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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 81 101
Rank change year-on-year -24 +20 +23
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Working 1,656 1,559 1,761
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.74% 3.57% 2.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.37% 4.00% 3.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1,022 731 1,030
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,750 £29,975
25th Percentile £36,375 £38,625 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,525 £51,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% -1.90% -11.80%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%

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 69,973 39,019 58,775
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.54% 89.23% 81.12%
Number of salaries quoted 49,427 22,481 38,080
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,465
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -0.84% -11.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £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% - -8.71%

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 20 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 20 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 -53 420 £65,000 - 383
North of England +42 338 £45,497 -5.21% 246
South East -22 330 £50,000 +8.70% 226
Midlands -7 268 £40,000 -15.79% 133
North West +43 211 £48,000 +3.78% 122
South West -20 177 £55,000 -8.33% 133
West Midlands -27 154 £42,500 -19.05% 77
East Midlands +19 113 £32,500 -23.53% 55
East of England -59 96 £47,500 +35.71% 90
Yorkshire +12 87 £42,500 -27.35% 88
North East -38 40 £55,000 +89.66% 40
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 76 (4.59%) SharePoint
2 33 (1.99%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (1.03%) Confluence
4 15 (0.91%) Apache Spark
5 12 (0.72%) WordPress
6 11 (0.66%) CMS
7 10 (0.60%) SAS
8 8 (0.48%) Apache
9 4 (0.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.18%) GeoServer
10 3 (0.18%) IIS
11 2 (0.12%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.12%) Drupal
11 2 (0.12%) Gentran
11 2 (0.12%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.12%) Luigi
11 2 (0.12%) nginx
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.060%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 95 (5.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 86 (5.19%) Microsoft Office
3 26 (1.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.60%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 9 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
5 9 (0.54%) Revit
6 7 (0.42%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.36%) Adobe Illustrator
7 6 (0.36%) InDesign
7 6 (0.36%) Photoshop
7 6 (0.36%) Simulink
8 5 (0.30%) Fusion 360
9 4 (0.24%) Navisworks
10 3 (0.18%) Adobe Premiere
10 3 (0.18%) AutoCAD
10 3 (0.18%) CapCut
10 3 (0.18%) Chatbot
10 3 (0.18%) Maya
10 3 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
10 3 (0.18%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 26 (1.57%) NetSuite
2 13 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (0.66%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.24%) SAP HR
6 3 (0.18%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.12%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.12%) Sage 200
7 2 (0.12%) SAP BPC
7 2 (0.12%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.12%) SAP CRM
7 2 (0.12%) Shopify
7 2 (0.12%) Siebel CRM
8 1 (0.060%) FastStats
8 1 (0.060%) NEC Housing
8 1 (0.060%) Primavera
8 1 (0.060%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 260 (15.70%) Azure
2 192 (11.59%) AWS
3 173 (10.45%) Microsoft 365
4 151 (9.12%) Power Platform
5 85 (5.13%) SaaS
6 63 (3.80%) GCP
7 59 (3.56%) Azure DevOps
8 43 (2.60%) Entra ID
9 41 (2.48%) Serverless
10 34 (2.05%) GitHub
11 30 (1.81%) AWS CloudFormation
12 28 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
13 26 (1.57%) Google Analytics
14 25 (1.51%) Power Automate
15 22 (1.33%) Snowflake
16 21 (1.27%) OCI
16 21 (1.27%) OneDrive
17 19 (1.15%) Microsoft Copilot
18 18 (1.09%) Azure Data Factory
19 16 (0.97%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 74 (4.47%) Firewall
2 49 (2.96%) DNS
3 39 (2.36%) Network Security
4 35 (2.11%) DHCP
5 34 (2.05%) TCP/IP
5 34 (2.05%) VPN
6 31 (1.87%) WAN
7 27 (1.63%) VLAN
8 26 (1.57%) HTTP
9 24 (1.45%) LAN
10 20 (1.21%) Wi-Fi
11 17 (1.03%) Broadband
11 17 (1.03%) Wireless
12 14 (0.85%) BGP
13 12 (0.72%) VoIP
14 9 (0.54%) Internet
15 7 (0.42%) SNMP
16 6 (0.36%) IPsec
16 6 (0.36%) SD-WAN
16 6 (0.36%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 127 (7.67%) Power BI
2 56 (3.38%) SQL Server
3 35 (2.11%) Relational Database
4 26 (1.57%) Tableau
5 24 (1.45%) Big Data
5 24 (1.45%) BigQuery
5 24 (1.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 20 (1.21%) Redis
7 18 (1.09%) Metadata
8 17 (1.03%) GIS
8 17 (1.03%) PostgreSQL
9 15 (0.91%) Semantic Layer
10 14 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 13 (0.79%) MySQL
12 11 (0.66%) Data Warehouse
12 11 (0.66%) Geospatial Data
12 11 (0.66%) Hadoop
12 11 (0.66%) NoSQL
12 11 (0.66%) Power Query
13 6 (0.36%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 82 (4.95%) Git
2 63 (3.80%) JIRA
3 34 (2.05%) Jenkins
4 15 (0.91%) GitLab
5 8 (0.48%) Postman
6 7 (0.42%) Bitbucket
7 6 (0.36%) Visual Studio Code
8 5 (0.30%) MSI
9 4 (0.24%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.24%) LabVIEW
9 4 (0.24%) Maven
9 4 (0.24%) Storybook
10 3 (0.18%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 3 (0.18%) Mercurial
10 3 (0.18%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.18%) TeamCity
11 2 (0.12%) MSTest
11 2 (0.12%) Rational DOORS
11 2 (0.12%) Selenium
11 2 (0.12%) Visual Studio
General
1 764 (46.14%) Social Skills
2 383 (23.13%) Finance
3 300 (18.12%) Analytical Skills
4 166 (10.02%) Organisational Skills
5 157 (9.48%) Marketing
6 133 (8.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 125 (7.55%) Public Sector
8 108 (6.52%) Aerospace
9 107 (6.46%) Legal
10 83 (5.01%) Law
11 71 (4.29%) Manufacturing
12 70 (4.23%) Retail
13 69 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
14 67 (4.05%) Influencing Skills
15 49 (2.96%) Electronics
15 49 (2.96%) Telecoms
16 45 (2.72%) Banking
17 29 (1.75%) Advertising
18 27 (1.63%) Local Government
19 21 (1.27%) Military
Job Titles
1 220 (13.29%) Senior
2 155 (9.36%) Developer
3 150 (9.06%) Analyst
4 132 (7.97%) Lead
5 65 (3.93%) IT Support
6 63 (3.80%) Consultant
7 60 (3.62%) Software Engineer
8 44 (2.66%) IT Manager
9 43 (2.60%) Development Manager
9 43 (2.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 42 (2.54%) Support Engineer
10 42 (2.54%) Systems Engineer
11 40 (2.42%) Business Development Manager
11 40 (2.42%) Business Manager
11 40 (2.42%) Software Developer
12 39 (2.36%) Cloud Engineer
12 39 (2.36%) Senior Developer
13 38 (2.29%) Architect
14 37 (2.23%) Business Analyst
15 33 (1.99%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 86 (5.19%) Node.js
2 73 (4.41%) REST
3 56 (3.38%) Terraform
4 55 (3.32%) .NET
5 54 (3.26%) HTML
6 43 (2.60%) CSS
7 35 (2.11%) React
8 33 (1.99%) Vue
9 25 (1.51%) JSON
10 24 (1.45%) RESTful
11 23 (1.39%) .NET Core
11 23 (1.39%) SOAP
12 22 (1.33%) AngularJS
13 19 (1.15%) Middleware
14 18 (1.09%) .NET Framework
14 18 (1.09%) EDI
15 17 (1.03%) XML
16 15 (0.91%) Kafka
16 15 (0.91%) OAuth
17 14 (0.85%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 96 (5.80%) Management Information System
2 95 (5.74%) Onboarding
3 75 (4.53%) Product Ownership
4 72 (4.35%) Driving Licence
5 56 (3.38%) Self-Motivation
6 49 (2.96%) Cloud Native
7 37 (2.23%) Social Media
8 31 (1.87%) Public Cloud
9 29 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
10 26 (1.57%) Blog
11 22 (1.33%) Data Centre
12 18 (1.09%) Algorithms
12 18 (1.09%) Analytical Mindset
12 18 (1.09%) Data Structures
12 18 (1.09%) NHS
12 18 (1.09%) Security Posture
13 17 (1.03%) Cyber Defence
13 17 (1.03%) Greenfield Project
13 17 (1.03%) Virtual Team
14 16 (0.97%) Analogue Electronics
Operating Systems
1 121 (7.31%) Windows
2 75 (4.53%) Linux
3 49 (2.96%) Windows Server
4 12 (0.72%) FreeRTOS
5 10 (0.60%) Unix
6 9 (0.54%) Ubuntu
7 8 (0.48%) CentOS
7 8 (0.48%) Mac OS
8 7 (0.42%) Debian
9 6 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (0.24%) Windows 10
11 3 (0.18%) Android
11 3 (0.18%) VMS
11 3 (0.18%) Windows 7
12 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.060%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 534 (32.25%) Problem-Solving
2 489 (29.53%) Continuous Improvement
3 362 (21.86%) Agile
4 245 (14.79%) Decision-Making
5 204 (12.32%) Analytics
6 188 (11.35%) AI
7 185 (11.17%) Customer Service
8 174 (10.51%) Mentoring
9 172 (10.39%) CI/CD
10 169 (10.21%) Roadmaps
11 168 (10.14%) Service Delivery
12 154 (9.30%) Stakeholder Management
13 153 (9.24%) CRM
14 140 (8.45%) Project Delivery
15 139 (8.39%) Project Management
16 138 (8.33%) DevOps
17 133 (8.03%) Collaborative Culture
18 126 (7.61%) Validation
19 121 (7.31%) Business Intelligence
19 121 (7.31%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 202 (12.20%) SQL
2 171 (10.33%) Python
3 101 (6.10%) JavaScript
4 75 (4.53%) Java
5 72 (4.35%) C#
6 67 (4.05%) TypeScript
7 44 (2.66%) C
8 37 (2.23%) PowerShell
9 24 (1.45%) PHP
10 22 (1.33%) VBA
11 18 (1.09%) C++
12 16 (0.97%) Embedded C
13 14 (0.85%) ABAP
13 14 (0.85%) Bash
14 12 (0.72%) MATLAB
15 11 (0.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 9 (0.54%) Bicep
17 8 (0.48%) T-SQL
18 7 (0.42%) VB
19 6 (0.36%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 286 (17.27%) Degree
2 190 (11.47%) Security Cleared
3 85 (5.13%) SC Cleared
4 68 (4.11%) DV Cleared
5 51 (3.08%) Computer Science Degree
6 49 (2.96%) BPSS Clearance
7 48 (2.90%) ACCA
8 40 (2.42%) CIMA
8 40 (2.42%) DBS Check
9 34 (2.05%) CISSP
10 28 (1.69%) Master's Degree
11 21 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
11 21 (1.27%) PMI Certification
12 20 (1.21%) HND
13 17 (1.03%) CISM
14 16 (0.97%) CEH
14 16 (0.97%) Cisco Certification
14 16 (0.97%) HNC
14 16 (0.97%) PMP
15 14 (0.85%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (6.40%) QA
2 95 (5.74%) Accessibility
3 89 (5.37%) Data Quality
4 48 (2.90%) GDPR
5 32 (1.93%) PMO
6 31 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 29 (1.75%) GAAP
8 23 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials
8 23 (1.39%) NIST
9 22 (1.33%) SLA
10 18 (1.09%) WCAG
11 12 (0.72%) TickIT
12 10 (0.60%) Good Clinical Practice
13 9 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 9 (0.54%) NCSC
14 7 (0.42%) PCI DSS
15 6 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
16 5 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 15288
16 5 (0.30%) PERC
17 4 (0.24%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 72 (4.35%) Active Directory
2 39 (2.36%) Docker
3 19 (1.15%) Firmware
3 19 (1.15%) Hyper-V
4 18 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
5 15 (0.91%) Embedded Firmware
6 5 (0.30%) ClearTrust
7 4 (0.24%) ProxySG
8 2 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.060%) KVM
9 1 (0.060%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.060%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.060%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 60 (3.62%) Kubernetes
2 38 (2.29%) Microsoft Intune
3 33 (1.99%) Ansible
4 14 (0.85%) SCCM
5 10 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (0.54%) Puppet
7 6 (0.36%) Hadoop YARN
8 5 (0.30%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.24%) Grafana
9 4 (0.24%) Prometheus
10 3 (0.18%) BMC PATROL
10 3 (0.18%) Cisco CUCM
10 3 (0.18%) Control-M
10 3 (0.18%) EMC NetWorker
10 3 (0.18%) Nessus
10 3 (0.18%) Plesk
10 3 (0.18%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.18%) ServiceCenter
10 3 (0.18%) WhatsUp Gold
11 2 (0.12%) Kibana
Vendors
1 366 (22.10%) Microsoft
2 59 (3.56%) Google
3 46 (2.78%) Salesforce
4 41 (2.48%) Oracle
5 38 (2.29%) SAP
6 34 (2.05%) Cisco
7 31 (1.87%) ServiceNow
8 28 (1.69%) VMware
9 27 (1.63%) Adobe
10 23 (1.39%) Databricks
11 19 (1.15%) HubSpot
12 18 (1.09%) Palo Alto
13 15 (0.91%) iManage
14 13 (0.79%) Fortinet
14 13 (0.79%) HP
15 12 (0.72%) IBM
15 12 (0.72%) Remedy
16 11 (0.66%) SolarWinds
17 10 (0.60%) Red Hat
17 10 (0.60%) Sage