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 26 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 147 82 93
Rank change year-on-year -65 +11 +9
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Working 1,006 1,340 2,228
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.47% 3.66% 2.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.90% 3.91% 3.34%
Number of salaries quoted 617 774 1,612
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,788 £28,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £43,750 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £64,750 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £94,363 £86,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.42% +15.50% -16.67%

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 53,002 34,266 66,641
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 77.33% 93.54% 86.56%
Number of salaries quoted 32,961 20,243 51,625
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,750 £74,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

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 26 March 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 26 March 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 -56 323 £57,500 -11.54% 147
South East -27 210 £45,000 -23.73% 131
North of England -44 178 £45,000 -10.00% 121
Midlands -64 128 £42,500 -21.66% 91
North West -24 110 £47,271 -5.46% 76
East Midlands -17 70 £42,500 -10.53% 32
East of England -80 66 £55,000 +7.91% 34
South West -34 62 £47,500 -17.39% 50
West Midlands -64 58 £32,000 -41.82% 59
Yorkshire -57 49 £42,500 -14.10% 37
North East -18 19 £36,000 +2.86% 10
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 35 (3.48%) Microsoft Exchange
2 34 (3.38%) SharePoint
3 27 (2.68%) Confluence
4 11 (1.09%) IIS
4 11 (1.09%) WordPress
5 9 (0.89%) CMS
5 9 (0.89%) SAS
6 7 (0.70%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.50%) Apache
8 4 (0.40%) GeoServer
8 4 (0.40%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.20%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.20%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.099%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.099%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 46 (4.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 42 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (2.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (1.79%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.60%) Photoshop
6 4 (0.40%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 4 (0.40%) Adobe Premiere
6 4 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.30%) SketchUp
8 2 (0.20%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.20%) Simulink
9 1 (0.099%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.099%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.099%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.099%) InDesign
9 1 (0.099%) SmartSuite
9 1 (0.099%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.60%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.50%) Payment Gateway
3 5 (0.50%) SAP HR
4 4 (0.40%) Distributed Ledger
4 4 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.30%) Workday HCM
6 2 (0.20%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.20%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.20%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.20%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.099%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.099%) Exchequer
7 1 (0.099%) Oracle BPM
7 1 (0.099%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.099%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.099%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.099%) SAP IS-U
7 1 (0.099%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 222 (22.07%) Azure
2 140 (13.92%) AWS
3 100 (9.94%) Microsoft 365
4 82 (8.15%) Power Platform
5 43 (4.27%) GCP
6 41 (4.08%) Entra ID
7 37 (3.68%) SaaS
8 30 (2.98%) Serverless
9 26 (2.58%) Vertex AI
10 24 (2.39%) Amazon SageMaker
10 24 (2.39%) Azure AI
11 19 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
12 18 (1.79%) AWS CloudFormation
12 18 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
13 14 (1.39%) Azure Machine Learning
13 14 (1.39%) OpenShift
14 13 (1.29%) Google Analytics
15 12 (1.19%) GitHub
15 12 (1.19%) Power Automate
16 11 (1.09%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 65 (6.46%) Firewall
2 41 (4.08%) VPN
3 39 (3.88%) Wireless
4 36 (3.58%) VLAN
5 33 (3.28%) WAN
6 32 (3.18%) DNS
6 32 (3.18%) Network Security
7 29 (2.88%) LAN
8 28 (2.78%) TCP/IP
9 25 (2.49%) DHCP
10 21 (2.09%) BGP
11 17 (1.69%) Cisco Nexus
11 17 (1.69%) OSPF
12 16 (1.59%) Cisco ASA
12 16 (1.59%) Cisco Wireless
12 16 (1.59%) EIGRP
12 16 (1.59%) SNMP
12 16 (1.59%) WAAS
12 16 (1.59%) Wireless Security
13 12 (1.19%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (6.76%) Power BI
2 26 (2.58%) SQL Server
3 21 (2.09%) Tableau
4 18 (1.79%) Looker
5 15 (1.49%) Big Data
6 14 (1.39%) NoSQL
6 14 (1.39%) PostgreSQL
7 12 (1.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 10 (0.99%) Relational Database
9 9 (0.89%) MySQL
10 8 (0.80%) BigQuery
10 8 (0.80%) Hadoop
10 8 (0.80%) Metadata
10 8 (0.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 7 (0.70%) Amazon RDS
11 7 (0.70%) GIS
12 6 (0.60%) Geospatial Data
13 5 (0.50%) Data Warehouse
14 4 (0.40%) MongoDB
14 4 (0.40%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 45 (4.47%) Git
2 36 (3.58%) JIRA
3 25 (2.49%) Jenkins
4 18 (1.79%) GitLab
5 6 (0.60%) Bitbucket
6 5 (0.50%) Subversion
7 4 (0.40%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 4 (0.40%) Postman
7 4 (0.40%) Selenium
7 4 (0.40%) TestRail
7 4 (0.40%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.20%) Robot Framework
8 2 (0.20%) Storybook
9 1 (0.099%) Android Studio
9 1 (0.099%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.099%) gulp
9 1 (0.099%) JUnit
9 1 (0.099%) Qt Creator
9 1 (0.099%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.099%) webpack
General
1 447 (44.43%) Social Skills
2 257 (25.55%) Finance
3 204 (20.28%) Analytical Skills
4 131 (13.02%) Marketing
5 105 (10.44%) Organisational Skills
6 78 (7.75%) Law
7 66 (6.56%) Legal
8 61 (6.06%) Telecoms
9 59 (5.86%) Public Sector
10 48 (4.77%) Aerospace
10 48 (4.77%) Retail
11 43 (4.27%) Banking
11 43 (4.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 35 (3.48%) Military
13 26 (2.58%) Influencing Skills
14 25 (2.49%) Presentation Skills
15 24 (2.39%) Manufacturing
15 24 (2.39%) Pharmaceutical
16 22 (2.19%) Billing
17 21 (2.09%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 112 (11.13%) Senior
2 95 (9.44%) Analyst
3 74 (7.36%) Lead
4 66 (6.56%) Developer
5 63 (6.26%) IT Support
6 57 (5.67%) Support Engineer
7 45 (4.47%) Architect
8 44 (4.37%) Consultant
9 32 (3.18%) Account Manager
10 30 (2.98%) Senior Manager
11 29 (2.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 29 (2.88%) Technical Support
12 28 (2.78%) Systems Engineer
13 26 (2.58%) IT Engineer
14 25 (2.49%) Applications Developer
14 25 (2.49%) Business Analyst
14 25 (2.49%) Technical Engineer
14 25 (2.49%) Technical Support Engineer
15 24 (2.39%) Delivery Manager
16 23 (2.29%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (5.37%) .NET
2 33 (3.28%) HTML
3 29 (2.88%) .NET Core
3 29 (2.88%) React
4 22 (2.19%) CSS
5 15 (1.49%) Node.js
6 13 (1.29%) REST
7 11 (1.09%) OAuth
7 11 (1.09%) RESTful
8 10 (0.99%) AngularJS
8 10 (0.99%) ASP.NET
8 10 (0.99%) JSON
8 10 (0.99%) Middleware
8 10 (0.99%) Spring
8 10 (0.99%) XML
9 9 (0.89%) Kafka
9 9 (0.89%) OpenID
9 9 (0.89%) Spring Boot
10 8 (0.80%) SAML
10 8 (0.80%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 69 (6.86%) Onboarding
2 51 (5.07%) Self-Motivation
3 50 (4.97%) Management Information System
4 42 (4.17%) Driving Licence
5 39 (3.88%) Social Media
6 34 (3.38%) Data Centre
7 30 (2.98%) Product Ownership
8 24 (2.39%) Cloud Native
8 24 (2.39%) Life Science
9 21 (2.09%) Pharmacovigilance
10 19 (1.89%) Data Structures
11 18 (1.79%) Algorithms
12 17 (1.69%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 16 (1.59%) Greenfield Project
14 15 (1.49%) Blog
15 14 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
15 14 (1.39%) Security Posture
16 11 (1.09%) NHS
17 9 (0.89%) FMCG
17 9 (0.89%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 112 (11.13%) Windows
2 47 (4.67%) Linux
3 36 (3.58%) Windows Server
4 9 (0.89%) Mac OS
4 9 (0.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (0.80%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.60%) Ubuntu
6 6 (0.60%) Unix
6 6 (0.60%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (0.50%) CentOS
7 5 (0.50%) Debian
7 5 (0.50%) Windows 7
7 5 (0.50%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (0.40%) Android
8 4 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.30%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.30%) FreeRTOS
10 1 (0.099%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 309 (30.72%) Problem-Solving
2 238 (23.66%) Agile
3 181 (17.99%) Continuous Improvement
4 129 (12.82%) Analytics
5 111 (11.03%) Decision-Making
6 110 (10.93%) AI
7 107 (10.64%) Computer Science
8 99 (9.84%) Service Delivery
9 92 (9.15%) DevOps
10 88 (8.75%) Mentoring
11 86 (8.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 82 (8.15%) Cybersecurity
12 82 (8.15%) Project Delivery
13 77 (7.65%) Coaching
13 77 (7.65%) Customer Service
13 77 (7.65%) Project Management
14 76 (7.55%) Collaborative Culture
14 76 (7.55%) CRM
15 72 (7.16%) Business Intelligence
15 72 (7.16%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 119 (11.83%) Python
2 79 (7.85%) SQL
3 49 (4.87%) C#
4 45 (4.47%) Java
5 42 (4.17%) JavaScript
6 41 (4.08%) PowerShell
7 18 (1.79%) Bash
7 18 (1.79%) TypeScript
8 9 (0.89%) C++
8 9 (0.89%) VBA
9 8 (0.80%) T-SQL
10 7 (0.70%) Go
11 6 (0.60%) Scala
11 6 (0.60%) VB
11 6 (0.60%) VB.NET
12 5 (0.50%) PHP
12 5 (0.50%) VBScript
13 4 (0.40%) Bicep
14 3 (0.30%) C
14 3 (0.30%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 208 (20.68%) Degree
2 115 (11.43%) Security Cleared
3 58 (5.77%) Computer Science Degree
4 53 (5.27%) SC Cleared
5 48 (4.77%) DV Cleared
6 46 (4.57%) Master's Degree
7 45 (4.47%) DBS Check
8 34 (3.38%) CISSP
9 27 (2.68%) BPSS Clearance
10 24 (2.39%) Cisco Certification
11 22 (2.19%) ACCA
12 21 (2.09%) Microsoft Certification
13 20 (1.99%) PMI Certification
14 19 (1.89%) CCNP
14 19 (1.89%) CIMA
15 18 (1.79%) CCIE
15 18 (1.79%) PMP
16 15 (1.49%) CISM
17 10 (0.99%) HND
17 10 (0.99%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (6.56%) QA
2 57 (5.67%) Data Quality
3 47 (4.67%) GDPR
3 47 (4.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 36 (3.58%) Accessibility
5 31 (3.08%) PMO
6 24 (2.39%) NIST
7 23 (2.29%) EU AI Act
8 22 (2.19%) Solvency II
9 21 (2.09%) HIPAA
9 21 (2.09%) PSD2
10 17 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
11 12 (1.19%) SLA
12 10 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 15288
13 9 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 7 (0.70%) Government Security Classifications
14 7 (0.70%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 7 (0.70%) JSP 440
15 6 (0.60%) GAAP
16 4 (0.40%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 78 (7.75%) Active Directory
2 26 (2.58%) Docker
3 23 (2.29%) Hyper-V
4 21 (2.09%) VMware Infrastructure
5 16 (1.59%) ProxySG
6 7 (0.70%) Firmware
7 6 (0.60%) Virtual Desktop
8 5 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (0.30%) Embedded Firmware
9 3 (0.30%) vSphere
10 1 (0.099%) Apache ZooKeeper
10 1 (0.099%) KVM
10 1 (0.099%) pfSense
10 1 (0.099%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.099%) XenApp
10 1 (0.099%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 48 (4.77%) Kubernetes
2 42 (4.17%) Terraform
3 25 (2.49%) Ansible
3 25 (2.49%) Microsoft Intune
4 14 (1.39%) SCCM
5 11 (1.09%) Puppet
6 6 (0.60%) Argo
6 6 (0.60%) Grafana
7 5 (0.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (0.50%) Progress Chef
7 5 (0.50%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.50%) Rancher
7 5 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.50%) yum
8 4 (0.40%) Backup Exec
8 4 (0.40%) Cisco CUCM
8 4 (0.40%) FortiGate
8 4 (0.40%) ServiceCenter
9 3 (0.30%) cPanel
9 3 (0.30%) Plesk
Vendors
1 215 (21.37%) Microsoft
2 62 (6.16%) Google
3 40 (3.98%) Cisco
4 32 (3.18%) VMware
5 30 (2.98%) Salesforce
6 27 (2.68%) ServiceNow
7 22 (2.19%) SAP
8 17 (1.69%) Adobe
8 17 (1.69%) Infoblox
8 17 (1.69%) Oracle
9 16 (1.59%) Blue Coat
9 16 (1.59%) CheckPoint
9 16 (1.59%) F5
9 16 (1.59%) Motorola
9 16 (1.59%) SolarWinds
10 13 (1.29%) Remedy
11 11 (1.09%) Red Hat
12 9 (0.89%) HP
12 9 (0.89%) Veeam
13 7 (0.70%) Atlassian