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 10 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 540 413 413
Rank change year-on-year -127 0 +128
Permanent jobs citing Resource Allocation 225 232 371
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.22% 0.54% 0.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.61% 0.69%
Number of salaries quoted 104 98 137
10th Percentile £37,500 £45,800 £41,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £56,691 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £70,000 £60,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +15.70% -2.93%
75th Percentile £77,500 £96,625 £78,750
90th Percentile £115,000 £104,125 £94,250
UK median annual salary £58,750 £67,500 £60,903
% change year-on-year -12.96% +10.83% -2.56%

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 76,488 38,338 53,847
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.64% 88.97% 82.73%
Number of salaries quoted 53,556 21,844 28,773
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,500 £36,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.32%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -

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 10 October 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 10 October 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
South East -69 71 £55,000 -21.43% 92
London -76 64 £75,000 -16.67% 264
North of England -25 51 £50,000 +14.29% 66
North West 0 26 £41,250 -26.67% 38
Yorkshire -17 25 £50,000 +25.00% 22
Midlands -41 18 £40,000 -33.33% 28
South West -74 13 £70,000 +47.37% 26
East Midlands -29 9 £40,000 -41.61% 6
West Midlands -52 9 £45,000 -25.00% 22
East of England -35 6 £41,000 -23.72% 21
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 7 (3.11%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.78%) Confluence
3 3 (1.33%) CMS
4 2 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.89%) R Markdown
4 2 (0.89%) SAS
5 1 (0.44%) Moodle
Applications
1 22 (9.78%) Microsoft Project
2 10 (4.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (3.11%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (2.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (1.33%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.89%) Trello
6 2 (0.89%) Weka
7 1 (0.44%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 3 (1.33%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (1.33%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.89%) SAP Business ByDesign
2 2 (0.89%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.44%) Primavera
3 1 (0.44%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.44%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.44%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.44%) SAP MDG-F
3 1 (0.44%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 32 (14.22%) SaaS
2 30 (13.33%) Azure
3 27 (12.00%) AWS
4 9 (4.00%) Power Platform
5 8 (3.56%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (3.11%) Dynamics 365
6 7 (3.11%) GCP
7 6 (2.67%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (2.67%) Smartsheet
8 3 (1.33%) Entra ID
9 2 (0.89%) Asana
9 2 (0.89%) GitHub
9 2 (0.89%) Slack
9 2 (0.89%) Veeva
10 1 (0.44%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.44%) Figma
10 1 (0.44%) IaaS
10 1 (0.44%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (8.00%) Network Security
2 13 (5.78%) Firewall
3 10 (4.44%) Intrusion Detection
4 5 (2.22%) VPN
5 2 (0.89%) Wireless
6 1 (0.44%) Broadband
6 1 (0.44%) LAN
6 1 (0.44%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.44%) Structured Cabling
6 1 (0.44%) WAN
6 1 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.00%) Power BI
2 4 (1.78%) Metadata
3 3 (1.33%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.89%) Big Data
4 2 (0.89%) Geospatial Data
4 2 (0.89%) GIS
4 2 (0.89%) Power Query
5 1 (0.44%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.44%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.44%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.44%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 23 (10.22%) JIRA
2 3 (1.33%) Git
3 2 (0.89%) GitLab
3 2 (0.89%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.44%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.44%) Subversion
General
1 109 (48.44%) Social Skills
2 80 (35.56%) Finance
3 43 (19.11%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (14.67%) Influencing Skills
5 27 (12.00%) Aerospace
6 26 (11.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 25 (11.11%) Marketing
8 24 (10.67%) Pharmaceutical
9 23 (10.22%) Retail
10 22 (9.78%) Organisational Skills
11 17 (7.56%) Military
12 16 (7.11%) Manufacturing
13 11 (4.89%) Banking
14 10 (4.44%) Law
14 10 (4.44%) Legal
15 7 (3.11%) Aviation
16 6 (2.67%) Automotive
16 6 (2.67%) Public Sector
17 5 (2.22%) Advertising
18 3 (1.33%) Digital Healthcare
Job Titles
1 47 (20.89%) Lead
2 17 (7.56%) Project Manager
3 16 (7.11%) Developer
4 15 (6.67%) Software Engineer
5 13 (5.78%) Operations Manager
6 12 (5.33%) Architect
6 12 (5.33%) Senior
7 11 (4.89%) .NET Developer
7 11 (4.89%) .NET Software Developer
7 11 (4.89%) .NET Software Engineer
7 11 (4.89%) C# .NET Developer
7 11 (4.89%) C# Developer
7 11 (4.89%) C# Software Developer
7 11 (4.89%) C# Software Engineer
7 11 (4.89%) Developer/Software Engineer
7 11 (4.89%) IT Manager
8 10 (4.44%) Lead Architect
8 10 (4.44%) Service Desk Manager
8 10 (4.44%) Service Manager
9 8 (3.56%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (6.67%) HTML
2 14 (6.22%) .NET
3 12 (5.33%) CSS
4 11 (4.89%) Vue
5 10 (4.44%) ModSecurity
6 2 (0.89%) ADO
6 2 (0.89%) Terraform
7 1 (0.44%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.44%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 33 (14.67%) Onboarding
2 27 (12.00%) Management Information System
3 22 (9.78%) Life Science
4 19 (8.44%) Pharmacovigilance
5 15 (6.67%) Social Media
5 15 (6.67%) Virtual Team
6 13 (5.78%) Marketing Technology
7 11 (4.89%) PMI
8 10 (4.44%) Data Centre
8 10 (4.44%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 10 (4.44%) Security Posture
9 8 (3.56%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (3.11%) Legacy Systems
10 7 (3.11%) Private Cloud
11 6 (2.67%) Self-Motivation
12 5 (2.22%) Autonomous Agent
13 4 (1.78%) Blog
13 4 (1.78%) NHS
13 4 (1.78%) Operational Technology
14 3 (1.33%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.44%) Windows
2 6 (2.67%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.78%) Linux
4 3 (1.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (1.33%) Rocky
5 2 (0.89%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.89%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (56.44%) Continuous Improvement
2 83 (36.89%) Stakeholder Management
3 70 (31.11%) Roadmaps
4 52 (23.11%) Project Management
5 51 (22.67%) AI
5 51 (22.67%) Decision-Making
6 49 (21.78%) Problem-Solving
7 47 (20.89%) Agile
7 47 (20.89%) Change Management
8 46 (20.44%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
9 40 (17.78%) Service Delivery
9 40 (17.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 37 (16.44%) Risk Management
11 34 (15.11%) Project Delivery
12 33 (14.67%) Customer Engagement
13 32 (14.22%) Collaborative Culture
14 30 (13.33%) Customer Service
15 29 (12.89%) Analytics
15 29 (12.89%) ITIL
16 28 (12.44%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 14 (6.22%) C#
2 11 (4.89%) SQL
3 7 (3.11%) Python
4 3 (1.33%) Bash
4 3 (1.33%) Shell Script
5 2 (0.89%) C
5 2 (0.89%) R
6 1 (0.44%) Assembly Language
6 1 (0.44%) C++
6 1 (0.44%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.44%) MATLAB
6 1 (0.44%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 65 (28.89%) Degree
2 32 (14.22%) Security Cleared
3 25 (11.11%) DV Cleared
4 19 (8.44%) PMI Certification
5 13 (5.78%) CISSP
6 12 (5.33%) SC Cleared
7 11 (4.89%) Cisco Certification
8 10 (4.44%) BPSS Clearance
8 10 (4.44%) CCNP
9 8 (3.56%) Master's Degree
9 8 (3.56%) PMP
10 7 (3.11%) TOGAF Certification
11 5 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (2.22%) MBA
12 4 (1.78%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (1.33%) ACCA
13 3 (1.33%) Chartered Engineer
13 3 (1.33%) CISA
13 3 (1.33%) CISM
13 3 (1.33%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (16.89%) QA
2 20 (8.89%) SLA
3 19 (8.44%) Good Clinical Practice
3 19 (8.44%) GxP
4 17 (7.56%) PMO
5 14 (6.22%) Accessibility
6 6 (2.67%) GDPR
6 6 (2.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (2.22%) Data Quality
8 4 (1.78%) GRC
9 3 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 3 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 3 (1.33%) NCSC
9 3 (1.33%) NIST
9 3 (1.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.44%) IFRS
10 1 (0.44%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (2.67%) VMware Infrastructure
1 6 (2.67%) vSphere
2 5 (2.22%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.78%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (1.78%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (1.33%) Firmware
5 2 (0.89%) Docker
5 2 (0.89%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (2.22%) Ansible
2 2 (0.89%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 35 (15.56%) Microsoft
2 20 (8.89%) SAP
3 14 (6.22%) Cisco
3 14 (6.22%) ServiceNow
4 13 (5.78%) Fortinet
4 13 (5.78%) Samsung
4 13 (5.78%) TikTok
5 11 (4.89%) Palo Alto
6 9 (4.00%) Oracle
7 7 (3.11%) VMware
8 5 (2.22%) YouTube
9 3 (1.33%) Sage
9 3 (1.33%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.89%) Alteryx
10 2 (0.89%) CA Agile Central
10 2 (0.89%) ESRI
10 2 (0.89%) Google
10 2 (0.89%) Meraki
10 2 (0.89%) Ruckus Wireless
10 2 (0.89%) Sophos