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

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 96 109
Rank change year-on-year +24 +13 -9
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Working 2,270 1,327 1,518
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.19% 3.10% 2.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.97% 3.48% 2.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1,370 642 731
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,115 £32,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,750 £50,000 £55,655
Median % change year-on-year -0.50% -10.16% +1.19%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £48,493 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.02% -9.09% +10.00%

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 76,552 38,090 53,382
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.78% 88.90% 82.72%
Number of salaries quoted 53,565 21,805 28,465
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,750 £36,250 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.32%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -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 12 October 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 October 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 +101 533 £44,000 -2.22% 194
South East +11 481 £47,500 +36.69% 150
London -31 459 £65,000 - 560
South West +20 311 £57,500 -8.00% 90
North West +89 306 £44,000 -2.22% 99
Midlands +10 298 £42,500 - 113
West Midlands -12 182 £44,621 +18.99% 78
East of England -30 161 £47,500 +21.79% 74
Yorkshire +63 143 £41,982 -30.03% 68
East Midlands +29 115 £40,000 -5.88% 34
North East -18 84 £58,750 +102.59% 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 93 (4.10%) SharePoint
2 48 (2.11%) Microsoft Exchange
3 27 (1.19%) Confluence
4 19 (0.84%) Apache Spark
5 15 (0.66%) CMS
6 13 (0.57%) WordPress
7 11 (0.48%) Apache
8 6 (0.26%) nginx
9 4 (0.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.13%) Office Communications Server
10 3 (0.13%) WebLogic
11 2 (0.088%) Drupal
11 2 (0.088%) IIS
11 2 (0.088%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.088%) Luigi
11 2 (0.088%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.088%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.088%) Palantir Foundry
11 2 (0.088%) SAS
Applications
1 179 (7.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 171 (7.53%) Microsoft Office
3 28 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 23 (1.01%) Revit
5 17 (0.75%) Spreadsheet
6 16 (0.70%) AutoCAD
7 11 (0.48%) Simulink
8 10 (0.44%) Photoshop
9 9 (0.40%) Adobe Illustrator
9 9 (0.40%) InDesign
9 9 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
9 9 (0.40%) Navisworks
10 6 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 5 (0.22%) MS Visio
11 5 (0.22%) Stateflow
12 4 (0.18%) Adobe Premiere
12 4 (0.18%) CapCut
12 4 (0.18%) Chatbot
12 4 (0.18%) ProjectWise
13 3 (0.13%) Blender
Business Applications
1 21 (0.93%) NetSuite
2 14 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
4 6 (0.26%) Exchequer
5 5 (0.22%) SAP CRM
6 3 (0.13%) Shopify
6 3 (0.13%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.088%) Academy Housing
7 2 (0.088%) Maximo
7 2 (0.088%) Oracle Applications
7 2 (0.088%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.088%) Oracle EBS R12
7 2 (0.088%) Sage 200
7 2 (0.088%) SAP BPC
7 2 (0.088%) Siebel CRM
7 2 (0.088%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.044%) Primavera
8 1 (0.044%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.044%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 272 (11.98%) Azure
2 216 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
3 192 (8.46%) AWS
4 180 (7.93%) Power Platform
5 102 (4.49%) SaaS
6 61 (2.69%) Entra ID
7 58 (2.56%) GCP
8 52 (2.29%) Azure DevOps
9 40 (1.76%) Serverless
10 37 (1.63%) GitHub
11 31 (1.37%) OneDrive
12 30 (1.32%) AWS CloudFormation
12 30 (1.32%) Power Automate
13 27 (1.19%) Microsoft Copilot
14 24 (1.06%) Dynamics 365
15 23 (1.01%) Google Analytics
16 22 (0.97%) PowerApps
17 21 (0.93%) OCI
18 20 (0.88%) Copilot Studio
18 20 (0.88%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 74 (3.26%) Firewall
2 72 (3.17%) DNS
3 55 (2.42%) DHCP
4 45 (1.98%) TCP/IP
5 44 (1.94%) VPN
6 37 (1.63%) Network Security
7 32 (1.41%) VLAN
8 29 (1.28%) WAN
9 27 (1.19%) HTTP
10 24 (1.06%) Wi-Fi
11 23 (1.01%) Wireless
12 19 (0.84%) LAN
13 14 (0.62%) Broadband
13 14 (0.62%) Internet
14 13 (0.57%) BGP
15 11 (0.48%) SD-WAN
16 10 (0.44%) VoIP
17 9 (0.40%) Remote Desktop
18 8 (0.35%) SNMP
18 8 (0.35%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 146 (6.43%) Power BI
2 65 (2.86%) SQL Server
3 48 (2.11%) Relational Database
4 28 (1.23%) Redis
5 21 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
5 21 (0.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 20 (0.88%) BigQuery
7 19 (0.84%) Big Data
7 19 (0.84%) Metadata
7 19 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
7 19 (0.84%) Power Query
8 15 (0.66%) MySQL
8 15 (0.66%) Semantic Layer
8 15 (0.66%) Tableau
9 14 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 13 (0.57%) Hadoop
11 12 (0.53%) MongoDB
12 11 (0.48%) NoSQL
13 10 (0.44%) GIS
14 8 (0.35%) EDMS
Development Applications
1 91 (4.01%) Git
2 71 (3.13%) JIRA
3 35 (1.54%) Jenkins
4 26 (1.15%) GitLab
5 11 (0.48%) Rational DOORS
6 7 (0.31%) Visual Studio Code
7 5 (0.22%) Bitbucket
7 5 (0.22%) Cucumber
7 5 (0.22%) LabVIEW
7 5 (0.22%) MSI
7 5 (0.22%) Vite
8 4 (0.18%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.18%) Gatling
8 4 (0.18%) Maven
8 4 (0.18%) Storybook
8 4 (0.18%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.13%) Claude Code
9 3 (0.13%) Eclipse
9 3 (0.13%) JUnit
9 3 (0.13%) SonarQube
General
1 1,038 (45.73%) Social Skills
2 447 (19.69%) Finance
3 393 (17.31%) Analytical Skills
4 289 (12.73%) Organisational Skills
5 188 (8.28%) Marketing
6 182 (8.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 166 (7.31%) Public Sector
8 147 (6.48%) Aerospace
9 127 (5.59%) Manufacturing
10 114 (5.02%) Legal
11 100 (4.41%) Presentation Skills
12 97 (4.27%) Retail
13 90 (3.96%) Electronics
14 89 (3.92%) Law
15 69 (3.04%) Influencing Skills
16 66 (2.91%) Telecoms
17 43 (1.89%) Banking
17 43 (1.89%) Military
18 39 (1.72%) Local Government
19 31 (1.37%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 260 (11.45%) Senior
2 194 (8.55%) Developer
3 191 (8.41%) Analyst
4 172 (7.58%) Lead
5 99 (4.36%) Software Engineer
6 88 (3.88%) Cloud Engineer
7 82 (3.61%) IT Support
8 74 (3.26%) Security Engineer
9 63 (2.78%) Architect
10 61 (2.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 61 (2.69%) Support Analyst
11 59 (2.60%) Administrator
12 53 (2.33%) IT Manager
13 52 (2.29%) Software Developer
14 51 (2.25%) Development Manager
15 50 (2.20%) Support Engineer
16 49 (2.16%) Business Manager
17 48 (2.11%) Business Development Manager
18 47 (2.07%) Coordinator
19 44 (1.94%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 92 (4.05%) Node.js
2 79 (3.48%) REST
3 65 (2.86%) HTML
4 63 (2.78%) Terraform
5 50 (2.20%) CSS
6 48 (2.11%) .NET
7 37 (1.63%) React
8 29 (1.28%) Vue
9 28 (1.23%) AngularJS
10 27 (1.19%) Middleware
11 25 (1.10%) RESTful
12 23 (1.01%) Kafka
13 19 (0.84%) Spring
14 18 (0.79%) SOAP
14 18 (0.79%) Spring Boot
15 17 (0.75%) EDI
15 17 (0.75%) JSON
16 16 (0.70%) HTML5
17 14 (0.62%) .NET Framework
17 14 (0.62%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 145 (6.39%) Driving Licence
2 143 (6.30%) Management Information System
2 143 (6.30%) Onboarding
3 99 (4.36%) Self-Motivation
4 71 (3.13%) Product Ownership
5 58 (2.56%) Cloud Native
5 58 (2.56%) Social Media
6 35 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
7 29 (1.28%) Public Cloud
8 27 (1.19%) Algorithms
9 25 (1.10%) Analogue Electronics
10 23 (1.01%) NHS
11 21 (0.93%) Blog
12 19 (0.84%) FMCG
13 18 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
13 18 (0.79%) Data Centre
13 18 (0.79%) Robotics
14 17 (0.75%) Security Posture
15 15 (0.66%) Data Structures
15 15 (0.66%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 148 (6.52%) Windows
2 84 (3.70%) Linux
3 61 (2.69%) Windows Server
4 15 (0.66%) Unix
4 15 (0.66%) Windows 10
5 12 (0.53%) macOS
6 11 (0.48%) Android
7 9 (0.40%) Ubuntu
8 8 (0.35%) CentOS
8 8 (0.35%) Debian
8 8 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 7 (0.31%) FreeRTOS
10 5 (0.22%) Apple iOS
11 3 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
11 3 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.088%) Rocky
13 1 (0.044%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 695 (30.62%) Problem-Solving
2 663 (29.21%) Continuous Improvement
3 412 (18.15%) Agile
4 303 (13.35%) Decision-Making
5 281 (12.38%) Customer Service
6 271 (11.94%) Stakeholder Management
7 266 (11.72%) AI
8 263 (11.59%) Cyber Intelligence
9 219 (9.65%) Analytics
10 214 (9.43%) CRM
10 214 (9.43%) Mentoring
11 212 (9.34%) Project Delivery
12 210 (9.25%) CI/CD
13 197 (8.68%) Service Delivery
14 184 (8.11%) Software Engineering
15 174 (7.67%) Collaborative Culture
15 174 (7.67%) Validation
16 164 (7.22%) Roadmaps
17 162 (7.14%) Project Management
18 159 (7.00%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 234 (10.31%) SQL
2 190 (8.37%) Python
3 127 (5.59%) JavaScript
4 82 (3.61%) Java
5 75 (3.30%) TypeScript
6 65 (2.86%) C#
7 58 (2.56%) C
8 49 (2.16%) PowerShell
9 26 (1.15%) PHP
10 25 (1.10%) C++
11 20 (0.88%) VBA
12 18 (0.79%) ABAP
12 18 (0.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 17 (0.75%) Embedded C
14 16 (0.70%) Bash
15 15 (0.66%) MATLAB
16 10 (0.44%) Bicep
17 8 (0.35%) R
18 6 (0.26%) Kotlin
18 6 (0.26%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 332 (14.63%) Degree
2 256 (11.28%) Security Cleared
3 130 (5.73%) SC Cleared
4 77 (3.39%) DBS Check
4 77 (3.39%) DV Cleared
5 50 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
6 42 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
7 36 (1.59%) HNC
8 34 (1.50%) ACCA
8 34 (1.50%) Master's Degree
9 31 (1.37%) HND
10 29 (1.28%) CIMA
11 21 (0.93%) CISSP
11 21 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
12 20 (0.88%) Chartered Engineer
13 15 (0.66%) Azure Certification
13 15 (0.66%) CISM
14 14 (0.62%) NVQ Level 3
15 13 (0.57%) PMI Certification
16 12 (0.53%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 154 (6.78%) QA
2 119 (5.24%) Data Quality
3 110 (4.85%) Accessibility
4 79 (3.48%) GDPR
5 36 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 32 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials
7 28 (1.23%) PMO
8 25 (1.10%) SLA
9 20 (0.88%) NIST
10 19 (0.84%) GAAP
11 17 (0.75%) WCAG
12 13 (0.57%) ISO 9001
13 12 (0.53%) Good Clinical Practice
14 11 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 10 (0.44%) NCSC
16 9 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
16 9 (0.40%) ISO 19650
17 8 (0.35%) PCI DSS
18 6 (0.26%) Def Stans
18 6 (0.26%) PERC
System Software
1 96 (4.23%) Active Directory
2 45 (1.98%) Docker
3 30 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 29 (1.28%) Hyper-V
5 27 (1.19%) Firmware
6 15 (0.66%) Embedded Firmware
7 6 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (0.22%) ClearTrust
9 3 (0.13%) DFS Replication
10 1 (0.044%) KVM
10 1 (0.044%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.044%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.044%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 68 (3.00%) Kubernetes
2 55 (2.42%) Microsoft Intune
3 39 (1.72%) Ansible
4 14 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
5 11 (0.48%) Puppet
6 9 (0.40%) Grafana
7 7 (0.31%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.31%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 6 (0.26%) Hadoop YARN
8 6 (0.26%) SCCM
9 5 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (0.18%) FortiGate
11 3 (0.13%) BMC PATROL
11 3 (0.13%) Control-M
11 3 (0.13%) EMC NetWorker
11 3 (0.13%) Oracle RMAN
11 3 (0.13%) WhatsUp Gold
12 2 (0.088%) Nessus
12 2 (0.088%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 2 (0.088%) Plesk
Vendors
1 520 (22.91%) Microsoft
2 71 (3.13%) Google
3 60 (2.64%) Salesforce
4 50 (2.20%) Oracle
5 49 (2.16%) SAP
6 39 (1.72%) VMware
7 36 (1.59%) Cisco
8 35 (1.54%) ServiceNow
9 33 (1.45%) Sage
10 30 (1.32%) YouTube
11 29 (1.28%) Databricks
12 25 (1.10%) Adobe
13 21 (0.93%) HubSpot
14 15 (0.66%) Civica
14 15 (0.66%) Fortinet
15 14 (0.62%) iManage
15 14 (0.62%) Palo Alto
16 13 (0.57%) Thales
17 12 (0.53%) Red Hat
17 12 (0.53%) Zscaler