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

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 88 106
Rank change year-on-year +3 +18 +11
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Working 1,947 1,406 1,650
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.94% 3.27% 2.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.65% 3.69% 2.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,248 694 855
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,575 £30,112
25th Percentile £37,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,560 £52,500 £54,939
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% -4.44% -4.45%
75th Percentile £70,250 £69,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year - -8.26% -0.91%

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 73,454 38,135 55,596
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.14% 88.76% 81.34%
Number of salaries quoted 52,251 21,803 32,273
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,571 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,040
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 15 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 15 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 +81 446 £45,000 - 559
London -50 423 £65,000 - 1,357
South East -5 400 £47,500 +5.56% 362
North West +78 272 £45,497 +1.10% 380
Midlands -6 268 £40,000 -5.88% 221
South West 0 255 £63,813 +6.36% 330
West Midlands -25 160 £42,500 -4.01% 153
East of England -39 127 £47,500 +26.67% 155
Yorkshire +38 119 £42,500 -27.35% 134
East Midlands +18 107 £32,500 -23.53% 67
North East -29 55 £57,500 +98.28% 49
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 83 (4.26%) SharePoint
2 37 (1.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 25 (1.28%) Confluence
4 18 (0.92%) Apache Spark
5 12 (0.62%) CMS
5 12 (0.62%) WordPress
6 10 (0.51%) Apache
7 5 (0.26%) SAS
8 4 (0.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.15%) nginx
10 2 (0.10%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.10%) Drupal
10 2 (0.10%) Gentran
10 2 (0.10%) IIS
10 2 (0.10%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.10%) Luigi
10 2 (0.10%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.10%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.051%) Appian
Applications
1 123 (6.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 121 (6.21%) Microsoft Office
3 28 (1.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (0.72%) Revit
5 11 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
6 9 (0.46%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 8 (0.41%) Adobe Illustrator
7 8 (0.41%) InDesign
7 8 (0.41%) Photoshop
7 8 (0.41%) Simulink
8 5 (0.26%) AutoCAD
8 5 (0.26%) Fusion 360
8 5 (0.26%) MS Visio
8 5 (0.26%) Navisworks
9 4 (0.21%) Adobe Premiere
9 4 (0.21%) CapCut
9 4 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
10 3 (0.15%) Chatbot
10 3 (0.15%) Maya
10 3 (0.15%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 27 (1.39%) NetSuite
2 14 (0.72%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
4 6 (0.31%) Exchequer
5 3 (0.15%) SAP CRM
5 3 (0.15%) Shopify
5 3 (0.15%) Workday HCM
6 2 (0.10%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.10%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.10%) SAP BPC
6 2 (0.10%) SAP HR
6 2 (0.10%) Siebel CRM
7 1 (0.051%) FastStats
7 1 (0.051%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.051%) Primavera
7 1 (0.051%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.051%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.051%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 267 (13.71%) Azure
2 191 (9.81%) Microsoft 365
3 184 (9.45%) AWS
4 162 (8.32%) Power Platform
5 86 (4.42%) SaaS
6 65 (3.34%) GCP
7 63 (3.24%) Azure DevOps
8 46 (2.36%) Entra ID
9 38 (1.95%) GitHub
10 37 (1.90%) Serverless
11 29 (1.49%) AWS CloudFormation
12 28 (1.44%) Dynamics 365
13 27 (1.39%) Google Analytics
14 23 (1.18%) Power Automate
15 22 (1.13%) OCI
15 22 (1.13%) OneDrive
16 20 (1.03%) Microsoft Copilot
17 19 (0.98%) Azure Data Factory
17 19 (0.98%) Snowflake
18 16 (0.82%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 77 (3.95%) Firewall
2 57 (2.93%) DNS
3 43 (2.21%) VPN
4 42 (2.16%) DHCP
5 39 (2.00%) Network Security
5 39 (2.00%) TCP/IP
6 30 (1.54%) WAN
7 28 (1.44%) HTTP
8 27 (1.39%) VLAN
9 23 (1.18%) Wi-Fi
10 20 (1.03%) LAN
11 19 (0.98%) Wireless
12 14 (0.72%) BGP
12 14 (0.72%) Broadband
13 10 (0.51%) SD-WAN
13 10 (0.51%) VoIP
14 9 (0.46%) Internet
15 7 (0.36%) Remote Desktop
15 7 (0.36%) SNMP
15 7 (0.36%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 140 (7.19%) Power BI
2 60 (3.08%) SQL Server
3 37 (1.90%) Relational Database
4 27 (1.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 24 (1.23%) BigQuery
6 22 (1.13%) Redis
7 21 (1.08%) Big Data
7 21 (1.08%) Tableau
8 18 (0.92%) Metadata
9 17 (0.87%) PostgreSQL
10 15 (0.77%) GIS
10 15 (0.77%) Semantic Layer
11 14 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 13 (0.67%) Data Warehouse
12 13 (0.67%) Hadoop
12 13 (0.67%) MySQL
12 13 (0.67%) Power Query
13 11 (0.56%) NoSQL
14 9 (0.46%) Geospatial Data
15 7 (0.36%) Cloudera CDH
Development Applications
1 87 (4.47%) Git
2 74 (3.80%) JIRA
3 32 (1.64%) Jenkins
4 17 (0.87%) GitLab
5 8 (0.41%) Postman
6 7 (0.36%) Bitbucket
7 6 (0.31%) Visual Studio Code
8 5 (0.26%) LabVIEW
8 5 (0.26%) MSI
9 4 (0.21%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.21%) Maven
9 4 (0.21%) Rational DOORS
9 4 (0.21%) Storybook
10 3 (0.15%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 3 (0.15%) Claude Code
10 3 (0.15%) Mercurial
10 3 (0.15%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.15%) TeamCity
11 2 (0.10%) Selenium
11 2 (0.10%) Subversion
General
1 871 (44.74%) Social Skills
2 429 (22.03%) Finance
3 329 (16.90%) Analytical Skills
4 214 (10.99%) Organisational Skills
5 179 (9.19%) Marketing
6 151 (7.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 136 (6.99%) Public Sector
8 134 (6.88%) Aerospace
9 99 (5.08%) Legal
10 94 (4.83%) Manufacturing
11 91 (4.67%) Law
12 90 (4.62%) Retail
13 81 (4.16%) Presentation Skills
14 67 (3.44%) Influencing Skills
15 65 (3.34%) Electronics
16 61 (3.13%) Telecoms
17 45 (2.31%) Banking
18 35 (1.80%) Military
19 32 (1.64%) Local Government
20 29 (1.49%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 249 (12.79%) Senior
2 174 (8.94%) Developer
3 169 (8.68%) Analyst
4 151 (7.76%) Lead
5 83 (4.26%) Software Engineer
6 76 (3.90%) IT Support
7 67 (3.44%) Cloud Engineer
8 56 (2.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 55 (2.82%) Consultant
10 53 (2.72%) Architect
10 53 (2.72%) IT Manager
11 52 (2.67%) Security Engineer
12 49 (2.52%) Support Engineer
13 47 (2.41%) Development Manager
14 46 (2.36%) Support Analyst
15 45 (2.31%) Senior Developer
16 44 (2.26%) Business Development Manager
16 44 (2.26%) Business Manager
17 42 (2.16%) Systems Engineer
18 41 (2.11%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (4.57%) Node.js
2 79 (4.06%) REST
3 61 (3.13%) Terraform
4 58 (2.98%) HTML
5 48 (2.47%) .NET
6 47 (2.41%) CSS
7 35 (1.80%) React
8 30 (1.54%) Vue
9 27 (1.39%) Middleware
10 26 (1.34%) AngularJS
11 25 (1.28%) RESTful
12 24 (1.23%) JSON
12 24 (1.23%) SOAP
13 21 (1.08%) EDI
14 17 (0.87%) .NET Core
15 16 (0.82%) Kafka
15 16 (0.82%) XML
16 15 (0.77%) .NET Framework
16 15 (0.77%) OAuth
17 14 (0.72%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 116 (5.96%) Onboarding
2 107 (5.50%) Management Information System
3 96 (4.93%) Driving Licence
4 82 (4.21%) Product Ownership
5 78 (4.01%) Self-Motivation
6 50 (2.57%) Cloud Native
7 40 (2.05%) Social Media
8 33 (1.69%) Public Cloud
9 30 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
10 23 (1.18%) Blog
11 21 (1.08%) Analogue Electronics
12 20 (1.03%) Algorithms
12 20 (1.03%) Data Centre
13 19 (0.98%) Data Structures
13 19 (0.98%) NHS
14 18 (0.92%) Analytical Mindset
14 18 (0.92%) Virtual Team
15 17 (0.87%) Security Posture
16 15 (0.77%) Legacy Systems
17 14 (0.72%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 126 (6.47%) Windows
2 84 (4.31%) Linux
3 50 (2.57%) Windows Server
4 13 (0.67%) Unix
5 11 (0.56%) FreeRTOS
5 11 (0.56%) Mac OS
6 10 (0.51%) Ubuntu
7 9 (0.46%) CentOS
7 9 (0.46%) Windows 10
8 8 (0.41%) Debian
8 8 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 6 (0.31%) Android
10 3 (0.15%) VMS
11 2 (0.10%) Rocky
11 2 (0.10%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.051%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 601 (30.87%) Problem-Solving
2 582 (29.89%) Continuous Improvement
3 384 (19.72%) Agile
4 280 (14.38%) Decision-Making
5 235 (12.07%) Customer Service
6 225 (11.56%) AI
7 211 (10.84%) Analytics
8 210 (10.79%) Stakeholder Management
9 195 (10.02%) Mentoring
10 187 (9.60%) CI/CD
11 184 (9.45%) CRM
12 180 (9.24%) Cyber Intelligence
13 179 (9.19%) Project Delivery
13 179 (9.19%) Service Delivery
14 175 (8.99%) Roadmaps
15 154 (7.91%) Collaborative Culture
16 150 (7.70%) Project Management
16 150 (7.70%) Software Engineering
17 145 (7.45%) Validation
18 144 (7.40%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 220 (11.30%) SQL
2 176 (9.04%) Python
3 106 (5.44%) JavaScript
4 76 (3.90%) Java
5 67 (3.44%) TypeScript
6 64 (3.29%) C#
7 57 (2.93%) C
8 40 (2.05%) PowerShell
9 24 (1.23%) PHP
10 20 (1.03%) C++
10 20 (1.03%) VBA
11 16 (0.82%) Embedded C
12 15 (0.77%) ABAP
12 15 (0.77%) Bash
13 14 (0.72%) MATLAB
14 13 (0.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 9 (0.46%) Bicep
16 8 (0.41%) T-SQL
17 6 (0.31%) Ruby
18 5 (0.26%) R
Qualifications
1 312 (16.02%) Degree
2 224 (11.50%) Security Cleared
3 101 (5.19%) SC Cleared
4 81 (4.16%) DV Cleared
5 48 (2.47%) BPSS Clearance
5 48 (2.47%) Computer Science Degree
6 47 (2.41%) DBS Check
7 43 (2.21%) ACCA
8 37 (1.90%) CIMA
9 29 (1.49%) CISSP
10 26 (1.34%) HND
11 25 (1.28%) HNC
11 25 (1.28%) Master's Degree
12 22 (1.13%) PMI Certification
13 17 (0.87%) CISM
13 17 (0.87%) Microsoft Certification
13 17 (0.87%) PMP
14 16 (0.82%) Postgraduate
15 15 (0.77%) Chartered Engineer
16 14 (0.72%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 123 (6.32%) QA
2 104 (5.34%) Accessibility
3 94 (4.83%) Data Quality
4 63 (3.24%) GDPR
5 34 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 30 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials
7 28 (1.44%) PMO
8 26 (1.34%) GAAP
9 23 (1.18%) SLA
10 20 (1.03%) NIST
11 18 (0.92%) WCAG
12 12 (0.62%) TickIT
13 10 (0.51%) Good Clinical Practice
14 9 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 9 (0.46%) NCSC
15 8 (0.41%) PCI DSS
16 7 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
17 6 (0.31%) PERC
18 5 (0.26%) ISO 9001
19 4 (0.21%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 76 (3.90%) Active Directory
2 40 (2.05%) Docker
3 23 (1.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (1.03%) Firmware
4 20 (1.03%) Hyper-V
5 16 (0.82%) Embedded Firmware
6 5 (0.26%) ClearTrust
7 2 (0.10%) ProxySG
7 2 (0.10%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.051%) KVM
8 1 (0.051%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.051%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.051%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.051%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 66 (3.39%) Kubernetes
2 46 (2.36%) Microsoft Intune
3 39 (2.00%) Ansible
4 11 (0.56%) Puppet
5 10 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (0.46%) SCCM
7 6 (0.31%) Grafana
7 6 (0.31%) Hadoop YARN
7 6 (0.31%) Prometheus
8 5 (0.26%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.15%) BMC PATROL
9 3 (0.15%) Control-M
9 3 (0.15%) EMC NetWorker
9 3 (0.15%) Nessus
9 3 (0.15%) Plesk
9 3 (0.15%) WhatsUp Gold
10 2 (0.10%) Functional Safety
10 2 (0.10%) Kibana
10 2 (0.10%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.10%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 421 (21.62%) Microsoft
2 64 (3.29%) Google
3 54 (2.77%) Salesforce
4 42 (2.16%) Oracle
5 40 (2.05%) SAP
6 36 (1.85%) ServiceNow
7 33 (1.69%) VMware
8 32 (1.64%) Cisco
9 26 (1.34%) Adobe
9 26 (1.34%) Sage
10 25 (1.28%) Databricks
11 21 (1.08%) YouTube
12 19 (0.98%) HubSpot
13 16 (0.82%) Palo Alto
14 15 (0.77%) Fortinet
15 14 (0.72%) iManage
16 12 (0.62%) Red Hat
17 11 (0.56%) IBM
18 10 (0.51%) Civica
18 10 (0.51%) Juniper