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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 425 426 566
Rank change year-on-year +1 +140 +188
Permanent jobs citing Resource Allocation 241 363 177
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.56% 0.53% 0.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.63% 0.64% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 100 134 127
10th Percentile £44,750 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £46,563 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £91,719 £78,750 £84,239
90th Percentile £103,750 £95,000 £107,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £60,000 £63,038
% change year-on-year +12.50% -4.82% +0.86%

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 38,364 56,336 50,848
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 88.77% 81.63% 94.28%
Number of salaries quoted 22,058 32,210 38,175
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £62,400
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -7.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £77,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £96,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -

Resource Allocation
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Resource Allocation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Resource Allocation 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 18 September 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 18 September 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
South East +114 89 £70,000 +27.27% 65
London +68 89 £88,750 +14.52% 80
North of England -24 21 £43,750 -27.08% 47
South West +75 18 £50,000 -20.00% 18
Midlands -65 18 £60,000 +6.67% 32
West Midlands +10 15 £60,000 +20.00% 19
Yorkshire +20 12 £40,000 -33.33% 16
East of England -21 5 £53,750 +28.13% 15
North West -27 5 £56,250 -1.32% 26
North East +18 4 £75,000 +76.47% 5
East Midlands -48 3 £68,500 +19.13% 12
Resource Allocation
UK

Resource Allocation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 10 (4.15%) Confluence
2 9 (3.73%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 18 (7.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (6.22%) Microsoft Project
3 10 (4.15%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (4.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.41%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 39 (16.18%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (3.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (3.32%) Shopify
3 6 (2.49%) Adaptiv
4 1 (0.41%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.41%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.41%) Primavera
4 1 (0.41%) TRIRIGA
4 1 (0.41%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 64 (26.56%) SaaS
2 16 (6.64%) Azure
3 14 (5.81%) AWS
4 9 (3.73%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (3.32%) Power Platform
6 7 (2.90%) GCP
6 7 (2.90%) Microsoft Copilot
7 5 (2.07%) AWS CloudFormation
8 4 (1.66%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 4 (1.66%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 4 (1.66%) Smartsheet
8 4 (1.66%) SuccessFactors
9 3 (1.24%) GitHub
9 3 (1.24%) IaaS
10 2 (0.83%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 2 (0.83%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (0.83%) AWS Step Functions
10 2 (0.83%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.83%) Datadog
10 2 (0.83%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.66%) Firewall
1 4 (1.66%) VLAN
1 4 (1.66%) WAN
2 3 (1.24%) DHCP
2 3 (1.24%) DNS
2 3 (1.24%) Softphone
2 3 (1.24%) TCP/IP
2 3 (1.24%) VPN
3 1 (0.41%) Internet
3 1 (0.41%) NetScaler
3 1 (0.41%) SAN
3 1 (0.41%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.41%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.32%) Power BI
2 3 (1.24%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.83%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.41%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.41%) Big Data
4 1 (0.41%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.41%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.41%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.41%) GIS
4 1 (0.41%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.41%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 19 (7.88%) JIRA
2 5 (2.07%) GitLab
3 4 (1.66%) Git
3 4 (1.66%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.83%) Postman
5 1 (0.41%) Selenium
5 1 (0.41%) SoapUI
General
1 157 (65.15%) Social Skills
2 143 (59.34%) Finance
3 72 (29.88%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (10.37%) Banking
5 21 (8.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 19 (7.88%) Aviation
6 19 (7.88%) Fire and Rescue
6 19 (7.88%) Police
7 15 (6.22%) Law
8 13 (5.39%) Manufacturing
9 10 (4.15%) Marketing
9 10 (4.15%) Retail
10 9 (3.73%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (3.32%) Legal
12 7 (2.90%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (2.49%) Automotive
13 6 (2.49%) Electronics
13 6 (2.49%) Public Sector
14 5 (2.07%) Public Speaking
15 4 (1.66%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 44 (18.26%) Lead
2 43 (17.84%) Senior
3 32 (13.28%) Project Manager
4 23 (9.54%) Service Manager
5 20 (8.30%) Operations Manager
5 20 (8.30%) Technical Manager
6 19 (7.88%) Service Operations Manager
7 16 (6.64%) Programme Manager
8 15 (6.22%) Head of IT
9 8 (3.32%) Analyst
9 8 (3.32%) Delivery Manager
9 8 (3.32%) Senior Manager
10 7 (2.90%) Developer
10 7 (2.90%) Senior Project Manager
10 7 (2.90%) Technical Leader
11 6 (2.49%) Administrator
11 6 (2.49%) Linux Administrator
11 6 (2.49%) Linux Systems Administrator
11 6 (2.49%) Systems Administrator
11 6 (2.49%) Technical Director
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.90%) EDI
1 7 (2.90%) REST
2 6 (2.49%) SOAP
3 5 (2.07%) .NET
4 4 (1.66%) Lightning Web Components
4 4 (1.66%) OAuth
5 2 (0.83%) React
5 2 (0.83%) Web Services
6 1 (0.41%) FHIR
6 1 (0.41%) Middleware
6 1 (0.41%) Symfony
6 1 (0.41%) Unity (Game Engine)
6 1 (0.41%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 34 (14.11%) Analytical Mindset
2 33 (13.69%) Data Centre
3 19 (7.88%) Robotics
4 12 (4.98%) Onboarding
5 7 (2.90%) Renewable Energy
6 6 (2.49%) Credit Risk
6 6 (2.49%) SCADA
6 6 (2.49%) Security Posture
6 6 (2.49%) Virtual Team
7 5 (2.07%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (2.07%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.66%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.66%) Product Ownership
8 4 (1.66%) Public Cloud
9 3 (1.24%) CMDB
9 3 (1.24%) Market Risk
9 3 (1.24%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.83%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.83%) PMI
10 2 (0.83%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.32%) Linux
1 8 (3.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (0.83%) Windows
3 1 (0.41%) Android
3 1 (0.41%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.41%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (44.81%) Project Management
2 86 (35.68%) Continuous Improvement
3 77 (31.95%) Problem-Solving
4 75 (31.12%) ERP
5 70 (29.05%) Agile
6 67 (27.80%) Stakeholder Management
7 66 (27.39%) Decision-Making
8 62 (25.73%) Change Management
9 55 (22.82%) Project Delivery
10 49 (20.33%) Analytics
10 49 (20.33%) Business Case
11 46 (19.09%) Data-Driven Decision Making
12 45 (18.67%) Risk Management
13 43 (17.84%) ITIL
14 40 (16.60%) Financial Modelling
15 39 (16.18%) DevOps
15 39 (16.18%) Trade-off Analysis
16 36 (14.94%) Business Strategy
17 34 (14.11%) Service Delivery
18 33 (13.69%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 9 (3.73%) Java
2 6 (2.49%) JavaScript
2 6 (2.49%) Python
2 6 (2.49%) SQL
3 4 (1.66%) Apex Code
3 4 (1.66%) SOQL
4 2 (0.83%) C#
5 1 (0.41%) Kotlin
5 1 (0.41%) PHP
Qualifications
1 75 (31.12%) Degree
2 42 (17.43%) Master's Degree
3 40 (16.60%) MBA
4 25 (10.37%) PMI Certification
4 25 (10.37%) PMP
5 11 (4.56%) ITIL Certification
6 9 (3.73%) CFA
7 8 (3.32%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (2.49%) AWS Certification
8 6 (2.49%) Azure Certification
9 5 (2.07%) CAPM
9 5 (2.07%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 5 (2.07%) Security Cleared
10 4 (1.66%) SC Cleared
11 3 (1.24%) CISSP
11 3 (1.24%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 2 (0.83%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 2 (0.83%) CCSP
12 2 (0.83%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.83%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (20.33%) QA
2 25 (10.37%) PMO
3 8 (3.32%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.66%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.66%) SLA
5 3 (1.24%) GDPR
5 3 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.41%) HL7
6 1 (0.41%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 6 (2.49%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (2.07%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.41%) Docker
3 1 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (1.66%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.83%) Prometheus
2 2 (0.83%) Terraform
3 1 (0.41%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.41%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 44 (18.26%) SAP
2 30 (12.45%) Microsoft
3 10 (4.15%) YouTube
4 9 (3.73%) Murex
5 6 (2.49%) Facebook
5 6 (2.49%) FIS
5 6 (2.49%) ServiceNow
5 6 (2.49%) VMware
6 4 (1.66%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.83%) Google
7 2 (0.83%) Kronos
7 2 (0.83%) Oracle
7 2 (0.83%) Splunk
7 2 (0.83%) Workday
8 1 (0.41%) Cisco
8 1 (0.41%) Citrix
8 1 (0.41%) IBM
8 1 (0.41%) NetApp
8 1 (0.41%) Progress
8 1 (0.41%) Sitecore