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

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 82 100
Rank change year-on-year -33 +18 +33
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Working 1,561 1,560 1,797
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.68% 3.58% 2.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.28% 4.00% 3.03%
Number of salaries quoted 968 734 1,100
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,750 £29,975
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £39,573
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,356 £52,500 £52,336
Median % change year-on-year -2.18% +0.31% -12.08%
75th Percentile £66,672 £71,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £78,401 £80,000 £92,159
UK median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -7.96%

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 68,438 39,016 59,226
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.74% 89.57% 81.29%
Number of salaries quoted 48,346 22,579 39,414
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,250
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 6 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 6 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 -54 404 £65,000 - 438
South East -33 316 £50,000 +8.70% 220
North of England +38 312 £48,500 -0.01% 227
Midlands +1 263 £40,000 -15.79% 136
North West +45 193 £46,384 -7.23% 112
West Midlands -22 149 £42,500 -19.05% 85
South West -32 144 £48,125 -28.70% 121
East Midlands +27 113 £32,500 -23.53% 51
East of England -68 89 £55,000 +57.14% 70
Yorkshire +9 77 £47,500 -16.30% 81
North East -30 42 £57,500 +98.28% 39
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 68 (4.36%) SharePoint
2 39 (2.50%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (0.90%) Apache Spark
3 14 (0.90%) WordPress
4 13 (0.83%) Confluence
5 9 (0.58%) CMS
5 9 (0.58%) SAS
6 7 (0.45%) Apache
7 4 (0.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 4 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.26%) IIS
8 3 (0.19%) GeoServer
9 2 (0.13%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.13%) Drupal
9 2 (0.13%) Gentran
9 2 (0.13%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.13%) Luigi
9 2 (0.13%) nginx
10 1 (0.064%) Appian
10 1 (0.064%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 87 (5.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 79 (5.06%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (1.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.64%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 9 (0.58%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.38%) Revit
7 5 (0.32%) Adobe Illustrator
7 5 (0.32%) Fusion 360
7 5 (0.32%) InDesign
7 5 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
7 5 (0.32%) Photoshop
8 4 (0.26%) Navisworks
8 4 (0.26%) Simulink
9 3 (0.19%) Blender
9 3 (0.19%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.19%) Maya
9 3 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
9 3 (0.19%) Stateflow
10 2 (0.13%) CapCut
10 2 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 25 (1.60%) NetSuite
2 14 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.77%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.38%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.26%) SAP HR
6 3 (0.19%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.13%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.13%) SAP BPC
7 2 (0.13%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.064%) Exchequer
8 1 (0.064%) FastStats
8 1 (0.064%) NEC Housing
8 1 (0.064%) Primavera
8 1 (0.064%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.064%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.064%) Sage 200
8 1 (0.064%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.064%) SAP CRM
8 1 (0.064%) Shopify
8 1 (0.064%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 264 (16.91%) Azure
2 200 (12.81%) AWS
3 167 (10.70%) Microsoft 365
4 148 (9.48%) Power Platform
5 80 (5.12%) SaaS
6 66 (4.23%) GCP
7 56 (3.59%) Azure DevOps
8 48 (3.07%) Entra ID
9 43 (2.75%) Serverless
10 33 (2.11%) GitHub
11 28 (1.79%) AWS CloudFormation
11 28 (1.79%) Google Analytics
12 27 (1.73%) Dynamics 365
13 22 (1.41%) Power Automate
14 21 (1.35%) Microsoft Copilot
14 21 (1.35%) Snowflake
15 20 (1.28%) OCI
16 19 (1.22%) OneDrive
17 16 (1.02%) Azure Data Factory
18 15 (0.96%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 80 (5.12%) Firewall
2 52 (3.33%) DNS
3 43 (2.75%) Network Security
4 38 (2.43%) DHCP
5 37 (2.37%) WAN
6 36 (2.31%) VPN
7 35 (2.24%) TCP/IP
8 32 (2.05%) VLAN
9 29 (1.86%) LAN
10 25 (1.60%) HTTP
11 22 (1.41%) Wireless
12 21 (1.35%) Broadband
13 19 (1.22%) BGP
13 19 (1.22%) Wi-Fi
14 12 (0.77%) VoIP
15 11 (0.70%) SNMP
16 9 (0.58%) Cisco Nexus
16 9 (0.58%) EIGRP
16 9 (0.58%) Internet
16 9 (0.58%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 126 (8.07%) Power BI
2 55 (3.52%) SQL Server
3 31 (1.99%) Relational Database
4 29 (1.86%) Tableau
5 26 (1.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 25 (1.60%) BigQuery
7 23 (1.47%) Big Data
8 19 (1.22%) Metadata
9 18 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
10 17 (1.09%) GIS
11 15 (0.96%) MySQL
11 15 (0.96%) Redis
11 15 (0.96%) Semantic Layer
12 14 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 12 (0.77%) Data Warehouse
13 12 (0.77%) NoSQL
14 11 (0.70%) Geospatial Data
14 11 (0.70%) Power Query
15 10 (0.64%) Hadoop
16 7 (0.45%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 83 (5.32%) Git
2 55 (3.52%) JIRA
3 35 (2.24%) Jenkins
4 16 (1.02%) GitLab
5 9 (0.58%) Postman
6 6 (0.38%) Bitbucket
6 6 (0.38%) Visual Studio Code
7 5 (0.32%) MSI
8 4 (0.26%) Maven
8 4 (0.26%) Storybook
9 3 (0.19%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.19%) LabVIEW
9 3 (0.19%) 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
1 711 (45.55%) Social Skills
2 375 (24.02%) Finance
3 291 (18.64%) Analytical Skills
4 152 (9.74%) Marketing
5 150 (9.61%) Organisational Skills
6 121 (7.75%) Public Sector
7 119 (7.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 110 (7.05%) Legal
9 91 (5.83%) Aerospace
10 83 (5.32%) Law
11 65 (4.16%) Presentation Skills
11 65 (4.16%) Retail
12 61 (3.91%) Influencing Skills
13 59 (3.78%) Manufacturing
14 47 (3.01%) Telecoms
15 39 (2.50%) Banking
15 39 (2.50%) Electronics
16 29 (1.86%) Advertising
17 26 (1.67%) Local Government
18 21 (1.35%) Games
Job Titles
1 228 (14.61%) Senior
2 147 (9.42%) Analyst
3 139 (8.90%) Developer
4 124 (7.94%) Lead
5 64 (4.10%) Consultant
6 58 (3.72%) IT Support
7 53 (3.40%) Software Engineer
8 45 (2.88%) Systems Engineer
9 44 (2.82%) Senior Manager
10 43 (2.75%) IT Manager
11 42 (2.69%) Architect
11 42 (2.69%) Delivery Manager
11 42 (2.69%) Support Engineer
12 41 (2.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 38 (2.43%) Development Manager
14 37 (2.37%) Senior Developer
15 36 (2.31%) Business Development Manager
15 36 (2.31%) Business Manager
16 34 (2.18%) Software Developer
17 33 (2.11%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (5.12%) Node.js
2 72 (4.61%) REST
3 51 (3.27%) .NET
4 50 (3.20%) HTML
5 40 (2.56%) CSS
6 38 (2.43%) React
7 31 (1.99%) Vue
8 27 (1.73%) JSON
9 24 (1.54%) RESTful
9 24 (1.54%) SOAP
10 23 (1.47%) .NET Core
11 21 (1.35%) AngularJS
12 20 (1.28%) XML
13 18 (1.15%) .NET Framework
13 18 (1.15%) EDI
13 18 (1.15%) Middleware
14 17 (1.09%) Next.js
15 16 (1.02%) OAuth
16 15 (0.96%) Kafka
17 13 (0.83%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 92 (5.89%) Management Information System
2 89 (5.70%) Onboarding
3 73 (4.68%) Product Ownership
4 67 (4.29%) Driving Licence
5 50 (3.20%) Cloud Native
6 44 (2.82%) Self-Motivation
7 33 (2.11%) Public Cloud
8 29 (1.86%) Blog
8 29 (1.86%) Social Media
9 26 (1.67%) Data Centre
10 22 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
11 20 (1.28%) Data Structures
11 20 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
11 20 (1.28%) Security Posture
12 19 (1.22%) NHS
13 18 (1.15%) Algorithms
14 17 (1.09%) Legacy Systems
15 16 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
16 14 (0.90%) Cyber Defence
16 14 (0.90%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 126 (8.07%) Windows
2 75 (4.80%) Linux
3 51 (3.27%) Windows Server
4 13 (0.83%) FreeRTOS
5 9 (0.58%) Unix
6 8 (0.51%) Ubuntu
7 7 (0.45%) CentOS
8 6 (0.38%) Debian
8 6 (0.38%) Mac OS
9 5 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (0.26%) Windows 7
11 3 (0.19%) Android
11 3 (0.19%) VMS
12 2 (0.13%) Windows 10
12 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.064%) Rocky
13 1 (0.064%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 516 (33.06%) Problem-Solving
2 468 (29.98%) Continuous Improvement
3 351 (22.49%) Agile
4 236 (15.12%) Decision-Making
5 195 (12.49%) Analytics
6 178 (11.40%) Mentoring
7 177 (11.34%) AI
8 175 (11.21%) Roadmaps
9 164 (10.51%) CI/CD
10 161 (10.31%) Customer Service
11 152 (9.74%) Service Delivery
12 136 (8.71%) CRM
12 136 (8.71%) Stakeholder Management
13 135 (8.65%) Project Delivery
14 130 (8.33%) Collaborative Culture
15 129 (8.26%) Project Management
16 127 (8.14%) Validation
17 126 (8.07%) DevOps
18 125 (8.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 120 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 198 (12.68%) SQL
2 172 (11.02%) Python
3 89 (5.70%) JavaScript
4 75 (4.80%) Java
5 70 (4.48%) C#
6 67 (4.29%) TypeScript
7 38 (2.43%) PowerShell
8 35 (2.24%) C
9 25 (1.60%) PHP
10 24 (1.54%) VBA
11 18 (1.15%) C++
12 16 (1.02%) Embedded C
13 14 (0.90%) ABAP
13 14 (0.90%) Bash
14 11 (0.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 10 (0.64%) MATLAB
15 10 (0.64%) T-SQL
16 9 (0.58%) Bicep
17 8 (0.51%) VB
18 6 (0.38%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 271 (17.36%) Degree
2 172 (11.02%) Security Cleared
3 84 (5.38%) SC Cleared
4 59 (3.78%) DV Cleared
5 50 (3.20%) ACCA
6 49 (3.14%) Computer Science Degree
7 45 (2.88%) BPSS Clearance
8 42 (2.69%) CIMA
9 39 (2.50%) DBS Check
10 38 (2.43%) CISSP
11 28 (1.79%) Master's Degree
12 21 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
12 21 (1.35%) PMI Certification
13 20 (1.28%) Cisco Certification
14 19 (1.22%) CISM
15 18 (1.15%) CCNP
16 16 (1.02%) HND
16 16 (1.02%) PMP
17 15 (0.96%) CEH
18 12 (0.77%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (6.34%) QA
2 91 (5.83%) Accessibility
3 87 (5.57%) Data Quality
4 42 (2.69%) GDPR
5 35 (2.24%) PMO
6 34 (2.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 29 (1.86%) GAAP
8 25 (1.60%) NIST
9 22 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials
10 21 (1.35%) SLA
11 18 (1.15%) WCAG
12 12 (0.77%) TickIT
13 10 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 10 (0.64%) Good Clinical Practice
14 8 (0.51%) NCSC
15 7 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 15288
15 7 (0.45%) PCI DSS
16 6 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
16 6 (0.38%) Government Security Classifications
16 6 (0.38%) JSP 440
System Software
1 68 (4.36%) Active Directory
2 39 (2.50%) Docker
3 24 (1.54%) Hyper-V
4 18 (1.15%) Firmware
5 17 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
6 15 (0.96%) Embedded Firmware
7 8 (0.51%) ProxySG
8 5 (0.32%) ClearTrust
9 3 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
9 3 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
10 2 (0.13%) vSphere
11 1 (0.064%) KVM
11 1 (0.064%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.064%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 60 (3.84%) Kubernetes
2 50 (3.20%) Terraform
3 32 (2.05%) Ansible
3 32 (2.05%) Microsoft Intune
4 18 (1.15%) SCCM
5 8 (0.51%) Puppet
6 6 (0.38%) Hadoop YARN
6 6 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.26%) Cisco CUCM
7 4 (0.26%) Grafana
7 4 (0.26%) Jamf Pro
7 4 (0.26%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.26%) ServiceCenter
8 3 (0.19%) BMC PATROL
8 3 (0.19%) Control-M
8 3 (0.19%) EMC NetWorker
8 3 (0.19%) Nessus
8 3 (0.19%) Plesk
8 3 (0.19%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.19%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 352 (22.55%) Microsoft
2 65 (4.16%) Google
3 49 (3.14%) Salesforce
4 40 (2.56%) Cisco
5 39 (2.50%) Oracle
6 37 (2.37%) SAP
7 31 (1.99%) ServiceNow
8 29 (1.86%) VMware
9 26 (1.67%) Adobe
10 21 (1.35%) Databricks
11 18 (1.15%) Palo Alto
12 17 (1.09%) Remedy
13 16 (1.02%) HubSpot
14 15 (0.96%) iManage
14 15 (0.96%) SolarWinds
15 14 (0.90%) HP
15 14 (0.90%) IBM
16 12 (0.77%) Fortinet
17 11 (0.70%) CheckPoint
17 11 (0.70%) F5