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 18 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 120 109 101
Rank change year-on-year -11 -8 +2
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Working 1,044 1,416 1,461
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.28% 2.36% 3.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.66% 2.82% 3.31%
Number of salaries quoted 654 687 970
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,400 £26,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £38,591
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £85,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £106,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £48,873 £59,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -17.86% +19.00% -16.67%

All Process and 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 39,312 50,298 44,083
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.94% 83.82% 93.70%
Number of salaries quoted 24,307 25,999 33,770
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.64%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 18 November 2025.

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 18 November 2025. 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 -2 323 £63,750 -6.20% 312
Midlands +45 179 £40,000 -25.93% 100
South East -50 167 £35,000 -39.91% 181
North of England -23 151 £45,000 -10.10% 125
West Midlands +44 134 £32,500 -48.00% 60
South West +33 108 £55,000 +10.00% 89
North West -5 102 £45,000 -10.10% 75
East of England +14 91 £47,500 -17.39% 60
East Midlands +18 45 £42,500 +7.59% 38
North East +5 28 £29,000 -49.57% 19
Yorkshire -38 21 £31,500 -33.68% 31
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 51 (4.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 31 (2.97%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.34%) Confluence
4 10 (0.96%) WordPress
5 9 (0.86%) IIS
6 4 (0.38%) CMS
6 4 (0.38%) Umbraco
7 3 (0.29%) Apache
7 3 (0.29%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.29%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.096%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.096%) Moodle
8 1 (0.096%) Office Communications Server
8 1 (0.096%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.096%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.096%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.096%) WildFly
Applications
1 98 (9.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 51 (4.89%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (2.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.67%) Photoshop
5 5 (0.48%) Adobe Premiere
5 5 (0.48%) AutoCAD
6 4 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.38%) SketchUp
6 4 (0.38%) Trello
7 3 (0.29%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.29%) Windchill
8 2 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.19%) InDesign
8 2 (0.19%) Simulink
8 2 (0.19%) Sketch
8 2 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.096%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.096%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.096%) ProjectWise
9 1 (0.096%) SmartSuite
Business Applications
1 13 (1.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (0.96%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.48%) Infor SunSystems
3 5 (0.48%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.29%) C-CURE
4 3 (0.29%) Magento
4 3 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.19%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.19%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.19%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.19%) SAP CO
5 2 (0.19%) SAP EWM
5 2 (0.19%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.19%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.19%) SAP MM
5 2 (0.19%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.096%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.096%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 176 (16.86%) Azure
2 104 (9.96%) Microsoft 365
3 89 (8.52%) AWS
4 70 (6.70%) Power Platform
5 56 (5.36%) Entra ID
6 32 (3.07%) SaaS
7 26 (2.49%) Azure AI
8 21 (2.01%) Amazon SageMaker
8 21 (2.01%) Azure DevOps
8 21 (2.01%) Vertex AI
9 20 (1.92%) GCP
10 19 (1.82%) GitHub
11 17 (1.63%) Dynamics 365
12 12 (1.15%) PowerApps
13 11 (1.05%) Figma
14 10 (0.96%) Google Analytics
14 10 (0.96%) Power Automate
14 10 (0.96%) Serverless
15 9 (0.86%) Azure Data Factory
16 8 (0.77%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 51 (4.89%) Firewall
2 43 (4.12%) TCP/IP
3 35 (3.35%) Wireless
4 29 (2.78%) DNS
5 25 (2.39%) DHCP
6 23 (2.20%) LAN
7 22 (2.11%) VLAN
8 20 (1.92%) WAN
9 18 (1.72%) Broadband
10 13 (1.25%) Network Security
11 12 (1.15%) VPN
12 8 (0.77%) Wi-Fi
13 7 (0.67%) Internet
13 7 (0.67%) SAN
14 6 (0.57%) VoIP
15 5 (0.48%) NAS
15 5 (0.48%) RTP
16 4 (0.38%) Intranet
16 4 (0.38%) RS-232
16 4 (0.38%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (5.08%) Power BI
2 28 (2.68%) Tableau
3 23 (2.20%) SQL Server
4 20 (1.92%) Looker
5 18 (1.72%) Amazon RDS
6 14 (1.34%) Data Warehouse
7 11 (1.05%) Oracle Reports
8 9 (0.86%) Big Data
8 9 (0.86%) Data Lake
8 9 (0.86%) PostgreSQL
9 8 (0.77%) MongoDB
9 8 (0.77%) Oracle Database
10 7 (0.67%) MySQL
10 7 (0.67%) NoSQL
10 7 (0.67%) Power Query
10 7 (0.67%) SAP Data Services
11 6 (0.57%) Relational Database
12 5 (0.48%) BusinessObjects
12 5 (0.48%) Hadoop
12 5 (0.48%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 32 (3.07%) JIRA
2 28 (2.68%) Git
3 17 (1.63%) Jenkins
4 11 (1.05%) Bitbucket
4 11 (1.05%) GitLab
5 7 (0.67%) ER Studio
6 3 (0.29%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 3 (0.29%) Octopus Deploy
6 3 (0.29%) Rational DOORS
6 3 (0.29%) Selenium
6 3 (0.29%) TestRail
6 3 (0.29%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.29%) Visual Studio Code
6 3 (0.29%) Vite
7 2 (0.19%) Robot Framework
8 1 (0.096%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.096%) gulp
8 1 (0.096%) Mockito
8 1 (0.096%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.096%) webpack
General
1 571 (54.69%) Social Skills
2 258 (24.71%) Finance
3 240 (22.99%) Analytical Skills
4 222 (21.26%) Marketing
5 102 (9.77%) Law
6 81 (7.76%) Organisational Skills
7 78 (7.47%) Telecoms
8 55 (5.27%) Public Sector
8 55 (5.27%) Retail
9 54 (5.17%) Influencing Skills
10 49 (4.69%) Banking
11 47 (4.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 44 (4.21%) Aerospace
13 43 (4.12%) Manufacturing
14 40 (3.83%) Billing
15 38 (3.64%) Legal
15 38 (3.64%) Presentation Skills
16 36 (3.45%) Military
17 33 (3.16%) Pharmaceutical
18 31 (2.97%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 110 (10.54%) Lead
2 107 (10.25%) Analyst
3 79 (7.57%) IT Support
3 79 (7.57%) Senior
4 66 (6.32%) Developer
5 50 (4.79%) Business Analyst
6 40 (3.83%) Consultant
6 40 (3.83%) Support Engineer
7 37 (3.54%) Administrator
8 33 (3.16%) Architect
9 32 (3.07%) Coordinator
9 32 (3.07%) Technical Support
10 29 (2.78%) Digital Analyst
10 29 (2.78%) Systems Engineer
11 28 (2.68%) Project Manager
12 25 (2.39%) Digital Business Analyst
12 25 (2.39%) IT Manager
12 25 (2.39%) Technical Engineer
13 24 (2.30%) Technical Director
13 24 (2.30%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (4.50%) .NET
2 45 (4.31%) HTML
3 20 (1.92%) RESTful
4 18 (1.72%) CSS
5 17 (1.63%) React
6 13 (1.25%) AngularJS
7 12 (1.15%) REST
8 10 (0.96%) Middleware
9 9 (0.86%) Web Services
10 8 (0.77%) .NET Framework
11 6 (0.57%) Lightning Web Components
11 6 (0.57%) Spring
11 6 (0.57%) Spring Boot
12 5 (0.48%) .NET Core
12 5 (0.48%) Blazor
12 5 (0.48%) Kafka
13 4 (0.38%) Node.js
13 4 (0.38%) Oracle Fusion
13 4 (0.38%) Sass
14 3 (0.29%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 124 (11.88%) Onboarding
2 81 (7.76%) Self-Motivation
3 59 (5.65%) Management Information System
4 39 (3.74%) Driving Licence
5 32 (3.07%) Social Media
6 26 (2.49%) FMCG
7 24 (2.30%) Life Science
8 21 (2.01%) Pharmacovigilance
9 19 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
9 19 (1.82%) Product Ownership
10 16 (1.53%) Data Centre
11 14 (1.34%) Security Posture
12 13 (1.25%) Hedge funds
13 11 (1.05%) NHS
13 11 (1.05%) Video Conferencing
14 10 (0.96%) Cloud Native
15 8 (0.77%) Client/Server
15 8 (0.77%) Team-Oriented Environment
16 7 (0.67%) Podcast
16 7 (0.67%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 83 (7.95%) Windows
2 46 (4.41%) Windows Server
3 30 (2.87%) Linux
4 18 (1.72%) Windows Server 2012
5 12 (1.15%) Windows 10
6 11 (1.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 8 (0.77%) Mac OS
7 8 (0.77%) Unix
8 6 (0.57%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (0.48%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.29%) AIX
10 3 (0.29%) Android
10 3 (0.29%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.29%) CentOS
10 3 (0.29%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.19%) Debian
12 1 (0.096%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 313 (29.98%) Problem-Solving
2 209 (20.02%) Agile
3 208 (19.92%) Continuous Improvement
4 151 (14.46%) Project Management
5 110 (10.54%) CRM
6 107 (10.25%) B2B
6 107 (10.25%) Coaching
7 106 (10.15%) Customer Service
8 105 (10.06%) Analytics
9 99 (9.48%) Stakeholder Management
10 98 (9.39%) Digital Marketing
10 98 (9.39%) Service Delivery
11 97 (9.29%) Project Delivery
12 92 (8.81%) E-Commerce
13 87 (8.33%) Decision-Making
13 87 (8.33%) Process Improvement
14 85 (8.14%) Business Intelligence
15 84 (8.05%) Cybersecurity
15 84 (8.05%) Risk Management
16 79 (7.57%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 109 (10.44%) SQL
2 61 (5.84%) Python
3 48 (4.60%) PowerShell
4 41 (3.93%) Java
5 35 (3.35%) C#
6 27 (2.59%) JavaScript
7 16 (1.53%) VBA
8 12 (1.15%) Bash
9 9 (0.86%) TypeScript
10 6 (0.57%) C++
10 6 (0.57%) T-SQL
11 5 (0.48%) Kotlin
11 5 (0.48%) R
12 4 (0.38%) Apex Code
12 4 (0.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.29%) Go
13 3 (0.29%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.19%) Perl
14 2 (0.19%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.19%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 301 (28.83%) Degree
2 64 (6.13%) Security Cleared
3 53 (5.08%) Computer Science Degree
4 43 (4.12%) Master's Degree
5 42 (4.02%) SC Cleared
6 35 (3.35%) CISSP
7 31 (2.97%) PMI Certification
7 31 (2.97%) PMP
8 28 (2.68%) DBS Check
9 24 (2.30%) DV Cleared
10 17 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
11 16 (1.53%) MCP
12 15 (1.44%) ACCA
12 15 (1.44%) CIMA
12 15 (1.44%) HND
13 14 (1.34%) Microsoft Certification
14 13 (1.25%) CISM
15 10 (0.96%) Cisco Certification
15 10 (0.96%) MBA
16 9 (0.86%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (8.33%) QA
2 56 (5.36%) GDPR
3 53 (5.08%) Accessibility
4 29 (2.78%) Data Quality
5 24 (2.30%) Cyber Essentials
6 23 (2.20%) EU AI Act
7 22 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 21 (2.01%) HIPAA
8 21 (2.01%) PSD2
8 21 (2.01%) Solvency II
9 20 (1.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 19 (1.82%) PMO
11 17 (1.63%) NIST
12 11 (1.05%) SLA
13 10 (0.96%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 7 (0.67%) GRC
15 6 (0.57%) PCI DSS
16 5 (0.48%) ARP4761
16 5 (0.48%) NIST 800
17 4 (0.38%) JSP 440
System Software
1 76 (7.28%) Active Directory
2 36 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 29 (2.78%) Hyper-V
4 13 (1.25%) Docker
5 6 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.48%) vSphere
7 3 (0.29%) Firmware
8 1 (0.096%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 1 (0.096%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.096%) KVM
8 1 (0.096%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 50 (4.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 28 (2.68%) Kubernetes
3 24 (2.30%) Terraform
4 17 (1.63%) Single Sign-On
5 15 (1.44%) FortiGate
6 14 (1.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 11 (1.05%) Ansible
8 9 (0.86%) Grafana
9 7 (0.67%) Puppet
10 6 (0.57%) SCCM
11 5 (0.48%) Progress Chef
11 5 (0.48%) Prometheus
12 3 (0.29%) Nagios
12 3 (0.29%) Netcool
13 2 (0.19%) Kibana
13 2 (0.19%) Nessus
13 2 (0.19%) NetBackup
13 2 (0.19%) SCOM
13 2 (0.19%) ZABBIX
14 1 (0.096%) Plesk
Vendors
1 200 (19.16%) Microsoft
2 57 (5.46%) SAP
3 47 (4.50%) Google
4 41 (3.93%) VMware
5 33 (3.16%) Salesforce
6 32 (3.07%) Oracle
7 31 (2.97%) Cisco
8 23 (2.20%) ServiceNow
9 18 (1.72%) Veeam
10 17 (1.63%) Guidewire
11 15 (1.44%) SonicWALL
11 15 (1.44%) WatchGuard
12 14 (1.34%) BT
13 13 (1.25%) Bloomberg
13 13 (1.25%) Reuters
14 12 (1.15%) Workday
15 11 (1.05%) Adobe
16 10 (0.96%) Adaptive Insights
17 8 (0.77%) HubSpot
18 7 (0.67%) Palo Alto