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 12 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 87 91
Rank change year-on-year -34 +4 +37
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Working 1,405 1,530 2,291
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.60% 3.53% 2.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.17% 3.90% 3.14%
Number of salaries quoted 855 702 1,572
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,188 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -13.51%
75th Percentile £67,500 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £86,250 £85,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £54,793 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.75% +9.59% -13.04%

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 64,786 39,214 72,950
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 74.00% 90.35% 82.40%
Number of salaries quoted 45,806 22,355 52,169
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,822 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 12 July 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 12 July 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 -51 385 £65,000 - 241
South East -16 299 £49,000 +6.52% 168
North of England +24 271 £51,696 +3.39% 139
Midlands -15 221 £43,750 -12.50% 106
North West +20 168 £45,497 -9.01% 80
West Midlands -33 115 £45,000 -15.89% 64
South West -37 115 £38,738 -41.63% 64
East Midlands +16 105 £40,000 -5.88% 42
East of England -69 76 £55,000 +57.14% 58
Yorkshire -9 73 £60,425 +3.29% 32
North East -42 30 £57,500 +64.29% 28
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 59 (4.20%) SharePoint
2 45 (3.20%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (1.21%) WordPress
4 14 (1.00%) Confluence
5 13 (0.93%) Apache Spark
5 13 (0.93%) CMS
6 9 (0.64%) SAS
7 7 (0.50%) Apache
8 5 (0.36%) IIS
9 4 (0.28%) GeoServer
10 2 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.14%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.14%) Drupal
10 2 (0.14%) Gentran
10 2 (0.14%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.14%) Luigi
10 2 (0.14%) nginx
11 1 (0.071%) Appian
11 1 (0.071%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.071%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 70 (4.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 64 (4.56%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (1.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.78%) MS Visio
5 9 (0.64%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 6 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
7 5 (0.36%) Adobe Illustrator
7 5 (0.36%) Fusion 360
7 5 (0.36%) InDesign
7 5 (0.36%) Photoshop
8 4 (0.28%) Simulink
9 3 (0.21%) Blender
9 3 (0.21%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.21%) Maya
9 3 (0.21%) Stateflow
10 2 (0.14%) Trello
11 1 (0.071%) Lightworks
11 1 (0.071%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 22 (1.57%) NetSuite
2 11 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.43%) Dynamics NAV
5 5 (0.36%) SAP HR
6 2 (0.14%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.14%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.14%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.071%) Exchequer
7 1 (0.071%) FastStats
7 1 (0.071%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.071%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.071%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.071%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.071%) SAP IS-U
7 1 (0.071%) Shopify
7 1 (0.071%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 251 (17.86%) Azure
2 189 (13.45%) AWS
3 151 (10.75%) Microsoft 365
4 131 (9.32%) Power Platform
5 76 (5.41%) SaaS
6 73 (5.20%) GCP
7 51 (3.63%) Entra ID
8 49 (3.49%) Azure DevOps
9 41 (2.92%) Serverless
10 29 (2.06%) GitHub
10 29 (2.06%) Google Analytics
11 27 (1.92%) AWS CloudFormation
12 23 (1.64%) Dynamics 365
13 20 (1.42%) Microsoft Copilot
13 20 (1.42%) OCI
14 19 (1.35%) Power Automate
15 17 (1.21%) Figma
15 17 (1.21%) Snowflake
16 15 (1.07%) Boomi
17 14 (1.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 84 (5.98%) Firewall
2 51 (3.63%) DNS
3 41 (2.92%) VPN
4 39 (2.78%) DHCP
4 39 (2.78%) Network Security
5 36 (2.56%) VLAN
6 34 (2.42%) WAN
7 33 (2.35%) TCP/IP
8 24 (1.71%) LAN
9 22 (1.57%) Broadband
9 22 (1.57%) HTTP
9 22 (1.57%) Wireless
10 20 (1.42%) BGP
11 17 (1.21%) Wi-Fi
12 11 (0.78%) SNMP
13 10 (0.71%) Cisco Nexus
13 10 (0.71%) Internet
13 10 (0.71%) IPsec
14 9 (0.64%) VoIP
15 8 (0.57%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 116 (8.26%) Power BI
2 43 (3.06%) SQL Server
3 27 (1.92%) BigQuery
4 26 (1.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 26 (1.85%) Tableau
5 21 (1.49%) Relational Database
6 20 (1.42%) Big Data
7 19 (1.35%) MySQL
8 18 (1.28%) GIS
9 17 (1.21%) PostgreSQL
10 16 (1.14%) Metadata
11 14 (1.00%) NoSQL
11 14 (1.00%) Semantic Layer
12 13 (0.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 12 (0.85%) Redis
14 11 (0.78%) Hadoop
15 10 (0.71%) Geospatial Data
16 7 (0.50%) Data Lake
17 6 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
17 6 (0.43%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 65 (4.63%) Git
2 49 (3.49%) JIRA
3 34 (2.42%) Jenkins
4 16 (1.14%) GitLab
5 9 (0.64%) Postman
6 5 (0.36%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.28%) Visual Studio Code
8 3 (0.21%) LabVIEW
8 3 (0.21%) MSI
8 3 (0.21%) Selenium
9 2 (0.14%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.14%) MSTest
9 2 (0.14%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.14%) Subversion
10 1 (0.071%) Claude Code
10 1 (0.071%) Qt Creator
10 1 (0.071%) TestRail
10 1 (0.071%) Visual Studio
General
1 628 (44.70%) Social Skills
2 369 (26.26%) Finance
3 266 (18.93%) Analytical Skills
4 148 (10.53%) Marketing
5 126 (8.97%) Organisational Skills
6 100 (7.12%) Legal
7 97 (6.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 92 (6.55%) Public Sector
9 87 (6.19%) Aerospace
10 78 (5.55%) Law
11 57 (4.06%) Retail
12 54 (3.84%) Influencing Skills
13 51 (3.63%) Telecoms
14 46 (3.27%) Presentation Skills
15 42 (2.99%) Manufacturing
16 36 (2.56%) Banking
17 33 (2.35%) Electronics
18 28 (1.99%) Advertising
18 28 (1.99%) Local Government
19 20 (1.42%) Billing
Job Titles
1 206 (14.66%) Senior
2 143 (10.18%) Analyst
3 116 (8.26%) Developer
4 100 (7.12%) Lead
5 63 (4.48%) Consultant
6 52 (3.70%) Software Engineer
7 51 (3.63%) IT Support
8 49 (3.49%) Architect
9 47 (3.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 46 (3.27%) Support Engineer
11 45 (3.20%) Systems Engineer
12 42 (2.99%) Delivery Manager
13 41 (2.92%) Senior Manager
14 37 (2.63%) IT Manager
15 33 (2.35%) Business Analyst
16 32 (2.28%) Senior Developer
17 30 (2.14%) IT Analyst
18 28 (1.99%) Cloud Engineer
19 27 (1.92%) Business Manager
19 27 (1.92%) Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (4.98%) Node.js
2 62 (4.41%) REST
3 43 (3.06%) .NET
4 42 (2.99%) React
5 40 (2.85%) HTML
6 30 (2.14%) CSS
7 28 (1.99%) JSON
8 27 (1.92%) Vue
9 26 (1.85%) XML
10 21 (1.49%) SOAP
11 20 (1.42%) .NET Core
11 20 (1.42%) Middleware
12 18 (1.28%) RESTful
13 16 (1.14%) EDI
13 16 (1.14%) Next.js
13 16 (1.14%) OAuth
14 14 (1.00%) AngularJS
15 13 (0.93%) AWS CDK
16 12 (0.85%) Spring
17 11 (0.78%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 88 (6.26%) Onboarding
2 74 (5.27%) Management Information System
3 66 (4.70%) Product Ownership
4 57 (4.06%) Driving Licence
5 53 (3.77%) Cloud Native
6 33 (2.35%) Self-Motivation
7 32 (2.28%) Public Cloud
7 32 (2.28%) Social Media
8 29 (2.06%) Data Centre
9 27 (1.92%) Blog
10 22 (1.57%) Data Structures
10 22 (1.57%) Greenfield Project
11 20 (1.42%) Algorithms
11 20 (1.42%) Security Posture
12 17 (1.21%) NHS
13 16 (1.14%) Legacy Systems
14 14 (1.00%) Enterprise Software
14 14 (1.00%) EPoS
15 12 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
15 12 (0.85%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 119 (8.47%) Windows
2 77 (5.48%) Linux
3 50 (3.56%) Windows Server
4 12 (0.85%) FreeRTOS
5 9 (0.64%) Ubuntu
5 9 (0.64%) Unix
6 8 (0.57%) CentOS
7 7 (0.50%) Debian
8 6 (0.43%) Android
9 5 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (0.28%) Windows 7
11 3 (0.21%) Apple iOS
11 3 (0.21%) VMS
11 3 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.14%) Mac OS
12 2 (0.14%) Rocky
12 2 (0.14%) Windows 10
13 1 (0.071%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 485 (34.52%) Problem-Solving
2 375 (26.69%) Continuous Improvement
3 321 (22.85%) Agile
4 206 (14.66%) Decision-Making
5 174 (12.38%) Analytics
6 167 (11.89%) Roadmaps
7 165 (11.74%) Mentoring
8 160 (11.39%) AI
9 153 (10.89%) CI/CD
10 149 (10.60%) Service Delivery
11 131 (9.32%) Customer Service
12 121 (8.61%) Validation
13 118 (8.40%) DevOps
14 117 (8.33%) Project Delivery
14 117 (8.33%) Project Management
15 114 (8.11%) Collaborative Culture
16 113 (8.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 110 (7.83%) Computer Science
18 109 (7.76%) Cybersecurity
19 107 (7.62%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 186 (13.24%) SQL
2 168 (11.96%) Python
3 70 (4.98%) Java
3 70 (4.98%) JavaScript
4 61 (4.34%) C#
5 56 (3.99%) TypeScript
6 42 (2.99%) PowerShell
7 29 (2.06%) C
8 23 (1.64%) PHP
9 21 (1.49%) VBA
10 19 (1.35%) C++
11 16 (1.14%) Bash
12 14 (1.00%) Embedded C
12 14 (1.00%) T-SQL
13 12 (0.85%) ABAP
14 10 (0.71%) MATLAB
15 9 (0.64%) VB
16 7 (0.50%) Bicep
17 6 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 5 (0.36%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 251 (17.86%) Degree
2 151 (10.75%) Security Cleared
3 64 (4.56%) SC Cleared
4 57 (4.06%) DV Cleared
5 45 (3.20%) ACCA
6 40 (2.85%) DBS Check
7 38 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
8 37 (2.63%) CIMA
9 35 (2.49%) CISSP
10 31 (2.21%) BPSS Clearance
11 28 (1.99%) Master's Degree
12 22 (1.57%) PMI Certification
13 20 (1.42%) Microsoft Certification
14 18 (1.28%) Cisco Certification
15 17 (1.21%) PMP
16 16 (1.14%) CCNP
16 16 (1.14%) CISM
17 15 (1.07%) HND
18 11 (0.78%) CEH
18 11 (0.78%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (6.41%) QA
2 79 (5.62%) Data Quality
3 71 (5.05%) Accessibility
4 41 (2.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 34 (2.42%) PMO
6 30 (2.14%) GDPR
7 28 (1.99%) GAAP
8 25 (1.78%) NIST
9 20 (1.42%) Cyber Essentials
10 14 (1.00%) SLA
11 12 (0.85%) TickIT
12 10 (0.71%) Good Clinical Practice
13 9 (0.64%) WCAG
14 8 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 15288
15 7 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 7 (0.50%) Government Security Classifications
15 7 (0.50%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 7 (0.50%) JSP 440
15 7 (0.50%) PCI DSS
16 5 (0.36%) Def Stans
System Software
1 65 (4.63%) Active Directory
2 33 (2.35%) Docker
3 26 (1.85%) Hyper-V
4 17 (1.21%) Firmware
5 15 (1.07%) VMware Infrastructure
6 13 (0.93%) Embedded Firmware
7 8 (0.57%) ProxySG
8 6 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
9 5 (0.36%) ClearTrust
10 4 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
11 2 (0.14%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.14%) vSphere
12 1 (0.071%) XenApp
12 1 (0.071%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 58 (4.13%) Kubernetes
2 48 (3.42%) Terraform
3 33 (2.35%) Ansible
4 20 (1.42%) Microsoft Intune
5 19 (1.35%) SCCM
6 9 (0.64%) Puppet
7 8 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (0.36%) Hadoop YARN
8 5 (0.36%) Prometheus
9 4 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.28%) Backup Exec
9 4 (0.28%) Cisco CUCM
9 4 (0.28%) Grafana
9 4 (0.28%) ServiceCenter
10 3 (0.21%) Argo
10 3 (0.21%) Dell DRAC
10 3 (0.21%) EMC NetWorker
10 3 (0.21%) Kibana
10 3 (0.21%) Plesk
10 3 (0.21%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 310 (22.06%) Microsoft
2 65 (4.63%) Google
3 43 (3.06%) Salesforce
4 37 (2.63%) Cisco
5 34 (2.42%) Oracle
6 30 (2.14%) SAP
7 27 (1.92%) ServiceNow
8 25 (1.78%) VMware
9 19 (1.35%) Adobe
10 18 (1.28%) Remedy
11 17 (1.21%) Databricks
12 15 (1.07%) Palo Alto
13 14 (1.00%) iManage
14 13 (0.93%) IBM
15 12 (0.85%) Fortinet
15 12 (0.85%) SolarWinds
16 11 (0.78%) HubSpot
16 11 (0.78%) Red Hat
17 9 (0.64%) HP
17 9 (0.64%) Pardot