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 13 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 90 87
Rank change year-on-year -43 -3 +11
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Working 948 1,430 2,051
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.61% 3.19% 3.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.02% 3.46% 3.53%
Number of salaries quoted 611 733 1,512
10th Percentile £28,500 £36,050 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,750 £46,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +17.65% -15.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £81,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,776 £97,393 £89,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +26.32% -20.83%

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 46,835 41,372 58,145
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 79.66% 92.23% 88.13%
Number of salaries quoted 28,643 20,457 46,018
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £46,250 £40,702
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -12.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 13 February 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 13 February 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 -45 272 £60,000 -7.48% 141
South East -28 194 £40,000 -38.46% 144
North of England -34 165 £43,250 -13.55% 98
Midlands -34 121 £42,500 -21.30% 67
North West -9 101 £45,000 -17.87% 52
South West -12 82 £47,500 -10.80% 48
East of England -30 77 £55,000 +7.91% 35
West Midlands -31 74 £30,000 -45.45% 43
East Midlands -17 47 £42,500 -15.00% 23
Yorkshire -57 44 £42,500 -12.82% 32
North East -13 20 £43,250 +23.57% 16
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 38 (4.01%) Microsoft Exchange
2 35 (3.69%) SharePoint
3 27 (2.85%) Confluence
4 13 (1.37%) WordPress
5 9 (0.95%) CMS
6 8 (0.84%) IIS
7 7 (0.74%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.42%) Apache
8 4 (0.42%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.21%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.21%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.11%) GeoServer
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.11%) SAS
10 1 (0.11%) Umbraco
Applications
1 61 (6.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (3.69%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (2.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (1.27%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.84%) Photoshop
6 5 (0.53%) Adobe Premiere
7 4 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.42%) SketchUp
8 2 (0.21%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.21%) Simulink
8 2 (0.21%) Trello
9 1 (0.11%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.11%) InDesign
9 1 (0.11%) Sketch
9 1 (0.11%) SmartSuite
Business Applications
1 9 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.53%) Payment Gateway
3 4 (0.42%) Distributed Ledger
3 4 (0.42%) Workday HCM
4 3 (0.32%) Infor SunSystems
4 3 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
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
5 2 (0.21%) Raiser’s Edge
5 2 (0.21%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.11%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.11%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.11%) assyst
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle BPM
6 1 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.11%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.11%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.11%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 191 (20.15%) Azure
2 105 (11.08%) AWS
3 100 (10.55%) Microsoft 365
4 79 (8.33%) Power Platform
5 44 (4.64%) Entra ID
6 35 (3.69%) GCP
6 35 (3.69%) SaaS
7 25 (2.64%) Azure AI
8 24 (2.53%) Amazon SageMaker
9 21 (2.22%) Vertex AI
10 18 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
11 16 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
12 15 (1.58%) GitHub
12 15 (1.58%) Serverless
13 14 (1.48%) OpenShift
14 13 (1.37%) Google Analytics
15 11 (1.16%) Amazon EKS
15 11 (1.16%) AWS CloudFormation
16 10 (1.05%) Azure Machine Learning
16 10 (1.05%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 46 (4.85%) Firewall
2 34 (3.59%) Wireless
3 33 (3.48%) VPN
4 31 (3.27%) VLAN
5 30 (3.16%) DNS
6 26 (2.74%) TCP/IP
7 25 (2.64%) WAN
8 24 (2.53%) LAN
9 23 (2.43%) DHCP
10 20 (2.11%) Network Security
11 16 (1.69%) BGP
12 11 (1.16%) Broadband
12 11 (1.16%) Cisco Nexus
12 11 (1.16%) OSPF
13 10 (1.05%) Cisco ASA
13 10 (1.05%) EIGRP
13 10 (1.05%) SNMP
13 10 (1.05%) WAAS
13 10 (1.05%) Wi-Fi
13 10 (1.05%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (7.17%) Power BI
2 25 (2.64%) SQL Server
3 24 (2.53%) Tableau
4 18 (1.90%) Looker
5 15 (1.58%) PostgreSQL
6 14 (1.48%) NoSQL
7 12 (1.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 11 (1.16%) Big Data
8 11 (1.16%) MySQL
8 11 (1.16%) Relational Database
9 9 (0.95%) Hadoop
9 9 (0.95%) Power Query
10 8 (0.84%) Amazon RDS
10 8 (0.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 7 (0.74%) BigQuery
11 7 (0.74%) MongoDB
11 7 (0.74%) Oracle Database
12 6 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
12 6 (0.63%) Metadata
13 5 (0.53%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 38 (4.01%) Git
1 38 (4.01%) JIRA
2 18 (1.90%) Jenkins
3 16 (1.69%) GitLab
4 7 (0.74%) Bitbucket
5 5 (0.53%) Subversion
6 4 (0.42%) Atlassian Bamboo
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
1 462 (48.73%) Social Skills
2 234 (24.68%) Finance
3 191 (20.15%) Analytical Skills
4 152 (16.03%) Marketing
5 97 (10.23%) Organisational Skills
6 82 (8.65%) Law
7 60 (6.33%) Telecoms
8 52 (5.49%) Public Sector
9 51 (5.38%) Aerospace
10 42 (4.43%) Retail
11 40 (4.22%) Banking
11 40 (4.22%) Legal
12 37 (3.90%) Military
13 36 (3.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 34 (3.59%) Influencing Skills
15 31 (3.27%) Billing
16 30 (3.16%) Presentation Skills
17 26 (2.74%) Pharmaceutical
18 22 (2.32%) Manufacturing
19 19 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 114 (12.03%) Analyst
2 85 (8.97%) Senior
3 72 (7.59%) Lead
4 68 (7.17%) Developer
5 57 (6.01%) IT Support
6 43 (4.54%) Architect
6 43 (4.54%) Business Analyst
7 40 (4.22%) Support Engineer
8 31 (3.27%) Consultant
9 30 (3.16%) Account Manager
9 30 (3.16%) Digital Analyst
9 30 (3.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 28 (2.95%) Systems Engineer
11 27 (2.85%) Data Analyst
12 26 (2.74%) Junior
13 25 (2.64%) Coordinator
13 25 (2.64%) Digital Business Analyst
14 23 (2.43%) Administrator
15 22 (2.32%) IT Engineer
16 21 (2.22%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (5.49%) .NET
2 46 (4.85%) HTML
3 25 (2.64%) React
4 20 (2.11%) .NET Core
5 19 (2.00%) CSS
6 17 (1.79%) RESTful
7 14 (1.48%) Middleware
8 13 (1.37%) AngularJS
9 11 (1.16%) Spring
10 10 (1.05%) Node.js
10 10 (1.05%) Spring Boot
11 9 (0.95%) JSON
11 9 (0.95%) REST
11 9 (0.95%) XML
12 8 (0.84%) Kafka
13 7 (0.74%) ASP.NET
13 7 (0.74%) OAuth
14 6 (0.63%) .NET Framework
14 6 (0.63%) EDI
14 6 (0.63%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 86 (9.07%) Onboarding
2 55 (5.80%) Self-Motivation
3 44 (4.64%) Management Information System
4 35 (3.69%) Social Media
5 34 (3.59%) Driving Licence
6 28 (2.95%) Product Ownership
7 23 (2.43%) Data Centre
8 22 (2.32%) Life Science
9 21 (2.22%) Pharmacovigilance
10 19 (2.00%) Cloud Native
11 18 (1.90%) Algorithms
11 18 (1.90%) Data Structures
12 17 (1.79%) FMCG
13 13 (1.37%) Team-Oriented Environment
14 10 (1.05%) Enterprise Software
14 10 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
15 9 (0.95%) PKI
16 8 (0.84%) NHS
16 8 (0.84%) Security Posture
17 7 (0.74%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 94 (9.92%) Windows
2 38 (4.01%) Windows Server
3 34 (3.59%) Linux
4 10 (1.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (0.95%) Windows Server 2012
6 8 (0.84%) Mac OS
6 8 (0.84%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.53%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.53%) Unix
7 5 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.42%) Android
8 4 (0.42%) CentOS
8 4 (0.42%) Debian
8 4 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.32%) AIX
9 3 (0.32%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.11%) FreeRTOS
10 1 (0.11%) Rocky
10 1 (0.11%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 282 (29.75%) Problem-Solving
2 219 (23.10%) Agile
3 183 (19.30%) Continuous Improvement
4 123 (12.97%) Analytics
5 96 (10.13%) AI
6 89 (9.39%) Computer Science
7 87 (9.18%) Service Delivery
8 86 (9.07%) CRM
9 84 (8.86%) Decision-Making
10 81 (8.54%) Coaching
10 81 (8.54%) Project Management
11 78 (8.23%) DevOps
12 75 (7.91%) Business Intelligence
12 75 (7.91%) Project Delivery
13 73 (7.70%) Mentoring
14 71 (7.49%) Customer Service
15 70 (7.38%) Cybersecurity
15 70 (7.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 69 (7.28%) Process Improvement
16 69 (7.28%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 98 (10.34%) Python
1 98 (10.34%) SQL
2 52 (5.49%) PowerShell
3 42 (4.43%) C#
3 42 (4.43%) Java
4 34 (3.59%) JavaScript
5 16 (1.69%) Bash
6 11 (1.16%) TypeScript
7 9 (0.95%) C++
7 9 (0.95%) T-SQL
8 7 (0.74%) VBA
9 6 (0.63%) Go
9 6 (0.63%) Scala
9 6 (0.63%) VB.NET
10 4 (0.42%) Bicep
10 4 (0.42%) Kotlin
10 4 (0.42%) PHP
11 2 (0.21%) ABAP
11 2 (0.21%) R
11 2 (0.21%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 211 (22.26%) Degree
2 108 (11.39%) Security Cleared
3 55 (5.80%) SC Cleared
4 48 (5.06%) Computer Science Degree
5 43 (4.54%) DV Cleared
6 39 (4.11%) DBS Check
7 35 (3.69%) Master's Degree
8 25 (2.64%) BPSS Clearance
9 23 (2.43%) CISSP
10 19 (2.00%) Cisco Certification
11 18 (1.90%) Microsoft Certification
12 16 (1.69%) PMI Certification
13 14 (1.48%) PMP
14 12 (1.27%) CCIE
14 12 (1.27%) CCNP
14 12 (1.27%) CISM
14 12 (1.27%) HND
15 8 (0.84%) AWS Certification
15 8 (0.84%) Azure Certification
15 8 (0.84%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (7.59%) QA
2 54 (5.70%) Data Quality
3 53 (5.59%) Accessibility
4 43 (4.54%) GDPR
5 41 (4.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 23 (2.43%) EU AI Act
6 23 (2.43%) PMO
7 21 (2.22%) HIPAA
7 21 (2.22%) PSD2
7 21 (2.22%) Solvency II
8 16 (1.69%) NIST
9 15 (1.58%) SLA
10 13 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials
11 8 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 15288
12 7 (0.74%) GRC
13 5 (0.53%) ARP4761
13 5 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 5 (0.53%) ISO 9001
13 5 (0.53%) JSP 440
14 4 (0.42%) NIST 800
System Software
1 77 (8.12%) Active Directory
2 22 (2.32%) Docker
3 21 (2.22%) Hyper-V
4 17 (1.79%) VMware Infrastructure
5 10 (1.05%) ProxySG
6 5 (0.53%) Firmware
6 5 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.21%) vSphere
9 1 (0.11%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 1 (0.11%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.11%) KVM
9 1 (0.11%) pfSense
9 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.11%) XenApp
9 1 (0.11%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 44 (4.64%) Kubernetes
2 35 (3.69%) Terraform
3 25 (2.64%) Microsoft Intune
4 20 (2.11%) Ansible
5 10 (1.05%) Puppet
6 9 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (0.84%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 6 (0.63%) Grafana
9 5 (0.53%) Argo
9 5 (0.53%) FortiGate
9 5 (0.53%) Rancher
9 5 (0.53%) yum
10 4 (0.42%) Backup Exec
10 4 (0.42%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.42%) Prometheus
10 4 (0.42%) SCCM
11 3 (0.32%) cPanel
11 3 (0.32%) Netcool
11 3 (0.32%) Plesk
12 2 (0.21%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 180 (18.99%) Microsoft
2 49 (5.17%) Google
3 32 (3.38%) Salesforce
4 31 (3.27%) Cisco
5 26 (2.74%) VMware
6 22 (2.32%) ServiceNow
7 17 (1.79%) Oracle
7 17 (1.79%) SAP
8 13 (1.37%) SolarWinds
9 12 (1.27%) Adobe
10 11 (1.16%) Infoblox
11 10 (1.05%) Blue Coat
11 10 (1.05%) CheckPoint
11 10 (1.05%) F5
11 10 (1.05%) Motorola
11 10 (1.05%) Red Hat
11 10 (1.05%) Veeam
12 8 (0.84%) BT
13 7 (0.74%) Atlassian
13 7 (0.74%) Zoho