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 25 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 91 105
Rank change year-on-year +10 +14 +4
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Working 2,133 1,380 1,642
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.07% 3.20% 2.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.81% 3.60% 2.93%
Number of salaries quoted 1,331 678 813
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £30,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,563 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £51,250 £54,500
% change year-on-year -2.44% -5.96% +3.81%

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 75,808 38,286 56,076
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.42% 88.78% 82.02%
Number of salaries quoted 53,559 21,944 31,035
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,215 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -5.98% -6.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,560
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.45% -4.07%

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 25 September 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 25 September 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
North of England +92 504 £45,000 - 441
London -38 452 £65,000 - 982
South East +8 442 £47,500 +15.85% 379
North West +84 300 £45,000 - 232
South West +9 285 £57,500 -4.17% 181
Midlands +5 285 £40,500 -4.71% 226
West Midlands -19 177 £42,500 -4.01% 147
East of England -29 138 £47,500 +21.79% 148
Yorkshire +54 137 £42,500 -27.35% 156
East Midlands +14 107 £32,500 -23.53% 78
North East -28 67 £58,750 +94.21% 55
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 87 (4.08%) SharePoint
2 43 (2.02%) Microsoft Exchange
3 25 (1.17%) Confluence
4 18 (0.84%) Apache Spark
5 15 (0.70%) CMS
6 12 (0.56%) WordPress
7 9 (0.42%) Apache
8 5 (0.23%) nginx
9 4 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.094%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.094%) Drupal
10 2 (0.094%) Gentran
10 2 (0.094%) IIS
10 2 (0.094%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.094%) Luigi
10 2 (0.094%) Office Communications Server
10 2 (0.094%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.094%) Palantir Foundry
10 2 (0.094%) SAS
Applications
1 155 (7.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 153 (7.17%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (1.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (0.84%) Revit
5 11 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
6 10 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
7 9 (0.42%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 9 (0.42%) InDesign
7 9 (0.42%) Photoshop
7 9 (0.42%) Simulink
8 8 (0.38%) Adobe Illustrator
9 7 (0.33%) AutoCAD
9 7 (0.33%) Navisworks
10 5 (0.23%) Fusion 360
11 4 (0.19%) Adobe Premiere
11 4 (0.19%) CapCut
12 3 (0.14%) Chatbot
12 3 (0.14%) Maya
12 3 (0.14%) MS Visio
12 3 (0.14%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 24 (1.13%) NetSuite
2 14 (0.66%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
4 6 (0.28%) Exchequer
5 4 (0.19%) SAP CRM
6 3 (0.14%) Shopify
6 3 (0.14%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.094%) Academy Housing
7 2 (0.094%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.094%) Maximo
7 2 (0.094%) Sage 200
7 2 (0.094%) SAP BPC
7 2 (0.094%) Siebel CRM
8 1 (0.047%) FastStats
8 1 (0.047%) NEC Housing
8 1 (0.047%) Oracle EBS R12
8 1 (0.047%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.047%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.047%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 275 (12.89%) Azure
2 204 (9.56%) Microsoft 365
3 190 (8.91%) AWS
4 178 (8.35%) Power Platform
5 95 (4.45%) SaaS
6 65 (3.05%) GCP
7 64 (3.00%) Azure DevOps
8 52 (2.44%) Entra ID
9 42 (1.97%) GitHub
10 38 (1.78%) Serverless
11 30 (1.41%) AWS CloudFormation
12 29 (1.36%) Dynamics 365
13 28 (1.31%) Google Analytics
14 26 (1.22%) Power Automate
15 25 (1.17%) OneDrive
16 24 (1.13%) Microsoft Copilot
17 22 (1.03%) OCI
18 19 (0.89%) Azure Data Factory
19 18 (0.84%) Snowflake
20 17 (0.80%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 73 (3.42%) Firewall
2 63 (2.95%) DNS
3 47 (2.20%) DHCP
4 42 (1.97%) TCP/IP
4 42 (1.97%) VPN
5 35 (1.64%) Network Security
6 28 (1.31%) HTTP
6 28 (1.31%) VLAN
7 27 (1.27%) WAN
8 24 (1.13%) Wi-Fi
9 19 (0.89%) Wireless
10 18 (0.84%) LAN
11 14 (0.66%) Broadband
12 12 (0.56%) BGP
13 10 (0.47%) SD-WAN
13 10 (0.47%) VoIP
14 8 (0.38%) Ethernet
14 8 (0.38%) Internet
15 7 (0.33%) AMQP
15 7 (0.33%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 152 (7.13%) Power BI
2 65 (3.05%) SQL Server
3 46 (2.16%) Relational Database
4 29 (1.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 25 (1.17%) Redis
6 24 (1.13%) BigQuery
7 22 (1.03%) Tableau
8 20 (0.94%) PostgreSQL
9 18 (0.84%) Big Data
10 17 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
10 17 (0.80%) Metadata
10 17 (0.80%) Power Query
10 17 (0.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 15 (0.70%) Semantic Layer
12 14 (0.66%) GIS
12 14 (0.66%) MySQL
13 13 (0.61%) Hadoop
14 11 (0.52%) NoSQL
15 9 (0.42%) MongoDB
16 8 (0.38%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 92 (4.31%) Git
2 80 (3.75%) JIRA
3 33 (1.55%) Jenkins
4 23 (1.08%) GitLab
5 8 (0.38%) Rational DOORS
6 7 (0.33%) Bitbucket
6 7 (0.33%) Visual Studio Code
7 6 (0.28%) Postman
8 5 (0.23%) LabVIEW
8 5 (0.23%) MSI
9 4 (0.19%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.19%) Maven
9 4 (0.19%) Storybook
9 4 (0.19%) Vite
10 3 (0.14%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 3 (0.14%) Claude Code
10 3 (0.14%) Cucumber
10 3 (0.14%) Mercurial
10 3 (0.14%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.14%) TeamCity
General
1 980 (45.94%) Social Skills
2 454 (21.28%) Finance
3 363 (17.02%) Analytical Skills
4 259 (12.14%) Organisational Skills
5 192 (9.00%) Marketing
6 161 (7.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 158 (7.41%) Public Sector
8 146 (6.84%) Aerospace
9 117 (5.49%) Manufacturing
10 108 (5.06%) Legal
11 98 (4.59%) Retail
12 96 (4.50%) Law
13 87 (4.08%) Presentation Skills
14 80 (3.75%) Electronics
15 69 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
16 65 (3.05%) Telecoms
17 45 (2.11%) Banking
18 41 (1.92%) Military
19 33 (1.55%) Local Government
20 32 (1.50%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 252 (11.81%) Senior
2 185 (8.67%) Analyst
2 185 (8.67%) Developer
3 159 (7.45%) Lead
4 91 (4.27%) Software Engineer
5 79 (3.70%) IT Support
6 74 (3.47%) Cloud Engineer
7 59 (2.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 57 (2.67%) Architect
8 57 (2.67%) IT Manager
8 57 (2.67%) Security Engineer
9 53 (2.48%) Consultant
9 53 (2.48%) Support Analyst
10 50 (2.34%) Support Engineer
11 49 (2.30%) Development Manager
12 46 (2.16%) Administrator
12 46 (2.16%) Business Development Manager
12 46 (2.16%) Business Manager
12 46 (2.16%) Coordinator
13 45 (2.11%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (4.27%) Node.js
2 83 (3.89%) REST
3 64 (3.00%) Terraform
4 62 (2.91%) HTML
5 49 (2.30%) .NET
6 48 (2.25%) CSS
7 39 (1.83%) React
8 29 (1.36%) Middleware
9 28 (1.31%) AngularJS
9 28 (1.31%) Vue
10 27 (1.27%) RESTful
11 24 (1.13%) JSON
11 24 (1.13%) SOAP
12 22 (1.03%) EDI
13 20 (0.94%) Kafka
14 17 (0.80%) Spring
15 16 (0.75%) Spring Boot
15 16 (0.75%) XML
16 15 (0.70%) .NET Core
16 15 (0.70%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 131 (6.14%) Onboarding
2 126 (5.91%) Management Information System
3 118 (5.53%) Driving Licence
4 84 (3.94%) Self-Motivation
5 82 (3.84%) Product Ownership
6 57 (2.67%) Cloud Native
7 47 (2.20%) Social Media
8 35 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
9 32 (1.50%) Public Cloud
10 24 (1.13%) Analogue Electronics
11 23 (1.08%) NHS
12 22 (1.03%) Algorithms
13 21 (0.98%) Blog
14 20 (0.94%) Data Structures
15 19 (0.89%) Analytical Mindset
15 19 (0.89%) Data Centre
16 18 (0.84%) Virtual Team
17 15 (0.70%) Security Posture
18 14 (0.66%) Legacy Systems
19 13 (0.61%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 140 (6.56%) Windows
2 85 (3.98%) Linux
3 56 (2.63%) Windows Server
4 14 (0.66%) Unix
5 12 (0.56%) Mac OS
5 12 (0.56%) Windows 10
6 11 (0.52%) FreeRTOS
7 10 (0.47%) Ubuntu
8 9 (0.42%) CentOS
9 8 (0.38%) Android
9 8 (0.38%) Debian
9 8 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.14%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.14%) VMS
11 2 (0.094%) Rocky
11 2 (0.094%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 662 (31.04%) Problem-Solving
2 640 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 404 (18.94%) Agile
4 302 (14.16%) Decision-Making
5 268 (12.56%) Customer Service
6 246 (11.53%) Stakeholder Management
7 244 (11.44%) AI
8 228 (10.69%) Analytics
9 220 (10.31%) Mentoring
10 209 (9.80%) CRM
11 208 (9.75%) Cyber Intelligence
12 206 (9.66%) CI/CD
13 203 (9.52%) Project Delivery
14 192 (9.00%) Service Delivery
15 176 (8.25%) Roadmaps
16 165 (7.74%) Software Engineering
17 164 (7.69%) Collaborative Culture
17 164 (7.69%) Project Management
17 164 (7.69%) Validation
18 155 (7.27%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 233 (10.92%) SQL
2 186 (8.72%) Python
3 116 (5.44%) JavaScript
4 80 (3.75%) Java
5 72 (3.38%) TypeScript
6 65 (3.05%) C#
7 58 (2.72%) C
8 45 (2.11%) PowerShell
9 25 (1.17%) PHP
10 22 (1.03%) C++
11 21 (0.98%) VBA
12 17 (0.80%) Embedded C
13 16 (0.75%) Bash
13 16 (0.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 15 (0.70%) ABAP
14 15 (0.70%) MATLAB
15 10 (0.47%) Bicep
16 8 (0.38%) T-SQL
17 6 (0.28%) Go
17 6 (0.28%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 319 (14.96%) Degree
2 242 (11.35%) Security Cleared
3 116 (5.44%) SC Cleared
4 79 (3.70%) DV Cleared
5 55 (2.58%) DBS Check
6 47 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
7 46 (2.16%) BPSS Clearance
8 41 (1.92%) ACCA
9 35 (1.64%) CIMA
10 28 (1.31%) HNC
10 28 (1.31%) HND
11 24 (1.13%) CISSP
12 23 (1.08%) Master's Degree
13 20 (0.94%) PMI Certification
14 18 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
15 16 (0.75%) Postgraduate
16 15 (0.70%) CISM
16 15 (0.70%) PMP
17 14 (0.66%) Chartered Engineer
18 13 (0.61%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 143 (6.70%) QA
2 110 (5.16%) Accessibility
3 104 (4.88%) Data Quality
4 73 (3.42%) GDPR
5 34 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 32 (1.50%) Cyber Essentials
7 29 (1.36%) PMO
8 24 (1.13%) SLA
9 23 (1.08%) GAAP
10 18 (0.84%) NIST
11 17 (0.80%) WCAG
12 12 (0.56%) TickIT
13 11 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 11 (0.52%) Good Clinical Practice
14 10 (0.47%) ISO 9001
15 9 (0.42%) NCSC
16 8 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
16 8 (0.38%) PCI DSS
17 6 (0.28%) ISO 19650
17 6 (0.28%) PERC
System Software
1 84 (3.94%) Active Directory
2 45 (2.11%) Docker
3 26 (1.22%) VMware Infrastructure
4 24 (1.13%) Firmware
5 23 (1.08%) Hyper-V
6 17 (0.80%) Embedded Firmware
7 5 (0.23%) ClearTrust
8 3 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.047%) KVM
9 1 (0.047%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.047%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.047%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.047%) vSphere
9 1 (0.047%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 70 (3.28%) Kubernetes
2 50 (2.34%) Microsoft Intune
3 39 (1.83%) Ansible
4 11 (0.52%) Puppet
4 11 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (0.38%) SCCM
6 7 (0.33%) Grafana
6 7 (0.33%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.28%) Hadoop YARN
8 5 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
8 5 (0.23%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 3 (0.14%) BMC PATROL
9 3 (0.14%) Control-M
9 3 (0.14%) EMC NetWorker
9 3 (0.14%) Functional Safety
9 3 (0.14%) Nessus
9 3 (0.14%) Plesk
9 3 (0.14%) WhatsUp Gold
10 2 (0.094%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.094%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 483 (22.64%) Microsoft
2 66 (3.09%) Google
3 56 (2.63%) Salesforce
4 47 (2.20%) Oracle
5 42 (1.97%) SAP
6 36 (1.69%) ServiceNow
6 36 (1.69%) VMware
7 33 (1.55%) Cisco
8 32 (1.50%) Sage
9 29 (1.36%) Databricks
10 26 (1.22%) Adobe
10 26 (1.22%) YouTube
11 20 (0.94%) HubSpot
12 15 (0.70%) Civica
12 15 (0.70%) Fortinet
12 15 (0.70%) Palo Alto
13 13 (0.61%) iManage
14 12 (0.56%) IBM
14 12 (0.56%) Red Hat
15 11 (0.52%) Thales