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

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 84 104
Rank change year-on-year -20 +20 +21
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Working 1,654 1,557 1,745
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.74% 3.55% 2.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.36% 3.98% 2.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,020 729 1,038
10th Percentile £28,487 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% -11.80%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%

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 69,952 39,107 58,576
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.57% 89.26% 81.15%
Number of salaries quoted 49,460 22,554 38,208
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,500 £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 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £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 18 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 18 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 -47 421 £65,000 - 238
North of England +45 335 £45,249 -5.73% 223
South East -22 328 £48,000 +4.35% 214
Midlands -6 270 £40,000 -15.79% 119
North West +50 207 £46,499 +0.54% 110
South West -16 177 £55,000 -12.00% 113
West Midlands -31 153 £42,500 -19.05% 62
East Midlands +22 116 £32,500 -23.53% 56
East of England -66 96 £47,500 +35.71% 73
Yorkshire +16 88 £42,500 -27.35% 79
North East -39 40 £55,000 +89.66% 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 76 (4.59%) SharePoint
2 34 (2.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (0.97%) Confluence
4 15 (0.91%) Apache Spark
5 12 (0.73%) WordPress
6 11 (0.67%) CMS
7 10 (0.60%) SAS
8 8 (0.48%) Apache
9 4 (0.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
9 4 (0.24%) IIS
10 3 (0.18%) GeoServer
11 2 (0.12%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.12%) Drupal
11 2 (0.12%) Gentran
11 2 (0.12%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.12%) Luigi
11 2 (0.12%) nginx
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.060%) Appian
Applications
1 95 (5.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 88 (5.32%) Microsoft Office
3 27 (1.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.60%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 9 (0.54%) Revit
6 8 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
7 7 (0.42%) MS Visio
8 6 (0.36%) Adobe Illustrator
8 6 (0.36%) InDesign
8 6 (0.36%) Photoshop
8 6 (0.36%) Simulink
9 5 (0.30%) Fusion 360
10 4 (0.24%) Navisworks
11 3 (0.18%) Adobe Premiere
11 3 (0.18%) AutoCAD
11 3 (0.18%) CapCut
11 3 (0.18%) Chatbot
11 3 (0.18%) Maya
11 3 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
11 3 (0.18%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 26 (1.57%) NetSuite
2 13 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.73%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.24%) SAP HR
6 3 (0.18%) Shopify
6 3 (0.18%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.12%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.12%) Sage 200
7 2 (0.12%) SAP BPC
7 2 (0.12%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.12%) SAP CRM
7 2 (0.12%) Siebel CRM
8 1 (0.060%) FastStats
8 1 (0.060%) NEC Housing
8 1 (0.060%) Primavera
8 1 (0.060%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 265 (16.02%) Azure
2 196 (11.85%) AWS
3 174 (10.52%) Microsoft 365
4 150 (9.07%) Power Platform
5 84 (5.08%) SaaS
6 66 (3.99%) GCP
7 58 (3.51%) Azure DevOps
8 45 (2.72%) Entra ID
9 41 (2.48%) Serverless
10 34 (2.06%) GitHub
11 29 (1.75%) AWS CloudFormation
12 28 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
13 26 (1.57%) Google Analytics
14 25 (1.51%) Power Automate
15 22 (1.33%) Snowflake
16 21 (1.27%) OCI
16 21 (1.27%) OneDrive
17 20 (1.21%) Microsoft Copilot
18 17 (1.03%) Azure Data Factory
18 17 (1.03%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 75 (4.53%) Firewall
2 51 (3.08%) DNS
3 40 (2.42%) Network Security
4 37 (2.24%) DHCP
5 36 (2.18%) TCP/IP
6 34 (2.06%) VPN
7 32 (1.93%) WAN
8 27 (1.63%) VLAN
9 25 (1.51%) HTTP
9 25 (1.51%) LAN
10 20 (1.21%) Wi-Fi
11 18 (1.09%) Broadband
12 17 (1.03%) Wireless
13 14 (0.85%) BGP
14 12 (0.73%) VoIP
15 9 (0.54%) Internet
16 7 (0.42%) SNMP
17 6 (0.36%) Intrusion Detection
17 6 (0.36%) IPsec
17 6 (0.36%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 125 (7.56%) Power BI
2 56 (3.39%) SQL Server
3 32 (1.93%) Relational Database
4 27 (1.63%) Tableau
5 24 (1.45%) Big Data
5 24 (1.45%) BigQuery
5 24 (1.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 19 (1.15%) Redis
7 18 (1.09%) Metadata
8 17 (1.03%) GIS
8 17 (1.03%) PostgreSQL
9 15 (0.91%) Semantic Layer
10 14 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 13 (0.79%) MySQL
12 12 (0.73%) NoSQL
13 11 (0.67%) Data Warehouse
13 11 (0.67%) Geospatial Data
13 11 (0.67%) Hadoop
13 11 (0.67%) Power Query
14 6 (0.36%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 84 (5.08%) Git
2 62 (3.75%) JIRA
3 35 (2.12%) Jenkins
4 16 (0.97%) GitLab
5 8 (0.48%) Postman
6 7 (0.42%) Bitbucket
7 6 (0.36%) Visual Studio Code
8 5 (0.30%) MSI
9 4 (0.24%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.24%) LabVIEW
9 4 (0.24%) Maven
9 4 (0.24%) Storybook
10 3 (0.18%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 3 (0.18%) Mercurial
10 3 (0.18%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.18%) TeamCity
11 2 (0.12%) MSTest
11 2 (0.12%) Rational DOORS
11 2 (0.12%) Selenium
11 2 (0.12%) Visual Studio
General
1 762 (46.07%) Social Skills
2 381 (23.04%) Finance
3 298 (18.02%) Analytical Skills
4 166 (10.04%) Organisational Skills
5 157 (9.49%) Marketing
6 130 (7.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 125 (7.56%) Public Sector
8 111 (6.71%) Legal
9 108 (6.53%) Aerospace
10 84 (5.08%) Law
11 72 (4.35%) Manufacturing
12 69 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
12 69 (4.17%) Retail
13 68 (4.11%) Influencing Skills
14 49 (2.96%) Electronics
14 49 (2.96%) Telecoms
15 43 (2.60%) Banking
16 29 (1.75%) Advertising
17 27 (1.63%) Local Government
18 21 (1.27%) Military
Job Titles
1 227 (13.72%) Senior
2 153 (9.25%) Developer
3 151 (9.13%) Analyst
4 131 (7.92%) Lead
5 65 (3.93%) Consultant
5 65 (3.93%) IT Support
6 59 (3.57%) Software Engineer
7 43 (2.60%) IT Manager
7 43 (2.60%) Support Engineer
7 43 (2.60%) Systems Engineer
8 42 (2.54%) Development Manager
8 42 (2.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 40 (2.42%) Architect
9 40 (2.42%) Senior Developer
9 40 (2.42%) Software Developer
10 39 (2.36%) Business Development Manager
10 39 (2.36%) Business Manager
11 38 (2.30%) Cloud Engineer
12 36 (2.18%) Business Analyst
13 34 (2.06%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (5.14%) Node.js
2 72 (4.35%) REST
3 55 (3.33%) .NET
4 53 (3.20%) HTML
5 42 (2.54%) CSS
6 36 (2.18%) React
7 33 (2.00%) Vue
8 25 (1.51%) JSON
9 24 (1.45%) RESTful
10 23 (1.39%) .NET Core
10 23 (1.39%) SOAP
11 22 (1.33%) AngularJS
12 19 (1.15%) Middleware
13 18 (1.09%) .NET Framework
13 18 (1.09%) EDI
14 17 (1.03%) XML
15 16 (0.97%) OAuth
16 15 (0.91%) Kafka
17 14 (0.85%) ASP.NET
17 14 (0.85%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 98 (5.93%) Management Information System
2 93 (5.62%) Onboarding
3 74 (4.47%) Driving Licence
3 74 (4.47%) Product Ownership
4 55 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
5 50 (3.02%) Cloud Native
6 36 (2.18%) Social Media
7 31 (1.87%) Public Cloud
8 27 (1.63%) Blog
8 27 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
9 22 (1.33%) Data Centre
10 19 (1.15%) NHS
10 19 (1.15%) Security Posture
11 18 (1.09%) Algorithms
11 18 (1.09%) Analytical Mindset
11 18 (1.09%) Data Structures
12 17 (1.03%) Cyber Defence
12 17 (1.03%) Greenfield Project
13 16 (0.97%) Analogue Electronics
13 16 (0.97%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 125 (7.56%) Windows
2 77 (4.66%) Linux
3 50 (3.02%) Windows Server
4 12 (0.73%) FreeRTOS
5 11 (0.67%) Unix
6 9 (0.54%) Ubuntu
7 8 (0.48%) CentOS
7 8 (0.48%) Mac OS
8 7 (0.42%) Debian
9 6 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (0.24%) Windows 10
10 4 (0.24%) Windows 7
11 3 (0.18%) Android
11 3 (0.18%) VMS
12 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.060%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 537 (32.47%) Problem-Solving
2 487 (29.44%) Continuous Improvement
3 361 (21.83%) Agile
4 245 (14.81%) Decision-Making
5 202 (12.21%) Analytics
6 189 (11.43%) AI
7 181 (10.94%) Customer Service
8 173 (10.46%) CI/CD
8 173 (10.46%) Mentoring
8 173 (10.46%) Roadmaps
9 164 (9.92%) Service Delivery
10 154 (9.31%) Stakeholder Management
11 152 (9.19%) CRM
12 142 (8.59%) Project Delivery
13 141 (8.52%) Project Management
14 136 (8.22%) DevOps
15 133 (8.04%) Collaborative Culture
16 128 (7.74%) Validation
17 120 (7.26%) Business Intelligence
17 120 (7.26%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 201 (12.15%) SQL
2 172 (10.40%) Python
3 99 (5.99%) JavaScript
4 74 (4.47%) Java
5 72 (4.35%) C#
6 67 (4.05%) TypeScript
7 43 (2.60%) C
8 37 (2.24%) PowerShell
9 25 (1.51%) PHP
10 23 (1.39%) VBA
11 18 (1.09%) C++
12 16 (0.97%) Embedded C
13 14 (0.85%) ABAP
13 14 (0.85%) Bash
14 12 (0.73%) MATLAB
15 11 (0.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 9 (0.54%) Bicep
17 8 (0.48%) T-SQL
17 8 (0.48%) VB
18 6 (0.36%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 288 (17.41%) Degree
2 190 (11.49%) Security Cleared
3 88 (5.32%) SC Cleared
4 67 (4.05%) DV Cleared
5 50 (3.02%) Computer Science Degree
6 49 (2.96%) BPSS Clearance
7 48 (2.90%) ACCA
8 40 (2.42%) CIMA
8 40 (2.42%) DBS Check
9 36 (2.18%) CISSP
10 28 (1.69%) Master's Degree
11 23 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
12 21 (1.27%) PMI Certification
13 20 (1.21%) HND
14 18 (1.09%) CISM
15 16 (0.97%) CEH
15 16 (0.97%) Cisco Certification
15 16 (0.97%) HNC
15 16 (0.97%) PMP
16 14 (0.85%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (6.35%) QA
2 94 (5.68%) Accessibility
3 87 (5.26%) Data Quality
4 47 (2.84%) GDPR
5 34 (2.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 31 (1.87%) PMO
7 29 (1.75%) GAAP
8 25 (1.51%) NIST
9 24 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials
10 21 (1.27%) SLA
11 18 (1.09%) WCAG
12 12 (0.73%) TickIT
13 10 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 10 (0.60%) Good Clinical Practice
14 9 (0.54%) NCSC
15 7 (0.42%) PCI DSS
16 6 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
17 5 (0.30%) Government Security Classifications
17 5 (0.30%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 5 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 71 (4.29%) Active Directory
2 40 (2.42%) Docker
3 20 (1.21%) Hyper-V
4 19 (1.15%) Firmware
4 19 (1.15%) VMware Infrastructure
5 15 (0.91%) Embedded Firmware
6 5 (0.30%) ClearTrust
7 4 (0.24%) ProxySG
8 2 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.12%) vSphere
9 1 (0.060%) KVM
9 1 (0.060%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.060%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 62 (3.75%) Kubernetes
2 56 (3.39%) Terraform
3 38 (2.30%) Microsoft Intune
4 34 (2.06%) Ansible
5 16 (0.97%) SCCM
6 9 (0.54%) Puppet
7 8 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (0.36%) Hadoop YARN
9 5 (0.30%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (0.24%) Cisco CUCM
10 4 (0.24%) Grafana
10 4 (0.24%) Prometheus
10 4 (0.24%) ServiceCenter
11 3 (0.18%) BMC PATROL
11 3 (0.18%) Control-M
11 3 (0.18%) EMC NetWorker
11 3 (0.18%) Nessus
11 3 (0.18%) Plesk
11 3 (0.18%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.18%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 371 (22.43%) Microsoft
2 62 (3.75%) Google
3 47 (2.84%) Salesforce
4 42 (2.54%) Oracle
5 39 (2.36%) SAP
6 36 (2.18%) Cisco
7 30 (1.81%) VMware
8 28 (1.69%) Adobe
8 28 (1.69%) ServiceNow
9 22 (1.33%) Databricks
10 19 (1.15%) HubSpot
11 18 (1.09%) Palo Alto
12 15 (0.91%) iManage
13 14 (0.85%) HP
13 14 (0.85%) Remedy
14 13 (0.79%) Fortinet
14 13 (0.79%) IBM
15 11 (0.67%) SolarWinds
16 10 (0.60%) Apple
16 10 (0.60%) Red Hat