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 19 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 101 104 91
Rank change year-on-year +3 -13 +15
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Working 1,282 1,487 1,618
As % of all permanent jobs in England 3.02% 2.39% 3.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.40% 2.89% 3.42%
Number of salaries quoted 652 710 1,037
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £67,500 £82,938 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £104,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £56,401 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.35% +12.80% -16.67%

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 37,671 51,419 47,250
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 88.60% 82.66% 93.96%
Number of salaries quoted 21,923 27,487 36,063
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -0.83% +0.83%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £96,750 £98,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £54,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.17% - -

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 19 October 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 19 October 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 +40 372 £65,000 -7.14% 316
South East -11 282 £35,000 -35.78% 288
Midlands +34 185 £42,500 -15.00% 84
East of England +44 167 £39,000 -29.09% 61
North of England -72 147 £45,000 -10.05% 177
West Midlands +53 135 £37,500 -36.12% 50
South West +25 110 £55,000 +10.00% 79
North West -51 101 £45,000 -10.10% 110
East Midlands +11 50 £42,500 +5.59% 33
North East +7 28 £29,000 -49.57% 25
Yorkshire -49 18 £42,500 -5.56% 43
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 48 (3.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (1.87%) SharePoint
3 12 (0.94%) Confluence
4 9 (0.70%) CMS
5 8 (0.62%) WordPress
6 6 (0.47%) IIS
7 4 (0.31%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.078%) Apache
8 1 (0.078%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.078%) Moodle
8 1 (0.078%) Office Communications Server
8 1 (0.078%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.078%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.078%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.078%) WildFly
Applications
1 92 (7.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 49 (3.82%) Microsoft Office
3 29 (2.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
4 8 (0.62%) Photoshop
4 8 (0.62%) Trello
5 7 (0.55%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.47%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 6 (0.47%) Adobe Premiere
6 6 (0.47%) Sketch
7 5 (0.39%) AutoCAD
8 4 (0.31%) SketchUp
9 3 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (0.23%) Adobe XD
9 3 (0.23%) InDesign
9 3 (0.23%) Windchill
10 2 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
11 1 (0.078%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.078%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 19 (1.48%) NetSuite
2 12 (0.94%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.39%) Infor SunSystems
3 5 (0.39%) Magento
4 3 (0.23%) C-CURE
4 3 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.16%) Aladdin
5 2 (0.16%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.16%) SAP CO
5 2 (0.16%) SAP EWM
5 2 (0.16%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.16%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.078%) assyst
6 1 (0.078%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.078%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.078%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.078%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.078%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.078%) SAP PS
6 1 (0.078%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 145 (11.31%) Azure
2 90 (7.02%) Microsoft 365
3 66 (5.15%) AWS
4 61 (4.76%) Power Platform
5 51 (3.98%) Entra ID
6 36 (2.81%) SaaS
7 26 (2.03%) Azure DevOps
8 22 (1.72%) GitHub
9 14 (1.09%) Figma
10 12 (0.94%) GCP
10 12 (0.94%) Power Automate
10 12 (0.94%) Serverless
11 11 (0.86%) Dynamics 365
11 11 (0.86%) PowerApps
12 9 (0.70%) Azure Data Factory
12 9 (0.70%) Google Analytics
13 8 (0.62%) Amazon EC2
13 8 (0.62%) Cloud Computing
14 7 (0.55%) Azure Logic Apps
14 7 (0.55%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 46 (3.59%) Firewall
2 43 (3.35%) TCP/IP
3 30 (2.34%) Wireless
4 27 (2.11%) DNS
5 26 (2.03%) DHCP
6 22 (1.72%) LAN
6 22 (1.72%) WAN
7 21 (1.64%) VLAN
8 17 (1.33%) Broadband
9 15 (1.17%) Network Security
10 9 (0.70%) VPN
11 8 (0.62%) VoIP
12 6 (0.47%) SAN
13 5 (0.39%) Internet
13 5 (0.39%) Wi-Fi
14 4 (0.31%) Intranet
14 4 (0.31%) NAS
14 4 (0.31%) RS-232
15 3 (0.23%) Intrusion Detection
15 3 (0.23%) RTMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (3.82%) Power BI
2 23 (1.79%) Tableau
3 18 (1.40%) SQL Server
4 15 (1.17%) Amazon RDS
4 15 (1.17%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (1.01%) Looker
5 13 (1.01%) PostgreSQL
6 11 (0.86%) Oracle Reports
7 9 (0.70%) Relational Database
8 8 (0.62%) Data Lake
8 8 (0.62%) MongoDB
8 8 (0.62%) MySQL
8 8 (0.62%) Oracle Database
9 7 (0.55%) NoSQL
9 7 (0.55%) Power Query
9 7 (0.55%) RDBMS
9 7 (0.55%) SAP Data Services
10 6 (0.47%) Big Data
11 4 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (0.31%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 34 (2.65%) JIRA
2 28 (2.18%) Git
3 21 (1.64%) Jenkins
4 8 (0.62%) Bitbucket
5 7 (0.55%) ER Studio
6 5 (0.39%) GitLab
7 3 (0.23%) JMeter
7 3 (0.23%) JUnit
7 3 (0.23%) Mockito
7 3 (0.23%) Octopus Deploy
7 3 (0.23%) Rational DOORS
7 3 (0.23%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.23%) Visual Studio Code
7 3 (0.23%) Vite
8 1 (0.078%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.078%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.078%) Postman
8 1 (0.078%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.078%) Selenium
8 1 (0.078%) TestRail
General
1 844 (65.83%) Social Skills
2 516 (40.25%) Finance
3 459 (35.80%) Marketing
4 322 (25.12%) Public Sector
5 242 (18.88%) Analytical Skills
6 98 (7.64%) Law
7 91 (7.10%) Organisational Skills
8 86 (6.71%) Telecoms
9 53 (4.13%) Influencing Skills
10 51 (3.98%) Manufacturing
11 47 (3.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 38 (2.96%) Aerospace
13 37 (2.89%) Billing
14 36 (2.81%) Military
15 34 (2.65%) Legal
16 33 (2.57%) Local Government
16 33 (2.57%) Retail
17 32 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
18 31 (2.42%) Electronics
19 30 (2.34%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 274 (21.37%) Development Manager
2 273 (21.29%) Business Manager
3 272 (21.22%) Business Development Manager
4 99 (7.72%) Analyst
5 87 (6.79%) Lead
6 77 (6.01%) Developer
6 77 (6.01%) Senior
7 71 (5.54%) IT Support
8 48 (3.74%) Business Analyst
9 43 (3.35%) Consultant
10 37 (2.89%) Project Manager
11 36 (2.81%) Coordinator
12 34 (2.65%) Administrator
13 32 (2.50%) IT Manager
13 32 (2.50%) Support Engineer
14 30 (2.34%) Systems Engineer
15 29 (2.26%) Digital Analyst
16 27 (2.11%) Architect
16 27 (2.11%) Operations Manager
16 27 (2.11%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (3.74%) .NET
2 46 (3.59%) HTML
3 21 (1.64%) RESTful
4 17 (1.33%) CSS
4 17 (1.33%) REST
5 14 (1.09%) Web Services
6 11 (0.86%) React
7 10 (0.78%) AngularJS
8 8 (0.62%) .NET Core
8 8 (0.62%) .NET Framework
8 8 (0.62%) Lightning Web Components
8 8 (0.62%) SOAP
9 7 (0.55%) Spring
9 7 (0.55%) Spring Boot
10 6 (0.47%) Blazor
10 6 (0.47%) Middleware
11 4 (0.31%) ActiveMQ
11 4 (0.31%) OAuth
11 4 (0.31%) SailPoint
12 3 (0.23%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 118 (9.20%) Onboarding
2 65 (5.07%) Self-Motivation
3 58 (4.52%) Management Information System
4 35 (2.73%) Social Media
5 29 (2.26%) Driving Licence
6 25 (1.95%) FMCG
7 19 (1.48%) Data Centre
8 16 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
9 13 (1.01%) Hedge funds
10 11 (0.86%) Product Ownership
10 11 (0.86%) Security Posture
10 11 (0.86%) Video Conferencing
11 9 (0.70%) Analytical Mindset
11 9 (0.70%) Legacy Systems
11 9 (0.70%) NHS
12 8 (0.62%) Cloud Native
12 8 (0.62%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 8 (0.62%) Virtual Team
13 7 (0.55%) Clustering
13 7 (0.55%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 71 (5.54%) Windows
2 43 (3.35%) Windows Server
3 21 (1.64%) Linux
4 17 (1.33%) Windows Server 2012
5 11 (0.86%) Unix
6 8 (0.62%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.23%) AIX
9 3 (0.23%) Android
9 3 (0.23%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.16%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.078%) CentOS
11 1 (0.078%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.078%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 327 (25.51%) Problem-Solving
2 309 (24.10%) Collaborative Culture
3 305 (23.79%) Business Development
4 272 (21.22%) Facilities Management
5 270 (21.06%) Marketing Strategy
6 200 (15.60%) Continuous Improvement
7 199 (15.52%) Agile
8 180 (14.04%) Project Management
9 113 (8.81%) Project Delivery
10 111 (8.66%) CRM
11 104 (8.11%) Service Delivery
12 101 (7.88%) Customer Service
13 100 (7.80%) Stakeholder Management
14 99 (7.72%) Coaching
14 99 (7.72%) Digital Marketing
15 95 (7.41%) B2B
16 88 (6.86%) E-Commerce
17 87 (6.79%) Risk Management
18 86 (6.71%) Cybersecurity
18 86 (6.71%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 122 (9.52%) SQL
2 56 (4.37%) Python
3 48 (3.74%) PowerShell
4 46 (3.59%) Java
5 36 (2.81%) C#
6 27 (2.11%) JavaScript
7 17 (1.33%) VBA
8 8 (0.62%) Shell Script
8 8 (0.62%) TypeScript
9 7 (0.55%) R
10 6 (0.47%) Apex Code
10 6 (0.47%) Bash
10 6 (0.47%) T-SQL
11 5 (0.39%) PL/SQL
12 4 (0.31%) C++
12 4 (0.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 4 (0.31%) Kotlin
12 4 (0.31%) SOQL
13 3 (0.23%) Go
14 2 (0.16%) Swift
Qualifications
1 278 (21.68%) Degree
2 48 (3.74%) Security Cleared
3 43 (3.35%) PMI Certification
3 43 (3.35%) PMP
4 40 (3.12%) CISSP
5 38 (2.96%) Computer Science Degree
6 33 (2.57%) DBS Check
6 33 (2.57%) SC Cleared
7 17 (1.33%) BPSS Clearance
8 14 (1.09%) HND
8 14 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
9 13 (1.01%) ACCA
9 13 (1.01%) CIMA
9 13 (1.01%) MCP
10 12 (0.94%) Master's Degree
11 11 (0.86%) CISM
11 11 (0.86%) DV Cleared
12 10 (0.78%) HNC
13 9 (0.70%) Azure Certification
14 8 (0.62%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (7.41%) QA
2 56 (4.37%) Accessibility
3 41 (3.20%) GDPR
4 31 (2.42%) Cyber Essentials
5 29 (2.26%) Data Quality
6 27 (2.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 21 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 16 (1.25%) PMO
9 15 (1.17%) NIST
10 12 (0.94%) SLA
11 11 (0.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 7 (0.55%) GRC
12 7 (0.55%) PCI DSS
13 5 (0.39%) ARP4761
13 5 (0.39%) NIST 800
14 4 (0.31%) JSP 440
15 3 (0.23%) ISO 9001
16 2 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 15288
16 2 (0.16%) WCAG
17 1 (0.078%) PSD2
System Software
1 62 (4.84%) Active Directory
2 31 (2.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (1.95%) Hyper-V
4 11 (0.86%) Docker
5 6 (0.47%) Firmware
6 4 (0.31%) Embedded Firmware
6 4 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.31%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 43 (3.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (1.72%) Kubernetes
3 18 (1.40%) Single Sign-On
3 18 (1.40%) Terraform
4 14 (1.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 14 (1.09%) FortiGate
5 8 (0.62%) SCCM
6 7 (0.55%) Grafana
7 5 (0.39%) Progress Chef
8 4 (0.31%) Ansible
8 4 (0.31%) Kibana
8 4 (0.31%) NetBackup
8 4 (0.31%) SCOM
9 3 (0.23%) Nagios
9 3 (0.23%) Netcool
9 3 (0.23%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.078%) CASB
10 1 (0.078%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.078%) WMI
10 1 (0.078%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 180 (14.04%) Microsoft
2 62 (4.84%) SAP
3 35 (2.73%) VMware
4 33 (2.57%) Salesforce
5 31 (2.42%) Oracle
6 30 (2.34%) Cisco
6 30 (2.34%) ServiceNow
7 24 (1.87%) Google
8 20 (1.56%) Adobe
9 19 (1.48%) Guidewire
9 19 (1.48%) Veeam
10 14 (1.09%) SonicWALL
10 14 (1.09%) WatchGuard
11 13 (1.01%) Bloomberg
11 13 (1.01%) BT
11 13 (1.01%) Reuters
12 12 (0.94%) Splunk
12 12 (0.94%) Workday
13 10 (0.78%) Adaptive Insights
14 9 (0.70%) HubSpot