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 6 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 537 506 429
Rank change year-on-year -31 -77 +197
Permanent jobs citing Resource Allocation 206 149 369
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.22% 0.34% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.38% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 134 96 187
10th Percentile £40,248 £46,875 £30,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £69,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.58% +25.91% -18.52%
75th Percentile £83,750 £87,813 £70,000
90th Percentile £99,250 £100,625 £87,500
UK median annual salary £56,250 £67,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +22.73% -19.71%

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 68,438 39,016 59,226
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.74% 89.57% 81.29%
Number of salaries quoted 48,346 22,579 39,414
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%

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 6 August 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 6 August 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 -46 69 £80,000 -5.88% 97
South East 0 65 £55,000 -18.52% 37
North of England -11 41 £50,000 -33.33% 21
Yorkshire -7 24 £50,000 -37.50% 7
North West +10 17 £56,250 +18.42% 11
Midlands -41 14 £55,000 +10.00% 16
South West -70 10 £47,500 -5.00% 7
West Midlands -32 9 £55,000 +10.00% 9
East of England -20 8 £45,814 -14.77% 12
East Midlands -16 5 £40,000 -41.61% 7
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 (3.88%) Confluence
2 4 (1.94%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.97%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.97%) SAS
Applications
1 20 (9.71%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (4.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.91%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (1.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.97%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.97%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (2.91%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.49%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.49%) Primavera
2 1 (0.49%) SAP CO
2 1 (0.49%) SAP FI
2 1 (0.49%) SAP MDG
2 1 (0.49%) SAP MDG-F
2 1 (0.49%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 43 (20.87%) SaaS
2 36 (17.48%) AWS
3 27 (13.11%) Azure
4 14 (6.80%) Power Platform
5 9 (4.37%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (3.88%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (2.91%) Smartsheet
8 5 (2.43%) GCP
9 3 (1.46%) Entra ID
10 2 (0.97%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (0.97%) IaaS
10 2 (0.97%) Miro
10 2 (0.97%) Slack
10 2 (0.97%) Veeva
11 1 (0.49%) Apigee
11 1 (0.49%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.49%) Figma
11 1 (0.49%) Kong
11 1 (0.49%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.88%) Firewall
2 7 (3.40%) Network Security
3 6 (2.91%) Intrusion Detection
3 6 (2.91%) Wireless
4 2 (0.97%) VPN
5 1 (0.49%) Broadband
5 1 (0.49%) Internet
5 1 (0.49%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (6.80%) Power BI
2 5 (2.43%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.46%) Db2
3 3 (1.46%) DB2 UDB
3 3 (1.46%) QlikView
4 2 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.97%) Tableau
5 1 (0.49%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.49%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.49%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.49%) Looker
5 1 (0.49%) Metadata
5 1 (0.49%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 24 (11.65%) JIRA
2 3 (1.46%) GitLab
2 3 (1.46%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.49%) Git
3 1 (0.49%) Postman
3 1 (0.49%) Subversion
3 1 (0.49%) Visual Studio
General
1 93 (45.15%) Social Skills
2 71 (34.47%) Finance
3 48 (23.30%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (11.65%) Influencing Skills
5 15 (7.28%) Aerospace
6 14 (6.80%) Pharmaceutical
6 14 (6.80%) Public Sector
7 13 (6.31%) Organisational Skills
8 12 (5.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 11 (5.34%) Marketing
9 11 (5.34%) Military
10 10 (4.85%) Banking
11 9 (4.37%) Law
12 7 (3.40%) Automotive
12 7 (3.40%) Legal
12 7 (3.40%) Manufacturing
12 7 (3.40%) Retail
13 5 (2.43%) Aviation
13 5 (2.43%) Electronics
14 4 (1.94%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 35 (16.99%) Lead
2 30 (14.56%) Developer
3 27 (13.11%) Software Engineer
4 26 (12.62%) Project Manager
5 22 (10.68%) .NET Developer
5 22 (10.68%) .NET Software Developer
5 22 (10.68%) .NET Software Engineer
5 22 (10.68%) C# .NET Developer
5 22 (10.68%) C# Developer
5 22 (10.68%) C# Software Developer
5 22 (10.68%) C# Software Engineer
5 22 (10.68%) Developer/Software Engineer
6 15 (7.28%) Senior
7 10 (4.85%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
7 10 (4.85%) Full-Stack C# Developer
7 10 (4.85%) Full-Stack Developer
7 10 (4.85%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 10 (4.85%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
8 9 (4.37%) IT Manager
9 8 (3.88%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (14.08%) .NET
2 23 (11.17%) CSS
2 23 (11.17%) HTML
3 22 (10.68%) Vue
4 6 (2.91%) ModSecurity
5 1 (0.49%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.49%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.49%) GraphQL
5 1 (0.49%) JSON
5 1 (0.49%) JWT
5 1 (0.49%) MACH
5 1 (0.49%) REST
5 1 (0.49%) RESTful
5 1 (0.49%) SAML
5 1 (0.49%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 22 (10.68%) Management Information System
2 17 (8.25%) Onboarding
3 14 (6.80%) Life Science
3 14 (6.80%) Pharmacovigilance
4 11 (5.34%) Social Media
5 9 (4.37%) Data Centre
5 9 (4.37%) Enterprise Software
5 9 (4.37%) PMI
6 7 (3.40%) PropTech
7 6 (2.91%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 6 (2.91%) Security Posture
8 5 (2.43%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (2.43%) Private Cloud
9 4 (1.94%) ASIC
9 4 (1.94%) GNSS
9 4 (1.94%) Operational Technology
9 4 (1.94%) Satnav
9 4 (1.94%) Virtual Team
10 3 (1.46%) Blog
10 3 (1.46%) Smart City
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.43%) Windows
2 3 (1.46%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.97%) Linux
3 2 (0.97%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (0.49%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.49%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (57.28%) Continuous Improvement
2 63 (30.58%) Project Management
3 59 (28.64%) Stakeholder Management
4 58 (28.16%) Roadmaps
5 55 (26.70%) Problem-Solving
6 52 (25.24%) Agile
6 52 (25.24%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
7 44 (21.36%) Decision-Making
8 39 (18.93%) Change Management
8 39 (18.93%) Software Engineering
9 37 (17.96%) SDLC
10 32 (15.53%) Project Delivery
11 31 (15.05%) Risk Management
12 29 (14.08%) PRINCE2
13 28 (13.59%) Product Vision
14 27 (13.11%) Microservices
15 26 (12.62%) Service Delivery
16 25 (12.14%) AI
16 25 (12.14%) ITIL
17 22 (10.68%) CQRS
Programming Languages
1 29 (14.08%) C#
2 18 (8.74%) SQL
3 13 (6.31%) Python
4 2 (0.97%) C
4 2 (0.97%) C++
4 2 (0.97%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.49%) Assembly Language
5 1 (0.49%) Bash
5 1 (0.49%) Lua
5 1 (0.49%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.49%) R
5 1 (0.49%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 65 (31.55%) Degree
2 28 (13.59%) PMI Certification
2 28 (13.59%) Security Cleared
3 19 (9.22%) PMP
4 16 (7.77%) DV Cleared
5 15 (7.28%) SC Cleared
6 9 (4.37%) CISSP
7 8 (3.88%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (3.88%) Master's Degree
8 7 (3.40%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (2.91%) CCNP
10 5 (2.43%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (2.43%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (1.46%) ACCA
11 3 (1.46%) CISA
11 3 (1.46%) CRISC
11 3 (1.46%) DBS Check
11 3 (1.46%) HND
11 3 (1.46%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (1.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (16.50%) QA
2 16 (7.77%) Accessibility
3 15 (7.28%) SLA
4 14 (6.80%) Good Clinical Practice
4 14 (6.80%) GxP
5 13 (6.31%) PMO
6 7 (3.40%) GDPR
7 5 (2.43%) GRC
8 4 (1.94%) Data Quality
8 4 (1.94%) ISO 26262
8 4 (1.94%) ISO 9001
8 4 (1.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (1.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 3 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 3 (1.46%) NCSC
9 3 (1.46%) NIST
10 1 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.49%) IFRS
10 1 (0.49%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (1.94%) Docker
2 3 (1.46%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.46%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (1.46%) vSphere
3 2 (0.97%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.49%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (1.94%) Ansible
1 4 (1.94%) Functional Safety
1 4 (1.94%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.46%) Terraform
3 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 19 (9.22%) Microsoft
2 15 (7.28%) SAP
3 11 (5.34%) ServiceNow
4 10 (4.85%) Cisco
5 9 (4.37%) Fortinet
5 9 (4.37%) Oracle
6 7 (3.40%) Palo Alto
7 6 (2.91%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.94%) VMware
9 3 (1.46%) JD Edwards
9 3 (1.46%) Pardot
9 3 (1.46%) Sage
10 2 (0.97%) Aruba
10 2 (0.97%) Google
10 2 (0.97%) Meraki
10 2 (0.97%) Ruckus Wireless
10 2 (0.97%) Sophos
10 2 (0.97%) Veeam
11 1 (0.49%) Civica
11 1 (0.49%) Northgate