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 3 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 365 410 484
Rank change year-on-year +45 +74 +91
Permanent jobs citing Resource Allocation 258 353 205
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.54% 0.62% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.65% 0.72% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 113 166 166
10th Percentile £43,839 £42,875 £45,125
25th Percentile £57,500 £50,500 £51,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £61,305 £63,856
Median % change year-on-year +38.65% -3.99% +2.17%
75th Percentile £100,000 £75,000 £79,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £90,000 £97,250
UK median annual salary £80,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +28.00% -3.85% +4.00%

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 39,846 49,142 41,990
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 83.96% 86.43% 93.61%
Number of salaries quoted 24,939 25,605 32,387
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 3 December 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 3 December 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
London +64 98 £95,000 +26.67% 40
South East +106 85 £92,500 +60.87% 41
North of England -5 38 £85,000 +47.83% 21
Midlands -15 29 £59,527 +3.53% 16
West Midlands +35 25 £59,764 +32.81% 6
Yorkshire +6 20 £100,000 +29.03% 4
North West +4 14 £56,250 +2.27% 15
South West +10 11 £47,500 -17.39% 8
North East +14 4 £75,000 +114.29% 2
East Midlands -42 4 £45,390 -21.06% 9
East of England +19 3 £45,000 -35.71% 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 6 (2.33%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.94%) Confluence
3 1 (0.39%) CMS
3 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 15 (5.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (5.43%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (2.71%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (1.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 39 (15.12%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (3.10%) Shopify
3 7 (2.71%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (1.16%) Adaptiv
5 2 (0.78%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.78%) Primavera
6 1 (0.39%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.39%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.39%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 92 (35.66%) SaaS
2 34 (13.18%) AWS
3 26 (10.08%) Azure
4 13 (5.04%) Power Platform
5 12 (4.65%) GCP
6 10 (3.88%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (2.71%) Microsoft Copilot
8 5 (1.94%) Azure Machine Learning
9 3 (1.16%) Smartsheet
9 3 (1.16%) SuccessFactors
10 2 (0.78%) AWS CloudFormation
10 2 (0.78%) Google Ads
10 2 (0.78%) IaaS
10 2 (0.78%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 2 (0.78%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 1 (0.39%) AWS Direct Connect
11 1 (0.39%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 1 (0.39%) dbt
11 1 (0.39%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.39%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.33%) WAN
2 5 (1.94%) Firewall
2 5 (1.94%) VLAN
3 4 (1.55%) VPN
4 3 (1.16%) DHCP
4 3 (1.16%) DNS
4 3 (1.16%) SD-WAN
4 3 (1.16%) Softphone
4 3 (1.16%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.39%) BGP
5 1 (0.39%) EIGRP
5 1 (0.39%) Internet
5 1 (0.39%) NetScaler
5 1 (0.39%) Network Security
5 1 (0.39%) OSPF
5 1 (0.39%) SAN
5 1 (0.39%) VoIP
5 1 (0.39%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.43%) SQL Server
2 12 (4.65%) Power BI
3 2 (0.78%) Electronic Patient Records
3 2 (0.78%) Tableau
4 1 (0.39%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.39%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.39%) GIS
4 1 (0.39%) Power Query
4 1 (0.39%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 9 (3.49%) JIRA
2 5 (1.94%) GitLab
3 2 (0.78%) Git
3 2 (0.78%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.39%) Gradle
4 1 (0.39%) Postman
4 1 (0.39%) Selenium
4 1 (0.39%) SoapUI
General
1 160 (62.02%) Social Skills
2 150 (58.14%) Finance
3 80 (31.01%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (9.30%) Banking
5 23 (8.91%) Police
6 22 (8.53%) Aviation
6 22 (8.53%) Fire and Rescue
7 16 (6.20%) Legal
8 14 (5.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (4.65%) Law
9 12 (4.65%) Manufacturing
10 11 (4.26%) Marketing
10 11 (4.26%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (3.10%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (3.10%) Retail
12 7 (2.71%) Financial Institution
13 6 (2.33%) Public Sector
14 5 (1.94%) Games
15 4 (1.55%) Public Speaking
16 3 (1.16%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 48 (18.60%) Senior
2 42 (16.28%) Lead
3 25 (9.69%) Project Manager
3 25 (9.69%) Service Manager
4 23 (8.91%) Operations Manager
5 22 (8.53%) Service Operations Manager
6 15 (5.81%) Development Manager
6 15 (5.81%) Software Development Manager
6 15 (5.81%) Software Manager
7 13 (5.04%) Senior Manager
8 11 (4.26%) Technical Manager
9 10 (3.88%) .NET Development Manager
10 8 (3.10%) Analyst
10 8 (3.10%) Head of IT
10 8 (3.10%) IT Manager
10 8 (3.10%) Programme Manager
11 7 (2.71%) Head of Infrastructure
11 7 (2.71%) Senior Project Manager
12 6 (2.33%) Infrastructure Manager
12 6 (2.33%) Linux Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.65%) .NET
2 7 (2.71%) REST
3 5 (1.94%) React
3 5 (1.94%) Symfony
3 5 (1.94%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 5 (1.94%) WebGL
4 4 (1.55%) EDI
5 2 (0.78%) Lightning Web Components
5 2 (0.78%) OAuth
5 2 (0.78%) SOAP
5 2 (0.78%) XML
6 1 (0.39%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.39%) Blazor
6 1 (0.39%) FHIR
6 1 (0.39%) Kafka
6 1 (0.39%) LDAP
6 1 (0.39%) RESTful
6 1 (0.39%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 31 (12.02%) Analytical Mindset
2 28 (10.85%) Data Centre
3 22 (8.53%) Robotics
4 6 (2.33%) Educational Technology
4 6 (2.33%) Onboarding
5 5 (1.94%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (1.94%) Mobile Games
5 5 (1.94%) Product Ownership
5 5 (1.94%) Public Cloud
5 5 (1.94%) Security Posture
5 5 (1.94%) Virtual Team
6 4 (1.55%) GNSS
6 4 (1.55%) Satnav
6 4 (1.55%) Social Media
7 3 (1.16%) Algorithms
7 3 (1.16%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.16%) Credit Risk
7 3 (1.16%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.78%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (0.78%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.49%) Linux
2 8 (3.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (1.94%) Android
3 5 (1.94%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.16%) Windows
5 1 (0.39%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.39%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.39%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (40.70%) Continuous Improvement
2 91 (35.27%) Project Management
3 90 (34.88%) Problem-Solving
4 81 (31.40%) Agile
5 74 (28.68%) ERP
6 72 (27.91%) Decision-Making
7 70 (27.13%) Change Management
8 55 (21.32%) Stakeholder Management
9 53 (20.54%) Software Engineering
10 48 (18.60%) AI
11 47 (18.22%) Budget Management
12 44 (17.05%) Analytics
13 43 (16.67%) Business Case
14 42 (16.28%) Project Delivery
15 41 (15.89%) Service Delivery
16 39 (15.12%) Data-Driven Decision Making
16 39 (15.12%) Financial Modelling
16 39 (15.12%) ITIL
16 39 (15.12%) Trade-off Analysis
17 38 (14.73%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 11 (4.26%) C#
1 11 (4.26%) Python
2 6 (2.33%) SQL
3 5 (1.94%) Java
3 5 (1.94%) Kotlin
3 5 (1.94%) PHP
4 3 (1.16%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.78%) Apex Code
5 2 (0.78%) SOQL
6 1 (0.39%) R
6 1 (0.39%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 60 (23.26%) Degree
2 42 (16.28%) Master's Degree
3 39 (15.12%) MBA
4 14 (5.43%) PMP
5 13 (5.04%) AWS Certification
5 13 (5.04%) Azure Certification
5 13 (5.04%) PMI Certification
6 7 (2.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 7 (2.71%) Security Cleared
7 6 (2.33%) ITIL Certification
8 5 (1.94%) SC Cleared
9 4 (1.55%) CAPM
9 4 (1.55%) CFA
9 4 (1.55%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 3 (1.16%) DV Cleared
10 3 (1.16%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 2 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.78%) CISSP
11 2 (0.78%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.78%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (17.83%) QA
2 18 (6.98%) PMO
3 8 (3.10%) Accessibility
4 5 (1.94%) GDPR
5 4 (1.55%) ISO 9001
6 3 (1.16%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.16%) SLA
7 2 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.39%) HL7
8 1 (0.39%) NIST
System Software
1 6 (2.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (1.94%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
1 2 (0.78%) Terraform
1 2 (0.78%) vCenter Server
2 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.39%) Nagios
2 1 (0.39%) SCCM
2 1 (0.39%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 44 (17.05%) SAP
2 28 (10.85%) Microsoft
3 7 (2.71%) VMware
4 5 (1.94%) Google
5 4 (1.55%) Murex
5 4 (1.55%) ServiceNow
5 4 (1.55%) Workday
5 4 (1.55%) YouTube
6 3 (1.16%) FIS
6 3 (1.16%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.78%) Cisco
7 2 (0.78%) HubSpot
7 2 (0.78%) Kronos
7 2 (0.78%) Oracle
8 1 (0.39%) Civica
8 1 (0.39%) Facebook
8 1 (0.39%) Northgate
8 1 (0.39%) Orchard
8 1 (0.39%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.39%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud