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 25 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 89 92
Rank change year-on-year -40 +3 +7
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Working 949 1,472 1,843
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.72% 3.10% 3.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.14% 3.39% 3.50%
Number of salaries quoted 590 746 1,320
10th Percentile £28,000 £34,438 £26,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £44,598 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.17% +14.29% -16.00%
75th Percentile £62,498 £81,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £97,232 £90,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £60,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -20.83% +26.32% -23.88%

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 44,347 43,406 52,679
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 80.38% 91.29% 88.76%
Number of salaries quoted 26,763 21,088 41,504
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £96,539
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%

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 25 January 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 25 January 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 -53 279 £60,000 -4.00% 126
South East -39 173 £37,500 -40.00% 150
North of England -30 170 £42,500 -15.00% 95
Midlands -26 128 £41,000 -25.45% 81
North West -10 110 £45,000 -10.00% 41
South West -8 86 £44,000 -16.19% 49
West Midlands -19 83 £30,000 -47.83% 48
East of England -23 81 £50,000 -1.90% 34
East Midlands -9 45 £42,500 -15.00% 33
Yorkshire -53 39 £42,500 -15.38% 39
North East -7 21 £29,000 -27.50% 17
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 34 (3.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 31 (3.27%) SharePoint
3 26 (2.74%) Confluence
4 11 (1.16%) WordPress
5 7 (0.74%) Apache Spark
5 7 (0.74%) CMS
6 6 (0.63%) IIS
7 4 (0.42%) Apache
7 4 (0.42%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.21%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.21%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.11%) Umbraco
Applications
1 71 (7.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 44 (4.64%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (3.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.95%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.84%) Photoshop
6 5 (0.53%) Adobe Premiere
7 4 (0.42%) AutoCAD
7 4 (0.42%) SketchUp
8 3 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
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
10 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.11%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 7 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.53%) Infor SunSystems
2 5 (0.53%) Payment Gateway
3 4 (0.42%) Distributed Ledger
3 4 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.32%) Workday HCM
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%) Raiser’s Edge
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 MM
Cloud Services
1 184 (19.39%) Azure
2 100 (10.54%) AWS
3 93 (9.80%) Microsoft 365
4 69 (7.27%) Power Platform
5 41 (4.32%) Entra ID
6 35 (3.69%) GCP
7 27 (2.85%) SaaS
8 25 (2.63%) Azure AI
9 24 (2.53%) Amazon SageMaker
10 21 (2.21%) Vertex AI
11 18 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
12 15 (1.58%) GitHub
13 14 (1.48%) Dynamics 365
14 13 (1.37%) OpenShift
14 13 (1.37%) Serverless
15 11 (1.16%) Amazon EKS
16 10 (1.05%) AWS CloudFormation
17 9 (0.95%) Azure Machine Learning
17 9 (0.95%) Google Analytics
17 9 (0.95%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 50 (5.27%) Firewall
2 34 (3.58%) Wireless
3 32 (3.37%) VLAN
4 31 (3.27%) DNS
4 31 (3.27%) TCP/IP
5 28 (2.95%) VPN
6 26 (2.74%) LAN
7 25 (2.63%) DHCP
7 25 (2.63%) WAN
8 18 (1.90%) Network Security
9 13 (1.37%) Broadband
10 12 (1.26%) BGP
11 11 (1.16%) Wi-Fi
12 9 (0.95%) Cisco Nexus
12 9 (0.95%) OSPF
12 9 (0.95%) Structured Cabling
12 9 (0.95%) VoIP
13 8 (0.84%) Cisco ASA
13 8 (0.84%) WAAS
13 8 (0.84%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (5.90%) Power BI
2 26 (2.74%) Tableau
3 18 (1.90%) Looker
3 18 (1.90%) SQL Server
4 13 (1.37%) NoSQL
5 12 (1.26%) Big Data
6 11 (1.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 10 (1.05%) Amazon RDS
8 9 (0.95%) Hadoop
8 9 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
8 9 (0.95%) Power Query
8 9 (0.95%) Relational Database
9 8 (0.84%) Oracle Database
10 6 (0.63%) BigQuery
10 6 (0.63%) BusinessObjects
10 6 (0.63%) MongoDB
11 5 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (0.53%) Metadata
11 5 (0.53%) MySQL
12 4 (0.42%) Cloudera CDH
Development Applications
1 35 (3.69%) Git
1 35 (3.69%) JIRA
2 16 (1.69%) Jenkins
3 15 (1.58%) GitLab
4 7 (0.74%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.42%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 4 (0.42%) Subversion
5 4 (0.42%) TestRail
5 4 (0.42%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.32%) Rational DOORS
6 3 (0.32%) Selenium
7 2 (0.21%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.21%) Robot Framework
7 2 (0.21%) Storybook
8 1 (0.11%) Android Studio
8 1 (0.11%) gulp
8 1 (0.11%) Postman
8 1 (0.11%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.11%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.11%) webpack
General
1 471 (49.63%) Social Skills
2 230 (24.24%) Finance
3 181 (19.07%) Analytical Skills
4 153 (16.12%) Marketing
5 98 (10.33%) Organisational Skills
6 92 (9.69%) Law
7 60 (6.32%) Telecoms
8 57 (6.01%) Aerospace
9 50 (5.27%) Public Sector
10 44 (4.64%) Retail
11 43 (4.53%) Influencing Skills
12 40 (4.21%) Legal
13 39 (4.11%) Banking
13 39 (4.11%) Military
14 34 (3.58%) Billing
14 34 (3.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 30 (3.16%) Presentation Skills
16 28 (2.95%) Pharmaceutical
17 24 (2.53%) Manufacturing
18 21 (2.21%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 116 (12.22%) Analyst
2 84 (8.85%) Senior
3 78 (8.22%) Lead
4 66 (6.95%) Developer
5 65 (6.85%) IT Support
6 45 (4.74%) Business Analyst
7 41 (4.32%) Support Engineer
8 39 (4.11%) Architect
9 35 (3.69%) Systems Engineer
10 31 (3.27%) Consultant
11 30 (3.16%) Digital Analyst
12 29 (3.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 28 (2.95%) Coordinator
14 26 (2.74%) Administrator
14 26 (2.74%) Junior
15 25 (2.63%) Digital Business Analyst
16 23 (2.42%) IT Engineer
17 22 (2.32%) Data Analyst
18 21 (2.21%) Account Manager
18 21 (2.21%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (5.69%) .NET
2 46 (4.85%) HTML
3 23 (2.42%) React
4 19 (2.00%) .NET Core
4 19 (2.00%) CSS
4 19 (2.00%) RESTful
5 13 (1.37%) AngularJS
5 13 (1.37%) Middleware
6 9 (0.95%) Node.js
6 9 (0.95%) Spring
6 9 (0.95%) Spring Boot
7 8 (0.84%) Kafka
8 7 (0.74%) ASP.NET
8 7 (0.74%) OAuth
8 7 (0.74%) REST
9 6 (0.63%) .NET Framework
9 6 (0.63%) PySpark
10 5 (0.53%) Django
10 5 (0.53%) EDI
10 5 (0.53%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 91 (9.59%) Onboarding
2 61 (6.43%) Self-Motivation
3 44 (4.64%) Management Information System
4 35 (3.69%) Driving Licence
5 33 (3.48%) Social Media
6 25 (2.63%) Product Ownership
7 22 (2.32%) Life Science
8 21 (2.21%) Pharmacovigilance
9 20 (2.11%) Data Centre
10 19 (2.00%) Cloud Native
11 18 (1.90%) FMCG
12 16 (1.69%) Algorithms
13 15 (1.58%) Team-Oriented Environment
14 13 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
15 11 (1.16%) Data Structures
15 11 (1.16%) Security Posture
16 8 (0.84%) Analytical Mindset
17 7 (0.74%) IoT
17 7 (0.74%) Legacy Systems
17 7 (0.74%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 91 (9.59%) Windows
2 40 (4.21%) Windows Server
3 33 (3.48%) Linux
4 11 (1.16%) Windows Server 2012
5 10 (1.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (0.84%) Mac OS
6 8 (0.84%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.53%) Android
7 5 (0.53%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.53%) CentOS
7 5 (0.53%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.53%) Unix
8 4 (0.42%) Debian
8 4 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.32%) AIX
10 1 (0.11%) FreeRTOS
10 1 (0.11%) Rocky
10 1 (0.11%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 280 (29.50%) Problem-Solving
2 216 (22.76%) Agile
3 175 (18.44%) Continuous Improvement
4 119 (12.54%) Analytics
5 94 (9.91%) Project Management
6 86 (9.06%) CRM
7 85 (8.96%) AI
7 85 (8.96%) Computer Science
8 84 (8.85%) Coaching
8 84 (8.85%) Service Delivery
9 82 (8.64%) Decision-Making
10 79 (8.32%) Project Delivery
11 77 (8.11%) Customer Service
12 76 (8.01%) Cybersecurity
12 76 (8.01%) DevOps
13 71 (7.48%) Mentoring
13 71 (7.48%) Stakeholder Management
14 69 (7.27%) Business Intelligence
15 67 (7.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 65 (6.85%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 89 (9.38%) SQL
2 84 (8.85%) Python
3 48 (5.06%) PowerShell
4 41 (4.32%) C#
5 39 (4.11%) Java
6 32 (3.37%) JavaScript
7 15 (1.58%) Bash
8 9 (0.95%) TypeScript
9 8 (0.84%) C++
10 7 (0.74%) VBA
11 6 (0.63%) Scala
11 6 (0.63%) VB.NET
12 5 (0.53%) Kotlin
13 4 (0.42%) Bicep
13 4 (0.42%) Go
13 4 (0.42%) PHP
13 4 (0.42%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.21%) R
14 2 (0.21%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 227 (23.92%) Degree
2 102 (10.75%) Security Cleared
3 52 (5.48%) SC Cleared
4 47 (4.95%) Computer Science Degree
5 40 (4.21%) DBS Check
6 39 (4.11%) DV Cleared
7 38 (4.00%) Master's Degree
8 26 (2.74%) CISSP
9 25 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
10 19 (2.00%) Microsoft Certification
10 19 (2.00%) PMI Certification
11 18 (1.90%) Cisco Certification
12 17 (1.79%) PMP
13 14 (1.48%) HND
14 12 (1.26%) CISM
15 11 (1.16%) HNC
16 10 (1.05%) CCIE
16 10 (1.05%) CCNP
17 9 (0.95%) AWS Certification
17 9 (0.95%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (8.11%) QA
2 51 (5.37%) Accessibility
3 48 (5.06%) Data Quality
4 47 (4.95%) GDPR
5 31 (3.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 23 (2.42%) EU AI Act
6 23 (2.42%) PMO
7 21 (2.21%) HIPAA
7 21 (2.21%) PSD2
7 21 (2.21%) Solvency II
8 20 (2.11%) Cyber Essentials
9 19 (2.00%) NIST
10 12 (1.26%) SLA
11 9 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 9 (0.95%) GRC
12 8 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 15288
13 7 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 6 (0.63%) PCI DSS
15 5 (0.53%) ARP4761
15 5 (0.53%) JSP 440
System Software
1 73 (7.69%) Active Directory
2 22 (2.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (2.21%) Docker
3 21 (2.21%) Hyper-V
4 8 (0.84%) ProxySG
5 6 (0.63%) Firmware
5 6 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.53%) 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%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 41 (4.32%) Kubernetes
2 34 (3.58%) Terraform
3 30 (3.16%) Microsoft Intune
4 20 (2.11%) Ansible
5 12 (1.26%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (1.05%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 10 (1.05%) Puppet
7 7 (0.74%) FortiGate
8 6 (0.63%) Grafana
9 4 (0.42%) Argo
9 4 (0.42%) Progress Chef
9 4 (0.42%) Rancher
9 4 (0.42%) yum
10 3 (0.32%) cPanel
10 3 (0.32%) Netcool
10 3 (0.32%) Plesk
10 3 (0.32%) Prometheus
11 2 (0.21%) Backup Exec
11 2 (0.21%) Dell DRAC
11 2 (0.21%) Nessus
Vendors
1 190 (20.02%) Microsoft
2 46 (4.85%) Google
3 31 (3.27%) Cisco
4 29 (3.06%) VMware
5 27 (2.85%) Salesforce
6 21 (2.21%) SAP
7 19 (2.00%) ServiceNow
8 18 (1.90%) Oracle
9 12 (1.26%) Adobe
10 11 (1.16%) Red Hat
10 11 (1.16%) SolarWinds
11 9 (0.95%) BT
11 9 (0.95%) Guidewire
11 9 (0.95%) HubSpot
11 9 (0.95%) Infoblox
11 9 (0.95%) Veeam
12 8 (0.84%) Blue Coat
12 8 (0.84%) CheckPoint
12 8 (0.84%) F5
12 8 (0.84%) Motorola