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 28 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 135 87 92
Rank change year-on-year -48 +5 +6
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Working 947 1,467 1,869
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.71% 3.11% 3.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.12% 3.39% 3.49%
Number of salaries quoted 592 742 1,353
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,875 £26,500
25th Percentile £32,750 £44,598 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £60,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.17% +15.38% -13.33%
75th Percentile £62,312 £81,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £78,705 £96,250 £90,000
UK median annual salary £47,738 £60,000 £47,200
% change year-on-year -20.44% +27.12% -22.34%

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 44,593 43,236 53,592
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 80.34% 91.57% 88.63%
Number of salaries quoted 26,934 20,949 42,299
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +6.09% -8.00%
75th Percentile £77,000 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £96,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%

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 28 January 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 28 January 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 -53 277 £60,000 -4.00% 135
South East -45 177 £37,500 -40.00% 165
North of England -26 169 £42,500 -15.00% 104
Midlands -33 128 £41,000 -25.45% 87
North West -6 109 £45,000 -10.00% 39
South West +3 85 £45,750 -12.86% 48
West Midlands -23 84 £30,000 -47.83% 49
East of England -24 79 £52,500 +3.01% 43
East Midlands -17 44 £42,500 -15.00% 38
Yorkshire -55 39 £42,500 -15.00% 49
North East -11 21 £29,000 -17.14% 19
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 34 (3.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 32 (3.38%) SharePoint
3 26 (2.75%) Confluence
4 11 (1.16%) WordPress
5 7 (0.74%) Apache Spark
5 7 (0.74%) CMS
6 6 (0.63%) IIS
7 4 (0.42%) Apache
7 4 (0.42%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.21%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.21%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.11%) Umbraco
Applications
1 71 (7.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (4.54%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (3.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.95%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.84%) Photoshop
6 5 (0.53%) Adobe Premiere
7 4 (0.42%) AutoCAD
7 4 (0.42%) SketchUp
8 3 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
9 2 (0.21%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.21%) Simulink
9 2 (0.21%) Trello
10 1 (0.11%) Acrobat
10 1 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.11%) InDesign
10 1 (0.11%) Sketch
10 1 (0.11%) SmartSuite
10 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.11%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 7 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.53%) Infor SunSystems
2 5 (0.53%) Payment Gateway
3 4 (0.42%) Distributed Ledger
3 4 (0.42%) Workday HCM
4 2 (0.21%) Oracle Assets
4 2 (0.21%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.21%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.11%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.11%) assyst
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle BPM
5 1 (0.11%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.11%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.11%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.11%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.11%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 183 (19.32%) Azure
2 100 (10.56%) AWS
3 94 (9.93%) Microsoft 365
4 71 (7.50%) Power Platform
5 40 (4.22%) Entra ID
6 35 (3.70%) GCP
7 28 (2.96%) SaaS
8 25 (2.64%) Azure AI
9 24 (2.53%) Amazon SageMaker
10 21 (2.22%) Vertex AI
11 17 (1.80%) Azure DevOps
12 15 (1.58%) GitHub
13 14 (1.48%) Dynamics 365
14 13 (1.37%) OpenShift
14 13 (1.37%) Serverless
15 11 (1.16%) Amazon EKS
16 10 (1.06%) AWS CloudFormation
17 9 (0.95%) Azure Machine Learning
17 9 (0.95%) Google Analytics
17 9 (0.95%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 49 (5.17%) Firewall
2 34 (3.59%) Wireless
3 32 (3.38%) VLAN
4 31 (3.27%) DNS
4 31 (3.27%) TCP/IP
5 28 (2.96%) VPN
6 26 (2.75%) LAN
7 25 (2.64%) DHCP
7 25 (2.64%) WAN
8 18 (1.90%) Network Security
9 13 (1.37%) Broadband
10 12 (1.27%) BGP
11 11 (1.16%) Wi-Fi
12 9 (0.95%) Cisco Nexus
12 9 (0.95%) OSPF
12 9 (0.95%) Structured Cabling
12 9 (0.95%) VoIP
13 8 (0.84%) Cisco ASA
13 8 (0.84%) WAAS
13 8 (0.84%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (6.12%) Power BI
2 26 (2.75%) Tableau
3 19 (2.01%) SQL Server
4 18 (1.90%) Looker
5 13 (1.37%) NoSQL
6 12 (1.27%) Big Data
6 12 (1.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 10 (1.06%) Amazon RDS
7 10 (1.06%) PostgreSQL
8 9 (0.95%) Hadoop
8 9 (0.95%) Power Query
8 9 (0.95%) Relational Database
9 8 (0.84%) Oracle Database
10 6 (0.63%) BigQuery
10 6 (0.63%) BusinessObjects
10 6 (0.63%) MongoDB
10 6 (0.63%) MySQL
11 5 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (0.53%) Metadata
12 4 (0.42%) Cloudera CDH
Development Applications
1 36 (3.80%) JIRA
2 35 (3.70%) Git
3 16 (1.69%) Jenkins
4 15 (1.58%) GitLab
5 7 (0.74%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.42%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 4 (0.42%) Subversion
6 4 (0.42%) TestRail
6 4 (0.42%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.32%) Rational DOORS
7 3 (0.32%) Selenium
8 2 (0.21%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.21%) Robot Framework
8 2 (0.21%) Storybook
9 1 (0.11%) Android Studio
9 1 (0.11%) gulp
9 1 (0.11%) Postman
9 1 (0.11%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.11%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.11%) webpack
General
1 467 (49.31%) Social Skills
2 233 (24.60%) Finance
3 180 (19.01%) Analytical Skills
4 155 (16.37%) Marketing
5 96 (10.14%) Organisational Skills
6 90 (9.50%) Law
7 62 (6.55%) Telecoms
8 55 (5.81%) Aerospace
9 51 (5.39%) Public Sector
10 42 (4.44%) Influencing Skills
10 42 (4.44%) Retail
11 41 (4.33%) Legal
12 39 (4.12%) Banking
12 39 (4.12%) Military
13 34 (3.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 32 (3.38%) Billing
15 30 (3.17%) Presentation Skills
16 28 (2.96%) Pharmaceutical
17 24 (2.53%) Manufacturing
18 21 (2.22%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 117 (12.35%) Analyst
2 82 (8.66%) Senior
3 77 (8.13%) Lead
4 66 (6.97%) Developer
5 64 (6.76%) IT Support
6 44 (4.65%) Business Analyst
7 41 (4.33%) Support Engineer
8 39 (4.12%) Architect
9 35 (3.70%) Systems Engineer
10 30 (3.17%) Consultant
10 30 (3.17%) Digital Analyst
11 29 (3.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 27 (2.85%) Coordinator
13 26 (2.75%) Junior
14 25 (2.64%) Administrator
14 25 (2.64%) Digital Business Analyst
15 24 (2.53%) Account Manager
16 23 (2.43%) IT Engineer
17 22 (2.32%) Data Analyst
18 21 (2.22%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (5.60%) .NET
2 46 (4.86%) HTML
3 23 (2.43%) React
4 19 (2.01%) .NET Core
4 19 (2.01%) CSS
5 18 (1.90%) RESTful
6 13 (1.37%) AngularJS
6 13 (1.37%) Middleware
7 9 (0.95%) Node.js
7 9 (0.95%) Spring
7 9 (0.95%) Spring Boot
8 8 (0.84%) Kafka
9 7 (0.74%) ASP.NET
9 7 (0.74%) OAuth
9 7 (0.74%) REST
10 6 (0.63%) .NET Framework
10 6 (0.63%) PySpark
11 5 (0.53%) Django
11 5 (0.53%) EDI
11 5 (0.53%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 90 (9.50%) Onboarding
2 60 (6.34%) Self-Motivation
3 44 (4.65%) Management Information System
4 34 (3.59%) Driving Licence
5 33 (3.48%) Social Media
6 25 (2.64%) Product Ownership
7 22 (2.32%) Life Science
8 21 (2.22%) Pharmacovigilance
9 19 (2.01%) Cloud Native
9 19 (2.01%) Data Centre
10 18 (1.90%) FMCG
11 16 (1.69%) Algorithms
12 15 (1.58%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 13 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
14 12 (1.27%) Data Structures
15 11 (1.16%) Security Posture
16 8 (0.84%) Analytical Mindset
17 7 (0.74%) IoT
17 7 (0.74%) Legacy Systems
17 7 (0.74%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 90 (9.50%) Windows
2 39 (4.12%) Windows Server
3 33 (3.48%) Linux
4 11 (1.16%) Windows Server 2012
5 10 (1.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (0.84%) Mac OS
6 8 (0.84%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.53%) Android
7 5 (0.53%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.53%) CentOS
7 5 (0.53%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.53%) Unix
8 4 (0.42%) Debian
8 4 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.32%) AIX
10 1 (0.11%) FreeRTOS
10 1 (0.11%) Rocky
10 1 (0.11%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 279 (29.46%) Problem-Solving
2 214 (22.60%) Agile
3 172 (18.16%) Continuous Improvement
4 121 (12.78%) Analytics
5 91 (9.61%) Project Management
6 88 (9.29%) AI
7 87 (9.19%) CRM
8 86 (9.08%) Computer Science
9 85 (8.98%) Coaching
9 85 (8.98%) Service Delivery
10 83 (8.76%) Decision-Making
11 78 (8.24%) Project Delivery
12 76 (8.03%) Cybersecurity
13 75 (7.92%) DevOps
14 74 (7.81%) Customer Service
15 71 (7.50%) Business Intelligence
15 71 (7.50%) Stakeholder Management
16 70 (7.39%) Mentoring
17 66 (6.97%) B2B
17 66 (6.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 90 (9.50%) SQL
2 86 (9.08%) Python
3 48 (5.07%) PowerShell
4 40 (4.22%) C#
5 38 (4.01%) Java
6 32 (3.38%) JavaScript
7 15 (1.58%) Bash
8 9 (0.95%) TypeScript
9 8 (0.84%) C++
10 7 (0.74%) VBA
11 6 (0.63%) Scala
11 6 (0.63%) VB.NET
12 5 (0.53%) Kotlin
12 5 (0.53%) T-SQL
13 4 (0.42%) Bicep
13 4 (0.42%) Go
13 4 (0.42%) PHP
14 2 (0.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.21%) R
14 2 (0.21%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 225 (23.76%) Degree
2 101 (10.67%) Security Cleared
3 51 (5.39%) SC Cleared
4 47 (4.96%) Computer Science Degree
5 40 (4.22%) DBS Check
6 39 (4.12%) DV Cleared
7 38 (4.01%) Master's Degree
8 26 (2.75%) CISSP
9 25 (2.64%) BPSS Clearance
10 19 (2.01%) PMI Certification
11 18 (1.90%) Cisco Certification
11 18 (1.90%) Microsoft Certification
12 17 (1.80%) PMP
13 14 (1.48%) HND
14 12 (1.27%) CISM
15 11 (1.16%) HNC
16 10 (1.06%) CCIE
16 10 (1.06%) CCNP
17 9 (0.95%) AWS Certification
18 8 (0.84%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (8.03%) QA
2 51 (5.39%) Accessibility
3 49 (5.17%) Data Quality
4 48 (5.07%) GDPR
5 34 (3.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 23 (2.43%) EU AI Act
7 22 (2.32%) PMO
8 21 (2.22%) HIPAA
8 21 (2.22%) PSD2
8 21 (2.22%) Solvency II
9 20 (2.11%) Cyber Essentials
10 19 (2.01%) NIST
11 13 (1.37%) SLA
12 9 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 9 (0.95%) GRC
13 8 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 15288
14 7 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 6 (0.63%) PCI DSS
16 5 (0.53%) ARP4761
16 5 (0.53%) JSP 440
System Software
1 73 (7.71%) Active Directory
2 22 (2.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (2.22%) Docker
3 21 (2.22%) Hyper-V
4 8 (0.84%) ProxySG
5 6 (0.63%) Firmware
5 6 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.53%) vSphere
7 1 (0.11%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 1 (0.11%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.11%) KVM
7 1 (0.11%) pfSense
7 1 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 41 (4.33%) Kubernetes
2 34 (3.59%) Terraform
3 29 (3.06%) Microsoft Intune
4 20 (2.11%) Ansible
5 12 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (1.06%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 10 (1.06%) Puppet
7 7 (0.74%) FortiGate
8 6 (0.63%) Grafana
9 4 (0.42%) Argo
9 4 (0.42%) Progress Chef
9 4 (0.42%) Rancher
9 4 (0.42%) yum
10 3 (0.32%) cPanel
10 3 (0.32%) Netcool
10 3 (0.32%) Plesk
10 3 (0.32%) Prometheus
11 2 (0.21%) Backup Exec
11 2 (0.21%) Dell DRAC
11 2 (0.21%) Nessus
Vendors
1 186 (19.64%) Microsoft
2 46 (4.86%) Google
3 31 (3.27%) Cisco
4 29 (3.06%) VMware
5 27 (2.85%) Salesforce
6 19 (2.01%) SAP
6 19 (2.01%) ServiceNow
7 18 (1.90%) Oracle
8 12 (1.27%) Adobe
9 11 (1.16%) Red Hat
9 11 (1.16%) SolarWinds
10 10 (1.06%) HubSpot
11 9 (0.95%) BT
11 9 (0.95%) Infoblox
11 9 (0.95%) Veeam
12 8 (0.84%) Blue Coat
12 8 (0.84%) CheckPoint
12 8 (0.84%) F5
12 8 (0.84%) Guidewire
12 8 (0.84%) Motorola