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 4 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 84 99
Rank change year-on-year -30 +15 +34
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Working 1,532 1,557 1,798
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.67% 3.57% 2.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.26% 3.99% 3.03%
Number of salaries quoted 945 734 1,101
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £39,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,356 £52,500 £52,172
Median % change year-on-year -2.18% +0.63% -12.36%
75th Percentile £65,640 £72,313 £73,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,875 £92,159
UK median annual salary £50,000 £52,250 £52,000
% change year-on-year -4.31% +0.48% -9.57%

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 67,804 39,039 59,330
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.79% 89.57% 81.31%
Number of salaries quoted 47,813 22,613 39,487
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £31,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%

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 4 August 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 4 August 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 -55 393 £64,125 -1.35% 475
South East -25 314 £48,000 +4.35% 239
North of England +37 305 £48,000 -2.54% 264
Midlands -6 261 £40,500 -14.74% 152
North West +38 187 £45,497 -9.01% 138
West Midlands -24 146 £42,500 -19.05% 92
South West -34 140 £47,500 -29.63% 149
East Midlands +26 114 £33,750 -20.59% 60
East of England -71 87 £55,000 +57.14% 77
Yorkshire 0 77 £47,500 -16.30% 88
North East -30 41 £58,750 +94.21% 42
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 67 (4.37%) SharePoint
2 39 (2.55%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (0.98%) WordPress
4 14 (0.91%) Apache Spark
5 13 (0.85%) Confluence
6 10 (0.65%) CMS
7 9 (0.59%) SAS
8 7 (0.46%) Apache
9 4 (0.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
9 4 (0.26%) IIS
10 3 (0.20%) GeoServer
11 2 (0.13%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.13%) Drupal
11 2 (0.13%) Gentran
11 2 (0.13%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.13%) Luigi
11 2 (0.13%) nginx
12 1 (0.065%) Appian
12 1 (0.065%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 83 (5.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 77 (5.03%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (1.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.65%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 9 (0.59%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.39%) Revit
7 5 (0.33%) Adobe Illustrator
7 5 (0.33%) Fusion 360
7 5 (0.33%) InDesign
7 5 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
7 5 (0.33%) Photoshop
8 4 (0.26%) Navisworks
8 4 (0.26%) Simulink
9 3 (0.20%) Blender
9 3 (0.20%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.20%) Maya
9 3 (0.20%) Stateflow
10 2 (0.13%) CapCut
10 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (1.57%) NetSuite
2 13 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.26%) SAP HR
6 3 (0.20%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.13%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.13%) SAP BPC
7 2 (0.13%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.065%) Exchequer
8 1 (0.065%) FastStats
8 1 (0.065%) NEC Housing
8 1 (0.065%) Primavera
8 1 (0.065%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.065%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.065%) Sage 200
8 1 (0.065%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.065%) SAP CRM
8 1 (0.065%) Shopify
8 1 (0.065%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 259 (16.91%) Azure
2 197 (12.86%) AWS
3 163 (10.64%) Microsoft 365
4 144 (9.40%) Power Platform
5 81 (5.29%) SaaS
6 66 (4.31%) GCP
7 54 (3.52%) Azure DevOps
8 49 (3.20%) Entra ID
9 43 (2.81%) Serverless
10 33 (2.15%) GitHub
11 28 (1.83%) AWS CloudFormation
11 28 (1.83%) Google Analytics
12 26 (1.70%) Dynamics 365
13 22 (1.44%) Power Automate
14 21 (1.37%) Microsoft Copilot
14 21 (1.37%) Snowflake
15 20 (1.31%) OCI
16 18 (1.17%) OneDrive
17 15 (0.98%) Boomi
17 15 (0.98%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 80 (5.22%) Firewall
2 52 (3.39%) DNS
3 43 (2.81%) Network Security
4 38 (2.48%) DHCP
5 37 (2.42%) WAN
6 36 (2.35%) VPN
7 35 (2.28%) TCP/IP
8 32 (2.09%) VLAN
9 29 (1.89%) LAN
10 25 (1.63%) HTTP
11 22 (1.44%) Broadband
11 22 (1.44%) Wireless
12 19 (1.24%) BGP
12 19 (1.24%) Wi-Fi
13 11 (0.72%) SNMP
13 11 (0.72%) VoIP
14 9 (0.59%) Cisco Nexus
14 9 (0.59%) EIGRP
14 9 (0.59%) Internet
14 9 (0.59%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 122 (7.96%) Power BI
2 54 (3.52%) SQL Server
3 29 (1.89%) Relational Database
4 28 (1.83%) Tableau
5 27 (1.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 25 (1.63%) BigQuery
7 22 (1.44%) Big Data
8 19 (1.24%) PostgreSQL
9 18 (1.17%) Metadata
10 17 (1.11%) GIS
11 16 (1.04%) MySQL
12 15 (0.98%) Redis
12 15 (0.98%) Semantic Layer
13 14 (0.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 12 (0.78%) Data Warehouse
15 11 (0.72%) Geospatial Data
15 11 (0.72%) NoSQL
15 11 (0.72%) Power Query
16 10 (0.65%) Hadoop
17 7 (0.46%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 81 (5.29%) Git
2 55 (3.59%) JIRA
3 35 (2.28%) Jenkins
4 16 (1.04%) GitLab
5 9 (0.59%) Postman
6 6 (0.39%) Bitbucket
6 6 (0.39%) Visual Studio Code
7 5 (0.33%) MSI
8 4 (0.26%) Maven
8 4 (0.26%) Storybook
9 3 (0.20%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.20%) LabVIEW
9 3 (0.20%) Selenium
10 2 (0.13%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 2 (0.13%) JUnit
10 2 (0.13%) Mercurial
10 2 (0.13%) MSTest
10 2 (0.13%) Rational DOORS
10 2 (0.13%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.13%) Visual Studio
General
1 701 (45.76%) Social Skills
2 371 (24.22%) Finance
3 287 (18.73%) Analytical Skills
4 152 (9.92%) Marketing
5 147 (9.60%) Organisational Skills
6 120 (7.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 119 (7.77%) Public Sector
8 109 (7.11%) Legal
9 90 (5.87%) Aerospace
10 82 (5.35%) Law
11 64 (4.18%) Retail
12 62 (4.05%) Presentation Skills
13 59 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
13 59 (3.85%) Manufacturing
14 48 (3.13%) Telecoms
15 38 (2.48%) Banking
15 38 (2.48%) Electronics
16 29 (1.89%) Advertising
17 26 (1.70%) Local Government
18 20 (1.31%) Games
Job Titles
1 223 (14.56%) Senior
2 146 (9.53%) Analyst
3 135 (8.81%) Developer
4 123 (8.03%) Lead
5 64 (4.18%) Consultant
6 56 (3.66%) IT Support
7 53 (3.46%) Software Engineer
8 45 (2.94%) Systems Engineer
9 43 (2.81%) Senior Manager
10 42 (2.74%) Architect
10 42 (2.74%) Delivery Manager
10 42 (2.74%) IT Manager
10 42 (2.74%) Support Engineer
11 40 (2.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 38 (2.48%) Development Manager
13 36 (2.35%) Business Development Manager
13 36 (2.35%) Business Manager
13 36 (2.35%) Senior Developer
14 33 (2.15%) Business Analyst
15 32 (2.09%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (5.22%) Node.js
2 72 (4.70%) REST
3 49 (3.20%) .NET
3 49 (3.20%) HTML
4 39 (2.55%) CSS
5 38 (2.48%) React
6 31 (2.02%) Vue
7 28 (1.83%) JSON
8 24 (1.57%) SOAP
9 23 (1.50%) RESTful
10 22 (1.44%) .NET Core
11 21 (1.37%) AngularJS
11 21 (1.37%) XML
12 18 (1.17%) EDI
12 18 (1.17%) Middleware
13 17 (1.11%) Next.js
14 16 (1.04%) .NET Framework
14 16 (1.04%) OAuth
15 15 (0.98%) Kafka
16 13 (0.85%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 90 (5.87%) Onboarding
2 88 (5.74%) Management Information System
3 72 (4.70%) Product Ownership
4 67 (4.37%) Driving Licence
5 50 (3.26%) Cloud Native
6 43 (2.81%) Self-Motivation
7 33 (2.15%) Public Cloud
8 29 (1.89%) Blog
9 28 (1.83%) Social Media
10 26 (1.70%) Data Centre
11 22 (1.44%) Enterprise Software
12 21 (1.37%) Data Structures
13 20 (1.31%) Greenfield Project
14 19 (1.24%) NHS
14 19 (1.24%) Security Posture
15 18 (1.17%) Algorithms
16 17 (1.11%) Legacy Systems
17 16 (1.04%) Analytical Mindset
18 14 (0.91%) EPoS
19 12 (0.78%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 125 (8.16%) Windows
2 74 (4.83%) Linux
3 50 (3.26%) Windows Server
4 13 (0.85%) FreeRTOS
5 9 (0.59%) Unix
6 8 (0.52%) Ubuntu
7 7 (0.46%) CentOS
8 6 (0.39%) Debian
8 6 (0.39%) Mac OS
9 5 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (0.26%) Windows 7
11 3 (0.20%) Android
11 3 (0.20%) VMS
12 2 (0.13%) Windows 10
12 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.065%) Rocky
13 1 (0.065%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 513 (33.49%) Problem-Solving
2 458 (29.90%) Continuous Improvement
3 347 (22.65%) Agile
4 232 (15.14%) Decision-Making
5 190 (12.40%) Analytics
6 178 (11.62%) AI
7 176 (11.49%) Mentoring
8 175 (11.42%) Roadmaps
9 161 (10.51%) CI/CD
9 161 (10.51%) Customer Service
10 149 (9.73%) Service Delivery
11 134 (8.75%) Project Delivery
12 133 (8.68%) CRM
13 132 (8.62%) Stakeholder Management
14 128 (8.36%) Collaborative Culture
14 128 (8.36%) Validation
15 125 (8.16%) Project Management
15 125 (8.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 123 (8.03%) DevOps
17 119 (7.77%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 193 (12.60%) SQL
2 168 (10.97%) Python
3 88 (5.74%) JavaScript
4 75 (4.90%) Java
5 68 (4.44%) C#
6 67 (4.37%) TypeScript
7 38 (2.48%) PowerShell
8 32 (2.09%) C
9 25 (1.63%) PHP
10 24 (1.57%) VBA
11 18 (1.17%) C++
12 15 (0.98%) Embedded C
13 14 (0.91%) ABAP
13 14 (0.91%) Bash
14 11 (0.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 11 (0.72%) T-SQL
15 10 (0.65%) MATLAB
16 9 (0.59%) Bicep
17 8 (0.52%) VB
18 6 (0.39%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 269 (17.56%) Degree
2 167 (10.90%) Security Cleared
3 82 (5.35%) SC Cleared
4 58 (3.79%) DV Cleared
5 49 (3.20%) ACCA
6 47 (3.07%) Computer Science Degree
7 43 (2.81%) BPSS Clearance
8 41 (2.68%) CIMA
9 38 (2.48%) DBS Check
10 35 (2.28%) CISSP
11 28 (1.83%) Master's Degree
12 21 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
12 21 (1.37%) PMI Certification
13 20 (1.31%) Cisco Certification
14 18 (1.17%) CCNP
15 17 (1.11%) CISM
16 16 (1.04%) HND
16 16 (1.04%) PMP
17 13 (0.85%) CEH
18 12 (0.78%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (6.33%) QA
2 92 (6.01%) Accessibility
3 85 (5.55%) Data Quality
4 40 (2.61%) GDPR
5 35 (2.28%) PMO
6 34 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 29 (1.89%) GAAP
8 23 (1.50%) NIST
9 21 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials
10 20 (1.31%) SLA
11 18 (1.17%) WCAG
12 12 (0.78%) TickIT
13 10 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 10 (0.65%) Good Clinical Practice
14 8 (0.52%) NCSC
15 7 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 15288
15 7 (0.46%) PCI DSS
16 6 (0.39%) Government Security Classifications
16 6 (0.39%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 6 (0.39%) JSP 440
System Software
1 67 (4.37%) Active Directory
2 39 (2.55%) Docker
3 24 (1.57%) Hyper-V
4 17 (1.11%) Firmware
4 17 (1.11%) VMware Infrastructure
5 14 (0.91%) Embedded Firmware
6 8 (0.52%) ProxySG
7 5 (0.33%) ClearTrust
8 3 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.13%) vSphere
10 1 (0.065%) KVM
10 1 (0.065%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.065%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 59 (3.85%) Kubernetes
2 50 (3.26%) Terraform
3 32 (2.09%) Ansible
4 31 (2.02%) Microsoft Intune
5 19 (1.24%) SCCM
6 8 (0.52%) Puppet
7 6 (0.39%) Hadoop YARN
7 6 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.26%) Cisco CUCM
8 4 (0.26%) Grafana
8 4 (0.26%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (0.26%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.26%) ServiceCenter
9 3 (0.20%) BMC PATROL
9 3 (0.20%) Control-M
9 3 (0.20%) EMC NetWorker
9 3 (0.20%) Nessus
9 3 (0.20%) Plesk
9 3 (0.20%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.20%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 343 (22.39%) Microsoft
2 64 (4.18%) Google
3 50 (3.26%) Salesforce
4 40 (2.61%) Cisco
5 39 (2.55%) Oracle
6 38 (2.48%) SAP
7 31 (2.02%) ServiceNow
8 29 (1.89%) VMware
9 26 (1.70%) Adobe
10 19 (1.24%) Databricks
11 18 (1.17%) Palo Alto
11 18 (1.17%) Remedy
12 16 (1.04%) HubSpot
13 15 (0.98%) iManage
13 15 (0.98%) SolarWinds
14 14 (0.91%) HP
14 14 (0.91%) IBM
15 12 (0.78%) Fortinet
16 11 (0.72%) CheckPoint
16 11 (0.72%) F5