs citing Resource Allocation 210 243 309
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.33% 0.59% 0.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.42% 0.64% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 119 154 263
10th Percentile £47,400 £45,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £61,903 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.27% +3.17% -17.24%
75th Percentile £100,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £108,000 £92,625 £90,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £63,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year +25.49% +6.25% -16.08%

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 49,520 38,237 60,987
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 78.66% 93.33% 87.67%
Number of salaries quoted 30,395 19,819 47,936
10th Percentile £29,500 £32,750 £29,500
25th Percentile £39,959 £46,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -12.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £103,750 £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 4 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 4 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 +35 77 £90,000 +12.50% 39
South East +9 48 £95,000 +61.02% 48
North of England -40 48 £93,750 +64.47% 28
Midlands -27 27 £55,000 -4.35% 16
Yorkshire -37 24 £100,000 +26.98% 13
West Midlands +15 22 £60,000 +20.00% 10
North West -17 20 £72,500 +31.82% 13
South West -21 13 £47,500 -10.38% 17
East of England -7 9 £40,750 -41.79% 18
East Midlands -45 5 £55,000 -10.20% 6
North East -12 4 £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 2 (0.95%) Confluence
1 2 (0.95%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.48%) CMS
Applications
1 9 (4.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (4.29%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.48%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (2.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.95%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.48%) Adaptiv
3 1 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.48%) Primavera
3 1 (0.48%) Shopify
3 1 (0.48%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 62 (29.52%) SaaS
2 39 (18.57%) AWS
3 25 (11.90%) Azure
4 14 (6.67%) Power Platform
5 10 (4.76%) GCP
6 5 (2.38%) Azure Machine Learning
7 4 (1.90%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (0.95%) IaaS
8 2 (0.95%) SuccessFactors
9 1 (0.48%) AWS Direct Connect
9 1 (0.48%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.48%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (0.48%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.48%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (0.48%) dbt
9 1 (0.48%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.48%) Google Analytics
9 1 (0.48%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.48%) Smartsheet
9 1 (0.48%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.95%) SD-WAN
1 2 (0.95%) WAN
2 1 (0.48%) BGP
2 1 (0.48%) EIGRP
2 1 (0.48%) Firewall
2 1 (0.48%) Internet
2 1 (0.48%) Network Security
2 1 (0.48%) OSPF
2 1 (0.48%) VLAN
2 1 (0.48%) VoIP
2 1 (0.48%) VPN
2 1 (0.48%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (8.10%) SQL Server
2 13 (6.19%) Power BI
3 3 (1.43%) Tableau
4 2 (0.95%) Data Mining
4 2 (0.95%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.95%) DB2
4 2 (0.95%) DB2 UDB
4 2 (0.95%) QlikView
5 1 (0.48%) Looker
5 1 (0.48%) Snowflake Schema
5 1 (0.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (1.43%) JIRA
2 1 (0.48%) Gradle
General
1 99 (47.14%) Finance
1 99 (47.14%) Social Skills
2 60 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (10.95%) Legal
4 12 (5.71%) Banking
4 12 (5.71%) Organisational Skills
5 9 (4.29%) Financial Institution
6 8 (3.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (3.81%) Law
6 8 (3.81%) Public Sector
6 8 (3.81%) Retail
7 7 (3.33%) Marketing
7 7 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (2.38%) Games
9 4 (1.90%) Aviation
9 4 (1.90%) Police
10 3 (1.43%) Fire and Rescue
10 3 (1.43%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.95%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.95%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 47 (22.38%) Senior
2 41 (19.52%) Lead
3 20 (9.52%) Development Manager
3 20 (9.52%) Software Development Manager
3 20 (9.52%) Software Manager
4 19 (9.05%) Project Manager
5 16 (7.62%) Developer
6 15 (7.14%) .NET Development Manager
7 13 (6.19%) Analyst
8 12 (5.71%) Senior Manager
9 10 (4.76%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
9 10 (4.76%) Python Developer
10 9 (4.29%) Support Supervisor
10 9 (4.29%) Technical Support
10 9 (4.29%) Technical Support Supervisor
11 8 (3.81%) IT Manager
11 8 (3.81%) Lead Developer
11 8 (3.81%) Senior Developer
12 7 (3.33%) Programme Manager
12 7 (3.33%) Software Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (10.48%) .NET
2 5 (2.38%) React
2 5 (2.38%) REST
2 5 (2.38%) Symfony
2 5 (2.38%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 5 (2.38%) WebGL
3 4 (1.90%) CSS
3 4 (1.90%) HTML
3 4 (1.90%) Vue
4 2 (0.95%) XML
5 1 (0.48%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.48%) Blazor
5 1 (0.48%) Kafka
5 1 (0.48%) LDAP
5 1 (0.48%) Node.js
5 1 (0.48%) RESTful
5 1 (0.48%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 23 (10.95%) Analytical Mindset
1 23 (10.95%) Data Centre
2 10 (4.76%) Product Ownership
3 9 (4.29%) GNSS
3 9 (4.29%) Satnav
4 7 (3.33%) Onboarding
4 7 (3.33%) PropTech
5 6 (2.86%) Educational Technology
6 5 (2.38%) Mobile Games
7 4 (1.90%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.90%) Social Media
8 3 (1.43%) Algorithms
8 3 (1.43%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.43%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.43%) Robotics
8 3 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.48%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.48%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.48%) Reinsurance
9 1 (0.48%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.38%) Android
1 5 (2.38%) Apple iOS
2 3 (1.43%) Windows
3 1 (0.48%) Linux
3 1 (0.48%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.48%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (51.43%) Continuous Improvement
2 79 (37.62%) Project Management
3 74 (35.24%) Problem-Solving
4 67 (31.90%) Agile
5 59 (28.10%) Software Engineering
6 56 (26.67%) Decision-Making
7 47 (22.38%) SDLC
7 47 (22.38%) Stakeholder Management
8 42 (20.00%) Product Vision
9 40 (19.05%) Change Management
10 39 (18.57%) Budget Management
11 37 (17.62%) AI
12 36 (17.14%) Analytics
13 31 (14.76%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
13 31 (14.76%) ERP
14 28 (13.33%) Business Strategy
14 28 (13.33%) Project Delivery
14 28 (13.33%) Risk Management
15 25 (11.90%) Process Improvement
16 24 (11.43%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 22 (10.48%) C#
1 22 (10.48%) Python
2 9 (4.29%) SQL
3 5 (2.38%) Kotlin
3 5 (2.38%) PHP
4 4 (1.90%) R
5 2 (0.95%) Java
5 2 (0.95%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.48%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 27 (12.86%) Degree
2 12 (5.71%) Azure Certification
3 11 (5.24%) AWS Certification
4 10 (4.76%) DBS Check
4 10 (4.76%) PMI Certification
4 10 (4.76%) PMP
5 8 (3.81%) Master's Degree
6 7 (3.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 6 (2.86%) MBA
8 4 (1.90%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 4 (1.90%) Security Cleared
9 3 (1.43%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (1.43%) SC Cleared
10 2 (0.95%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.48%) CCIE
11 1 (0.48%) CCNP
11 1 (0.48%) CFA
11 1 (0.48%) CIMA
11 1 (0.48%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (9.05%) PMO
2 14 (6.67%) QA
3 9 (4.29%) ISO 9001
4 4 (1.90%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.90%) GDPR
5 3 (1.43%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.95%) SLA
7 1 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.48%) GRC
7 1 (0.48%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (0.48%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.48%) Firmware
1 1 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.48%) Nagios
1 1 (0.48%) SCCM
1 1 (0.48%) vCenter Server
1 1 (0.48%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 14 (6.67%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.76%) SAP
3 5 (2.38%) ServiceNow
4 4 (1.90%) Google
5 3 (1.43%) Oracle
5 3 (1.43%) YouTube
6 2 (0.95%) Civica
6 2 (0.95%) HubSpot
6 2 (0.95%) JD Edwards
6 2 (0.95%) Northgate
6 2 (0.95%) Orchard
6 2 (0.95%) Workday
7 1 (0.48%) Cisco
7 1 (0.48%) Facebook
7 1 (0.48%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.48%) Murex
7 1 (0.48%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.48%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.48%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 1 (0.48%) VMware