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 24 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 550 420 433
Rank change year-on-year -130 +13 +113
Permanent jobs citing Resource Allocation 222 241 358
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.22% 0.56% 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.63% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 115 101 127
10th Percentile £37,500 £44,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,250 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £68,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.71% +14.17% -3.87%
75th Percentile £80,000 £96,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £102,250 £103,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £58,750 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.96% +12.50% -4.00%

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 75,707 38,228 55,757
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.45% 88.79% 81.96%
Number of salaries quoted 53,452 21,986 30,884
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,233 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £58,298
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -5.66% -6.72%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 24 September 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 24 September 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 -65 78 £55,000 -21.43% 77
London -78 67 £75,000 -16.67% 218
North of England -35 46 £50,000 +14.29% 72
Yorkshire -26 25 £50,000 +25.00% 22
North West -8 21 £40,625 -27.78% 41
Midlands -56 12 £40,000 -33.33% 39
South West -84 12 £75,000 +50.00% 32
East Midlands -24 6 £40,000 -41.61% 14
West Midlands -55 6 £46,250 -22.92% 25
East of England -33 5 £41,000 -23.72% 25
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 7 (3.15%) Confluence
1 7 (3.15%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.35%) CMS
2 3 (1.35%) SAS
3 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.45%) Moodle
4 1 (0.45%) R Markdown
Applications
1 21 (9.46%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (4.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (3.15%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (2.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (1.35%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.90%) Trello
6 2 (0.90%) Weka
7 1 (0.45%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 3 (1.35%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (1.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.90%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.45%) Primavera
3 1 (0.45%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.45%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.45%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.45%) SAP MDG-F
3 1 (0.45%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 33 (14.86%) AWS
2 30 (13.51%) Azure
3 27 (12.16%) SaaS
4 8 (3.60%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (3.60%) Power Platform
5 7 (3.15%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (2.70%) GCP
6 6 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (2.70%) Smartsheet
7 3 (1.35%) Entra ID
8 2 (0.90%) Slack
8 2 (0.90%) Veeva
9 1 (0.45%) Apigee
9 1 (0.45%) Asana
9 1 (0.45%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.45%) Figma
9 1 (0.45%) GitHub
9 1 (0.45%) IaaS
9 1 (0.45%) Kong
9 1 (0.45%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (7.66%) Network Security
2 13 (5.86%) Firewall
3 10 (4.50%) Intrusion Detection
4 5 (2.25%) VPN
4 5 (2.25%) Wireless
5 1 (0.45%) Broadband
5 1 (0.45%) LAN
5 1 (0.45%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.45%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (0.45%) WAN
5 1 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.60%) Power BI
2 4 (1.80%) Metadata
3 3 (1.35%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.90%) Geospatial Data
4 2 (0.90%) GIS
5 1 (0.45%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.45%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.45%) Semantic Layer
5 1 (0.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 24 (10.81%) JIRA
2 2 (0.90%) Git
2 2 (0.90%) GitLab
2 2 (0.90%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.45%) Postman
3 1 (0.45%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.45%) Subversion
General
1 108 (48.65%) Social Skills
2 68 (30.63%) Finance
3 47 (21.17%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (14.86%) Influencing Skills
5 27 (12.16%) Aerospace
6 24 (10.81%) Pharmaceutical
7 21 (9.46%) Organisational Skills
8 17 (7.66%) Manufacturing
8 17 (7.66%) Military
9 16 (7.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 12 (5.41%) Public Sector
11 11 (4.95%) Automotive
11 11 (4.95%) Marketing
12 10 (4.50%) Law
13 9 (4.05%) Banking
13 9 (4.05%) Legal
13 9 (4.05%) Retail
14 7 (3.15%) Aviation
15 3 (1.35%) Advertising
15 3 (1.35%) Digital Healthcare
Job Titles
1 49 (22.07%) Lead
2 23 (10.36%) Developer
3 22 (9.91%) Software Engineer
4 19 (8.56%) Project Manager
5 17 (7.66%) .NET Developer
5 17 (7.66%) .NET Software Developer
5 17 (7.66%) .NET Software Engineer
5 17 (7.66%) C# .NET Developer
5 17 (7.66%) C# Developer
5 17 (7.66%) C# Software Developer
5 17 (7.66%) C# Software Engineer
5 17 (7.66%) Developer/Software Engineer
6 13 (5.86%) Operations Manager
7 11 (4.95%) Architect
7 11 (4.95%) Senior
8 10 (4.50%) Service Desk Manager
8 10 (4.50%) Service Manager
9 9 (4.05%) IT Manager
9 9 (4.05%) Lead Architect
9 9 (4.05%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (9.46%) .NET
1 21 (9.46%) HTML
2 18 (8.11%) CSS
3 17 (7.66%) Vue
4 10 (4.50%) ModSecurity
5 2 (0.90%) ADO
5 2 (0.90%) Terraform
6 1 (0.45%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.45%) GraphQL
6 1 (0.45%) JSON
6 1 (0.45%) JWT
6 1 (0.45%) MACH
6 1 (0.45%) REST
6 1 (0.45%) RESTful
6 1 (0.45%) SAML
6 1 (0.45%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 26 (11.71%) Management Information System
2 23 (10.36%) Life Science
3 22 (9.91%) Onboarding
4 20 (9.01%) Pharmacovigilance
5 15 (6.76%) Social Media
6 11 (4.95%) PMI
7 10 (4.50%) Data Centre
7 10 (4.50%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 10 (4.50%) Security Posture
8 8 (3.60%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (3.15%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (3.15%) Private Cloud
10 6 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (1.80%) Autonomous Agent
11 4 (1.80%) Blog
11 4 (1.80%) NHS
11 4 (1.80%) Operational Technology
11 4 (1.80%) Virtual Team
12 3 (1.35%) ASIC
12 3 (1.35%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.60%) Windows
2 4 (1.80%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.90%) Linux
3 2 (0.90%) Mac OS
3 2 (0.90%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.45%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (61.71%) Continuous Improvement
2 74 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 62 (27.93%) Roadmaps
4 53 (23.87%) Agile
4 53 (23.87%) Problem-Solving
5 52 (23.42%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
6 49 (22.07%) Project Management
7 48 (21.62%) Decision-Making
8 47 (21.17%) Change Management
9 39 (17.57%) Service Delivery
10 38 (17.12%) Risk Management
11 37 (16.67%) AI
12 29 (13.06%) Customer Service
12 29 (13.06%) ITIL
12 29 (13.06%) Project Delivery
13 28 (12.61%) People Management
13 28 (12.61%) Service Management
14 27 (12.16%) Software Engineering
15 26 (11.71%) PRINCE2
15 26 (11.71%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (9.46%) C#
2 15 (6.76%) SQL
3 10 (4.50%) Python
4 2 (0.90%) C
4 2 (0.90%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.45%) Assembly Language
5 1 (0.45%) Bash
5 1 (0.45%) C++
5 1 (0.45%) Lua
5 1 (0.45%) MATLAB
5 1 (0.45%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.45%) R
5 1 (0.45%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 74 (33.33%) Degree
2 35 (15.77%) Security Cleared
3 23 (10.36%) DV Cleared
4 22 (9.91%) PMI Certification
5 17 (7.66%) SC Cleared
6 13 (5.86%) CISSP
7 11 (4.95%) Cisco Certification
7 11 (4.95%) PMP
8 10 (4.50%) BPSS Clearance
8 10 (4.50%) CCNP
8 10 (4.50%) Master's Degree
9 7 (3.15%) TOGAF Certification
10 5 (2.25%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (2.25%) MBA
11 4 (1.80%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (1.35%) ACCA
12 3 (1.35%) Chartered Engineer
12 3 (1.35%) CISA
12 3 (1.35%) CISM
12 3 (1.35%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (18.92%) QA
2 20 (9.01%) Good Clinical Practice
2 20 (9.01%) GxP
2 20 (9.01%) SLA
3 15 (6.76%) Accessibility
4 14 (6.31%) PMO
5 6 (2.70%) GDPR
5 6 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (2.25%) Data Quality
7 4 (1.80%) GRC
8 3 (1.35%) ISO 26262
8 3 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 3 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 3 (1.35%) NCSC
8 3 (1.35%) NIST
8 3 (1.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.45%) IFRS
9 1 (0.45%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (2.25%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.80%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (1.80%) vSphere
3 3 (1.35%) Docker
3 3 (1.35%) Firmware
4 2 (0.90%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.90%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 3 (1.35%) Ansible
1 3 (1.35%) Functional Safety
1 3 (1.35%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 31 (13.96%) Microsoft
2 19 (8.56%) SAP
3 14 (6.31%) Cisco
4 13 (5.86%) Fortinet
4 13 (5.86%) ServiceNow
5 11 (4.95%) Palo Alto
6 9 (4.05%) Oracle
7 5 (2.25%) VMware
8 4 (1.80%) Salesforce
9 3 (1.35%) Sage
9 3 (1.35%) YouTube
10 2 (0.90%) Alteryx
10 2 (0.90%) Aruba
10 2 (0.90%) CA Agile Central
10 2 (0.90%) Databricks
10 2 (0.90%) Meraki
10 2 (0.90%) NVIDIA
10 2 (0.90%) Ruckus Wireless
10 2 (0.90%) UiPath
10 2 (0.90%) Veeam