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 1 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 82 95
Rank change year-on-year -40 +13 +32
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Working 1,354 1,493 2,407
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.58% 3.62% 2.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.14% 3.96% 3.16%
Number of salaries quoted 823 679 1,668
10th Percentile £29,120 £32,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £41,250 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -15.25%
75th Percentile £67,500 £73,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £54,793 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.75% +9.59% -13.51%

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 63,156 37,707 76,142
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.63% 91.52% 82.29%
Number of salaries quoted 44,618 21,070 54,965
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,822 £29,490
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.09%

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 1 July 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 1 July 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
London -49 383 £65,000 - 290
South East -26 285 £50,000 +6.95% 168
North of England +16 260 £50,810 +1.62% 154
Midlands -9 206 £42,500 -18.09% 122
North West +23 156 £45,497 -9.01% 91
South West -41 104 £38,738 -35.44% 79
West Midlands -42 104 £45,000 -18.18% 71
East Midlands +17 101 £40,000 -5.88% 51
East of England -68 78 £55,000 +57.14% 61
Yorkshire -20 73 £60,000 +2.56% 43
North East -38 31 £58,750 +83.59% 21
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 57 (4.21%) SharePoint
2 45 (3.32%) Microsoft Exchange
3 18 (1.33%) WordPress
4 14 (1.03%) CMS
4 14 (1.03%) Confluence
5 10 (0.74%) Apache Spark
6 9 (0.66%) SAS
7 7 (0.52%) Apache
8 6 (0.44%) IIS
9 4 (0.30%) GeoServer
10 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.15%) Drupal
10 2 (0.15%) Gentran
10 2 (0.15%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.15%) Luigi
10 2 (0.15%) nginx
11 1 (0.074%) Appian
11 1 (0.074%) OpenStack
Applications
1 66 (4.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 62 (4.58%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (1.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (1.11%) MS Visio
5 9 (0.66%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 6 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
7 5 (0.37%) Adobe Illustrator
7 5 (0.37%) Fusion 360
7 5 (0.37%) InDesign
7 5 (0.37%) Photoshop
8 4 (0.30%) Simulink
9 3 (0.22%) Blender
9 3 (0.22%) Maya
9 3 (0.22%) Stateflow
10 2 (0.15%) Chatbot
10 2 (0.15%) Trello
11 1 (0.074%) Lightworks
11 1 (0.074%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 21 (1.55%) NetSuite
2 10 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.44%) Dynamics NAV
4 5 (0.37%) SAP HR
5 2 (0.15%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.15%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.15%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.074%) Exchequer
6 1 (0.074%) FastStats
6 1 (0.074%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.074%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.074%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.074%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.074%) SAP IS-U
6 1 (0.074%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 252 (18.61%) Azure
2 183 (13.52%) AWS
3 144 (10.64%) Microsoft 365
4 126 (9.31%) Power Platform
5 73 (5.39%) GCP
6 68 (5.02%) SaaS
7 52 (3.84%) Entra ID
8 50 (3.69%) Azure DevOps
9 37 (2.73%) Serverless
10 30 (2.22%) Google Analytics
11 27 (1.99%) AWS CloudFormation
11 27 (1.99%) GitHub
12 25 (1.85%) Dynamics 365
13 19 (1.40%) Microsoft Copilot
14 18 (1.33%) Figma
14 18 (1.33%) Power Automate
15 16 (1.18%) OCI
16 15 (1.11%) Boomi
16 15 (1.11%) Snowflake
17 13 (0.96%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 84 (6.20%) Firewall
2 45 (3.32%) DNS
3 41 (3.03%) Network Security
4 39 (2.88%) VLAN
4 39 (2.88%) VPN
5 38 (2.81%) DHCP
6 37 (2.73%) WAN
7 29 (2.14%) TCP/IP
8 28 (2.07%) LAN
9 26 (1.92%) Wireless
10 22 (1.62%) Broadband
11 21 (1.55%) HTTP
12 20 (1.48%) BGP
13 17 (1.26%) Wi-Fi
14 14 (1.03%) Cisco Nexus
14 14 (1.03%) SNMP
15 12 (0.89%) Cisco ASA
15 12 (0.89%) OSPF
15 12 (0.89%) WAAS
15 12 (0.89%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (8.27%) Power BI
2 38 (2.81%) SQL Server
3 27 (1.99%) BigQuery
4 25 (1.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 25 (1.85%) Tableau
5 17 (1.26%) Big Data
5 17 (1.26%) MySQL
5 17 (1.26%) Relational Database
6 16 (1.18%) GIS
7 15 (1.11%) PostgreSQL
8 14 (1.03%) Metadata
8 14 (1.03%) Semantic Layer
9 13 (0.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 11 (0.81%) NoSQL
11 10 (0.74%) Redis
12 8 (0.59%) Hadoop
13 7 (0.52%) Data Lake
14 6 (0.44%) Geospatial Data
15 5 (0.37%) Cloudera CDH
15 5 (0.37%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 61 (4.51%) Git
2 45 (3.32%) JIRA
3 34 (2.51%) Jenkins
4 16 (1.18%) GitLab
5 9 (0.66%) Postman
6 5 (0.37%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.30%) Visual Studio Code
8 3 (0.22%) LabVIEW
8 3 (0.22%) Selenium
8 3 (0.22%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.15%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.15%) MSI
9 2 (0.15%) MSTest
9 2 (0.15%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.15%) Subversion
10 1 (0.074%) Claude Code
10 1 (0.074%) Qt Creator
10 1 (0.074%) TestRail
General
1 600 (44.31%) Social Skills
2 358 (26.44%) Finance
3 261 (19.28%) Analytical Skills
4 145 (10.71%) Marketing
5 123 (9.08%) Organisational Skills
6 96 (7.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 95 (7.02%) Legal
8 90 (6.65%) Public Sector
9 78 (5.76%) Aerospace
10 76 (5.61%) Law
11 56 (4.14%) Retail
12 53 (3.91%) Telecoms
13 52 (3.84%) Influencing Skills
14 41 (3.03%) Manufacturing
15 36 (2.66%) Banking
15 36 (2.66%) Presentation Skills
16 30 (2.22%) Electronics
17 29 (2.14%) Local Government
18 26 (1.92%) Advertising
19 20 (1.48%) Billing
Job Titles
1 200 (14.77%) Senior
2 140 (10.34%) Analyst
3 107 (7.90%) Developer
4 94 (6.94%) Lead
5 62 (4.58%) Consultant
6 49 (3.62%) IT Support
7 48 (3.55%) Software Engineer
7 48 (3.55%) Support Engineer
8 46 (3.40%) Architect
8 46 (3.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 45 (3.32%) Systems Engineer
10 41 (3.03%) Delivery Manager
10 41 (3.03%) Senior Manager
11 38 (2.81%) IT Manager
12 30 (2.22%) Business Analyst
13 29 (2.14%) Senior Developer
14 28 (2.07%) Network Engineer
15 27 (1.99%) IT Analyst
16 26 (1.92%) Cloud Engineer
17 25 (1.85%) Financial Controller
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (4.51%) Node.js
2 58 (4.28%) REST
3 46 (3.40%) .NET
4 40 (2.95%) React
5 37 (2.73%) HTML
6 28 (2.07%) CSS
6 28 (2.07%) JSON
7 26 (1.92%) XML
8 23 (1.70%) .NET Core
8 23 (1.70%) Vue
9 20 (1.48%) SOAP
10 18 (1.33%) Middleware
11 16 (1.18%) EDI
11 16 (1.18%) Next.js
12 15 (1.11%) OAuth
13 13 (0.96%) AngularJS
13 13 (0.96%) AWS CDK
13 13 (0.96%) RESTful
14 9 (0.66%) .NET Framework
14 9 (0.66%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 81 (5.98%) Onboarding
2 68 (5.02%) Management Information System
3 62 (4.58%) Product Ownership
4 57 (4.21%) Driving Licence
5 52 (3.84%) Cloud Native
6 34 (2.51%) Self-Motivation
7 33 (2.44%) Data Centre
7 33 (2.44%) Social Media
8 30 (2.22%) Public Cloud
9 26 (1.92%) Blog
10 21 (1.55%) Data Structures
11 20 (1.48%) Algorithms
11 20 (1.48%) Greenfield Project
12 19 (1.40%) Security Posture
13 16 (1.18%) NHS
14 15 (1.11%) Legacy Systems
15 14 (1.03%) EPoS
16 13 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
17 12 (0.89%) Enterprise Software
17 12 (0.89%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 115 (8.49%) Windows
2 68 (5.02%) Linux
3 48 (3.55%) Windows Server
4 10 (0.74%) FreeRTOS
5 9 (0.66%) Ubuntu
6 8 (0.59%) CentOS
6 8 (0.59%) Unix
7 7 (0.52%) Debian
8 6 (0.44%) Android
9 5 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (0.30%) Windows 7
11 3 (0.22%) Apple iOS
11 3 (0.22%) VMS
11 3 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.15%) Mac OS
12 2 (0.15%) Rocky
12 2 (0.15%) Windows 10
13 1 (0.074%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 467 (34.49%) Problem-Solving
2 345 (25.48%) Continuous Improvement
3 301 (22.23%) Agile
4 197 (14.55%) Decision-Making
5 172 (12.70%) Analytics
6 166 (12.26%) Mentoring
7 158 (11.67%) Roadmaps
8 152 (11.23%) AI
9 142 (10.49%) Service Delivery
10 140 (10.34%) CI/CD
11 125 (9.23%) Customer Service
12 120 (8.86%) Validation
13 119 (8.79%) DevOps
14 118 (8.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 115 (8.49%) Project Delivery
16 112 (8.27%) Project Management
17 109 (8.05%) Computer Science
17 109 (8.05%) Cybersecurity
18 104 (7.68%) CRM
19 102 (7.53%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 177 (13.07%) SQL
2 163 (12.04%) Python
3 64 (4.73%) JavaScript
4 61 (4.51%) C#
5 59 (4.36%) Java
6 50 (3.69%) TypeScript
7 43 (3.18%) PowerShell
8 22 (1.62%) C
9 20 (1.48%) VBA
10 19 (1.40%) C++
11 18 (1.33%) PHP
12 15 (1.11%) Bash
13 14 (1.03%) T-SQL
14 12 (0.89%) Embedded C
15 10 (0.74%) ABAP
15 10 (0.74%) MATLAB
16 9 (0.66%) Bicep
16 9 (0.66%) VB
17 5 (0.37%) Embedded C++
17 5 (0.37%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 242 (17.87%) Degree
2 138 (10.19%) Security Cleared
3 59 (4.36%) SC Cleared
4 53 (3.91%) DV Cleared
5 42 (3.10%) ACCA
5 42 (3.10%) DBS Check
6 39 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
7 36 (2.66%) CIMA
8 35 (2.58%) CISSP
9 31 (2.29%) BPSS Clearance
10 27 (1.99%) Master's Degree
11 22 (1.62%) Cisco Certification
11 22 (1.62%) Microsoft Certification
11 22 (1.62%) PMI Certification
12 20 (1.48%) CCNP
13 18 (1.33%) PMP
14 15 (1.11%) CISM
15 14 (1.03%) CCIE
15 14 (1.03%) HND
16 13 (0.96%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (6.72%) QA
2 77 (5.69%) Data Quality
3 67 (4.95%) Accessibility
4 40 (2.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 38 (2.81%) PMO
6 30 (2.22%) GDPR
7 26 (1.92%) GAAP
8 24 (1.77%) NIST
9 20 (1.48%) Cyber Essentials
10 13 (0.96%) SLA
11 12 (0.89%) TickIT
12 9 (0.66%) Good Clinical Practice
13 8 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 8 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 15288
13 8 (0.59%) WCAG
14 7 (0.52%) Government Security Classifications
14 7 (0.52%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 7 (0.52%) JSP 440
14 7 (0.52%) PCI DSS
15 5 (0.37%) Def Stans
System Software
1 65 (4.80%) Active Directory
2 33 (2.44%) Docker
3 25 (1.85%) Hyper-V
4 15 (1.11%) Firmware
5 14 (1.03%) VMware Infrastructure
6 12 (0.89%) ProxySG
7 11 (0.81%) Embedded Firmware
8 6 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
9 5 (0.37%) ClearTrust
10 4 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
11 2 (0.15%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.15%) vSphere
12 1 (0.074%) XenApp
12 1 (0.074%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 56 (4.14%) Kubernetes
2 50 (3.69%) Terraform
3 33 (2.44%) Ansible
4 20 (1.48%) Microsoft Intune
5 19 (1.40%) SCCM
6 9 (0.66%) Puppet
7 8 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (0.37%) Prometheus
9 4 (0.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.30%) Backup Exec
9 4 (0.30%) Cisco CUCM
9 4 (0.30%) Grafana
9 4 (0.30%) ServiceCenter
10 3 (0.22%) Argo
10 3 (0.22%) Dell DRAC
10 3 (0.22%) Kibana
10 3 (0.22%) Plesk
10 3 (0.22%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.15%) Rancher
11 2 (0.15%) vRealize
Vendors
1 295 (21.79%) Microsoft
2 64 (4.73%) Google
3 44 (3.25%) Salesforce
4 39 (2.88%) Cisco
5 31 (2.29%) ServiceNow
6 27 (1.99%) Oracle
7 25 (1.85%) SAP
7 25 (1.85%) VMware
8 19 (1.40%) Adobe
9 18 (1.33%) Remedy
10 16 (1.18%) Databricks
11 15 (1.11%) Palo Alto
12 14 (1.03%) SolarWinds
13 13 (0.96%) iManage
14 12 (0.89%) Blue Coat
14 12 (0.89%) CheckPoint
14 12 (0.89%) F5
14 12 (0.89%) Fortinet
14 12 (0.89%) Infoblox
14 12 (0.89%) Motorola