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

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 90 105
Rank change year-on-year +9 +15 +5
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Working 2,119 1,386 1,633
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.06% 3.22% 2.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.80% 3.63% 2.93%
Number of salaries quoted 1,327 683 806
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £30,688
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,125 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £54,719
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.06% -0.51%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £51,250 £54,500
% change year-on-year -2.44% -5.96% +3.81%

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 75,707 38,228 55,757
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.45% 88.79% 81.96%
Number of salaries quoted 53,452 21,986 30,884
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,233 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £58,298
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -5.66% -6.72%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
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 24 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 24 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 +89 499 £44,954 -0.10% 463
London -34 453 £65,000 - 1,050
South East -4 439 £47,500 +11.76% 384
North West +81 300 £45,000 - 245
Midlands +1 283 £40,000 -5.88% 235
South West +7 282 £57,500 -4.17% 183
West Midlands -22 174 £42,500 -4.01% 158
Yorkshire +59 136 £42,500 -27.35% 161
East of England -37 135 £47,500 +21.79% 155
East Midlands +20 108 £32,500 -23.53% 76
North East -28 63 £57,500 +90.08% 59
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 86 (4.06%) SharePoint
2 41 (1.93%) Microsoft Exchange
3 26 (1.23%) Confluence
4 18 (0.85%) Apache Spark
5 16 (0.76%) CMS
6 12 (0.57%) WordPress
7 9 (0.42%) Apache
8 5 (0.24%) nginx
9 4 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.094%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.094%) Drupal
10 2 (0.094%) Gentran
10 2 (0.094%) IIS
10 2 (0.094%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.094%) Luigi
10 2 (0.094%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.094%) Palantir Foundry
10 2 (0.094%) SAS
11 1 (0.047%) WebLogic
Applications
1 152 (7.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 146 (6.89%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (1.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (0.85%) Revit
5 11 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
6 10 (0.47%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 10 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
7 9 (0.42%) InDesign
7 9 (0.42%) Photoshop
7 9 (0.42%) Simulink
8 8 (0.38%) Adobe Illustrator
9 7 (0.33%) AutoCAD
9 7 (0.33%) Navisworks
10 5 (0.24%) Fusion 360
11 4 (0.19%) Adobe Premiere
11 4 (0.19%) CapCut
12 3 (0.14%) Chatbot
12 3 (0.14%) Maya
12 3 (0.14%) MS Visio
12 3 (0.14%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 25 (1.18%) NetSuite
2 14 (0.66%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
4 6 (0.28%) Exchequer
5 4 (0.19%) SAP CRM
6 3 (0.14%) Shopify
6 3 (0.14%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.094%) Academy Housing
7 2 (0.094%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.094%) Maximo
7 2 (0.094%) Sage 200
7 2 (0.094%) SAP BPC
7 2 (0.094%) Siebel CRM
8 1 (0.047%) FastStats
8 1 (0.047%) NEC Housing
8 1 (0.047%) Oracle EBS R12
8 1 (0.047%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.047%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.047%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 274 (12.93%) Azure
2 200 (9.44%) Microsoft 365
3 188 (8.87%) AWS
4 177 (8.35%) Power Platform
5 95 (4.48%) SaaS
6 65 (3.07%) GCP
7 64 (3.02%) Azure DevOps
8 50 (2.36%) Entra ID
9 41 (1.93%) GitHub
10 37 (1.75%) Serverless
11 30 (1.42%) AWS CloudFormation
12 29 (1.37%) Dynamics 365
12 29 (1.37%) Google Analytics
13 26 (1.23%) Power Automate
14 25 (1.18%) OneDrive
15 24 (1.13%) Microsoft Copilot
16 22 (1.04%) OCI
17 19 (0.90%) Azure Data Factory
18 18 (0.85%) Snowflake
19 17 (0.80%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 73 (3.45%) Firewall
2 61 (2.88%) DNS
3 45 (2.12%) DHCP
4 42 (1.98%) TCP/IP
4 42 (1.98%) VPN
5 35 (1.65%) Network Security
6 28 (1.32%) HTTP
6 28 (1.32%) VLAN
7 27 (1.27%) WAN
8 23 (1.09%) Wi-Fi
9 18 (0.85%) LAN
9 18 (0.85%) Wireless
10 14 (0.66%) Broadband
11 12 (0.57%) BGP
12 10 (0.47%) SD-WAN
12 10 (0.47%) VoIP
13 8 (0.38%) Internet
14 7 (0.33%) AMQP
14 7 (0.33%) Remote Desktop
14 7 (0.33%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 151 (7.13%) Power BI
2 65 (3.07%) SQL Server
3 45 (2.12%) Relational Database
4 28 (1.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 25 (1.18%) Redis
6 24 (1.13%) BigQuery
7 22 (1.04%) Tableau
8 20 (0.94%) PostgreSQL
9 18 (0.85%) Big Data
10 17 (0.80%) Metadata
11 16 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
11 16 (0.76%) Power Query
11 16 (0.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 15 (0.71%) Semantic Layer
13 14 (0.66%) GIS
13 14 (0.66%) MySQL
14 13 (0.61%) Hadoop
15 11 (0.52%) NoSQL
16 8 (0.38%) Geospatial Data
17 7 (0.33%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 93 (4.39%) Git
2 81 (3.82%) JIRA
3 32 (1.51%) Jenkins
4 21 (0.99%) GitLab
5 8 (0.38%) Rational DOORS
6 7 (0.33%) Bitbucket
6 7 (0.33%) Visual Studio Code
7 6 (0.28%) Postman
8 5 (0.24%) LabVIEW
8 5 (0.24%) MSI
9 4 (0.19%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.19%) Maven
9 4 (0.19%) Storybook
9 4 (0.19%) Vite
10 3 (0.14%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 3 (0.14%) Claude Code
10 3 (0.14%) JUnit
10 3 (0.14%) Mercurial
10 3 (0.14%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.14%) TeamCity
General
1 968 (45.68%) Social Skills
2 459 (21.66%) Finance
3 357 (16.85%) Analytical Skills
4 254 (11.99%) Organisational Skills
5 193 (9.11%) Marketing
6 159 (7.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 152 (7.17%) Public Sector
8 145 (6.84%) Aerospace
9 119 (5.62%) Manufacturing
10 108 (5.10%) Legal
11 96 (4.53%) Law
11 96 (4.53%) Retail
12 87 (4.11%) Presentation Skills
13 81 (3.82%) Electronics
14 69 (3.26%) Influencing Skills
15 66 (3.11%) Telecoms
16 45 (2.12%) Banking
17 41 (1.93%) Military
18 33 (1.56%) Local Government
19 32 (1.51%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 252 (11.89%) Senior
2 181 (8.54%) Developer
3 180 (8.49%) Analyst
4 159 (7.50%) Lead
5 91 (4.29%) Software Engineer
6 78 (3.68%) IT Support
7 74 (3.49%) Cloud Engineer
8 59 (2.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 58 (2.74%) IT Manager
10 57 (2.69%) Architect
10 57 (2.69%) Security Engineer
11 53 (2.50%) Consultant
12 51 (2.41%) Support Analyst
13 50 (2.36%) Development Manager
14 49 (2.31%) Support Engineer
15 47 (2.22%) Business Development Manager
15 47 (2.22%) Business Manager
16 46 (2.17%) Coordinator
17 45 (2.12%) Senior Developer
18 44 (2.08%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 90 (4.25%) Node.js
2 82 (3.87%) REST
3 65 (3.07%) Terraform
4 63 (2.97%) HTML
5 49 (2.31%) .NET
5 49 (2.31%) CSS
6 39 (1.84%) React
7 29 (1.37%) Middleware
8 28 (1.32%) Vue
9 27 (1.27%) AngularJS
10 26 (1.23%) RESTful
11 24 (1.13%) JSON
11 24 (1.13%) SOAP
12 22 (1.04%) EDI
13 18 (0.85%) Kafka
14 16 (0.76%) Spring
14 16 (0.76%) XML
15 15 (0.71%) .NET Core
15 15 (0.71%) .NET Framework
15 15 (0.71%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 130 (6.13%) Onboarding
2 124 (5.85%) Management Information System
3 117 (5.52%) Driving Licence
4 85 (4.01%) Self-Motivation
5 81 (3.82%) Product Ownership
6 56 (2.64%) Cloud Native
7 48 (2.27%) Social Media
8 34 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
9 32 (1.51%) Public Cloud
10 24 (1.13%) Analogue Electronics
11 23 (1.09%) NHS
12 22 (1.04%) Algorithms
13 21 (0.99%) Blog
14 20 (0.94%) Data Structures
15 19 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
15 19 (0.90%) Data Centre
16 18 (0.85%) Virtual Team
17 15 (0.71%) Security Posture
18 13 (0.61%) Cyber Defence
18 13 (0.61%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 135 (6.37%) Windows
2 85 (4.01%) Linux
3 54 (2.55%) Windows Server
4 14 (0.66%) Unix
5 12 (0.57%) Mac OS
5 12 (0.57%) Windows 10
6 11 (0.52%) FreeRTOS
7 10 (0.47%) Ubuntu
8 9 (0.42%) CentOS
9 8 (0.38%) Debian
9 8 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 7 (0.33%) Android
11 3 (0.14%) VMS
12 2 (0.094%) Apple iOS
12 2 (0.094%) Rocky
12 2 (0.094%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 654 (30.86%) Problem-Solving
2 637 (30.06%) Continuous Improvement
3 400 (18.88%) Agile
4 302 (14.25%) Decision-Making
5 267 (12.60%) Customer Service
6 245 (11.56%) Stakeholder Management
7 243 (11.47%) AI
8 227 (10.71%) Analytics
9 218 (10.29%) Mentoring
10 208 (9.82%) CRM
11 206 (9.72%) Cyber Intelligence
12 203 (9.58%) CI/CD
13 202 (9.53%) Project Delivery
14 191 (9.01%) Service Delivery
15 175 (8.26%) Roadmaps
16 164 (7.74%) Software Engineering
16 164 (7.74%) Validation
17 163 (7.69%) Project Management
18 161 (7.60%) Collaborative Culture
19 153 (7.22%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 230 (10.85%) SQL
2 185 (8.73%) Python
3 115 (5.43%) JavaScript
4 79 (3.73%) Java
5 70 (3.30%) TypeScript
6 65 (3.07%) C#
7 58 (2.74%) C
8 45 (2.12%) PowerShell
9 25 (1.18%) PHP
10 22 (1.04%) C++
11 21 (0.99%) VBA
12 17 (0.80%) Embedded C
13 16 (0.76%) Bash
14 15 (0.71%) ABAP
14 15 (0.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 15 (0.71%) MATLAB
15 10 (0.47%) Bicep
16 8 (0.38%) T-SQL
17 6 (0.28%) Go
17 6 (0.28%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 317 (14.96%) Degree
2 237 (11.18%) Security Cleared
3 112 (5.29%) SC Cleared
4 79 (3.73%) DV Cleared
5 55 (2.60%) DBS Check
6 47 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
7 46 (2.17%) BPSS Clearance
8 42 (1.98%) ACCA
9 36 (1.70%) CIMA
10 28 (1.32%) HND
11 27 (1.27%) HNC
12 25 (1.18%) CISSP
13 23 (1.09%) Master's Degree
14 21 (0.99%) PMI Certification
15 18 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
16 16 (0.76%) PMP
16 16 (0.76%) Postgraduate
17 15 (0.71%) CISM
18 14 (0.66%) Chartered Engineer
19 13 (0.61%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 141 (6.65%) QA
2 111 (5.24%) Accessibility
3 103 (4.86%) Data Quality
4 72 (3.40%) GDPR
5 34 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 33 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials
7 27 (1.27%) PMO
8 24 (1.13%) GAAP
8 24 (1.13%) SLA
9 18 (0.85%) NIST
9 18 (0.85%) WCAG
10 12 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 12 (0.57%) TickIT
11 11 (0.52%) Good Clinical Practice
12 10 (0.47%) ISO 9001
13 9 (0.42%) NCSC
14 8 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
14 8 (0.38%) PCI DSS
15 6 (0.28%) ISO 19650
15 6 (0.28%) PERC
System Software
1 80 (3.78%) Active Directory
2 43 (2.03%) Docker
3 26 (1.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 24 (1.13%) Firmware
5 23 (1.09%) Hyper-V
6 17 (0.80%) Embedded Firmware
7 5 (0.24%) ClearTrust
8 3 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.047%) KVM
9 1 (0.047%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.047%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.047%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.047%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 68 (3.21%) Kubernetes
2 48 (2.27%) Microsoft Intune
3 39 (1.84%) Ansible
4 11 (0.52%) Puppet
4 11 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (0.38%) SCCM
6 7 (0.33%) Grafana
6 7 (0.33%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.28%) Hadoop YARN
8 5 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.19%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 3 (0.14%) BMC PATROL
10 3 (0.14%) Control-M
10 3 (0.14%) EMC NetWorker
10 3 (0.14%) Nessus
10 3 (0.14%) Plesk
10 3 (0.14%) WhatsUp Gold
11 2 (0.094%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.094%) Kibana
11 2 (0.094%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 475 (22.42%) Microsoft
2 66 (3.11%) Google
3 56 (2.64%) Salesforce
4 47 (2.22%) Oracle
5 42 (1.98%) SAP
6 36 (1.70%) VMware
7 35 (1.65%) ServiceNow
8 33 (1.56%) Cisco
9 32 (1.51%) Sage
10 29 (1.37%) Databricks
11 27 (1.27%) Adobe
12 26 (1.23%) YouTube
13 20 (0.94%) HubSpot
14 15 (0.71%) Civica
14 15 (0.71%) Fortinet
14 15 (0.71%) Palo Alto
15 13 (0.61%) iManage
16 12 (0.57%) IBM
16 12 (0.57%) Red Hat
17 11 (0.52%) Thales