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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 98 105
Rank change year-on-year +22 +7 -5
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Working 2,206 1,341 1,565
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.12% 3.10% 2.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.88% 3.49% 2.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1,361 647 746
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,887 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -5.66% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £69,875 £79,646
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £49,939 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.12% -9.09% +9.88%

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 76,581 38,469 54,071
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.57% 89.04% 82.44%
Number of salaries quoted 53,748 21,719 29,115
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £36,250 £43,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.64%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -

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 6 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 6 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 +101 525 £44,000 -2.22% 421
South East +16 461 £47,500 +26.67% 418
London -30 457 £65,000 - 1,060
North West +84 306 £44,000 -2.22% 207
South West +18 299 £57,500 -8.00% 193
Midlands +3 290 £41,091 -3.32% 245
West Midlands -7 180 £42,500 - 158
East of England -28 149 £47,500 +21.79% 178
Yorkshire +65 141 £42,500 -29.17% 156
East Midlands +21 109 £40,000 -5.88% 86
North East -17 78 £57,500 +98.28% 60
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 90 (4.08%) SharePoint
2 45 (2.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 26 (1.18%) Confluence
4 19 (0.86%) Apache Spark
5 15 (0.68%) CMS
6 13 (0.59%) WordPress
7 10 (0.45%) Apache
8 5 (0.23%) nginx
9 4 (0.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.091%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.091%) Drupal
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
1 168 (7.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 161 (7.30%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (1.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (1.00%) Revit
5 15 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
6 12 (0.54%) AutoCAD
7 11 (0.50%) Simulink
8 10 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
8 10 (0.45%) Photoshop
9 9 (0.41%) Adobe Illustrator
9 9 (0.41%) InDesign
9 9 (0.41%) Navisworks
10 8 (0.36%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 5 (0.23%) Stateflow
12 4 (0.18%) Adobe Premiere
12 4 (0.18%) CapCut
13 3 (0.14%) Acrobat
13 3 (0.14%) Civil 3D
13 3 (0.14%) Maya
13 3 (0.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 23 (1.04%) NetSuite
2 14 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
3 12 (0.54%) 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 (0.045%) Primavera
8 1 (0.045%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.045%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.045%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 272 (12.33%) Azure
2 209 (9.47%) Microsoft 365
3 192 (8.70%) AWS
4 176 (7.98%) Power Platform
5 97 (4.40%) SaaS
6 62 (2.81%) GCP
7 59 (2.67%) Entra ID
8 58 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
9 40 (1.81%) GitHub
9 40 (1.81%) Serverless
10 31 (1.41%) AWS CloudFormation
11 29 (1.31%) OneDrive
11 29 (1.31%) Power Automate
12 26 (1.18%) Google Analytics
13 25 (1.13%) Dynamics 365
13 25 (1.13%) Microsoft Copilot
14 22 (1.00%) OCI
15 21 (0.95%) PowerApps
16 20 (0.91%) Azure Data Factory
17 19 (0.86%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 74 (3.35%) Firewall
2 69 (3.13%) DNS
3 52 (2.36%) DHCP
4 45 (2.04%) TCP/IP
5 44 (1.99%) VPN
6 35 (1.59%) Network Security
7 31 (1.41%) VLAN
8 29 (1.31%) WAN
9 27 (1.22%) HTTP
10 24 (1.09%) Wi-Fi
11 21 (0.95%) Wireless
12 19 (0.86%) LAN
13 14 (0.63%) Broadband
14 13 (0.59%) BGP
15 11 (0.50%) SD-WAN
16 10 (0.45%) VoIP
17 8 (0.36%) Ethernet
18 7 (0.32%) AMQP
18 7 (0.32%) Remote Desktop
18 7 (0.32%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 147 (6.66%) Power BI
2 62 (2.81%) SQL Server
3 48 (2.18%) Relational Database
4 26 (1.18%) Redis
5 24 (1.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 22 (1.00%) BigQuery
7 20 (0.91%) PostgreSQL
8 19 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
9 18 (0.82%) Big Data
10 17 (0.77%) Metadata
10 17 (0.77%) Power Query
11 16 (0.73%) MySQL
11 16 (0.73%) Tableau
12 15 (0.68%) Semantic Layer
13 14 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 13 (0.59%) Hadoop
15 11 (0.50%) NoSQL
16 10 (0.45%) MongoDB
17 9 (0.41%) GIS
18 8 (0.36%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 93 (4.22%) Git
2 76 (3.45%) JIRA
3 33 (1.50%) Jenkins
4 25 (1.13%) 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%) Vite
8 4 (0.18%) Cucumber
8 4 (0.18%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.18%) Maven
8 4 (0.18%) Storybook
9 3 (0.14%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 3 (0.14%) Gatling
9 3 (0.14%) Mercurial
9 3 (0.14%) Postman
9 3 (0.14%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.14%) TeamCity
General
1 1,010 (45.78%) Social Skills
2 445 (20.17%) Finance
3 371 (16.82%) Analytical Skills
4 273 (12.38%) Organisational Skills
5 188 (8.52%) Marketing
6 167 (7.57%) Public Sector
7 165 (7.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 145 (6.57%) Aerospace
9 123 (5.58%) Manufacturing
10 113 (5.12%) Legal
11 97 (4.40%) Retail
12 92 (4.17%) Law
13 91 (4.13%) Presentation Skills
14 86 (3.90%) Electronics
15 68 (3.08%) Influencing Skills
16 66 (2.99%) Telecoms
17 44 (1.99%) Banking
18 41 (1.86%) Military
19 36 (1.63%) Local Government
20 30 (1.36%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 257 (11.65%) Senior
2 190 (8.61%) Analyst
3 187 (8.48%) Developer
4 162 (7.34%) Lead
5 97 (4.40%) Software Engineer
6 84 (3.81%) Cloud Engineer
7 80 (3.63%) IT Support
8 69 (3.13%) Security Engineer
9 60 (2.72%) Architect
9 60 (2.72%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 59 (2.67%) Support Analyst
11 56 (2.54%) Administrator
12 53 (2.40%) IT Manager
13 50 (2.27%) Development Manager
13 50 (2.27%) Support Engineer
14 47 (2.13%) Business Development Manager
14 47 (2.13%) Business Manager
15 46 (2.09%) Coordinator
16 45 (2.04%) Consultant
17 44 (1.99%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (4.13%) Node.js
2 80 (3.63%) REST
3 65 (2.95%) HTML
4 64 (2.90%) Terraform
5 50 (2.27%) CSS
6 47 (2.13%) .NET
7 40 (1.81%) React
8 28 (1.27%) AngularJS
8 28 (1.27%) Vue
9 27 (1.22%) Middleware
9 27 (1.22%) RESTful
10 22 (1.00%) Kafka
11 20 (0.91%) EDI
11 20 (0.91%) JSON
11 20 (0.91%) SOAP
12 18 (0.82%) Spring
13 17 (0.77%) Spring Boot
14 16 (0.73%) HTML5
15 14 (0.63%) CSS3
15 14 (0.63%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 136 (6.17%) Driving Licence
1 136 (6.17%) Onboarding
2 130 (5.89%) Management Information System
3 87 (3.94%) Self-Motivation
4 75 (3.40%) Product Ownership
5 59 (2.67%) Cloud Native
6 49 (2.22%) Social Media
7 35 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
8 29 (1.31%) Public Cloud
9 25 (1.13%) Algorithms
10 24 (1.09%) Analogue Electronics
11 23 (1.04%) NHS
12 21 (0.95%) Blog
13 19 (0.86%) Analytical Mindset
14 18 (0.82%) Data Structures
15 17 (0.77%) Data Centre
15 17 (0.77%) FMCG
16 16 (0.73%) Robotics
17 15 (0.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 15 (0.68%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 141 (6.39%) Windows
2 84 (3.81%) Linux
3 57 (2.58%) Windows Server
4 15 (0.68%) Unix
4 15 (0.68%) Windows 10
5 12 (0.54%) Mac OS
6 10 (0.45%) 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 5 (0.23%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.091%) Rocky
11 1 (0.045%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.045%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 673 (30.51%) Problem-Solving
2 651 (29.51%) Continuous Improvement
3 402 (18.22%) Agile
4 295 (13.37%) Decision-Making
5 274 (12.42%) Customer Service
6 257 (11.65%) Stakeholder Management
7 248 (11.24%) Cyber Intelligence
8 245 (11.11%) AI
9 223 (10.11%) Analytics
10 220 (9.97%) Mentoring
11 211 (9.56%) CI/CD
12 209 (9.47%) CRM
13 205 (9.29%) Project Delivery
14 191 (8.66%) Service Delivery
15 179 (8.11%) Software Engineering
16 171 (7.75%) Collaborative Culture
17 168 (7.62%) Validation
18 164 (7.43%) Roadmaps
19 155 (7.03%) Project Management
20 153 (6.94%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 232 (10.52%) SQL
2 186 (8.43%) Python
3 124 (5.62%) JavaScript
4 81 (3.67%) Java
5 74 (3.35%) TypeScript
6 65 (2.95%) C#
7 59 (2.67%) C
8 46 (2.09%) PowerShell
9 27 (1.22%) PHP
10 25 (1.13%) 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 16 (0.73%) MATLAB
15 15 (0.68%) Bash
16 10 (0.45%) Bicep
17 8 (0.36%) R
18 6 (0.27%) Kotlin
18 6 (0.27%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 324 (14.69%) Degree
2 247 (11.20%) Security Cleared
3 124 (5.62%) SC Cleared
4 78 (3.54%) DV Cleared
5 68 (3.08%) DBS Check
6 49 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
7 41 (1.86%) BPSS Clearance
8 38 (1.72%) ACCA
9 34 (1.54%) HNC
10 32 (1.45%) CIMA
11 31 (1.41%) HND
12 24 (1.09%) Master's Degree
13 20 (0.91%) CISSP
13 20 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
14 17 (0.77%) Chartered Engineer
15 16 (0.73%) PMI Certification
16 14 (0.63%) CISM
17 13 (0.59%) NVQ Level 3
18 12 (0.54%) Azure Certification
18 12 (0.54%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 146 (6.62%) QA
2 113 (5.12%) Data Quality
3 112 (5.08%) Accessibility
4 77 (3.49%) GDPR
5 34 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 32 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials
7 27 (1.22%) PMO
8 24 (1.09%) SLA
9 21 (0.95%) GAAP
10 19 (0.86%) NIST
11 18 (0.82%) WCAG
12 12 (0.54%) Good Clinical Practice
13 11 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 11 (0.50%) ISO 9001
14 9 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
14 9 (0.41%) NCSC
15 8 (0.36%) ISO 19650
15 8 (0.36%) PCI DSS
15 8 (0.36%) TickIT
16 6 (0.27%) PERC
System Software
1 92 (4.17%) Active Directory
2 45 (2.04%) Docker
3 29 (1.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 27 (1.22%) Firmware
4 27 (1.22%) Hyper-V
5 16 (0.73%) Embedded Firmware
6 5 (0.23%) ClearTrust
7 4 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.045%) DFS Replication
8 1 (0.045%) KVM
8 1 (0.045%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.045%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.045%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.045%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 68 (3.08%) Kubernetes
2 53 (2.40%) Microsoft Intune
3 39 (1.77%) Ansible
4 12 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
5 11 (0.50%) Puppet
6 8 (0.36%) Grafana
7 7 (0.32%) Prometheus
8 6 (0.27%) Hadoop YARN
8 6 (0.27%) SCCM
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
1 501 (22.71%) Microsoft
2 65 (2.95%) Google
3 55 (2.49%) Salesforce
4 49 (2.22%) Oracle
5 46 (2.09%) SAP
6 38 (1.72%) VMware
7 37 (1.68%) Cisco
8 36 (1.63%) ServiceNow
9 33 (1.50%) Sage
10 30 (1.36%) Databricks
11 28 (1.27%) YouTube
12 27 (1.22%) Adobe
13 22 (1.00%) HubSpot
14 15 (0.68%) Civica
14 15 (0.68%) Fortinet
15 14 (0.63%) iManage
15 14 (0.63%) Palo Alto
16 11 (0.50%) IBM
16 11 (0.50%) Juniper
16 11 (0.50%) Thales