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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 555 417 413
Rank change year-on-year -138 -4 +102
Permanent jobs citing Resource Allocation 225 234 374
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.22% 0.55% 0.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.61% 0.71%
Number of salaries quoted 102 101 143
10th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £41,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £56,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £70,000 £61,305
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +14.18% +2.18%
75th Percentile £77,500 £96,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £115,000 £105,000 £94,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £68,500 £61,305
% change year-on-year -12.41% +11.74% -1.64%

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 77,267 38,105 52,509
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.91% 88.91% 82.61%
Number of salaries quoted 54,131 21,889 28,165
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £33,000
25th Percentile £41,500 £36,250 £45,000
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 £80,000
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 15 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 15 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 -68 69 £57,500 -17.86% 16
London -102 66 £75,000 -16.67% 12
North of England -37 51 £50,000 +5.26% 12
North West -5 27 £46,875 -16.67% 6
Yorkshire -24 24 £50,000 +25.00% 3
Midlands -43 19 £40,000 -33.33% 3
South West -73 13 £70,000 +47.37% 6
West Midlands -51 10 £45,000 -25.00% 2
East Midlands -21 9 £40,000 -41.61% 1
East of England -44 5 £41,000 -23.72% 5
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 (3.56%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.78%) Confluence
3 3 (1.33%) CMS
4 2 (0.89%) R Markdown
4 2 (0.89%) SAS
5 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.44%) Moodle
5 1 (0.44%) WordPress
Applications
1 23 (10.22%) Microsoft Project
2 10 (4.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (3.56%) 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%) Elementor
7 1 (0.44%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.44%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 4 (1.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.33%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.89%) SAP Business ByDesign
3 2 (0.89%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.44%) Primavera
4 1 (0.44%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.44%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.44%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.44%) SAP MDG-F
4 1 (0.44%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 33 (14.67%) SaaS
2 30 (13.33%) Azure
3 25 (11.11%) AWS
4 9 (4.00%) Power Platform
5 8 (3.56%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (3.11%) Dynamics 365
6 7 (3.11%) GCP
6 7 (3.11%) 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%) Figma
10 1 (0.44%) Google Analytics
10 1 (0.44%) Google Tag Manager
10 1 (0.44%) IaaS
10 1 (0.44%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (8.00%) Network Security
2 12 (5.33%) Firewall
3 10 (4.44%) Intrusion Detection
4 4 (1.78%) VPN
5 1 (0.44%) Broadband
5 1 (0.44%) DNS
5 1 (0.44%) LAN
5 1 (0.44%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.44%) SSL
5 1 (0.44%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (0.44%) WAN
5 1 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.44%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.00%) Power BI
2 4 (1.78%) Metadata
3 2 (0.89%) Big Data
3 2 (0.89%) Geospatial Data
3 2 (0.89%) GIS
3 2 (0.89%) Power Query
3 2 (0.89%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.44%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.44%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.44%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.44%) MySQL
4 1 (0.44%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 23 (10.22%) JIRA
2 4 (1.78%) Git
3 2 (0.89%) GitLab
3 2 (0.89%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.44%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.44%) Subversion
4 1 (0.44%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 108 (48.00%) Social Skills
2 80 (35.56%) Finance
3 43 (19.11%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (14.22%) Influencing Skills
5 27 (12.00%) Aerospace
6 26 (11.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 26 (11.56%) Marketing
7 24 (10.67%) Organisational Skills
8 23 (10.22%) Pharmaceutical
8 23 (10.22%) Retail
9 17 (7.56%) Military
10 16 (7.11%) Manufacturing
11 12 (5.33%) Law
11 12 (5.33%) Legal
12 11 (4.89%) Banking
13 7 (3.11%) Aviation
14 6 (2.67%) Automotive
14 6 (2.67%) Public Sector
15 5 (2.22%) Advertising
16 3 (1.33%) Digital Healthcare
Job Titles
1 46 (20.44%) Lead
2 20 (8.89%) Project Manager
3 14 (6.22%) Developer
3 14 (6.22%) Software Engineer
4 12 (5.33%) Architect
4 12 (5.33%) Operations Manager
4 12 (5.33%) Senior
5 11 (4.89%) IT Manager
6 10 (4.44%) .NET Developer
6 10 (4.44%) .NET Software Developer
6 10 (4.44%) .NET Software Engineer
6 10 (4.44%) C# .NET Developer
6 10 (4.44%) C# Developer
6 10 (4.44%) C# Software Developer
6 10 (4.44%) C# Software Engineer
6 10 (4.44%) Developer/Software Engineer
6 10 (4.44%) Lead Architect
6 10 (4.44%) Service Desk Manager
6 10 (4.44%) Service Manager
7 8 (3.56%) Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (6.22%) HTML
2 12 (5.33%) .NET
3 11 (4.89%) CSS
4 10 (4.44%) ModSecurity
4 10 (4.44%) Vue
5 2 (0.89%) ADO
5 2 (0.89%) Terraform
6 1 (0.44%) CSS3
6 1 (0.44%) GraphQL
6 1 (0.44%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 33 (14.67%) Onboarding
2 27 (12.00%) Management Information System
3 21 (9.33%) Life Science
4 18 (8.00%) Pharmacovigilance
5 16 (7.11%) Virtual Team
6 15 (6.67%) Social Media
7 13 (5.78%) Marketing Technology
8 11 (4.89%) PMI
9 10 (4.44%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 10 (4.44%) Security Posture
10 9 (4.00%) Data Centre
10 9 (4.00%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (3.11%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (3.11%) Private Cloud
12 5 (2.22%) Autonomous Agent
12 5 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
13 4 (1.78%) Blog
13 4 (1.78%) NHS
13 4 (1.78%) Operational Technology
14 3 (1.33%) Biopharmaceutical
Operating Systems
1 9 (4.00%) Windows
2 5 (2.22%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.78%) Linux
4 3 (1.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (1.33%) Rocky
5 2 (0.89%) macOS
6 1 (0.44%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (55.56%) Continuous Improvement
2 86 (38.22%) Stakeholder Management
3 69 (30.67%) Roadmaps
4 54 (24.00%) Project Management
5 53 (23.56%) AI
6 51 (22.67%) Decision-Making
7 49 (21.78%) Agile
7 49 (21.78%) Problem-Solving
8 46 (20.44%) Change Management
9 45 (20.00%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
10 41 (18.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 39 (17.33%) Service Delivery
12 37 (16.44%) Risk Management
13 35 (15.56%) Project Delivery
14 33 (14.67%) Customer Engagement
15 31 (13.78%) Collaborative Culture
16 30 (13.33%) Analytics
16 30 (13.33%) Customer Service
17 29 (12.89%) ITIL
18 28 (12.44%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 12 (5.33%) C#
2 10 (4.44%) 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%) PHP
6 1 (0.44%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 65 (28.89%) Degree
2 32 (14.22%) Security Cleared
3 25 (11.11%) DV Cleared
4 20 (8.89%) 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 9 (4.00%) PMP
10 8 (3.56%) Master's Degree
11 7 (3.11%) TOGAF Certification
12 5 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (2.22%) MBA
13 4 (1.78%) ITIL Certification
14 3 (1.33%) ACCA
14 3 (1.33%) Chartered Engineer
14 3 (1.33%) CISA
14 3 (1.33%) CISM
14 3 (1.33%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (16.44%) QA
2 20 (8.89%) SLA
3 18 (8.00%) Good Clinical Practice
3 18 (8.00%) GxP
4 17 (7.56%) PMO
5 13 (5.78%) 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
10 1 (0.44%) PMBOK
System Software
1 5 (2.22%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (2.22%) vSphere
2 4 (1.78%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.78%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (1.78%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (1.33%) Firmware
4 2 (0.89%) Docker
5 1 (0.44%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (2.22%) Ansible
2 2 (0.89%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.89%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 36 (16.00%) Microsoft
2 20 (8.89%) SAP
3 14 (6.22%) ServiceNow
4 13 (5.78%) Cisco
4 13 (5.78%) Samsung
4 13 (5.78%) TikTok
5 12 (5.33%) Fortinet
6 11 (4.89%) Palo Alto
7 9 (4.00%) Oracle
8 6 (2.67%) VMware
9 5 (2.22%) YouTube
10 3 (1.33%) Google
10 3 (1.33%) Sage
10 3 (1.33%) Salesforce
11 2 (0.89%) Alteryx
11 2 (0.89%) CA Agile Central
11 2 (0.89%) Databricks
11 2 (0.89%) ESRI
11 2 (0.89%) NVIDIA
11 2 (0.89%) UiPath