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 12 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 82 103
Rank change year-on-year -28 +21 +20
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Working 1,625 1,548 1,773
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.73% 3.54% 2.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.35% 3.97% 2.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1,008 727 1,073
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,750 £30,800
25th Percentile £36,962 £38,625 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,800 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.24% - -11.80%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £82,875 £80,000 £92,159
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -7.08%

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 69,225 39,040 59,213
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.69% 89.39% 81.41%
Number of salaries quoted 48,876 22,555 38,883
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,840 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.84%

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 12 August 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 12 August 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 -54 420 £65,000 - 1,036
North of England +34 330 £45,497 -5.71% 470
South East -24 322 £49,000 +6.52% 285
Midlands +5 269 £40,000 -15.79% 184
North West +43 203 £47,271 -0.48% 323
South West -26 159 £52,500 -21.59% 296
West Midlands -23 152 £42,500 -19.05% 110
East Midlands +23 116 £32,500 -23.53% 74
East of England -68 95 £51,650 +47.57% 114
Yorkshire +15 85 £42,500 -25.11% 107
North East -34 42 £56,250 +93.97% 46
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 73 (4.49%) SharePoint
2 37 (2.28%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (0.92%) Confluence
4 14 (0.86%) Apache Spark
5 12 (0.74%) WordPress
6 11 (0.68%) CMS
6 11 (0.68%) SAS
7 7 (0.43%) Apache
8 4 (0.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.18%) GeoServer
9 3 (0.18%) IIS
10 2 (0.12%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.12%) Drupal
10 2 (0.12%) Gentran
10 2 (0.12%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.12%) Luigi
10 2 (0.12%) nginx
10 2 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.062%) Appian
Applications
1 92 (5.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 87 (5.35%) Microsoft Office
3 27 (1.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.62%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 8 (0.49%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.49%) Revit
6 7 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
7 6 (0.37%) Adobe Illustrator
7 6 (0.37%) InDesign
7 6 (0.37%) Photoshop
8 5 (0.31%) Fusion 360
8 5 (0.31%) Simulink
9 4 (0.25%) Navisworks
10 3 (0.18%) Adobe Premiere
10 3 (0.18%) Blender
10 3 (0.18%) CapCut
10 3 (0.18%) Chatbot
10 3 (0.18%) Maya
10 3 (0.18%) Stateflow
10 3 (0.18%) Trello
Business Applications
1 25 (1.54%) NetSuite
2 12 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (0.25%) SAP HR
5 3 (0.18%) Workday HCM
6 2 (0.12%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.12%) SAP BPC
6 2 (0.12%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.12%) SAP CRM
6 2 (0.12%) Shopify
6 2 (0.12%) Siebel CRM
7 1 (0.062%) FastStats
7 1 (0.062%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.062%) Primavera
7 1 (0.062%) Sage 200
7 1 (0.062%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 267 (16.43%) Azure
2 199 (12.25%) AWS
3 169 (10.40%) Microsoft 365
4 148 (9.11%) Power Platform
5 84 (5.17%) SaaS
6 68 (4.18%) GCP
7 57 (3.51%) Azure DevOps
8 47 (2.89%) Entra ID
9 42 (2.58%) Serverless
10 34 (2.09%) GitHub
11 30 (1.85%) AWS CloudFormation
12 26 (1.60%) Dynamics 365
12 26 (1.60%) Google Analytics
13 24 (1.48%) Power Automate
14 23 (1.42%) Snowflake
15 21 (1.29%) Microsoft Copilot
15 21 (1.29%) OCI
16 20 (1.23%) OneDrive
17 16 (0.98%) Azure Data Factory
17 16 (0.98%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 79 (4.86%) Firewall
2 51 (3.14%) DNS
3 43 (2.65%) Network Security
4 37 (2.28%) DHCP
5 35 (2.15%) TCP/IP
5 35 (2.15%) VPN
5 35 (2.15%) WAN
6 29 (1.78%) VLAN
7 27 (1.66%) LAN
8 25 (1.54%) HTTP
9 21 (1.29%) Broadband
10 20 (1.23%) Wi-Fi
11 19 (1.17%) Wireless
12 16 (0.98%) BGP
13 13 (0.80%) VoIP
14 9 (0.55%) Internet
14 9 (0.55%) SNMP
15 7 (0.43%) EIGRP
15 7 (0.43%) Intrusion Detection
15 7 (0.43%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 125 (7.69%) Power BI
2 55 (3.38%) SQL Server
3 31 (1.91%) Relational Database
4 28 (1.72%) Tableau
5 25 (1.54%) BigQuery
5 25 (1.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 23 (1.42%) Big Data
7 19 (1.17%) Metadata
7 19 (1.17%) Redis
8 18 (1.11%) PostgreSQL
9 17 (1.05%) GIS
10 15 (0.92%) Semantic Layer
11 14 (0.86%) MySQL
11 14 (0.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 12 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
12 12 (0.74%) NoSQL
13 11 (0.68%) Geospatial Data
13 11 (0.68%) Power Query
14 10 (0.62%) Hadoop
15 7 (0.43%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 82 (5.05%) Git
2 58 (3.57%) JIRA
3 35 (2.15%) Jenkins
4 16 (0.98%) GitLab
5 9 (0.55%) Postman
6 6 (0.37%) Bitbucket
6 6 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
7 5 (0.31%) MSI
8 4 (0.25%) Maven
8 4 (0.25%) Storybook
9 3 (0.18%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.18%) LabVIEW
9 3 (0.18%) Selenium
10 2 (0.12%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 2 (0.12%) Eclipse
10 2 (0.12%) JUnit
10 2 (0.12%) Mercurial
10 2 (0.12%) MSTest
10 2 (0.12%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.12%) Visual Studio
General
1 742 (45.66%) Social Skills
2 379 (23.32%) Finance
3 294 (18.09%) Analytical Skills
4 164 (10.09%) Organisational Skills
5 155 (9.54%) Marketing
6 124 (7.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 124 (7.63%) Public Sector
7 114 (7.02%) Legal
8 101 (6.22%) Aerospace
9 86 (5.29%) Law
10 70 (4.31%) Manufacturing
11 67 (4.12%) Presentation Skills
11 67 (4.12%) Retail
12 64 (3.94%) Influencing Skills
13 50 (3.08%) Telecoms
14 46 (2.83%) Electronics
15 43 (2.65%) Banking
16 30 (1.85%) Advertising
17 27 (1.66%) Local Government
18 21 (1.29%) Games
Job Titles
1 231 (14.22%) Senior
2 149 (9.17%) Analyst
3 148 (9.11%) Developer
4 128 (7.88%) Lead
5 66 (4.06%) Consultant
6 61 (3.75%) IT Support
7 56 (3.45%) Software Engineer
8 46 (2.83%) Systems Engineer
9 44 (2.71%) Support Engineer
10 43 (2.65%) IT Manager
11 42 (2.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 41 (2.52%) Senior Manager
13 40 (2.46%) Architect
14 39 (2.40%) Development Manager
14 39 (2.40%) Senior Developer
15 38 (2.34%) Software Developer
16 37 (2.28%) Business Development Manager
16 37 (2.28%) Business Manager
17 36 (2.22%) Cloud Engineer
17 36 (2.22%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (5.17%) Node.js
2 70 (4.31%) REST
3 51 (3.14%) .NET
3 51 (3.14%) HTML
4 41 (2.52%) CSS
5 37 (2.28%) React
6 33 (2.03%) Vue
7 26 (1.60%) JSON
8 24 (1.48%) RESTful
9 23 (1.42%) .NET Core
9 23 (1.42%) SOAP
10 21 (1.29%) AngularJS
11 19 (1.17%) Middleware
12 18 (1.11%) .NET Framework
12 18 (1.11%) EDI
12 18 (1.11%) XML
13 17 (1.05%) OAuth
14 16 (0.98%) Next.js
15 15 (0.92%) Kafka
16 13 (0.80%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 96 (5.91%) Management Information System
2 91 (5.60%) Onboarding
3 74 (4.55%) Product Ownership
4 70 (4.31%) Driving Licence
5 51 (3.14%) Cloud Native
5 51 (3.14%) Self-Motivation
6 35 (2.15%) Social Media
7 33 (2.03%) Public Cloud
8 29 (1.78%) Blog
9 25 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
10 24 (1.48%) Data Centre
11 20 (1.23%) Security Posture
12 19 (1.17%) Data Structures
12 19 (1.17%) Greenfield Project
12 19 (1.17%) NHS
13 18 (1.11%) Algorithms
14 16 (0.98%) Analogue Electronics
14 16 (0.98%) Analytical Mindset
14 16 (0.98%) Legacy Systems
15 15 (0.92%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 123 (7.57%) Windows
2 75 (4.62%) Linux
3 50 (3.08%) Windows Server
4 13 (0.80%) FreeRTOS
5 10 (0.62%) Unix
6 8 (0.49%) Ubuntu
7 7 (0.43%) CentOS
7 7 (0.43%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.37%) Debian
9 5 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (0.25%) Windows 7
11 3 (0.18%) Android
11 3 (0.18%) VMS
11 3 (0.18%) Windows 10
12 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.062%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 530 (32.62%) Problem-Solving
2 476 (29.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 354 (21.78%) Agile
4 245 (15.08%) Decision-Making
5 200 (12.31%) Analytics
6 184 (11.32%) AI
7 177 (10.89%) Mentoring
7 177 (10.89%) Roadmaps
8 172 (10.58%) Customer Service
9 168 (10.34%) CI/CD
10 163 (10.03%) Service Delivery
11 149 (9.17%) Stakeholder Management
12 146 (8.98%) CRM
13 137 (8.43%) Project Delivery
13 137 (8.43%) Project Management
14 134 (8.25%) Collaborative Culture
15 130 (8.00%) Validation
16 129 (7.94%) DevOps
17 122 (7.51%) Cybersecurity
17 122 (7.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 196 (12.06%) SQL
2 171 (10.52%) Python
3 93 (5.72%) JavaScript
4 75 (4.62%) Java
5 68 (4.18%) C#
5 68 (4.18%) TypeScript
6 39 (2.40%) C
7 37 (2.28%) PowerShell
8 25 (1.54%) PHP
9 24 (1.48%) VBA
10 18 (1.11%) C++
11 16 (0.98%) Embedded C
12 14 (0.86%) ABAP
12 14 (0.86%) Bash
13 11 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 11 (0.68%) MATLAB
14 9 (0.55%) Bicep
14 9 (0.55%) T-SQL
15 8 (0.49%) VB
16 6 (0.37%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 283 (17.42%) Degree
2 182 (11.20%) Security Cleared
3 89 (5.48%) SC Cleared
4 63 (3.88%) DV Cleared
5 51 (3.14%) Computer Science Degree
6 49 (3.02%) ACCA
6 49 (3.02%) BPSS Clearance
7 41 (2.52%) CIMA
8 40 (2.46%) DBS Check
9 38 (2.34%) CISSP
10 28 (1.72%) Master's Degree
11 23 (1.42%) Microsoft Certification
12 21 (1.29%) PMI Certification
13 19 (1.17%) CISM
13 19 (1.17%) HND
14 18 (1.11%) Cisco Certification
15 16 (0.98%) CCNP
15 16 (0.98%) PMP
16 15 (0.92%) CEH
16 15 (0.92%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (6.22%) QA
2 91 (5.60%) Accessibility
3 88 (5.42%) Data Quality
4 46 (2.83%) GDPR
5 35 (2.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 33 (2.03%) PMO
7 29 (1.78%) GAAP
8 27 (1.66%) NIST
9 24 (1.48%) Cyber Essentials
10 20 (1.23%) SLA
11 18 (1.11%) WCAG
12 12 (0.74%) TickIT
13 11 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 10 (0.62%) Good Clinical Practice
15 9 (0.55%) NCSC
16 7 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 15288
16 7 (0.43%) PCI DSS
17 6 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
17 6 (0.37%) Government Security Classifications
17 6 (0.37%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 70 (4.31%) Active Directory
2 40 (2.46%) Docker
3 22 (1.35%) Hyper-V
4 19 (1.17%) Firmware
4 19 (1.17%) VMware Infrastructure
5 15 (0.92%) Embedded Firmware
6 6 (0.37%) ProxySG
7 5 (0.31%) ClearTrust
8 2 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.12%) vSphere
9 1 (0.062%) KVM
9 1 (0.062%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.062%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 60 (3.69%) Kubernetes
2 54 (3.32%) Terraform
3 36 (2.22%) Microsoft Intune
4 32 (1.97%) Ansible
5 18 (1.11%) SCCM
6 8 (0.49%) Puppet
7 7 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (0.37%) Hadoop YARN
9 5 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (0.25%) Cisco CUCM
10 4 (0.25%) Grafana
10 4 (0.25%) Prometheus
10 4 (0.25%) ServiceCenter
11 3 (0.18%) BMC PATROL
11 3 (0.18%) Control-M
11 3 (0.18%) EMC NetWorker
11 3 (0.18%) Nessus
11 3 (0.18%) Plesk
11 3 (0.18%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.18%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 365 (22.46%) Microsoft
2 64 (3.94%) Google
3 47 (2.89%) Salesforce
4 42 (2.58%) Oracle
5 40 (2.46%) SAP
6 38 (2.34%) Cisco
7 30 (1.85%) ServiceNow
7 30 (1.85%) VMware
8 28 (1.72%) Adobe
9 21 (1.29%) Databricks
10 19 (1.17%) HubSpot
11 18 (1.11%) Palo Alto
12 15 (0.92%) iManage
12 15 (0.92%) Remedy
13 14 (0.86%) HP
13 14 (0.86%) IBM
14 13 (0.80%) Fortinet
14 13 (0.80%) SolarWinds
15 9 (0.55%) Apple
15 9 (0.55%) Red Hat