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

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 90 103
Rank change year-on-year -6 +13 +17
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Working 1,799 1,443 1,684
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.83% 3.34% 2.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.50% 3.78% 3.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1,142 711 906
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,112 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -7.41% -9.28%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £53,450
% change year-on-year - -6.45% -2.82%

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 71,905 38,217 56,104
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.27% 88.53% 80.99%
Number of salaries quoted 51,202 22,024 33,984
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,397 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
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 5 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 5 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
London -41 422 £65,000 - 627
North of England +54 392 £48,500 +7.78% 273
South East -6 359 £48,000 +4.35% 262
Midlands -9 261 £40,000 -5.88% 172
North West +57 240 £50,886 +13.08% 152
South West -6 221 £63,813 +16.02% 183
West Midlands -30 152 £44,621 -13.36% 109
East of England -49 117 £47,500 +35.71% 110
East Midlands +13 108 £31,000 -27.06% 63
Yorkshire +17 104 £42,500 -27.35% 87
North East -34 48 £57,500 +98.28% 37
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 80 (4.45%) SharePoint
2 35 (1.95%) Microsoft Exchange
3 21 (1.17%) Confluence
4 15 (0.83%) Apache Spark
5 12 (0.67%) CMS
5 12 (0.67%) WordPress
6 8 (0.44%) Apache
7 7 (0.39%) SAS
8 4 (0.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.17%) IIS
9 3 (0.17%) nginx
10 2 (0.11%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.11%) Drupal
10 2 (0.11%) Gentran
10 2 (0.11%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.11%) Luigi
10 2 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.056%) Appian
Applications
1 106 (5.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 96 (5.34%) Microsoft Office
3 27 (1.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
4 11 (0.61%) Revit
5 9 (0.50%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 8 (0.44%) Simulink
7 7 (0.39%) Adobe Illustrator
7 7 (0.39%) InDesign
7 7 (0.39%) MS Visio
7 7 (0.39%) Photoshop
8 5 (0.28%) Fusion 360
9 4 (0.22%) Adobe Premiere
9 4 (0.22%) AutoCAD
9 4 (0.22%) CapCut
9 4 (0.22%) Navisworks
10 3 (0.17%) Blender
10 3 (0.17%) Maya
10 3 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
10 3 (0.17%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 26 (1.45%) NetSuite
2 14 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
3 6 (0.33%) Exchequer
4 4 (0.22%) SAP HR
5 3 (0.17%) Shopify
5 3 (0.17%) Workday HCM
6 2 (0.11%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.11%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.11%) SAP BPC
6 2 (0.11%) SAP CRM
6 2 (0.11%) Siebel CRM
7 1 (0.056%) FastStats
7 1 (0.056%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.056%) Primavera
7 1 (0.056%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.056%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 262 (14.56%) Azure
2 185 (10.28%) AWS
3 180 (10.01%) Microsoft 365
4 154 (8.56%) Power Platform
5 83 (4.61%) SaaS
6 64 (3.56%) GCP
7 62 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
8 43 (2.39%) Entra ID
9 36 (2.00%) GitHub
9 36 (2.00%) Serverless
10 28 (1.56%) AWS CloudFormation
10 28 (1.56%) Dynamics 365
11 27 (1.50%) Google Analytics
12 24 (1.33%) Power Automate
13 22 (1.22%) OneDrive
14 21 (1.17%) OCI
15 20 (1.11%) Snowflake
16 19 (1.06%) Azure Data Factory
16 19 (1.06%) Microsoft Copilot
17 16 (0.89%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 74 (4.11%) Firewall
2 51 (2.83%) DNS
3 39 (2.17%) VPN
4 38 (2.11%) Network Security
5 37 (2.06%) DHCP
6 35 (1.95%) TCP/IP
7 29 (1.61%) WAN
8 27 (1.50%) HTTP
8 27 (1.50%) VLAN
9 22 (1.22%) LAN
10 20 (1.11%) Wi-Fi
10 20 (1.11%) Wireless
11 14 (0.78%) BGP
11 14 (0.78%) Broadband
12 10 (0.56%) VoIP
13 9 (0.50%) Internet
14 7 (0.39%) SNMP
15 6 (0.33%) IPsec
15 6 (0.33%) Remote Desktop
15 6 (0.33%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 132 (7.34%) Power BI
2 60 (3.34%) SQL Server
3 36 (2.00%) Relational Database
4 27 (1.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 25 (1.39%) BigQuery
6 22 (1.22%) Tableau
7 21 (1.17%) Big Data
7 21 (1.17%) Redis
8 19 (1.06%) Metadata
9 17 (0.94%) PostgreSQL
10 15 (0.83%) Semantic Layer
10 15 (0.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 14 (0.78%) GIS
12 13 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
12 13 (0.72%) MySQL
12 13 (0.72%) Power Query
13 11 (0.61%) Hadoop
13 11 (0.61%) NoSQL
14 9 (0.50%) Geospatial Data
15 7 (0.39%) Looker
Development Applications
1 84 (4.67%) Git
2 66 (3.67%) JIRA
3 32 (1.78%) Jenkins
4 16 (0.89%) GitLab
5 8 (0.44%) Postman
6 7 (0.39%) Bitbucket
7 6 (0.33%) Visual Studio Code
8 5 (0.28%) LabVIEW
8 5 (0.28%) MSI
9 4 (0.22%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.22%) Maven
9 4 (0.22%) Storybook
10 3 (0.17%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 3 (0.17%) Mercurial
10 3 (0.17%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.17%) TeamCity
11 2 (0.11%) MSTest
11 2 (0.11%) Rational DOORS
11 2 (0.11%) Selenium
11 2 (0.11%) Zephyr
General
1 801 (44.52%) Social Skills
2 400 (22.23%) Finance
3 319 (17.73%) Analytical Skills
4 181 (10.06%) Organisational Skills
5 168 (9.34%) Marketing
6 143 (7.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 125 (6.95%) Public Sector
8 109 (6.06%) Aerospace
9 101 (5.61%) Legal
10 80 (4.45%) Law
11 77 (4.28%) Manufacturing
12 76 (4.22%) Retail
13 73 (4.06%) Presentation Skills
14 67 (3.72%) Influencing Skills
15 55 (3.06%) Electronics
16 48 (2.67%) Telecoms
17 45 (2.50%) Banking
18 31 (1.72%) Local Government
19 29 (1.61%) Advertising
20 22 (1.22%) Military
Job Titles
1 241 (13.40%) Senior
2 167 (9.28%) Developer
3 161 (8.95%) Analyst
4 143 (7.95%) Lead
5 73 (4.06%) IT Support
5 73 (4.06%) Software Engineer
6 59 (3.28%) Consultant
7 57 (3.17%) Cloud Engineer
8 51 (2.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 46 (2.56%) Development Manager
10 45 (2.50%) IT Manager
11 44 (2.45%) Architect
11 44 (2.45%) Senior Developer
12 43 (2.39%) Business Development Manager
12 43 (2.39%) Business Manager
12 43 (2.39%) Support Engineer
12 43 (2.39%) Systems Engineer
13 42 (2.33%) Security Engineer
14 41 (2.28%) Software Developer
15 40 (2.22%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (4.72%) Node.js
2 76 (4.22%) REST
3 57 (3.17%) HTML
4 56 (3.11%) Terraform
5 50 (2.78%) .NET
6 45 (2.50%) CSS
7 35 (1.95%) React
8 31 (1.72%) Vue
9 25 (1.39%) JSON
10 24 (1.33%) RESTful
10 24 (1.33%) SOAP
11 23 (1.28%) Middleware
12 22 (1.22%) AngularJS
13 19 (1.06%) .NET Core
13 19 (1.06%) EDI
14 17 (0.94%) XML
15 16 (0.89%) .NET Framework
16 15 (0.83%) Kafka
16 15 (0.83%) OAuth
17 13 (0.72%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 105 (5.84%) Onboarding
2 104 (5.78%) Management Information System
3 79 (4.39%) Driving Licence
4 78 (4.34%) Product Ownership
5 67 (3.72%) Self-Motivation
6 48 (2.67%) Cloud Native
7 37 (2.06%) Social Media
8 32 (1.78%) Public Cloud
9 29 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
10 24 (1.33%) Blog
11 23 (1.28%) Data Centre
12 19 (1.06%) Algorithms
13 18 (1.00%) Analogue Electronics
13 18 (1.00%) Data Structures
13 18 (1.00%) NHS
14 17 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
14 17 (0.94%) Security Posture
14 17 (0.94%) Virtual Team
15 14 (0.78%) EPoS
15 14 (0.78%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 123 (6.84%) Windows
2 79 (4.39%) Linux
3 49 (2.72%) Windows Server
4 13 (0.72%) Unix
5 12 (0.67%) FreeRTOS
6 10 (0.56%) Mac OS
7 8 (0.44%) Ubuntu
8 7 (0.39%) CentOS
9 6 (0.33%) Debian
9 6 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 6 (0.33%) Windows 10
10 3 (0.17%) Android
10 3 (0.17%) VMS
11 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.056%) Rocky
12 1 (0.056%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 560 (31.13%) Problem-Solving
2 531 (29.52%) Continuous Improvement
3 361 (20.07%) Agile
4 262 (14.56%) Decision-Making
5 210 (11.67%) AI
6 209 (11.62%) Customer Service
7 208 (11.56%) Analytics
8 182 (10.12%) Stakeholder Management
9 181 (10.06%) Mentoring
10 179 (9.95%) CI/CD
11 176 (9.78%) Service Delivery
12 172 (9.56%) Roadmaps
13 171 (9.51%) CRM
14 162 (9.01%) Project Delivery
15 143 (7.95%) Collaborative Culture
16 141 (7.84%) DevOps
16 141 (7.84%) Project Management
17 139 (7.73%) Software Engineering
18 138 (7.67%) Cyber Intelligence
19 128 (7.12%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 213 (11.84%) SQL
2 172 (9.56%) Python
3 101 (5.61%) JavaScript
4 72 (4.00%) Java
5 68 (3.78%) C#
6 67 (3.72%) TypeScript
7 55 (3.06%) C
8 38 (2.11%) PowerShell
9 24 (1.33%) PHP
10 21 (1.17%) VBA
11 20 (1.11%) C++
12 17 (0.94%) Embedded C
13 15 (0.83%) ABAP
14 14 (0.78%) MATLAB
15 13 (0.72%) Bash
15 13 (0.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 9 (0.50%) Bicep
17 8 (0.44%) T-SQL
18 7 (0.39%) VB
19 6 (0.33%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 299 (16.62%) Degree
2 198 (11.01%) Security Cleared
3 88 (4.89%) SC Cleared
4 75 (4.17%) DV Cleared
5 48 (2.67%) Computer Science Degree
6 47 (2.61%) BPSS Clearance
7 44 (2.45%) ACCA
8 43 (2.39%) DBS Check
9 37 (2.06%) CIMA
10 32 (1.78%) CISSP
11 25 (1.39%) Master's Degree
12 22 (1.22%) HND
13 21 (1.17%) PMI Certification
14 19 (1.06%) HNC
15 18 (1.00%) CISM
15 18 (1.00%) Microsoft Certification
16 16 (0.89%) Cisco Certification
16 16 (0.89%) PMP
16 16 (0.89%) Postgraduate
17 14 (0.78%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 115 (6.39%) QA
2 98 (5.45%) Accessibility
3 93 (5.17%) Data Quality
4 60 (3.34%) GDPR
5 34 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 30 (1.67%) PMO
7 27 (1.50%) Cyber Essentials
7 27 (1.50%) GAAP
8 23 (1.28%) NIST
9 22 (1.22%) SLA
10 18 (1.00%) WCAG
11 12 (0.67%) TickIT
12 10 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 10 (0.56%) Good Clinical Practice
13 9 (0.50%) NCSC
14 8 (0.44%) PCI DSS
15 6 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
15 6 (0.33%) PERC
16 4 (0.22%) GRC
16 4 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 72 (4.00%) Active Directory
2 38 (2.11%) Docker
3 23 (1.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (1.17%) Firmware
5 20 (1.11%) Hyper-V
6 17 (0.94%) Embedded Firmware
7 5 (0.28%) ClearTrust
8 4 (0.22%) ProxySG
9 2 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.056%) KVM
10 1 (0.056%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.056%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.056%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.056%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 59 (3.28%) Kubernetes
2 41 (2.28%) Microsoft Intune
3 35 (1.95%) Ansible
4 12 (0.67%) SCCM
5 10 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (0.50%) Puppet
7 6 (0.33%) Grafana
7 6 (0.33%) Hadoop YARN
7 6 (0.33%) Prometheus
8 5 (0.28%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.17%) BMC PATROL
9 3 (0.17%) Control-M
9 3 (0.17%) EMC NetWorker
9 3 (0.17%) Nessus
9 3 (0.17%) Plesk
9 3 (0.17%) WhatsUp Gold
10 2 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.11%) Functional Safety
10 2 (0.11%) Kibana
10 2 (0.11%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 391 (21.73%) Microsoft
2 61 (3.39%) Google
3 48 (2.67%) Salesforce
4 41 (2.28%) SAP
5 39 (2.17%) Oracle
6 33 (1.83%) Cisco
6 33 (1.83%) VMware
7 31 (1.72%) ServiceNow
8 27 (1.50%) Adobe
9 24 (1.33%) Databricks
10 19 (1.06%) HubSpot
11 17 (0.94%) YouTube
12 16 (0.89%) Palo Alto
13 14 (0.78%) iManage
14 13 (0.72%) Fortinet
14 13 (0.72%) Sage
15 11 (0.61%) HP
15 11 (0.61%) IBM
15 11 (0.61%) SolarWinds
16 10 (0.56%) Juniper