Budgeting and Resource Allocation Job Trends

Budgeting and Resource Allocation
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Budgeting and Resource Allocation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 607 660 691
Rank change year-on-year +53 +31 +284
Permanent jobs citing Budgeting and Resource Allocation 35 47 44
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.059% 0.088% 0.078%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.073% 0.097% 0.087%
Number of salaries quoted 31 29 41
10th Percentile £52,500 - £52,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £50,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -24.24% +13.79%
75th Percentile £98,125 £77,500 £107,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £117,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £61,250
% change year-on-year +9.09% -10.20% +16.67%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Budgeting and 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,033 48,451 50,427
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.00% 90.60% 89.96%
Number of salaries quoted 28,230 23,579 38,463
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £78,479
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%

Budgeting and Resource Allocation
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Budgeting and Resource Allocation job vacancy trend in the UK

Budgeting and Resource Allocation
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Budgeting and Resource Allocation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Budgeting and Resource Allocation

Budgeting and Resource Allocation
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Budgeting and Resource Allocation over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Budgeting and Resource Allocation in the UK

Budgeting and Resource Allocation
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Budgeting and Resource Allocation within the UK over the 6 months to 12 January 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
England +71 31 £60,000 -2.13% 13
UK excluding London +33 19 £60,000 +9.09% 11
Midlands +22 12 £60,000 - 1
West Midlands +29 11 £60,000 -7.69% 1
London +55 10 £100,000 +14.29% 3
Work from Home +53 9 £60,000 -13.04% 5
North of England +2 3 £98,750 +79.55% 2
North West +23 2 £72,500 +31.82% 1
South West - 2 £47,000 - 1
South East +27 1 £92,500 +48.00% 6
Wales -3 1 £65,000 -
East Midlands -11 1 £32,500 -40.91%
Yorkshire - 1 £125,000 - 1

Budgeting and Resource Allocation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 (2.86%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (14.29%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (11.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (8.57%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (2.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.86%) Integrated Workplace Management System
1 1 (2.86%) NetSuite
1 1 (2.86%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 12 (34.29%) Azure
2 7 (20.00%) AWS
2 7 (20.00%) GCP
3 5 (14.29%) SaaS
4 3 (8.57%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (8.57%) Smartsheet
5 2 (5.71%) Google Ads
5 2 (5.71%) Power Platform
5 2 (5.71%) SuccessFactors
6 1 (2.86%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.86%) Internet
1 1 (2.86%) SD-WAN
1 1 (2.86%) WAN
1 1 (2.86%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.86%) Power BI
General
1 25 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 18 (51.43%) Finance
3 10 (28.57%) Presentation Skills
4 8 (22.86%) Legal
5 7 (20.00%) Financial Institution
6 6 (17.14%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (14.29%) Marketing
8 4 (11.43%) Law
8 4 (11.43%) Public Sector
9 3 (8.57%) Manufacturing
10 2 (5.71%) Brand Awareness
10 2 (5.71%) Telecoms
11 1 (2.86%) Automotive
11 1 (2.86%) Electronics
11 1 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (2.86%) Police
Job Titles
1 9 (25.71%) Project Manager
2 7 (20.00%) Head of Infrastructure
3 4 (11.43%) IT Manager
3 4 (11.43%) IT Project Manager
4 3 (8.57%) Applications Manager
4 3 (8.57%) Delivery Manager
4 3 (8.57%) Digital Producer
4 3 (8.57%) ERP Manager
4 3 (8.57%) Senior
4 3 (8.57%) Technical Delivery Manager
4 3 (8.57%) Technical Manager
5 2 (5.71%) Account Director
5 2 (5.71%) Analyst
5 2 (5.71%) Digital Account Director
5 2 (5.71%) Digital Director
5 2 (5.71%) Implementation Manager
5 2 (5.71%) Implementation Project Manager
5 2 (5.71%) Infrastructure Manager
5 2 (5.71%) PMO Analyst
5 2 (5.71%) Project Implementation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.86%) .NET
1 1 (2.86%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 6 (17.14%) Onboarding
2 3 (8.57%) Algorithms
2 3 (8.57%) Social Media
3 2 (5.71%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (5.71%) IoT
3 2 (5.71%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.86%) AI Agents
4 1 (2.86%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (2.86%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (100.00%) Resource Allocation
2 21 (60.00%) Budget Management
3 19 (54.29%) Project Management
4 13 (37.14%) Agile
5 11 (31.43%) Project Delivery
6 10 (28.57%) Contract Negotiation
6 10 (28.57%) PRINCE2
7 9 (25.71%) Budgeting
8 8 (22.86%) Collaborative Culture
8 8 (22.86%) IT Strategy
8 8 (22.86%) ITIL
8 8 (22.86%) Service Delivery
8 8 (22.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 8 (22.86%) Stakeholder Management
8 8 (22.86%) Waterfall
9 7 (20.00%) High Availability
9 7 (20.00%) Infrastructure Management
9 7 (20.00%) Mentoring
9 7 (20.00%) Network Architecture
9 7 (20.00%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.86%) C#
Qualifications
1 7 (20.00%) AWS Certification
1 7 (20.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
1 7 (20.00%) Azure Certification
2 5 (14.29%) Degree
3 4 (11.43%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 3 (8.57%) Security Cleared
5 2 (5.71%) PMI Certification
5 2 (5.71%) PMP
6 1 (2.86%) APMP
6 1 (2.86%) DV Cleared
6 1 (2.86%) Master's Degree
6 1 (2.86%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.43%) GDPR
2 3 (8.57%) QA
3 2 (5.71%) PMO
4 1 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (2.86%) Firmware
Vendors
1 8 (22.86%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.57%) SAP
2 3 (8.57%) Workday
2 3 (8.57%) YouTube
3 2 (5.71%) Google
3 2 (5.71%) Kronos
3 2 (5.71%) TikTok
4 1 (2.86%) IBM
4 1 (2.86%) Oracle
4 1 (2.86%) Planon
4 1 (2.86%) VMware