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 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 360 388 451
Rank change year-on-year +28 +63 +170
Permanent jobs citing Resource Allocation 248 329 195
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.48% 0.65% 0.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.58% 0.72% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 109 169 167
10th Percentile £43,856 £43,100 £46,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £50,000 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +41.67% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £111,000 £91,750 £99,000
UK median annual salary £82,500 £60,250 £65,000
% change year-on-year +36.93% -7.31% -

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 43,019 45,713 40,502
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 83.22% 89.63% 93.53%
Number of salaries quoted 25,671 23,249 31,363
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,750 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,900 £80,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -2.60%

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 19 December 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 19 December 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 +66 91 £96,250 +28.33% 29
South East +96 84 £100,000 +69.49% 41
North of England -15 40 £100,000 +81.82% 13
Midlands -28 28 £57,264 -0.41% 7
West Midlands +25 24 £59,527 +32.28% 4
Yorkshire -15 21 £100,000 +29.03% 2
North West -10 16 £68,750 +25.00% 9
South West +7 9 £47,500 -13.64% 8
East Midlands -42 4 £45,390 -21.06% 3
North East +8 3 £75,000 +114.29% 2
East of England +6 2 £54,500 -22.14% 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 4 (1.61%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.40%) CMS
2 1 (0.40%) Confluence
Applications
1 13 (5.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (4.44%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (2.42%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 39 (15.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (2.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (2.82%) Shopify
3 2 (0.81%) Adaptiv
3 2 (0.81%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.81%) Primavera
4 1 (0.40%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (0.40%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 95 (38.31%) SaaS
2 33 (13.31%) AWS
3 20 (8.06%) Azure
4 12 (4.84%) Power Platform
5 9 (3.63%) GCP
6 8 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (2.82%) Microsoft Copilot
8 5 (2.02%) Azure Machine Learning
9 3 (1.21%) Smartsheet
9 3 (1.21%) SuccessFactors
10 2 (0.81%) AWS CloudFormation
11 1 (0.40%) AWS Direct Connect
11 1 (0.40%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 1 (0.40%) dbt
11 1 (0.40%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.40%) Google Ads
11 1 (0.40%) Google Analytics
11 1 (0.40%) IaaS
11 1 (0.40%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.02%) WAN
2 4 (1.61%) Firewall
2 4 (1.61%) VLAN
2 4 (1.61%) VPN
3 3 (1.21%) DHCP
3 3 (1.21%) DNS
3 3 (1.21%) Softphone
3 3 (1.21%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.81%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.40%) BGP
5 1 (0.40%) EIGRP
5 1 (0.40%) Internet
5 1 (0.40%) Network Security
5 1 (0.40%) OSPF
5 1 (0.40%) VoIP
5 1 (0.40%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.05%) SQL Server
2 11 (4.44%) Power BI
3 2 (0.81%) Electronic Patient Records
3 2 (0.81%) Tableau
4 1 (0.40%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.40%) GIS
4 1 (0.40%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 5 (2.02%) GitLab
2 2 (0.81%) JIRA
3 1 (0.40%) Gradle
3 1 (0.40%) Postman
3 1 (0.40%) Selenium
3 1 (0.40%) SoapUI
General
1 152 (61.29%) Social Skills
2 144 (58.06%) Finance
3 70 (28.23%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (9.27%) Police
5 22 (8.87%) Aviation
5 22 (8.87%) Fire and Rescue
6 19 (7.66%) Legal
7 17 (6.85%) Banking
8 12 (4.84%) Manufacturing
9 9 (3.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (3.63%) Law
9 9 (3.63%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (3.23%) Marketing
10 8 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (2.82%) Financial Institution
11 7 (2.82%) Retail
12 6 (2.42%) Public Sector
13 5 (2.02%) Games
14 3 (1.21%) Back Office
14 3 (1.21%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 46 (18.55%) Senior
2 37 (14.92%) Lead
3 25 (10.08%) Service Manager
4 23 (9.27%) Operations Manager
5 22 (8.87%) Project Manager
5 22 (8.87%) Service Operations Manager
6 17 (6.85%) Development Manager
6 17 (6.85%) Software Development Manager
6 17 (6.85%) Software Manager
7 13 (5.24%) Senior Manager
8 12 (4.84%) .NET Development Manager
9 8 (3.23%) Analyst
10 7 (2.82%) Head of Infrastructure
10 7 (2.82%) Senior Project Manager
11 6 (2.42%) Administrator
11 6 (2.42%) Infrastructure Manager
11 6 (2.42%) Linux Administrator
11 6 (2.42%) Linux Systems Administrator
11 6 (2.42%) Programme Manager
11 6 (2.42%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (5.24%) .NET
2 5 (2.02%) React
2 5 (2.02%) REST
2 5 (2.02%) Symfony
2 5 (2.02%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 5 (2.02%) WebGL
3 3 (1.21%) EDI
4 2 (0.81%) XML
5 1 (0.40%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.40%) Blazor
5 1 (0.40%) FHIR
5 1 (0.40%) Kafka
5 1 (0.40%) LDAP
5 1 (0.40%) RESTful
5 1 (0.40%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 28 (11.29%) Analytical Mindset
1 28 (11.29%) Data Centre
2 22 (8.87%) Robotics
3 6 (2.42%) Educational Technology
3 6 (2.42%) Product Ownership
4 5 (2.02%) GNSS
4 5 (2.02%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (2.02%) Mobile Games
4 5 (2.02%) Onboarding
4 5 (2.02%) Satnav
4 5 (2.02%) Virtual Team
5 4 (1.61%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.61%) Security Posture
6 3 (1.21%) Algorithms
6 3 (1.21%) Cloud Native
6 3 (1.21%) Public Cloud
6 3 (1.21%) Social Media
7 2 (0.81%) Credit Risk
7 2 (0.81%) IoT
7 2 (0.81%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.63%) Linux
2 8 (3.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (2.02%) Android
3 5 (2.02%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.81%) Windows
5 1 (0.40%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.40%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (42.74%) Continuous Improvement
2 82 (33.06%) Problem-Solving
2 82 (33.06%) Project Management
3 79 (31.85%) Agile
4 74 (29.84%) ERP
5 70 (28.23%) Change Management
6 68 (27.42%) Decision-Making
7 57 (22.98%) Software Engineering
8 50 (20.16%) Stakeholder Management
9 49 (19.76%) AI
10 45 (18.15%) Budget Management
11 42 (16.94%) Business Case
12 41 (16.53%) Data-Driven Decision Making
13 39 (15.73%) Collaborative Culture
13 39 (15.73%) Financial Modelling
13 39 (15.73%) Trade-off Analysis
14 38 (15.32%) Analytics
14 38 (15.32%) Service Delivery
15 35 (14.11%) Incident Response
15 35 (14.11%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 13 (5.24%) C#
2 10 (4.03%) Python
3 5 (2.02%) Kotlin
3 5 (2.02%) PHP
4 4 (1.61%) SQL
5 3 (1.21%) Java
6 1 (0.40%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.40%) R
6 1 (0.40%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 55 (22.18%) Degree
2 42 (16.94%) Master's Degree
3 39 (15.73%) MBA
4 11 (4.44%) AWS Certification
4 11 (4.44%) Azure Certification
4 11 (4.44%) PMP
5 10 (4.03%) PMI Certification
6 7 (2.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 7 (2.82%) Security Cleared
7 5 (2.02%) SC Cleared
8 4 (1.61%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (1.21%) CAPM
9 3 (1.21%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.21%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 2 (0.81%) CFA
10 2 (0.81%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 1 (0.40%) CCIE
11 1 (0.40%) CCNP
11 1 (0.40%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (18.95%) QA
2 19 (7.66%) PMO
3 7 (2.82%) Accessibility
4 6 (2.42%) GDPR
5 5 (2.02%) ISO 9001
6 3 (1.21%) SLA
7 2 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.40%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.40%) HL7
8 1 (0.40%) NIST
System Software
1 5 (2.02%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (1.61%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.40%) Firmware
3 1 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (0.81%) Terraform
2 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.40%) Nagios
2 1 (0.40%) SCCM
2 1 (0.40%) vCenter Server
2 1 (0.40%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 44 (17.74%) SAP
2 24 (9.68%) Microsoft
3 6 (2.42%) VMware
4 4 (1.61%) Google
4 4 (1.61%) ServiceNow
4 4 (1.61%) Workday
5 3 (1.21%) YouTube
6 2 (0.81%) FIS
6 2 (0.81%) HubSpot
6 2 (0.81%) Kronos
6 2 (0.81%) Murex
6 2 (0.81%) Oracle
7 1 (0.40%) Cisco
7 1 (0.40%) Civica
7 1 (0.40%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.40%) IBM
7 1 (0.40%) Northgate
7 1 (0.40%) Orchard
7 1 (0.40%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.40%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud