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 11 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 143 61 88
Rank change year-on-year -82 +27 +22
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Working 1,133 1,677 2,394
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.41% 4.27% 2.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.90% 4.58% 3.34%
Number of salaries quoted 682 792 1,709
10th Percentile £30,250 £32,500 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,125 £42,500 £37,169
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -16.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £90,739 £87,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -16.00%

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 59,619 36,635 71,719
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 74.07% 93.38% 85.22%
Number of salaries quoted 39,039 20,695 53,834
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,000 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -10.10%

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 11 May 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 11 May 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 -55 352 £65,000 - 202
North of England -16 235 £53,200 +6.40% 123
South East -63 216 £52,500 -4.55% 149
Midlands -63 150 £42,500 -19.05% 82
North West +13 148 £50,000 - 61
South West -49 81 £38,738 -29.57% 61
West Midlands -74 77 £42,500 -22.73% 49
East Midlands -13 73 £42,500 -10.53% 33
Yorkshire -48 67 £59,175 +12.24% 43
East of England -89 62 £55,000 +7.91% 53
North East -37 20 £45,497 +29.99% 22
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 39 (3.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 32 (2.82%) SharePoint
3 21 (1.85%) Confluence
4 15 (1.32%) WordPress
5 13 (1.15%) CMS
6 9 (0.79%) SAS
7 8 (0.71%) IIS
8 6 (0.53%) Apache Spark
9 4 (0.35%) Apache
9 4 (0.35%) GeoServer
10 3 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
11 2 (0.18%) Drupal
11 2 (0.18%) Gentran
11 2 (0.18%) Luigi
11 2 (0.18%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.18%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.088%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.088%) Jupyter
Applications
1 58 (5.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 52 (4.59%) Microsoft Office
3 26 (2.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (1.59%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.88%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 7 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
7 5 (0.44%) Fusion 360
8 3 (0.26%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.18%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.18%) Simulink
10 1 (0.088%) Acrobat
10 1 (0.088%) InDesign
10 1 (0.088%) Stateflow
10 1 (0.088%) Trello
Business Applications
1 13 (1.15%) NetSuite
2 12 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.44%) SAP HR
4 4 (0.35%) Distributed Ledger
5 3 (0.26%) Workday HCM
6 2 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.18%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.18%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.18%) Raiser’s Edge
6 2 (0.18%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.088%) Exchequer
7 1 (0.088%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.088%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.088%) SAP IS-U
7 1 (0.088%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 218 (19.24%) Azure
2 150 (13.24%) AWS
3 109 (9.62%) Power Platform
4 94 (8.30%) Microsoft 365
5 55 (4.85%) GCP
6 40 (3.53%) SaaS
7 38 (3.35%) Entra ID
8 37 (3.27%) Azure DevOps
9 30 (2.65%) Serverless
10 28 (2.47%) GitHub
11 24 (2.12%) Dynamics 365
12 21 (1.85%) AWS CloudFormation
12 21 (1.85%) Google Analytics
13 16 (1.41%) Microsoft Copilot
14 14 (1.24%) Azure Machine Learning
14 14 (1.24%) Boomi
14 14 (1.24%) Figma
15 12 (1.06%) OpenShift
15 12 (1.06%) Power Automate
16 11 (0.97%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 63 (5.56%) Firewall
2 35 (3.09%) Network Security
3 34 (3.00%) VPN
4 33 (2.91%) WAN
5 31 (2.74%) VLAN
5 31 (2.74%) Wireless
6 28 (2.47%) DNS
7 26 (2.29%) LAN
8 22 (1.94%) BGP
9 21 (1.85%) DHCP
10 18 (1.59%) Cisco Nexus
10 18 (1.59%) TCP/IP
11 17 (1.50%) OSPF
11 17 (1.50%) SNMP
12 16 (1.41%) Cisco ASA
12 16 (1.41%) Cisco Wireless
12 16 (1.41%) EIGRP
12 16 (1.41%) WAAS
12 16 (1.41%) Wireless Security
13 13 (1.15%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 101 (8.91%) Power BI
2 27 (2.38%) SQL Server
3 26 (2.29%) Tableau
4 23 (2.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 17 (1.50%) PostgreSQL
5 17 (1.50%) Relational Database
6 16 (1.41%) BigQuery
6 16 (1.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 15 (1.32%) Metadata
8 14 (1.24%) GIS
8 14 (1.24%) MySQL
9 13 (1.15%) Big Data
10 11 (0.97%) NoSQL
11 6 (0.53%) Data Lake
11 6 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
12 5 (0.44%) Geospatial Data
12 5 (0.44%) Hadoop
12 5 (0.44%) MariaDB
13 4 (0.35%) QGIS
13 4 (0.35%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 59 (5.21%) Git
2 48 (4.24%) JIRA
3 25 (2.21%) Jenkins
4 18 (1.59%) GitLab
5 9 (0.79%) Postman
6 7 (0.62%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.35%) Selenium
7 4 (0.35%) Subversion
7 4 (0.35%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.18%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 2 (0.18%) MSTest
8 2 (0.18%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.18%) Storybook
8 2 (0.18%) TestRail
9 1 (0.088%) Android Studio
9 1 (0.088%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.088%) JUnit
9 1 (0.088%) LabVIEW
9 1 (0.088%) Qt Creator
9 1 (0.088%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 467 (41.22%) Social Skills
2 307 (27.10%) Finance
3 222 (19.59%) Analytical Skills
4 119 (10.50%) Marketing
5 117 (10.33%) Organisational Skills
6 85 (7.50%) Public Sector
7 76 (6.71%) Law
8 70 (6.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 70 (6.18%) Legal
9 57 (5.03%) Aerospace
9 57 (5.03%) Telecoms
10 52 (4.59%) Retail
11 36 (3.18%) Manufacturing
12 32 (2.82%) Banking
13 29 (2.56%) Military
14 26 (2.29%) Influencing Skills
15 25 (2.21%) Electronics
16 21 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
17 20 (1.77%) Billing
18 19 (1.68%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 160 (14.12%) Senior
2 107 (9.44%) Analyst
3 89 (7.86%) Developer
4 65 (5.74%) Lead
5 48 (4.24%) Architect
6 47 (4.15%) Consultant
7 44 (3.88%) Support Engineer
8 42 (3.71%) Systems Engineer
9 37 (3.27%) IT Support
10 34 (3.00%) Software Engineer
11 33 (2.91%) IT Manager
11 33 (2.91%) Senior Manager
12 32 (2.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 28 (2.47%) Senior Developer
14 25 (2.21%) Applications Developer
15 24 (2.12%) Delivery Manager
16 22 (1.94%) Network Engineer
17 21 (1.85%) Technical Support
18 20 (1.77%) Account Manager
18 20 (1.77%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (4.68%) .NET
2 36 (3.18%) REST
3 35 (3.09%) React
4 31 (2.74%) .NET Core
5 30 (2.65%) HTML
6 27 (2.38%) CSS
7 26 (2.29%) JSON
8 25 (2.21%) Node.js
8 25 (2.21%) XML
9 19 (1.68%) EDI
9 19 (1.68%) Middleware
10 13 (1.15%) ASP.NET
10 13 (1.15%) Next.js
10 13 (1.15%) RESTful
10 13 (1.15%) SOAP
10 13 (1.15%) Vue
11 12 (1.06%) OAuth
12 11 (0.97%) AWS CDK
13 10 (0.88%) AngularJS
13 10 (0.88%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 57 (5.03%) Onboarding
2 48 (4.24%) Management Information System
3 45 (3.97%) Product Ownership
4 41 (3.62%) Social Media
5 39 (3.44%) Self-Motivation
6 38 (3.35%) Data Centre
7 32 (2.82%) Driving Licence
8 31 (2.74%) Cloud Native
9 27 (2.38%) Data Structures
10 21 (1.85%) Greenfield Project
10 21 (1.85%) Public Cloud
11 19 (1.68%) Algorithms
12 18 (1.59%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 15 (1.32%) Blog
14 14 (1.24%) Legacy Systems
14 14 (1.24%) NHS
15 12 (1.06%) Security Posture
16 10 (0.88%) CCTV
16 10 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
16 10 (0.88%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 104 (9.18%) Windows
2 57 (5.03%) Linux
3 36 (3.18%) Windows Server
4 9 (0.79%) FreeRTOS
5 6 (0.53%) CentOS
5 6 (0.53%) Ubuntu
5 6 (0.53%) Unix
6 5 (0.44%) Android
6 5 (0.44%) Debian
6 5 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.35%) Windows 7
8 3 (0.26%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.26%) VMS
8 3 (0.26%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.18%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.18%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.088%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 365 (32.22%) Problem-Solving
2 238 (21.01%) Agile
3 235 (20.74%) Continuous Improvement
4 146 (12.89%) Decision-Making
5 137 (12.09%) Analytics
6 129 (11.39%) Mentoring
7 115 (10.15%) DevOps
8 113 (9.97%) AI
9 108 (9.53%) Service Delivery
10 106 (9.36%) CI/CD
11 105 (9.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 101 (8.91%) Validation
13 100 (8.83%) Computer Science
13 100 (8.83%) Roadmaps
14 91 (8.03%) Cybersecurity
15 89 (7.86%) Business Intelligence
15 89 (7.86%) Project Delivery
16 88 (7.77%) Customer Service
17 85 (7.50%) CRM
17 85 (7.50%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 133 (11.74%) Python
2 127 (11.21%) SQL
3 53 (4.68%) C#
4 47 (4.15%) JavaScript
5 44 (3.88%) Java
6 40 (3.53%) PowerShell
7 30 (2.65%) TypeScript
8 16 (1.41%) Bash
9 14 (1.24%) C
10 13 (1.15%) PHP
10 13 (1.15%) T-SQL
11 12 (1.06%) C++
12 9 (0.79%) Embedded C
13 8 (0.71%) Scala
13 8 (0.71%) VBA
14 7 (0.62%) Bicep
14 7 (0.62%) VB
15 6 (0.53%) Go
15 6 (0.53%) MATLAB
15 6 (0.53%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 199 (17.56%) Degree
2 122 (10.77%) Security Cleared
3 52 (4.59%) SC Cleared
4 50 (4.41%) DBS Check
5 45 (3.97%) DV Cleared
6 39 (3.44%) ACCA
6 39 (3.44%) Computer Science Degree
7 38 (3.35%) CISSP
8 34 (3.00%) CIMA
9 30 (2.65%) BPSS Clearance
10 26 (2.29%) PMI Certification
11 23 (2.03%) Cisco Certification
11 23 (2.03%) Microsoft Certification
11 23 (2.03%) PMP
12 22 (1.94%) Master's Degree
13 20 (1.77%) CCNP
14 19 (1.68%) CCIE
15 14 (1.24%) CISM
16 13 (1.15%) Postgraduate
17 11 (0.97%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (6.27%) Data Quality
2 70 (6.18%) QA
3 43 (3.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 40 (3.53%) Accessibility
5 32 (2.82%) PMO
6 27 (2.38%) GDPR
7 25 (2.21%) Cyber Essentials
8 23 (2.03%) NIST
9 14 (1.24%) GAAP
10 12 (1.06%) TickIT
11 10 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 10 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 15288
11 10 (0.88%) SLA
12 7 (0.62%) Government Security Classifications
12 7 (0.62%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 7 (0.62%) JSP 440
13 6 (0.53%) PCI DSS
14 5 (0.44%) GRC
14 5 (0.44%) WCAG
15 3 (0.26%) SOC 2
System Software
1 55 (4.85%) Active Directory
2 29 (2.56%) Docker
3 16 (1.41%) ProxySG
4 13 (1.15%) Firmware
4 13 (1.15%) Hyper-V
4 13 (1.15%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (0.79%) Embedded Firmware
6 6 (0.53%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.26%) vSphere
8 2 (0.18%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.088%) XenApp
9 1 (0.088%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 52 (4.59%) Kubernetes
2 48 (4.24%) Terraform
3 31 (2.74%) Ansible
4 19 (1.68%) SCCM
5 12 (1.06%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (0.71%) Puppet
7 6 (0.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (0.44%) Argo
8 5 (0.44%) Plesk
8 5 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.35%) Backup Exec
9 4 (0.35%) Cisco CUCM
9 4 (0.35%) Progress Chef
9 4 (0.35%) Prometheus
9 4 (0.35%) Rancher
9 4 (0.35%) ServiceCenter
9 4 (0.35%) yum
10 3 (0.26%) Grafana
10 3 (0.26%) Kibana
11 2 (0.18%) cPanel
Vendors
1 247 (21.80%) Microsoft
2 47 (4.15%) Google
3 39 (3.44%) Salesforce
4 33 (2.91%) Cisco
4 33 (2.91%) ServiceNow
5 22 (1.94%) VMware
6 20 (1.77%) Adobe
7 18 (1.59%) Remedy
8 17 (1.50%) Infoblox
8 17 (1.50%) SAP
9 16 (1.41%) Blue Coat
9 16 (1.41%) CheckPoint
9 16 (1.41%) F5
9 16 (1.41%) Motorola
9 16 (1.41%) SolarWinds
10 13 (1.15%) Databricks
10 13 (1.15%) Oracle
11 10 (0.88%) Pardot
11 10 (0.88%) Red Hat
12 9 (0.79%) HubSpot