Resource Allocation Job Trends

Resource Allocation
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Resource Allocation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 401 391 500
Rank change year-on-year -10 +109 +155
Permanent jobs citing Resource Allocation 265 356 216
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.45% 0.64% 0.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.55% 0.72% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 115 175 185
10th Percentile £41,250 £43,450 £43,300
25th Percentile £51,250 £50,125 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £60,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +36.36% -10.37% +3.85%
75th Percentile £100,000 £75,000 £81,138
90th Percentile £108,500 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £59,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +5.93% +2.61% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

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 48,455 49,716 46,950
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.91% 90.02% 91.47%
Number of salaries quoted 28,359 24,660 35,854
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,552
25th Percentile £36,500 £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 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.91% +4.76% -4.50%

Resource Allocation
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Resource Allocation job vacancy trend in the UK

Resource Allocation
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Resource Allocation

Resource Allocation
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Resource Allocation over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Resource Allocation in the UK

Resource Allocation
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Resource Allocation within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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 +18 243 £85,000 +41.67% 100
UK excluding London -12 167 £62,500 +5.93% 78
London +33 85 £97,500 +30.00% 32
South East +89 84 £100,000 +69.49% 36
Work from Home +16 70 £85,000 +30.77% 39
North of England -19 39 £100,000 +81.82% 16
Midlands -23 27 £59,527 +3.53% 8
West Midlands +9 22 £60,000 +25.65% 5
Yorkshire -5 22 £100,000 +29.03% 3
North West -15 15 £68,750 +25.00% 12
South West -3 11 £47,500 -10.38% 10
Wales -6 8 £36,000 -43.84% 1
Scotland +10 5 £45,000 -25.00% 2
East Midlands -39 5 £50,195 -12.70% 3
East of England +4 3 £54,500 -22.14% 9
North East +7 2 - - 1

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 2 (0.75%) Confluence
1 2 (0.75%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.38%) CMS
Applications
1 13 (4.91%) Microsoft Excel
1 13 (4.91%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (2.26%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.75%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.38%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 39 (14.72%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (2.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (2.64%) Shopify
3 2 (0.75%) Adaptiv
3 2 (0.75%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.75%) Primavera
4 1 (0.38%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (0.38%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 98 (36.98%) SaaS
2 33 (12.45%) AWS
3 24 (9.06%) Azure
4 13 (4.91%) Power Platform
5 11 (4.15%) GCP
6 7 (2.64%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (2.64%) Microsoft Copilot
7 5 (1.89%) Azure Machine Learning
8 3 (1.13%) Smartsheet
8 3 (1.13%) SuccessFactors
9 2 (0.75%) Google Ads
10 1 (0.38%) AWS Direct Connect
10 1 (0.38%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.38%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 1 (0.38%) dbt
10 1 (0.38%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.38%) Google Analytics
10 1 (0.38%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.13%) WAN
2 2 (0.75%) Firewall
2 2 (0.75%) SD-WAN
2 2 (0.75%) VLAN
2 2 (0.75%) VPN
3 1 (0.38%) BGP
3 1 (0.38%) DHCP
3 1 (0.38%) DNS
3 1 (0.38%) EIGRP
3 1 (0.38%) Internet
3 1 (0.38%) Network Security
3 1 (0.38%) OSPF
3 1 (0.38%) Softphone
3 1 (0.38%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.38%) VoIP
3 1 (0.38%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.04%) SQL Server
2 12 (4.53%) Power BI
3 4 (1.51%) Tableau
4 3 (1.13%) Electronic Patient Records
5 2 (0.75%) GIS
6 1 (0.38%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.38%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 5 (1.89%) JIRA
2 4 (1.51%) GitLab
3 1 (0.38%) Gradle
General
1 159 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 148 (55.85%) Finance
3 75 (28.30%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (8.68%) Police
5 22 (8.30%) Aviation
5 22 (8.30%) Fire and Rescue
6 21 (7.92%) Legal
7 20 (7.55%) Banking
8 15 (5.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (4.53%) Law
9 12 (4.53%) Manufacturing
9 12 (4.53%) Organisational Skills
10 10 (3.77%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (3.40%) Marketing
12 8 (3.02%) Retail
13 7 (2.64%) Financial Institution
13 7 (2.64%) Telecoms
14 6 (2.26%) Public Sector
15 5 (1.89%) Games
16 3 (1.13%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 54 (20.38%) Senior
2 46 (17.36%) Lead
3 27 (10.19%) Project Manager
4 24 (9.06%) Service Manager
5 23 (8.68%) Operations Manager
6 22 (8.30%) Service Operations Manager
7 19 (7.17%) Senior Manager
8 18 (6.79%) Development Manager
8 18 (6.79%) Software Development Manager
8 18 (6.79%) Software Manager
9 13 (4.91%) .NET Development Manager
10 10 (3.77%) IT Manager
10 10 (3.77%) Senior Project Manager
11 8 (3.02%) Analyst
11 8 (3.02%) Programme Manager
11 8 (3.02%) Team Leader
11 8 (3.02%) Technical Manager
12 7 (2.64%) Head of Infrastructure
12 7 (2.64%) Support Supervisor
12 7 (2.64%) Technical Support Supervisor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (5.28%) .NET
2 5 (1.89%) React
2 5 (1.89%) REST
2 5 (1.89%) Symfony
2 5 (1.89%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 5 (1.89%) WebGL
3 2 (0.75%) XML
4 1 (0.38%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.38%) Blazor
4 1 (0.38%) EDI
4 1 (0.38%) Kafka
4 1 (0.38%) LDAP
4 1 (0.38%) RESTful
4 1 (0.38%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 29 (10.94%) Analytical Mindset
2 28 (10.57%) Data Centre
3 22 (8.30%) Robotics
4 7 (2.64%) GNSS
4 7 (2.64%) Onboarding
4 7 (2.64%) Satnav
5 6 (2.26%) Educational Technology
5 6 (2.26%) Product Ownership
6 5 (1.89%) Mobile Games
7 4 (1.51%) Cloud Native
7 4 (1.51%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (1.51%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.51%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.51%) Social Media
7 4 (1.51%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.13%) Algorithms
8 3 (1.13%) PMI
9 2 (0.75%) Credit Risk
9 2 (0.75%) IoT
9 2 (0.75%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.64%) Linux
2 6 (2.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (1.89%) Android
3 5 (1.89%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.75%) Windows
5 1 (0.38%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.38%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (43.02%) Continuous Improvement
2 91 (34.34%) Project Management
3 90 (33.96%) Problem-Solving
4 87 (32.83%) Agile
5 77 (29.06%) Decision-Making
6 72 (27.17%) ERP
7 70 (26.42%) Change Management
8 60 (22.64%) Stakeholder Management
9 59 (22.26%) Software Engineering
10 50 (18.87%) AI
11 47 (17.74%) Budget Management
12 46 (17.36%) Collaborative Culture
13 43 (16.23%) Business Case
13 43 (16.23%) Data-Driven Decision Making
13 43 (16.23%) Service Delivery
14 42 (15.85%) Analytics
15 40 (15.09%) Project Delivery
16 39 (14.72%) Financial Modelling
16 39 (14.72%) Trade-off Analysis
17 35 (13.21%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 14 (5.28%) C#
2 12 (4.53%) Python
3 5 (1.89%) Kotlin
3 5 (1.89%) PHP
3 5 (1.89%) SQL
4 3 (1.13%) Java
5 2 (0.75%) R
6 1 (0.38%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.38%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 57 (21.51%) Degree
2 42 (15.85%) Master's Degree
3 39 (14.72%) MBA
4 14 (5.28%) PMI Certification
5 12 (4.53%) AWS Certification
5 12 (4.53%) PMP
6 11 (4.15%) Azure Certification
7 7 (2.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 7 (2.64%) Security Cleared
8 5 (1.89%) SC Cleared
9 4 (1.51%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (1.13%) DBS Check
10 3 (1.13%) DV Cleared
10 3 (1.13%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 2 (0.75%) CFA
12 1 (0.38%) CAPM
12 1 (0.38%) CCIE
12 1 (0.38%) CCNP
12 1 (0.38%) CIMA
12 1 (0.38%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (18.11%) QA
2 19 (7.17%) PMO
3 7 (2.64%) Accessibility
3 7 (2.64%) ISO 9001
4 5 (1.89%) GDPR
5 3 (1.13%) SLA
6 2 (0.75%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.38%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (1.51%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.75%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.38%) Firmware
3 1 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.38%) Nagios
1 1 (0.38%) SCCM
1 1 (0.38%) vCenter Server
1 1 (0.38%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 44 (16.60%) SAP
2 23 (8.68%) Microsoft
3 5 (1.89%) Google
3 5 (1.89%) ServiceNow
3 5 (1.89%) VMware
4 4 (1.51%) Workday
5 3 (1.13%) YouTube
6 2 (0.75%) Alteryx
6 2 (0.75%) FIS
6 2 (0.75%) HubSpot
6 2 (0.75%) Kronos
6 2 (0.75%) Murex
6 2 (0.75%) Oracle
6 2 (0.75%) Salesforce
6 2 (0.75%) TikTok
7 1 (0.38%) Cisco
7 1 (0.38%) Civica
7 1 (0.38%) IBM
7 1 (0.38%) Northgate
7 1 (0.38%) Orchard