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 17 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 398 412 474
Rank change year-on-year +14 +62 +165
Permanent jobs citing Resource Allocation 245 270 287
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.41% 0.61% 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.52% 0.66% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 116 159 247
10th Percentile £45,875 £45,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £54,688 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £81,250 £61,305 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +32.53% +2.18% -15.19%
75th Percentile £100,000 £80,000 £78,625
90th Percentile £108,125 £94,500 £92,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £61,305 £62,500
% change year-on-year +30.50% -1.91% -10.71%

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 47,255 40,797 58,701
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 79.44% 92.45% 88.17%
Number of salaries quoted 28,933 20,006 46,428
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £39,000 £46,250 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -12.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,504 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.10% +10.01% -12.00%

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 17 February 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 17 February 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 +29 78 £90,000 +12.50% 29
South East +72 76 £100,000 +69.49% 38
North of England -40 49 £97,500 +71.05% 9
Midlands -7 31 £59,764 +3.94% 9
West Midlands +25 26 £60,000 +23.08% 8
Yorkshire -40 26 £100,000 +29.03% 4
North West -18 19 £72,500 +31.82% 5
South West -15 12 £47,500 -13.64% 3
East of England +8 10 £52,500 -25.00% 7
East Midlands -28 5 £55,000 -4.35% 1
North East -6 4 £82,500 -
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 2 (0.82%) Confluence
1 2 (0.82%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.41%) CMS
Applications
1 13 (5.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (4.90%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (2.45%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.41%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 30 (12.24%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (2.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (2.04%) Shopify
3 2 (0.82%) Adaptiv
3 2 (0.82%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.82%) Primavera
4 1 (0.41%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (0.41%) TRIRIGA
4 1 (0.41%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 90 (36.73%) SaaS
2 37 (15.10%) AWS
3 25 (10.20%) Azure
4 17 (6.94%) Power Platform
5 10 (4.08%) GCP
6 5 (2.04%) Azure Machine Learning
6 5 (2.04%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (2.04%) Microsoft Copilot
7 3 (1.22%) SuccessFactors
8 2 (0.82%) IaaS
8 2 (0.82%) Smartsheet
9 1 (0.41%) AWS Direct Connect
9 1 (0.41%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.41%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (0.41%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (0.41%) dbt
9 1 (0.41%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.41%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.41%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.82%) SD-WAN
1 2 (0.82%) WAN
2 1 (0.41%) BGP
2 1 (0.41%) EIGRP
2 1 (0.41%) Firewall
2 1 (0.41%) Internet
2 1 (0.41%) Network Security
2 1 (0.41%) OSPF
2 1 (0.41%) VLAN
2 1 (0.41%) VoIP
2 1 (0.41%) VPN
2 1 (0.41%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.53%) Power BI
1 16 (6.53%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.22%) Tableau
3 2 (0.82%) Data Mining
3 2 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.41%) DB2
4 1 (0.41%) DB2 UDB
4 1 (0.41%) QlikView
4 1 (0.41%) Snowflake Schema
4 1 (0.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (1.22%) JIRA
2 1 (0.41%) GitLab
2 1 (0.41%) Gradle
General
1 136 (55.51%) Social Skills
2 130 (53.06%) Finance
3 69 (28.16%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (8.98%) Legal
5 13 (5.31%) Banking
5 13 (5.31%) Organisational Skills
6 12 (4.90%) Aviation
6 12 (4.90%) Police
7 11 (4.49%) Fire and Rescue
8 9 (3.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (3.67%) Manufacturing
9 8 (3.27%) Financial Institution
9 8 (3.27%) Marketing
9 8 (3.27%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (3.27%) Public Sector
9 8 (3.27%) Retail
10 7 (2.86%) Law
11 5 (2.04%) Games
12 3 (1.22%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.82%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 52 (21.22%) Senior
2 46 (18.78%) Lead
3 22 (8.98%) Project Manager
4 20 (8.16%) Development Manager
4 20 (8.16%) Software Development Manager
4 20 (8.16%) Software Manager
5 15 (6.12%) .NET Development Manager
6 13 (5.31%) Senior Manager
6 13 (5.31%) Service Manager
7 12 (4.90%) Analyst
7 12 (4.90%) Developer
7 12 (4.90%) Operations Manager
8 11 (4.49%) Service Operations Manager
9 8 (3.27%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
9 8 (3.27%) IT Manager
9 8 (3.27%) Python Developer
9 8 (3.27%) Support Supervisor
9 8 (3.27%) Technical Support
9 8 (3.27%) Technical Support Supervisor
10 7 (2.86%) Software Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (7.76%) .NET
2 5 (2.04%) React
2 5 (2.04%) REST
2 5 (2.04%) Symfony
2 5 (2.04%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 5 (2.04%) WebGL
3 2 (0.82%) CSS
3 2 (0.82%) HTML
3 2 (0.82%) Vue
3 2 (0.82%) XML
4 1 (0.41%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.41%) Blazor
4 1 (0.41%) Kafka
4 1 (0.41%) LDAP
4 1 (0.41%) Node.js
4 1 (0.41%) RESTful
4 1 (0.41%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 28 (11.43%) Analytical Mindset
1 28 (11.43%) Data Centre
2 11 (4.49%) Robotics
3 10 (4.08%) Product Ownership
4 8 (3.27%) GNSS
4 8 (3.27%) Satnav
5 7 (2.86%) Onboarding
6 6 (2.45%) Educational Technology
7 5 (2.04%) Management Information System
7 5 (2.04%) Mobile Games
7 5 (2.04%) PropTech
8 3 (1.22%) Algorithms
8 3 (1.22%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.22%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.22%) Social Media
9 2 (0.82%) Credit Risk
9 2 (0.82%) IoT
9 2 (0.82%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (0.82%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.82%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.04%) Android
1 5 (2.04%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.82%) Linux
2 2 (0.82%) Windows
3 1 (0.41%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.41%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (46.94%) Continuous Improvement
2 88 (35.92%) Project Management
3 85 (34.69%) Problem-Solving
4 77 (31.43%) Decision-Making
5 74 (30.20%) Agile
6 62 (25.31%) ERP
6 62 (25.31%) Software Engineering
7 56 (22.86%) Change Management
8 53 (21.63%) Stakeholder Management
9 43 (17.55%) AI
9 43 (17.55%) Analytics
9 43 (17.55%) SDLC
10 42 (17.14%) Budget Management
11 38 (15.51%) Product Vision
12 35 (14.29%) Business Case
12 35 (14.29%) Data-Driven Decision Making
13 33 (13.47%) Business Strategy
13 33 (13.47%) Project Delivery
14 31 (12.65%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
15 30 (12.24%) Trade-off Analysis
Programming Languages
1 20 (8.16%) Python
2 19 (7.76%) C#
3 7 (2.86%) SQL
4 5 (2.04%) Kotlin
4 5 (2.04%) PHP
5 4 (1.63%) R
6 3 (1.22%) Java
7 2 (0.82%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.41%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 49 (20.00%) Degree
2 33 (13.47%) Master's Degree
3 30 (12.24%) MBA
4 12 (4.90%) Azure Certification
5 11 (4.49%) AWS Certification
6 9 (3.67%) DBS Check
6 9 (3.67%) PMI Certification
6 9 (3.67%) PMP
7 7 (2.86%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 6 (2.45%) Security Cleared
9 5 (2.04%) SC Cleared
10 4 (1.63%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (1.63%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 2 (0.82%) CFA
11 2 (0.82%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.41%) CCIE
12 1 (0.41%) CCNP
12 1 (0.41%) CIMA
12 1 (0.41%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (11.02%) QA
2 18 (7.35%) PMO
3 8 (3.27%) ISO 9001
4 5 (2.04%) Accessibility
4 5 (2.04%) GDPR
5 4 (1.63%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.82%) SLA
7 1 (0.41%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (0.41%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.41%) Firmware
1 1 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.41%) Nagios
1 1 (0.41%) SCCM
1 1 (0.41%) vCenter Server
1 1 (0.41%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 35 (14.29%) SAP
2 19 (7.76%) Microsoft
3 5 (2.04%) Google
4 4 (1.63%) ServiceNow
5 3 (1.22%) Workday
5 3 (1.22%) YouTube
6 2 (0.82%) Civica
6 2 (0.82%) FIS
6 2 (0.82%) HubSpot
6 2 (0.82%) Murex
6 2 (0.82%) Northgate
6 2 (0.82%) Oracle
6 2 (0.82%) Orchard
6 2 (0.82%) VMware
7 1 (0.41%) Cisco
7 1 (0.41%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.41%) IBM
7 1 (0.41%) JD Edwards
7 1 (0.41%) Kronos
7 1 (0.41%) Salesforce