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

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 89 101
Rank change year-on-year -10 +12 +24
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Working 1,775 1,469 1,722
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.82% 3.37% 2.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.49% 3.80% 2.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1,120 735 938
10th Percentile £28,487 £30,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,000 £37,500 £39,680
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -11.80%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £74,558
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%

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 71,365 38,632 57,618
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.35% 88.65% 81.19%
Number of salaries quoted 50,813 22,409 35,446
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,250 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £76,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £56,341
% change year-on-year +9.09% -2.38% -6.10%

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 3 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 3 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
London -46 421 £65,000 - 1,134
North of England +52 379 £47,500 +5.56% 492
South East -7 353 £47,750 +3.80% 305
Midlands -12 263 £40,000 -5.88% 185
North West +46 231 £50,000 +11.11% 347
South West -4 218 £62,500 +13.64% 322
West Midlands -26 152 £43,371 -14.54% 125
East of England -45 114 £47,500 +26.67% 140
East Midlands +18 110 £31,000 -27.06% 60
Yorkshire +11 101 £42,500 -27.35% 107
North East -31 47 £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 79 (4.45%) SharePoint
2 35 (1.97%) Microsoft Exchange
3 21 (1.18%) Confluence
4 15 (0.85%) Apache Spark
5 12 (0.68%) CMS
5 12 (0.68%) WordPress
6 9 (0.51%) SAS
7 8 (0.45%) Apache
8 4 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.11%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.11%) Drupal
9 2 (0.11%) Gentran
9 2 (0.11%) IIS
9 2 (0.11%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.11%) Luigi
9 2 (0.11%) nginx
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.056%) Appian
Applications
1 105 (5.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 95 (5.35%) Microsoft Office
3 27 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
4 11 (0.62%) Revit
5 9 (0.51%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 7 (0.39%) Adobe Illustrator
6 7 (0.39%) InDesign
6 7 (0.39%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.39%) Photoshop
6 7 (0.39%) Simulink
7 5 (0.28%) Fusion 360
8 4 (0.23%) Adobe Premiere
8 4 (0.23%) AutoCAD
8 4 (0.23%) CapCut
8 4 (0.23%) Navisworks
9 3 (0.17%) Blender
9 3 (0.17%) Maya
9 3 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
9 3 (0.17%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 26 (1.46%) NetSuite
2 14 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (0.79%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.34%) Dynamics NAV
3 6 (0.34%) Exchequer
4 4 (0.23%) SAP HR
5 3 (0.17%) Shopify
5 3 (0.17%) Workday HCM
6 2 (0.11%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.11%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.11%) SAP BPC
6 2 (0.11%) SAP CRM
6 2 (0.11%) Siebel CRM
7 1 (0.056%) FastStats
7 1 (0.056%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.056%) Primavera
7 1 (0.056%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.056%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 261 (14.70%) Azure
2 188 (10.59%) AWS
3 179 (10.08%) Microsoft 365
4 153 (8.62%) Power Platform
5 83 (4.68%) SaaS
6 64 (3.61%) GCP
7 62 (3.49%) Azure DevOps
8 43 (2.42%) Entra ID
9 38 (2.14%) Serverless
10 36 (2.03%) GitHub
11 29 (1.63%) AWS CloudFormation
12 27 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
12 27 (1.52%) Google Analytics
13 23 (1.30%) Power Automate
14 21 (1.18%) OCI
14 21 (1.18%) OneDrive
15 20 (1.13%) Snowflake
16 19 (1.07%) Azure Data Factory
17 18 (1.01%) Microsoft Copilot
18 16 (0.90%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 75 (4.23%) Firewall
2 51 (2.87%) DNS
3 39 (2.20%) VPN
4 38 (2.14%) Network Security
5 37 (2.08%) DHCP
6 35 (1.97%) TCP/IP
7 29 (1.63%) WAN
8 27 (1.52%) HTTP
8 27 (1.52%) VLAN
9 22 (1.24%) LAN
10 20 (1.13%) Wi-Fi
10 20 (1.13%) Wireless
11 14 (0.79%) BGP
11 14 (0.79%) Broadband
12 11 (0.62%) VoIP
13 9 (0.51%) Internet
14 7 (0.39%) SNMP
15 6 (0.34%) IPsec
15 6 (0.34%) SD-WAN
15 6 (0.34%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 132 (7.44%) Power BI
2 58 (3.27%) SQL Server
3 36 (2.03%) Relational Database
4 25 (1.41%) BigQuery
4 25 (1.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 24 (1.35%) Tableau
6 23 (1.30%) Big Data
7 20 (1.13%) Redis
8 19 (1.07%) Metadata
9 17 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
10 16 (0.90%) GIS
11 15 (0.85%) Semantic Layer
12 14 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 13 (0.73%) MySQL
14 12 (0.68%) Data Warehouse
14 12 (0.68%) Power Query
15 11 (0.62%) Hadoop
15 11 (0.62%) NoSQL
16 9 (0.51%) Geospatial Data
17 7 (0.39%) Looker
Development Applications
1 85 (4.79%) Git
2 66 (3.72%) JIRA
3 32 (1.80%) Jenkins
4 16 (0.90%) GitLab
5 8 (0.45%) Postman
6 7 (0.39%) Bitbucket
7 6 (0.34%) Visual Studio Code
8 5 (0.28%) LabVIEW
8 5 (0.28%) MSI
9 4 (0.23%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.23%) Maven
9 4 (0.23%) Storybook
10 3 (0.17%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 3 (0.17%) Mercurial
10 3 (0.17%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.17%) TeamCity
11 2 (0.11%) MSTest
11 2 (0.11%) Rational DOORS
11 2 (0.11%) Selenium
11 2 (0.11%) Visual Studio
General
1 796 (44.85%) Social Skills
2 397 (22.37%) Finance
3 315 (17.75%) Analytical Skills
4 179 (10.08%) Organisational Skills
5 166 (9.35%) Marketing
6 145 (8.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 123 (6.93%) Public Sector
8 108 (6.08%) Aerospace
9 101 (5.69%) Legal
10 80 (4.51%) Law
11 76 (4.28%) Manufacturing
12 75 (4.23%) Retail
13 73 (4.11%) Presentation Skills
14 67 (3.77%) Influencing Skills
15 52 (2.93%) Electronics
16 47 (2.65%) Telecoms
17 45 (2.54%) Banking
18 31 (1.75%) Local Government
19 29 (1.63%) Advertising
20 22 (1.24%) Military
Job Titles
1 234 (13.18%) Senior
2 162 (9.13%) Developer
3 159 (8.96%) Analyst
4 142 (8.00%) Lead
5 74 (4.17%) IT Support
6 69 (3.89%) Software Engineer
7 60 (3.38%) Consultant
8 55 (3.10%) Cloud Engineer
9 51 (2.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 46 (2.59%) Development Manager
11 45 (2.54%) IT Manager
12 43 (2.42%) Architect
12 43 (2.42%) Business Development Manager
12 43 (2.42%) Business Manager
12 43 (2.42%) Senior Developer
12 43 (2.42%) Support Engineer
12 43 (2.42%) Systems Engineer
13 41 (2.31%) Software Developer
14 40 (2.25%) Security Engineer
14 40 (2.25%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (4.73%) Node.js
2 74 (4.17%) REST
3 56 (3.15%) Terraform
4 55 (3.10%) HTML
5 50 (2.82%) .NET
6 44 (2.48%) CSS
7 35 (1.97%) React
8 31 (1.75%) Vue
9 25 (1.41%) JSON
10 24 (1.35%) RESTful
10 24 (1.35%) SOAP
11 23 (1.30%) Middleware
12 22 (1.24%) AngularJS
13 19 (1.07%) .NET Core
13 19 (1.07%) EDI
14 17 (0.96%) XML
15 16 (0.90%) .NET Framework
16 15 (0.85%) Kafka
17 14 (0.79%) OAuth
18 13 (0.73%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 104 (5.86%) Onboarding
2 103 (5.80%) Management Information System
3 79 (4.45%) Driving Licence
4 78 (4.39%) Product Ownership
5 65 (3.66%) Self-Motivation
6 48 (2.70%) Cloud Native
7 36 (2.03%) Social Media
8 32 (1.80%) Public Cloud
9 29 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
10 24 (1.35%) Blog
11 22 (1.24%) Data Centre
12 19 (1.07%) Algorithms
13 18 (1.01%) Data Structures
13 18 (1.01%) NHS
14 17 (0.96%) Analogue Electronics
14 17 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
14 17 (0.96%) Security Posture
14 17 (0.96%) Virtual Team
15 14 (0.79%) Greenfield Project
15 14 (0.79%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 123 (6.93%) Windows
2 77 (4.34%) Linux
3 49 (2.76%) Windows Server
4 13 (0.73%) Unix
5 12 (0.68%) FreeRTOS
6 10 (0.56%) Mac OS
7 8 (0.45%) Ubuntu
8 7 (0.39%) CentOS
9 6 (0.34%) Debian
9 6 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 6 (0.34%) Windows 10
10 3 (0.17%) Android
10 3 (0.17%) VMS
11 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.056%) Rocky
12 1 (0.056%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 561 (31.61%) Problem-Solving
2 525 (29.58%) Continuous Improvement
3 363 (20.45%) Agile
4 262 (14.76%) Decision-Making
5 209 (11.77%) Customer Service
6 206 (11.61%) Analytics
7 205 (11.55%) AI
8 182 (10.25%) Mentoring
9 179 (10.08%) Stakeholder Management
10 177 (9.97%) CI/CD
11 173 (9.75%) Service Delivery
12 170 (9.58%) CRM
12 170 (9.58%) Roadmaps
13 164 (9.24%) Project Delivery
14 143 (8.06%) Project Management
15 142 (8.00%) Collaborative Culture
15 142 (8.00%) DevOps
16 135 (7.61%) Software Engineering
17 128 (7.21%) Business Development
18 127 (7.15%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 213 (12.00%) SQL
2 171 (9.63%) Python
3 98 (5.52%) JavaScript
4 72 (4.06%) Java
5 68 (3.83%) C#
6 67 (3.77%) TypeScript
7 52 (2.93%) C
8 38 (2.14%) PowerShell
9 24 (1.35%) PHP
10 21 (1.18%) VBA
11 19 (1.07%) C++
12 16 (0.90%) Embedded C
13 15 (0.85%) ABAP
14 13 (0.73%) Bash
14 13 (0.73%) MATLAB
15 12 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 9 (0.51%) Bicep
17 8 (0.45%) T-SQL
18 7 (0.39%) VB
19 6 (0.34%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 298 (16.79%) Degree
2 197 (11.10%) Security Cleared
3 87 (4.90%) SC Cleared
4 75 (4.23%) DV Cleared
5 50 (2.82%) Computer Science Degree
6 48 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
7 45 (2.54%) DBS Check
8 44 (2.48%) ACCA
9 37 (2.08%) CIMA
10 32 (1.80%) CISSP
11 27 (1.52%) Master's Degree
12 22 (1.24%) HND
13 21 (1.18%) PMI Certification
14 19 (1.07%) HNC
15 18 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
15 18 (1.01%) Postgraduate
16 17 (0.96%) CISM
17 16 (0.90%) Cisco Certification
17 16 (0.90%) PMP
18 15 (0.85%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 114 (6.42%) QA
2 95 (5.35%) Accessibility
3 92 (5.18%) Data Quality
4 57 (3.21%) GDPR
5 33 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 30 (1.69%) PMO
7 27 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials
7 27 (1.52%) GAAP
8 22 (1.24%) NIST
8 22 (1.24%) SLA
9 18 (1.01%) WCAG
10 12 (0.68%) TickIT
11 10 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 10 (0.56%) Good Clinical Practice
12 9 (0.51%) NCSC
13 7 (0.39%) PCI DSS
14 6 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
14 6 (0.34%) PERC
15 4 (0.23%) Def Stans
15 4 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 73 (4.11%) Active Directory
2 37 (2.08%) Docker
3 22 (1.24%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (1.13%) Firmware
5 19 (1.07%) Hyper-V
6 16 (0.90%) Embedded Firmware
7 5 (0.28%) ClearTrust
8 4 (0.23%) ProxySG
9 2 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.056%) KVM
10 1 (0.056%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.056%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.056%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 59 (3.32%) Kubernetes
2 41 (2.31%) Microsoft Intune
3 34 (1.92%) Ansible
4 12 (0.68%) SCCM
5 10 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (0.51%) Puppet
7 6 (0.34%) Grafana
7 6 (0.34%) Hadoop YARN
7 6 (0.34%) Prometheus
8 5 (0.28%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.17%) BMC PATROL
9 3 (0.17%) Control-M
9 3 (0.17%) EMC NetWorker
9 3 (0.17%) Nessus
9 3 (0.17%) Plesk
9 3 (0.17%) WhatsUp Gold
10 2 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.11%) Dell DRAC
10 2 (0.11%) Kibana
10 2 (0.11%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 387 (21.80%) Microsoft
2 61 (3.44%) Google
3 48 (2.70%) Salesforce
4 41 (2.31%) SAP
5 39 (2.20%) Oracle
6 33 (1.86%) Cisco
7 32 (1.80%) VMware
8 31 (1.75%) ServiceNow
9 27 (1.52%) Adobe
10 24 (1.35%) Databricks
11 19 (1.07%) HubSpot
12 17 (0.96%) Palo Alto
12 17 (0.96%) YouTube
13 15 (0.85%) iManage
14 13 (0.73%) Fortinet
14 13 (0.73%) Sage
15 11 (0.62%) HP
15 11 (0.62%) IBM
15 11 (0.62%) SolarWinds
16 10 (0.56%) Juniper