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 21 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 83 95
Rank change year-on-year -39 +12 +34
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Working 1,420 1,534 2,080
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.60% 3.54% 2.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.17% 3.93% 3.10%
Number of salaries quoted 873 710 1,376
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £54,793 £51,424
Median % change year-on-year -4.18% +6.55% -10.57%
75th Percentile £67,500 £73,750 £70,750
90th Percentile £82,000 £83,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £52,725 £51,161
% change year-on-year -5.17% +3.06% -7.76%

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 65,435 39,048 67,090
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.78% 90.09% 82.07%
Number of salaries quoted 46,356 22,384 46,918
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £74,408
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% +1.82% -8.84%

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 21 July 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 21 July 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 -45 380 £65,000 - 246
South East -26 302 £48,000 +4.35% 155
North of England +33 276 £51,772 +3.54% 151
Midlands -18 231 £42,500 -15.00% 101
North West +35 177 £46,384 -7.23% 70
West Midlands -29 126 £45,000 -14.29% 63
South West -41 118 £38,738 -42.61% 64
East Midlands +17 104 £35,440 -16.61% 38
East of England -69 74 £55,000 +57.14% 52
Yorkshire -16 67 £60,425 +6.48% 48
North East -31 32 £57,500 +64.29% 35
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 60 (4.23%) SharePoint
2 44 (3.10%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (1.06%) WordPress
4 13 (0.92%) Apache Spark
5 10 (0.70%) CMS
5 10 (0.70%) Confluence
6 9 (0.63%) SAS
7 6 (0.42%) Apache
8 5 (0.35%) IIS
9 4 (0.28%) GeoServer
10 3 (0.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
11 2 (0.14%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.14%) Drupal
11 2 (0.14%) Gentran
11 2 (0.14%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.14%) Luigi
11 2 (0.14%) nginx
12 1 (0.070%) Appian
12 1 (0.070%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 74 (5.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 66 (4.65%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (1.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.77%) MS Visio
5 9 (0.63%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 6 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
7 5 (0.35%) Adobe Illustrator
7 5 (0.35%) Fusion 360
7 5 (0.35%) InDesign
7 5 (0.35%) Photoshop
8 4 (0.28%) Simulink
9 3 (0.21%) Blender
9 3 (0.21%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.21%) Maya
9 3 (0.21%) Stateflow
10 2 (0.14%) Trello
11 1 (0.070%) Lightworks
11 1 (0.070%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 23 (1.62%) NetSuite
2 12 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.42%) Dynamics NAV
5 5 (0.35%) SAP HR
6 2 (0.14%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.14%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.14%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.070%) Exchequer
7 1 (0.070%) FastStats
7 1 (0.070%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.070%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.070%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.070%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.070%) SAP IS-U
7 1 (0.070%) Shopify
7 1 (0.070%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 246 (17.32%) Azure
2 187 (13.17%) AWS
3 155 (10.92%) Microsoft 365
4 137 (9.65%) Power Platform
5 79 (5.56%) SaaS
6 66 (4.65%) GCP
7 52 (3.66%) Entra ID
8 50 (3.52%) Azure DevOps
9 40 (2.82%) Serverless
10 32 (2.25%) GitHub
11 28 (1.97%) Google Analytics
12 26 (1.83%) AWS CloudFormation
13 22 (1.55%) Dynamics 365
14 21 (1.48%) Microsoft Copilot
15 20 (1.41%) OCI
16 19 (1.34%) Power Automate
17 18 (1.27%) Snowflake
18 16 (1.13%) Figma
19 15 (1.06%) Boomi
20 14 (0.99%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 84 (5.92%) Firewall
2 51 (3.59%) DNS
3 40 (2.82%) Network Security
4 39 (2.75%) DHCP
4 39 (2.75%) VPN
5 35 (2.46%) VLAN
5 35 (2.46%) WAN
6 34 (2.39%) TCP/IP
7 25 (1.76%) LAN
8 23 (1.62%) HTTP
9 22 (1.55%) Broadband
9 22 (1.55%) Wireless
10 20 (1.41%) BGP
11 17 (1.20%) Wi-Fi
12 11 (0.77%) SNMP
13 9 (0.63%) Cisco Nexus
13 9 (0.63%) Internet
13 9 (0.63%) IPsec
13 9 (0.63%) VoIP
14 8 (0.56%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 120 (8.45%) Power BI
2 49 (3.45%) SQL Server
3 28 (1.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 27 (1.90%) Tableau
5 26 (1.83%) BigQuery
6 22 (1.55%) Relational Database
7 20 (1.41%) Big Data
8 18 (1.27%) GIS
8 18 (1.27%) MySQL
8 18 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
9 16 (1.13%) Metadata
10 15 (1.06%) Semantic Layer
11 13 (0.92%) NoSQL
11 13 (0.92%) Redis
12 11 (0.77%) Hadoop
13 10 (0.70%) Geospatial Data
13 10 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 7 (0.49%) Data Lake
14 7 (0.49%) Data Warehouse
14 7 (0.49%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 65 (4.58%) Git
2 47 (3.31%) JIRA
3 33 (2.32%) Jenkins
4 16 (1.13%) GitLab
5 9 (0.63%) Postman
6 4 (0.28%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.28%) Visual Studio Code
7 3 (0.21%) LabVIEW
7 3 (0.21%) Maven
7 3 (0.21%) MSI
7 3 (0.21%) Selenium
7 3 (0.21%) Storybook
8 2 (0.14%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.14%) MSTest
8 2 (0.14%) Rational DOORS
8 2 (0.14%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.070%) Claude Code
9 1 (0.070%) Qt Creator
9 1 (0.070%) Rational Rhapsody
9 1 (0.070%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 647 (45.56%) Social Skills
2 363 (25.56%) Finance
3 272 (19.15%) Analytical Skills
4 149 (10.49%) Marketing
5 126 (8.87%) Organisational Skills
6 104 (7.32%) Legal
7 100 (7.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 92 (6.48%) Public Sector
9 79 (5.56%) Aerospace
10 78 (5.49%) Law
11 57 (4.01%) Influencing Skills
11 57 (4.01%) Retail
12 52 (3.66%) Presentation Skills
13 49 (3.45%) Telecoms
14 43 (3.03%) Manufacturing
15 38 (2.68%) Banking
16 34 (2.39%) Electronics
17 28 (1.97%) Advertising
17 28 (1.97%) Local Government
18 19 (1.34%) Military
Job Titles
1 213 (15.00%) Senior
2 142 (10.00%) Analyst
3 119 (8.38%) Developer
4 110 (7.75%) Lead
5 64 (4.51%) Consultant
6 52 (3.66%) IT Support
7 50 (3.52%) Software Engineer
8 45 (3.17%) Architect
9 44 (3.10%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 44 (3.10%) Support Engineer
9 44 (3.10%) Systems Engineer
10 43 (3.03%) Senior Manager
11 41 (2.89%) Delivery Manager
12 39 (2.75%) IT Manager
13 35 (2.46%) Senior Developer
14 34 (2.39%) Business Analyst
15 31 (2.18%) IT Analyst
16 30 (2.11%) Business Manager
16 30 (2.11%) Development Manager
17 29 (2.04%) Business Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (5.28%) Node.js
2 64 (4.51%) REST
3 41 (2.89%) .NET
3 41 (2.89%) HTML
4 39 (2.75%) React
5 31 (2.18%) CSS
6 29 (2.04%) JSON
7 28 (1.97%) Vue
8 26 (1.83%) XML
9 22 (1.55%) SOAP
10 21 (1.48%) RESTful
11 19 (1.34%) .NET Core
12 18 (1.27%) Middleware
13 17 (1.20%) AngularJS
14 16 (1.13%) EDI
14 16 (1.13%) Next.js
15 15 (1.06%) OAuth
16 13 (0.92%) AWS CDK
17 12 (0.85%) Kafka
18 10 (0.70%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 87 (6.13%) Onboarding
2 80 (5.63%) Management Information System
3 68 (4.79%) Product Ownership
4 60 (4.23%) Driving Licence
5 49 (3.45%) Cloud Native
6 32 (2.25%) Public Cloud
6 32 (2.25%) Self-Motivation
7 28 (1.97%) Social Media
8 27 (1.90%) Blog
8 27 (1.90%) Data Centre
9 22 (1.55%) Data Structures
10 21 (1.48%) Greenfield Project
11 20 (1.41%) Algorithms
11 20 (1.41%) Security Posture
12 18 (1.27%) NHS
13 15 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
13 15 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
13 15 (1.06%) Legacy Systems
14 14 (0.99%) EPoS
15 12 (0.85%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 116 (8.17%) Windows
2 74 (5.21%) Linux
3 49 (3.45%) Windows Server
4 13 (0.92%) FreeRTOS
5 9 (0.63%) Unix
6 8 (0.56%) Ubuntu
7 7 (0.49%) CentOS
8 6 (0.42%) Debian
9 5 (0.35%) Android
9 5 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (0.28%) Windows 7
11 3 (0.21%) VMS
11 3 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.14%) Apple iOS
12 2 (0.14%) Mac OS
12 2 (0.14%) Windows 10
13 1 (0.070%) Rocky
13 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 488 (34.37%) Problem-Solving
2 392 (27.61%) Continuous Improvement
3 313 (22.04%) Agile
4 216 (15.21%) Decision-Making
5 175 (12.32%) Analytics
6 168 (11.83%) Roadmaps
7 167 (11.76%) AI
8 165 (11.62%) Mentoring
9 148 (10.42%) CI/CD
10 147 (10.35%) Service Delivery
11 135 (9.51%) Customer Service
12 124 (8.73%) Validation
13 121 (8.52%) Project Delivery
14 117 (8.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 115 (8.10%) Project Management
16 114 (8.03%) Collaborative Culture
17 113 (7.96%) CRM
18 111 (7.82%) Computer Science
18 111 (7.82%) DevOps
19 109 (7.68%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 186 (13.10%) SQL
2 164 (11.55%) Python
3 73 (5.14%) Java
4 71 (5.00%) JavaScript
5 59 (4.15%) C#
5 59 (4.15%) TypeScript
6 42 (2.96%) PowerShell
7 31 (2.18%) C
8 24 (1.69%) PHP
9 22 (1.55%) VBA
10 18 (1.27%) C++
11 15 (1.06%) ABAP
11 15 (1.06%) Embedded C
12 14 (0.99%) T-SQL
13 13 (0.92%) Bash
14 10 (0.70%) MATLAB
15 9 (0.63%) VB
16 7 (0.49%) Bicep
16 7 (0.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 6 (0.42%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 256 (18.03%) Degree
2 143 (10.07%) Security Cleared
3 67 (4.72%) SC Cleared
4 56 (3.94%) DV Cleared
5 45 (3.17%) ACCA
6 40 (2.82%) Computer Science Degree
7 37 (2.61%) CIMA
8 36 (2.54%) CISSP
8 36 (2.54%) DBS Check
9 30 (2.11%) BPSS Clearance
10 28 (1.97%) Master's Degree
11 22 (1.55%) PMI Certification
12 19 (1.34%) Microsoft Certification
13 18 (1.27%) Cisco Certification
14 17 (1.20%) CISM
14 17 (1.20%) PMP
15 16 (1.13%) CCNP
16 14 (0.99%) HND
17 10 (0.70%) CEH
17 10 (0.70%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (6.20%) QA
2 78 (5.49%) Accessibility
2 78 (5.49%) Data Quality
3 42 (2.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 33 (2.32%) PMO
5 31 (2.18%) GDPR
6 28 (1.97%) GAAP
7 25 (1.76%) NIST
8 19 (1.34%) Cyber Essentials
9 15 (1.06%) SLA
10 13 (0.92%) WCAG
11 12 (0.85%) TickIT
12 10 (0.70%) Good Clinical Practice
13 7 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 7 (0.49%) Government Security Classifications
13 7 (0.49%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 7 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 15288
13 7 (0.49%) JSP 440
13 7 (0.49%) PCI DSS
14 5 (0.35%) Def Stans
System Software
1 66 (4.65%) Active Directory
2 31 (2.18%) Docker
3 25 (1.76%) Hyper-V
4 18 (1.27%) Firmware
5 15 (1.06%) VMware Infrastructure
6 14 (0.99%) Embedded Firmware
7 8 (0.56%) ProxySG
8 5 (0.35%) ClearTrust
8 5 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
10 2 (0.14%) vSphere
11 1 (0.070%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.070%) XenApp
11 1 (0.070%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 51 (3.59%) Kubernetes
2 44 (3.10%) Terraform
3 29 (2.04%) Ansible
4 21 (1.48%) Microsoft Intune
5 19 (1.34%) SCCM
6 8 (0.56%) Puppet
7 6 (0.42%) Hadoop YARN
7 6 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (0.35%) Prometheus
9 4 (0.28%) Cisco CUCM
9 4 (0.28%) Grafana
9 4 (0.28%) ServiceCenter
10 3 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.21%) Argo
10 3 (0.21%) Backup Exec
10 3 (0.21%) Dell DRAC
10 3 (0.21%) EMC NetWorker
10 3 (0.21%) Kibana
10 3 (0.21%) Plesk
10 3 (0.21%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 315 (22.18%) Microsoft
2 63 (4.44%) Google
3 47 (3.31%) Salesforce
4 37 (2.61%) Cisco
5 35 (2.46%) Oracle
6 34 (2.39%) SAP
7 27 (1.90%) ServiceNow
8 26 (1.83%) VMware
9 22 (1.55%) Adobe
10 18 (1.27%) Remedy
11 16 (1.13%) Databricks
11 16 (1.13%) IBM
12 15 (1.06%) iManage
12 15 (1.06%) Palo Alto
13 13 (0.92%) SolarWinds
14 12 (0.85%) Fortinet
14 12 (0.85%) HubSpot
15 11 (0.77%) HP
16 9 (0.63%) CheckPoint
16 9 (0.63%) F5