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

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 371 384 474
Rank change year-on-year +13 +90 +104
Permanent jobs citing Resource Allocation 259 359 205
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.53% 0.64% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.63% 0.73% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 117 171 167
10th Percentile £44,017 £43,250 £45,350
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,125 £51,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £60,500 £63,856
Median % change year-on-year +36.36% -5.26% +1.36%
75th Percentile £100,000 £75,000 £79,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £90,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £80,000 £61,305 £65,000
% change year-on-year +30.50% -5.68% +3.17%

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 40,909 48,885 42,044
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 84.14% 86.89% 93.59%
Number of salaries quoted 25,069 25,461 32,479
10th Percentile £28,500 £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 £75,250 £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 6 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 6 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 +72 98 £95,000 +26.67% 34
South East +86 84 £92,500 +58.12% 52
North of England +5 41 £85,000 +49.12% 34
Midlands -39 29 £59,527 +3.53% 32
West Midlands +26 25 £59,764 +32.81% 14
Yorkshire +5 21 £100,000 +29.03% 12
North West +6 16 £65,000 +18.18% 19
South West +15 10 £47,500 -17.39% 15
North East +10 4 £75,000 +114.29% 3
East Midlands -44 4 £45,390 -21.06% 16
East of England +5 3 £45,000 -35.71% 17
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 (2.32%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.16%) Confluence
3 1 (0.39%) CMS
3 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 15 (5.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (5.02%) Microsoft Project
3 8 (3.09%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 39 (15.06%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (3.09%) Shopify
3 7 (2.70%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (1.16%) Adaptiv
5 2 (0.77%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.77%) Primavera
6 1 (0.39%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.39%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.39%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 93 (35.91%) SaaS
2 34 (13.13%) AWS
3 25 (9.65%) Azure
4 13 (5.02%) Power Platform
5 11 (4.25%) GCP
6 10 (3.86%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (2.70%) Microsoft Copilot
8 5 (1.93%) Azure Machine Learning
9 3 (1.16%) Smartsheet
9 3 (1.16%) SuccessFactors
10 2 (0.77%) AWS CloudFormation
10 2 (0.77%) Google Ads
10 2 (0.77%) IaaS
10 2 (0.77%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 2 (0.77%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 1 (0.39%) AWS Direct Connect
11 1 (0.39%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 1 (0.39%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.39%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.39%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.32%) WAN
2 5 (1.93%) Firewall
2 5 (1.93%) VLAN
3 4 (1.54%) 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
5 1 (0.39%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.79%) SQL Server
2 12 (4.63%) Power BI
3 2 (0.77%) Electronic Patient Records
3 2 (0.77%) 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 7 (2.70%) JIRA
2 5 (1.93%) GitLab
3 2 (0.77%) Git
3 2 (0.77%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.39%) Gradle
4 1 (0.39%) Postman
4 1 (0.39%) Selenium
4 1 (0.39%) SoapUI
General
1 161 (62.16%) Social Skills
2 149 (57.53%) Finance
3 77 (29.73%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (8.88%) Police
5 22 (8.49%) Aviation
5 22 (8.49%) Fire and Rescue
6 21 (8.11%) Banking
7 17 (6.56%) Legal
8 12 (4.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (4.63%) Manufacturing
9 11 (4.25%) Marketing
9 11 (4.25%) Presentation Skills
10 10 (3.86%) Law
11 8 (3.09%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (3.09%) Retail
12 7 (2.70%) Financial Institution
13 6 (2.32%) Public Sector
14 5 (1.93%) Games
15 4 (1.54%) Public Speaking
16 3 (1.16%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 49 (18.92%) Senior
2 40 (15.44%) Lead
3 25 (9.65%) Service Manager
4 24 (9.27%) Project Manager
5 23 (8.88%) Operations Manager
6 22 (8.49%) Service Operations Manager
7 16 (6.18%) Development Manager
7 16 (6.18%) Software Development Manager
7 16 (6.18%) Software Manager
8 13 (5.02%) Senior Manager
9 11 (4.25%) .NET Development Manager
10 9 (3.47%) Analyst
11 8 (3.09%) Head of IT
11 8 (3.09%) IT Manager
11 8 (3.09%) Programme Manager
11 8 (3.09%) Technical Manager
12 7 (2.70%) Head of Infrastructure
12 7 (2.70%) Senior Project Manager
13 6 (2.32%) Linux Administrator
13 6 (2.32%) Linux Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (5.02%) .NET
2 7 (2.70%) REST
3 5 (1.93%) React
3 5 (1.93%) Symfony
3 5 (1.93%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 5 (1.93%) WebGL
4 4 (1.54%) EDI
5 2 (0.77%) Lightning Web Components
5 2 (0.77%) OAuth
5 2 (0.77%) SOAP
5 2 (0.77%) 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 30 (11.58%) Analytical Mindset
2 28 (10.81%) Data Centre
3 22 (8.49%) Robotics
4 6 (2.32%) Educational Technology
4 6 (2.32%) Onboarding
5 5 (1.93%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (1.93%) Mobile Games
5 5 (1.93%) Product Ownership
5 5 (1.93%) Security Posture
5 5 (1.93%) Virtual Team
6 4 (1.54%) GNSS
6 4 (1.54%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.54%) Public Cloud
6 4 (1.54%) Satnav
6 4 (1.54%) Social Media
7 3 (1.16%) Algorithms
7 3 (1.16%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.16%) Credit Risk
8 2 (0.77%) IoT
8 2 (0.77%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.47%) Linux
2 8 (3.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (1.93%) Android
3 5 (1.93%) 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 (40.54%) Continuous Improvement
2 93 (35.91%) Project Management
3 89 (34.36%) Problem-Solving
4 80 (30.89%) Agile
5 74 (28.57%) ERP
6 70 (27.03%) Change Management
7 69 (26.64%) Decision-Making
8 55 (21.24%) Software Engineering
9 52 (20.08%) Stakeholder Management
10 48 (18.53%) AI
11 46 (17.76%) Budget Management
12 43 (16.60%) Analytics
12 43 (16.60%) Business Case
13 40 (15.44%) Project Delivery
13 40 (15.44%) Service Delivery
14 39 (15.06%) Data-Driven Decision Making
14 39 (15.06%) Financial Modelling
14 39 (15.06%) ITIL
14 39 (15.06%) Trade-off Analysis
15 38 (14.67%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 12 (4.63%) C#
2 10 (3.86%) Python
3 6 (2.32%) SQL
4 5 (1.93%) Java
4 5 (1.93%) Kotlin
4 5 (1.93%) PHP
5 2 (0.77%) Apex Code
5 2 (0.77%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.77%) SOQL
6 1 (0.39%) R
6 1 (0.39%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 59 (22.78%) Degree
2 42 (16.22%) Master's Degree
3 39 (15.06%) MBA
4 15 (5.79%) PMP
5 14 (5.41%) PMI Certification
6 12 (4.63%) AWS Certification
6 12 (4.63%) Azure Certification
7 7 (2.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 7 (2.70%) Security Cleared
8 6 (2.32%) ITIL Certification
9 5 (1.93%) SC Cleared
10 4 (1.54%) CAPM
10 4 (1.54%) CFA
10 4 (1.54%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 3 (1.16%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.77%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.77%) CISSP
12 2 (0.77%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (0.77%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.77%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (18.15%) QA
2 19 (7.34%) PMO
3 8 (3.09%) Accessibility
4 6 (2.32%) GDPR
5 4 (1.54%) ISO 9001
6 3 (1.16%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.16%) SLA
7 2 (0.77%) 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 (2.32%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (1.93%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.39%) Firmware
3 1 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
1 2 (0.77%) Terraform
1 2 (0.77%) 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 (16.99%) SAP
2 29 (11.20%) Microsoft
3 7 (2.70%) VMware
4 5 (1.93%) Google
5 4 (1.54%) Murex
5 4 (1.54%) ServiceNow
5 4 (1.54%) Workday
5 4 (1.54%) YouTube
6 3 (1.16%) FIS
6 3 (1.16%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.77%) Cisco
7 2 (0.77%) HubSpot
7 2 (0.77%) Kronos
7 2 (0.77%) 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