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

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 83 91
Rank change year-on-year -35 +8 +38
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Working 1,408 1,528 2,297
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.61% 3.53% 2.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.18% 3.91% 3.14%
Number of salaries quoted 856 700 1,577
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,840 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -15.25%
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 64,629 39,087 73,184
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 74.05% 90.39% 82.46%
Number of salaries quoted 45,666 22,238 52,403
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% -8.72%

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 11 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 11 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 -49 385 £65,000 - 206
South East -18 300 £48,000 +4.35% 159
North of England +19 272 £51,696 +3.39% 126
Midlands -13 221 £43,750 -13.79% 104
North West +31 168 £45,497 -9.01% 71
West Midlands -32 115 £45,000 -17.05% 63
South West -39 115 £38,738 -41.63% 59
East Midlands +17 105 £40,000 -5.88% 41
East of England -68 76 £55,000 +57.14% 57
Yorkshire -6 73 £60,425 +3.29% 30
North East -35 31 £57,500 +64.29% 26
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 (4.19%) SharePoint
2 45 (3.20%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (1.21%) WordPress
4 14 (0.99%) Confluence
5 13 (0.92%) Apache Spark
5 13 (0.92%) 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 (4.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 64 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (0.92%) 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 (1.56%) 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
1 254 (18.04%) Azure
2 190 (13.49%) AWS
3 152 (10.80%) Microsoft 365
4 131 (9.30%) Power Platform
5 76 (5.40%) SaaS
6 73 (5.18%) GCP
7 51 (3.62%) Entra ID
8 50 (3.55%) Azure DevOps
9 41 (2.91%) Serverless
10 29 (2.06%) GitHub
10 29 (2.06%) Google Analytics
11 27 (1.92%) AWS CloudFormation
12 23 (1.63%) 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 (0.99%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 86 (6.11%) Firewall
2 51 (3.62%) DNS
3 43 (3.05%) VPN
4 41 (2.91%) Network Security
5 39 (2.77%) DHCP
6 38 (2.70%) VLAN
7 36 (2.56%) WAN
8 33 (2.34%) TCP/IP
9 26 (1.85%) LAN
10 24 (1.70%) Wireless
11 22 (1.56%) BGP
11 22 (1.56%) Broadband
12 21 (1.49%) HTTP
13 17 (1.21%) Wi-Fi
14 13 (0.92%) SNMP
15 12 (0.85%) Cisco Nexus
16 10 (0.71%) Cisco ASA
16 10 (0.71%) IPsec
16 10 (0.71%) WAAS
16 10 (0.71%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 116 (8.24%) Power BI
2 43 (3.05%) 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 (0.99%) NoSQL
11 14 (0.99%) Semantic Layer
12 13 (0.92%) 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 (4.62%) Git
2 49 (3.48%) JIRA
3 34 (2.41%) 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
9 2 (0.14%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.071%) Claude Code
10 1 (0.071%) Qt Creator
10 1 (0.071%) TestRail
General
1 629 (44.67%) Social Skills
2 369 (26.21%) Finance
3 268 (19.03%) Analytical Skills
4 149 (10.58%) Marketing
5 126 (8.95%) Organisational Skills
6 100 (7.10%) Legal
7 97 (6.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 92 (6.53%) Public Sector
9 87 (6.18%) Aerospace
10 78 (5.54%) Law
11 57 (4.05%) Retail
12 54 (3.84%) Influencing Skills
13 51 (3.62%) Telecoms
14 46 (3.27%) Presentation Skills
15 42 (2.98%) Manufacturing
16 35 (2.49%) Banking
17 33 (2.34%) Electronics
18 28 (1.99%) Advertising
18 28 (1.99%) Local Government
19 20 (1.42%) Billing
Job Titles
1 208 (14.77%) Senior
2 143 (10.16%) Analyst
3 116 (8.24%) Developer
4 100 (7.10%) Lead
5 63 (4.47%) Consultant
6 51 (3.62%) IT Support
6 51 (3.62%) Software Engineer
7 49 (3.48%) Architect
8 47 (3.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 46 (3.27%) Support Engineer
10 45 (3.20%) Systems Engineer
11 42 (2.98%) Delivery Manager
12 41 (2.91%) Senior Manager
13 37 (2.63%) IT Manager
14 33 (2.34%) Business Analyst
15 32 (2.27%) Senior Developer
16 30 (2.13%) IT Analyst
17 28 (1.99%) Cloud Engineer
18 27 (1.92%) Development Manager
18 27 (1.92%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (4.97%) Node.js
2 61 (4.33%) REST
3 44 (3.13%) .NET
4 42 (2.98%) React
5 40 (2.84%) HTML
6 30 (2.13%) CSS
7 28 (1.99%) JSON
8 27 (1.92%) Vue
9 26 (1.85%) XML
10 21 (1.49%) .NET Core
10 21 (1.49%) SOAP
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 (0.99%) AngularJS
15 13 (0.92%) AWS CDK
16 12 (0.85%) Spring
17 11 (0.78%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 88 (6.25%) Onboarding
2 74 (5.26%) Management Information System
3 65 (4.62%) Product Ownership
4 57 (4.05%) Driving Licence
5 53 (3.76%) Cloud Native
6 33 (2.34%) Self-Motivation
7 32 (2.27%) Social Media
8 31 (2.20%) Data Centre
8 31 (2.20%) Public Cloud
9 27 (1.92%) Blog
10 22 (1.56%) Data Structures
10 22 (1.56%) 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 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
14 14 (0.99%) EPoS
15 12 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
15 12 (0.85%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 119 (8.45%) Windows
2 77 (5.47%) Linux
3 50 (3.55%) 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 (34.45%) Problem-Solving
2 376 (26.70%) Continuous Improvement
3 321 (22.80%) Agile
4 206 (14.63%) Decision-Making
5 176 (12.50%) Analytics
6 166 (11.79%) Mentoring
6 166 (11.79%) Roadmaps
7 161 (11.43%) AI
8 154 (10.94%) CI/CD
9 149 (10.58%) Service Delivery
10 131 (9.30%) Customer Service
11 121 (8.59%) Validation
12 119 (8.45%) DevOps
12 119 (8.45%) Project Delivery
13 118 (8.38%) Project Management
14 116 (8.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 114 (8.10%) Collaborative Culture
16 112 (7.95%) Computer Science
17 109 (7.74%) Cybersecurity
18 107 (7.60%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 186 (13.21%) SQL
2 170 (12.07%) Python
3 70 (4.97%) JavaScript
4 69 (4.90%) Java
5 62 (4.40%) C#
6 56 (3.98%) TypeScript
7 42 (2.98%) PowerShell
8 29 (2.06%) C
9 23 (1.63%) PHP
10 21 (1.49%) VBA
11 19 (1.35%) C++
12 16 (1.14%) Bash
13 14 (0.99%) Embedded C
13 14 (0.99%) T-SQL
14 12 (0.85%) ABAP
15 10 (0.71%) MATLAB
16 9 (0.64%) VB
17 8 (0.57%) Bicep
18 6 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
19 5 (0.36%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 253 (17.97%) Degree
2 151 (10.72%) Security Cleared
3 64 (4.55%) SC Cleared
4 57 (4.05%) DV Cleared
5 45 (3.20%) ACCA
6 40 (2.84%) Computer Science Degree
6 40 (2.84%) DBS Check
7 37 (2.63%) CIMA
8 35 (2.49%) CISSP
9 31 (2.20%) BPSS Clearance
10 28 (1.99%) Master's Degree
11 22 (1.56%) PMI Certification
12 21 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
13 20 (1.42%) Cisco Certification
14 18 (1.28%) CCNP
15 17 (1.21%) PMP
16 16 (1.14%) CISM
17 15 (1.07%) HND
18 12 (0.85%) CCIE
19 11 (0.78%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (6.39%) QA
2 79 (5.61%) Data Quality
3 71 (5.04%) Accessibility
4 41 (2.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 36 (2.56%) PMO
6 30 (2.13%) GDPR
7 28 (1.99%) GAAP
8 25 (1.78%) NIST
9 20 (1.42%) Cyber Essentials
10 14 (0.99%) 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 (4.62%) Active Directory
2 34 (2.41%) Docker
3 26 (1.85%) Hyper-V
4 17 (1.21%) Firmware
5 15 (1.07%) VMware Infrastructure
6 13 (0.92%) Embedded Firmware
7 10 (0.71%) 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 59 (4.19%) Kubernetes
2 49 (3.48%) Terraform
3 33 (2.34%) 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
1 311 (22.09%) Microsoft
2 65 (4.62%) Google
3 43 (3.05%) Salesforce
4 39 (2.77%) Cisco
5 34 (2.41%) Oracle
6 30 (2.13%) SAP
7 29 (2.06%) 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 (0.99%) iManage
13 14 (0.99%) SolarWinds
14 13 (0.92%) IBM
15 12 (0.85%) Fortinet
15 12 (0.85%) HubSpot
16 11 (0.78%) Red Hat
17 10 (0.71%) CheckPoint
17 10 (0.71%) Motorola