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 8 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 84 102
Rank change year-on-year -26 +18 +26
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Working 1,599 1,556 1,763
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.71% 3.57% 2.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.32% 3.99% 3.00%
Number of salaries quoted 988 731 1,080
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,962 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -11.80%
75th Percentile £65,640 £71,458 £73,750
90th Percentile £77,650 £80,000 £92,159
UK median annual salary £50,000 £51,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% -7.08%

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 68,945 39,013 58,757
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.88% 89.52% 81.34%
Number of salaries quoted 48,619 22,572 38,979
10th Percentile £31,125 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -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 8 August 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 8 August 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 -47 408 £65,000 - 431
North of England +39 327 £47,271 -2.55% 227
South East -27 322 £48,000 +4.35% 209
Midlands +10 266 £40,000 -15.79% 131
North West +47 199 £45,497 -9.01% 108
West Midlands -26 151 £42,500 -19.05% 79
South West -30 151 £47,500 -29.63% 124
East Midlands +20 114 £32,500 -23.53% 52
East of England -65 93 £52,500 +50.00% 75
Yorkshire +5 85 £42,500 -25.11% 84
North East -28 43 £57,500 +98.28% 39
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 70 (4.38%) SharePoint
2 37 (2.31%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (0.88%) Apache Spark
3 14 (0.88%) Confluence
4 12 (0.75%) WordPress
5 10 (0.63%) CMS
5 10 (0.63%) SAS
6 7 (0.44%) Apache
7 4 (0.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 4 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.25%) IIS
8 3 (0.19%) GeoServer
9 2 (0.13%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.13%) Drupal
9 2 (0.13%) Gentran
9 2 (0.13%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.13%) Luigi
9 2 (0.13%) nginx
10 1 (0.063%) Appian
10 1 (0.063%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 90 (5.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 86 (5.38%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.63%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 9 (0.56%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
7 6 (0.38%) Adobe Illustrator
7 6 (0.38%) InDesign
7 6 (0.38%) Photoshop
7 6 (0.38%) Revit
8 5 (0.31%) Fusion 360
8 5 (0.31%) Simulink
9 4 (0.25%) Navisworks
10 3 (0.19%) Blender
10 3 (0.19%) Chatbot
10 3 (0.19%) Maya
10 3 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
10 3 (0.19%) Stateflow
10 3 (0.19%) Trello
11 2 (0.13%) Adobe Premiere
Business Applications
1 25 (1.56%) NetSuite
2 14 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.75%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.38%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.25%) SAP HR
6 3 (0.19%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.13%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.13%) SAP BPC
7 2 (0.13%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.13%) SAP CRM
7 2 (0.13%) Shopify
8 1 (0.063%) Exchequer
8 1 (0.063%) FastStats
8 1 (0.063%) NEC Housing
8 1 (0.063%) Primavera
8 1 (0.063%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.063%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.063%) Sage 200
8 1 (0.063%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.063%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 264 (16.51%) Azure
2 199 (12.45%) AWS
3 168 (10.51%) Microsoft 365
4 148 (9.26%) Power Platform
5 83 (5.19%) SaaS
6 66 (4.13%) GCP
7 56 (3.50%) Azure DevOps
8 48 (3.00%) Entra ID
9 43 (2.69%) Serverless
10 33 (2.06%) GitHub
11 28 (1.75%) AWS CloudFormation
12 27 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
13 26 (1.63%) Google Analytics
14 22 (1.38%) Power Automate
14 22 (1.38%) Snowflake
15 21 (1.31%) Microsoft Copilot
16 20 (1.25%) OCI
17 19 (1.19%) OneDrive
18 16 (1.00%) Azure Data Factory
19 15 (0.94%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 80 (5.00%) Firewall
2 51 (3.19%) DNS
3 44 (2.75%) Network Security
4 37 (2.31%) WAN
5 36 (2.25%) DHCP
5 36 (2.25%) VPN
6 34 (2.13%) TCP/IP
7 31 (1.94%) VLAN
8 29 (1.81%) LAN
9 25 (1.56%) HTTP
10 21 (1.31%) Broadband
10 21 (1.31%) Wireless
11 19 (1.19%) Wi-Fi
12 18 (1.13%) BGP
13 12 (0.75%) VoIP
14 11 (0.69%) SNMP
15 9 (0.56%) Cisco Nexus
15 9 (0.56%) EIGRP
15 9 (0.56%) Internet
15 9 (0.56%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 126 (7.88%) Power BI
2 56 (3.50%) SQL Server
3 30 (1.88%) Relational Database
4 29 (1.81%) Tableau
5 26 (1.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 25 (1.56%) BigQuery
7 23 (1.44%) Big Data
8 19 (1.19%) Metadata
8 19 (1.19%) PostgreSQL
9 17 (1.06%) GIS
10 16 (1.00%) Redis
11 15 (0.94%) MySQL
11 15 (0.94%) Semantic Layer
12 14 (0.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 12 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
13 12 (0.75%) NoSQL
14 11 (0.69%) Geospatial Data
14 11 (0.69%) Power Query
15 10 (0.63%) Hadoop
16 7 (0.44%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 83 (5.19%) Git
2 56 (3.50%) JIRA
3 35 (2.19%) Jenkins
4 16 (1.00%) GitLab
5 9 (0.56%) Postman
6 6 (0.38%) Bitbucket
6 6 (0.38%) Visual Studio Code
7 5 (0.31%) MSI
8 4 (0.25%) Maven
8 4 (0.25%) Storybook
9 3 (0.19%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.19%) LabVIEW
9 3 (0.19%) Selenium
10 2 (0.13%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 2 (0.13%) JUnit
10 2 (0.13%) Mercurial
10 2 (0.13%) MSTest
10 2 (0.13%) Rational DOORS
10 2 (0.13%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.13%) Visual Studio
General
1 730 (45.65%) Social Skills
2 379 (23.70%) Finance
3 292 (18.26%) Analytical Skills
4 161 (10.07%) Organisational Skills
5 156 (9.76%) Marketing
6 124 (7.75%) Public Sector
7 122 (7.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 111 (6.94%) Legal
9 98 (6.13%) Aerospace
10 83 (5.19%) Law
11 70 (4.38%) Manufacturing
12 68 (4.25%) Retail
13 65 (4.07%) Presentation Skills
14 63 (3.94%) Influencing Skills
15 49 (3.06%) Telecoms
16 45 (2.81%) Electronics
17 40 (2.50%) Banking
18 30 (1.88%) Advertising
19 27 (1.69%) Local Government
20 21 (1.31%) Games
Job Titles
1 229 (14.32%) Senior
2 150 (9.38%) Analyst
3 140 (8.76%) Developer
4 126 (7.88%) Lead
5 65 (4.07%) Consultant
6 59 (3.69%) IT Support
7 53 (3.31%) Software Engineer
8 46 (2.88%) Systems Engineer
9 44 (2.75%) Senior Manager
10 43 (2.69%) IT Manager
11 42 (2.63%) Architect
11 42 (2.63%) Delivery Manager
11 42 (2.63%) Support Engineer
12 40 (2.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 39 (2.44%) Development Manager
14 37 (2.31%) Business Development Manager
14 37 (2.31%) Business Manager
14 37 (2.31%) Senior Developer
15 36 (2.25%) Software Developer
16 33 (2.06%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (5.07%) Node.js
2 71 (4.44%) REST
3 51 (3.19%) .NET
4 50 (3.13%) HTML
5 40 (2.50%) CSS
6 38 (2.38%) React
7 32 (2.00%) Vue
8 27 (1.69%) JSON
9 24 (1.50%) RESTful
10 23 (1.44%) .NET Core
10 23 (1.44%) SOAP
11 21 (1.31%) AngularJS
12 19 (1.19%) XML
13 18 (1.13%) .NET Framework
13 18 (1.13%) EDI
13 18 (1.13%) Middleware
14 17 (1.06%) Next.js
15 16 (1.00%) OAuth
16 15 (0.94%) Kafka
17 13 (0.81%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 95 (5.94%) Management Information System
2 92 (5.75%) Onboarding
3 73 (4.57%) Product Ownership
4 69 (4.32%) Driving Licence
5 50 (3.13%) Cloud Native
6 49 (3.06%) Self-Motivation
7 33 (2.06%) Public Cloud
7 33 (2.06%) Social Media
8 29 (1.81%) Blog
9 26 (1.63%) Data Centre
10 21 (1.31%) Data Structures
10 21 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
11 20 (1.25%) Greenfield Project
11 20 (1.25%) Security Posture
12 19 (1.19%) NHS
13 18 (1.13%) Algorithms
14 17 (1.06%) Legacy Systems
15 16 (1.00%) Analogue Electronics
15 16 (1.00%) Analytical Mindset
16 15 (0.94%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 125 (7.82%) Windows
2 75 (4.69%) Linux
3 50 (3.13%) Windows Server
4 13 (0.81%) FreeRTOS
5 9 (0.56%) Unix
6 8 (0.50%) Ubuntu
7 7 (0.44%) CentOS
7 7 (0.44%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.38%) Debian
9 5 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (0.25%) Windows 7
11 3 (0.19%) Android
11 3 (0.19%) VMS
12 2 (0.13%) Windows 10
12 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.063%) Rocky
13 1 (0.063%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 527 (32.96%) Problem-Solving
2 479 (29.96%) Continuous Improvement
3 354 (22.14%) Agile
4 244 (15.26%) Decision-Making
5 194 (12.13%) Analytics
6 180 (11.26%) AI
6 180 (11.26%) Mentoring
7 174 (10.88%) Roadmaps
8 171 (10.69%) Customer Service
9 165 (10.32%) CI/CD
10 160 (10.01%) Service Delivery
11 145 (9.07%) CRM
12 142 (8.88%) Stakeholder Management
13 136 (8.51%) Project Delivery
14 134 (8.38%) Collaborative Culture
14 134 (8.38%) Project Management
15 132 (8.26%) Validation
16 127 (7.94%) DevOps
17 126 (7.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 122 (7.63%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 197 (12.32%) SQL
2 171 (10.69%) Python
3 90 (5.63%) JavaScript
4 74 (4.63%) Java
5 69 (4.32%) C#
6 68 (4.25%) TypeScript
7 39 (2.44%) PowerShell
8 35 (2.19%) C
9 25 (1.56%) PHP
10 24 (1.50%) VBA
11 18 (1.13%) C++
12 16 (1.00%) Embedded C
13 14 (0.88%) ABAP
13 14 (0.88%) Bash
14 11 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 11 (0.69%) MATLAB
15 10 (0.63%) T-SQL
16 9 (0.56%) Bicep
17 8 (0.50%) VB
18 6 (0.38%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 280 (17.51%) Degree
2 177 (11.07%) Security Cleared
3 86 (5.38%) SC Cleared
4 61 (3.81%) DV Cleared
5 50 (3.13%) ACCA
5 50 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
6 47 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
7 42 (2.63%) CIMA
8 39 (2.44%) DBS Check
9 38 (2.38%) CISSP
10 28 (1.75%) Master's Degree
11 23 (1.44%) Microsoft Certification
12 21 (1.31%) PMI Certification
13 20 (1.25%) Cisco Certification
14 19 (1.19%) CISM
15 18 (1.13%) CCNP
15 18 (1.13%) HND
16 16 (1.00%) PMP
17 15 (0.94%) CEH
18 14 (0.88%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (6.32%) QA
2 91 (5.69%) Accessibility
3 88 (5.50%) Data Quality
4 42 (2.63%) GDPR
5 36 (2.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 35 (2.19%) PMO
7 29 (1.81%) GAAP
8 26 (1.63%) NIST
9 23 (1.44%) Cyber Essentials
10 21 (1.31%) SLA
11 18 (1.13%) WCAG
12 12 (0.75%) TickIT
13 10 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 10 (0.63%) Good Clinical Practice
14 8 (0.50%) NCSC
15 7 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 15288
15 7 (0.44%) PCI DSS
16 6 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
16 6 (0.38%) Government Security Classifications
16 6 (0.38%) JSP 440
System Software
1 69 (4.32%) Active Directory
2 39 (2.44%) Docker
3 23 (1.44%) Hyper-V
4 19 (1.19%) Firmware
5 18 (1.13%) VMware Infrastructure
6 15 (0.94%) Embedded Firmware
7 8 (0.50%) ProxySG
8 5 (0.31%) ClearTrust
9 3 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
10 2 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.13%) vSphere
11 1 (0.063%) KVM
11 1 (0.063%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.063%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 60 (3.75%) Kubernetes
2 51 (3.19%) Terraform
3 35 (2.19%) Microsoft Intune
4 32 (2.00%) Ansible
5 19 (1.19%) SCCM
6 8 (0.50%) Puppet
7 6 (0.38%) Hadoop YARN
7 6 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.25%) Cisco CUCM
9 4 (0.25%) Grafana
9 4 (0.25%) Prometheus
9 4 (0.25%) ServiceCenter
10 3 (0.19%) BMC PATROL
10 3 (0.19%) Control-M
10 3 (0.19%) EMC NetWorker
10 3 (0.19%) Nessus
10 3 (0.19%) Plesk
10 3 (0.19%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.19%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 360 (22.51%) Microsoft
2 63 (3.94%) Google
3 49 (3.06%) Salesforce
4 41 (2.56%) Oracle
5 40 (2.50%) Cisco
5 40 (2.50%) SAP
6 32 (2.00%) ServiceNow
7 30 (1.88%) VMware
8 27 (1.69%) Adobe
9 21 (1.31%) Databricks
10 19 (1.19%) HubSpot
11 18 (1.13%) Palo Alto
12 17 (1.06%) Remedy
13 15 (0.94%) iManage
13 15 (0.94%) SolarWinds
14 14 (0.88%) HP
14 14 (0.88%) IBM
15 13 (0.81%) Fortinet
16 11 (0.69%) CheckPoint
16 11 (0.69%) F5