Collaborative Working Job Trends in England

Collaborative Working
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Collaborative Working skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 89 102
Rank change year-on-year +5 +13 +13
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Working 2,002 1,402 1,660
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.98% 3.25% 2.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.69% 3.66% 2.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1,272 691 847
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,500 £30,562
25th Percentile £37,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,356 £52,500 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.18% -3.67% -3.54%
75th Percentile £70,156 £69,875 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £95,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year - -8.26% +3.11%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Collaborative Working 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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 74,372 38,333 56,057
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.37% 88.82% 81.58%
Number of salaries quoted 52,671 22,038 32,065
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £96,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

Collaborative Working
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Collaborative Working relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Collaborative Working job vacancy trend in England

Collaborative Working
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Collaborative Working.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Collaborative Working

Collaborative Working
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Collaborative Working in England over the 6 months to 17 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Collaborative Working in England

Collaborative Working
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Collaborative Working within the England region over the 6 months to 17 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
North of England +87 463 £45,000 - 376
London -46 437 £65,000 - 972
South East 0 411 £47,500 +5.56% 352
North West +78 282 £45,000 - 208
Midlands -2 272 £40,000 -5.88% 213
South West -1 261 £63,813 +6.36% 205
West Midlands -22 165 £42,500 -4.01% 143
East of England -38 131 £47,500 +26.67% 143
Yorkshire +48 126 £42,500 -28.27% 123
East Midlands +7 106 £32,500 -23.53% 69
North East -31 55 £56,250 +93.97% 48
Collaborative Working
UK

Collaborative Working
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 84 (4.20%) SharePoint
2 39 (1.95%) Microsoft Exchange
3 26 (1.30%) Confluence
4 18 (0.90%) Apache Spark
5 13 (0.65%) CMS
6 12 (0.60%) WordPress
7 9 (0.45%) Apache
8 4 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.20%) nginx
8 4 (0.20%) SAS
9 2 (0.100%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.100%) Drupal
9 2 (0.100%) Gentran
9 2 (0.100%) IIS
9 2 (0.100%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.100%) Luigi
9 2 (0.100%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.100%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.050%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 135 (6.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 128 (6.39%) Microsoft Office
3 29 (1.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (0.70%) Revit
5 11 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
6 9 (0.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 9 (0.45%) Simulink
7 8 (0.40%) Adobe Illustrator
7 8 (0.40%) InDesign
7 8 (0.40%) Photoshop
8 7 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
9 5 (0.25%) AutoCAD
9 5 (0.25%) Fusion 360
9 5 (0.25%) Navisworks
10 4 (0.20%) Adobe Premiere
10 4 (0.20%) CapCut
11 3 (0.15%) Blender
11 3 (0.15%) Maya
11 3 (0.15%) MS Visio
11 3 (0.15%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 26 (1.30%) NetSuite
2 14 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.30%) Dynamics NAV
3 6 (0.30%) Exchequer
4 3 (0.15%) SAP CRM
4 3 (0.15%) Shopify
4 3 (0.15%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.100%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.100%) Maximo
5 2 (0.100%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.100%) SAP BPC
5 2 (0.100%) SAP HR
5 2 (0.100%) Siebel CRM
6 1 (0.050%) Academy Housing
6 1 (0.050%) FastStats
6 1 (0.050%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.050%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.050%) Primavera
6 1 (0.050%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 267 (13.34%) Azure
2 193 (9.64%) Microsoft 365
3 183 (9.14%) AWS
4 168 (8.39%) Power Platform
5 90 (4.50%) SaaS
6 65 (3.25%) GCP
7 63 (3.15%) Azure DevOps
8 48 (2.40%) Entra ID
9 38 (1.90%) GitHub
9 38 (1.90%) Serverless
10 30 (1.50%) AWS CloudFormation
11 28 (1.40%) Dynamics 365
12 27 (1.35%) Google Analytics
13 24 (1.20%) Power Automate
14 23 (1.15%) OneDrive
15 22 (1.10%) OCI
16 21 (1.05%) Microsoft Copilot
17 19 (0.95%) Azure Data Factory
17 19 (0.95%) Snowflake
18 16 (0.80%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 73 (3.65%) Firewall
2 59 (2.95%) DNS
3 44 (2.20%) DHCP
4 41 (2.05%) TCP/IP
5 40 (2.00%) VPN
6 37 (1.85%) Network Security
7 28 (1.40%) HTTP
8 27 (1.35%) VLAN
8 27 (1.35%) WAN
9 23 (1.15%) Wi-Fi
10 17 (0.85%) LAN
10 17 (0.85%) Wireless
11 14 (0.70%) Broadband
12 12 (0.60%) BGP
13 10 (0.50%) SD-WAN
13 10 (0.50%) VoIP
14 9 (0.45%) Internet
15 7 (0.35%) AMQP
15 7 (0.35%) Remote Desktop
15 7 (0.35%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 145 (7.24%) Power BI
2 61 (3.05%) SQL Server
3 41 (2.05%) Relational Database
4 27 (1.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 24 (1.20%) BigQuery
5 24 (1.20%) Redis
6 22 (1.10%) Tableau
7 20 (1.00%) Big Data
8 19 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
9 18 (0.90%) Metadata
10 15 (0.75%) GIS
10 15 (0.75%) Semantic Layer
11 14 (0.70%) Data Warehouse
11 14 (0.70%) MySQL
11 14 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 13 (0.65%) Hadoop
12 13 (0.65%) Power Query
13 11 (0.55%) NoSQL
14 9 (0.45%) Geospatial Data
15 7 (0.35%) Cloudera CDH
Development Applications
1 91 (4.55%) Git
2 77 (3.85%) JIRA
3 33 (1.65%) Jenkins
4 17 (0.85%) GitLab
5 8 (0.40%) Postman
6 7 (0.35%) Bitbucket
6 7 (0.35%) Visual Studio Code
7 5 (0.25%) LabVIEW
7 5 (0.25%) MSI
7 5 (0.25%) Rational DOORS
8 4 (0.20%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.20%) Maven
8 4 (0.20%) Storybook
9 3 (0.15%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 3 (0.15%) Claude Code
9 3 (0.15%) JUnit
9 3 (0.15%) Mercurial
9 3 (0.15%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.15%) TeamCity
9 3 (0.15%) Vite
General
1 906 (45.25%) Social Skills
2 451 (22.53%) Finance
3 335 (16.73%) Analytical Skills
4 226 (11.29%) Organisational Skills
5 183 (9.14%) Marketing
6 156 (7.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 142 (7.09%) Public Sector
8 137 (6.84%) Aerospace
9 105 (5.24%) Legal
10 98 (4.90%) Manufacturing
11 97 (4.85%) Law
12 93 (4.65%) Retail
13 83 (4.15%) Presentation Skills
14 68 (3.40%) Electronics
15 67 (3.35%) Influencing Skills
15 67 (3.35%) Telecoms
16 46 (2.30%) Banking
17 40 (2.00%) Military
18 32 (1.60%) Local Government
19 31 (1.55%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 252 (12.59%) Senior
2 174 (8.69%) Developer
3 173 (8.64%) Analyst
4 153 (7.64%) Lead
5 84 (4.20%) Software Engineer
6 76 (3.80%) IT Support
7 66 (3.30%) Cloud Engineer
8 56 (2.80%) Consultant
8 56 (2.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 56 (2.80%) IT Manager
9 54 (2.70%) Architect
10 51 (2.55%) Security Engineer
11 49 (2.45%) Development Manager
12 48 (2.40%) Support Analyst
13 47 (2.35%) Support Engineer
14 46 (2.30%) Business Development Manager
14 46 (2.30%) Business Manager
15 45 (2.25%) Senior Developer
16 43 (2.15%) Systems Engineer
17 42 (2.10%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (4.45%) Node.js
2 80 (4.00%) REST
3 61 (3.05%) Terraform
4 60 (3.00%) HTML
5 48 (2.40%) .NET
5 48 (2.40%) CSS
6 36 (1.80%) React
7 29 (1.45%) Middleware
8 28 (1.40%) Vue
9 26 (1.30%) AngularJS
10 25 (1.25%) RESTful
11 24 (1.20%) JSON
11 24 (1.20%) SOAP
12 21 (1.05%) EDI
13 16 (0.80%) .NET Core
13 16 (0.80%) XML
14 15 (0.75%) .NET Framework
14 15 (0.75%) Kafka
14 15 (0.75%) OAuth
15 14 (0.70%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 122 (6.09%) Onboarding
2 116 (5.79%) Management Information System
3 101 (5.04%) Driving Licence
4 82 (4.10%) Product Ownership
5 81 (4.05%) Self-Motivation
6 51 (2.55%) Cloud Native
7 43 (2.15%) Social Media
8 33 (1.65%) Public Cloud
9 31 (1.55%) Enterprise Software
10 23 (1.15%) Blog
10 23 (1.15%) NHS
11 22 (1.10%) Algorithms
11 22 (1.10%) Analogue Electronics
12 20 (1.00%) Data Structures
13 19 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
13 19 (0.95%) Data Centre
13 19 (0.95%) Virtual Team
14 17 (0.85%) Security Posture
15 14 (0.70%) EPoS
15 14 (0.70%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 130 (6.49%) Windows
2 86 (4.30%) Linux
3 52 (2.60%) Windows Server
4 14 (0.70%) Unix
5 12 (0.60%) Mac OS
6 11 (0.55%) FreeRTOS
6 11 (0.55%) Windows 10
7 10 (0.50%) Ubuntu
8 9 (0.45%) CentOS
9 8 (0.40%) Debian
9 8 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 6 (0.30%) Android
11 3 (0.15%) VMS
12 2 (0.100%) Rocky
12 2 (0.100%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.050%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 620 (30.97%) Problem-Solving
2 598 (29.87%) Continuous Improvement
3 388 (19.38%) Agile
4 293 (14.64%) Decision-Making
5 249 (12.44%) Customer Service
6 229 (11.44%) AI
7 226 (11.29%) Stakeholder Management
8 215 (10.74%) Analytics
9 207 (10.34%) Mentoring
10 193 (9.64%) CRM
11 191 (9.54%) CI/CD
12 190 (9.49%) Project Delivery
13 183 (9.14%) Service Delivery
14 181 (9.04%) Cyber Intelligence
15 177 (8.84%) Roadmaps
16 158 (7.89%) Validation
17 155 (7.74%) Project Management
18 154 (7.69%) Collaborative Culture
19 153 (7.64%) Software Engineering
20 149 (7.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 222 (11.09%) SQL
2 178 (8.89%) Python
3 107 (5.34%) JavaScript
4 77 (3.85%) Java
5 66 (3.30%) TypeScript
6 64 (3.20%) C#
7 58 (2.90%) C
8 42 (2.10%) PowerShell
9 24 (1.20%) PHP
10 20 (1.00%) C++
10 20 (1.00%) VBA
11 17 (0.85%) Embedded C
12 16 (0.80%) Bash
13 15 (0.75%) ABAP
13 15 (0.75%) MATLAB
14 13 (0.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 9 (0.45%) Bicep
16 8 (0.40%) T-SQL
17 6 (0.30%) Go
17 6 (0.30%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 315 (15.73%) Degree
2 226 (11.29%) Security Cleared
3 103 (5.14%) SC Cleared
4 81 (4.05%) DV Cleared
5 52 (2.60%) DBS Check
6 48 (2.40%) BPSS Clearance
7 47 (2.35%) Computer Science Degree
8 41 (2.05%) ACCA
9 35 (1.75%) CIMA
10 28 (1.40%) CISSP
11 26 (1.30%) HND
11 26 (1.30%) Master's Degree
12 25 (1.25%) HNC
13 23 (1.15%) PMI Certification
14 18 (0.90%) PMP
15 17 (0.85%) CISM
15 17 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
16 16 (0.80%) Chartered Engineer
16 16 (0.80%) Postgraduate
17 13 (0.65%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 131 (6.54%) QA
2 105 (5.24%) Accessibility
3 97 (4.85%) Data Quality
4 66 (3.30%) GDPR
5 34 (1.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 30 (1.50%) Cyber Essentials
7 27 (1.35%) PMO
8 25 (1.25%) GAAP
9 24 (1.20%) SLA
10 20 (1.00%) NIST
11 18 (0.90%) WCAG
12 12 (0.60%) TickIT
13 11 (0.55%) Good Clinical Practice
14 9 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 9 (0.45%) NCSC
15 8 (0.40%) PCI DSS
16 7 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
17 6 (0.30%) ISO 9001
17 6 (0.30%) PERC
18 5 (0.25%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 78 (3.90%) Active Directory
2 41 (2.05%) Docker
3 25 (1.25%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (1.10%) Firmware
4 22 (1.10%) Hyper-V
5 17 (0.85%) Embedded Firmware
6 5 (0.25%) ClearTrust
7 2 (0.100%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.050%) KVM
8 1 (0.050%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.050%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.050%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.050%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 66 (3.30%) Kubernetes
2 46 (2.30%) Microsoft Intune
3 39 (1.95%) Ansible
4 11 (0.55%) Puppet
5 10 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (0.45%) SCCM
7 6 (0.30%) Grafana
7 6 (0.30%) Hadoop YARN
7 6 (0.30%) Prometheus
8 5 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.15%) BMC PATROL
9 3 (0.15%) Control-M
9 3 (0.15%) EMC NetWorker
9 3 (0.15%) Nessus
9 3 (0.15%) Plesk
9 3 (0.15%) WhatsUp Gold
10 2 (0.100%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.100%) Kibana
10 2 (0.100%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.100%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 440 (21.98%) Microsoft
2 65 (3.25%) Google
3 55 (2.75%) Salesforce
4 45 (2.25%) Oracle
5 41 (2.05%) SAP
6 35 (1.75%) ServiceNow
6 35 (1.75%) VMware
7 32 (1.60%) Cisco
7 32 (1.60%) Sage
8 27 (1.35%) Databricks
9 26 (1.30%) Adobe
10 22 (1.10%) YouTube
11 19 (0.95%) HubSpot
12 15 (0.75%) Civica
12 15 (0.75%) Fortinet
12 15 (0.75%) Palo Alto
13 13 (0.65%) iManage
14 12 (0.60%) IBM
14 12 (0.60%) Red Hat
15 10 (0.50%) HP