Housing Association Job Trends

Housing Association
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Housing Association in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Housing Association over the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 658 640 577
Rank change year-on-year -18 -63 +27
Permanent jobs citing Housing Association 135 33 225
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.067% 0.29%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.46% 0.16% 0.89%
Number of salaries quoted 117 24 109
10th Percentile £34,400 £36,744 -
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,750 £25,809
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,001 £52,200 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.79% +16.00% +11.90%
75th Percentile £63,750 £57,188 £59,100
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £70,613
UK excluding London median annual salary £41,612 £52,200 £27,117
% change year-on-year -20.28% +92.50% -27.69%

All Generic Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 29,553 20,388 25,223
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.03% 41.11% 32.22%
Number of salaries quoted 18,491 10,237 13,387
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,160 £36,925 £42,800
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £108,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% -4.55%

Housing Association
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Housing Association job vacancy trend in the UK

Housing Association
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Housing Association.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Housing Association

Housing Association
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Housing Association over the 6 months to 13 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Housing Association in the UK

Housing Association
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Housing Association within the UK over the 6 months to 13 September 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 -12 115 £45,000 -13.79% 52
UK excluding London -33 91 £41,612 -20.28% 33
Work from Home -23 42 £49,000 -6.67% 13
London -16 37 £61,018 +16.22% 26
Midlands -29 36 £35,000 -32.95% 2
West Midlands -12 35 £35,000 -32.95% 2
North of England -42 18 £43,750 +22.56% 13
East of England - 11 £30,000 - 9
North West -7 10 £49,551 -23.77% 11
South East - 9 £49,574 - 10
Wales - 8 £60,000 -
Northern Ireland - 5 £42,500 -
North East -58 4 £42,500 +28.02% 1
South West -67 4 £62,500 +56.25% 2
Yorkshire - 4 £40,200 - 1
East Midlands -33 1 £75,000 -11.76%

Housing Association
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 2 (1.48%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.74%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 13 (9.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (5.93%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (3.70%) NEC Housing
2 4 (2.96%) Academy Housing
3 1 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 10 (7.41%) Power Platform
2 8 (5.93%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (5.19%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (2.96%) SaaS
4 4 (2.96%) Salesforce Service Cloud
5 3 (2.22%) Azure
6 2 (1.48%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.74%) AWS
7 1 (0.74%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.74%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.74%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (0.74%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.48%) Firewall
1 2 (1.48%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (6.67%) Power BI
2 3 (2.22%) Power Query
3 1 (0.74%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.74%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.74%) RDBMS
3 1 (0.74%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.74%) Semantic Layer
3 1 (0.74%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (2.22%) Selenium
1 3 (2.22%) SpecFlow
General
1 29 (21.48%) Social Skills
2 23 (17.04%) Finance
3 18 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (12.59%) Local Government
4 17 (12.59%) Social Housing
5 14 (10.37%) Organisational Skills
6 13 (9.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (8.89%) Retail
8 7 (5.19%) Public Sector
9 5 (3.70%) Legal
10 4 (2.96%) Manufacturing
11 3 (2.22%) Advertising
12 1 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 27 (20.00%) Analyst
2 26 (19.26%) Applications Manager
2 26 (19.26%) Planning Manager
3 12 (8.89%) Data Analyst
4 9 (6.67%) Lead
4 9 (6.67%) Support Engineer
5 7 (5.19%) Service Analyst
5 7 (5.19%) Technical Support
6 6 (4.44%) Business Analyst
6 6 (4.44%) Senior
7 5 (3.70%) Administrator
7 5 (3.70%) Applications Support
7 5 (3.70%) Applications Support Analyst
7 5 (3.70%) Business Development Manager
7 5 (3.70%) Delivery Director
7 5 (3.70%) Developer
7 5 (3.70%) Development Manager
7 5 (3.70%) Support Analyst
7 5 (3.70%) Technical Engineer
7 5 (3.70%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.74%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 6 (4.44%) Management Information System
1 6 (4.44%) Renewable Energy
2 4 (2.96%) Onboarding
2 4 (2.96%) Product Ownership
2 4 (2.96%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (1.48%) Security Posture
4 1 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (0.74%) Clustering
4 1 (0.74%) Data Structures
4 1 (0.74%) Driving Licence
4 1 (0.74%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.74%) NHS
4 1 (0.74%) Replication
4 1 (0.74%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.22%) Windows
2 2 (1.48%) Linux
2 2 (1.48%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (12.59%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (11.11%) Service Delivery
3 12 (8.89%) Data Analysis
4 11 (8.15%) Business Intelligence
5 10 (7.41%) AI
6 9 (6.67%) Business Development
6 9 (6.67%) Information Management
7 8 (5.93%) Agile
7 8 (5.93%) Change Management
8 7 (5.19%) Analytics
8 7 (5.19%) Customer Service
8 7 (5.19%) Mentoring
9 6 (4.44%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (4.44%) Customer Experience
9 6 (4.44%) Decision-Making
9 6 (4.44%) DevOps
9 6 (4.44%) ITIL
9 6 (4.44%) Roadmaps
9 6 (4.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 5 (3.70%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (2.96%) SQL
2 3 (2.22%) C#
3 2 (1.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (0.74%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (0.74%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (5.19%) DBS Check
2 6 (4.44%) Degree
3 4 (2.96%) ACCA
3 4 (2.96%) CCAB
3 4 (2.96%) CIPFA
4 3 (2.22%) CIMA
4 3 (2.22%) ISTQB
4 3 (2.22%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 2 (1.48%) CCNP
5 2 (1.48%) CEH
5 2 (1.48%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (1.48%) CISM
5 2 (1.48%) CISSP
5 2 (1.48%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 2 (1.48%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.67%) Data Quality
2 3 (2.22%) QA
3 2 (1.48%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.48%) Actionable Recommendations
3 2 (1.48%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.48%) NIST
3 2 (1.48%) SLA
4 1 (0.74%) GDPR
4 1 (0.74%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (2.96%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.74%) Ansible
Vendors
1 25 (18.52%) Microsoft
2 5 (3.70%) NEC
2 5 (3.70%) Salesforce
2 5 (3.70%) SAP
3 3 (2.22%) Civica
3 3 (2.22%) Sitecore
4 2 (1.48%) Sophos
5 1 (0.74%) Databricks
5 1 (0.74%) Oracle