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

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 81 96
Rank change year-on-year -39 +15 +36
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Working 1,424 1,542 2,061
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.60% 3.56% 2.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.17% 3.96% 3.11%
Number of salaries quoted 885 716 1,354
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £29,325
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £54,897 £51,599
Median % change year-on-year -4.37% +6.39% -10.26%
75th Percentile £67,500 £73,924 £70,563
90th Percentile £81,500 £82,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £51,336
% change year-on-year -4.76% +2.27% -7.31%

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 65,658 38,950 66,284
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.80% 90.00% 82.04%
Number of salaries quoted 46,449 22,420 46,231
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,669 £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 £74,280
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,043 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.01% +0.08% -8.71%

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 23 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 23 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 -50 381 £65,000 - 250
South East -19 305 £50,000 +8.70% 182
North of England +24 278 £50,810 +1.62% 156
Midlands -10 232 £43,750 -12.50% 109
North West +35 176 £45,497 -9.01% 72
West Midlands -31 126 £45,000 -14.29% 68
South West -47 118 £38,738 -42.61% 80
East Midlands +14 105 £37,720 -11.25% 41
East of England -70 73 £55,000 +57.14% 60
Yorkshire -7 69 £58,750 +3.52% 54
North East -36 33 £57,500 +64.29% 34
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 61 (4.28%) SharePoint
2 43 (3.02%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (1.05%) WordPress
4 13 (0.91%) Apache Spark
5 11 (0.77%) Confluence
6 10 (0.70%) CMS
7 9 (0.63%) SAS
8 6 (0.42%) Apache
9 5 (0.35%) IIS
10 4 (0.28%) GeoServer
11 3 (0.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 3 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
12 2 (0.14%) ArcGIS
12 2 (0.14%) Drupal
12 2 (0.14%) Gentran
12 2 (0.14%) Jupyter
12 2 (0.14%) Luigi
12 2 (0.14%) nginx
13 1 (0.070%) Appian
13 1 (0.070%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 73 (5.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 66 (4.63%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (1.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.77%) MS Visio
5 9 (0.63%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 5 (0.35%) Adobe Illustrator
6 5 (0.35%) Fusion 360
6 5 (0.35%) InDesign
6 5 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.35%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.28%) Simulink
8 3 (0.21%) Blender
8 3 (0.21%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.21%) Maya
8 3 (0.21%) Stateflow
9 2 (0.14%) Trello
10 1 (0.070%) Lightworks
10 1 (0.070%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 23 (1.62%) NetSuite
2 13 (0.91%) 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 BPC
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%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.070%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.070%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.070%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.070%) SAP IS-U
7 1 (0.070%) Shopify
7 1 (0.070%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 248 (17.42%) Azure
2 186 (13.06%) AWS
3 155 (10.88%) Microsoft 365
4 138 (9.69%) Power Platform
5 79 (5.55%) SaaS
6 63 (4.42%) GCP
7 52 (3.65%) Azure DevOps
8 51 (3.58%) Entra ID
9 40 (2.81%) Serverless
10 31 (2.18%) GitHub
11 28 (1.97%) Google Analytics
12 26 (1.83%) AWS CloudFormation
13 23 (1.62%) Dynamics 365
14 21 (1.47%) Microsoft Copilot
15 20 (1.40%) OCI
15 20 (1.40%) Snowflake
16 19 (1.33%) Power Automate
17 16 (1.12%) Figma
18 15 (1.05%) Boomi
19 14 (0.98%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 80 (5.62%) Firewall
2 50 (3.51%) DNS
3 41 (2.88%) Network Security
4 38 (2.67%) DHCP
4 38 (2.67%) VPN
5 36 (2.53%) WAN
6 35 (2.46%) TCP/IP
7 34 (2.39%) VLAN
8 26 (1.83%) LAN
9 23 (1.62%) HTTP
9 23 (1.62%) Wireless
10 22 (1.54%) Broadband
11 20 (1.40%) BGP
12 17 (1.19%) Wi-Fi
13 11 (0.77%) SNMP
14 9 (0.63%) Cisco Nexus
14 9 (0.63%) Internet
14 9 (0.63%) IPsec
15 8 (0.56%) Cisco Wireless
15 8 (0.56%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 120 (8.43%) Power BI
2 50 (3.51%) SQL Server
3 28 (1.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 27 (1.90%) Tableau
5 25 (1.76%) BigQuery
6 24 (1.69%) Relational Database
7 21 (1.47%) Big Data
8 18 (1.26%) GIS
8 18 (1.26%) MySQL
8 18 (1.26%) PostgreSQL
9 16 (1.12%) Metadata
10 15 (1.05%) Semantic Layer
11 14 (0.98%) Redis
12 12 (0.84%) NoSQL
12 12 (0.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 11 (0.77%) Geospatial Data
14 10 (0.70%) Hadoop
15 8 (0.56%) Data Warehouse
15 8 (0.56%) Power Query
16 7 (0.49%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 67 (4.71%) Git
2 49 (3.44%) JIRA
3 34 (2.39%) Jenkins
4 16 (1.12%) GitLab
5 9 (0.63%) Postman
6 5 (0.35%) Visual Studio Code
7 4 (0.28%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.28%) MSI
8 3 (0.21%) LabVIEW
8 3 (0.21%) Maven
8 3 (0.21%) Selenium
8 3 (0.21%) Storybook
9 2 (0.14%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.14%) MSTest
9 2 (0.14%) Rational DOORS
9 2 (0.14%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.070%) Eclipse
10 1 (0.070%) JUnit
10 1 (0.070%) Qt Creator
10 1 (0.070%) Subversion
General
1 648 (45.51%) Social Skills
2 362 (25.42%) Finance
3 274 (19.24%) Analytical Skills
4 148 (10.39%) Marketing
5 127 (8.92%) Organisational Skills
6 102 (7.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 100 (7.02%) Legal
8 98 (6.88%) Public Sector
9 79 (5.55%) Aerospace
10 77 (5.41%) Law
11 58 (4.07%) Retail
12 57 (4.00%) Influencing Skills
13 52 (3.65%) Presentation Skills
14 51 (3.58%) Telecoms
15 43 (3.02%) Manufacturing
16 38 (2.67%) Banking
17 34 (2.39%) Electronics
18 28 (1.97%) Advertising
19 27 (1.90%) Local Government
20 19 (1.33%) Games
Job Titles
1 212 (14.89%) Senior
2 145 (10.18%) Analyst
3 122 (8.57%) Developer
4 113 (7.94%) Lead
5 62 (4.35%) Consultant
6 51 (3.58%) IT Support
7 50 (3.51%) Software Engineer
8 44 (3.09%) Systems Engineer
9 43 (3.02%) Architect
9 43 (3.02%) Support Engineer
10 41 (2.88%) Delivery Manager
11 40 (2.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 40 (2.81%) Senior Manager
12 39 (2.74%) IT Manager
13 35 (2.46%) Business Analyst
13 35 (2.46%) Senior Developer
14 31 (2.18%) Business Manager
14 31 (2.18%) Development Manager
15 30 (2.11%) Business Development Manager
15 30 (2.11%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (5.34%) Node.js
2 65 (4.56%) REST
3 42 (2.95%) .NET
4 41 (2.88%) HTML
5 37 (2.60%) React
6 31 (2.18%) CSS
7 29 (2.04%) JSON
8 28 (1.97%) Vue
9 25 (1.76%) XML
10 22 (1.54%) SOAP
11 21 (1.47%) RESTful
12 20 (1.40%) .NET Core
13 18 (1.26%) Middleware
14 17 (1.19%) AngularJS
15 16 (1.12%) EDI
15 16 (1.12%) Next.js
16 15 (1.05%) OAuth
17 13 (0.91%) AWS CDK
18 12 (0.84%) Kafka
19 11 (0.77%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 86 (6.04%) Onboarding
2 79 (5.55%) Management Information System
3 68 (4.78%) Product Ownership
4 60 (4.21%) Driving Licence
5 48 (3.37%) Cloud Native
6 32 (2.25%) Public Cloud
6 32 (2.25%) Self-Motivation
7 28 (1.97%) Social Media
8 26 (1.83%) Blog
8 26 (1.83%) Data Centre
9 22 (1.54%) Data Structures
10 21 (1.47%) Algorithms
10 21 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
11 19 (1.33%) NHS
11 19 (1.33%) Security Posture
12 17 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
13 16 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
14 15 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
15 14 (0.98%) EPoS
16 12 (0.84%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 118 (8.29%) Windows
2 73 (5.13%) Linux
3 49 (3.44%) Windows Server
4 13 (0.91%) FreeRTOS
5 8 (0.56%) Ubuntu
5 8 (0.56%) Unix
6 7 (0.49%) CentOS
7 6 (0.42%) Debian
8 5 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.28%) Android
9 4 (0.28%) Windows 7
10 3 (0.21%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.21%) VMS
10 3 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.14%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.070%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.070%) Rocky
12 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 484 (33.99%) Problem-Solving
2 402 (28.23%) Continuous Improvement
3 317 (22.26%) Agile
4 217 (15.24%) Decision-Making
5 179 (12.57%) Analytics
6 169 (11.87%) Roadmaps
7 166 (11.66%) AI
8 162 (11.38%) Mentoring
9 151 (10.60%) CI/CD
10 149 (10.46%) Service Delivery
11 137 (9.62%) Customer Service
12 123 (8.64%) Validation
13 121 (8.50%) Project Delivery
14 117 (8.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 116 (8.15%) Collaborative Culture
16 114 (8.01%) Project Management
17 113 (7.94%) CRM
17 113 (7.94%) DevOps
18 110 (7.72%) Business Intelligence
18 110 (7.72%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 188 (13.20%) SQL
2 165 (11.59%) Python
3 73 (5.13%) Java
4 72 (5.06%) JavaScript
5 61 (4.28%) C#
5 61 (4.28%) TypeScript
6 41 (2.88%) PowerShell
7 31 (2.18%) C
8 23 (1.62%) PHP
9 22 (1.54%) VBA
10 18 (1.26%) C++
11 15 (1.05%) ABAP
11 15 (1.05%) Embedded C
12 13 (0.91%) Bash
12 13 (0.91%) T-SQL
13 10 (0.70%) MATLAB
14 8 (0.56%) Bicep
14 8 (0.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 8 (0.56%) VB
15 6 (0.42%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 258 (18.12%) Degree
2 142 (9.97%) Security Cleared
3 69 (4.85%) SC Cleared
4 54 (3.79%) DV Cleared
5 45 (3.16%) ACCA
6 42 (2.95%) Computer Science Degree
7 37 (2.60%) CIMA
8 35 (2.46%) DBS Check
9 33 (2.32%) CISSP
10 32 (2.25%) BPSS Clearance
11 28 (1.97%) Master's Degree
12 21 (1.47%) PMI Certification
13 19 (1.33%) Cisco Certification
13 19 (1.33%) Microsoft Certification
14 17 (1.19%) CCNP
15 16 (1.12%) CISM
15 16 (1.12%) PMP
16 14 (0.98%) HND
17 11 (0.77%) CEH
18 10 (0.70%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (6.04%) QA
2 82 (5.76%) Accessibility
3 81 (5.69%) Data Quality
4 41 (2.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 34 (2.39%) PMO
6 32 (2.25%) GDPR
7 28 (1.97%) GAAP
8 23 (1.62%) NIST
9 18 (1.26%) Cyber Essentials
10 17 (1.19%) SLA
11 14 (0.98%) WCAG
12 12 (0.84%) TickIT
13 10 (0.70%) Good Clinical Practice
14 7 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 7 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 15288
14 7 (0.49%) PCI DSS
15 6 (0.42%) Government Security Classifications
15 6 (0.42%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 6 (0.42%) JSP 440
16 5 (0.35%) Def Stans
System Software
1 66 (4.63%) Active Directory
2 32 (2.25%) Docker
3 25 (1.76%) Hyper-V
4 18 (1.26%) Firmware
5 14 (0.98%) Embedded Firmware
5 14 (0.98%) VMware Infrastructure
6 8 (0.56%) ProxySG
7 5 (0.35%) ClearTrust
7 5 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.14%) vSphere
10 1 (0.070%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.070%) XenApp
10 1 (0.070%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 52 (3.65%) Kubernetes
2 46 (3.23%) Terraform
3 29 (2.04%) Ansible
4 23 (1.62%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (1.26%) 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
1 314 (22.05%) Microsoft
2 59 (4.14%) Google
3 46 (3.23%) Salesforce
4 39 (2.74%) Cisco
5 35 (2.46%) SAP
6 34 (2.39%) Oracle
7 27 (1.90%) ServiceNow
8 26 (1.83%) VMware
9 21 (1.47%) Adobe
10 18 (1.26%) Databricks
10 18 (1.26%) Remedy
11 17 (1.19%) Palo Alto
12 15 (1.05%) iManage
13 14 (0.98%) IBM
14 13 (0.91%) SolarWinds
15 12 (0.84%) Fortinet
15 12 (0.84%) HP
15 12 (0.84%) HubSpot
16 10 (0.70%) CheckPoint
16 10 (0.70%) F5