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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 99 106
Rank change year-on-year +25 +7 -7
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Working 2,210 1,337 1,562
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.13% 3.09% 2.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.90% 3.47% 2.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1,354 644 743
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,688 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,693 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.28% -6.01% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £69,813 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £49,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.00% -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 76,241 38,534 54,114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.63% 89.00% 82.49%
Number of salaries quoted 53,599 21,786 29,155
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,750 £36,250 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.64%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,900 £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 8 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 8 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 +96 527 £44,000 -2.22% 373
South East +11 464 £47,500 +26.67% 345
London -31 449 £65,000 - 981
North West +91 306 £44,000 -2.22% 183
South West +23 300 £57,500 -10.79% 168
Midlands +12 293 £42,500 - 219
West Midlands -11 181 £42,500 - 148
East of England -33 152 £47,500 +21.79% 151
Yorkshire +67 142 £42,500 -29.17% 132
East Midlands +23 111 £40,000 -5.88% 71
North East -12 79 £57,500 +98.28% 60
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 90 (4.07%) SharePoint
2 47 (2.13%) Microsoft Exchange
3 26 (1.18%) Confluence
4 19 (0.86%) Apache Spark
5 15 (0.68%) CMS
6 12 (0.54%) WordPress
7 10 (0.45%) Apache
8 5 (0.23%) nginx
9 4 (0.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.090%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.090%) Drupal
10 2 (0.090%) IIS
10 2 (0.090%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.090%) Luigi
10 2 (0.090%) Office Communications Server
10 2 (0.090%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.090%) SAS
10 2 (0.090%) WebLogic
10 2 (0.090%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 168 (7.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 162 (7.33%) Microsoft Office
3 28 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (1.00%) Revit
5 15 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
6 12 (0.54%) AutoCAD
7 11 (0.50%) Simulink
8 10 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
8 10 (0.45%) Photoshop
9 9 (0.41%) Adobe Illustrator
9 9 (0.41%) InDesign
9 9 (0.41%) Navisworks
10 7 (0.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 5 (0.23%) Stateflow
12 4 (0.18%) Adobe Premiere
12 4 (0.18%) CapCut
12 4 (0.18%) MS Visio
13 3 (0.14%) Acrobat
13 3 (0.14%) Chatbot
13 3 (0.14%) Maya
Business Applications
1 22 (1.00%) NetSuite
2 14 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
3 12 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
4 6 (0.27%) Exchequer
5 5 (0.23%) SAP CRM
6 3 (0.14%) Shopify
6 3 (0.14%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.090%) Academy Housing
7 2 (0.090%) Maximo
7 2 (0.090%) Oracle Applications
7 2 (0.090%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.090%) Oracle EBS R12
7 2 (0.090%) Sage 200
7 2 (0.090%) SAP BPC
7 2 (0.090%) Siebel CRM
8 1 (0.045%) Primavera
8 1 (0.045%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.045%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.045%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 269 (12.17%) Azure
2 210 (9.50%) Microsoft 365
3 188 (8.51%) AWS
4 176 (7.96%) Power Platform
5 99 (4.48%) SaaS
6 60 (2.71%) Entra ID
6 60 (2.71%) GCP
7 56 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
8 40 (1.81%) Serverless
9 37 (1.67%) GitHub
10 31 (1.40%) AWS CloudFormation
11 29 (1.31%) OneDrive
11 29 (1.31%) Power Automate
12 25 (1.13%) Microsoft Copilot
13 24 (1.09%) Dynamics 365
14 23 (1.04%) Google Analytics
15 22 (1.00%) OCI
16 21 (0.95%) PowerApps
17 20 (0.90%) Azure Data Factory
18 19 (0.86%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 74 (3.35%) Firewall
2 70 (3.17%) DNS
3 53 (2.40%) DHCP
4 45 (2.04%) TCP/IP
5 44 (1.99%) VPN
6 35 (1.58%) Network Security
7 31 (1.40%) VLAN
8 29 (1.31%) WAN
9 26 (1.18%) HTTP
10 24 (1.09%) Wi-Fi
11 21 (0.95%) Wireless
12 19 (0.86%) LAN
13 14 (0.63%) Broadband
14 13 (0.59%) BGP
14 13 (0.59%) Internet
15 11 (0.50%) SD-WAN
16 10 (0.45%) VoIP
17 8 (0.36%) Remote Desktop
17 8 (0.36%) Software-Defined Networking
18 7 (0.32%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 145 (6.56%) Power BI
2 62 (2.81%) SQL Server
3 47 (2.13%) Relational Database
4 26 (1.18%) Redis
5 23 (1.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 21 (0.95%) BigQuery
7 19 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
8 18 (0.81%) Big Data
8 18 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
9 17 (0.77%) Metadata
9 17 (0.77%) Power Query
10 16 (0.72%) Tableau
11 15 (0.68%) MySQL
11 15 (0.68%) Semantic Layer
12 14 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 13 (0.59%) Hadoop
14 11 (0.50%) NoSQL
15 10 (0.45%) MongoDB
16 9 (0.41%) GIS
17 8 (0.36%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 90 (4.07%) Git
2 75 (3.39%) JIRA
3 33 (1.49%) Jenkins
4 25 (1.13%) GitLab
5 10 (0.45%) Rational DOORS
6 7 (0.32%) Visual Studio Code
7 6 (0.27%) Bitbucket
8 5 (0.23%) LabVIEW
8 5 (0.23%) MSI
8 5 (0.23%) Vite
9 4 (0.18%) Cucumber
9 4 (0.18%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.18%) Maven
9 4 (0.18%) Storybook
10 3 (0.14%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 3 (0.14%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.14%) Gatling
10 3 (0.14%) Mercurial
10 3 (0.14%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.14%) TeamCity
General
1 1,010 (45.70%) Social Skills
2 441 (19.95%) Finance
3 376 (17.01%) Analytical Skills
4 274 (12.40%) Organisational Skills
5 189 (8.55%) Marketing
6 175 (7.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 167 (7.56%) Public Sector
8 145 (6.56%) Aerospace
9 125 (5.66%) Manufacturing
10 113 (5.11%) Legal
11 96 (4.34%) Presentation Skills
11 96 (4.34%) Retail
12 90 (4.07%) Law
13 88 (3.98%) Electronics
14 68 (3.08%) Influencing Skills
15 65 (2.94%) Telecoms
16 42 (1.90%) Banking
17 41 (1.86%) Military
18 36 (1.63%) Local Government
19 30 (1.36%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 255 (11.54%) Senior
2 187 (8.46%) Analyst
3 185 (8.37%) Developer
4 164 (7.42%) Lead
5 95 (4.30%) Software Engineer
6 85 (3.85%) Cloud Engineer
7 80 (3.62%) IT Support
8 70 (3.17%) Security Engineer
9 60 (2.71%) Architect
9 60 (2.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 59 (2.67%) Support Analyst
11 56 (2.53%) Administrator
12 54 (2.44%) IT Manager
13 50 (2.26%) Development Manager
14 49 (2.22%) Support Engineer
15 47 (2.13%) Business Development Manager
15 47 (2.13%) Business Manager
16 46 (2.08%) Coordinator
17 45 (2.04%) Consultant
18 44 (1.99%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 90 (4.07%) Node.js
2 77 (3.48%) REST
3 64 (2.90%) HTML
3 64 (2.90%) Terraform
4 49 (2.22%) CSS
5 46 (2.08%) .NET
6 38 (1.72%) React
7 27 (1.22%) AngularJS
7 27 (1.22%) Vue
8 26 (1.18%) Middleware
9 25 (1.13%) RESTful
10 22 (1.00%) Kafka
11 19 (0.86%) EDI
11 19 (0.86%) SOAP
12 18 (0.81%) JSON
12 18 (0.81%) Spring
13 17 (0.77%) Spring Boot
14 15 (0.68%) HTML5
15 14 (0.63%) OAuth
16 13 (0.59%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 144 (6.52%) Onboarding
2 137 (6.20%) Driving Licence
3 131 (5.93%) Management Information System
4 94 (4.25%) Self-Motivation
5 72 (3.26%) Product Ownership
6 58 (2.62%) Cloud Native
7 55 (2.49%) Social Media
8 35 (1.58%) Enterprise Software
9 28 (1.27%) Public Cloud
10 25 (1.13%) Algorithms
11 24 (1.09%) Analogue Electronics
12 23 (1.04%) NHS
13 20 (0.90%) Blog
14 18 (0.81%) Analytical Mindset
15 17 (0.77%) Data Centre
15 17 (0.77%) Data Structures
15 17 (0.77%) FMCG
15 17 (0.77%) Robotics
16 16 (0.72%) Security Posture
17 15 (0.68%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 142 (6.43%) Windows
2 83 (3.76%) Linux
3 58 (2.62%) Windows Server
4 15 (0.68%) Unix
4 15 (0.68%) Windows 10
5 12 (0.54%) Mac OS
6 10 (0.45%) Android
7 9 (0.41%) Ubuntu
8 8 (0.36%) CentOS
8 8 (0.36%) Debian
8 8 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 7 (0.32%) FreeRTOS
10 5 (0.23%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.090%) Rocky
11 2 (0.090%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.090%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 678 (30.68%) Problem-Solving
2 649 (29.37%) Continuous Improvement
3 402 (18.19%) Agile
4 296 (13.39%) Decision-Making
5 274 (12.40%) Customer Service
6 260 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
7 254 (11.49%) Cyber Intelligence
8 249 (11.27%) AI
9 219 (9.91%) Mentoring
10 218 (9.86%) Analytics
11 214 (9.68%) CRM
12 208 (9.41%) CI/CD
13 205 (9.28%) Project Delivery
14 192 (8.69%) Service Delivery
15 177 (8.01%) Software Engineering
16 170 (7.69%) Collaborative Culture
17 166 (7.51%) Validation
18 162 (7.33%) Roadmaps
19 155 (7.01%) Project Management
20 154 (6.97%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 230 (10.41%) SQL
2 186 (8.42%) Python
3 122 (5.52%) JavaScript
4 80 (3.62%) Java
5 73 (3.30%) TypeScript
6 64 (2.90%) C#
7 58 (2.62%) C
8 47 (2.13%) PowerShell
9 26 (1.18%) PHP
10 25 (1.13%) C++
11 20 (0.90%) VBA
12 18 (0.81%) ABAP
12 18 (0.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 17 (0.77%) Embedded C
14 15 (0.68%) Bash
14 15 (0.68%) MATLAB
15 10 (0.45%) Bicep
16 8 (0.36%) R
17 6 (0.27%) Kotlin
17 6 (0.27%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 324 (14.66%) Degree
2 248 (11.22%) Security Cleared
3 125 (5.66%) SC Cleared
4 78 (3.53%) DV Cleared
5 68 (3.08%) DBS Check
6 48 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
7 41 (1.86%) BPSS Clearance
8 37 (1.67%) ACCA
9 36 (1.63%) HNC
10 32 (1.45%) HND
11 31 (1.40%) CIMA
12 29 (1.31%) Master's Degree
13 21 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
14 20 (0.90%) CISSP
15 17 (0.77%) Chartered Engineer
16 15 (0.68%) PMI Certification
17 14 (0.63%) CISM
18 13 (0.59%) Azure Certification
18 13 (0.59%) NVQ Level 3
19 12 (0.54%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 145 (6.56%) QA
2 113 (5.11%) Data Quality
3 109 (4.93%) Accessibility
4 77 (3.48%) GDPR
5 34 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 32 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials
7 26 (1.18%) PMO
8 24 (1.09%) SLA
9 20 (0.90%) GAAP
10 19 (0.86%) NIST
11 17 (0.77%) WCAG
12 12 (0.54%) Good Clinical Practice
13 11 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 11 (0.50%) ISO 9001
14 9 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
14 9 (0.41%) ISO 19650
14 9 (0.41%) NCSC
15 8 (0.36%) PCI DSS
16 7 (0.32%) TickIT
17 6 (0.27%) PERC
System Software
1 93 (4.21%) Active Directory
2 43 (1.95%) Docker
3 30 (1.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 28 (1.27%) Hyper-V
5 27 (1.22%) Firmware
6 15 (0.68%) Embedded Firmware
7 5 (0.23%) ClearTrust
7 5 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.090%) DFS Replication
9 1 (0.045%) KVM
9 1 (0.045%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.045%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.045%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.045%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 67 (3.03%) Kubernetes
2 54 (2.44%) Microsoft Intune
3 39 (1.76%) Ansible
4 13 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
5 11 (0.50%) Puppet
6 8 (0.36%) Grafana
7 7 (0.32%) Prometheus
8 6 (0.27%) Hadoop YARN
8 6 (0.27%) SCCM
8 6 (0.27%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 5 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (0.14%) BMC PATROL
10 3 (0.14%) Control-M
10 3 (0.14%) EMC NetWorker
10 3 (0.14%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.14%) WhatsUp Gold
11 2 (0.090%) Nessus
11 2 (0.090%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 2 (0.090%) Oracle RMAN
11 2 (0.090%) Plesk
Vendors
1 500 (22.62%) Microsoft
2 69 (3.12%) Google
3 62 (2.81%) Salesforce
4 49 (2.22%) Oracle
5 48 (2.17%) SAP
6 39 (1.76%) VMware
7 37 (1.67%) Cisco
8 36 (1.63%) ServiceNow
9 33 (1.49%) Sage
10 30 (1.36%) Databricks
11 28 (1.27%) YouTube
12 26 (1.18%) Adobe
13 21 (0.95%) HubSpot
14 15 (0.68%) Civica
14 15 (0.68%) Fortinet
15 14 (0.63%) iManage
15 14 (0.63%) Palo Alto
16 11 (0.50%) IBM
16 11 (0.50%) Thales
16 11 (0.50%) Zscaler