Housing Association Job Trends in England

Housing Association
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Housing Association in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Housing Association over the 6 months leading up to 16 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 646 599 567
Rank change year-on-year -47 -32 +101
Permanent jobs citing Housing Association 68 31 289
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.082% 0.078% 0.31%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.33% 0.18% 0.92%
Number of salaries quoted 58 21 179
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,599 £25,809
25th Percentile £36,013 £45,000 £27,117
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £52,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.48% +16.67% -10.89%
75th Percentile £61,018 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £72,856
UK median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +16.67% -11.76%

All Generic Skills
England

Housing Association falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 20,920 17,124 31,426
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.20% 43.29% 33.18%
Number of salaries quoted 13,731 8,225 21,244
10th Percentile £31,000 £29,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -15.38%

Housing Association
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Housing Association relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Housing Association job vacancy trend in England

Housing Association
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Housing Association.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Housing Association

Housing Association
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Housing Association in England over the 6 months to 16 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Housing Association in England

Housing Association
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Housing Association within the England region over the 6 months to 16 June 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 -22 25 £61,018 +16.22% 17
North of England -13 21 £43,750 +22.56% 12
Midlands 0 15 £35,000 -58.82% 7
West Midlands -9 14 £35,000 -53.80% 4
Yorkshire - 9 £39,305 - 2
North West +9 7 £53,051 -18.38% 8
North East -41 5 £42,500 +28.02% 2
East of England - 3 £30,000 - 4
South West - 3 £110,000 - 5
South East - 2 £41,612 - 15
East Midlands -22 1 £75,000 -11.76% 3
Housing Association
UK

Housing Association
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 (2.94%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.47%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 2 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (4.41%) NEC Housing
2 1 (1.47%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (7.35%) Dynamics 365
2 4 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (5.88%) Power Platform
3 3 (4.41%) Azure
4 1 (1.47%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (1.47%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.94%) Firewall
1 2 (2.94%) Network Security
2 1 (1.47%) LAN
2 1 (1.47%) SD-WAN
2 1 (1.47%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.88%) Power BI
2 2 (2.94%) Power Query
3 1 (1.47%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.47%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.47%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.47%) RDBMS
3 1 (1.47%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.47%) Semantic Layer
3 1 (1.47%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (4.41%) Selenium
1 3 (4.41%) SpecFlow
2 1 (1.47%) Axure RP
General
1 15 (22.06%) Finance
2 10 (14.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 10 (14.71%) Local Government
3 9 (13.24%) Public Sector
3 9 (13.24%) Social Skills
4 8 (11.76%) Social Housing
5 5 (7.35%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (7.35%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (5.88%) Manufacturing
7 3 (4.41%) Advertising
8 1 (1.47%) Legal
Job Titles
1 13 (19.12%) Analyst
2 11 (16.18%) Applications Manager
2 11 (16.18%) Planning Manager
3 8 (11.76%) Applications Support
3 8 (11.76%) Applications Support Analyst
3 8 (11.76%) Support Analyst
4 7 (10.29%) Business Development Manager
4 7 (10.29%) Business Manager
4 7 (10.29%) Development Manager
5 5 (7.35%) IT Manager
6 4 (5.88%) Head of Compliance
6 4 (5.88%) IT Engineer
6 4 (5.88%) IT Support
6 4 (5.88%) IT Support Engineer
6 4 (5.88%) Lead
6 4 (5.88%) Project Manager
6 4 (5.88%) Support Engineer
7 3 (4.41%) Automation Engineer
7 3 (4.41%) QA Automation Engineer
7 3 (4.41%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.41%) NHS
2 2 (2.94%) Security Posture
3 1 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.47%) Clustering
3 1 (1.47%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.47%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.47%) Replication
3 1 (1.47%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.41%) Windows
2 2 (2.94%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (16.18%) Change Management
2 9 (13.24%) ITIL
3 8 (11.76%) Agile
4 7 (10.29%) Business Development
4 7 (10.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (10.29%) Service Delivery
5 6 (8.82%) Business Intelligence
5 6 (8.82%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (8.82%) Mentoring
5 6 (8.82%) Risk Management
5 6 (8.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 5 (7.35%) Customer Service
6 5 (7.35%) ERP
6 5 (7.35%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (7.35%) Scrum
7 4 (5.88%) CI/CD
7 4 (5.88%) Commercial Awareness
7 4 (5.88%) Data Governance
7 4 (5.88%) DevOps
7 4 (5.88%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.41%) C#
1 3 (4.41%) SQL
2 1 (1.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (1.47%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (1.47%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (5.88%) Degree
2 3 (4.41%) ISTQB
2 3 (4.41%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 2 (2.94%) ACCA
3 2 (2.94%) CCNP
3 2 (2.94%) CEH
3 2 (2.94%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (2.94%) CISM
3 2 (2.94%) CISSP
3 2 (2.94%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 2 (2.94%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 1 (1.47%) CCAB
4 1 (1.47%) CIMA
4 1 (1.47%) CIPFA
4 1 (1.47%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.82%) Data Quality
2 3 (4.41%) QA
3 2 (2.94%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.94%) Actionable Recommendations
3 2 (2.94%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (2.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.94%) NIST
3 2 (2.94%) PMO
4 1 (1.47%) GDPR
System Software
1 4 (5.88%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.47%) Ansible
1 1 (1.47%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (19.12%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.41%) NEC
2 3 (4.41%) Sitecore
3 2 (2.94%) SAP
4 1 (1.47%) Databricks
4 1 (1.47%) Oracle
4 1 (1.47%) Salesforce