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 26 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 127 91 101
Rank change year-on-year -36 +10 -5
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Working 989 1,545 1,394
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.88% 3.08% 3.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.28% 3.42% 3.35%
Number of salaries quoted 625 786 950
10th Percentile £27,850 £32,750 £26,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £42,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £59,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.25% +7.27% -10.64%
75th Percentile £65,649 £79,688 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £48,924 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -14.91% +15.00% -18.83%

All Process and 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 43,294 45,152 41,654
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 82.21% 89.99% 91.75%
Number of salaries quoted 25,897 22,744 32,242
10th Percentile £28,560 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,900 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 26 December 2025.

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 26 December 2025. 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
London -41 282 £62,500 -2.14% 201
South East -49 172 £35,000 -41.67% 299
Midlands +3 166 £40,000 -27.27% 193
North of England -38 150 £42,500 -15.00% 277
West Midlands +10 120 £30,000 -48.72% 94
South West +21 107 £53,750 +11.98% 143
North West -12 99 £42,500 -15.00% 141
East of England -27 82 £47,500 -6.80% 148
East Midlands -15 46 £42,500 -15.00% 90
Yorkshire -58 29 £42,410 -5.76% 112
North East +9 22 £29,000 -53.88% 26
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 41 (4.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 32 (3.24%) SharePoint
3 21 (2.12%) Confluence
4 11 (1.11%) WordPress
5 5 (0.51%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.51%) IIS
6 4 (0.40%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.30%) Apache
8 2 (0.20%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.20%) CMS
9 1 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.10%) Moodle
9 1 (0.10%) Office Communications Server
9 1 (0.10%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.10%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.10%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.10%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.10%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.10%) WildFly
Applications
1 88 (8.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 47 (4.75%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (3.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (0.81%) Photoshop
5 5 (0.51%) Adobe Premiere
5 5 (0.51%) AutoCAD
5 5 (0.51%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.40%) SketchUp
7 3 (0.30%) Windchill
8 2 (0.20%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.20%) Simulink
8 2 (0.20%) Sketch
8 2 (0.20%) Trello
9 1 (0.10%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.10%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.10%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.10%) InDesign
9 1 (0.10%) SmartSuite
9 1 (0.10%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (1.01%) NetSuite
1 10 (1.01%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.51%) Infor SunSystems
2 5 (0.51%) Payment Gateway
3 4 (0.40%) Distributed Ledger
4 3 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.30%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.20%) C-CURE
5 2 (0.20%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.20%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.20%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.10%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.10%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.10%) assyst
6 1 (0.10%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.10%) Oracle BPM
6 1 (0.10%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.10%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.10%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 170 (17.19%) Azure
2 98 (9.91%) Microsoft 365
3 82 (8.29%) AWS
4 70 (7.08%) Power Platform
5 49 (4.95%) Entra ID
6 27 (2.73%) Azure AI
7 25 (2.53%) SaaS
8 24 (2.43%) Amazon SageMaker
9 23 (2.33%) GCP
10 21 (2.12%) Vertex AI
11 18 (1.82%) Azure DevOps
12 14 (1.42%) GitHub
13 12 (1.21%) Dynamics 365
13 12 (1.21%) Serverless
14 11 (1.11%) PowerApps
15 10 (1.01%) OpenShift
15 10 (1.01%) Power Automate
16 8 (0.81%) Amazon EKS
16 8 (0.81%) AWS CloudFormation
17 7 (0.71%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 46 (4.65%) Firewall
2 36 (3.64%) TCP/IP
3 33 (3.34%) Wireless
4 30 (3.03%) DNS
5 26 (2.63%) LAN
5 26 (2.63%) VLAN
6 25 (2.53%) DHCP
6 25 (2.53%) WAN
7 18 (1.82%) Network Security
7 18 (1.82%) VPN
8 17 (1.72%) Broadband
9 10 (1.01%) Wi-Fi
10 8 (0.81%) SAN
10 8 (0.81%) Structured Cabling
11 7 (0.71%) Internet
11 7 (0.71%) SD-WAN
11 7 (0.71%) VoIP
12 6 (0.61%) BGP
12 6 (0.61%) NAS
13 5 (0.51%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (5.56%) Power BI
2 26 (2.63%) Tableau
3 19 (1.92%) SQL Server
4 18 (1.82%) Looker
5 13 (1.31%) Amazon RDS
6 11 (1.11%) Big Data
6 11 (1.11%) Oracle Reports
7 10 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (0.81%) NoSQL
8 8 (0.81%) Oracle Database
8 8 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
8 8 (0.81%) Power Query
9 7 (0.71%) Hadoop
9 7 (0.71%) Relational Database
10 6 (0.61%) BusinessObjects
10 6 (0.61%) MongoDB
10 6 (0.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 5 (0.51%) Data Lake
11 5 (0.51%) Metadata
12 4 (0.40%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 30 (3.03%) JIRA
2 28 (2.83%) Git
3 13 (1.31%) GitLab
4 12 (1.21%) Jenkins
5 7 (0.71%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.40%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 4 (0.40%) ER Studio
6 4 (0.40%) Selenium
6 4 (0.40%) TestRail
7 3 (0.30%) Rational DOORS
7 3 (0.30%) Subversion
8 2 (0.20%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.20%) Robot Framework
8 2 (0.20%) Storybook
9 1 (0.10%) Android Studio
9 1 (0.10%) gulp
9 1 (0.10%) Postman
9 1 (0.10%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.10%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.10%) webpack
General
1 505 (51.06%) Social Skills
2 229 (23.15%) Finance
3 225 (22.75%) Analytical Skills
4 188 (19.01%) Marketing
5 94 (9.50%) Law
6 78 (7.89%) Organisational Skills
7 69 (6.98%) Telecoms
8 56 (5.66%) Public Sector
9 51 (5.16%) Aerospace
9 51 (5.16%) Retail
10 49 (4.95%) Influencing Skills
11 38 (3.84%) Billing
12 36 (3.64%) Banking
13 35 (3.54%) Military
14 34 (3.44%) Legal
14 34 (3.44%) Manufacturing
15 33 (3.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 30 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
17 28 (2.83%) Electronics
17 28 (2.83%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 110 (11.12%) Analyst
2 98 (9.91%) Lead
3 76 (7.68%) IT Support
3 76 (7.68%) Senior
4 58 (5.86%) Developer
5 49 (4.95%) Business Analyst
6 38 (3.84%) Architect
7 37 (3.74%) Support Engineer
8 35 (3.54%) Consultant
9 34 (3.44%) Systems Engineer
10 30 (3.03%) Coordinator
10 30 (3.03%) Digital Analyst
11 27 (2.73%) Technical Support
12 25 (2.53%) Administrator
12 25 (2.53%) Digital Business Analyst
13 24 (2.43%) Technical Director
14 23 (2.33%) Junior
15 22 (2.22%) Data Analyst
15 22 (2.22%) IT Engineer
16 21 (2.12%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (4.55%) .NET
2 40 (4.04%) HTML
3 19 (1.92%) React
4 18 (1.82%) RESTful
5 13 (1.31%) AngularJS
5 13 (1.31%) CSS
5 13 (1.31%) Middleware
6 10 (1.01%) .NET Core
7 8 (0.81%) Kafka
7 8 (0.81%) Node.js
8 7 (0.71%) Spring
8 7 (0.71%) Spring Boot
9 6 (0.61%) REST
10 5 (0.51%) .NET Framework
10 5 (0.51%) ASP.NET
10 5 (0.51%) EDI
10 5 (0.51%) Web Services
11 4 (0.40%) HTML5
11 4 (0.40%) OAuth
11 4 (0.40%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 115 (11.63%) Onboarding
2 72 (7.28%) Self-Motivation
3 47 (4.75%) Management Information System
4 35 (3.54%) Driving Licence
5 28 (2.83%) Social Media
6 23 (2.33%) Product Ownership
7 22 (2.22%) Life Science
8 21 (2.12%) Pharmacovigilance
9 20 (2.02%) FMCG
10 17 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
11 15 (1.52%) Data Centre
12 13 (1.31%) Security Posture
12 13 (1.31%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 12 (1.21%) Cloud Native
14 11 (1.11%) Algorithms
14 11 (1.11%) Hedge funds
15 9 (0.91%) Data Structures
16 8 (0.81%) Analytical Mindset
16 8 (0.81%) Client/Server
16 8 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 89 (9.00%) Windows
2 46 (4.65%) Windows Server
3 26 (2.63%) Linux
4 15 (1.52%) Windows Server 2012
5 12 (1.21%) Windows 10
6 10 (1.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 8 (0.81%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.40%) CentOS
8 4 (0.40%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.40%) Unix
8 4 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.30%) AIX
9 3 (0.30%) Android
9 3 (0.30%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.30%) Debian
10 1 (0.10%) FreeRTOS
10 1 (0.10%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 284 (28.72%) Problem-Solving
2 202 (20.42%) Agile
3 192 (19.41%) Continuous Improvement
4 120 (12.13%) Project Management
5 107 (10.82%) Coaching
6 104 (10.52%) CRM
7 103 (10.41%) Analytics
8 100 (10.11%) B2B
9 92 (9.30%) Stakeholder Management
10 91 (9.20%) Customer Service
11 89 (9.00%) Decision-Making
11 89 (9.00%) E-Commerce
12 86 (8.70%) Digital Marketing
13 83 (8.39%) Customer Experience
14 82 (8.29%) Project Delivery
15 81 (8.19%) Business Intelligence
16 79 (7.99%) Process Improvement
16 79 (7.99%) Service Delivery
17 76 (7.68%) Cybersecurity
18 75 (7.58%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 92 (9.30%) SQL
2 61 (6.17%) Python
3 47 (4.75%) PowerShell
4 36 (3.64%) Java
5 32 (3.24%) C#
6 25 (2.53%) JavaScript
7 16 (1.62%) VBA
8 13 (1.31%) Bash
9 8 (0.81%) TypeScript
10 6 (0.61%) C++
10 6 (0.61%) Kotlin
11 4 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 4 (0.40%) Scala
11 4 (0.40%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.30%) Go
12 3 (0.30%) PHP
12 3 (0.30%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.20%) Perl
13 2 (0.20%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.20%) Swift
Qualifications
1 278 (28.11%) Degree
2 81 (8.19%) Security Cleared
3 46 (4.65%) SC Cleared
4 43 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
5 41 (4.15%) Master's Degree
6 30 (3.03%) CISSP
6 30 (3.03%) DV Cleared
7 26 (2.63%) DBS Check
8 23 (2.33%) PMI Certification
9 22 (2.22%) BPSS Clearance
10 21 (2.12%) PMP
11 16 (1.62%) Microsoft Certification
12 15 (1.52%) ACCA
12 15 (1.52%) CIMA
13 14 (1.42%) Cisco Certification
14 13 (1.31%) MCP
15 12 (1.21%) CISM
15 12 (1.21%) HND
16 10 (1.01%) MBA
17 9 (0.91%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (8.19%) QA
2 53 (5.36%) GDPR
3 48 (4.85%) Accessibility
4 39 (3.94%) Data Quality
5 27 (2.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 24 (2.43%) Cyber Essentials
7 23 (2.33%) EU AI Act
8 22 (2.22%) PMO
9 21 (2.12%) HIPAA
9 21 (2.12%) PSD2
9 21 (2.12%) Solvency II
10 18 (1.82%) NIST
11 14 (1.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 12 (1.21%) SLA
13 9 (0.91%) GRC
14 8 (0.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 7 (0.71%) PCI DSS
16 5 (0.51%) ARP4761
16 5 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 15288
16 5 (0.51%) NIST 800
System Software
1 76 (7.68%) Active Directory
2 27 (2.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (2.33%) Hyper-V
4 13 (1.31%) Docker
5 7 (0.71%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (0.61%) vSphere
7 5 (0.51%) Firmware
8 4 (0.40%) ProxySG
9 1 (0.10%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 1 (0.10%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.10%) KVM
9 1 (0.10%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 40 (4.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 29 (2.93%) Kubernetes
3 27 (2.73%) Terraform
4 15 (1.52%) Single Sign-On
5 13 (1.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 11 (1.11%) Ansible
7 10 (1.01%) FortiGate
8 9 (0.91%) Puppet
9 6 (0.61%) Grafana
10 4 (0.40%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.30%) Argo
11 3 (0.30%) cPanel
11 3 (0.30%) Netcool
11 3 (0.30%) Plesk
11 3 (0.30%) Prometheus
11 3 (0.30%) Rancher
11 3 (0.30%) SCCM
11 3 (0.30%) yum
12 2 (0.20%) Nagios
12 2 (0.20%) Nessus
Vendors
1 192 (19.41%) Microsoft
2 45 (4.55%) SAP
3 39 (3.94%) Google
4 33 (3.34%) VMware
5 30 (3.03%) Cisco
5 30 (3.03%) Oracle
6 24 (2.43%) Salesforce
7 18 (1.82%) ServiceNow
8 13 (1.31%) BT
8 13 (1.31%) Workday
9 12 (1.21%) Guidewire
10 11 (1.11%) Adobe
10 11 (1.11%) Bloomberg
10 11 (1.11%) Reuters
10 11 (1.11%) Veeam
11 10 (1.01%) Adaptive Insights
11 10 (1.01%) SonicWALL
11 10 (1.01%) WatchGuard
12 9 (0.91%) Palo Alto
13 8 (0.81%) HubSpot