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

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 90 89
Rank change year-on-year -37 -1 +11
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Working 942 1,501 1,529
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.80% 3.11% 3.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.21% 3.43% 3.47%
Number of salaries quoted 603 754 1,056
10th Percentile £28,000 £33,575 £26,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £43,116 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,924 £59,619 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.94% +8.40% -12.00%
75th Percentile £62,750 £81,250 £73,870
90th Percentile £80,000 £96,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £48,000 £59,000 £47,560
% change year-on-year -18.64% +24.05% -23.90%

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 42,654 43,715 44,039
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 81.32% 90.65% 89.80%
Number of salaries quoted 25,577 21,511 34,063
10th Percentile £28,560 £35,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,326 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £98,750
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 10 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 10 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 -53 271 £60,000 -5.77% 104
South East -49 170 £35,000 -44.00% 185
North of England -33 158 £42,500 -15.00% 113
Midlands -11 142 £40,000 -24.88% 80
North West -12 103 £42,500 -15.00% 48
West Midlands -8 96 £30,000 -45.45% 35
South West +2 91 £49,499 -3.89% 77
East of England -23 82 £47,500 -6.80% 75
East Midlands -4 46 £42,500 -15.00% 44
Yorkshire -53 33 £42,500 -6.08% 47
North East 0 22 £29,000 -38.95% 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 36 (3.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 28 (2.97%) SharePoint
3 23 (2.44%) Confluence
4 11 (1.17%) WordPress
5 6 (0.64%) IIS
6 5 (0.53%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.42%) CMS
7 4 (0.42%) Tomcat
8 3 (0.32%) Apache
9 2 (0.21%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.11%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.11%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.11%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.11%) WildFly
Applications
1 77 (8.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 45 (4.78%) Microsoft Office
3 28 (2.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (0.85%) Photoshop
5 7 (0.74%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.53%) Adobe Premiere
6 5 (0.53%) AutoCAD
7 4 (0.42%) SketchUp
8 3 (0.32%) Windchill
9 2 (0.21%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
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
Business Applications
1 6 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (0.64%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.53%) Infor SunSystems
2 5 (0.53%) Payment Gateway
3 4 (0.42%) Distributed Ledger
3 4 (0.42%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.32%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.21%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.21%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.21%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.11%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.11%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle BPM
6 1 (0.11%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.11%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.11%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.11%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 169 (17.94%) Azure
2 92 (9.77%) Microsoft 365
3 83 (8.81%) AWS
4 68 (7.22%) Power Platform
5 45 (4.78%) Entra ID
6 26 (2.76%) Azure AI
6 26 (2.76%) SaaS
7 25 (2.65%) GCP
8 24 (2.55%) Amazon SageMaker
9 21 (2.23%) Vertex AI
10 19 (2.02%) Azure DevOps
11 15 (1.59%) Dynamics 365
12 12 (1.27%) GitHub
13 11 (1.17%) Serverless
14 10 (1.06%) OpenShift
15 9 (0.96%) Power Automate
15 9 (0.96%) PowerApps
16 8 (0.85%) Amazon EKS
16 8 (0.85%) AWS CloudFormation
16 8 (0.85%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 44 (4.67%) Firewall
2 34 (3.61%) TCP/IP
3 33 (3.50%) Wireless
4 29 (3.08%) DNS
5 28 (2.97%) VLAN
6 27 (2.87%) LAN
7 26 (2.76%) WAN
8 24 (2.55%) DHCP
9 20 (2.12%) VPN
10 16 (1.70%) Network Security
11 15 (1.59%) Broadband
12 10 (1.06%) Wi-Fi
13 9 (0.96%) Structured Cabling
14 8 (0.85%) BGP
14 8 (0.85%) SAN
15 7 (0.74%) Internet
15 7 (0.74%) OSPF
15 7 (0.74%) SD-WAN
15 7 (0.74%) VoIP
16 6 (0.64%) Cisco Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (5.63%) Power BI
2 26 (2.76%) Tableau
3 18 (1.91%) Looker
3 18 (1.91%) SQL Server
4 12 (1.27%) Amazon RDS
5 11 (1.17%) Big Data
6 9 (0.96%) NoSQL
6 9 (0.96%) Power Query
7 8 (0.85%) Oracle Database
7 8 (0.85%) Relational Database
8 7 (0.74%) Hadoop
8 7 (0.74%) PostgreSQL
8 7 (0.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 6 (0.64%) BusinessObjects
10 5 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
10 5 (0.53%) Metadata
10 5 (0.53%) MongoDB
10 5 (0.53%) Oracle Reports
11 4 (0.42%) BigQuery
11 4 (0.42%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 31 (3.29%) JIRA
2 29 (3.08%) Git
3 12 (1.27%) GitLab
3 12 (1.27%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.64%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.42%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 4 (0.42%) Selenium
5 4 (0.42%) TestRail
6 3 (0.32%) Rational DOORS
6 3 (0.32%) Subversion
6 3 (0.32%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.21%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.21%) Robot Framework
7 2 (0.21%) Storybook
8 1 (0.11%) Android Studio
8 1 (0.11%) gulp
8 1 (0.11%) Postman
8 1 (0.11%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.11%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.11%) webpack
General
1 489 (51.91%) Social Skills
2 218 (23.14%) Finance
3 198 (21.02%) Analytical Skills
4 164 (17.41%) Marketing
5 92 (9.77%) Law
6 86 (9.13%) Organisational Skills
7 63 (6.69%) Telecoms
8 52 (5.52%) Public Sector
9 49 (5.20%) Aerospace
10 48 (5.10%) Retail
11 46 (4.88%) Influencing Skills
12 38 (4.03%) Banking
13 37 (3.93%) Military
14 36 (3.82%) Billing
14 36 (3.82%) Legal
15 33 (3.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 28 (2.97%) Manufacturing
16 28 (2.97%) Pharmaceutical
17 27 (2.87%) Presentation Skills
18 24 (2.55%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 113 (12.00%) Analyst
2 85 (9.02%) Lead
3 75 (7.96%) Senior
4 68 (7.22%) IT Support
5 59 (6.26%) Developer
6 47 (4.99%) Business Analyst
7 38 (4.03%) Support Engineer
8 36 (3.82%) Systems Engineer
9 35 (3.72%) Architect
10 32 (3.40%) Consultant
11 30 (3.18%) Digital Analyst
12 28 (2.97%) Coordinator
13 26 (2.76%) Administrator
14 25 (2.65%) Digital Business Analyst
14 25 (2.65%) Junior
14 25 (2.65%) Technical Support
15 23 (2.44%) Data Analyst
16 21 (2.23%) IT Engineer
17 20 (2.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 20 (2.12%) Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (5.10%) .NET
2 40 (4.25%) HTML
3 18 (1.91%) React
4 17 (1.80%) RESTful
5 14 (1.49%) .NET Core
6 13 (1.38%) CSS
7 12 (1.27%) AngularJS
7 12 (1.27%) Middleware
8 8 (0.85%) Kafka
9 7 (0.74%) Node.js
9 7 (0.74%) Spring
9 7 (0.74%) Spring Boot
10 6 (0.64%) REST
11 5 (0.53%) .NET Framework
11 5 (0.53%) ASP.NET
11 5 (0.53%) EDI
12 4 (0.42%) Django
12 4 (0.42%) HTML5
12 4 (0.42%) OAuth
12 4 (0.42%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 96 (10.19%) Onboarding
2 65 (6.90%) Self-Motivation
3 44 (4.67%) Management Information System
4 35 (3.72%) Driving Licence
5 31 (3.29%) Social Media
6 23 (2.44%) Product Ownership
7 22 (2.34%) Life Science
8 21 (2.23%) Pharmacovigilance
9 18 (1.91%) FMCG
10 17 (1.80%) Data Centre
11 16 (1.70%) Enterprise Software
12 13 (1.38%) Security Posture
12 13 (1.38%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 12 (1.27%) Algorithms
14 11 (1.17%) Cloud Native
15 10 (1.06%) Hedge funds
16 9 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
16 9 (0.96%) Data Structures
17 8 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
17 8 (0.85%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 90 (9.55%) Windows
2 43 (4.56%) Windows Server
3 26 (2.76%) Linux
4 14 (1.49%) Windows Server 2012
5 10 (1.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (1.06%) Windows 10
6 8 (0.85%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.42%) CentOS
7 4 (0.42%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.42%) Unix
7 4 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.32%) AIX
8 3 (0.32%) Debian
9 2 (0.21%) Android
9 2 (0.21%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.11%) FreeRTOS
10 1 (0.11%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 271 (28.77%) Problem-Solving
2 198 (21.02%) Agile
3 175 (18.58%) Continuous Improvement
4 106 (11.25%) Analytics
5 103 (10.93%) Project Management
6 90 (9.55%) CRM
7 89 (9.45%) Coaching
8 85 (9.02%) Customer Service
9 80 (8.49%) Decision-Making
10 79 (8.39%) Project Delivery
11 78 (8.28%) B2B
12 77 (8.17%) Service Delivery
13 75 (7.96%) Cybersecurity
13 75 (7.96%) Stakeholder Management
14 73 (7.75%) AI
14 73 (7.75%) Computer Science
15 72 (7.64%) E-Commerce
15 72 (7.64%) Process Improvement
16 70 (7.43%) Business Intelligence
17 68 (7.22%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 84 (8.92%) SQL
2 63 (6.69%) Python
3 49 (5.20%) PowerShell
4 35 (3.72%) C#
4 35 (3.72%) Java
5 25 (2.65%) JavaScript
6 13 (1.38%) Bash
7 10 (1.06%) VBA
8 6 (0.64%) C++
8 6 (0.64%) TypeScript
9 5 (0.53%) Kotlin
9 5 (0.53%) VB.NET
10 4 (0.42%) Scala
11 3 (0.32%) Bicep
11 3 (0.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.32%) Go
11 3 (0.32%) PHP
11 3 (0.32%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.21%) R
12 2 (0.21%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 243 (25.80%) Degree
2 81 (8.60%) Security Cleared
3 47 (4.99%) SC Cleared
4 45 (4.78%) Computer Science Degree
5 38 (4.03%) Master's Degree
6 30 (3.18%) DBS Check
6 30 (3.18%) DV Cleared
7 26 (2.76%) CISSP
8 24 (2.55%) BPSS Clearance
9 21 (2.23%) PMI Certification
10 19 (2.02%) PMP
11 17 (1.80%) Microsoft Certification
12 15 (1.59%) Cisco Certification
13 13 (1.38%) HND
14 11 (1.17%) CISM
14 11 (1.17%) MCP
15 10 (1.06%) ACCA
15 10 (1.06%) HNC
16 9 (0.96%) CIMA
17 8 (0.85%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (8.39%) QA
2 48 (5.10%) Accessibility
3 47 (4.99%) GDPR
4 43 (4.56%) Data Quality
5 27 (2.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 23 (2.44%) EU AI Act
7 22 (2.34%) PMO
8 21 (2.23%) Cyber Essentials
8 21 (2.23%) HIPAA
8 21 (2.23%) PSD2
8 21 (2.23%) Solvency II
9 18 (1.91%) NIST
10 11 (1.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 11 (1.17%) SLA
11 9 (0.96%) GRC
12 8 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 7 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 15288
13 7 (0.74%) PCI DSS
14 5 (0.53%) ARP4761
14 5 (0.53%) NIST 800
System Software
1 73 (7.75%) Active Directory
2 25 (2.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (2.34%) Hyper-V
4 15 (1.59%) Docker
5 7 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (0.64%) ProxySG
6 6 (0.64%) vSphere
7 5 (0.53%) Firmware
8 1 (0.11%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 1 (0.11%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.11%) KVM
8 1 (0.11%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 35 (3.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 30 (3.18%) Kubernetes
3 28 (2.97%) Terraform
4 14 (1.49%) Single Sign-On
5 12 (1.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 11 (1.17%) Ansible
7 9 (0.96%) FortiGate
7 9 (0.96%) Puppet
8 6 (0.64%) Grafana
9 4 (0.42%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.32%) Argo
10 3 (0.32%) cPanel
10 3 (0.32%) Netcool
10 3 (0.32%) Plesk
10 3 (0.32%) Prometheus
10 3 (0.32%) Rancher
10 3 (0.32%) SCCM
10 3 (0.32%) yum
11 2 (0.21%) Nagios
11 2 (0.21%) Nessus
Vendors
1 189 (20.06%) Microsoft
2 40 (4.25%) Google
3 32 (3.40%) VMware
4 30 (3.18%) Cisco
4 30 (3.18%) SAP
5 24 (2.55%) Salesforce
6 22 (2.34%) Oracle
7 17 (1.80%) ServiceNow
8 11 (1.17%) Adobe
8 11 (1.17%) BT
8 11 (1.17%) Guidewire
9 10 (1.06%) Bloomberg
9 10 (1.06%) Reuters
10 9 (0.96%) HubSpot
10 9 (0.96%) SolarWinds
10 9 (0.96%) SonicWALL
10 9 (0.96%) Veeam
10 9 (0.96%) WatchGuard
11 8 (0.85%) Palo Alto
11 8 (0.85%) Red Hat