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 26 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 523 455 424
Rank change year-on-year -68 -31 +184
Permanent jobs citing Resource Allocation 226 197 373
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.23% 0.45% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.51% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 139 93 173
10th Percentile £39,800 £49,150 £30,000
25th Percentile £48,750 £56,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £67,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.52% +22.73% -12.94%
75th Percentile £83,750 £90,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £102,250 £93,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £67,500 £55,750
% change year-on-year -18.52% +21.08% -11.76%

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 70,812 38,908 59,129
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.46% 88.91% 81.00%
Number of salaries quoted 50,212 22,532 37,613
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -1.79% -10.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% 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 26 August 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 26 August 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 -11 77 £55,000 -18.52% 25
London -66 74 £80,000 -5.88% 113
North of England -25 42 £50,000 +14.29% 31
Yorkshire -20 26 £50,000 +25.00% 11
North West +3 16 £52,500 -6.67% 17
Midlands -39 14 £40,000 -37.25% 10
South West -80 10 £47,500 -5.00% 22
East of England -18 9 £45,814 -14.77% 6
West Midlands -36 8 £55,000 -8.33% 6
East Midlands -17 6 £40,000 -41.61% 3
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 (3.54%) Confluence
2 5 (2.21%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.33%) CMS
4 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.88%) SAS
Applications
1 21 (9.29%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (3.98%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (2.21%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (2.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.33%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.88%) Trello
5 2 (0.88%) Weka
Business Applications
1 6 (2.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.33%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.44%) NetSuite
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 43 (19.03%) SaaS
2 39 (17.26%) AWS
3 30 (13.27%) Azure
4 12 (5.31%) Power Platform
5 9 (3.98%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (3.54%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (3.10%) GCP
8 6 (2.65%) Smartsheet
9 4 (1.77%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (1.33%) Entra ID
11 2 (0.88%) Miro
11 2 (0.88%) Slack
11 2 (0.88%) Veeva
12 1 (0.44%) Apigee
12 1 (0.44%) Cloud Computing
12 1 (0.44%) Figma
12 1 (0.44%) IaaS
12 1 (0.44%) Kong
12 1 (0.44%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (6.64%) Network Security
2 12 (5.31%) Firewall
3 10 (4.42%) Intrusion Detection
4 6 (2.65%) Wireless
5 4 (1.77%) VPN
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 12 (5.31%) Power BI
2 4 (1.77%) Metadata
2 4 (1.77%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.88%) Db2
3 2 (0.88%) DB2 UDB
3 2 (0.88%) QlikView
4 1 (0.44%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.44%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.44%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.44%) Semantic Layer
4 1 (0.44%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 26 (11.50%) JIRA
2 3 (1.33%) GitLab
2 3 (1.33%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.44%) Git
3 1 (0.44%) Postman
3 1 (0.44%) Subversion
3 1 (0.44%) Visual Studio
General
1 105 (46.46%) Social Skills
2 73 (32.30%) Finance
3 50 (22.12%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (12.83%) Influencing Skills
5 23 (10.18%) Aerospace
6 20 (8.85%) Pharmaceutical
7 17 (7.52%) Military
8 16 (7.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 15 (6.64%) Marketing
10 14 (6.19%) Organisational Skills
10 14 (6.19%) Public Sector
11 12 (5.31%) Manufacturing
12 11 (4.87%) Banking
12 11 (4.87%) Law
13 10 (4.42%) Legal
14 9 (3.98%) Automotive
15 7 (3.10%) Aviation
15 7 (3.10%) Retail
16 5 (2.21%) Electronics
17 4 (1.77%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 50 (22.12%) Lead
2 29 (12.83%) Developer
3 27 (11.95%) Software Engineer
4 26 (11.50%) Project Manager
5 22 (9.73%) .NET Developer
5 22 (9.73%) .NET Software Developer
5 22 (9.73%) .NET Software Engineer
5 22 (9.73%) C# .NET Developer
5 22 (9.73%) C# Developer
5 22 (9.73%) C# Software Developer
5 22 (9.73%) C# Software Engineer
5 22 (9.73%) Developer/Software Engineer
6 17 (7.52%) Senior
7 11 (4.87%) IT Manager
8 10 (4.42%) Architect
8 10 (4.42%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
8 10 (4.42%) Full-Stack Developer
8 10 (4.42%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 10 (4.42%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
8 10 (4.42%) Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (12.39%) .NET
2 26 (11.50%) HTML
3 23 (10.18%) CSS
4 22 (9.73%) Vue
5 10 (4.42%) ModSecurity
6 3 (1.33%) Terraform
7 1 (0.44%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.44%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.44%) GraphQL
7 1 (0.44%) JSON
7 1 (0.44%) JWT
7 1 (0.44%) MACH
7 1 (0.44%) REST
7 1 (0.44%) RESTful
7 1 (0.44%) SAML
7 1 (0.44%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 25 (11.06%) Management Information System
2 20 (8.85%) Life Science
3 19 (8.41%) Onboarding
4 17 (7.52%) Pharmacovigilance
5 15 (6.64%) Social Media
6 11 (4.87%) PMI
7 10 (4.42%) Data Centre
7 10 (4.42%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 10 (4.42%) Security Posture
8 9 (3.98%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (3.10%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (3.10%) Private Cloud
10 6 (2.65%) PropTech
11 4 (1.77%) ASIC
11 4 (1.77%) Blog
11 4 (1.77%) GNSS
11 4 (1.77%) Operational Technology
11 4 (1.77%) Satnav
11 4 (1.77%) Virtual Team
12 3 (1.33%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.21%) Windows
2 3 (1.33%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.88%) Linux
3 2 (0.88%) Mac OS
3 2 (0.88%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.44%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (59.29%) Continuous Improvement
2 66 (29.20%) Stakeholder Management
3 64 (28.32%) Project Management
3 64 (28.32%) Roadmaps
4 56 (24.78%) Agile
4 56 (24.78%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
4 56 (24.78%) Problem-Solving
5 45 (19.91%) Change Management
5 45 (19.91%) Decision-Making
6 38 (16.81%) Risk Management
7 36 (15.93%) AI
7 36 (15.93%) SDLC
7 36 (15.93%) Software Engineering
8 33 (14.60%) Service Delivery
9 32 (14.16%) PRINCE2
9 32 (14.16%) Project Delivery
10 30 (13.27%) ITIL
11 27 (11.95%) Product Vision
11 27 (11.95%) Service Management
12 26 (11.50%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 28 (12.39%) C#
2 15 (6.64%) SQL
3 11 (4.87%) Python
4 2 (0.88%) C
4 2 (0.88%) C++
4 2 (0.88%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.44%) Assembly Language
5 1 (0.44%) Bash
5 1 (0.44%) Lua
5 1 (0.44%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.44%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 74 (32.74%) Degree
2 35 (15.49%) Security Cleared
3 30 (13.27%) PMI Certification
4 23 (10.18%) DV Cleared
5 19 (8.41%) PMP
6 17 (7.52%) SC Cleared
7 13 (5.75%) CISSP
8 11 (4.87%) Cisco Certification
9 10 (4.42%) BPSS Clearance
9 10 (4.42%) CCNP
9 10 (4.42%) Master's Degree
10 7 (3.10%) TOGAF Certification
11 5 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (2.21%) MBA
12 4 (1.77%) 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 40 (17.70%) QA
2 20 (8.85%) SLA
3 17 (7.52%) Good Clinical Practice
3 17 (7.52%) GxP
4 14 (6.19%) Accessibility
5 13 (5.75%) PMO
6 7 (3.10%) GDPR
7 6 (2.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (2.21%) GRC
9 4 (1.77%) ISO 26262
9 4 (1.77%) ISO 9001
9 4 (1.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (1.33%) Data Quality
10 3 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 3 (1.33%) NCSC
10 3 (1.33%) NIST
11 1 (0.44%) IFRS
11 1 (0.44%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (1.77%) Active Directory
1 4 (1.77%) Docker
2 3 (1.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (1.33%) vSphere
3 2 (0.88%) Firmware
3 2 (0.88%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.44%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (1.77%) Ansible
1 4 (1.77%) Functional Safety
1 4 (1.77%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 23 (10.18%) Microsoft
2 19 (8.41%) SAP
3 14 (6.19%) Cisco
4 13 (5.75%) Fortinet
5 12 (5.31%) ServiceNow
6 11 (4.87%) Palo Alto
7 10 (4.42%) Oracle
8 6 (2.65%) Salesforce
9 4 (1.77%) VMware
10 3 (1.33%) Pardot
10 3 (1.33%) Sage
11 2 (0.88%) Aruba
11 2 (0.88%) CA Agile Central
11 2 (0.88%) JD Edwards
11 2 (0.88%) Meraki
11 2 (0.88%) NVIDIA
11 2 (0.88%) Ruckus Wireless
11 2 (0.88%) Sophos
11 2 (0.88%) Veeam
12 1 (0.44%) Juniper