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

6 months to
27 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 95 104
Rank change year-on-year +15 +9 +3
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Working 2,157 1,371 1,638
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.08% 3.16% 2.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.84% 3.56% 2.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1,340 672 799
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £30,950
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,125 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -0.09%
75th Percentile £69,626 £70,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year - -8.26% +3.81%

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 76,043 38,474 55,663
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.46% 88.78% 82.23%
Number of salaries quoted 53,667 22,007 30,452
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £36,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £59,664
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -7.82% -4.27%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £78,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.17% -3.33%

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 27 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 27 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
North of England +103 513 £45,000 - 396
London -34 452 £65,000 - 879
South East +9 448 £47,500 +18.75% 322
North West +82 305 £45,000 - 208
South West +13 289 £57,500 -4.17% 175
Midlands +5 288 £42,500 - 205
West Midlands -11 177 £43,371 +2.05% 135
East of England -33 140 £47,500 +21.79% 143
Yorkshire +59 138 £42,500 -21.66% 135
East Midlands +13 110 £35,220 -17.13% 69
North East -19 70 £57,500 +90.08% 55
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 87 (4.03%) SharePoint
2 44 (2.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 25 (1.16%) Confluence
4 18 (0.83%) Apache Spark
5 15 (0.70%) CMS
6 12 (0.56%) WordPress
7 9 (0.42%) Apache
8 5 (0.23%) nginx
9 4 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.093%) Drupal
10 2 (0.093%) Gentran
10 2 (0.093%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.093%) Luigi
10 2 (0.093%) Office Communications Server
10 2 (0.093%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.093%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.093%) Palantir Foundry
10 2 (0.093%) SAS
10 2 (0.093%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 161 (7.46%) Microsoft Office
2 157 (7.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 30 (1.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (0.88%) Revit
5 11 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
6 10 (0.46%) Simulink
6 10 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
7 9 (0.42%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 9 (0.42%) AutoCAD
7 9 (0.42%) InDesign
7 9 (0.42%) Photoshop
8 8 (0.37%) Adobe Illustrator
9 7 (0.32%) Navisworks
10 4 (0.19%) Adobe Premiere
10 4 (0.19%) CapCut
10 4 (0.19%) Fusion 360
10 4 (0.19%) Stateflow
11 3 (0.14%) Chatbot
11 3 (0.14%) Maya
11 3 (0.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 24 (1.11%) NetSuite
2 14 (0.65%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
4 6 (0.28%) Exchequer
5 5 (0.23%) SAP CRM
6 3 (0.14%) Shopify
6 3 (0.14%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.093%) Academy Housing
7 2 (0.093%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.093%) Maximo
7 2 (0.093%) Oracle Applications
7 2 (0.093%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.093%) Oracle EBS R12
7 2 (0.093%) Sage 200
7 2 (0.093%) SAP BPC
7 2 (0.093%) Siebel CRM
8 1 (0.046%) FastStats
8 1 (0.046%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.046%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 273 (12.66%) Azure
2 204 (9.46%) Microsoft 365
3 191 (8.85%) AWS
4 178 (8.25%) Power Platform
5 95 (4.40%) SaaS
6 64 (2.97%) GCP
7 63 (2.92%) Azure DevOps
8 54 (2.50%) Entra ID
9 41 (1.90%) GitHub
10 39 (1.81%) Serverless
11 31 (1.44%) AWS CloudFormation
12 29 (1.34%) Dynamics 365
13 28 (1.30%) Google Analytics
14 26 (1.21%) Power Automate
15 25 (1.16%) OneDrive
16 24 (1.11%) Microsoft Copilot
17 22 (1.02%) OCI
18 19 (0.88%) Azure Data Factory
19 18 (0.83%) AWS Lambda
19 18 (0.83%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 73 (3.38%) Firewall
2 65 (3.01%) DNS
3 49 (2.27%) DHCP
4 43 (1.99%) TCP/IP
5 42 (1.95%) VPN
6 35 (1.62%) Network Security
7 29 (1.34%) VLAN
8 28 (1.30%) HTTP
9 27 (1.25%) WAN
10 25 (1.16%) Wi-Fi
11 20 (0.93%) Wireless
12 18 (0.83%) LAN
13 14 (0.65%) Broadband
14 12 (0.56%) BGP
15 10 (0.46%) SD-WAN
15 10 (0.46%) VoIP
16 9 (0.42%) Ethernet
17 8 (0.37%) Internet
18 7 (0.32%) AMQP
18 7 (0.32%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 152 (7.05%) Power BI
2 63 (2.92%) SQL Server
3 47 (2.18%) Relational Database
4 29 (1.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 25 (1.16%) Redis
6 24 (1.11%) BigQuery
7 22 (1.02%) Tableau
8 20 (0.93%) PostgreSQL
9 18 (0.83%) Big Data
10 17 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
10 17 (0.79%) Metadata
10 17 (0.79%) Power Query
10 17 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 15 (0.70%) Semantic Layer
12 14 (0.65%) GIS
12 14 (0.65%) MySQL
13 13 (0.60%) Hadoop
14 11 (0.51%) NoSQL
15 9 (0.42%) MongoDB
16 8 (0.37%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 94 (4.36%) Git
2 80 (3.71%) JIRA
3 32 (1.48%) Jenkins
4 22 (1.02%) GitLab
5 8 (0.37%) Rational DOORS
6 7 (0.32%) Bitbucket
6 7 (0.32%) Visual Studio Code
7 6 (0.28%) Postman
8 5 (0.23%) LabVIEW
8 5 (0.23%) MSI
9 4 (0.19%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.19%) Maven
9 4 (0.19%) Storybook
9 4 (0.19%) Vite
10 3 (0.14%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 3 (0.14%) Claude Code
10 3 (0.14%) Cucumber
10 3 (0.14%) Mercurial
10 3 (0.14%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.14%) TeamCity
General
1 991 (45.94%) Social Skills
2 453 (21.00%) Finance
3 366 (16.97%) Analytical Skills
4 265 (12.29%) Organisational Skills
5 192 (8.90%) Marketing
6 163 (7.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 161 (7.46%) Public Sector
8 149 (6.91%) Aerospace
9 122 (5.66%) Manufacturing
10 108 (5.01%) Legal
11 99 (4.59%) Retail
12 96 (4.45%) Law
13 88 (4.08%) Presentation Skills
14 82 (3.80%) Electronics
15 69 (3.20%) Influencing Skills
16 66 (3.06%) Telecoms
17 44 (2.04%) Banking
18 41 (1.90%) Military
19 33 (1.53%) Local Government
20 31 (1.44%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 257 (11.91%) Senior
2 188 (8.72%) Analyst
3 183 (8.48%) Developer
4 159 (7.37%) Lead
5 94 (4.36%) Software Engineer
6 78 (3.62%) IT Support
7 77 (3.57%) Cloud Engineer
8 61 (2.83%) Security Engineer
9 58 (2.69%) Architect
9 58 (2.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 56 (2.60%) IT Manager
11 55 (2.55%) Support Analyst
12 53 (2.46%) Consultant
13 51 (2.36%) Development Manager
14 49 (2.27%) Administrator
14 49 (2.27%) Support Engineer
15 48 (2.23%) Business Development Manager
15 48 (2.23%) Business Manager
16 46 (2.13%) Coordinator
17 45 (2.09%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (4.22%) Node.js
2 82 (3.80%) REST
3 62 (2.87%) Terraform
4 61 (2.83%) HTML
5 47 (2.18%) .NET
5 47 (2.18%) CSS
6 39 (1.81%) React
7 30 (1.39%) Middleware
8 28 (1.30%) AngularJS
9 27 (1.25%) RESTful
9 27 (1.25%) Vue
10 24 (1.11%) EDI
10 24 (1.11%) JSON
10 24 (1.11%) SOAP
11 20 (0.93%) Kafka
12 17 (0.79%) Spring
13 16 (0.74%) Spring Boot
13 16 (0.74%) XML
14 14 (0.65%) HTML5
14 14 (0.65%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 133 (6.17%) Onboarding
2 126 (5.84%) Management Information System
3 120 (5.56%) Driving Licence
4 87 (4.03%) Self-Motivation
5 80 (3.71%) Product Ownership
6 57 (2.64%) Cloud Native
7 47 (2.18%) Social Media
8 35 (1.62%) Enterprise Software
9 29 (1.34%) Public Cloud
10 25 (1.16%) Analogue Electronics
11 23 (1.07%) Algorithms
11 23 (1.07%) NHS
12 21 (0.97%) Blog
13 20 (0.93%) Data Structures
14 19 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
15 18 (0.83%) Virtual Team
16 17 (0.79%) Data Centre
17 15 (0.70%) Security Posture
18 14 (0.65%) Embedded Systems
18 14 (0.65%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 138 (6.40%) Windows
2 84 (3.89%) Linux
3 55 (2.55%) Windows Server
4 15 (0.70%) Unix
5 13 (0.60%) Windows 10
6 12 (0.56%) Mac OS
7 11 (0.51%) FreeRTOS
8 9 (0.42%) Ubuntu
9 8 (0.37%) Android
9 8 (0.37%) CentOS
9 8 (0.37%) Debian
9 8 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.14%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.093%) Rocky
11 2 (0.093%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 666 (30.88%) Problem-Solving
2 644 (29.86%) Continuous Improvement
3 404 (18.73%) Agile
4 303 (14.05%) Decision-Making
5 273 (12.66%) Customer Service
6 251 (11.64%) Stakeholder Management
7 245 (11.36%) AI
8 228 (10.57%) Analytics
9 222 (10.29%) Mentoring
10 215 (9.97%) Cyber Intelligence
11 214 (9.92%) CRM
12 205 (9.50%) CI/CD
13 203 (9.41%) Project Delivery
14 192 (8.90%) Service Delivery
15 174 (8.07%) Roadmaps
16 169 (7.83%) Software Engineering
17 168 (7.79%) Collaborative Culture
18 165 (7.65%) Validation
19 162 (7.51%) Project Management
20 155 (7.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 235 (10.89%) SQL
2 184 (8.53%) Python
3 117 (5.42%) JavaScript
4 80 (3.71%) Java
5 72 (3.34%) TypeScript
6 64 (2.97%) C#
7 60 (2.78%) C
8 44 (2.04%) PowerShell
9 26 (1.21%) PHP
10 23 (1.07%) C++
11 21 (0.97%) VBA
12 18 (0.83%) Embedded C
13 16 (0.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 16 (0.74%) MATLAB
14 15 (0.70%) ABAP
14 15 (0.70%) Bash
15 10 (0.46%) Bicep
16 7 (0.32%) T-SQL
17 6 (0.28%) Kotlin
17 6 (0.28%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 323 (14.97%) Degree
2 245 (11.36%) Security Cleared
3 118 (5.47%) SC Cleared
4 77 (3.57%) DV Cleared
5 57 (2.64%) DBS Check
6 48 (2.23%) BPSS Clearance
7 47 (2.18%) Computer Science Degree
8 40 (1.85%) ACCA
9 34 (1.58%) CIMA
10 30 (1.39%) HNC
10 30 (1.39%) HND
11 23 (1.07%) CISSP
11 23 (1.07%) Master's Degree
12 19 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
12 19 (0.88%) PMI Certification
13 16 (0.74%) Postgraduate
14 15 (0.70%) Chartered Engineer
14 15 (0.70%) CISM
15 14 (0.65%) PMP
16 13 (0.60%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 141 (6.54%) QA
2 110 (5.10%) Accessibility
3 104 (4.82%) Data Quality
4 73 (3.38%) GDPR
5 34 (1.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 31 (1.44%) Cyber Essentials
7 29 (1.34%) PMO
8 24 (1.11%) SLA
9 23 (1.07%) GAAP
10 18 (0.83%) NIST
11 17 (0.79%) WCAG
12 12 (0.56%) TickIT
13 11 (0.51%) Good Clinical Practice
14 10 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 10 (0.46%) ISO 9001
15 9 (0.42%) NCSC
16 8 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
16 8 (0.37%) PCI DSS
17 6 (0.28%) ISO 19650
17 6 (0.28%) PERC
System Software
1 86 (3.99%) Active Directory
2 44 (2.04%) Docker
3 26 (1.21%) Firmware
3 26 (1.21%) VMware Infrastructure
4 24 (1.11%) Hyper-V
5 18 (0.83%) Embedded Firmware
6 5 (0.23%) ClearTrust
7 3 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.046%) KVM
8 1 (0.046%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.046%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.046%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.046%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 68 (3.15%) Kubernetes
2 51 (2.36%) Microsoft Intune
3 38 (1.76%) Ansible
4 11 (0.51%) Puppet
4 11 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (0.37%) SCCM
6 7 (0.32%) Grafana
7 6 (0.28%) Hadoop YARN
7 6 (0.28%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.28%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 5 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.14%) BMC PATROL
9 3 (0.14%) Control-M
9 3 (0.14%) EMC NetWorker
9 3 (0.14%) Functional Safety
9 3 (0.14%) Plesk
9 3 (0.14%) WhatsUp Gold
10 2 (0.093%) Dell DRAC
10 2 (0.093%) Nessus
10 2 (0.093%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 490 (22.72%) Microsoft
2 66 (3.06%) Google
3 57 (2.64%) Salesforce
4 49 (2.27%) Oracle
5 44 (2.04%) SAP
6 36 (1.67%) ServiceNow
7 35 (1.62%) VMware
8 34 (1.58%) Cisco
9 32 (1.48%) Sage
10 29 (1.34%) Databricks
11 27 (1.25%) YouTube
12 26 (1.21%) Adobe
13 20 (0.93%) HubSpot
14 15 (0.70%) Civica
14 15 (0.70%) Fortinet
14 15 (0.70%) Palo Alto
15 13 (0.60%) iManage
16 12 (0.56%) IBM
17 11 (0.51%) Red Hat
17 11 (0.51%) Thales