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

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 506 480 507
Rank change year-on-year -26 +27 +173
Permanent jobs citing Resource Allocation 178 161 372
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.22% 0.41% 0.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.44% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 125 93 267
10th Percentile £47,500 £46,400 £31,200
25th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £43,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% -17.24%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £59,750
% change year-on-year -11.11% +12.97% -17.59%

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 60,824 36,374 74,759
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.54% 93.14% 83.08%
Number of salaries quoted 41,213 19,587 55,053
10th Percentile £30,250 £29,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £93,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.69%

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 5 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 5 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 -25 62 £80,000 -3.03% 49
South East -21 42 £55,000 -6.78% 16
North of England -37 40 £55,000 -6.38% 12
Yorkshire -33 24 £50,000 -29.82% 6
Midlands -28 17 £55,000 +4.76% 6
East of England -9 15 £49,157 -16.33% 8
North West +1 14 £56,250 +10.29% 4
West Midlands -30 14 £57,500 +15.00% 5
South West -64 9 £47,500 -5.00% 5
East Midlands -26 3 £55,000 -19.71% 1
North East -47 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 6 (3.37%) Confluence
2 3 (1.69%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.12%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.12%) SAS
Applications
1 15 (8.43%) Microsoft Project
2 10 (5.62%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (3.37%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (2.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.12%) Workfront
3 1 (0.56%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 55 (30.90%) SaaS
2 36 (20.22%) AWS
3 17 (9.55%) Power Platform
4 14 (7.87%) Azure
5 6 (3.37%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (3.37%) Smartsheet
6 4 (2.25%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (2.25%) GCP
7 2 (1.12%) Entra ID
7 2 (1.12%) IaaS
7 2 (1.12%) Miro
8 1 (0.56%) Apigee
8 1 (0.56%) Azure Cognitive Services
8 1 (0.56%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.56%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (0.56%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.56%) Kong
8 1 (0.56%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.56%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.37%) Wireless
2 2 (1.12%) Firewall
2 2 (1.12%) VPN
3 1 (0.56%) Broadband
3 1 (0.56%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (9.55%) Power BI
2 7 (3.93%) SQL Server
3 4 (2.25%) Db2
3 4 (2.25%) DB2 UDB
3 4 (2.25%) QlikView
4 1 (0.56%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.56%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.56%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.56%) Looker
4 1 (0.56%) Semantic Layer
4 1 (0.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 14 (7.87%) JIRA
2 3 (1.69%) GitLab
2 3 (1.69%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.56%) Postman
3 1 (0.56%) Visual Studio
General
1 67 (37.64%) Social Skills
2 63 (35.39%) Finance
3 37 (20.79%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (8.99%) Organisational Skills
5 15 (8.43%) Influencing Skills
6 14 (7.87%) Legal
7 13 (7.30%) Public Sector
8 9 (5.06%) Marketing
8 9 (5.06%) Pharmaceutical
9 8 (4.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (4.49%) Law
10 7 (3.93%) Automotive
11 6 (3.37%) Banking
12 5 (2.81%) Electronics
12 5 (2.81%) Retail
13 4 (2.25%) Brand Awareness
13 4 (2.25%) Manufacturing
13 4 (2.25%) Telecoms
14 3 (1.69%) Financial Institution
15 2 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 38 (21.35%) Developer
2 29 (16.29%) Lead
3 27 (15.17%) Software Engineer
4 25 (14.04%) .NET Developer
4 25 (14.04%) .NET Software Developer
4 25 (14.04%) .NET Software Engineer
4 25 (14.04%) C# .NET Developer
4 25 (14.04%) C# Developer
4 25 (14.04%) C# Software Developer
4 25 (14.04%) C# Software Engineer
4 25 (14.04%) Developer/Software Engineer
5 20 (11.24%) Project Manager
6 19 (10.67%) Senior
7 13 (7.30%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
7 13 (7.30%) Full-Stack C# Developer
7 13 (7.30%) Full-Stack Developer
7 13 (7.30%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 13 (7.30%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
8 12 (6.74%) Lead Developer
8 12 (6.74%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (19.10%) .NET
2 25 (14.04%) CSS
2 25 (14.04%) HTML
3 24 (13.48%) Vue
4 1 (0.56%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.56%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.56%) JSON
4 1 (0.56%) JWT
4 1 (0.56%) MACH
4 1 (0.56%) Node.js
4 1 (0.56%) REST
4 1 (0.56%) RESTful
4 1 (0.56%) SAML
4 1 (0.56%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 12 (6.74%) PropTech
2 9 (5.06%) Management Information System
3 8 (4.49%) GNSS
3 8 (4.49%) Life Science
3 8 (4.49%) Pharmacovigilance
3 8 (4.49%) Satnav
4 7 (3.93%) Product Ownership
5 6 (3.37%) Onboarding
6 4 (2.25%) ASIC
6 4 (2.25%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.69%) Smart City
7 3 (1.69%) Virtual Team
8 2 (1.12%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.12%) Hedge funds
8 2 (1.12%) Operational Technology
8 2 (1.12%) Social Media
9 1 (0.56%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (0.56%) NHS
9 1 (0.56%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.69%) Windows
2 2 (1.12%) Windows Server
2 2 (1.12%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (56.74%) Continuous Improvement
2 55 (30.90%) Project Management
3 50 (28.09%) Software Engineering
4 49 (27.53%) SDLC
5 47 (26.40%) Problem-Solving
6 45 (25.28%) Decision-Making
7 44 (24.72%) Agile
8 43 (24.16%) Product Vision
9 39 (21.91%) Roadmaps
10 36 (20.22%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
11 34 (19.10%) Stakeholder Management
12 29 (16.29%) Microservices
13 28 (15.73%) Project Delivery
14 26 (14.61%) Risk Management
15 25 (14.04%) Full-Stack Development
15 25 (14.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 24 (13.48%) CQRS
16 24 (13.48%) PRINCE2
17 21 (11.80%) AI
18 20 (11.24%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 34 (19.10%) C#
2 22 (12.36%) Python
3 21 (11.80%) SQL
4 3 (1.69%) JavaScript
4 3 (1.69%) R
5 1 (0.56%) Assembly Language
5 1 (0.56%) C
5 1 (0.56%) C++
5 1 (0.56%) Lua
5 1 (0.56%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 44 (24.72%) Degree
2 18 (10.11%) PMI Certification
2 18 (10.11%) PMP
3 9 (5.06%) DBS Check
3 9 (5.06%) Security Cleared
4 7 (3.93%) SC Cleared
5 6 (3.37%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (1.12%) ACCA
7 2 (1.12%) CISA
7 2 (1.12%) CISM
7 2 (1.12%) CISSP
7 2 (1.12%) CRISC
7 2 (1.12%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.56%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.56%) CIMA
8 1 (0.56%) MBA
8 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.56%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (11.24%) QA
2 19 (10.67%) PMO
3 10 (5.62%) Accessibility
4 8 (4.49%) Good Clinical Practice
4 8 (4.49%) GxP
4 8 (4.49%) ISO 9001
5 6 (3.37%) Data Quality
6 4 (2.25%) GDPR
6 4 (2.25%) GRC
6 4 (2.25%) ISO 26262
7 3 (1.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 2 (1.12%) NCSC
8 2 (1.12%) NIST
9 1 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.56%) IFRS
System Software
1 4 (2.25%) Docker
2 2 (1.12%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.12%) Hyper-V
2 2 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (2.25%) Functional Safety
1 4 (2.25%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.69%) Ansible
2 3 (1.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (6.18%) Microsoft
2 5 (2.81%) SAP
3 4 (2.25%) JD Edwards
3 4 (2.25%) ServiceNow
4 3 (1.69%) Oracle
4 3 (1.69%) Pardot
4 3 (1.69%) Sage
4 3 (1.69%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.12%) Aruba
5 2 (1.12%) Cisco
5 2 (1.12%) Fortinet
5 2 (1.12%) Meraki
5 2 (1.12%) Ruckus Wireless
5 2 (1.12%) Sophos
5 2 (1.12%) Veeam
5 2 (1.12%) VMware
6 1 (0.56%) Google
6 1 (0.56%) NETGEAR
6 1 (0.56%) OpenAI
6 1 (0.56%) Xero