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 17 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 128 89 91
Rank change year-on-year -39 +2 +9
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Working 950 1,481 1,644
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.77% 3.09% 3.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.19% 3.39% 3.50%
Number of salaries quoted 599 749 1,144
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,750 £26,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £43,225 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,924 £60,000 £52,604
Median % change year-on-year -18.46% +14.06% -15.83%
75th Percentile £62,500 £81,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £78,755 £97,500 £91,250
UK median annual salary £47,500 £59,869 £47,500
% change year-on-year -20.66% +26.04% -23.94%

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 43,437 43,629 46,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 80.97% 90.90% 89.46%
Number of salaries quoted 26,117 21,359 36,456
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.45% -7.20%

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 17 January 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 17 January 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 -44 277 £60,000 -5.77% 113
South East -40 173 £36,500 -41.60% 203
North of England -23 167 £42,500 -15.00% 120
Midlands -18 133 £41,000 -24.77% 108
North West -11 106 £43,750 -12.50% 49
South West +9 91 £47,500 -8.65% 89
West Midlands -9 85 £30,000 -45.45% 52
East of England -27 81 £48,750 -4.35% 87
East Midlands -11 48 £42,500 -15.00% 55
Yorkshire -46 39 £42,500 -12.82% 55
North East -2 22 £29,000 -35.56% 17
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 33 (3.47%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (3.05%) SharePoint
3 25 (2.63%) Confluence
4 12 (1.26%) WordPress
5 7 (0.74%) CMS
6 6 (0.63%) Apache Spark
6 6 (0.63%) IIS
7 4 (0.42%) Apache
7 4 (0.42%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.21%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.21%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.11%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.11%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.11%) WildFly
Applications
1 75 (7.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 47 (4.95%) Microsoft Office
3 29 (3.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.95%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.84%) Photoshop
6 5 (0.53%) Adobe Premiere
6 5 (0.53%) AutoCAD
7 4 (0.42%) SketchUp
8 2 (0.21%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.21%) Simulink
8 2 (0.21%) Trello
8 2 (0.21%) Windchill
9 1 (0.11%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.11%) InDesign
9 1 (0.11%) Sketch
9 1 (0.11%) SmartSuite
9 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.53%) Infor SunSystems
3 5 (0.53%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (0.42%) Distributed Ledger
5 3 (0.32%) Workday HCM
6 2 (0.21%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.21%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.21%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.21%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.11%) Adobe Campaign
7 1 (0.11%) assyst
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle BPM
7 1 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.11%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.11%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.11%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.11%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 176 (18.53%) Azure
2 94 (9.89%) AWS
3 91 (9.58%) Microsoft 365
4 68 (7.16%) Power Platform
5 41 (4.32%) Entra ID
6 31 (3.26%) GCP
7 27 (2.84%) SaaS
8 25 (2.63%) Azure AI
9 24 (2.53%) Amazon SageMaker
10 21 (2.21%) Vertex AI
11 18 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
12 15 (1.58%) Dynamics 365
13 13 (1.37%) GitHub
13 13 (1.37%) OpenShift
13 13 (1.37%) Serverless
14 11 (1.16%) Amazon EKS
15 10 (1.05%) AWS CloudFormation
16 9 (0.95%) Google Analytics
16 9 (0.95%) Power Automate
16 9 (0.95%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 44 (4.63%) Firewall
2 34 (3.58%) Wireless
3 31 (3.26%) TCP/IP
4 30 (3.16%) VLAN
5 29 (3.05%) DNS
6 27 (2.84%) LAN
7 25 (2.63%) VPN
7 25 (2.63%) WAN
8 23 (2.42%) DHCP
9 17 (1.79%) Network Security
10 14 (1.47%) Broadband
11 11 (1.16%) BGP
12 10 (1.05%) Wi-Fi
13 9 (0.95%) Cisco Nexus
13 9 (0.95%) OSPF
13 9 (0.95%) Structured Cabling
14 8 (0.84%) Cisco ASA
14 8 (0.84%) Cisco Wireless
14 8 (0.84%) WAAS
14 8 (0.84%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (5.68%) Power BI
2 26 (2.74%) Tableau
3 18 (1.89%) Looker
3 18 (1.89%) SQL Server
4 12 (1.26%) Big Data
5 11 (1.16%) Amazon RDS
6 10 (1.05%) NoSQL
6 10 (1.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 9 (0.95%) Power Query
7 9 (0.95%) Relational Database
8 8 (0.84%) Hadoop
8 8 (0.84%) Oracle Database
9 7 (0.74%) PostgreSQL
10 6 (0.63%) BusinessObjects
11 5 (0.53%) BigQuery
11 5 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (0.53%) Metadata
11 5 (0.53%) MongoDB
12 4 (0.42%) Cloudera CDH
12 4 (0.42%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 34 (3.58%) JIRA
2 31 (3.26%) Git
3 14 (1.47%) GitLab
3 14 (1.47%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.74%) Bitbucket
5 5 (0.53%) TestRail
6 4 (0.42%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 4 (0.42%) Selenium
6 4 (0.42%) Subversion
6 4 (0.42%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.32%) Rational DOORS
8 2 (0.21%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.21%) Robot Framework
8 2 (0.21%) Storybook
9 1 (0.11%) Android Studio
9 1 (0.11%) gulp
9 1 (0.11%) Postman
9 1 (0.11%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.11%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.11%) webpack
General
1 481 (50.63%) Social Skills
2 225 (23.68%) Finance
3 184 (19.37%) Analytical Skills
4 155 (16.32%) Marketing
5 94 (9.89%) Organisational Skills
6 93 (9.79%) Law
7 63 (6.63%) Telecoms
8 57 (6.00%) Aerospace
9 52 (5.47%) Public Sector
10 46 (4.84%) Retail
11 44 (4.63%) Influencing Skills
12 39 (4.11%) Banking
12 39 (4.11%) Military
13 36 (3.79%) Legal
14 34 (3.58%) Billing
14 34 (3.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 28 (2.95%) Pharmaceutical
15 28 (2.95%) Presentation Skills
16 27 (2.84%) Manufacturing
17 23 (2.42%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 114 (12.00%) Analyst
2 81 (8.53%) Lead
2 81 (8.53%) Senior
3 67 (7.05%) IT Support
4 63 (6.63%) Developer
5 46 (4.84%) Business Analyst
6 39 (4.11%) Support Engineer
7 36 (3.79%) Architect
7 36 (3.79%) Systems Engineer
8 30 (3.16%) Digital Analyst
9 29 (3.05%) Consultant
10 28 (2.95%) Coordinator
11 27 (2.84%) Administrator
11 27 (2.84%) Junior
12 25 (2.63%) Digital Business Analyst
13 23 (2.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 23 (2.42%) Technical Support
14 22 (2.32%) Data Analyst
15 21 (2.21%) IT Engineer
16 20 (2.11%) Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (5.37%) .NET
2 42 (4.42%) HTML
3 21 (2.21%) React
4 18 (1.89%) .NET Core
5 17 (1.79%) RESTful
6 15 (1.58%) CSS
7 14 (1.47%) Middleware
8 13 (1.37%) AngularJS
9 9 (0.95%) Node.js
9 9 (0.95%) Spring
9 9 (0.95%) Spring Boot
10 8 (0.84%) Kafka
11 7 (0.74%) ASP.NET
11 7 (0.74%) REST
12 6 (0.63%) .NET Framework
12 6 (0.63%) OAuth
12 6 (0.63%) PySpark
13 5 (0.53%) ASP.NET MVC
13 5 (0.53%) Django
13 5 (0.53%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 87 (9.16%) Onboarding
2 64 (6.74%) Self-Motivation
3 42 (4.42%) Management Information System
4 35 (3.68%) Driving Licence
5 34 (3.58%) Social Media
6 23 (2.42%) Product Ownership
7 22 (2.32%) Life Science
8 21 (2.21%) Pharmacovigilance
9 20 (2.11%) Data Centre
10 18 (1.89%) FMCG
11 15 (1.58%) Cloud Native
12 14 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
12 14 (1.47%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 13 (1.37%) Algorithms
14 10 (1.05%) Security Posture
15 9 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
15 9 (0.95%) Data Structures
16 8 (0.84%) Hedge funds
16 8 (0.84%) Legacy Systems
17 7 (0.74%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 93 (9.79%) Windows
2 43 (4.53%) Windows Server
3 32 (3.37%) Linux
4 12 (1.26%) Windows Server 2012
5 11 (1.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (0.95%) Windows 10
7 8 (0.84%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.53%) CentOS
8 5 (0.53%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.42%) Debian
9 4 (0.42%) Unix
9 4 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.32%) AIX
11 2 (0.21%) Android
11 2 (0.21%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.11%) FreeRTOS
12 1 (0.11%) Rocky
12 1 (0.11%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 275 (28.95%) Problem-Solving
2 210 (22.11%) Agile
3 175 (18.42%) Continuous Improvement
4 113 (11.89%) Analytics
5 101 (10.63%) Project Management
6 85 (8.95%) CRM
7 81 (8.53%) Coaching
7 81 (8.53%) Customer Service
7 81 (8.53%) Project Delivery
7 81 (8.53%) Service Delivery
8 80 (8.42%) Decision-Making
9 79 (8.32%) Computer Science
10 77 (8.11%) AI
11 73 (7.68%) Cybersecurity
11 73 (7.68%) DevOps
12 69 (7.26%) Business Intelligence
12 69 (7.26%) Process Improvement
12 69 (7.26%) Stakeholder Management
13 68 (7.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 67 (7.05%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 87 (9.16%) SQL
2 77 (8.11%) Python
3 48 (5.05%) PowerShell
4 41 (4.32%) C#
5 38 (4.00%) Java
6 28 (2.95%) JavaScript
7 16 (1.68%) Bash
8 8 (0.84%) C++
8 8 (0.84%) TypeScript
8 8 (0.84%) VBA
9 6 (0.63%) VB.NET
10 5 (0.53%) Kotlin
10 5 (0.53%) Scala
11 4 (0.42%) Bicep
11 4 (0.42%) Go
12 3 (0.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (0.32%) PHP
12 3 (0.32%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.21%) R
13 2 (0.21%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 232 (24.42%) Degree
2 97 (10.21%) Security Cleared
3 49 (5.16%) SC Cleared
4 48 (5.05%) Computer Science Degree
5 38 (4.00%) Master's Degree
6 37 (3.89%) DV Cleared
7 34 (3.58%) DBS Check
8 25 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
8 25 (2.63%) CISSP
9 20 (2.11%) PMI Certification
10 19 (2.00%) Microsoft Certification
11 18 (1.89%) Cisco Certification
11 18 (1.89%) PMP
12 14 (1.47%) HND
13 11 (1.16%) CISM
13 11 (1.16%) HNC
14 10 (1.05%) CCIE
14 10 (1.05%) CCNP
14 10 (1.05%) MCP
15 9 (0.95%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (8.42%) QA
2 51 (5.37%) Accessibility
3 48 (5.05%) GDPR
4 47 (4.95%) Data Quality
5 27 (2.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 24 (2.53%) PMO
7 23 (2.42%) EU AI Act
8 21 (2.21%) HIPAA
8 21 (2.21%) PSD2
8 21 (2.21%) Solvency II
9 20 (2.11%) Cyber Essentials
10 17 (1.79%) NIST
11 11 (1.16%) SLA
12 10 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 9 (0.95%) GRC
14 8 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 15288
15 7 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 6 (0.63%) PCI DSS
17 5 (0.53%) ARP4761
17 5 (0.53%) NIST 800
System Software
1 71 (7.47%) Active Directory
2 23 (2.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (2.11%) Hyper-V
4 19 (2.00%) Docker
5 8 (0.84%) ProxySG
6 6 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.53%) Firmware
7 5 (0.53%) vSphere
8 1 (0.11%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 1 (0.11%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.11%) KVM
8 1 (0.11%) pfSense
8 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 39 (4.11%) Kubernetes
2 33 (3.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 33 (3.47%) Terraform
3 18 (1.89%) Ansible
4 13 (1.37%) Single Sign-On
5 11 (1.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 10 (1.05%) Puppet
7 8 (0.84%) FortiGate
8 6 (0.63%) Grafana
9 4 (0.42%) Argo
9 4 (0.42%) Progress Chef
9 4 (0.42%) Rancher
9 4 (0.42%) yum
10 3 (0.32%) cPanel
10 3 (0.32%) Netcool
10 3 (0.32%) Plesk
10 3 (0.32%) Prometheus
11 2 (0.21%) Nagios
11 2 (0.21%) Nessus
11 2 (0.21%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 190 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 42 (4.42%) Google
3 31 (3.26%) Cisco
4 30 (3.16%) VMware
5 27 (2.84%) Salesforce
5 27 (2.84%) SAP
6 20 (2.11%) Oracle
7 19 (2.00%) ServiceNow
8 11 (1.16%) Adobe
8 11 (1.16%) Red Hat
8 11 (1.16%) SolarWinds
9 10 (1.05%) BT
9 10 (1.05%) Guidewire
10 9 (0.95%) HubSpot
10 9 (0.95%) Infoblox
10 9 (0.95%) Veeam
11 8 (0.84%) F5
11 8 (0.84%) Motorola
11 8 (0.84%) SonicWALL
11 8 (0.84%) WatchGuard