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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 82 98
Rank change year-on-year -36 +16 +36
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Working 1,467 1,548 1,926
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.63% 3.56% 2.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.20% 3.97% 3.11%
Number of salaries quoted 905 729 1,234
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £38,785
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £53,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% +1.90% -8.70%
75th Percentile £66,672 £73,750 £72,188
90th Percentile £77,800 £82,500 £89,625
UK median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -6.25%

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 66,599 38,984 61,933
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.82% 89.76% 81.55%
Number of salaries quoted 47,002 22,502 42,192
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,185 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.79% +2.16% -11.29%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% 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 29 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 29 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 -53 385 £65,000 - 286
South East -25 307 £50,000 +8.70% 217
North of England +28 286 £50,000 - 212
Midlands -10 247 £41,000 -13.68% 127
North West +30 177 £45,497 -9.01% 104
West Midlands -32 135 £42,500 -19.05% 79
South West -34 130 £38,738 -42.61% 104
East Midlands +15 111 £35,000 -17.65% 48
East of England -71 78 £55,000 +57.14% 59
Yorkshire +1 72 £57,500 -1.71% 70
North East -31 37 £57,500 +79.69% 43
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 65 (4.43%) SharePoint
2 41 (2.79%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (1.02%) WordPress
4 13 (0.89%) Apache Spark
5 12 (0.82%) Confluence
6 9 (0.61%) CMS
6 9 (0.61%) SAS
7 6 (0.41%) Apache
8 5 (0.34%) IIS
9 4 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.27%) GeoServer
10 3 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
11 2 (0.14%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.14%) Drupal
11 2 (0.14%) Gentran
11 2 (0.14%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.14%) Luigi
11 2 (0.14%) nginx
12 1 (0.068%) Appian
12 1 (0.068%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 81 (5.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 71 (4.84%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (1.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.68%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 10 (0.68%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.34%) Adobe Illustrator
5 5 (0.34%) Fusion 360
5 5 (0.34%) InDesign
5 5 (0.34%) Photoshop
6 4 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.27%) Simulink
7 3 (0.20%) Blender
7 3 (0.20%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.20%) Maya
7 3 (0.20%) Stateflow
8 2 (0.14%) Adobe Premiere
8 2 (0.14%) CapCut
8 2 (0.14%) Revit
8 2 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 23 (1.57%) NetSuite
2 13 (0.89%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.41%) Dynamics NAV
5 5 (0.34%) SAP HR
6 2 (0.14%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.14%) SAP BPC
6 2 (0.14%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.14%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.068%) Exchequer
7 1 (0.068%) FastStats
7 1 (0.068%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.068%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.068%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.068%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.068%) SAP IS-U
7 1 (0.068%) Shopify
7 1 (0.068%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 251 (17.11%) Azure
2 190 (12.95%) AWS
3 162 (11.04%) Microsoft 365
4 140 (9.54%) Power Platform
5 81 (5.52%) SaaS
6 64 (4.36%) GCP
7 53 (3.61%) Azure DevOps
8 50 (3.41%) Entra ID
9 42 (2.86%) Serverless
10 31 (2.11%) GitHub
11 28 (1.91%) Google Analytics
12 27 (1.84%) AWS CloudFormation
13 24 (1.64%) Dynamics 365
14 21 (1.43%) Microsoft Copilot
15 20 (1.36%) OCI
15 20 (1.36%) Snowflake
16 19 (1.30%) Power Automate
17 16 (1.09%) OneDrive
18 15 (1.02%) Boomi
18 15 (1.02%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 79 (5.39%) Firewall
2 51 (3.48%) DNS
3 42 (2.86%) Network Security
4 38 (2.59%) DHCP
5 37 (2.52%) VPN
6 36 (2.45%) WAN
7 35 (2.39%) TCP/IP
8 32 (2.18%) VLAN
9 27 (1.84%) LAN
10 23 (1.57%) HTTP
11 22 (1.50%) Broadband
11 22 (1.50%) Wireless
12 19 (1.30%) BGP
13 18 (1.23%) Wi-Fi
14 11 (0.75%) SNMP
15 10 (0.68%) VoIP
16 9 (0.61%) Cisco Nexus
16 9 (0.61%) Internet
17 8 (0.55%) Cisco ASA
17 8 (0.55%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 120 (8.18%) Power BI
2 51 (3.48%) SQL Server
3 28 (1.91%) Tableau
4 27 (1.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 25 (1.70%) BigQuery
5 25 (1.70%) Relational Database
6 22 (1.50%) Big Data
7 19 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
8 18 (1.23%) GIS
9 17 (1.16%) Metadata
10 16 (1.09%) MySQL
11 15 (1.02%) Semantic Layer
12 14 (0.95%) Redis
13 12 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 11 (0.75%) Geospatial Data
14 11 (0.75%) NoSQL
15 10 (0.68%) Hadoop
16 9 (0.61%) Power Query
17 8 (0.55%) Data Warehouse
18 7 (0.48%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 69 (4.70%) Git
2 52 (3.54%) JIRA
3 34 (2.32%) Jenkins
4 16 (1.09%) GitLab
5 9 (0.61%) Postman
6 5 (0.34%) Bitbucket
6 5 (0.34%) Visual Studio Code
7 4 (0.27%) Maven
7 4 (0.27%) MSI
7 4 (0.27%) Storybook
8 3 (0.20%) LabVIEW
8 3 (0.20%) Selenium
9 2 (0.14%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.14%) MSTest
9 2 (0.14%) Rational DOORS
9 2 (0.14%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.068%) Claude Code
10 1 (0.068%) Mercurial
10 1 (0.068%) Qt Creator
10 1 (0.068%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 669 (45.60%) Social Skills
2 364 (24.81%) Finance
3 277 (18.88%) Analytical Skills
4 148 (10.09%) Marketing
5 134 (9.13%) Organisational Skills
6 109 (7.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 108 (7.36%) Public Sector
8 105 (7.16%) Legal
9 84 (5.73%) Aerospace
10 80 (5.45%) Law
11 59 (4.02%) Retail
12 58 (3.95%) Influencing Skills
13 56 (3.82%) Presentation Skills
14 48 (3.27%) Telecoms
15 46 (3.14%) Manufacturing
16 37 (2.52%) Banking
17 35 (2.39%) Electronics
18 29 (1.98%) Advertising
19 25 (1.70%) Local Government
20 19 (1.30%) Games
Job Titles
1 215 (14.66%) Senior
2 147 (10.02%) Analyst
3 123 (8.38%) Developer
4 115 (7.84%) Lead
5 63 (4.29%) Consultant
6 55 (3.75%) IT Support
7 51 (3.48%) Software Engineer
8 44 (3.00%) Systems Engineer
9 42 (2.86%) Architect
9 42 (2.86%) Delivery Manager
9 42 (2.86%) IT Manager
9 42 (2.86%) Support Engineer
10 41 (2.79%) Senior Manager
11 39 (2.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 35 (2.39%) Business Analyst
12 35 (2.39%) Senior Developer
13 34 (2.32%) Business Manager
13 34 (2.32%) Development Manager
14 33 (2.25%) Business Development Manager
15 32 (2.18%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (5.32%) Node.js
2 67 (4.57%) REST
3 43 (2.93%) .NET
3 43 (2.93%) HTML
4 37 (2.52%) React
5 33 (2.25%) CSS
6 29 (1.98%) JSON
6 29 (1.98%) Vue
7 23 (1.57%) SOAP
7 23 (1.57%) XML
8 21 (1.43%) RESTful
9 20 (1.36%) .NET Core
10 19 (1.30%) AngularJS
11 18 (1.23%) Middleware
12 17 (1.16%) EDI
13 16 (1.09%) Next.js
14 15 (1.02%) OAuth
15 13 (0.89%) .NET Framework
15 13 (0.89%) AWS CDK
15 13 (0.89%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 86 (5.86%) Onboarding
2 83 (5.66%) Management Information System
3 69 (4.70%) Product Ownership
4 64 (4.36%) Driving Licence
5 48 (3.27%) Cloud Native
6 37 (2.52%) Self-Motivation
7 32 (2.18%) Public Cloud
8 28 (1.91%) Social Media
9 27 (1.84%) Blog
10 25 (1.70%) Data Centre
11 22 (1.50%) Data Structures
12 21 (1.43%) Greenfield Project
13 19 (1.30%) Algorithms
13 19 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
13 19 (1.30%) NHS
13 19 (1.30%) Security Posture
14 16 (1.09%) Analytical Mindset
15 15 (1.02%) Legacy Systems
16 14 (0.95%) EPoS
17 12 (0.82%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 122 (8.32%) Windows
2 73 (4.98%) Linux
3 50 (3.41%) Windows Server
4 13 (0.89%) FreeRTOS
5 8 (0.55%) Ubuntu
5 8 (0.55%) Unix
6 7 (0.48%) CentOS
7 6 (0.41%) Debian
8 5 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.27%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.27%) Windows 7
10 3 (0.20%) Android
10 3 (0.20%) VMS
10 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.14%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.068%) Rocky
12 1 (0.068%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 489 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 427 (29.11%) Continuous Improvement
3 329 (22.43%) Agile
4 221 (15.06%) Decision-Making
5 182 (12.41%) Analytics
6 174 (11.86%) AI
7 170 (11.59%) Mentoring
8 168 (11.45%) Roadmaps
9 151 (10.29%) CI/CD
9 151 (10.29%) Customer Service
10 148 (10.09%) Service Delivery
11 126 (8.59%) Project Delivery
12 125 (8.52%) Validation
13 123 (8.38%) CRM
14 121 (8.25%) Collaborative Culture
14 121 (8.25%) Project Management
15 120 (8.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 118 (8.04%) Stakeholder Management
17 116 (7.91%) DevOps
18 112 (7.63%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 187 (12.75%) SQL
2 164 (11.18%) Python
3 77 (5.25%) JavaScript
4 73 (4.98%) Java
5 62 (4.23%) TypeScript
6 61 (4.16%) C#
7 39 (2.66%) PowerShell
8 31 (2.11%) C
9 23 (1.57%) PHP
9 23 (1.57%) VBA
10 18 (1.23%) C++
11 15 (1.02%) ABAP
11 15 (1.02%) Embedded C
12 14 (0.95%) Bash
13 12 (0.82%) T-SQL
14 10 (0.68%) MATLAB
15 9 (0.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 8 (0.55%) Bicep
16 8 (0.55%) VB
17 6 (0.41%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 260 (17.72%) Degree
2 156 (10.63%) Security Cleared
3 74 (5.04%) SC Cleared
4 59 (4.02%) DV Cleared
5 49 (3.34%) ACCA
6 44 (3.00%) Computer Science Degree
7 41 (2.79%) CIMA
8 40 (2.73%) BPSS Clearance
9 35 (2.39%) DBS Check
10 34 (2.32%) CISSP
11 28 (1.91%) Master's Degree
12 21 (1.43%) PMI Certification
13 20 (1.36%) Microsoft Certification
14 19 (1.30%) Cisco Certification
15 17 (1.16%) CCNP
16 16 (1.09%) CISM
16 16 (1.09%) PMP
17 15 (1.02%) HND
18 12 (0.82%) CEH
19 11 (0.75%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (6.07%) QA
2 85 (5.79%) Accessibility
3 82 (5.59%) Data Quality
4 36 (2.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 34 (2.32%) GDPR
5 34 (2.32%) PMO
6 29 (1.98%) GAAP
7 23 (1.57%) NIST
8 19 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials
8 19 (1.30%) SLA
9 15 (1.02%) WCAG
10 12 (0.82%) TickIT
11 10 (0.68%) Good Clinical Practice
12 8 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 7 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 15288
13 7 (0.48%) PCI DSS
14 6 (0.41%) Government Security Classifications
14 6 (0.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 6 (0.41%) JSP 440
14 6 (0.41%) NCSC
System Software
1 66 (4.50%) Active Directory
2 34 (2.32%) Docker
3 23 (1.57%) Hyper-V
4 17 (1.16%) Firmware
5 15 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
6 14 (0.95%) Embedded Firmware
7 8 (0.55%) ProxySG
8 5 (0.34%) ClearTrust
9 4 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
10 2 (0.14%) vSphere
11 1 (0.068%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.068%) XenApp
11 1 (0.068%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 54 (3.68%) Kubernetes
2 47 (3.20%) Terraform
3 29 (1.98%) Ansible
4 27 (1.84%) Microsoft Intune
5 19 (1.30%) SCCM
6 8 (0.55%) Puppet
7 6 (0.41%) Hadoop YARN
7 6 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (0.34%) Prometheus
9 4 (0.27%) Cisco CUCM
9 4 (0.27%) Grafana
9 4 (0.27%) ServiceCenter
10 3 (0.20%) BMC PATROL
10 3 (0.20%) Control-M
10 3 (0.20%) EMC NetWorker
10 3 (0.20%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (0.20%) Kibana
10 3 (0.20%) Plesk
10 3 (0.20%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.20%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 330 (22.49%) Microsoft
2 62 (4.23%) Google
3 48 (3.27%) Salesforce
4 38 (2.59%) Cisco
5 36 (2.45%) Oracle
6 35 (2.39%) SAP
7 30 (2.04%) ServiceNow
8 27 (1.84%) VMware
9 26 (1.77%) Adobe
10 18 (1.23%) Databricks
10 18 (1.23%) Remedy
11 17 (1.16%) Palo Alto
12 15 (1.02%) iManage
13 14 (0.95%) HubSpot
13 14 (0.95%) IBM
13 14 (0.95%) SolarWinds
14 13 (0.89%) HP
15 12 (0.82%) Fortinet
16 10 (0.68%) CheckPoint
16 10 (0.68%) F5