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

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 91 104
Rank change year-on-year +5 +13 +14
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Working 1,927 1,424 1,652
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.92% 3.29% 2.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.63% 3.71% 2.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1,235 708 866
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,675 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,878 £52,500 £54,719
Median % change year-on-year -1.18% -4.06% -4.84%
75th Percentile £70,750 £69,188 £76,094
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year - -8.26% -0.91%

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 73,171 38,378 55,859
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.08% 88.74% 81.34%
Number of salaries quoted 52,052 22,031 32,570
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,485 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -7.93%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
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 14 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 14 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 +74 439 £45,497 +1.10% 488
London -41 420 £65,000 - 1,179
South East -5 398 £47,500 +5.56% 312
North West +75 269 £45,497 +1.10% 336
Midlands -7 267 £40,000 -5.88% 185
South West -2 252 £63,813 +10.98% 306
West Midlands -21 159 £42,500 -4.01% 130
East of England -38 123 £47,500 +24.18% 135
Yorkshire +48 116 £42,500 -27.35% 111
East Midlands +13 107 £32,500 -23.53% 54
North East -28 54 £57,500 +98.28% 45
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 82 (4.26%) SharePoint
2 37 (1.92%) Microsoft Exchange
3 24 (1.25%) Confluence
4 17 (0.88%) Apache Spark
5 12 (0.62%) CMS
5 12 (0.62%) WordPress
6 9 (0.47%) Apache
7 5 (0.26%) SAS
8 4 (0.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.16%) nginx
10 2 (0.10%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.10%) Drupal
10 2 (0.10%) Gentran
10 2 (0.10%) IIS
10 2 (0.10%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.10%) Luigi
10 2 (0.10%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.10%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.052%) Appian
Applications
1 123 (6.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 118 (6.12%) Microsoft Office
3 28 (1.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (0.67%) Revit
5 11 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
6 9 (0.47%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 8 (0.42%) Adobe Illustrator
7 8 (0.42%) InDesign
7 8 (0.42%) Photoshop
7 8 (0.42%) Simulink
8 5 (0.26%) AutoCAD
8 5 (0.26%) Fusion 360
8 5 (0.26%) MS Visio
8 5 (0.26%) Navisworks
9 4 (0.21%) Adobe Premiere
9 4 (0.21%) CapCut
9 4 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
10 3 (0.16%) Chatbot
10 3 (0.16%) Maya
10 3 (0.16%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 27 (1.40%) NetSuite
2 14 (0.73%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
4 6 (0.31%) Exchequer
5 3 (0.16%) SAP CRM
5 3 (0.16%) Shopify
5 3 (0.16%) Workday HCM
6 2 (0.10%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.10%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.10%) SAP BPC
6 2 (0.10%) SAP HR
6 2 (0.10%) Siebel CRM
7 1 (0.052%) FastStats
7 1 (0.052%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.052%) Primavera
7 1 (0.052%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.052%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.052%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 265 (13.75%) Azure
2 190 (9.86%) Microsoft 365
3 183 (9.50%) AWS
4 158 (8.20%) Power Platform
5 85 (4.41%) SaaS
6 64 (3.32%) GCP
7 62 (3.22%) Azure DevOps
8 46 (2.39%) Entra ID
9 38 (1.97%) GitHub
10 36 (1.87%) Serverless
11 28 (1.45%) AWS CloudFormation
11 28 (1.45%) Dynamics 365
12 27 (1.40%) Google Analytics
13 23 (1.19%) Power Automate
14 22 (1.14%) OCI
14 22 (1.14%) OneDrive
15 19 (0.99%) Microsoft Copilot
15 19 (0.99%) Snowflake
16 18 (0.93%) Azure Data Factory
17 16 (0.83%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 76 (3.94%) Firewall
2 57 (2.96%) DNS
3 42 (2.18%) DHCP
3 42 (2.18%) VPN
4 39 (2.02%) TCP/IP
5 37 (1.92%) Network Security
6 29 (1.50%) WAN
7 28 (1.45%) HTTP
8 26 (1.35%) VLAN
9 23 (1.19%) Wi-Fi
10 20 (1.04%) LAN
11 19 (0.99%) Wireless
12 14 (0.73%) Broadband
13 13 (0.67%) BGP
14 10 (0.52%) VoIP
15 9 (0.47%) Internet
15 9 (0.47%) SD-WAN
16 7 (0.36%) Remote Desktop
17 6 (0.31%) AMQP
17 6 (0.31%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 136 (7.06%) Power BI
2 60 (3.11%) SQL Server
3 36 (1.87%) Relational Database
4 27 (1.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 24 (1.25%) BigQuery
6 22 (1.14%) Redis
7 21 (1.09%) Tableau
8 20 (1.04%) Big Data
9 18 (0.93%) Metadata
10 17 (0.88%) PostgreSQL
11 15 (0.78%) GIS
11 15 (0.78%) Semantic Layer
12 14 (0.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 13 (0.67%) Data Warehouse
13 13 (0.67%) MySQL
13 13 (0.67%) Power Query
14 12 (0.62%) Hadoop
15 11 (0.57%) NoSQL
16 9 (0.47%) Geospatial Data
17 7 (0.36%) Looker
Development Applications
1 87 (4.51%) Git
2 72 (3.74%) JIRA
3 32 (1.66%) Jenkins
4 17 (0.88%) GitLab
5 8 (0.42%) Postman
6 7 (0.36%) Bitbucket
7 6 (0.31%) Visual Studio Code
8 5 (0.26%) LabVIEW
8 5 (0.26%) MSI
9 4 (0.21%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.21%) Maven
9 4 (0.21%) Rational DOORS
9 4 (0.21%) Storybook
10 3 (0.16%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 3 (0.16%) Mercurial
10 3 (0.16%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.16%) TeamCity
11 2 (0.10%) MSTest
11 2 (0.10%) Selenium
11 2 (0.10%) Zephyr
General
1 860 (44.63%) Social Skills
2 424 (22.00%) Finance
3 325 (16.87%) Analytical Skills
4 211 (10.95%) Organisational Skills
5 179 (9.29%) Marketing
6 151 (7.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 133 (6.90%) Public Sector
8 129 (6.69%) Aerospace
9 99 (5.14%) Legal
10 92 (4.77%) Manufacturing
11 91 (4.72%) Law
12 88 (4.57%) Retail
13 81 (4.20%) Presentation Skills
14 67 (3.48%) Influencing Skills
15 64 (3.32%) Electronics
16 61 (3.17%) Telecoms
17 45 (2.34%) Banking
18 34 (1.76%) Military
19 32 (1.66%) Local Government
20 29 (1.50%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 249 (12.92%) Senior
2 172 (8.93%) Developer
3 164 (8.51%) Analyst
4 150 (7.78%) Lead
5 82 (4.26%) Software Engineer
6 77 (4.00%) IT Support
7 67 (3.48%) Cloud Engineer
8 55 (2.85%) Consultant
8 55 (2.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 52 (2.70%) Security Engineer
10 51 (2.65%) Architect
10 51 (2.65%) IT Manager
11 49 (2.54%) Support Engineer
12 47 (2.44%) Development Manager
13 45 (2.34%) Senior Developer
14 44 (2.28%) Business Development Manager
14 44 (2.28%) Business Manager
15 43 (2.23%) Support Analyst
16 42 (2.18%) Systems Engineer
17 41 (2.13%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (4.57%) Node.js
2 78 (4.05%) REST
3 60 (3.11%) Terraform
4 58 (3.01%) HTML
5 48 (2.49%) .NET
6 47 (2.44%) CSS
7 34 (1.76%) React
8 30 (1.56%) Vue
9 25 (1.30%) AngularJS
9 25 (1.30%) Middleware
9 25 (1.30%) RESTful
10 24 (1.25%) JSON
10 24 (1.25%) SOAP
11 21 (1.09%) EDI
12 17 (0.88%) .NET Core
13 16 (0.83%) Kafka
13 16 (0.83%) XML
14 15 (0.78%) .NET Framework
14 15 (0.78%) OAuth
15 14 (0.73%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 115 (5.97%) Onboarding
2 106 (5.50%) Management Information System
3 95 (4.93%) Driving Licence
4 82 (4.26%) Product Ownership
5 77 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
6 49 (2.54%) Cloud Native
7 40 (2.08%) Social Media
8 33 (1.71%) Public Cloud
9 29 (1.50%) Enterprise Software
10 23 (1.19%) Blog
11 21 (1.09%) Analogue Electronics
12 20 (1.04%) Algorithms
12 20 (1.04%) Data Centre
13 19 (0.99%) Data Structures
13 19 (0.99%) NHS
14 18 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
14 18 (0.93%) Virtual Team
15 17 (0.88%) Security Posture
16 15 (0.78%) Legacy Systems
17 14 (0.73%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 125 (6.49%) Windows
2 82 (4.26%) Linux
3 49 (2.54%) Windows Server
4 13 (0.67%) Unix
5 11 (0.57%) FreeRTOS
5 11 (0.57%) Mac OS
6 9 (0.47%) Ubuntu
6 9 (0.47%) Windows 10
7 8 (0.42%) CentOS
8 7 (0.36%) Debian
8 7 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 6 (0.31%) Android
10 3 (0.16%) VMS
11 2 (0.10%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.052%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.052%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 594 (30.83%) Problem-Solving
2 572 (29.68%) Continuous Improvement
3 374 (19.41%) Agile
4 275 (14.27%) Decision-Making
5 232 (12.04%) Customer Service
6 220 (11.42%) AI
7 209 (10.85%) Analytics
8 208 (10.79%) Stakeholder Management
9 190 (9.86%) Mentoring
10 185 (9.60%) CI/CD
10 185 (9.60%) CRM
11 179 (9.29%) Cyber Intelligence
12 178 (9.24%) Project Delivery
12 178 (9.24%) Service Delivery
13 175 (9.08%) Roadmaps
14 154 (7.99%) Collaborative Culture
15 151 (7.84%) Project Management
16 148 (7.68%) Software Engineering
17 145 (7.52%) Validation
18 143 (7.42%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 216 (11.21%) SQL
2 173 (8.98%) Python
3 104 (5.40%) JavaScript
4 75 (3.89%) Java
5 67 (3.48%) TypeScript
6 64 (3.32%) C#
7 57 (2.96%) C
8 40 (2.08%) PowerShell
9 24 (1.25%) PHP
10 20 (1.04%) C++
10 20 (1.04%) VBA
11 16 (0.83%) Embedded C
12 15 (0.78%) ABAP
13 14 (0.73%) Bash
13 14 (0.73%) MATLAB
14 13 (0.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 9 (0.47%) Bicep
16 8 (0.42%) T-SQL
17 6 (0.31%) Ruby
18 5 (0.26%) Go
Qualifications
1 309 (16.04%) Degree
2 220 (11.42%) Security Cleared
3 99 (5.14%) SC Cleared
4 79 (4.10%) DV Cleared
5 48 (2.49%) BPSS Clearance
6 47 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
6 47 (2.44%) DBS Check
7 43 (2.23%) ACCA
8 37 (1.92%) CIMA
9 30 (1.56%) CISSP
10 25 (1.30%) HND
10 25 (1.30%) Master's Degree
11 23 (1.19%) HNC
11 23 (1.19%) PMI Certification
12 18 (0.93%) PMP
13 17 (0.88%) CISM
13 17 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
14 16 (0.83%) Postgraduate
15 15 (0.78%) Chartered Engineer
16 14 (0.73%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 120 (6.23%) QA
2 104 (5.40%) Accessibility
3 93 (4.83%) Data Quality
4 64 (3.32%) GDPR
5 34 (1.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 31 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials
7 28 (1.45%) PMO
8 26 (1.35%) GAAP
9 22 (1.14%) SLA
10 20 (1.04%) NIST
11 18 (0.93%) WCAG
12 12 (0.62%) TickIT
13 10 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 10 (0.52%) Good Clinical Practice
14 9 (0.47%) NCSC
15 8 (0.42%) PCI DSS
16 7 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
17 6 (0.31%) PERC
18 5 (0.26%) ISO 9001
19 4 (0.21%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 76 (3.94%) Active Directory
2 40 (2.08%) Docker
3 23 (1.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (1.04%) Firmware
4 20 (1.04%) Hyper-V
5 16 (0.83%) Embedded Firmware
6 5 (0.26%) ClearTrust
7 2 (0.10%) ProxySG
7 2 (0.10%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.052%) KVM
8 1 (0.052%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.052%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.052%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.052%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 63 (3.27%) Kubernetes
2 46 (2.39%) Microsoft Intune
3 37 (1.92%) Ansible
4 10 (0.52%) Puppet
4 10 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (0.47%) SCCM
6 6 (0.31%) Grafana
6 6 (0.31%) Hadoop YARN
6 6 (0.31%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.26%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.16%) BMC PATROL
8 3 (0.16%) Control-M
8 3 (0.16%) EMC NetWorker
8 3 (0.16%) Nessus
8 3 (0.16%) Plesk
8 3 (0.16%) WhatsUp Gold
9 2 (0.10%) Functional Safety
9 2 (0.10%) Kibana
9 2 (0.10%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.10%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 418 (21.69%) Microsoft
2 63 (3.27%) Google
3 54 (2.80%) Salesforce
4 42 (2.18%) Oracle
5 40 (2.08%) SAP
6 33 (1.71%) VMware
7 32 (1.66%) Cisco
8 31 (1.61%) ServiceNow
9 26 (1.35%) Adobe
9 26 (1.35%) Sage
10 24 (1.25%) Databricks
11 19 (0.99%) HubSpot
11 19 (0.99%) YouTube
12 16 (0.83%) Palo Alto
13 15 (0.78%) Fortinet
14 14 (0.73%) iManage
15 11 (0.57%) IBM
16 10 (0.52%) Civica
16 10 (0.52%) Juniper
16 10 (0.52%) Red Hat