Resource Allocation Job Trends in Scotland

Resource Allocation
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Resource Allocation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 154 142 147
Rank change year-on-year -12 +5 +42
Permanent jobs citing Resource Allocation 3 9 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.11% 0.27% 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.33% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 1 5 7
10th Percentile - £39,725 £47,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,876 £51,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £60,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% -29.41% -15.00%
75th Percentile £47,500 £67,500 -
90th Percentile - £81,900 -
UK median annual salary £70,000 £63,304 £60,000
% change year-on-year +10.58% +5.51% -4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,419 2,757 2,336
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 90.23% 84.18% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1,044 1,316 1,881
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.91% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £60,000 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,778 £82,500 £81,000
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -

Resource Allocation
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Resource Allocation relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Resource Allocation job vacancy trend in Scotland

Resource Allocation
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Resource Allocation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Resource Allocation

Resource Allocation
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Resource Allocation within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 25 October 2025. 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
Glasgow -4 2 - - 4
Resource Allocation
UK

Resource Allocation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 1 (33.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (33.33%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Banking
2 2 (66.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (66.67%) Law
2 2 (66.67%) Private Banking
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Lead
1 2 (66.67%) Technical Leader
1 2 (66.67%) Technical Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (33.33%) IT Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Asset Management
2 2 (66.67%) Contingency Planning
2 2 (66.67%) Investment Management
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Programme Management
2 2 (66.67%) Visualisation
2 2 (66.67%) Wealth Management
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Thinking
3 1 (33.33%) Change Control
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Epics
3 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Sprint Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Sprint Retrospective
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
3 1 (33.33%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CBAP
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) PMI Certification
1 1 (33.33%) PMP
1 1 (33.33%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Alteryx
2 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow