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

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 83 100
Rank change year-on-year -35 +17 +34
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Working 1,528 1,561 1,790
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.66% 3.58% 2.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.25% 3.99% 3.02%
Number of salaries quoted 944 735 1,113
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,751 £29,800
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £39,316
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,356 £52,500 £52,172
Median % change year-on-year -2.18% +0.63% -9.27%
75th Percentile £65,640 £72,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £91,977
UK median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £52,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% -7.96%

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 67,827 39,106 59,264
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.89% 89.61% 81.24%
Number of salaries quoted 47,864 22,714 39,792
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £31,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,750 £41,021
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -11.29%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% 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 2 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 2 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 -57 393 £65,000 - 388
South East -21 318 £48,000 +4.35% 232
North of England +37 302 £49,250 -1.50% 246
Midlands -2 258 £40,000 -15.79% 155
North West +39 185 £45,497 -9.01% 130
West Midlands -32 143 £42,500 -19.05% 92
South West -35 138 £47,500 -29.63% 135
East Midlands +16 114 £33,750 -20.59% 63
East of England -66 86 £55,000 +57.14% 77
Yorkshire -2 76 £52,500 -7.49% 80
North East -31 41 £58,750 +94.21% 40
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 65 (4.25%) SharePoint
2 38 (2.49%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (0.98%) WordPress
4 14 (0.92%) Apache Spark
5 13 (0.85%) Confluence
6 10 (0.65%) CMS
7 9 (0.59%) SAS
8 7 (0.46%) Apache
9 5 (0.33%) IIS
10 4 (0.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 4 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
10 4 (0.26%) GeoServer
11 2 (0.13%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.13%) Drupal
11 2 (0.13%) Gentran
11 2 (0.13%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.13%) Luigi
11 2 (0.13%) nginx
12 1 (0.065%) Appian
12 1 (0.065%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 83 (5.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 76 (4.97%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (1.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.65%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 10 (0.65%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.39%) Revit
6 5 (0.33%) Adobe Illustrator
6 5 (0.33%) Fusion 360
6 5 (0.33%) InDesign
6 5 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.33%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.26%) Navisworks
7 4 (0.26%) Simulink
8 3 (0.20%) Blender
8 3 (0.20%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.20%) Maya
8 3 (0.20%) Stateflow
9 2 (0.13%) CapCut
9 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (1.57%) NetSuite
2 13 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.79%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.26%) SAP HR
6 3 (0.20%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.13%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.13%) SAP BPC
7 2 (0.13%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.065%) Exchequer
8 1 (0.065%) FastStats
8 1 (0.065%) NEC Housing
8 1 (0.065%) Primavera
8 1 (0.065%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.065%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.065%) Sage 200
8 1 (0.065%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.065%) SAP CRM
8 1 (0.065%) Shopify
8 1 (0.065%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 258 (16.88%) Azure
2 196 (12.83%) AWS
3 161 (10.54%) Microsoft 365
4 144 (9.42%) Power Platform
5 82 (5.37%) SaaS
6 66 (4.32%) GCP
7 56 (3.66%) Azure DevOps
8 49 (3.21%) Entra ID
9 44 (2.88%) Serverless
10 33 (2.16%) GitHub
11 28 (1.83%) AWS CloudFormation
11 28 (1.83%) Google Analytics
12 26 (1.70%) Dynamics 365
13 21 (1.37%) Microsoft Copilot
13 21 (1.37%) Power Automate
14 20 (1.31%) OCI
14 20 (1.31%) Snowflake
15 16 (1.05%) OneDrive
16 15 (0.98%) Boomi
16 15 (0.98%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 79 (5.17%) Firewall
2 51 (3.34%) DNS
3 42 (2.75%) Network Security
4 37 (2.42%) DHCP
5 36 (2.36%) VPN
5 36 (2.36%) WAN
6 34 (2.23%) TCP/IP
7 32 (2.09%) VLAN
8 28 (1.83%) LAN
9 25 (1.64%) HTTP
10 22 (1.44%) Broadband
10 22 (1.44%) Wireless
11 19 (1.24%) BGP
12 18 (1.18%) Wi-Fi
13 11 (0.72%) SNMP
14 10 (0.65%) VoIP
15 9 (0.59%) Cisco Nexus
15 9 (0.59%) EIGRP
15 9 (0.59%) Internet
15 9 (0.59%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 122 (7.98%) Power BI
2 53 (3.47%) SQL Server
3 30 (1.96%) Relational Database
4 28 (1.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 28 (1.83%) Tableau
5 25 (1.64%) BigQuery
6 22 (1.44%) Big Data
7 20 (1.31%) PostgreSQL
8 18 (1.18%) GIS
8 18 (1.18%) Metadata
9 17 (1.11%) MySQL
10 15 (0.98%) Semantic Layer
11 14 (0.92%) Redis
11 14 (0.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 12 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
12 12 (0.79%) Geospatial Data
13 11 (0.72%) NoSQL
13 11 (0.72%) Power Query
14 10 (0.65%) Hadoop
15 7 (0.46%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 80 (5.24%) Git
2 56 (3.66%) JIRA
3 36 (2.36%) Jenkins
4 17 (1.11%) GitLab
5 9 (0.59%) Postman
6 6 (0.39%) Visual Studio Code
7 5 (0.33%) Bitbucket
7 5 (0.33%) MSI
8 4 (0.26%) Maven
8 4 (0.26%) Storybook
9 3 (0.20%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.20%) LabVIEW
9 3 (0.20%) Selenium
10 2 (0.13%) Eclipse
10 2 (0.13%) JUnit
10 2 (0.13%) MSTest
10 2 (0.13%) Rational DOORS
10 2 (0.13%) Visual Studio
11 1 (0.065%) Qt Creator
11 1 (0.065%) Subversion
General
1 704 (46.07%) Social Skills
2 374 (24.48%) Finance
3 290 (18.98%) Analytical Skills
4 154 (10.08%) Marketing
5 145 (9.49%) Organisational Skills
6 119 (7.79%) Public Sector
7 118 (7.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 109 (7.13%) Legal
9 88 (5.76%) Aerospace
10 82 (5.37%) Law
11 64 (4.19%) Retail
12 62 (4.06%) Presentation Skills
13 58 (3.80%) Influencing Skills
14 55 (3.60%) Manufacturing
15 49 (3.21%) Telecoms
16 38 (2.49%) Banking
17 37 (2.42%) Electronics
18 29 (1.90%) Advertising
19 26 (1.70%) Local Government
20 20 (1.31%) Games
Job Titles
1 220 (14.40%) Senior
2 148 (9.69%) Analyst
3 134 (8.77%) Developer
4 121 (7.92%) Lead
5 64 (4.19%) Consultant
6 53 (3.47%) IT Support
6 53 (3.47%) Software Engineer
7 45 (2.95%) Systems Engineer
8 43 (2.81%) Delivery Manager
8 43 (2.81%) Senior Manager
9 42 (2.75%) Architect
9 42 (2.75%) IT Manager
9 42 (2.75%) Support Engineer
10 39 (2.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 37 (2.42%) Development Manager
12 36 (2.36%) Business Manager
12 36 (2.36%) Senior Developer
13 35 (2.29%) Business Analyst
13 35 (2.29%) Business Development Manager
14 32 (2.09%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (5.24%) Node.js
2 72 (4.71%) REST
3 49 (3.21%) .NET
3 49 (3.21%) HTML
4 39 (2.55%) CSS
5 38 (2.49%) React
6 30 (1.96%) Vue
7 29 (1.90%) JSON
8 24 (1.57%) SOAP
9 23 (1.51%) RESTful
10 22 (1.44%) .NET Core
10 22 (1.44%) XML
11 21 (1.37%) AngularJS
12 18 (1.18%) Middleware
13 17 (1.11%) EDI
13 17 (1.11%) Next.js
14 16 (1.05%) .NET Framework
15 15 (0.98%) Kafka
15 15 (0.98%) OAuth
16 13 (0.85%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 90 (5.89%) Onboarding
2 88 (5.76%) Management Information System
3 73 (4.78%) Product Ownership
4 66 (4.32%) Driving Licence
5 50 (3.27%) Cloud Native
6 40 (2.62%) Self-Motivation
7 33 (2.16%) Public Cloud
8 29 (1.90%) Blog
9 28 (1.83%) Social Media
10 27 (1.77%) Data Centre
11 22 (1.44%) Data Structures
12 21 (1.37%) Greenfield Project
13 20 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
14 19 (1.24%) Algorithms
14 19 (1.24%) NHS
14 19 (1.24%) Security Posture
15 17 (1.11%) Legacy Systems
16 16 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
17 14 (0.92%) EPoS
18 12 (0.79%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 123 (8.05%) Windows
2 74 (4.84%) Linux
3 50 (3.27%) Windows Server
4 13 (0.85%) FreeRTOS
5 8 (0.52%) Ubuntu
5 8 (0.52%) Unix
6 7 (0.46%) CentOS
7 6 (0.39%) Debian
8 5 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.26%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.26%) Windows 7
10 3 (0.20%) Android
10 3 (0.20%) VMS
10 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.13%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.065%) Rocky
12 1 (0.065%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 512 (33.51%) Problem-Solving
2 450 (29.45%) Continuous Improvement
3 347 (22.71%) Agile
4 228 (14.92%) Decision-Making
5 189 (12.37%) Analytics
6 178 (11.65%) AI
7 175 (11.45%) Mentoring
8 173 (11.32%) Roadmaps
9 160 (10.47%) CI/CD
9 160 (10.47%) Customer Service
10 153 (10.01%) Service Delivery
11 133 (8.70%) CRM
12 132 (8.64%) Project Delivery
13 130 (8.51%) Stakeholder Management
14 129 (8.44%) Collaborative Culture
15 128 (8.38%) Validation
16 126 (8.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 124 (8.12%) Project Management
18 122 (7.98%) DevOps
19 117 (7.66%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 194 (12.70%) SQL
2 171 (11.19%) Python
3 86 (5.63%) JavaScript
4 75 (4.91%) Java
5 68 (4.45%) C#
6 66 (4.32%) TypeScript
7 39 (2.55%) PowerShell
8 32 (2.09%) C
9 25 (1.64%) PHP
10 23 (1.51%) VBA
11 18 (1.18%) C++
12 15 (0.98%) Bash
12 15 (0.98%) Embedded C
13 14 (0.92%) ABAP
14 12 (0.79%) T-SQL
15 11 (0.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 10 (0.65%) MATLAB
17 9 (0.59%) Bicep
18 8 (0.52%) VB
19 6 (0.39%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 266 (17.41%) Degree
2 168 (10.99%) Security Cleared
3 83 (5.43%) SC Cleared
4 60 (3.93%) DV Cleared
5 50 (3.27%) ACCA
6 46 (3.01%) Computer Science Degree
7 42 (2.75%) CIMA
8 41 (2.68%) BPSS Clearance
9 38 (2.49%) DBS Check
10 35 (2.29%) CISSP
11 28 (1.83%) Master's Degree
12 21 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
12 21 (1.37%) PMI Certification
13 20 (1.31%) Cisco Certification
14 18 (1.18%) CCNP
15 17 (1.11%) CISM
16 16 (1.05%) PMP
17 15 (0.98%) HND
18 12 (0.79%) CEH
19 11 (0.72%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (6.35%) QA
2 90 (5.89%) Accessibility
3 85 (5.56%) Data Quality
4 38 (2.49%) GDPR
5 37 (2.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 34 (2.23%) PMO
7 29 (1.90%) GAAP
8 23 (1.51%) NIST
9 20 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials
9 20 (1.31%) SLA
10 18 (1.18%) WCAG
11 12 (0.79%) TickIT
12 10 (0.65%) Good Clinical Practice
13 9 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 8 (0.52%) NCSC
15 7 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 15288
15 7 (0.46%) PCI DSS
16 6 (0.39%) Government Security Classifications
16 6 (0.39%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 6 (0.39%) JSP 440
System Software
1 65 (4.25%) Active Directory
2 39 (2.55%) Docker
3 24 (1.57%) Hyper-V
4 17 (1.11%) Firmware
4 17 (1.11%) VMware Infrastructure
5 14 (0.92%) Embedded Firmware
6 8 (0.52%) ProxySG
7 5 (0.33%) ClearTrust
8 3 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.13%) vSphere
10 1 (0.065%) KVM
10 1 (0.065%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.065%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 59 (3.86%) Kubernetes
2 51 (3.34%) Terraform
3 31 (2.03%) Ansible
4 29 (1.90%) Microsoft Intune
5 19 (1.24%) SCCM
6 8 (0.52%) Puppet
7 6 (0.39%) Hadoop YARN
7 6 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (0.33%) Prometheus
9 4 (0.26%) Cisco CUCM
9 4 (0.26%) Grafana
9 4 (0.26%) ServiceCenter
10 3 (0.20%) BMC PATROL
10 3 (0.20%) Control-M
10 3 (0.20%) EMC NetWorker
10 3 (0.20%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (0.20%) Kibana
10 3 (0.20%) Plesk
10 3 (0.20%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.20%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 341 (22.32%) Microsoft
2 62 (4.06%) Google
3 50 (3.27%) Salesforce
4 39 (2.55%) Cisco
4 39 (2.55%) Oracle
5 38 (2.49%) SAP
6 31 (2.03%) ServiceNow
7 29 (1.90%) VMware
8 26 (1.70%) Adobe
9 19 (1.24%) Databricks
10 18 (1.18%) Remedy
11 17 (1.11%) Palo Alto
12 16 (1.05%) HubSpot
13 15 (0.98%) iManage
13 15 (0.98%) SolarWinds
14 14 (0.92%) IBM
15 13 (0.85%) HP
16 12 (0.79%) Fortinet
17 11 (0.72%) CheckPoint
17 11 (0.72%) F5