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 12 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 388 381 488
Rank change year-on-year -7 +107 +124
Permanent jobs citing Resource Allocation 249 375 206
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.55% 0.62% 0.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.63% 0.75% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 109 152 162
10th Percentile £47,250 £42,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £57,501 £52,188 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £62,500 £63,038
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -0.85% +5.06%
75th Percentile £100,000 £75,563 £80,854
90th Percentile £115,000 £91,125 £101,175
UK median annual salary £72,500 £63,304 £63,856
% change year-on-year +14.53% -0.86% +6.34%

All Process and 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 39,474 50,275 44,199
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 86.67% 83.28% 93.74%
Number of salaries quoted 23,954 26,130 33,820
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,389 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -0.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £54,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.17% - -

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 12 November 2025.

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 12 November 2025. 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 +69 102 £94,500 +35.00% 79
South East +92 84 £70,000 +27.27% 47
North of England -41 21 £65,000 +13.04% 31
Midlands -51 21 £60,000 +4.35% 18
West Midlands +19 18 £60,000 +33.33% 6
South West +22 15 £47,500 -24.00% 10
Yorkshire +2 11 £40,000 -48.39% 5
North West -16 8 £65,000 +18.18% 24
East of England -4 3 £45,000 -35.71% 5
East Midlands -57 3 £51,250 -10.87% 11
North East +5 2 £75,000 +76.47% 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 9 (3.61%) Confluence
2 5 (2.01%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.40%) CMS
3 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 15 (6.02%) Microsoft Project
2 12 (4.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.41%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (2.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 39 (15.66%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (3.21%) Shopify
3 7 (2.81%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (2.41%) Adaptiv
5 1 (0.40%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.40%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.40%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.40%) Primavera
5 1 (0.40%) TRIRIGA
5 1 (0.40%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 75 (30.12%) SaaS
2 26 (10.44%) Azure
3 24 (9.64%) AWS
4 13 (5.22%) GCP
5 10 (4.02%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (3.61%) Power Platform
7 7 (2.81%) Microsoft Copilot
8 5 (2.01%) Azure Machine Learning
9 4 (1.61%) SuccessFactors
10 3 (1.20%) IaaS
10 3 (1.20%) Smartsheet
11 2 (0.80%) AWS CloudFormation
11 2 (0.80%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (0.80%) Google Ads
11 2 (0.80%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 2 (0.80%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 1 (0.40%) Azure DevOps
12 1 (0.40%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 1 (0.40%) GitHub
12 1 (0.40%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.41%) WAN
2 5 (2.01%) Firewall
2 5 (2.01%) VLAN
3 4 (1.61%) VPN
4 3 (1.20%) DHCP
4 3 (1.20%) DNS
4 3 (1.20%) SD-WAN
4 3 (1.20%) Softphone
4 3 (1.20%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.40%) BGP
5 1 (0.40%) EIGRP
5 1 (0.40%) Internet
5 1 (0.40%) NetScaler
5 1 (0.40%) Network Security
5 1 (0.40%) OSPF
5 1 (0.40%) SAN
5 1 (0.40%) VoIP
5 1 (0.40%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.21%) Power BI
2 4 (1.61%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.80%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.40%) GIS
4 1 (0.40%) Power Query
4 1 (0.40%) Snowflake Schema
4 1 (0.40%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 14 (5.62%) JIRA
2 5 (2.01%) GitLab
3 2 (0.80%) Git
3 2 (0.80%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.40%) Gradle
4 1 (0.40%) Postman
4 1 (0.40%) Selenium
4 1 (0.40%) SoapUI
General
1 163 (65.46%) Social Skills
2 152 (61.04%) Finance
3 78 (31.33%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (12.85%) Banking
5 23 (9.24%) Police
6 22 (8.84%) Aviation
6 22 (8.84%) Fire and Rescue
7 17 (6.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 15 (6.02%) Law
8 15 (6.02%) Legal
9 12 (4.82%) Presentation Skills
10 11 (4.42%) Manufacturing
10 11 (4.42%) Marketing
11 9 (3.61%) Retail
12 7 (2.81%) Financial Institution
12 7 (2.81%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (2.01%) Games
13 5 (2.01%) Public Sector
13 5 (2.01%) Public Speaking
14 4 (1.61%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 44 (17.67%) Lead
2 43 (17.27%) Senior
3 29 (11.65%) Project Manager
4 25 (10.04%) Service Manager
5 24 (9.64%) Operations Manager
6 22 (8.84%) Service Operations Manager
7 20 (8.03%) Technical Manager
8 14 (5.62%) Head of IT
9 13 (5.22%) Programme Manager
10 9 (3.61%) Senior Manager
10 9 (3.61%) Technical Leader
11 7 (2.81%) Head of Infrastructure
11 7 (2.81%) IT Manager
11 7 (2.81%) Senior Project Manager
12 6 (2.41%) Administrator
12 6 (2.41%) Development Manager
12 6 (2.41%) Head of PMO
12 6 (2.41%) IT Project Manager
12 6 (2.41%) Software Development Manager
12 6 (2.41%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.81%) REST
2 6 (2.41%) React
3 5 (2.01%) .NET
3 5 (2.01%) Symfony
3 5 (2.01%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 5 (2.01%) WebGL
4 4 (1.61%) EDI
5 2 (0.80%) Lightning Web Components
5 2 (0.80%) OAuth
5 2 (0.80%) SOAP
5 2 (0.80%) XML
6 1 (0.40%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.40%) Blazor
6 1 (0.40%) FHIR
6 1 (0.40%) Kafka
6 1 (0.40%) LDAP
6 1 (0.40%) RESTful
6 1 (0.40%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 31 (12.45%) Analytical Mindset
2 28 (11.24%) Data Centre
3 22 (8.84%) Robotics
4 9 (3.61%) Onboarding
5 6 (2.41%) Credit Risk
5 6 (2.41%) Educational Technology
5 6 (2.41%) Security Posture
6 5 (2.01%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (2.01%) Mobile Games
6 5 (2.01%) Product Ownership
6 5 (2.01%) Public Cloud
6 5 (2.01%) Virtual Team
7 4 (1.61%) GNSS
7 4 (1.61%) Satnav
7 4 (1.61%) Social Media
8 3 (1.20%) Algorithms
8 3 (1.20%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.20%) Market Risk
9 2 (0.80%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.80%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.61%) Linux
2 8 (3.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (2.01%) Android
3 5 (2.01%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.20%) Windows
5 1 (0.40%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.40%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.40%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (39.76%) Project Management
2 92 (36.95%) Problem-Solving
3 89 (35.74%) Continuous Improvement
4 76 (30.52%) Decision-Making
5 75 (30.12%) Agile
6 73 (29.32%) ERP
7 67 (26.91%) Change Management
8 58 (23.29%) Stakeholder Management
9 50 (20.08%) Analytics
10 48 (19.28%) Budget Management
11 45 (18.07%) ITIL
11 45 (18.07%) Project Delivery
12 43 (17.27%) Business Case
13 42 (16.87%) Service Delivery
14 40 (16.06%) Risk Management
15 39 (15.66%) AI
15 39 (15.66%) Data-Driven Decision Making
15 39 (15.66%) Financial Modelling
15 39 (15.66%) Trade-off Analysis
16 38 (15.26%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 10 (4.02%) Java
2 7 (2.81%) Python
3 6 (2.41%) SQL
4 5 (2.01%) JavaScript
4 5 (2.01%) Kotlin
4 5 (2.01%) PHP
5 2 (0.80%) Apex Code
5 2 (0.80%) C#
5 2 (0.80%) SOQL
6 1 (0.40%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 63 (25.30%) Degree
2 42 (16.87%) Master's Degree
3 40 (16.06%) MBA
4 21 (8.43%) PMP
5 20 (8.03%) PMI Certification
6 13 (5.22%) AWS Certification
7 12 (4.82%) Azure Certification
8 11 (4.42%) ITIL Certification
9 9 (3.61%) CFA
10 7 (2.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 6 (2.41%) Security Cleared
12 5 (2.01%) CAPM
12 5 (2.01%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (2.01%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 4 (1.61%) SC Cleared
14 3 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
14 3 (1.20%) CISSP
14 3 (1.20%) DV Cleared
15 2 (0.80%) CCSP
15 2 (0.80%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (19.28%) QA
2 21 (8.43%) PMO
3 8 (3.21%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.61%) GDPR
4 4 (1.61%) ISO 9001
5 3 (1.20%) SLA
6 2 (0.80%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.40%) HL7
7 1 (0.40%) NIST
System Software
1 6 (2.41%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (2.01%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.40%) Docker
3 1 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (0.80%) Single Sign-On
1 2 (0.80%) Terraform
1 2 (0.80%) vCenter Server
2 1 (0.40%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.40%) Nagios
2 1 (0.40%) SCCM
2 1 (0.40%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 44 (17.67%) SAP
2 27 (10.84%) Microsoft
3 9 (3.61%) Murex
4 7 (2.81%) VMware
5 6 (2.41%) FIS
6 5 (2.01%) ServiceNow
7 4 (1.61%) YouTube
8 3 (1.20%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.20%) Workday
9 2 (0.80%) Cisco
9 2 (0.80%) Google
9 2 (0.80%) HubSpot
9 2 (0.80%) Kronos
10 1 (0.40%) Citrix
10 1 (0.40%) Facebook
10 1 (0.40%) Fortinet
10 1 (0.40%) IBM
10 1 (0.40%) Palo Alto
10 1 (0.40%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 1 (0.40%) TikTok