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 7 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 91 89
Rank change year-on-year -45 -2 +6
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Working 940 1,436 2,068
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.64% 3.14% 3.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.05% 3.42% 3.55%
Number of salaries quoted 595 726 1,526
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,375 £45,188 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +15.38% -13.33%
75th Percentile £62,500 £81,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,766 £96,607 £87,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +26.32% -20.83%

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 45,818 42,048 58,304
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 79.92% 92.01% 88.24%
Number of salaries quoted 27,795 20,551 46,192
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £46,250 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,967 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.24% +12.67% -12.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £75,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 7 February 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 7 February 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 -53 276 £60,000 -7.59% 180
South East -38 188 £40,000 -37.25% 138
North of England -43 162 £42,500 -15.00% 103
Midlands -33 124 £42,500 -22.73% 77
North West -5 103 £45,000 -12.24% 53
South West -4 81 £47,500 -9.52% 53
West Midlands -21 79 £29,500 -48.70% 51
East of England -18 76 £53,750 +5.46% 35
East Midlands -17 45 £42,500 -15.00% 26
Yorkshire -57 41 £42,500 -12.82% 37
North East -14 18 £36,125 +3.21% 15
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 37 (3.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 35 (3.72%) SharePoint
3 27 (2.87%) Confluence
4 12 (1.28%) WordPress
5 9 (0.96%) CMS
6 7 (0.74%) Apache Spark
6 7 (0.74%) IIS
7 4 (0.43%) Apache
7 4 (0.43%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.21%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.21%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.11%) GeoServer
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.11%) Umbraco
Applications
1 65 (6.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (4.15%) Microsoft Office
3 28 (2.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (1.06%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.85%) Photoshop
6 5 (0.53%) Adobe Premiere
7 4 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.43%) SketchUp
8 3 (0.32%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.21%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.21%) Simulink
9 2 (0.21%) Trello
10 1 (0.11%) Acrobat
10 1 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.11%) InDesign
10 1 (0.11%) Sketch
10 1 (0.11%) SmartSuite
Business Applications
1 7 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.53%) Infor SunSystems
2 5 (0.53%) Payment Gateway
3 4 (0.43%) Distributed Ledger
3 4 (0.43%) Workday HCM
4 3 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.21%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.21%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.21%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.11%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.11%) assyst
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle BPM
6 1 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.11%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.11%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.11%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.11%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.11%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 190 (20.21%) Azure
2 102 (10.85%) AWS
3 96 (10.21%) Microsoft 365
4 75 (7.98%) Power Platform
5 42 (4.47%) Entra ID
6 35 (3.72%) GCP
7 31 (3.30%) SaaS
8 25 (2.66%) Azure AI
9 24 (2.55%) Amazon SageMaker
10 21 (2.23%) Vertex AI
11 18 (1.91%) Azure DevOps
12 15 (1.60%) Dynamics 365
12 15 (1.60%) GitHub
13 14 (1.49%) Serverless
14 13 (1.38%) OpenShift
15 12 (1.28%) Google Analytics
16 11 (1.17%) Amazon EKS
17 10 (1.06%) AWS CloudFormation
17 10 (1.06%) Azure Machine Learning
17 10 (1.06%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 46 (4.89%) Firewall
2 33 (3.51%) Wireless
3 31 (3.30%) DNS
3 31 (3.30%) VLAN
4 30 (3.19%) VPN
5 28 (2.98%) TCP/IP
6 25 (2.66%) DHCP
7 23 (2.45%) LAN
7 23 (2.45%) WAN
8 18 (1.91%) Network Security
9 14 (1.49%) BGP
10 12 (1.28%) Broadband
11 10 (1.06%) Wi-Fi
12 9 (0.96%) Cisco Nexus
12 9 (0.96%) OSPF
12 9 (0.96%) VoIP
13 8 (0.85%) Cisco ASA
13 8 (0.85%) Structured Cabling
13 8 (0.85%) WAAS
13 8 (0.85%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (6.81%) Power BI
2 24 (2.55%) Tableau
3 22 (2.34%) SQL Server
4 18 (1.91%) Looker
5 14 (1.49%) NoSQL
6 13 (1.38%) PostgreSQL
7 12 (1.28%) Big Data
7 12 (1.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 11 (1.17%) Relational Database
9 9 (0.96%) Hadoop
9 9 (0.96%) MySQL
9 9 (0.96%) Power Query
10 8 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
11 7 (0.74%) MongoDB
11 7 (0.74%) Oracle Database
12 6 (0.64%) BigQuery
12 6 (0.64%) BusinessObjects
12 6 (0.64%) Data Warehouse
12 6 (0.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 5 (0.53%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 38 (4.04%) JIRA
2 36 (3.83%) Git
3 18 (1.91%) Jenkins
4 16 (1.70%) GitLab
5 7 (0.74%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.43%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 4 (0.43%) Subversion
6 4 (0.43%) TestRail
6 4 (0.43%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.32%) Rational DOORS
7 3 (0.32%) Selenium
8 2 (0.21%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.21%) Robot Framework
8 2 (0.21%) Storybook
9 1 (0.11%) Android Studio
9 1 (0.11%) gulp
9 1 (0.11%) Postman
9 1 (0.11%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.11%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.11%) webpack
General
1 460 (48.94%) Social Skills
2 235 (25.00%) Finance
3 187 (19.89%) Analytical Skills
4 155 (16.49%) Marketing
5 96 (10.21%) Organisational Skills
6 85 (9.04%) Law
7 61 (6.49%) Telecoms
8 51 (5.43%) Aerospace
9 49 (5.21%) Public Sector
10 42 (4.47%) Retail
11 41 (4.36%) Banking
12 40 (4.26%) Legal
13 39 (4.15%) Military
14 35 (3.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 35 (3.72%) Influencing Skills
15 32 (3.40%) Billing
15 32 (3.40%) Presentation Skills
16 28 (2.98%) Pharmaceutical
17 21 (2.23%) Manufacturing
18 18 (1.91%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 112 (11.91%) Analyst
2 76 (8.09%) Senior
3 75 (7.98%) Lead
4 67 (7.13%) Developer
5 59 (6.28%) IT Support
6 44 (4.68%) Business Analyst
7 42 (4.47%) Architect
8 40 (4.26%) Support Engineer
9 31 (3.30%) Consultant
9 31 (3.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 30 (3.19%) Digital Analyst
10 30 (3.19%) Systems Engineer
11 28 (2.98%) Account Manager
12 26 (2.77%) Junior
13 25 (2.66%) Coordinator
13 25 (2.66%) Digital Business Analyst
14 24 (2.55%) Administrator
14 24 (2.55%) Data Analyst
15 22 (2.34%) IT Engineer
16 21 (2.23%) Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (5.74%) .NET
2 46 (4.89%) HTML
3 24 (2.55%) React
4 20 (2.13%) .NET Core
5 19 (2.02%) CSS
6 18 (1.91%) RESTful
7 13 (1.38%) AngularJS
7 13 (1.38%) Middleware
8 10 (1.06%) Node.js
9 9 (0.96%) Spring
9 9 (0.96%) Spring Boot
10 8 (0.85%) Kafka
10 8 (0.85%) REST
11 7 (0.74%) ASP.NET
11 7 (0.74%) JSON
11 7 (0.74%) OAuth
11 7 (0.74%) XML
12 6 (0.64%) .NET Framework
12 6 (0.64%) EDI
12 6 (0.64%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 90 (9.57%) Onboarding
2 55 (5.85%) Self-Motivation
3 43 (4.57%) Management Information System
4 35 (3.72%) Social Media
5 34 (3.62%) Driving Licence
6 27 (2.87%) Product Ownership
7 22 (2.34%) Life Science
8 21 (2.23%) Pharmacovigilance
9 20 (2.13%) Data Centre
10 19 (2.02%) Cloud Native
11 18 (1.91%) Algorithms
11 18 (1.91%) FMCG
12 15 (1.60%) Data Structures
12 15 (1.60%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 11 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
14 8 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
14 8 (0.85%) Security Posture
15 7 (0.74%) Client/Server
15 7 (0.74%) IoT
15 7 (0.74%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 91 (9.68%) Windows
2 38 (4.04%) Windows Server
3 32 (3.40%) Linux
4 10 (1.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (0.96%) Windows Server 2012
6 8 (0.85%) Mac OS
6 8 (0.85%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.53%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.53%) Unix
7 5 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.43%) Android
8 4 (0.43%) CentOS
8 4 (0.43%) Debian
8 4 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.32%) AIX
9 3 (0.32%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.11%) FreeRTOS
10 1 (0.11%) Rocky
10 1 (0.11%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 280 (29.79%) Problem-Solving
2 213 (22.66%) Agile
3 177 (18.83%) Continuous Improvement
4 122 (12.98%) Analytics
5 93 (9.89%) AI
6 88 (9.36%) CRM
7 87 (9.26%) Project Management
7 87 (9.26%) Service Delivery
8 86 (9.15%) Computer Science
9 81 (8.62%) Coaching
9 81 (8.62%) Decision-Making
10 75 (7.98%) DevOps
11 73 (7.77%) Project Delivery
12 72 (7.66%) Customer Service
12 72 (7.66%) Stakeholder Management
13 71 (7.55%) Business Intelligence
14 70 (7.45%) Cybersecurity
15 66 (7.02%) Process Improvement
16 65 (6.91%) B2B
16 65 (6.91%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 94 (10.00%) SQL
2 93 (9.89%) Python
3 49 (5.21%) PowerShell
4 42 (4.47%) C#
5 40 (4.26%) Java
6 33 (3.51%) JavaScript
7 15 (1.60%) Bash
8 10 (1.06%) TypeScript
9 8 (0.85%) C++
10 7 (0.74%) T-SQL
10 7 (0.74%) VBA
11 6 (0.64%) Scala
11 6 (0.64%) VB.NET
12 5 (0.53%) Go
13 4 (0.43%) Bicep
13 4 (0.43%) Kotlin
13 4 (0.43%) PHP
14 2 (0.21%) ABAP
14 2 (0.21%) R
14 2 (0.21%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 217 (23.09%) Degree
2 105 (11.17%) Security Cleared
3 54 (5.74%) SC Cleared
4 46 (4.89%) Computer Science Degree
5 41 (4.36%) DV Cleared
6 38 (4.04%) DBS Check
7 37 (3.94%) Master's Degree
8 25 (2.66%) BPSS Clearance
9 22 (2.34%) CISSP
10 18 (1.91%) Microsoft Certification
11 17 (1.81%) Cisco Certification
12 16 (1.70%) PMI Certification
13 14 (1.49%) PMP
14 12 (1.28%) HND
15 11 (1.17%) CISM
16 10 (1.06%) CCIE
16 10 (1.06%) CCNP
17 9 (0.96%) HNC
18 8 (0.85%) AWS Certification
18 8 (0.85%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (7.45%) QA
2 52 (5.53%) Accessibility
3 51 (5.43%) Data Quality
4 43 (4.57%) GDPR
5 37 (3.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 23 (2.45%) EU AI Act
7 21 (2.23%) HIPAA
7 21 (2.23%) PMO
7 21 (2.23%) PSD2
7 21 (2.23%) Solvency II
8 16 (1.70%) NIST
9 14 (1.49%) SLA
10 13 (1.38%) Cyber Essentials
11 8 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 15288
12 7 (0.74%) GRC
13 5 (0.53%) ARP4761
13 5 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 5 (0.53%) JSP 440
13 5 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 4 (0.43%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 74 (7.87%) Active Directory
2 22 (2.34%) Docker
2 22 (2.34%) Hyper-V
3 19 (2.02%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.85%) ProxySG
5 6 (0.64%) Firmware
5 6 (0.64%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (0.43%) vSphere
7 1 (0.11%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 1 (0.11%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.11%) KVM
7 1 (0.11%) pfSense
7 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.11%) XenApp
7 1 (0.11%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 42 (4.47%) Kubernetes
2 35 (3.72%) Terraform
3 25 (2.66%) Microsoft Intune
4 20 (2.13%) Ansible
5 10 (1.06%) Puppet
5 10 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (0.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 6 (0.64%) Grafana
8 5 (0.53%) FortiGate
9 4 (0.43%) Argo
9 4 (0.43%) Backup Exec
9 4 (0.43%) Progress Chef
9 4 (0.43%) Prometheus
9 4 (0.43%) Rancher
9 4 (0.43%) yum
10 3 (0.32%) cPanel
10 3 (0.32%) Netcool
10 3 (0.32%) Plesk
10 3 (0.32%) SCCM
11 2 (0.21%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 183 (19.47%) Microsoft
2 48 (5.11%) Google
3 29 (3.09%) Cisco
3 29 (3.09%) Salesforce
4 27 (2.87%) VMware
5 19 (2.02%) ServiceNow
6 17 (1.81%) Oracle
6 17 (1.81%) SAP
7 12 (1.28%) Adobe
8 11 (1.17%) SolarWinds
9 10 (1.06%) Red Hat
10 9 (0.96%) Infoblox
10 9 (0.96%) Veeam
11 8 (0.85%) Blue Coat
11 8 (0.85%) BT
11 8 (0.85%) CheckPoint
11 8 (0.85%) F5
11 8 (0.85%) Motorola
12 7 (0.74%) Atlassian
12 7 (0.74%) Zoho