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

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 82 91 105
Rank change year-on-year +9 +14 +4
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Working 2,075 1,380 1,626
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.03% 3.23% 2.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.76% 3.64% 2.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1,302 679 818
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £30,521
25th Percentile £36,375 £37,125 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -1.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £69,375 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,846 £54,250
% change year-on-year -1.66% -6.27% +3.33%

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 75,153 37,954 55,333
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.39% 88.70% 81.81%
Number of salaries quoted 53,163 21,787 31,186
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,250
25th Percentile £42,441 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -5.11% -7.18%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £96,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 22 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 22 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 +87 484 £45,000 - 571
London -45 445 £65,000 - 1,359
South East +5 435 £47,500 +11.76% 391
North West +75 289 £45,000 - 379
Midlands 0 281 £40,000 -5.88% 238
South West +5 271 £60,000 - 312
West Midlands -23 171 £42,500 -2.05% 165
Yorkshire +50 134 £42,500 -28.27% 152
East of England -34 132 £47,500 +21.79% 162
East Midlands +22 109 £32,500 -23.53% 72
North East -25 61 £57,500 +98.28% 44
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 (4.19%) SharePoint
2 41 (1.98%) Microsoft Exchange
3 26 (1.25%) Confluence
4 18 (0.87%) Apache Spark
5 13 (0.63%) CMS
6 12 (0.58%) WordPress
7 9 (0.43%) Apache
8 4 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.19%) nginx
9 3 (0.14%) SAS
10 2 (0.096%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.096%) Drupal
10 2 (0.096%) Gentran
10 2 (0.096%) IIS
10 2 (0.096%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.096%) Luigi
10 2 (0.096%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.096%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.048%) Appian
Applications
1 145 (6.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 142 (6.84%) Microsoft Office
3 29 (1.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (0.87%) Revit
5 11 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
6 10 (0.48%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 9 (0.43%) InDesign
7 9 (0.43%) Photoshop
7 9 (0.43%) Simulink
8 8 (0.39%) Adobe Illustrator
8 8 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
9 7 (0.34%) AutoCAD
9 7 (0.34%) Navisworks
10 5 (0.24%) Fusion 360
11 4 (0.19%) Adobe Premiere
11 4 (0.19%) CapCut
12 3 (0.14%) Blender
12 3 (0.14%) Maya
12 3 (0.14%) MS Visio
12 3 (0.14%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 25 (1.20%) NetSuite
2 14 (0.67%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
4 6 (0.29%) Exchequer
5 4 (0.19%) SAP CRM
6 3 (0.14%) Shopify
6 3 (0.14%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.096%) Academy Housing
7 2 (0.096%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.096%) Maximo
7 2 (0.096%) Sage 200
7 2 (0.096%) SAP BPC
7 2 (0.096%) Siebel CRM
8 1 (0.048%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.048%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.048%) Oracle EBS R12
8 1 (0.048%) Primavera
8 1 (0.048%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.048%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 269 (12.96%) Azure
2 198 (9.54%) Microsoft 365
3 183 (8.82%) AWS
4 177 (8.53%) Power Platform
5 92 (4.43%) SaaS
6 64 (3.08%) Azure DevOps
6 64 (3.08%) GCP
7 50 (2.41%) Entra ID
8 40 (1.93%) GitHub
9 37 (1.78%) Serverless
10 30 (1.45%) AWS CloudFormation
11 29 (1.40%) Dynamics 365
12 27 (1.30%) Power Automate
13 26 (1.25%) Google Analytics
14 25 (1.20%) OneDrive
15 24 (1.16%) Microsoft Copilot
16 22 (1.06%) OCI
17 20 (0.96%) Azure Data Factory
18 18 (0.87%) Snowflake
19 17 (0.82%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 73 (3.52%) Firewall
2 61 (2.94%) DNS
3 45 (2.17%) DHCP
4 42 (2.02%) TCP/IP
4 42 (2.02%) VPN
5 35 (1.69%) Network Security
6 28 (1.35%) HTTP
6 28 (1.35%) VLAN
7 27 (1.30%) WAN
8 23 (1.11%) Wi-Fi
9 18 (0.87%) LAN
9 18 (0.87%) Wireless
10 14 (0.67%) Broadband
11 12 (0.58%) BGP
12 10 (0.48%) SD-WAN
12 10 (0.48%) VoIP
13 8 (0.39%) Internet
14 7 (0.34%) AMQP
14 7 (0.34%) Remote Desktop
14 7 (0.34%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 151 (7.28%) Power BI
2 61 (2.94%) SQL Server
3 43 (2.07%) Relational Database
4 28 (1.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 24 (1.16%) BigQuery
5 24 (1.16%) Redis
6 22 (1.06%) Tableau
7 19 (0.92%) Big Data
7 19 (0.92%) PostgreSQL
8 17 (0.82%) Metadata
9 16 (0.77%) Data Warehouse
10 15 (0.72%) Power Query
10 15 (0.72%) Semantic Layer
10 15 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 14 (0.67%) GIS
11 14 (0.67%) MySQL
12 13 (0.63%) Hadoop
13 11 (0.53%) NoSQL
14 8 (0.39%) Geospatial Data
15 7 (0.34%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 92 (4.43%) Git
2 80 (3.86%) JIRA
3 32 (1.54%) Jenkins
4 20 (0.96%) GitLab
5 7 (0.34%) Bitbucket
5 7 (0.34%) Postman
5 7 (0.34%) Rational DOORS
5 7 (0.34%) Visual Studio Code
6 5 (0.24%) LabVIEW
6 5 (0.24%) MSI
7 4 (0.19%) Cypress.io
7 4 (0.19%) Maven
7 4 (0.19%) Storybook
8 3 (0.14%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 3 (0.14%) Claude Code
8 3 (0.14%) JUnit
8 3 (0.14%) Mercurial
8 3 (0.14%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.14%) TeamCity
8 3 (0.14%) Vite
General
1 945 (45.54%) Social Skills
2 451 (21.73%) Finance
3 345 (16.63%) Analytical Skills
4 243 (11.71%) Organisational Skills
5 185 (8.92%) Marketing
6 159 (7.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 152 (7.33%) Public Sector
8 144 (6.94%) Aerospace
9 112 (5.40%) Manufacturing
10 103 (4.96%) Legal
11 95 (4.58%) Law
11 95 (4.58%) Retail
12 86 (4.14%) Presentation Skills
13 76 (3.66%) Electronics
14 69 (3.33%) Influencing Skills
15 66 (3.18%) Telecoms
16 45 (2.17%) Banking
17 41 (1.98%) Military
18 33 (1.59%) Local Government
19 32 (1.54%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 248 (11.95%) Senior
2 181 (8.72%) Developer
3 178 (8.58%) Analyst
4 156 (7.52%) Lead
5 86 (4.14%) Software Engineer
6 78 (3.76%) IT Support
7 71 (3.42%) Cloud Engineer
8 58 (2.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 57 (2.75%) IT Manager
10 56 (2.70%) Architect
11 54 (2.60%) Security Engineer
12 53 (2.55%) Consultant
13 50 (2.41%) Support Analyst
14 49 (2.36%) Development Manager
14 49 (2.36%) Support Engineer
15 46 (2.22%) Business Development Manager
15 46 (2.22%) Business Manager
16 45 (2.17%) Senior Developer
17 43 (2.07%) Software Developer
18 42 (2.02%) Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (4.29%) Node.js
2 80 (3.86%) REST
3 64 (3.08%) Terraform
4 63 (3.04%) HTML
5 49 (2.36%) CSS
6 48 (2.31%) .NET
7 36 (1.73%) React
8 29 (1.40%) Middleware
9 28 (1.35%) Vue
10 27 (1.30%) AngularJS
11 26 (1.25%) RESTful
12 24 (1.16%) JSON
12 24 (1.16%) SOAP
13 22 (1.06%) EDI
14 17 (0.82%) Kafka
15 16 (0.77%) .NET Core
15 16 (0.77%) XML
16 15 (0.72%) .NET Framework
16 15 (0.72%) Spring
17 14 (0.67%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 127 (6.12%) Onboarding
2 117 (5.64%) Management Information System
3 115 (5.54%) Driving Licence
4 82 (3.95%) Product Ownership
4 82 (3.95%) Self-Motivation
5 53 (2.55%) Cloud Native
6 43 (2.07%) Social Media
7 32 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
7 32 (1.54%) Public Cloud
8 24 (1.16%) Analogue Electronics
9 23 (1.11%) NHS
10 22 (1.06%) Algorithms
11 20 (0.96%) Blog
11 20 (0.96%) Data Structures
12 19 (0.92%) Analytical Mindset
12 19 (0.92%) Data Centre
12 19 (0.92%) Virtual Team
13 15 (0.72%) Security Posture
14 13 (0.63%) Cyber Defence
14 13 (0.63%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 133 (6.41%) Windows
2 85 (4.10%) Linux
3 54 (2.60%) Windows Server
4 14 (0.67%) Unix
5 12 (0.58%) Mac OS
5 12 (0.58%) Windows 10
6 11 (0.53%) FreeRTOS
7 10 (0.48%) Ubuntu
8 9 (0.43%) CentOS
9 8 (0.39%) Debian
9 8 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 7 (0.34%) Android
11 3 (0.14%) VMS
12 2 (0.096%) Apple iOS
12 2 (0.096%) Rocky
12 2 (0.096%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 641 (30.89%) Problem-Solving
2 627 (30.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 398 (19.18%) Agile
4 298 (14.36%) Decision-Making
5 261 (12.58%) Customer Service
6 236 (11.37%) Stakeholder Management
7 234 (11.28%) AI
8 219 (10.55%) Analytics
9 215 (10.36%) Mentoring
10 200 (9.64%) Project Delivery
11 199 (9.59%) CI/CD
11 199 (9.59%) CRM
11 199 (9.59%) Cyber Intelligence
12 189 (9.11%) Service Delivery
13 175 (8.43%) Roadmaps
14 161 (7.76%) Collaborative Culture
15 158 (7.61%) Project Management
15 158 (7.61%) Validation
16 156 (7.52%) Software Engineering
17 152 (7.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 228 (10.99%) SQL
2 183 (8.82%) Python
3 112 (5.40%) JavaScript
4 77 (3.71%) Java
5 68 (3.28%) TypeScript
6 65 (3.13%) C#
7 58 (2.80%) C
8 45 (2.17%) PowerShell
9 25 (1.20%) PHP
10 22 (1.06%) C++
11 21 (1.01%) VBA
12 17 (0.82%) Embedded C
13 16 (0.77%) Bash
14 15 (0.72%) ABAP
14 15 (0.72%) MATLAB
15 14 (0.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 10 (0.48%) Bicep
17 8 (0.39%) T-SQL
18 6 (0.29%) R
18 6 (0.29%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 314 (15.13%) Degree
2 235 (11.33%) Security Cleared
3 111 (5.35%) SC Cleared
4 79 (3.81%) DV Cleared
5 54 (2.60%) DBS Check
6 46 (2.22%) BPSS Clearance
6 46 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
7 41 (1.98%) ACCA
8 35 (1.69%) CIMA
9 28 (1.35%) HND
10 27 (1.30%) HNC
11 25 (1.20%) CISSP
12 24 (1.16%) Master's Degree
13 22 (1.06%) PMI Certification
14 17 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
14 17 (0.82%) PMP
15 16 (0.77%) Postgraduate
16 15 (0.72%) CISM
17 14 (0.67%) Chartered Engineer
18 13 (0.63%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (6.55%) QA
2 108 (5.20%) Accessibility
3 102 (4.92%) Data Quality
4 68 (3.28%) GDPR
5 33 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 32 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials
7 27 (1.30%) PMO
8 24 (1.16%) GAAP
8 24 (1.16%) SLA
9 18 (0.87%) NIST
9 18 (0.87%) WCAG
10 12 (0.58%) TickIT
11 11 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 11 (0.53%) Good Clinical Practice
12 9 (0.43%) NCSC
13 8 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
13 8 (0.39%) ISO 9001
13 8 (0.39%) PCI DSS
14 6 (0.29%) ISO 19650
14 6 (0.29%) PERC
System Software
1 80 (3.86%) Active Directory
2 42 (2.02%) Docker
3 26 (1.25%) VMware Infrastructure
4 23 (1.11%) Firmware
4 23 (1.11%) Hyper-V
5 17 (0.82%) Embedded Firmware
6 5 (0.24%) ClearTrust
7 3 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.048%) KVM
8 1 (0.048%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.048%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.048%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.048%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 67 (3.23%) Kubernetes
2 48 (2.31%) Microsoft Intune
3 39 (1.88%) Ansible
4 11 (0.53%) Puppet
4 11 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (0.39%) SCCM
6 7 (0.34%) Grafana
6 7 (0.34%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.29%) Hadoop YARN
8 5 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.14%) BMC PATROL
9 3 (0.14%) Control-M
9 3 (0.14%) EMC NetWorker
9 3 (0.14%) Nessus
9 3 (0.14%) Plesk
9 3 (0.14%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 3 (0.14%) WhatsUp Gold
10 2 (0.096%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.096%) Kibana
10 2 (0.096%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 462 (22.27%) Microsoft
2 62 (2.99%) Google
3 57 (2.75%) Salesforce
4 47 (2.27%) Oracle
5 42 (2.02%) SAP
6 36 (1.73%) VMware
7 34 (1.64%) ServiceNow
8 33 (1.59%) Cisco
9 32 (1.54%) Sage
10 29 (1.40%) Databricks
11 27 (1.30%) Adobe
12 23 (1.11%) YouTube
13 19 (0.92%) HubSpot
14 15 (0.72%) Civica
14 15 (0.72%) Fortinet
14 15 (0.72%) Palo Alto
15 13 (0.63%) iManage
16 12 (0.58%) IBM
16 12 (0.58%) Red Hat
17 11 (0.53%) Thales