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 1 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 87 102
Rank change year-on-year -12 +15 +24
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Working 1,752 1,472 1,735
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.80% 3.36% 2.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.46% 3.79% 2.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1,099 733 949
10th Percentile £28,475 £30,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -5.66% -10.96%
75th Percentile £68,750 £68,750 £74,782
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £93,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%

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 71,233 38,821 57,969
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.35% 88.70% 81.24%
Number of salaries quoted 50,689 22,542 35,770
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £76,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -1.79% -6.67%

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 1 September 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 1 September 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 -35 421 £65,000 - 1,126
North of England +47 368 £47,500 - 496
South East -12 349 £48,000 +4.35% 308
Midlands -14 264 £40,000 -5.88% 184
North West +45 225 £48,500 +7.78% 343
South West -8 209 £58,750 +6.82% 330
West Midlands -26 152 £43,371 -15.79% 126
East of England -39 113 £47,500 +35.71% 133
East Midlands +21 111 £31,000 -27.06% 58
Yorkshire +18 97 £42,500 -27.35% 114
North East -34 46 £57,500 +98.28% 45
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 80 (4.57%) SharePoint
2 34 (1.94%) Microsoft Exchange
3 20 (1.14%) Confluence
4 15 (0.86%) Apache Spark
5 12 (0.68%) CMS
5 12 (0.68%) WordPress
6 9 (0.51%) SAS
7 8 (0.46%) Apache
8 4 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.17%) GeoServer
10 2 (0.11%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.11%) Drupal
10 2 (0.11%) Gentran
10 2 (0.11%) IIS
10 2 (0.11%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.11%) Luigi
10 2 (0.11%) nginx
10 2 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 103 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 92 (5.25%) Microsoft Office
3 28 (1.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
4 11 (0.63%) Revit
5 10 (0.57%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 7 (0.40%) Adobe Illustrator
6 7 (0.40%) InDesign
6 7 (0.40%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.40%) Photoshop
6 7 (0.40%) Simulink
7 5 (0.29%) Fusion 360
8 4 (0.23%) Adobe Premiere
8 4 (0.23%) CapCut
8 4 (0.23%) Navisworks
9 3 (0.17%) AutoCAD
9 3 (0.17%) Blender
9 3 (0.17%) Maya
9 3 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
9 3 (0.17%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 27 (1.54%) NetSuite
2 14 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.34%) Dynamics NAV
4 6 (0.34%) Exchequer
5 4 (0.23%) SAP HR
6 3 (0.17%) Shopify
6 3 (0.17%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.11%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.11%) Sage 200
7 2 (0.11%) SAP BPC
7 2 (0.11%) SAP CRM
7 2 (0.11%) Siebel CRM
8 1 (0.057%) FastStats
8 1 (0.057%) NEC Housing
8 1 (0.057%) Primavera
8 1 (0.057%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.057%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 261 (14.90%) Azure
2 189 (10.79%) AWS
3 179 (10.22%) Microsoft 365
4 154 (8.79%) Power Platform
5 84 (4.79%) SaaS
6 64 (3.65%) GCP
7 61 (3.48%) Azure DevOps
8 43 (2.45%) Entra ID
9 40 (2.28%) Serverless
10 35 (2.00%) GitHub
11 29 (1.66%) AWS CloudFormation
12 27 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
12 27 (1.54%) Google Analytics
13 24 (1.37%) Power Automate
14 21 (1.20%) OCI
14 21 (1.20%) OneDrive
15 20 (1.14%) Snowflake
16 19 (1.08%) Azure Data Factory
16 19 (1.08%) Microsoft Copilot
17 16 (0.91%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 74 (4.22%) Firewall
2 50 (2.85%) DNS
3 38 (2.17%) Network Security
4 37 (2.11%) VPN
5 36 (2.05%) DHCP
6 34 (1.94%) TCP/IP
7 29 (1.66%) WAN
8 27 (1.54%) HTTP
8 27 (1.54%) VLAN
9 22 (1.26%) LAN
10 20 (1.14%) Wi-Fi
11 19 (1.08%) Wireless
12 14 (0.80%) BGP
12 14 (0.80%) Broadband
13 11 (0.63%) VoIP
14 9 (0.51%) Internet
15 7 (0.40%) SNMP
16 6 (0.34%) IPsec
16 6 (0.34%) Remote Desktop
16 6 (0.34%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 132 (7.53%) Power BI
2 58 (3.31%) SQL Server
3 36 (2.05%) Relational Database
4 25 (1.43%) BigQuery
4 25 (1.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 24 (1.37%) Tableau
6 23 (1.31%) Big Data
7 20 (1.14%) Redis
8 19 (1.08%) Metadata
9 17 (0.97%) GIS
9 17 (0.97%) PostgreSQL
10 15 (0.86%) Semantic Layer
11 14 (0.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 13 (0.74%) MySQL
13 11 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
13 11 (0.63%) Geospatial Data
13 11 (0.63%) Hadoop
13 11 (0.63%) NoSQL
13 11 (0.63%) Power Query
14 7 (0.40%) Looker
Development Applications
1 82 (4.68%) Git
2 65 (3.71%) JIRA
3 34 (1.94%) Jenkins
4 16 (0.91%) GitLab
5 8 (0.46%) Postman
6 7 (0.40%) Bitbucket
7 6 (0.34%) Visual Studio Code
8 5 (0.29%) LabVIEW
8 5 (0.29%) MSI
9 4 (0.23%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.23%) Maven
9 4 (0.23%) Storybook
10 3 (0.17%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 3 (0.17%) Mercurial
10 3 (0.17%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.17%) TeamCity
11 2 (0.11%) MSTest
11 2 (0.11%) Rational DOORS
11 2 (0.11%) Selenium
11 2 (0.11%) Zephyr
General
1 789 (45.03%) Social Skills
2 396 (22.60%) Finance
3 314 (17.92%) Analytical Skills
4 178 (10.16%) Organisational Skills
5 164 (9.36%) Marketing
6 142 (8.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 123 (7.02%) Public Sector
8 109 (6.22%) Aerospace
9 101 (5.76%) Legal
10 81 (4.62%) Law
11 76 (4.34%) Manufacturing
12 74 (4.22%) Retail
13 73 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
14 68 (3.88%) Influencing Skills
15 53 (3.03%) Electronics
16 47 (2.68%) Telecoms
17 46 (2.63%) Banking
18 29 (1.66%) Advertising
19 28 (1.60%) Local Government
20 22 (1.26%) Military
Job Titles
1 231 (13.18%) Senior
2 160 (9.13%) Developer
3 157 (8.96%) Analyst
4 139 (7.93%) Lead
5 71 (4.05%) IT Support
6 67 (3.82%) Software Engineer
7 62 (3.54%) Consultant
8 51 (2.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 49 (2.80%) Cloud Engineer
10 46 (2.63%) IT Manager
11 45 (2.57%) Development Manager
12 44 (2.51%) Systems Engineer
13 43 (2.45%) Support Engineer
14 42 (2.40%) Architect
14 42 (2.40%) Business Development Manager
14 42 (2.40%) Business Manager
14 42 (2.40%) Senior Developer
15 41 (2.34%) Software Developer
16 38 (2.17%) Support Analyst
17 37 (2.11%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 86 (4.91%) Node.js
2 73 (4.17%) REST
3 57 (3.25%) Terraform
4 54 (3.08%) HTML
5 52 (2.97%) .NET
6 43 (2.45%) CSS
7 34 (1.94%) React
8 31 (1.77%) Vue
9 25 (1.43%) JSON
10 24 (1.37%) RESTful
11 23 (1.31%) SOAP
12 22 (1.26%) AngularJS
13 21 (1.20%) Middleware
14 19 (1.08%) .NET Core
14 19 (1.08%) EDI
15 17 (0.97%) XML
16 16 (0.91%) .NET Framework
17 15 (0.86%) Kafka
18 14 (0.80%) OAuth
19 13 (0.74%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 104 (5.94%) Management Information System
1 104 (5.94%) Onboarding
2 79 (4.51%) Driving Licence
3 78 (4.45%) Product Ownership
4 63 (3.60%) Self-Motivation
5 48 (2.74%) Cloud Native
6 37 (2.11%) Social Media
7 32 (1.83%) Public Cloud
8 29 (1.66%) Enterprise Software
9 24 (1.37%) Blog
10 22 (1.26%) Data Centre
11 19 (1.08%) Data Structures
12 18 (1.03%) Algorithms
12 18 (1.03%) NHS
13 17 (0.97%) Analogue Electronics
13 17 (0.97%) Analytical Mindset
13 17 (0.97%) Security Posture
13 17 (0.97%) Virtual Team
14 16 (0.91%) Greenfield Project
15 14 (0.80%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 121 (6.91%) Windows
2 78 (4.45%) Linux
3 49 (2.80%) Windows Server
4 13 (0.74%) Unix
5 12 (0.68%) FreeRTOS
6 10 (0.57%) Mac OS
7 8 (0.46%) Ubuntu
8 7 (0.40%) CentOS
9 6 (0.34%) Debian
9 6 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (0.29%) Windows 10
11 3 (0.17%) Android
11 3 (0.17%) VMS
12 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.057%) Rocky
13 1 (0.057%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 556 (31.74%) Problem-Solving
2 521 (29.74%) Continuous Improvement
3 362 (20.66%) Agile
4 264 (15.07%) Decision-Making
5 208 (11.87%) Analytics
6 201 (11.47%) AI
6 201 (11.47%) Customer Service
7 181 (10.33%) Mentoring
8 176 (10.05%) Stakeholder Management
9 174 (9.93%) CI/CD
10 172 (9.82%) Service Delivery
11 171 (9.76%) Roadmaps
12 168 (9.59%) CRM
13 162 (9.25%) Project Delivery
14 144 (8.22%) Project Management
15 142 (8.11%) Collaborative Culture
16 140 (7.99%) DevOps
17 132 (7.53%) Software Engineering
18 127 (7.25%) Business Development
18 127 (7.25%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 211 (12.04%) SQL
2 172 (9.82%) Python
3 100 (5.71%) JavaScript
4 75 (4.28%) Java
5 68 (3.88%) C#
6 66 (3.77%) TypeScript
7 50 (2.85%) C
8 38 (2.17%) PowerShell
9 24 (1.37%) PHP
10 21 (1.20%) VBA
11 19 (1.08%) C++
12 16 (0.91%) Embedded C
13 15 (0.86%) ABAP
14 13 (0.74%) Bash
14 13 (0.74%) MATLAB
15 11 (0.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 9 (0.51%) Bicep
17 8 (0.46%) T-SQL
18 7 (0.40%) VB
19 6 (0.34%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 296 (16.89%) Degree
2 197 (11.24%) Security Cleared
3 86 (4.91%) SC Cleared
4 75 (4.28%) DV Cleared
5 50 (2.85%) Computer Science Degree
6 48 (2.74%) BPSS Clearance
7 45 (2.57%) ACCA
7 45 (2.57%) DBS Check
8 38 (2.17%) CIMA
9 32 (1.83%) CISSP
10 26 (1.48%) Master's Degree
11 22 (1.26%) HND
12 21 (1.20%) PMI Certification
13 19 (1.08%) HNC
13 19 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
14 17 (0.97%) CISM
14 17 (0.97%) Postgraduate
15 16 (0.91%) Cisco Certification
15 16 (0.91%) PMP
16 15 (0.86%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 114 (6.51%) QA
2 95 (5.42%) Accessibility
3 90 (5.14%) Data Quality
4 55 (3.14%) GDPR
5 33 (1.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 30 (1.71%) PMO
7 28 (1.60%) GAAP
8 27 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials
9 22 (1.26%) NIST
9 22 (1.26%) SLA
10 18 (1.03%) WCAG
11 12 (0.68%) TickIT
12 10 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 10 (0.57%) Good Clinical Practice
13 9 (0.51%) NCSC
14 7 (0.40%) PCI DSS
15 6 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
16 5 (0.29%) PERC
17 4 (0.23%) Def Stans
17 4 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 71 (4.05%) Active Directory
2 37 (2.11%) Docker
3 22 (1.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (1.14%) Firmware
5 19 (1.08%) Hyper-V
6 16 (0.91%) Embedded Firmware
7 5 (0.29%) ClearTrust
8 4 (0.23%) ProxySG
9 2 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.057%) KVM
10 1 (0.057%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.057%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.057%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 59 (3.37%) Kubernetes
2 40 (2.28%) Microsoft Intune
3 33 (1.88%) Ansible
4 13 (0.74%) SCCM
5 10 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (0.51%) Puppet
7 6 (0.34%) Hadoop YARN
8 5 (0.29%) Grafana
8 5 (0.29%) Jamf Pro
8 5 (0.29%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.17%) BMC PATROL
9 3 (0.17%) Control-M
9 3 (0.17%) EMC NetWorker
9 3 (0.17%) Nessus
9 3 (0.17%) Plesk
9 3 (0.17%) WhatsUp Gold
10 2 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.11%) Dell DRAC
10 2 (0.11%) Kibana
10 2 (0.11%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 383 (21.86%) Microsoft
2 61 (3.48%) Google
3 47 (2.68%) Salesforce
4 39 (2.23%) Oracle
4 39 (2.23%) SAP
5 33 (1.88%) Cisco
6 32 (1.83%) VMware
7 31 (1.77%) ServiceNow
8 28 (1.60%) Adobe
9 24 (1.37%) Databricks
10 19 (1.08%) HubSpot
11 17 (0.97%) Palo Alto
12 14 (0.80%) iManage
12 14 (0.80%) YouTube
13 13 (0.74%) Fortinet
14 12 (0.68%) Sage
15 11 (0.63%) HP
15 11 (0.63%) IBM
15 11 (0.63%) SolarWinds
16 10 (0.57%) Remedy