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

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 528 500 428
Rank change year-on-year -28 -72 +196
Permanent jobs citing Resource Allocation 214 153 372
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.23% 0.35% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.39% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 136 96 184
10th Percentile £40,000 £46,875 £30,000
25th Percentile £49,375 £56,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £69,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.58% +25.91% -15.38%
75th Percentile £83,750 £87,813 £71,563
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,625 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £67,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -18.52% +22.73% -15.38%

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 69,222 39,170 58,822
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.76% 89.42% 81.39%
Number of salaries quoted 48,821 22,704 38,917
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,519 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%

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 10 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 10 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
London -56 72 £80,000 -5.88% 109
South East +14 71 £55,000 -18.52% 33
North of England -22 40 £50,000 -18.37% 24
Yorkshire -24 24 £50,000 -16.67% 10
North West +2 16 £56,250 +18.42% 11
Midlands -37 13 £55,000 +10.00% 14
South West -73 10 £47,500 -5.00% 7
East of England -24 8 £45,814 -14.77% 12
West Midlands -31 8 £55,000 +10.00% 7
East Midlands -22 5 £40,000 -41.61% 7
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 (3.74%) Confluence
2 4 (1.87%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.93%) SAS
4 1 (0.47%) CMS
Applications
1 21 (9.81%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (4.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.80%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (1.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (1.40%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.93%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (2.80%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.47%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.47%) Primavera
2 1 (0.47%) SAP CO
2 1 (0.47%) SAP FI
2 1 (0.47%) SAP MDG
2 1 (0.47%) SAP MDG-F
2 1 (0.47%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 44 (20.56%) SaaS
2 36 (16.82%) AWS
3 28 (13.08%) Azure
4 13 (6.07%) Power Platform
5 9 (4.21%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (3.74%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (2.80%) Smartsheet
8 5 (2.34%) GCP
9 3 (1.40%) Entra ID
10 2 (0.93%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (0.93%) IaaS
10 2 (0.93%) Miro
10 2 (0.93%) Slack
10 2 (0.93%) Veeva
11 1 (0.47%) Apigee
11 1 (0.47%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.47%) Figma
11 1 (0.47%) Kong
11 1 (0.47%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (5.14%) Firewall
1 11 (5.14%) Network Security
2 9 (4.21%) Intrusion Detection
3 6 (2.80%) Wireless
4 2 (0.93%) VPN
5 1 (0.47%) Broadband
5 1 (0.47%) Internet
5 1 (0.47%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (6.07%) Power BI
2 5 (2.34%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.40%) Db2
3 3 (1.40%) DB2 UDB
3 3 (1.40%) QlikView
4 2 (0.93%) Metadata
5 1 (0.47%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.47%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.47%) Looker
5 1 (0.47%) Semantic Layer
5 1 (0.47%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 25 (11.68%) JIRA
2 3 (1.40%) GitLab
2 3 (1.40%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.47%) Git
3 1 (0.47%) Postman
3 1 (0.47%) Subversion
3 1 (0.47%) Visual Studio
General
1 97 (45.33%) Social Skills
2 71 (33.18%) Finance
3 48 (22.43%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (11.68%) Influencing Skills
5 19 (8.88%) Aerospace
6 16 (7.48%) Pharmaceutical
7 15 (7.01%) Military
8 14 (6.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 13 (6.07%) Organisational Skills
9 13 (6.07%) Public Sector
10 12 (5.61%) Marketing
11 10 (4.67%) Banking
11 10 (4.67%) Law
12 8 (3.74%) Legal
12 8 (3.74%) Manufacturing
13 7 (3.27%) Automotive
13 7 (3.27%) Retail
14 6 (2.80%) Aviation
15 5 (2.34%) Electronics
16 4 (1.87%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 41 (19.16%) Lead
2 30 (14.02%) Developer
3 27 (12.62%) Software Engineer
4 26 (12.15%) Project Manager
5 22 (10.28%) .NET Developer
5 22 (10.28%) .NET Software Developer
5 22 (10.28%) .NET Software Engineer
5 22 (10.28%) C# .NET Developer
5 22 (10.28%) C# Developer
5 22 (10.28%) C# Software Developer
5 22 (10.28%) C# Software Engineer
5 22 (10.28%) Developer/Software Engineer
6 15 (7.01%) Senior
7 10 (4.67%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
7 10 (4.67%) Full-Stack C# Developer
7 10 (4.67%) Full-Stack Developer
7 10 (4.67%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 10 (4.67%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
8 9 (4.21%) IT Manager
9 8 (3.74%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (13.55%) .NET
2 24 (11.21%) HTML
3 23 (10.75%) CSS
4 22 (10.28%) Vue
5 9 (4.21%) ModSecurity
6 1 (0.47%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.47%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.47%) GraphQL
6 1 (0.47%) JSON
6 1 (0.47%) JWT
6 1 (0.47%) MACH
6 1 (0.47%) REST
6 1 (0.47%) RESTful
6 1 (0.47%) SAML
6 1 (0.47%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 24 (11.21%) Management Information System
2 19 (8.88%) Onboarding
3 16 (7.48%) Life Science
4 15 (7.01%) Pharmacovigilance
4 15 (7.01%) Social Media
5 10 (4.67%) Data Centre
5 10 (4.67%) PMI
6 9 (4.21%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 9 (4.21%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (4.21%) Security Posture
7 7 (3.27%) PropTech
8 6 (2.80%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (2.80%) Private Cloud
9 4 (1.87%) ASIC
9 4 (1.87%) Blog
9 4 (1.87%) GNSS
9 4 (1.87%) Operational Technology
9 4 (1.87%) Satnav
9 4 (1.87%) Virtual Team
10 3 (1.40%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.34%) Windows
2 3 (1.40%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.93%) Linux
3 2 (0.93%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (0.47%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.47%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (57.48%) Continuous Improvement
2 64 (29.91%) Project Management
3 60 (28.04%) Roadmaps
3 60 (28.04%) Stakeholder Management
4 55 (25.70%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
4 55 (25.70%) Problem-Solving
5 53 (24.77%) Agile
6 46 (21.50%) Decision-Making
7 41 (19.16%) Change Management
8 38 (17.76%) Software Engineering
9 37 (17.29%) SDLC
10 32 (14.95%) Project Delivery
10 32 (14.95%) Risk Management
11 31 (14.49%) Service Delivery
12 30 (14.02%) PRINCE2
13 28 (13.08%) AI
13 28 (13.08%) Product Vision
14 27 (12.62%) ITIL
14 27 (12.62%) Microservices
15 25 (11.68%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 29 (13.55%) C#
2 17 (7.94%) SQL
3 12 (5.61%) Python
4 2 (0.93%) C
4 2 (0.93%) C++
4 2 (0.93%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.47%) Assembly Language
5 1 (0.47%) Bash
5 1 (0.47%) Lua
5 1 (0.47%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.47%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 68 (31.78%) Degree
2 33 (15.42%) Security Cleared
3 29 (13.55%) PMI Certification
4 21 (9.81%) DV Cleared
5 19 (8.88%) PMP
6 16 (7.48%) SC Cleared
7 12 (5.61%) CISSP
8 10 (4.67%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (4.21%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (4.21%) CCNP
9 9 (4.21%) Master's Degree
10 6 (2.80%) TOGAF Certification
11 5 (2.34%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (1.87%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (1.40%) ACCA
13 3 (1.40%) Chartered Engineer
13 3 (1.40%) CISA
13 3 (1.40%) CISM
13 3 (1.40%) HND
13 3 (1.40%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (16.82%) QA
2 19 (8.88%) SLA
3 16 (7.48%) Accessibility
4 15 (7.01%) Good Clinical Practice
4 15 (7.01%) GxP
5 13 (6.07%) PMO
6 7 (3.27%) GDPR
7 5 (2.34%) GRC
8 4 (1.87%) ISO 26262
8 4 (1.87%) ISO 9001
8 4 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (1.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (1.40%) Data Quality
9 3 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 3 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 3 (1.40%) NCSC
9 3 (1.40%) NIST
10 1 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.47%) IFRS
10 1 (0.47%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (1.87%) Docker
2 3 (1.40%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.40%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (1.40%) vSphere
3 2 (0.93%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (1.87%) Ansible
1 4 (1.87%) Functional Safety
1 4 (1.87%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.40%) Terraform
3 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 18 (8.41%) Microsoft
2 17 (7.94%) SAP
3 13 (6.07%) Cisco
4 12 (5.61%) Fortinet
4 12 (5.61%) ServiceNow
5 10 (4.67%) Oracle
5 10 (4.67%) Palo Alto
6 6 (2.80%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.87%) VMware
8 3 (1.40%) JD Edwards
8 3 (1.40%) Pardot
8 3 (1.40%) Sage
9 2 (0.93%) Aruba
9 2 (0.93%) Meraki
9 2 (0.93%) Ruckus Wireless
9 2 (0.93%) Sophos
9 2 (0.93%) Veeam
10 1 (0.47%) Google
10 1 (0.47%) Juniper
10 1 (0.47%) NETGEAR