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

6 months to
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 96 104
Rank change year-on-year +19 +8 -3
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Working 2,193 1,353 1,590
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.11% 3.12% 2.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.87% 3.50% 2.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1,358 654 767
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,500 £31,150
25th Percentile £36,250 £33,375 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.31% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £77,910
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +7.32%

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 76,505 38,659 54,681
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.54% 89.11% 82.42%
Number of salaries quoted 53,771 21,904 29,620
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,750 £36,250 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -2.44%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,816 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £59,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -6.78% -1.67%

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 4 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 4 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 +101 528 £44,954 -0.10% 457
South East +13 455 £47,500 +18.75% 414
London -28 454 £65,000 - 1,050
North West +88 309 £45,000 - 231
South West +21 296 £57,500 -8.00% 203
Midlands +9 289 £41,091 -3.32% 245
West Midlands -8 179 £42,500 - 157
East of England -26 146 £47,500 +21.79% 180
Yorkshire +58 141 £42,500 -29.17% 167
East Midlands +8 109 £40,000 -5.88% 87
North East -11 78 £57,500 +98.28% 62
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 89 (4.06%) SharePoint
2 45 (2.05%) Microsoft Exchange
3 26 (1.19%) Confluence
4 19 (0.87%) Apache Spark
5 16 (0.73%) CMS
6 13 (0.59%) WordPress
7 10 (0.46%) Apache
8 5 (0.23%) nginx
9 4 (0.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.091%) Drupal
10 2 (0.091%) Gentran
10 2 (0.091%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.091%) Luigi
10 2 (0.091%) Office Communications Server
10 2 (0.091%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.091%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.091%) Palantir Foundry
10 2 (0.091%) SAS
10 2 (0.091%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 166 (7.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 161 (7.34%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (1.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (0.87%) Revit
5 15 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
6 11 (0.50%) Simulink
7 10 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
7 10 (0.46%) Photoshop
8 9 (0.41%) Adobe Illustrator
8 9 (0.41%) AutoCAD
8 9 (0.41%) InDesign
9 8 (0.36%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 7 (0.32%) Navisworks
11 5 (0.23%) Stateflow
12 4 (0.18%) Adobe Premiere
12 4 (0.18%) CapCut
13 3 (0.14%) Acrobat
13 3 (0.14%) Blender
13 3 (0.14%) Chatbot
13 3 (0.14%) Maya
Business Applications
1 23 (1.05%) NetSuite
2 14 (0.64%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (0.59%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
4 6 (0.27%) Exchequer
5 5 (0.23%) SAP CRM
6 3 (0.14%) Shopify
6 3 (0.14%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.091%) Academy Housing
7 2 (0.091%) Maximo
7 2 (0.091%) Oracle Applications
7 2 (0.091%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.091%) Oracle EBS R12
7 2 (0.091%) Sage 200
7 2 (0.091%) SAP BPC
7 2 (0.091%) Siebel CRM
8 1 (0.046%) FastStats
8 1 (0.046%) Primavera
8 1 (0.046%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.046%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 270 (12.31%) Azure
2 208 (9.48%) Microsoft 365
3 192 (8.76%) AWS
4 175 (7.98%) Power Platform
5 97 (4.42%) SaaS
6 63 (2.87%) GCP
7 58 (2.64%) Azure DevOps
7 58 (2.64%) Entra ID
8 41 (1.87%) GitHub
9 40 (1.82%) Serverless
10 31 (1.41%) AWS CloudFormation
11 29 (1.32%) Power Automate
12 28 (1.28%) OneDrive
13 26 (1.19%) Dynamics 365
13 26 (1.19%) Google Analytics
14 24 (1.09%) Microsoft Copilot
15 22 (1.00%) OCI
16 20 (0.91%) PowerApps
17 19 (0.87%) AWS Lambda
17 19 (0.87%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 74 (3.37%) Firewall
2 68 (3.10%) DNS
3 51 (2.33%) DHCP
4 44 (2.01%) TCP/IP
4 44 (2.01%) VPN
5 35 (1.60%) Network Security
6 30 (1.37%) VLAN
7 29 (1.32%) WAN
8 27 (1.23%) HTTP
9 24 (1.09%) Wi-Fi
10 21 (0.96%) Wireless
11 19 (0.87%) LAN
12 14 (0.64%) Broadband
13 13 (0.59%) BGP
14 11 (0.50%) SD-WAN
15 10 (0.46%) VoIP
16 8 (0.36%) Ethernet
17 7 (0.32%) AMQP
17 7 (0.32%) Internet
17 7 (0.32%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 147 (6.70%) Power BI
2 62 (2.83%) SQL Server
3 48 (2.19%) Relational Database
4 25 (1.14%) Redis
4 25 (1.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 22 (1.00%) BigQuery
6 20 (0.91%) PostgreSQL
7 19 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
8 18 (0.82%) Big Data
9 17 (0.78%) Metadata
9 17 (0.78%) Power Query
10 16 (0.73%) Tableau
11 15 (0.68%) MySQL
11 15 (0.68%) Semantic Layer
12 14 (0.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 13 (0.59%) Hadoop
14 11 (0.50%) NoSQL
15 10 (0.46%) MongoDB
16 9 (0.41%) GIS
17 8 (0.36%) Looker
Development Applications
1 91 (4.15%) Git
2 79 (3.60%) JIRA
3 33 (1.50%) Jenkins
4 25 (1.14%) GitLab
5 9 (0.41%) Rational DOORS
6 7 (0.32%) Bitbucket
6 7 (0.32%) Visual Studio Code
7 5 (0.23%) LabVIEW
7 5 (0.23%) MSI
8 4 (0.18%) Cucumber
8 4 (0.18%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.18%) Maven
8 4 (0.18%) Postman
8 4 (0.18%) Storybook
8 4 (0.18%) Vite
9 3 (0.14%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 3 (0.14%) Claude Code
9 3 (0.14%) Gatling
9 3 (0.14%) Mercurial
9 3 (0.14%) SonarQube
General
1 1,005 (45.83%) Social Skills
2 450 (20.52%) Finance
3 373 (17.01%) Analytical Skills
4 276 (12.59%) Organisational Skills
5 191 (8.71%) Marketing
6 167 (7.62%) Public Sector
7 161 (7.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 148 (6.75%) Aerospace
9 122 (5.56%) Manufacturing
10 112 (5.11%) Legal
11 95 (4.33%) Retail
12 94 (4.29%) Law
13 91 (4.15%) Presentation Skills
14 84 (3.83%) Electronics
15 67 (3.06%) Influencing Skills
16 66 (3.01%) Telecoms
17 43 (1.96%) Banking
18 41 (1.87%) Military
19 33 (1.50%) Local Government
20 31 (1.41%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 257 (11.72%) Senior
2 190 (8.66%) Analyst
3 185 (8.44%) Developer
4 161 (7.34%) Lead
5 95 (4.33%) Software Engineer
6 82 (3.74%) Cloud Engineer
7 80 (3.65%) IT Support
8 66 (3.01%) Security Engineer
9 59 (2.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 58 (2.64%) Architect
10 58 (2.64%) Support Analyst
11 56 (2.55%) Administrator
12 52 (2.37%) IT Manager
13 50 (2.28%) Development Manager
13 50 (2.28%) Support Engineer
14 47 (2.14%) Business Development Manager
14 47 (2.14%) Business Manager
15 46 (2.10%) Consultant
15 46 (2.10%) Coordinator
16 44 (2.01%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (4.15%) Node.js
2 79 (3.60%) REST
3 64 (2.92%) HTML
3 64 (2.92%) Terraform
4 48 (2.19%) CSS
5 47 (2.14%) .NET
6 39 (1.78%) React
7 28 (1.28%) AngularJS
7 28 (1.28%) Middleware
8 27 (1.23%) RESTful
8 27 (1.23%) Vue
9 22 (1.00%) EDI
9 22 (1.00%) Kafka
10 21 (0.96%) JSON
10 21 (0.96%) SOAP
11 18 (0.82%) Spring
12 17 (0.78%) Spring Boot
13 15 (0.68%) HTML5
14 14 (0.64%) OAuth
15 13 (0.59%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 136 (6.20%) Onboarding
2 131 (5.97%) Management Information System
3 130 (5.93%) Driving Licence
4 89 (4.06%) Self-Motivation
5 77 (3.51%) Product Ownership
6 60 (2.74%) Cloud Native
7 48 (2.19%) Social Media
8 36 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
9 29 (1.32%) Public Cloud
10 25 (1.14%) Algorithms
11 24 (1.09%) Analogue Electronics
12 23 (1.05%) NHS
13 21 (0.96%) Blog
14 19 (0.87%) Analytical Mindset
15 18 (0.82%) Data Structures
16 17 (0.78%) Data Centre
17 16 (0.73%) FMCG
17 16 (0.73%) Robotics
18 15 (0.68%) Security Posture
18 15 (0.68%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 142 (6.48%) Windows
2 83 (3.78%) Linux
3 57 (2.60%) Windows Server
4 15 (0.68%) Unix
5 14 (0.64%) Windows 10
6 12 (0.55%) Mac OS
7 10 (0.46%) Android
8 9 (0.41%) FreeRTOS
8 9 (0.41%) Ubuntu
9 8 (0.36%) CentOS
9 8 (0.36%) Debian
9 8 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (0.23%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.091%) Rocky
11 2 (0.091%) VMS
12 1 (0.046%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.046%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 674 (30.73%) Problem-Solving
2 647 (29.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 401 (18.29%) Agile
4 299 (13.63%) Decision-Making
5 275 (12.54%) Customer Service
6 255 (11.63%) Stakeholder Management
7 250 (11.40%) AI
8 239 (10.90%) Cyber Intelligence
9 224 (10.21%) Analytics
10 221 (10.08%) Mentoring
11 213 (9.71%) CRM
12 211 (9.62%) CI/CD
13 203 (9.26%) Project Delivery
14 190 (8.66%) Service Delivery
15 177 (8.07%) Software Engineering
16 171 (7.80%) Collaborative Culture
17 169 (7.71%) Validation
18 168 (7.66%) Roadmaps
19 156 (7.11%) Project Management
20 154 (7.02%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 231 (10.53%) SQL
2 184 (8.39%) Python
3 122 (5.56%) JavaScript
4 81 (3.69%) Java
5 73 (3.33%) TypeScript
6 65 (2.96%) C#
7 59 (2.69%) C
8 45 (2.05%) PowerShell
9 26 (1.19%) PHP
10 25 (1.14%) C++
11 20 (0.91%) VBA
12 18 (0.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 17 (0.78%) ABAP
13 17 (0.78%) Embedded C
14 16 (0.73%) MATLAB
15 15 (0.68%) Bash
16 10 (0.46%) Bicep
17 8 (0.36%) R
18 6 (0.27%) Kotlin
18 6 (0.27%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 324 (14.77%) Degree
2 247 (11.26%) Security Cleared
3 124 (5.65%) SC Cleared
4 78 (3.56%) DV Cleared
5 64 (2.92%) DBS Check
6 49 (2.23%) Computer Science Degree
7 47 (2.14%) BPSS Clearance
8 39 (1.78%) ACCA
9 33 (1.50%) CIMA
9 33 (1.50%) HNC
10 32 (1.46%) HND
11 21 (0.96%) Master's Degree
12 20 (0.91%) CISSP
12 20 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
13 16 (0.73%) PMI Certification
14 15 (0.68%) Chartered Engineer
15 14 (0.64%) CISM
16 12 (0.55%) Azure Certification
16 12 (0.55%) CEH
16 12 (0.55%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 147 (6.70%) QA
2 111 (5.06%) Accessibility
2 111 (5.06%) Data Quality
3 76 (3.47%) GDPR
4 34 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 32 (1.46%) Cyber Essentials
6 27 (1.23%) PMO
7 24 (1.09%) SLA
8 21 (0.96%) GAAP
9 19 (0.87%) NIST
10 17 (0.78%) WCAG
11 12 (0.55%) Good Clinical Practice
12 11 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 11 (0.50%) ISO 9001
13 9 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
13 9 (0.41%) NCSC
13 9 (0.41%) TickIT
14 8 (0.36%) PCI DSS
15 6 (0.27%) ISO 19650
15 6 (0.27%) PERC
System Software
1 91 (4.15%) Active Directory
2 45 (2.05%) Docker
3 28 (1.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 26 (1.19%) Firmware
4 26 (1.19%) Hyper-V
5 16 (0.73%) Embedded Firmware
6 5 (0.23%) ClearTrust
7 4 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.046%) DFS Replication
8 1 (0.046%) KVM
8 1 (0.046%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.046%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.046%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.046%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 68 (3.10%) Kubernetes
2 53 (2.42%) Microsoft Intune
3 38 (1.73%) Ansible
4 12 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
5 11 (0.50%) Puppet
6 8 (0.36%) Grafana
7 7 (0.32%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.32%) SCCM
8 6 (0.27%) Hadoop YARN
8 6 (0.27%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 5 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (0.14%) BMC PATROL
10 3 (0.14%) Control-M
10 3 (0.14%) EMC NetWorker
10 3 (0.14%) Plesk
10 3 (0.14%) WhatsUp Gold
11 2 (0.091%) Kibana
11 2 (0.091%) Nessus
11 2 (0.091%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 2 (0.091%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 500 (22.80%) Microsoft
2 66 (3.01%) Google
3 57 (2.60%) Salesforce
4 49 (2.23%) Oracle
5 46 (2.10%) SAP
6 37 (1.69%) ServiceNow
6 37 (1.69%) VMware
7 36 (1.64%) Cisco
8 33 (1.50%) Sage
9 29 (1.32%) Databricks
10 28 (1.28%) YouTube
11 27 (1.23%) Adobe
12 22 (1.00%) HubSpot
13 15 (0.68%) Civica
13 15 (0.68%) Fortinet
14 14 (0.64%) iManage
14 14 (0.64%) Palo Alto
15 12 (0.55%) IBM
16 11 (0.50%) Juniper
16 11 (0.50%) Red Hat