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

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 137 92 90
Rank change year-on-year -45 -2 +7
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Working 946 1,422 2,058
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.60% 3.18% 3.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.01% 3.45% 3.52%
Number of salaries quoted 612 724 1,517
10th Percentile £28,500 £36,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £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 £62,813 £81,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,776 £97,500 £90,000
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 47,072 41,271 58,508
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 79.59% 92.27% 88.17%
Number of salaries quoted 28,830 20,347 46,275
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £46,250 £40,750
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 £75,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,001 £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 14 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 14 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 -53 273 £60,000 -7.48% 140
South East -34 193 £40,375 -37.88% 148
North of England -39 166 £45,000 -10.05% 94
Midlands -41 116 £42,500 -21.30% 70
North West -12 100 £46,136 -15.80% 51
South West -18 81 £47,500 -9.52% 51
East of England -23 79 £55,000 +7.91% 35
West Midlands -30 68 £30,000 -45.45% 44
East Midlands -18 48 £42,500 -15.00% 25
Yorkshire -55 45 £42,500 -12.82% 31
North East -14 21 £47,875 +36.79% 14
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 39 (4.12%) Microsoft Exchange
2 34 (3.59%) SharePoint
3 27 (2.85%) Confluence
4 13 (1.37%) WordPress
5 9 (0.95%) CMS
6 8 (0.85%) 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 (6.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (2.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (1.27%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.85%) 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
6 1 (0.11%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.11%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle BPM
6 1 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.11%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.11%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.11%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.11%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 193 (20.40%) Azure
2 108 (11.42%) AWS
3 100 (10.57%) Microsoft 365
4 79 (8.35%) Power Platform
5 44 (4.65%) Entra ID
6 36 (3.81%) GCP
7 35 (3.70%) SaaS
8 25 (2.64%) Azure AI
9 24 (2.54%) Amazon SageMaker
10 21 (2.22%) Vertex AI
11 18 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
12 16 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
12 16 (1.69%) Serverless
13 15 (1.59%) GitHub
14 14 (1.48%) OpenShift
15 13 (1.37%) Google Analytics
16 12 (1.27%) AWS CloudFormation
17 11 (1.16%) Amazon EKS
18 10 (1.06%) Azure Machine Learning
18 10 (1.06%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 48 (5.07%) Firewall
2 34 (3.59%) Wireless
3 33 (3.49%) VPN
4 31 (3.28%) DNS
4 31 (3.28%) VLAN
5 26 (2.75%) TCP/IP
6 25 (2.64%) WAN
7 24 (2.54%) DHCP
7 24 (2.54%) LAN
8 21 (2.22%) Network Security
9 16 (1.69%) BGP
10 11 (1.16%) Cisco Nexus
10 11 (1.16%) OSPF
11 10 (1.06%) Broadband
11 10 (1.06%) Cisco ASA
11 10 (1.06%) EIGRP
11 10 (1.06%) SNMP
11 10 (1.06%) WAAS
11 10 (1.06%) Wi-Fi
11 10 (1.06%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (7.19%) Power BI
2 25 (2.64%) SQL Server
3 24 (2.54%) Tableau
4 18 (1.90%) Looker
5 15 (1.59%) 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 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
10 8 (0.85%) 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 39 (4.12%) Git
2 38 (4.02%) JIRA
3 19 (2.01%) Jenkins
4 16 (1.69%) GitLab
5 7 (0.74%) Bitbucket
6 5 (0.53%) Subversion
7 4 (0.42%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 4 (0.42%) TestRail
7 4 (0.42%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.32%) Rational DOORS
8 3 (0.32%) Selenium
9 2 (0.21%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.21%) Robot Framework
9 2 (0.21%) Storybook
10 1 (0.11%) Android Studio
10 1 (0.11%) gulp
10 1 (0.11%) Postman
10 1 (0.11%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.11%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.11%) webpack
General
1 463 (48.94%) Social Skills
2 237 (25.05%) Finance
3 185 (19.56%) Analytical Skills
4 146 (15.43%) Marketing
5 97 (10.25%) Organisational Skills
6 85 (8.99%) Law
7 60 (6.34%) Telecoms
8 55 (5.81%) Public Sector
9 51 (5.39%) Aerospace
10 44 (4.65%) Legal
11 42 (4.44%) Retail
12 40 (4.23%) Banking
13 37 (3.91%) Military
14 35 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 33 (3.49%) Influencing Skills
16 31 (3.28%) Billing
17 30 (3.17%) Presentation Skills
18 26 (2.75%) Pharmaceutical
19 22 (2.33%) Manufacturing
20 19 (2.01%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 113 (11.95%) Analyst
2 91 (9.62%) Senior
3 70 (7.40%) Lead
4 67 (7.08%) Developer
5 57 (6.03%) IT Support
6 43 (4.55%) Architect
6 43 (4.55%) Business Analyst
7 41 (4.33%) Support Engineer
8 34 (3.59%) Consultant
9 30 (3.17%) Account Manager
9 30 (3.17%) Digital Analyst
9 30 (3.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 28 (2.96%) Systems Engineer
11 27 (2.85%) Data Analyst
12 25 (2.64%) Coordinator
12 25 (2.64%) Digital Business Analyst
12 25 (2.64%) Senior Manager
13 24 (2.54%) Junior
14 23 (2.43%) Administrator
15 22 (2.33%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (5.50%) .NET
2 46 (4.86%) HTML
3 26 (2.75%) React
4 20 (2.11%) .NET Core
5 19 (2.01%) CSS
6 17 (1.80%) RESTful
7 14 (1.48%) Middleware
8 13 (1.37%) AngularJS
9 11 (1.16%) Spring
10 10 (1.06%) Node.js
10 10 (1.06%) Spring Boot
11 9 (0.95%) JSON
11 9 (0.95%) REST
11 9 (0.95%) XML
12 8 (0.85%) Kafka
12 8 (0.85%) OAuth
13 7 (0.74%) ASP.NET
14 6 (0.63%) .NET Framework
14 6 (0.63%) EDI
14 6 (0.63%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 81 (8.56%) Onboarding
2 54 (5.71%) Self-Motivation
3 45 (4.76%) Management Information System
4 35 (3.70%) Social Media
5 34 (3.59%) Driving Licence
6 29 (3.07%) Product Ownership
7 23 (2.43%) Data Centre
8 22 (2.33%) Life Science
9 21 (2.22%) Cloud Native
9 21 (2.22%) Pharmacovigilance
10 18 (1.90%) Algorithms
10 18 (1.90%) Data Structures
11 17 (1.80%) FMCG
12 13 (1.37%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 11 (1.16%) Legacy Systems
14 10 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
15 9 (0.95%) Blog
15 9 (0.95%) PKI
16 8 (0.85%) NHS
16 8 (0.85%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 95 (10.04%) Windows
2 38 (4.02%) Windows Server
3 36 (3.81%) Linux
4 10 (1.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (0.95%) Windows Server 2012
6 8 (0.85%) Mac OS
6 8 (0.85%) Windows 10
7 6 (0.63%) Unix
8 5 (0.53%) Ubuntu
8 5 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.42%) Android
9 4 (0.42%) CentOS
9 4 (0.42%) Debian
9 4 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.32%) AIX
10 3 (0.32%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.11%) FreeRTOS
11 1 (0.11%) Rocky
11 1 (0.11%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 283 (29.92%) Problem-Solving
2 224 (23.68%) Agile
3 181 (19.13%) Continuous Improvement
4 122 (12.90%) Analytics
5 98 (10.36%) AI
6 90 (9.51%) Computer Science
7 87 (9.20%) Service Delivery
8 84 (8.88%) Decision-Making
9 81 (8.56%) CRM
10 80 (8.46%) Coaching
10 80 (8.46%) Project Management
11 79 (8.35%) DevOps
12 77 (8.14%) Mentoring
13 75 (7.93%) Business Intelligence
13 75 (7.93%) Project Delivery
14 73 (7.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 72 (7.61%) Cybersecurity
16 71 (7.51%) Customer Service
17 69 (7.29%) Process Improvement
18 65 (6.87%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 98 (10.36%) Python
2 96 (10.15%) SQL
3 52 (5.50%) PowerShell
4 42 (4.44%) C#
5 41 (4.33%) Java
6 34 (3.59%) JavaScript
7 16 (1.69%) Bash
8 12 (1.27%) TypeScript
9 9 (0.95%) C++
9 9 (0.95%) T-SQL
10 8 (0.85%) VBA
11 6 (0.63%) Go
11 6 (0.63%) Scala
11 6 (0.63%) VB.NET
12 4 (0.42%) Bicep
12 4 (0.42%) Kotlin
12 4 (0.42%) PHP
13 2 (0.21%) ABAP
13 2 (0.21%) VB
13 2 (0.21%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 203 (21.46%) Degree
2 111 (11.73%) Security Cleared
3 57 (6.03%) SC Cleared
4 48 (5.07%) Computer Science Degree
5 44 (4.65%) DV Cleared
6 39 (4.12%) DBS Check
7 35 (3.70%) Master's Degree
8 25 (2.64%) BPSS Clearance
9 24 (2.54%) CISSP
10 18 (1.90%) Cisco Certification
10 18 (1.90%) Microsoft Certification
11 16 (1.69%) PMI Certification
12 14 (1.48%) PMP
13 13 (1.37%) CISM
14 12 (1.27%) CCIE
14 12 (1.27%) CCNP
14 12 (1.27%) HND
15 8 (0.85%) AWS Certification
15 8 (0.85%) CRISC
15 8 (0.85%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (7.61%) QA
2 55 (5.81%) Data Quality
3 53 (5.60%) Accessibility
4 42 (4.44%) GDPR
5 41 (4.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 23 (2.43%) EU AI Act
7 22 (2.33%) PMO
8 21 (2.22%) HIPAA
8 21 (2.22%) PSD2
8 21 (2.22%) Solvency II
9 17 (1.80%) NIST
10 15 (1.59%) SLA
11 13 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials
12 8 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 15288
13 7 (0.74%) GRC
14 6 (0.63%) JSP 440
15 5 (0.53%) ARP4761
15 5 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 5 (0.53%) ISO 9001
16 4 (0.42%) NIST 800
System Software
1 77 (8.14%) Active Directory
2 23 (2.43%) Docker
3 22 (2.33%) Hyper-V
4 18 (1.90%) VMware Infrastructure
5 10 (1.06%) ProxySG
6 5 (0.53%) Firmware
6 5 (0.53%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.21%) vSphere
8 1 (0.11%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 1 (0.11%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.11%) KVM
8 1 (0.11%) pfSense
8 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.11%) XenApp
8 1 (0.11%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 45 (4.76%) Kubernetes
2 35 (3.70%) Terraform
3 24 (2.54%) Microsoft Intune
4 21 (2.22%) Ansible
5 10 (1.06%) Puppet
6 9 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (0.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 6 (0.63%) Grafana
8 6 (0.63%) SCCM
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
11 3 (0.32%) cPanel
11 3 (0.32%) Netcool
11 3 (0.32%) Plesk
12 2 (0.21%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 182 (19.24%) Microsoft
2 51 (5.39%) Google
3 32 (3.38%) Salesforce
4 31 (3.28%) Cisco
5 27 (2.85%) VMware
6 21 (2.22%) ServiceNow
7 18 (1.90%) Oracle
7 18 (1.90%) SAP
8 13 (1.37%) Adobe
8 13 (1.37%) SolarWinds
9 11 (1.16%) Infoblox
10 10 (1.06%) Blue Coat
10 10 (1.06%) CheckPoint
10 10 (1.06%) F5
10 10 (1.06%) Motorola
10 10 (1.06%) Red Hat
10 10 (1.06%) Veeam
11 7 (0.74%) Atlassian
11 7 (0.74%) BT
11 7 (0.74%) Zoho