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 20 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 409 406 493
Rank change year-on-year -3 +87 +156
Permanent jobs citing Resource Allocation 232 266 287
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.38% 0.60% 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.48% 0.65% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 114 161 248
10th Percentile £45,425 £45,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £54,063 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £81,250 £61,305 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +32.53% +2.18% -15.19%
75th Percentile £100,000 £80,000 £78,188
90th Percentile £108,875 £93,750 £91,500
UK median annual salary £80,000 £61,305 £61,250
% change year-on-year +30.50% +0.09% -12.50%

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 47,927 40,773 58,562
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 79.25% 92.62% 88.16%
Number of salaries quoted 29,474 20,253 46,343
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,706 £29,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £46,250 £40,146
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -12.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 20 February 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 20 February 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 +41 76 £90,000 +12.50% 73
South East +36 67 £100,000 +69.49% 47
North of England -32 48 £98,750 +73.25% 13
Midlands -18 30 £59,764 +3.94% 9
Yorkshire -34 26 £100,000 +29.03% 5
West Midlands +19 25 £60,000 +23.08% 8
North West -23 18 £72,500 +31.82% 8
South West -22 12 £47,500 -13.64% 5
East of England +2 10 £52,500 -25.00% 5
East Midlands -34 5 £55,000 -4.35% 1
North East -9 4 £82,500 -
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 2 (0.86%) Confluence
1 2 (0.86%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.43%) CMS
Applications
1 13 (5.60%) Microsoft Excel
1 13 (5.60%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (2.59%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.43%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 21 (9.05%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (2.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (2.16%) Shopify
3 2 (0.86%) Adaptiv
3 2 (0.86%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.43%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (0.43%) Primavera
4 1 (0.43%) TRIRIGA
4 1 (0.43%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 78 (33.62%) SaaS
2 37 (15.95%) AWS
3 25 (10.78%) Azure
4 17 (7.33%) Power Platform
5 10 (4.31%) GCP
6 5 (2.16%) Azure Machine Learning
6 5 (2.16%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (2.16%) Microsoft Copilot
7 3 (1.29%) SuccessFactors
8 2 (0.86%) IaaS
8 2 (0.86%) Smartsheet
9 1 (0.43%) AWS Direct Connect
9 1 (0.43%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.43%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (0.43%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.43%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (0.43%) dbt
9 1 (0.43%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.43%) Google Ads
9 1 (0.43%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.86%) SD-WAN
1 2 (0.86%) WAN
2 1 (0.43%) BGP
2 1 (0.43%) EIGRP
2 1 (0.43%) Firewall
2 1 (0.43%) Internet
2 1 (0.43%) Network Security
2 1 (0.43%) OSPF
2 1 (0.43%) VLAN
2 1 (0.43%) VoIP
2 1 (0.43%) VPN
2 1 (0.43%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.90%) Power BI
1 16 (6.90%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.29%) Tableau
3 2 (0.86%) Data Mining
3 2 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.43%) DB2
4 1 (0.43%) DB2 UDB
4 1 (0.43%) QlikView
4 1 (0.43%) Snowflake Schema
4 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (1.29%) JIRA
2 1 (0.43%) Gradle
General
1 123 (53.02%) Social Skills
2 122 (52.59%) Finance
3 68 (29.31%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (9.48%) Legal
5 12 (5.17%) Banking
5 12 (5.17%) Organisational Skills
6 9 (3.88%) Aviation
6 9 (3.88%) Financial Institution
6 9 (3.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (3.88%) Police
7 8 (3.45%) Fire and Rescue
7 8 (3.45%) Law
7 8 (3.45%) Manufacturing
7 8 (3.45%) Marketing
7 8 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (3.45%) Public Sector
7 8 (3.45%) Retail
8 5 (2.16%) Games
9 3 (1.29%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.86%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 52 (22.41%) Senior
2 45 (19.40%) Lead
3 23 (9.91%) Project Manager
4 20 (8.62%) Development Manager
4 20 (8.62%) Software Development Manager
4 20 (8.62%) Software Manager
5 15 (6.47%) .NET Development Manager
6 13 (5.60%) Senior Manager
7 12 (5.17%) Analyst
7 12 (5.17%) Developer
8 10 (4.31%) Service Manager
9 9 (3.88%) Operations Manager
10 8 (3.45%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
10 8 (3.45%) IT Manager
10 8 (3.45%) Python Developer
10 8 (3.45%) Service Operations Manager
10 8 (3.45%) Support Supervisor
10 8 (3.45%) Technical Support
10 8 (3.45%) Technical Support Supervisor
11 7 (3.02%) Software Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (8.19%) .NET
2 5 (2.16%) React
2 5 (2.16%) REST
2 5 (2.16%) Symfony
2 5 (2.16%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 5 (2.16%) WebGL
3 2 (0.86%) CSS
3 2 (0.86%) HTML
3 2 (0.86%) Vue
3 2 (0.86%) XML
4 1 (0.43%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.43%) Blazor
4 1 (0.43%) Kafka
4 1 (0.43%) LDAP
4 1 (0.43%) Node.js
4 1 (0.43%) RESTful
4 1 (0.43%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 28 (12.07%) Analytical Mindset
1 28 (12.07%) Data Centre
2 10 (4.31%) Product Ownership
3 8 (3.45%) GNSS
3 8 (3.45%) Robotics
3 8 (3.45%) Satnav
4 7 (3.02%) Onboarding
5 6 (2.59%) Educational Technology
6 5 (2.16%) Management Information System
6 5 (2.16%) Mobile Games
6 5 (2.16%) PropTech
7 3 (1.29%) Algorithms
7 3 (1.29%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.29%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.29%) Social Media
8 2 (0.86%) Credit Risk
8 2 (0.86%) IoT
8 2 (0.86%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.43%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.43%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.16%) Android
1 5 (2.16%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.86%) Windows
3 1 (0.43%) Linux
3 1 (0.43%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.43%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (48.71%) Continuous Improvement
2 89 (38.36%) Project Management
3 82 (35.34%) Problem-Solving
4 72 (31.03%) Agile
5 68 (29.31%) Decision-Making
6 59 (25.43%) Software Engineering
7 53 (22.84%) ERP
7 53 (22.84%) Stakeholder Management
8 52 (22.41%) Change Management
9 43 (18.53%) Analytics
9 43 (18.53%) SDLC
10 42 (18.10%) Budget Management
11 40 (17.24%) AI
12 38 (16.38%) Product Vision
13 34 (14.66%) Project Delivery
14 33 (14.22%) Business Strategy
15 32 (13.79%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
16 30 (12.93%) Use Case
17 28 (12.07%) Matrix Management
17 28 (12.07%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (8.62%) Python
2 19 (8.19%) C#
3 7 (3.02%) SQL
4 5 (2.16%) Kotlin
4 5 (2.16%) PHP
5 4 (1.72%) R
6 3 (1.29%) Java
7 2 (0.86%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.43%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 41 (17.67%) Degree
2 24 (10.34%) Master's Degree
3 21 (9.05%) MBA
4 12 (5.17%) Azure Certification
5 11 (4.74%) AWS Certification
5 11 (4.74%) PMI Certification
5 11 (4.74%) PMP
6 9 (3.88%) DBS Check
7 7 (3.02%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 5 (2.16%) Security Cleared
9 4 (1.72%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (1.72%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 4 (1.72%) SC Cleared
10 2 (0.86%) CFA
10 2 (0.86%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.43%) CCIE
11 1 (0.43%) CCNP
11 1 (0.43%) CIMA
11 1 (0.43%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (9.91%) QA
2 18 (7.76%) PMO
3 8 (3.45%) ISO 9001
4 6 (2.59%) Accessibility
5 5 (2.16%) GDPR
6 4 (1.72%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.86%) SLA
8 1 (0.43%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (0.43%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.43%) Firmware
1 1 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.43%) Nagios
1 1 (0.43%) SCCM
1 1 (0.43%) vCenter Server
1 1 (0.43%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 26 (11.21%) SAP
2 19 (8.19%) Microsoft
3 5 (2.16%) Google
3 5 (2.16%) ServiceNow
4 3 (1.29%) Workday
4 3 (1.29%) YouTube
5 2 (0.86%) Civica
5 2 (0.86%) FIS
5 2 (0.86%) HubSpot
5 2 (0.86%) Murex
5 2 (0.86%) Northgate
5 2 (0.86%) Oracle
5 2 (0.86%) Orchard
6 1 (0.43%) Cisco
6 1 (0.43%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.43%) IBM
6 1 (0.43%) JD Edwards
6 1 (0.43%) Kronos
6 1 (0.43%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.43%) VMware