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 2 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 96 106
Rank change year-on-year +17 +10 -3
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Working 2,194 1,364 1,603
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.11% 3.15% 2.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.87% 3.54% 2.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1,357 660 774
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £34,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £69,375 £70,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £97,125
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year - -8.26% +6.86%

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 76,510 38,541 55,124
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.60% 89.13% 82.33%
Number of salaries quoted 53,897 21,791 29,983
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £36,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -2.44%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £78,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,465
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.93% -2.56%

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 2 October 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 2 October 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 +96 527 £45,000 - 485
South East +13 456 £47,500 +18.75% 428
London -35 455 £65,000 - 1,097
North West +80 311 £45,000 - 284
South West +18 298 £57,500 -6.12% 225
Midlands +1 290 £41,091 -3.32% 237
West Midlands -14 179 £42,500 - 164
East of England -37 142 £47,500 +21.79% 180
Yorkshire +68 141 £42,500 -29.17% 152
East Midlands +15 110 £40,000 -5.88% 72
North East -16 75 £57,500 +98.28% 52
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 89 (4.06%) SharePoint
2 47 (2.14%) Microsoft Exchange
3 25 (1.14%) Confluence
4 19 (0.87%) Apache Spark
5 16 (0.73%) CMS
6 13 (0.59%) WordPress
7 10 (0.46%) Apache
8 5 (0.23%) nginx
9 4 (0.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.091%) Drupal
10 2 (0.091%) Gentran
10 2 (0.091%) IIS
10 2 (0.091%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.091%) Luigi
10 2 (0.091%) Office Communications Server
10 2 (0.091%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.091%) SAS
10 2 (0.091%) WebLogic
10 2 (0.091%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 163 (7.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 160 (7.29%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (1.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (0.87%) Revit
5 13 (0.59%) Spreadsheet
6 10 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
6 10 (0.46%) Photoshop
6 10 (0.46%) Simulink
7 9 (0.41%) Adobe Illustrator
7 9 (0.41%) AutoCAD
7 9 (0.41%) InDesign
8 8 (0.36%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 7 (0.32%) Navisworks
10 4 (0.18%) Adobe Premiere
10 4 (0.18%) CapCut
10 4 (0.18%) Stateflow
11 3 (0.14%) Acrobat
11 3 (0.14%) Blender
11 3 (0.14%) Maya
11 3 (0.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 22 (1.00%) NetSuite
2 14 (0.64%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (0.59%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
4 6 (0.27%) Exchequer
5 5 (0.23%) SAP CRM
6 3 (0.14%) Shopify
6 3 (0.14%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.091%) Academy Housing
7 2 (0.091%) Maximo
7 2 (0.091%) Oracle Applications
7 2 (0.091%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.091%) Oracle EBS R12
7 2 (0.091%) Sage 200
7 2 (0.091%) SAP BPC
7 2 (0.091%) Siebel CRM
8 1 (0.046%) FastStats
8 1 (0.046%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.046%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.046%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 276 (12.58%) Azure
2 206 (9.39%) Microsoft 365
3 192 (8.75%) AWS
4 180 (8.20%) Power Platform
5 97 (4.42%) SaaS
6 63 (2.87%) GCP
7 61 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
8 57 (2.60%) Entra ID
9 42 (1.91%) GitHub
10 40 (1.82%) Serverless
11 31 (1.41%) AWS CloudFormation
12 28 (1.28%) Dynamics 365
12 28 (1.28%) Power Automate
13 27 (1.23%) OneDrive
14 26 (1.19%) Google Analytics
15 24 (1.09%) Microsoft Copilot
16 22 (1.00%) OCI
17 21 (0.96%) Azure Data Factory
18 19 (0.87%) AWS Lambda
18 19 (0.87%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 74 (3.37%) Firewall
2 68 (3.10%) DNS
3 51 (2.32%) DHCP
4 44 (2.01%) TCP/IP
4 44 (2.01%) VPN
5 35 (1.60%) Network Security
6 30 (1.37%) VLAN
7 29 (1.32%) WAN
8 26 (1.19%) HTTP
9 24 (1.09%) Wi-Fi
10 21 (0.96%) Wireless
11 19 (0.87%) LAN
12 14 (0.64%) Broadband
13 13 (0.59%) BGP
14 11 (0.50%) SD-WAN
15 10 (0.46%) VoIP
16 8 (0.36%) Ethernet
17 7 (0.32%) AMQP
17 7 (0.32%) Internet
17 7 (0.32%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 153 (6.97%) Power BI
2 63 (2.87%) SQL Server
3 48 (2.19%) Relational Database
4 28 (1.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 25 (1.14%) Redis
6 22 (1.00%) BigQuery
7 20 (0.91%) PostgreSQL
7 20 (0.91%) Tableau
8 19 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
9 18 (0.82%) Big Data
10 17 (0.77%) Metadata
10 17 (0.77%) Power Query
10 17 (0.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 15 (0.68%) MySQL
11 15 (0.68%) Semantic Layer
12 13 (0.59%) Hadoop
13 12 (0.55%) GIS
14 11 (0.50%) NoSQL
15 9 (0.41%) MongoDB
16 8 (0.36%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 93 (4.24%) Git
2 80 (3.65%) JIRA
3 32 (1.46%) Jenkins
4 23 (1.05%) GitLab
5 9 (0.41%) Rational DOORS
6 7 (0.32%) Bitbucket
6 7 (0.32%) Visual Studio Code
7 5 (0.23%) LabVIEW
7 5 (0.23%) MSI
7 5 (0.23%) Postman
8 4 (0.18%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.18%) Maven
8 4 (0.18%) Storybook
8 4 (0.18%) Vite
9 3 (0.14%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 3 (0.14%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.14%) Eclipse
9 3 (0.14%) Mercurial
9 3 (0.14%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.14%) TeamCity
General
1 1,007 (45.90%) Social Skills
2 450 (20.51%) Finance
3 376 (17.14%) Analytical Skills
4 273 (12.44%) Organisational Skills
5 190 (8.66%) Marketing
6 165 (7.52%) Public Sector
7 162 (7.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 149 (6.79%) Aerospace
9 121 (5.52%) Manufacturing
10 111 (5.06%) Legal
11 96 (4.38%) Retail
12 93 (4.24%) Law
13 91 (4.15%) Presentation Skills
14 84 (3.83%) Electronics
15 69 (3.14%) Influencing Skills
16 66 (3.01%) Telecoms
17 42 (1.91%) Banking
18 41 (1.87%) Military
19 33 (1.50%) Local Government
20 30 (1.37%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 258 (11.76%) Senior
2 189 (8.61%) Analyst
3 187 (8.52%) Developer
4 161 (7.34%) Lead
5 93 (4.24%) Software Engineer
6 81 (3.69%) Cloud Engineer
7 79 (3.60%) IT Support
8 63 (2.87%) Security Engineer
9 60 (2.73%) Architect
10 59 (2.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 58 (2.64%) Support Analyst
12 54 (2.46%) IT Manager
13 52 (2.37%) Administrator
14 51 (2.32%) Development Manager
15 50 (2.28%) Support Engineer
16 49 (2.23%) Consultant
17 48 (2.19%) Business Development Manager
17 48 (2.19%) Business Manager
18 46 (2.10%) Coordinator
19 44 (2.01%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (4.15%) Node.js
2 80 (3.65%) REST
3 65 (2.96%) Terraform
4 63 (2.87%) HTML
5 48 (2.19%) CSS
6 47 (2.14%) .NET
7 39 (1.78%) React
8 30 (1.37%) Middleware
9 28 (1.28%) AngularJS
10 27 (1.23%) RESTful
10 27 (1.23%) Vue
11 24 (1.09%) EDI
12 23 (1.05%) JSON
12 23 (1.05%) SOAP
13 21 (0.96%) Kafka
14 17 (0.77%) Spring
15 16 (0.73%) Spring Boot
16 15 (0.68%) HTML5
17 14 (0.64%) OAuth
17 14 (0.64%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 135 (6.15%) Onboarding
2 131 (5.97%) Management Information System
3 127 (5.79%) Driving Licence
4 89 (4.06%) Self-Motivation
5 77 (3.51%) Product Ownership
6 60 (2.73%) Cloud Native
7 47 (2.14%) Social Media
8 36 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
9 28 (1.28%) Public Cloud
10 25 (1.14%) Algorithms
11 24 (1.09%) Analogue Electronics
12 23 (1.05%) NHS
13 21 (0.96%) Blog
14 19 (0.87%) Analytical Mindset
15 18 (0.82%) Data Structures
16 17 (0.77%) Virtual Team
17 16 (0.73%) Data Centre
18 15 (0.68%) FMCG
18 15 (0.68%) Security Posture
19 14 (0.64%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 141 (6.43%) Windows
2 85 (3.87%) Linux
3 57 (2.60%) Windows Server
4 15 (0.68%) Unix
5 14 (0.64%) Windows 10
6 12 (0.55%) Mac OS
7 9 (0.41%) Android
7 9 (0.41%) FreeRTOS
7 9 (0.41%) Ubuntu
8 8 (0.36%) CentOS
8 8 (0.36%) Debian
8 8 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.18%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.091%) Rocky
10 2 (0.091%) VMS
11 1 (0.046%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.046%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 678 (30.90%) Problem-Solving
2 651 (29.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 405 (18.46%) Agile
4 304 (13.86%) Decision-Making
5 274 (12.49%) Customer Service
6 254 (11.58%) Stakeholder Management
7 251 (11.44%) AI
8 236 (10.76%) Cyber Intelligence
9 229 (10.44%) Analytics
10 223 (10.16%) Mentoring
11 213 (9.71%) CRM
12 212 (9.66%) CI/CD
13 207 (9.43%) Project Delivery
14 189 (8.61%) Service Delivery
15 173 (7.89%) Software Engineering
16 170 (7.75%) Roadmaps
16 170 (7.75%) Validation
17 169 (7.70%) Collaborative Culture
18 159 (7.25%) Project Management
19 154 (7.02%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 236 (10.76%) SQL
2 188 (8.57%) Python
3 121 (5.52%) JavaScript
4 79 (3.60%) Java
5 73 (3.33%) TypeScript
6 64 (2.92%) C#
7 58 (2.64%) C
8 45 (2.05%) PowerShell
9 26 (1.19%) PHP
10 24 (1.09%) C++
11 20 (0.91%) VBA
12 18 (0.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 17 (0.77%) ABAP
13 17 (0.77%) Embedded C
14 15 (0.68%) Bash
14 15 (0.68%) MATLAB
15 10 (0.46%) Bicep
16 8 (0.36%) R
17 6 (0.27%) Kotlin
17 6 (0.27%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 326 (14.86%) Degree
2 250 (11.39%) Security Cleared
3 123 (5.61%) SC Cleared
4 80 (3.65%) DV Cleared
5 63 (2.87%) DBS Check
6 49 (2.23%) Computer Science Degree
7 47 (2.14%) BPSS Clearance
8 39 (1.78%) ACCA
9 33 (1.50%) CIMA
9 33 (1.50%) HNC
10 32 (1.46%) HND
11 23 (1.05%) Master's Degree
12 22 (1.00%) CISSP
13 20 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
14 18 (0.82%) PMI Certification
15 15 (0.68%) Chartered Engineer
15 15 (0.68%) CISM
16 14 (0.64%) Postgraduate
17 13 (0.59%) PMP
18 12 (0.55%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 144 (6.56%) QA
2 112 (5.10%) Data Quality
3 110 (5.01%) Accessibility
4 74 (3.37%) GDPR
5 34 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 32 (1.46%) Cyber Essentials
7 27 (1.23%) PMO
8 24 (1.09%) SLA
9 21 (0.96%) GAAP
10 19 (0.87%) NIST
11 17 (0.77%) WCAG
12 12 (0.55%) Good Clinical Practice
13 11 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 11 (0.50%) TickIT
14 10 (0.46%) ISO 9001
15 9 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
15 9 (0.41%) NCSC
16 8 (0.36%) PCI DSS
17 6 (0.27%) ISO 19650
17 6 (0.27%) PERC
System Software
1 90 (4.10%) Active Directory
2 45 (2.05%) Docker
3 28 (1.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 26 (1.19%) Firmware
4 26 (1.19%) Hyper-V
5 16 (0.73%) Embedded Firmware
6 5 (0.23%) ClearTrust
7 4 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.046%) DFS Replication
8 1 (0.046%) KVM
8 1 (0.046%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.046%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.046%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.046%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 68 (3.10%) Kubernetes
2 53 (2.42%) Microsoft Intune
3 39 (1.78%) Ansible
4 12 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
5 11 (0.50%) Puppet
6 8 (0.36%) Grafana
7 7 (0.32%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.32%) SCCM
8 6 (0.27%) Hadoop YARN
8 6 (0.27%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 5 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (0.14%) BMC PATROL
10 3 (0.14%) Control-M
10 3 (0.14%) EMC NetWorker
10 3 (0.14%) Plesk
10 3 (0.14%) WhatsUp Gold
11 2 (0.091%) Kibana
11 2 (0.091%) Nessus
11 2 (0.091%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 2 (0.091%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 499 (22.74%) Microsoft
2 66 (3.01%) Google
3 57 (2.60%) Salesforce
4 49 (2.23%) Oracle
5 46 (2.10%) SAP
6 37 (1.69%) VMware
7 36 (1.64%) Cisco
7 36 (1.64%) ServiceNow
8 33 (1.50%) Sage
9 30 (1.37%) Databricks
10 27 (1.23%) YouTube
11 26 (1.19%) Adobe
12 22 (1.00%) HubSpot
13 15 (0.68%) Civica
13 15 (0.68%) Fortinet
14 14 (0.64%) iManage
14 14 (0.64%) Palo Alto
15 12 (0.55%) IBM
16 11 (0.50%) Juniper
16 11 (0.50%) Red Hat