Communities of Practice (CoP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Community of Practice skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Community of Practice over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 189 599 705
Rank change year-on-year +410 +106 +61
Permanent jobs citing Community of Practice 1,532 417 592
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.56% 0.40% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.82% 0.42% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 167 206 300
10th Percentile £41,031 £44,573 £36,200
25th Percentile £46,272 £53,219 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,965 £65,262 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.18% +8.77% -
75th Percentile £67,734 £86,563 £75,000
90th Percentile £75,772 £119,168 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,965 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.82% +18.18% +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Community of Practice is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,305 100,095 147,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.64% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 59,591 58,745 83,129
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Community of Practice
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Community of Practice as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Community of Practice in the UK

Community of Practice
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Community of Practice.

Salary trend for Community of Practice in the UK

Community of Practice
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Community of Practice over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Community of Practice in the UK

Community of Practice
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Community of Practice within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
UK excluding London +395 1,448 £57,965 -10.82% 47
Scotland +184 1,302 £66,500 -41.10% 6
England +12 204 £57,965 -13.37% 59
Work from Home +37 158 £57,965 -7.26% 30
North of England +63 87 £57,965 +0.81% 22
London +79 65 £63,287 -5.42% 17
Yorkshire +80 39 £48,745 -13.34% 3
North West +31 38 £57,965 +0.81% 16
South West -6 22 £44,033 -7.34% 5
South East +6 19 £46,293 -40.27% 7
North East +4 10 £57,965 - 3
Northern Ireland +32 7 £58,800 -
West Midlands +7 7 £57,965 -10.82% 4
Midlands -17 7 £57,965 -10.82% 4
East of England -6 3 £38,350 -45.21% 3
Wales +3 1 £58,800 -2.00% 3

Community of Practice
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 264 (17.23%) Apache Spark
2 92 (6.01%) Apache Airflow
3 34 (2.22%) FileNet
4 21 (1.37%) GemFire
5 15 (0.98%) Apache
6 5 (0.33%) Confluence
6 5 (0.33%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.065%) nginx
7 1 (0.065%) Tuxedo
Applications
1 11 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (0.39%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.39%) Trello
2 6 (0.39%) UserZoom
3 3 (0.20%) Adobe XD
3 3 (0.20%) InVision
3 3 (0.20%) Sketch
4 1 (0.065%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.065%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (0.52%) Primavera
2 1 (0.065%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 704 (45.95%) AWS
2 119 (7.77%) Datadog
3 103 (6.72%) Azure
4 68 (4.44%) GCP
5 54 (3.52%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 42 (2.74%) Cloud Computing
7 34 (2.22%) Amazon S3
8 30 (1.96%) Power Platform
9 24 (1.57%) BlazeMeter
9 24 (1.57%) Google Play
10 18 (1.17%) Amazon ECS
11 13 (0.85%) GitHub
12 11 (0.72%) GitHub Actions
13 9 (0.59%) Azure DevOps
14 7 (0.46%) Amazon MSK
14 7 (0.46%) Amazon SageMaker
14 7 (0.46%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 6 (0.39%) ChatGPT
15 6 (0.39%) Slack
16 5 (0.33%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 65 (4.24%) Kerberos
2 18 (1.17%) DSL
3 3 (0.20%) Firewall
3 3 (0.20%) HTTPS
3 3 (0.20%) Internet
3 3 (0.20%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 320 (20.89%) NoSQL
2 231 (15.08%) Big Data
3 99 (6.46%) Apache Hive
4 88 (5.74%) Apache Cassandra
5 86 (5.61%) HBase
6 72 (4.70%) Metadata
7 66 (4.31%) Relational Database
8 58 (3.79%) Data Lake
9 56 (3.66%) Hadoop
10 49 (3.20%) Elasticsearch
11 48 (3.13%) MongoDB
12 37 (2.42%) Qlik Sense
13 31 (2.02%) Tableau
14 27 (1.76%) Power BI
15 21 (1.37%) CockroachDB
15 21 (1.37%) Hazelcast
16 18 (1.17%) DB2
17 13 (0.85%) MySQL
17 13 (0.85%) Power Query
18 10 (0.65%) Flink
Development Applications
1 197 (12.86%) Jenkins
2 171 (11.16%) Git
3 116 (7.57%) JUnit
4 86 (5.61%) Bitbucket Server
5 65 (4.24%) Artifactory
5 65 (4.24%) Bitbucket
6 53 (3.46%) Cypress.io
7 45 (2.94%) Selenium
8 43 (2.81%) Jasmine
8 43 (2.81%) Karma Test Runner
8 43 (2.81%) Protractor
8 43 (2.81%) WebDriver
9 27 (1.76%) JIRA
10 24 (1.57%) Android Studio
11 21 (1.37%) Jaeger
12 19 (1.24%) Maven
13 18 (1.17%) GitLab
14 12 (0.78%) Cucumber
15 10 (0.65%) Gradle
16 9 (0.59%) JMeter
General
1 1,361 (88.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1,342 (87.60%) Finance
3 1,313 (85.70%) Law
4 619 (40.40%) Marketing
5 405 (26.44%) Legal
6 266 (17.36%) Banking
7 226 (14.75%) Investment Banking
8 181 (11.81%) Social Skills
9 90 (5.87%) Influencing Skills
10 81 (5.29%) Public Sector
11 77 (5.03%) Analytical Skills
12 43 (2.81%) Financial Institution
13 41 (2.68%) Presentation Skills
14 31 (2.02%) Private Banking
15 22 (1.44%) Prime Brokerage
16 18 (1.17%) Front Office
17 5 (0.33%) Local Government
18 3 (0.20%) Organisational Skills
18 3 (0.20%) Retail
19 2 (0.13%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 1,258 (82.11%) Software Engineer
2 541 (35.31%) Lead
3 492 (32.11%) Lead Software Engineer
4 413 (26.96%) Java Engineer
4 413 (26.96%) Java Software Engineer
5 250 (16.32%) Python Engineer
5 250 (16.32%) Python Software Engineer
6 185 (12.08%) Lead Java Engineer
7 181 (11.81%) AWS Engineer
8 177 (11.55%) AWS Software Engineer
9 176 (11.49%) Big Data Engineer
9 176 (11.49%) Big Data Software Engineer
10 174 (11.36%) Data Engineer
11 135 (8.81%) Full Stack Engineer
11 135 (8.81%) Full Stack Software Engineer
12 131 (8.55%) Senior
13 102 (6.66%) Developer
14 97 (6.33%) Lead Big Data Engineer
15 89 (5.81%) Cloud Engineer
16 85 (5.55%) Cloud Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 330 (21.54%) Spring
2 260 (16.97%) React
3 217 (14.16%) Kafka
4 197 (12.86%) AngularJS
5 166 (10.84%) JSON
6 155 (10.12%) J2EE
7 148 (9.66%) HTML
8 143 (9.33%) Node.js
9 135 (8.81%) JMS
10 129 (8.42%) PySpark
11 127 (8.29%) Twitter Bootstrap
12 125 (8.16%) Web Services
13 117 (7.64%) CSS
13 117 (7.64%) Spring Boot
14 109 (7.11%) XML
15 99 (6.46%) Hibernate
16 96 (6.27%) jQuery
17 94 (6.14%) OpenTelemetry
18 79 (5.16%) RESTful
19 68 (4.44%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 679 (44.32%) Algorithms
2 400 (26.11%) Cloud Native
3 164 (10.70%) Onboarding
4 159 (10.38%) Public Cloud
5 126 (8.22%) Management Information System
6 90 (5.87%) Data Structures
7 77 (5.03%) Product Ownership
8 65 (4.24%) Enterprise Cloud
8 65 (4.24%) Reference Data
9 22 (1.44%) Distributed Systems
10 21 (1.37%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 21 (1.37%) Replication
11 15 (0.98%) Private Cloud
12 10 (0.65%) Enterprise Software
13 9 (0.59%) Market Risk
14 7 (0.46%) Distributed Computing
14 7 (0.46%) Legacy Systems
15 6 (0.39%) Credit Risk
16 5 (0.33%) Hackathon
17 3 (0.20%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 111 (7.25%) Unix
2 97 (6.33%) Linux
3 24 (1.57%) Android
4 12 (0.78%) Windows
5 7 (0.46%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.46%) Mac OS
6 5 (0.33%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.20%) Amazon Linux
7 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,431 (93.41%) Agile
2 1,321 (86.23%) Software Engineering
3 1,290 (84.20%) CI/CD
4 1,226 (80.03%) SDLC
5 1,219 (79.57%) Operational Stability
6 928 (60.57%) Artificial Intelligence
7 898 (58.62%) Machine Learning
8 702 (45.82%) Visualisation
9 700 (45.69%) Continuous Improvement
10 427 (27.87%) Risk Management
11 400 (26.11%) Architectural Design
12 376 (24.54%) Information Architecture
13 346 (22.58%) Continuous Delivery
14 233 (15.21%) Microservices
15 220 (14.36%) Test Automation
16 195 (12.73%) Coaching
17 181 (11.81%) Mentoring
18 153 (9.99%) Client Onboarding
18 153 (9.99%) Full Stack Development
19 145 (9.46%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 833 (54.37%) Java
2 608 (39.69%) Python
3 497 (32.44%) SQL
4 200 (13.05%) JavaScript
5 147 (9.60%) TypeScript
6 145 (9.46%) PL/SQL
7 99 (6.46%) Scala
8 83 (5.42%) Go
9 65 (4.24%) Prolog
9 65 (4.24%) SPARQL
10 28 (1.83%) Kotlin
11 22 (1.44%) Groovy
12 20 (1.31%) C#
13 13 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 11 (0.72%) Shell Script
15 7 (0.46%) Bash
16 6 (0.39%) PowerShell
16 6 (0.39%) R
16 6 (0.39%) T-SQL
17 1 (0.065%) VB
Qualifications
1 56 (3.66%) Degree
2 50 (3.26%) Security Cleared
3 38 (2.48%) SC Cleared
4 21 (1.37%) AWS Certification
4 21 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
5 20 (1.31%) DV Cleared
6 15 (0.98%) Master's Degree
7 10 (0.65%) DBS Check
8 9 (0.59%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (0.52%) APMG
10 6 (0.39%) IIBA
10 6 (0.39%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.20%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.20%) PMP
12 2 (0.13%) CEH
12 2 (0.13%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.13%) CISM
12 2 (0.13%) CISSP
12 2 (0.13%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.13%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (3.00%) Accessibility
2 26 (1.70%) QA
3 18 (1.17%) SLA
4 6 (0.39%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.26%) GDPR
5 4 (0.26%) NCSC
6 3 (0.20%) PMO
6 3 (0.20%) WCAG
System Software
1 86 (5.61%) HDFS
2 67 (4.37%) Active Directory
3 28 (1.83%) Docker
4 1 (0.065%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 1 (0.065%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 220 (14.36%) Terraform
2 219 (14.30%) Kubernetes
3 154 (10.05%) Grafana
4 76 (4.96%) Prometheus
5 21 (1.37%) HAProxy
5 21 (1.37%) ITRS Geneos
5 21 (1.37%) Kibana
5 21 (1.37%) Zipkin
6 2 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.065%) Ansible
7 1 (0.065%) Packer
Vendors
1 212 (13.84%) Databricks
2 211 (13.77%) Oracle
3 165 (10.77%) Splunk
4 157 (10.25%) Dynatrace
5 86 (5.61%) Informatica
6 56 (3.66%) Cloudera
7 55 (3.59%) Alteryx
8 44 (2.87%) Google
9 28 (1.83%) Microsoft
10 18 (1.17%) Cognos
10 18 (1.17%) SaltStack
10 18 (1.17%) Sybase
11 12 (0.78%) ServiceNow
12 9 (0.59%) TOWER Software
13 8 (0.52%) Sun
14 6 (0.39%) Qualtrics
15 4 (0.26%) GoldenSource
16 3 (0.20%) Mercator
17 2 (0.13%) BMC
17 2 (0.13%) Sage