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

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 61 88
Rank change year-on-year -80 +27 +21
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Working 1,134 1,668 2,393
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.41% 4.27% 2.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.90% 4.57% 3.34%
Number of salaries quoted 683 784 1,711
10th Percentile £30,250 £32,500 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £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 £90,000 £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 59,545 36,509 71,748
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.99% 93.39% 85.21%
Number of salaries quoted 39,042 20,550 53,849
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £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% -9.84%

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 12 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 12 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 -54 351 £65,000 - 168
North of England -11 236 £52,486 +4.97% 126
South East -54 217 £52,500 -4.55% 127
North West +16 149 £50,000 - 64
Midlands -64 149 £42,500 -19.05% 84
South West -46 82 £40,744 -25.92% 52
West Midlands -75 76 £42,500 -22.73% 48
East Midlands -13 73 £42,500 -10.53% 36
Yorkshire -52 67 £59,175 +7.59% 43
East of England -91 62 £55,000 +7.91% 44
North East -30 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 40 (3.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 32 (2.82%) SharePoint
3 20 (1.76%) Confluence
4 15 (1.32%) WordPress
5 13 (1.15%) CMS
6 9 (0.79%) SAS
7 7 (0.62%) 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
12 1 (0.088%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.088%) Jupyter
12 1 (0.088%) Tomcat
Applications
1 58 (5.11%) 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 (19.22%) Azure
2 152 (13.40%) AWS
3 110 (9.70%) Power Platform
4 94 (8.29%) Microsoft 365
5 55 (4.85%) GCP
6 41 (3.62%) SaaS
7 38 (3.35%) Entra ID
8 37 (3.26%) 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 17 (1.50%) Microsoft Copilot
14 14 (1.23%) Azure Machine Learning
14 14 (1.23%) Boomi
14 14 (1.23%) Figma
15 13 (1.15%) Power Automate
16 11 (0.97%) Amazon EKS
16 11 (0.97%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 64 (5.64%) Firewall
2 36 (3.17%) Network Security
3 35 (3.09%) VPN
4 33 (2.91%) WAN
5 31 (2.73%) VLAN
6 30 (2.65%) Wireless
7 27 (2.38%) DNS
8 25 (2.20%) LAN
9 22 (1.94%) BGP
10 21 (1.85%) DHCP
11 19 (1.68%) TCP/IP
12 18 (1.59%) Cisco Nexus
13 17 (1.50%) OSPF
13 17 (1.50%) SNMP
14 16 (1.41%) Cisco ASA
14 16 (1.41%) Cisco Wireless
14 16 (1.41%) EIGRP
14 16 (1.41%) WAAS
14 16 (1.41%) Wireless Security
15 14 (1.23%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 102 (8.99%) 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 (1.23%) GIS
8 14 (1.23%) 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%) Redis
Development Applications
1 59 (5.20%) Git
2 47 (4.14%) JIRA
3 24 (2.12%) Jenkins
4 17 (1.50%) GitLab
5 9 (0.79%) Postman
6 6 (0.53%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.35%) Selenium
7 4 (0.35%) Subversion
7 4 (0.35%) Visual Studio
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%) Atlassian Bamboo
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
1 465 (41.01%) Social Skills
2 306 (26.98%) Finance
3 222 (19.58%) Analytical Skills
4 119 (10.49%) Marketing
5 118 (10.41%) Organisational Skills
6 84 (7.41%) Public Sector
7 77 (6.79%) Law
8 71 (6.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 70 (6.17%) Legal
10 57 (5.03%) Aerospace
10 57 (5.03%) Telecoms
11 52 (4.59%) Retail
12 36 (3.17%) Manufacturing
13 33 (2.91%) Banking
14 29 (2.56%) Military
15 26 (2.29%) Influencing Skills
16 25 (2.20%) Electronics
17 22 (1.94%) Documentation Skills
18 21 (1.85%) Billing
19 19 (1.68%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 160 (14.11%) Senior
2 107 (9.44%) Analyst
3 90 (7.94%) Developer
4 65 (5.73%) Lead
5 48 (4.23%) Architect
6 47 (4.14%) Consultant
7 44 (3.88%) Support Engineer
8 42 (3.70%) Systems Engineer
9 36 (3.17%) IT Support
10 35 (3.09%) 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 (2.20%) Applications Developer
15 24 (2.12%) Delivery Manager
16 23 (2.03%) Network Engineer
17 21 (1.85%) Technical Support
18 20 (1.76%) Account Manager
18 20 (1.76%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (4.67%) .NET
2 37 (3.26%) REST
3 35 (3.09%) React
4 31 (2.73%) .NET Core
5 30 (2.65%) HTML
6 27 (2.38%) CSS
7 26 (2.29%) JSON
7 26 (2.29%) Node.js
8 25 (2.20%) XML
9 19 (1.68%) EDI
10 18 (1.59%) Middleware
11 14 (1.23%) Vue
12 13 (1.15%) ASP.NET
12 13 (1.15%) Next.js
12 13 (1.15%) RESTful
12 13 (1.15%) SOAP
13 12 (1.06%) OAuth
14 11 (0.97%) AWS CDK
15 10 (0.88%) OpenID
15 10 (0.88%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 57 (5.03%) Onboarding
2 46 (4.06%) Management Information System
2 46 (4.06%) Product Ownership
3 41 (3.62%) Social Media
4 39 (3.44%) Self-Motivation
5 38 (3.35%) Data Centre
6 32 (2.82%) Driving Licence
7 31 (2.73%) Cloud Native
8 27 (2.38%) Data Structures
9 22 (1.94%) Public Cloud
10 21 (1.85%) Greenfield Project
11 19 (1.68%) Algorithms
12 18 (1.59%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 15 (1.32%) Blog
14 14 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
14 14 (1.23%) NHS
15 12 (1.06%) Security Posture
16 10 (0.88%) CCTV
16 10 (0.88%) PMI
17 9 (0.79%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 103 (9.08%) Windows
2 56 (4.94%) Linux
3 36 (3.17%) 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
7 4 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.35%) Windows 7
7 4 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.26%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.26%) VMS
9 2 (0.18%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.088%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.088%) Rocky
10 1 (0.088%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 365 (32.19%) Problem-Solving
2 237 (20.90%) Agile
3 236 (20.81%) Continuous Improvement
4 148 (13.05%) Decision-Making
5 138 (12.17%) Analytics
6 129 (11.38%) Mentoring
7 115 (10.14%) AI
8 114 (10.05%) DevOps
9 109 (9.61%) Service Delivery
10 106 (9.35%) CI/CD
11 105 (9.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 101 (8.91%) Roadmaps
12 101 (8.91%) Validation
13 100 (8.82%) Computer Science
14 91 (8.02%) Cybersecurity
15 90 (7.94%) Business Intelligence
16 89 (7.85%) Project Delivery
17 87 (7.67%) Customer Service
18 85 (7.50%) CRM
19 84 (7.41%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 132 (11.64%) Python
2 128 (11.29%) SQL
3 53 (4.67%) C#
4 48 (4.23%) JavaScript
5 45 (3.97%) Java
6 40 (3.53%) PowerShell
7 31 (2.73%) TypeScript
8 15 (1.32%) Bash
9 14 (1.23%) 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
1 198 (17.46%) Degree
2 122 (10.76%) 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 21 (1.85%) Master's Degree
13 20 (1.76%) CCNP
14 19 (1.68%) CCIE
15 14 (1.23%) CISM
16 13 (1.15%) Postgraduate
17 11 (0.97%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (6.35%) Data Quality
2 69 (6.08%) QA
3 43 (3.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 41 (3.62%) Accessibility
5 32 (2.82%) PMO
6 26 (2.29%) GDPR
7 25 (2.20%) Cyber Essentials
8 23 (2.03%) NIST
9 14 (1.23%) GAAP
10 12 (1.06%) TickIT
11 10 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 10 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 15288
12 9 (0.79%) SLA
13 7 (0.62%) Government Security Classifications
13 7 (0.62%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 7 (0.62%) JSP 440
14 6 (0.53%) PCI DSS
15 5 (0.44%) GRC
15 5 (0.44%) WCAG
16 3 (0.26%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 54 (4.76%) Active Directory
2 28 (2.47%) Docker
3 16 (1.41%) ProxySG
4 13 (1.15%) Firmware
4 13 (1.15%) Hyper-V
5 12 (1.06%) VMware Infrastructure
6 9 (0.79%) Embedded Firmware
7 6 (0.53%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.26%) vSphere
9 2 (0.18%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.088%) XenApp
10 1 (0.088%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 51 (4.50%) Kubernetes
2 48 (4.23%) Terraform
3 30 (2.65%) Ansible
4 19 (1.68%) SCCM
5 12 (1.06%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (0.62%) 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%) 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
10 3 (0.26%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.18%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 247 (21.78%) Microsoft
2 47 (4.14%) Google
3 38 (3.35%) Salesforce
4 35 (3.09%) Cisco
5 33 (2.91%) ServiceNow
6 21 (1.85%) VMware
7 20 (1.76%) Adobe
8 18 (1.59%) Remedy
9 17 (1.50%) Infoblox
9 17 (1.50%) SAP
10 16 (1.41%) Blue Coat
10 16 (1.41%) CheckPoint
10 16 (1.41%) F5
10 16 (1.41%) Motorola
10 16 (1.41%) SolarWinds
11 13 (1.15%) Databricks
12 12 (1.06%) Oracle
13 10 (0.88%) Pardot
14 9 (0.79%) HubSpot
14 9 (0.79%) Red Hat