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

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 82 95
Rank change year-on-year -38 +13 +37
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Working 1,425 1,536 2,084
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.60% 3.55% 2.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.17% 3.94% 3.11%
Number of salaries quoted 881 711 1,375
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £38,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £54,793 £51,498
Median % change year-on-year -4.18% +6.40% -10.44%
75th Percentile £67,500 £74,097 £70,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £52,950 £51,321
% change year-on-year -5.57% +3.18% -7.34%

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 65,539 39,008 67,043
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.79% 90.04% 82.05%
Number of salaries quoted 46,429 22,397 46,860
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 £74,280
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% -8.73%

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 22 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 22 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 -52 383 £65,000 - 279
South East -19 307 £49,000 +6.52% 185
North of England +21 275 £51,619 +3.24% 164
Midlands -12 233 £45,000 -10.00% 109
North West +32 175 £45,497 -9.01% 73
West Midlands -21 127 £46,042 -13.13% 67
South West -51 117 £38,738 -42.61% 70
East Midlands +15 105 £37,720 -11.25% 42
East of England -66 73 £55,000 +57.14% 59
Yorkshire -17 68 £60,000 +5.73% 56
North East -35 32 £57,500 +64.29% 36
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 44 (3.09%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (1.05%) WordPress
4 14 (0.98%) 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
10 3 (0.21%) 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 75 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 67 (4.70%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (1.68%) 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 (1.61%) NetSuite
2 12 (0.84%) 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
1 247 (17.33%) Azure
2 186 (13.05%) AWS
3 156 (10.95%) Microsoft 365
4 140 (9.82%) Power Platform
5 79 (5.54%) SaaS
6 66 (4.63%) GCP
7 52 (3.65%) Entra ID
8 51 (3.58%) Azure DevOps
9 40 (2.81%) Serverless
10 32 (2.25%) GitHub
11 28 (1.96%) Google Analytics
12 26 (1.82%) AWS CloudFormation
13 23 (1.61%) Dynamics 365
14 21 (1.47%) Microsoft Copilot
15 20 (1.40%) OCI
16 19 (1.33%) Power Automate
16 19 (1.33%) Snowflake
17 16 (1.12%) Figma
18 15 (1.05%) Boomi
19 14 (0.98%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 84 (5.89%) Firewall
2 51 (3.58%) DNS
3 39 (2.74%) DHCP
3 39 (2.74%) Network Security
3 39 (2.74%) VPN
4 35 (2.46%) VLAN
4 35 (2.46%) WAN
5 34 (2.39%) TCP/IP
6 25 (1.75%) LAN
7 23 (1.61%) HTTP
7 23 (1.61%) Wireless
8 22 (1.54%) Broadband
9 20 (1.40%) BGP
10 17 (1.19%) Wi-Fi
11 11 (0.77%) SNMP
12 9 (0.63%) Cisco Nexus
12 9 (0.63%) Internet
12 9 (0.63%) IPsec
12 9 (0.63%) VoIP
13 8 (0.56%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 122 (8.56%) Power BI
2 49 (3.44%) SQL Server
3 29 (2.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 27 (1.89%) Tableau
5 26 (1.82%) BigQuery
6 22 (1.54%) Relational Database
7 20 (1.40%) 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 13 (0.91%) Redis
12 12 (0.84%) NoSQL
13 11 (0.77%) Hadoop
13 11 (0.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 10 (0.70%) Geospatial Data
15 8 (0.56%) Data Warehouse
15 8 (0.56%) Power Query
16 7 (0.49%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 66 (4.63%) Git
2 47 (3.30%) JIRA
3 34 (2.39%) Jenkins
4 16 (1.12%) 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%) Subversion
General
1 652 (45.75%) Social Skills
2 363 (25.47%) Finance
3 273 (19.16%) Analytical Skills
4 149 (10.46%) Marketing
5 127 (8.91%) Organisational Skills
6 104 (7.30%) Legal
7 100 (7.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 94 (6.60%) Public Sector
9 78 (5.47%) Aerospace
9 78 (5.47%) Law
10 57 (4.00%) Influencing Skills
10 57 (4.00%) Retail
11 53 (3.72%) Presentation Skills
12 49 (3.44%) Telecoms
13 43 (3.02%) Manufacturing
14 38 (2.67%) Banking
15 34 (2.39%) Electronics
16 28 (1.96%) Advertising
17 27 (1.89%) Local Government
18 19 (1.33%) Games
Job Titles
1 213 (14.95%) Senior
2 142 (9.96%) Analyst
3 117 (8.21%) Developer
4 113 (7.93%) Lead
5 65 (4.56%) Consultant
6 53 (3.72%) IT Support
7 50 (3.51%) Software Engineer
8 45 (3.16%) Architect
9 44 (3.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 44 (3.09%) Support Engineer
9 44 (3.09%) Systems Engineer
10 43 (3.02%) Senior Manager
11 41 (2.88%) Delivery Manager
12 39 (2.74%) IT Manager
13 35 (2.46%) Business Analyst
14 34 (2.39%) Senior Developer
15 31 (2.18%) Business Manager
15 31 (2.18%) Development Manager
15 31 (2.18%) IT Analyst
16 30 (2.11%) Business Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (5.26%) Node.js
2 64 (4.49%) REST
3 40 (2.81%) .NET
4 39 (2.74%) HTML
5 38 (2.67%) React
6 30 (2.11%) JSON
7 29 (2.04%) CSS
8 27 (1.89%) Vue
9 26 (1.82%) XML
10 22 (1.54%) SOAP
11 20 (1.40%) RESTful
12 19 (1.33%) .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 10 (0.70%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 87 (6.11%) Onboarding
2 79 (5.54%) Management Information System
3 68 (4.77%) 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 (1.96%) Social Media
8 26 (1.82%) Blog
8 26 (1.82%) Data Centre
9 22 (1.54%) Data Structures
10 21 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
11 20 (1.40%) Algorithms
12 19 (1.33%) NHS
12 19 (1.33%) Security Posture
13 15 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
13 15 (1.05%) Enterprise Software
13 15 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
14 14 (0.98%) EPoS
15 12 (0.84%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 117 (8.21%) Windows
2 75 (5.26%) Linux
3 49 (3.44%) Windows Server
4 13 (0.91%) 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%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (0.28%) Android
10 4 (0.28%) Windows 7
11 3 (0.21%) VMS
11 3 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.14%) Mac OS
12 2 (0.14%) Windows 10
13 1 (0.070%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.070%) Rocky
13 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 487 (34.18%) Problem-Solving
2 397 (27.86%) Continuous Improvement
3 317 (22.25%) Agile
4 214 (15.02%) Decision-Making
5 177 (12.42%) Analytics
6 168 (11.79%) Roadmaps
7 167 (11.72%) AI
8 163 (11.44%) Mentoring
9 148 (10.39%) CI/CD
9 148 (10.39%) Service Delivery
10 136 (9.54%) Customer Service
11 124 (8.70%) Validation
12 121 (8.49%) Project Delivery
13 117 (8.21%) Collaborative Culture
14 116 (8.14%) Project Management
14 116 (8.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 113 (7.93%) CRM
16 112 (7.86%) DevOps
17 111 (7.79%) Business Intelligence
17 111 (7.79%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 187 (13.12%) SQL
2 166 (11.65%) Python
3 72 (5.05%) Java
4 69 (4.84%) JavaScript
5 59 (4.14%) C#
5 59 (4.14%) TypeScript
6 42 (2.95%) PowerShell
7 31 (2.18%) C
8 23 (1.61%) PHP
9 22 (1.54%) VBA
10 18 (1.26%) C++
11 15 (1.05%) ABAP
11 15 (1.05%) Embedded C
12 14 (0.98%) T-SQL
13 13 (0.91%) Bash
14 10 (0.70%) MATLAB
15 9 (0.63%) VB
16 8 (0.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 7 (0.49%) Bicep
18 6 (0.42%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 258 (18.11%) Degree
2 141 (9.89%) Security Cleared
3 66 (4.63%) SC Cleared
4 54 (3.79%) DV Cleared
5 45 (3.16%) ACCA
6 41 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
7 37 (2.60%) CIMA
8 35 (2.46%) DBS Check
9 34 (2.39%) CISSP
10 30 (2.11%) BPSS Clearance
11 28 (1.96%) 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 10 (0.70%) CEH
17 10 (0.70%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (6.11%) QA
2 80 (5.61%) Data Quality
3 78 (5.47%) Accessibility
4 41 (2.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 34 (2.39%) PMO
6 31 (2.18%) GDPR
7 28 (1.96%) GAAP
8 24 (1.68%) NIST
9 18 (1.26%) Cyber Essentials
10 16 (1.12%) SLA
11 13 (0.91%) WCAG
12 12 (0.84%) TickIT
13 10 (0.70%) Good Clinical Practice
14 7 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 15288
14 7 (0.49%) PCI DSS
15 6 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
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 67 (4.70%) Active Directory
2 32 (2.25%) Docker
3 25 (1.75%) Hyper-V
4 18 (1.26%) Firmware
5 15 (1.05%) VMware Infrastructure
6 14 (0.98%) 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 52 (3.65%) Kubernetes
2 45 (3.16%) Terraform
3 30 (2.11%) Ansible
4 22 (1.54%) Microsoft Intune
5 19 (1.33%) 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
1 317 (22.25%) Microsoft
2 62 (4.35%) Google
3 47 (3.30%) Salesforce
4 38 (2.67%) Cisco
5 35 (2.46%) Oracle
6 34 (2.39%) SAP
7 27 (1.89%) ServiceNow
8 26 (1.82%) VMware
9 22 (1.54%) Adobe
10 18 (1.26%) Databricks
10 18 (1.26%) Remedy
11 16 (1.12%) IBM
12 15 (1.05%) iManage
12 15 (1.05%) Palo Alto
13 13 (0.91%) SolarWinds
14 12 (0.84%) Fortinet
14 12 (0.84%) HubSpot
15 11 (0.77%) HP
16 10 (0.70%) CheckPoint
16 10 (0.70%) F5