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 15 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 99 108
Rank change year-on-year +27 +9 -15
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Working 2,325 1,309 1,504
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.22% 3.05% 2.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.01% 3.44% 2.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1,407 636 722
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,000 £32,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £50,000 £56,750
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% -11.89% +3.18%
75th Percentile £68,125 £67,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £48,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% -9.09% +10.00%

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 77,267 38,105 52,509
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.91% 88.91% 82.61%
Number of salaries quoted 54,131 21,889 28,165
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £33,000
25th Percentile £41,500 £36,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.32%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -

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 15 October 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 15 October 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
North of England +101 549 £44,000 -2.22% 77
South East +10 497 £47,500 +36.69% 87
London -23 468 £65,000 - 92
South West +24 314 £57,500 -4.17% 43
North West +92 313 £44,000 -2.22% 44
Midlands +13 304 £42,500 - 57
West Midlands -8 186 £45,000 +20.00% 36
East of England -29 166 £47,500 +21.79% 22
Yorkshire +67 146 £41,982 -30.03% 23
East Midlands +28 117 £40,000 -5.88% 21
North East -11 90 £57,500 +98.28% 14
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 96 (4.13%) SharePoint
2 50 (2.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 28 (1.20%) Confluence
4 19 (0.82%) Apache Spark
5 15 (0.65%) CMS
6 13 (0.56%) WordPress
7 11 (0.47%) Apache
8 6 (0.26%) nginx
9 4 (0.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.13%) Office Communications Server
10 3 (0.13%) WebLogic
11 2 (0.086%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.086%) Drupal
11 2 (0.086%) IIS
11 2 (0.086%) Luigi
11 2 (0.086%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.086%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.086%) SAS
11 2 (0.086%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 191 (8.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 181 (7.78%) Microsoft Office
3 29 (1.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 24 (1.03%) Revit
5 18 (0.77%) Spreadsheet
6 17 (0.73%) AutoCAD
7 11 (0.47%) Simulink
8 10 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
8 10 (0.43%) Navisworks
9 9 (0.39%) Photoshop
10 8 (0.34%) Adobe Illustrator
10 8 (0.34%) InDesign
11 6 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 6 (0.26%) MS Visio
12 5 (0.22%) Chatbot
12 5 (0.22%) Stateflow
13 4 (0.17%) Adobe Premiere
13 4 (0.17%) CapCut
13 4 (0.17%) ProjectWise
14 3 (0.13%) Civil 3D
Business Applications
1 21 (0.90%) NetSuite
2 14 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
4 6 (0.26%) Exchequer
5 5 (0.22%) SAP CRM
6 3 (0.13%) Shopify
6 3 (0.13%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.086%) Academy Housing
7 2 (0.086%) Maximo
7 2 (0.086%) Odoo
7 2 (0.086%) Oracle Applications
7 2 (0.086%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.086%) Oracle EBS R12
7 2 (0.086%) Sage 200
7 2 (0.086%) SAP BPC
7 2 (0.086%) Siebel CRM
7 2 (0.086%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.043%) FastStats
8 1 (0.043%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 277 (11.91%) Azure
2 222 (9.55%) Microsoft 365
3 194 (8.34%) AWS
4 186 (8.00%) Power Platform
5 103 (4.43%) SaaS
6 63 (2.71%) Entra ID
7 59 (2.54%) GCP
8 53 (2.28%) Azure DevOps
9 40 (1.72%) Serverless
10 38 (1.63%) GitHub
11 32 (1.38%) AWS CloudFormation
11 32 (1.38%) OneDrive
12 31 (1.33%) Power Automate
13 30 (1.29%) Microsoft Copilot
14 24 (1.03%) Dynamics 365
14 24 (1.03%) Google Analytics
15 23 (0.99%) PowerApps
16 22 (0.95%) Azure Data Factory
16 22 (0.95%) Copilot Studio
17 21 (0.90%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 74 (3.18%) Firewall
2 72 (3.10%) DNS
3 55 (2.37%) DHCP
4 46 (1.98%) TCP/IP
5 44 (1.89%) VPN
6 37 (1.59%) Network Security
7 32 (1.38%) VLAN
8 29 (1.25%) WAN
9 27 (1.16%) HTTP
10 26 (1.12%) Wi-Fi
11 23 (0.99%) Wireless
12 19 (0.82%) LAN
13 15 (0.65%) Internet
14 14 (0.60%) Broadband
15 13 (0.56%) BGP
16 11 (0.47%) SD-WAN
17 10 (0.43%) VoIP
18 9 (0.39%) Remote Desktop
19 8 (0.34%) Ethernet
19 8 (0.34%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 149 (6.41%) Power BI
2 65 (2.80%) SQL Server
3 49 (2.11%) Relational Database
4 29 (1.25%) Redis
5 21 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
5 21 (0.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 20 (0.86%) Metadata
6 20 (0.86%) PostgreSQL
7 19 (0.82%) Big Data
7 19 (0.82%) BigQuery
7 19 (0.82%) Power Query
8 17 (0.73%) MySQL
8 17 (0.73%) Tableau
9 15 (0.65%) Semantic Layer
10 14 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 13 (0.56%) Hadoop
12 12 (0.52%) MongoDB
13 11 (0.47%) NoSQL
14 10 (0.43%) GIS
15 9 (0.39%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 91 (3.91%) Git
2 72 (3.10%) JIRA
3 36 (1.55%) Jenkins
4 27 (1.16%) GitLab
5 11 (0.47%) Rational DOORS
6 7 (0.30%) Visual Studio Code
7 5 (0.22%) Bitbucket
7 5 (0.22%) Claude Code
7 5 (0.22%) Cucumber
7 5 (0.22%) LabVIEW
7 5 (0.22%) MSI
7 5 (0.22%) Vite
8 4 (0.17%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.17%) Gatling
8 4 (0.17%) Maven
8 4 (0.17%) Storybook
8 4 (0.17%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.13%) Mercurial
9 3 (0.13%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.13%) TeamCity
General
1 1,070 (46.02%) Social Skills
2 457 (19.66%) Finance
3 397 (17.08%) Analytical Skills
4 301 (12.95%) Organisational Skills
5 188 (8.09%) Marketing
6 186 (8.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 172 (7.40%) Public Sector
8 148 (6.37%) Aerospace
9 135 (5.81%) Manufacturing
10 116 (4.99%) Legal
11 101 (4.34%) Presentation Skills
12 97 (4.17%) Retail
13 96 (4.13%) Electronics
14 91 (3.91%) Law
15 70 (3.01%) Influencing Skills
16 67 (2.88%) Telecoms
17 45 (1.94%) Banking
18 44 (1.89%) Military
19 41 (1.76%) Local Government
20 31 (1.33%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 264 (11.35%) Senior
2 196 (8.43%) Developer
3 193 (8.30%) Analyst
4 175 (7.53%) Lead
5 99 (4.26%) Software Engineer
6 88 (3.78%) Cloud Engineer
7 85 (3.66%) IT Support
8 74 (3.18%) Security Engineer
9 65 (2.80%) Architect
10 63 (2.71%) Support Analyst
11 61 (2.62%) Administrator
11 61 (2.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 56 (2.41%) IT Manager
13 53 (2.28%) Software Developer
14 51 (2.19%) Support Engineer
15 50 (2.15%) Development Manager
16 48 (2.06%) Business Manager
16 48 (2.06%) Coordinator
17 47 (2.02%) Business Development Manager
18 45 (1.94%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 93 (4.00%) Node.js
2 79 (3.40%) REST
3 66 (2.84%) HTML
3 66 (2.84%) Terraform
4 50 (2.15%) CSS
5 49 (2.11%) .NET
6 37 (1.59%) React
7 29 (1.25%) Vue
8 28 (1.20%) AngularJS
9 27 (1.16%) Middleware
10 25 (1.08%) RESTful
11 23 (0.99%) Kafka
12 19 (0.82%) Spring
13 18 (0.77%) SOAP
13 18 (0.77%) Spring Boot
14 17 (0.73%) EDI
14 17 (0.73%) JSON
15 16 (0.69%) HTML5
16 14 (0.60%) CSS3
16 14 (0.60%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 152 (6.54%) Driving Licence
2 150 (6.45%) Management Information System
3 148 (6.37%) Onboarding
4 102 (4.39%) Self-Motivation
5 71 (3.05%) Product Ownership
6 60 (2.58%) Social Media
7 58 (2.49%) Cloud Native
8 35 (1.51%) Enterprise Software
9 30 (1.29%) Public Cloud
10 28 (1.20%) Algorithms
11 25 (1.08%) Analogue Electronics
12 23 (0.99%) NHS
13 21 (0.90%) Blog
14 19 (0.82%) FMCG
14 19 (0.82%) Robotics
15 18 (0.77%) Analytical Mindset
15 18 (0.77%) Data Centre
16 17 (0.73%) Embedded Systems
16 17 (0.73%) Security Posture
17 16 (0.69%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 151 (6.49%) Windows
2 84 (3.61%) Linux
3 62 (2.67%) Windows Server
4 16 (0.69%) Unix
5 15 (0.65%) Windows 10
6 12 (0.52%) macOS
7 11 (0.47%) Android
8 9 (0.39%) Ubuntu
9 8 (0.34%) CentOS
9 8 (0.34%) Debian
9 8 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 7 (0.30%) FreeRTOS
11 5 (0.22%) Apple iOS
12 3 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
12 3 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.086%) Rocky
14 1 (0.043%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 716 (30.80%) Problem-Solving
2 680 (29.25%) Continuous Improvement
3 416 (17.89%) Agile
4 310 (13.33%) Decision-Making
5 290 (12.47%) Customer Service
6 279 (12.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 272 (11.70%) AI
8 264 (11.35%) Cyber Intelligence
9 223 (9.59%) Analytics
10 222 (9.55%) Mentoring
11 219 (9.42%) CRM
11 219 (9.42%) Project Delivery
12 214 (9.20%) CI/CD
13 198 (8.52%) Service Delivery
14 187 (8.04%) Software Engineering
15 177 (7.61%) Validation
16 175 (7.53%) Collaborative Culture
17 167 (7.18%) Roadmaps
18 165 (7.10%) Project Management
19 162 (6.97%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 238 (10.24%) SQL
2 196 (8.43%) Python
3 128 (5.51%) JavaScript
4 85 (3.66%) Java
5 75 (3.23%) TypeScript
6 67 (2.88%) C#
7 59 (2.54%) C
8 49 (2.11%) PowerShell
9 26 (1.12%) C++
9 26 (1.12%) PHP
10 20 (0.86%) VBA
11 19 (0.82%) ABAP
12 18 (0.77%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 17 (0.73%) Bash
13 17 (0.73%) Embedded C
14 16 (0.69%) MATLAB
15 10 (0.43%) Bicep
16 8 (0.34%) R
17 7 (0.30%) Kotlin
18 6 (0.26%) Go
Qualifications
1 341 (14.67%) Degree
2 262 (11.27%) Security Cleared
3 136 (5.85%) SC Cleared
4 79 (3.40%) DBS Check
5 77 (3.31%) DV Cleared
6 52 (2.24%) Computer Science Degree
7 44 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
8 40 (1.72%) HNC
9 35 (1.51%) HND
9 35 (1.51%) Master's Degree
10 34 (1.46%) ACCA
11 29 (1.25%) CIMA
12 22 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
13 21 (0.90%) CISSP
14 20 (0.86%) Chartered Engineer
15 18 (0.77%) Azure Certification
16 15 (0.65%) CISM
17 14 (0.60%) NVQ Level 3
18 13 (0.56%) PMI Certification
19 12 (0.52%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 160 (6.88%) QA
2 120 (5.16%) Data Quality
3 112 (4.82%) Accessibility
4 82 (3.53%) GDPR
5 36 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 32 (1.38%) Cyber Essentials
7 29 (1.25%) PMO
8 25 (1.08%) SLA
9 20 (0.86%) NIST
10 18 (0.77%) GAAP
11 17 (0.73%) WCAG
12 15 (0.65%) ISO 9001
13 12 (0.52%) Good Clinical Practice
13 12 (0.52%) ISO 19650
14 11 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 11 (0.47%) NCSC
15 9 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
16 8 (0.34%) PCI DSS
17 6 (0.26%) Def Stans
17 6 (0.26%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 99 (4.26%) Active Directory
2 47 (2.02%) Docker
3 30 (1.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 29 (1.25%) Hyper-V
5 27 (1.16%) Firmware
6 15 (0.65%) Embedded Firmware
7 6 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (0.22%) ClearTrust
9 3 (0.13%) DFS Replication
10 1 (0.043%) KVM
10 1 (0.043%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.043%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.043%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 70 (3.01%) Kubernetes
2 55 (2.37%) Microsoft Intune
3 40 (1.72%) Ansible
4 14 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
5 11 (0.47%) Puppet
6 9 (0.39%) Grafana
7 8 (0.34%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 7 (0.30%) Prometheus
9 6 (0.26%) Hadoop YARN
9 6 (0.26%) SCCM
10 5 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
11 4 (0.17%) FortiGate
12 3 (0.13%) BMC PATROL
12 3 (0.13%) Control-M
12 3 (0.13%) EMC NetWorker
12 3 (0.13%) Oracle RMAN
12 3 (0.13%) WhatsUp Gold
13 2 (0.086%) Nessus
13 2 (0.086%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
13 2 (0.086%) Plesk
Vendors
1 542 (23.31%) Microsoft
2 74 (3.18%) Google
3 62 (2.67%) Salesforce
4 51 (2.19%) SAP
5 50 (2.15%) Oracle
6 39 (1.68%) VMware
7 36 (1.55%) Cisco
7 36 (1.55%) ServiceNow
8 34 (1.46%) Sage
9 30 (1.29%) Databricks
9 30 (1.29%) YouTube
10 24 (1.03%) Adobe
11 22 (0.95%) HubSpot
12 15 (0.65%) Civica
12 15 (0.65%) Fortinet
13 14 (0.60%) iManage
13 14 (0.60%) Palo Alto
14 13 (0.56%) Thales
15 12 (0.52%) Juniper
15 12 (0.52%) Zscaler