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 19 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 467 427 471
Rank change year-on-year -40 +44 +172
Permanent jobs citing Resource Allocation 187 206 345
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.28% 0.54% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.36% 0.58% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 125 140 301
10th Percentile £47,500 £44,875 £38,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% +8.33% -15.19%
75th Percentile £100,000 £80,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £107,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £77,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +19.23% +8.33% -14.29%

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 51,670 35,658 65,018
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 77.78% 93.55% 87.00%
Number of salaries quoted 32,008 20,224 50,768
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £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% -11.29%

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 19 March 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 19 March 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 +20 78 £90,000 +12.50% 26
North of England -33 49 £90,000 +63.64% 20
Midlands -27 28 £55,000 -4.35% 6
Yorkshire -31 24 £100,000 +25.00% 9
West Midlands +6 23 £55,000 +10.00% 6
North West -9 21 £72,500 +31.82% 10
South East -31 18 £100,000 +69.49% 21
South West -29 15 £47,500 -6.86% 5
East of England -20 12 £52,500 -25.00% 5
East Midlands -56 5 £55,000 -15.38%
North East - 4 £82,500 - 1
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 3 (1.60%) Confluence
2 2 (1.07%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.53%) CMS
Applications
1 10 (5.35%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (4.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (4.28%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.53%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.07%) NetSuite
1 2 (1.07%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.53%) Primavera
2 1 (0.53%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 60 (32.09%) SaaS
2 38 (20.32%) AWS
3 24 (12.83%) Azure
4 17 (9.09%) Power Platform
5 10 (5.35%) GCP
6 4 (2.14%) Azure Machine Learning
6 4 (2.14%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (1.07%) IaaS
7 2 (1.07%) Miro
8 1 (0.53%) AWS Direct Connect
8 1 (0.53%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.53%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.53%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (0.53%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (0.53%) dbt
8 1 (0.53%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.53%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.53%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.53%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.07%) SD-WAN
1 2 (1.07%) WAN
1 2 (1.07%) Wireless
2 1 (0.53%) BGP
2 1 (0.53%) EIGRP
2 1 (0.53%) Firewall
2 1 (0.53%) Internet
2 1 (0.53%) Network Security
2 1 (0.53%) OSPF
2 1 (0.53%) VLAN
2 1 (0.53%) VoIP
2 1 (0.53%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (9.63%) SQL Server
2 16 (8.56%) Power BI
3 4 (2.14%) DB2
3 4 (2.14%) DB2 UDB
3 4 (2.14%) QlikView
4 3 (1.60%) Tableau
5 2 (1.07%) Data Mining
5 2 (1.07%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.53%) Looker
6 1 (0.53%) Snowflake Schema
6 1 (0.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 6 (3.21%) JIRA
2 1 (0.53%) GitLab
2 1 (0.53%) Gradle
2 1 (0.53%) Jenkins
General
1 80 (42.78%) Social Skills
2 72 (38.50%) Finance
3 44 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (12.30%) Legal
5 14 (7.49%) Organisational Skills
6 13 (6.95%) Banking
7 10 (5.35%) Public Sector
8 9 (4.81%) Financial Institution
8 9 (4.81%) Marketing
9 8 (4.28%) Law
9 8 (4.28%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (4.28%) Retail
10 6 (3.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (2.14%) Aviation
11 4 (2.14%) Games
11 4 (2.14%) Police
12 3 (1.60%) Fire and Rescue
12 3 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.60%) Manufacturing
13 2 (1.07%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 32 (17.11%) Senior
2 25 (13.37%) Lead
3 23 (12.30%) Project Manager
4 19 (10.16%) Developer
5 16 (8.56%) Development Manager
5 16 (8.56%) Software Development Manager
5 16 (8.56%) Software Manager
6 15 (8.02%) .NET Development Manager
6 15 (8.02%) Analyst
7 14 (7.49%) Senior Manager
8 13 (6.95%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
8 13 (6.95%) Python Developer
9 11 (5.88%) Lead Developer
9 11 (5.88%) Senior Developer
9 11 (5.88%) Support Supervisor
9 11 (5.88%) Technical Support
9 11 (5.88%) Technical Support Supervisor
10 10 (5.35%) Lead Python Developer
10 10 (5.35%) Senior Python Developer
11 9 (4.81%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (12.30%) .NET
2 4 (2.14%) CSS
2 4 (2.14%) HTML
2 4 (2.14%) React
2 4 (2.14%) REST
2 4 (2.14%) Symfony
2 4 (2.14%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 4 (2.14%) Vue
2 4 (2.14%) WebGL
3 2 (1.07%) XML
4 1 (0.53%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.53%) Blazor
4 1 (0.53%) Kafka
4 1 (0.53%) LDAP
4 1 (0.53%) Node.js
4 1 (0.53%) RESTful
4 1 (0.53%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 11 (5.88%) GNSS
1 11 (5.88%) PropTech
1 11 (5.88%) Satnav
2 10 (5.35%) Product Ownership
3 7 (3.74%) Onboarding
4 5 (2.67%) Educational Technology
5 4 (2.14%) Mobile Games
5 4 (2.14%) Social Media
6 3 (1.60%) Algorithms
6 3 (1.60%) Cloud Native
6 3 (1.60%) Public Cloud
6 3 (1.60%) Robotics
6 3 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.07%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.07%) Hedge funds
7 2 (1.07%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.07%) Smart City
8 1 (0.53%) ASIC
8 1 (0.53%) Digital Signage
8 1 (0.53%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.14%) Android
1 4 (2.14%) Apple iOS
2 3 (1.60%) Windows
3 1 (0.53%) Linux
3 1 (0.53%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.53%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (48.13%) Continuous Improvement
2 66 (35.29%) Agile
3 64 (34.22%) Project Management
4 61 (32.62%) Problem-Solving
5 59 (31.55%) Software Engineering
6 52 (27.81%) Decision-Making
7 48 (25.67%) SDLC
8 42 (22.46%) Product Vision
9 38 (20.32%) AI
10 37 (19.79%) Budget Management
11 35 (18.72%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
12 32 (17.11%) Project Delivery
13 28 (14.97%) Process Improvement
14 27 (14.44%) Stakeholder Management
15 24 (12.83%) PRINCE2
15 24 (12.83%) Risk Management
16 23 (12.30%) Collaborative Culture
16 23 (12.30%) Roadmaps
17 22 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 21 (11.23%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 27 (14.44%) Python
2 23 (12.30%) C#
3 11 (5.88%) SQL
4 4 (2.14%) Kotlin
4 4 (2.14%) PHP
4 4 (2.14%) R
5 2 (1.07%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.53%) Java
6 1 (0.53%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 26 (13.90%) Degree
2 14 (7.49%) PMI Certification
2 14 (7.49%) PMP
3 11 (5.88%) Azure Certification
4 10 (5.35%) AWS Certification
4 10 (5.35%) DBS Check
5 6 (3.21%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 4 (2.14%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 4 (2.14%) Security Cleared
7 3 (1.60%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.60%) SC Cleared
8 2 (1.07%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.07%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.53%) CCIE
9 1 (0.53%) CCNP
9 1 (0.53%) CIMA
9 1 (0.53%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.53%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (9.63%) PMO
2 13 (6.95%) QA
3 11 (5.88%) ISO 9001
4 5 (2.67%) GDPR
5 4 (2.14%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.07%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.53%) GRC
7 1 (0.53%) ISO 26262
7 1 (0.53%) NIST
7 1 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (0.53%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.53%) Docker
1 1 (0.53%) Firmware
1 1 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (0.53%) Ansible
1 1 (0.53%) Functional Safety
1 1 (0.53%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.53%) Nagios
1 1 (0.53%) SCCM
1 1 (0.53%) Terraform
1 1 (0.53%) vCenter Server
1 1 (0.53%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 12 (6.42%) Microsoft
2 5 (2.67%) SAP
3 4 (2.14%) Google
3 4 (2.14%) JD Edwards
3 4 (2.14%) Oracle
4 3 (1.60%) Salesforce
4 3 (1.60%) ServiceNow
4 3 (1.60%) YouTube
5 2 (1.07%) Civica
5 2 (1.07%) HubSpot
5 2 (1.07%) Northgate
5 2 (1.07%) Orchard
5 2 (1.07%) Pardot
5 2 (1.07%) Workday
6 1 (0.53%) Cisco
6 1 (0.53%) Facebook
6 1 (0.53%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.53%) Palo Alto
6 1 (0.53%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 1 (0.53%) VMware