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 26 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 89 88
Rank change year-on-year -52 -1 +10
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Working 951 1,421 2,066
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.55% 3.32% 3.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.96% 3.57% 3.53%
Number of salaries quoted 602 729 1,529
10th Percentile £28,500 £36,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £46,742 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +17.65% -15.00%
75th Percentile £64,500 £81,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £96,393 £87,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £48,831
% change year-on-year -16.67% +22.87% -18.62%

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 48,545 39,830 58,606
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 78.97% 93.00% 88.20%
Number of salaries quoted 29,808 20,123 46,265
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,875 £29,750
25th Percentile £39,000 £46,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -12.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £103,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,001 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 26 February 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 26 February 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 -54 285 £60,000 -7.69% 122
South East -31 196 £42,500 -32.00% 96
North of England -42 170 £45,000 -10.00% 97
Midlands -36 115 £42,500 -22.73% 58
North West -18 99 £48,750 -11.03% 62
South West -10 79 £47,500 -10.80% 48
East of England -45 68 £55,000 +7.91% 27
West Midlands -35 61 £30,000 -45.45% 38
East Midlands -12 54 £42,500 -12.82% 19
Yorkshire -59 49 £42,500 -10.53% 26
North East -8 22 £47,750 +36.43% 11
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 39 (4.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 32 (3.36%) SharePoint
3 27 (2.84%) Confluence
4 11 (1.16%) WordPress
5 10 (1.05%) IIS
6 8 (0.84%) CMS
7 7 (0.74%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.42%) Apache
8 4 (0.42%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.21%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.21%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.21%) SAS
10 1 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.11%) GeoServer
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 55 (5.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 36 (3.79%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (2.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (1.47%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.84%) Photoshop
6 5 (0.53%) Adobe Premiere
7 4 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.42%) SketchUp
8 3 (0.32%) Trello
9 2 (0.21%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.21%) Simulink
10 1 (0.11%) Acrobat
10 1 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.11%) InDesign
10 1 (0.11%) SmartSuite
Business Applications
1 9 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.53%) Payment Gateway
3 4 (0.42%) Distributed Ledger
3 4 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.42%) Workday HCM
4 2 (0.21%) Oracle Assets
4 2 (0.21%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.21%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.21%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.11%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle BPM
5 1 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.11%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.11%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.11%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.11%) SAP IS-U
5 1 (0.11%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.11%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 214 (22.50%) Azure
2 122 (12.83%) AWS
3 103 (10.83%) Microsoft 365
4 80 (8.41%) Power Platform
5 46 (4.84%) Entra ID
6 44 (4.63%) GCP
7 36 (3.79%) SaaS
8 25 (2.63%) Azure AI
8 25 (2.63%) Vertex AI
9 24 (2.52%) Amazon SageMaker
10 19 (2.00%) Serverless
11 18 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
12 17 (1.79%) Dynamics 365
13 15 (1.58%) GitHub
14 14 (1.47%) AWS CloudFormation
14 14 (1.47%) Azure Machine Learning
14 14 (1.47%) OpenShift
15 13 (1.37%) Google Analytics
16 11 (1.16%) Amazon EKS
16 11 (1.16%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 55 (5.78%) Firewall
2 38 (4.00%) Wireless
3 37 (3.89%) VPN
4 35 (3.68%) DNS
5 33 (3.47%) VLAN
6 30 (3.15%) TCP/IP
7 29 (3.05%) WAN
8 28 (2.94%) DHCP
9 26 (2.73%) LAN
10 25 (2.63%) Network Security
11 18 (1.89%) BGP
12 14 (1.47%) Broadband
13 13 (1.37%) Cisco Nexus
13 13 (1.37%) OSPF
14 12 (1.26%) Cisco ASA
14 12 (1.26%) Cisco Wireless
14 12 (1.26%) EIGRP
14 12 (1.26%) SNMP
14 12 (1.26%) WAAS
14 12 (1.26%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (7.05%) Power BI
2 25 (2.63%) SQL Server
2 25 (2.63%) Tableau
3 18 (1.89%) Looker
4 15 (1.58%) PostgreSQL
5 14 (1.47%) NoSQL
6 12 (1.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 11 (1.16%) Big Data
7 11 (1.16%) MySQL
7 11 (1.16%) Relational Database
8 8 (0.84%) Amazon RDS
8 8 (0.84%) Hadoop
8 8 (0.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 7 (0.74%) BigQuery
9 7 (0.74%) Power Query
10 6 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (0.63%) Metadata
10 6 (0.63%) Oracle Database
11 5 (0.53%) MongoDB
12 4 (0.42%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 43 (4.52%) Git
2 39 (4.10%) JIRA
3 21 (2.21%) Jenkins
4 17 (1.79%) GitLab
5 7 (0.74%) Bitbucket
6 5 (0.53%) Subversion
7 4 (0.42%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 4 (0.42%) Selenium
7 4 (0.42%) TestRail
7 4 (0.42%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.32%) Rational DOORS
9 2 (0.21%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.21%) Postman
9 2 (0.21%) Robot Framework
9 2 (0.21%) Storybook
10 1 (0.11%) Android Studio
10 1 (0.11%) gulp
10 1 (0.11%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.11%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.11%) webpack
General
1 451 (47.42%) Social Skills
2 238 (25.03%) Finance
3 186 (19.56%) Analytical Skills
4 138 (14.51%) Marketing
5 98 (10.30%) Organisational Skills
6 77 (8.10%) Law
7 59 (6.20%) Public Sector
8 58 (6.10%) Telecoms
9 53 (5.57%) Legal
10 48 (5.05%) Aerospace
11 43 (4.52%) Retail
12 40 (4.21%) Banking
13 35 (3.68%) Military
14 33 (3.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 30 (3.15%) Influencing Skills
16 27 (2.84%) Presentation Skills
17 26 (2.73%) Billing
18 25 (2.63%) Pharmaceutical
19 21 (2.21%) Documentation Skills
20 20 (2.10%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 107 (11.25%) Senior
2 102 (10.73%) Analyst
3 69 (7.26%) Developer
4 66 (6.94%) Lead
5 61 (6.41%) IT Support
6 47 (4.94%) Support Engineer
7 46 (4.84%) Architect
8 37 (3.89%) Consultant
9 35 (3.68%) Business Analyst
10 31 (3.26%) Account Manager
10 31 (3.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 31 (3.26%) Systems Engineer
11 28 (2.94%) Senior Manager
12 25 (2.63%) Data Analyst
12 25 (2.63%) Technical Support
13 24 (2.52%) IT Engineer
14 23 (2.42%) Junior
14 23 (2.42%) Support Technician
15 22 (2.31%) Administrator
15 22 (2.31%) Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (5.47%) .NET
2 39 (4.10%) HTML
3 28 (2.94%) React
4 24 (2.52%) .NET Core
5 20 (2.10%) CSS
6 15 (1.58%) RESTful
7 14 (1.47%) Middleware
8 12 (1.26%) AngularJS
9 11 (1.16%) Spring
10 10 (1.05%) Node.js
10 10 (1.05%) OAuth
10 10 (1.05%) REST
10 10 (1.05%) Spring Boot
11 9 (0.95%) ASP.NET
11 9 (0.95%) JSON
11 9 (0.95%) XML
12 8 (0.84%) Kafka
12 8 (0.84%) OpenID
13 7 (0.74%) .NET Framework
13 7 (0.74%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 70 (7.36%) Onboarding
2 51 (5.36%) Self-Motivation
3 48 (5.05%) Management Information System
4 38 (4.00%) Driving Licence
5 34 (3.58%) Social Media
6 30 (3.15%) Product Ownership
7 27 (2.84%) Data Centre
8 23 (2.42%) Life Science
9 22 (2.31%) Cloud Native
10 21 (2.21%) Pharmacovigilance
11 18 (1.89%) Algorithms
11 18 (1.89%) Data Structures
12 14 (1.47%) FMCG
12 14 (1.47%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 12 (1.26%) Blog
13 12 (1.26%) Legacy Systems
14 10 (1.05%) Greenfield Project
14 10 (1.05%) Security Posture
15 9 (0.95%) NHS
15 9 (0.95%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 100 (10.52%) Windows
2 40 (4.21%) Linux
3 36 (3.79%) Windows Server
4 9 (0.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (0.84%) Mac OS
5 8 (0.84%) Unix
5 8 (0.84%) Windows 10
5 8 (0.84%) Windows Server 2012
6 6 (0.63%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.53%) CentOS
7 5 (0.53%) Debian
7 5 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.42%) Android
8 4 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.32%) AIX
9 3 (0.32%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.32%) Windows 7
10 2 (0.21%) FreeRTOS
11 1 (0.11%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 281 (29.55%) Problem-Solving
2 227 (23.87%) Agile
3 181 (19.03%) Continuous Improvement
4 124 (13.04%) Analytics
5 104 (10.94%) AI
6 95 (9.99%) Computer Science
7 93 (9.78%) Decision-Making
8 88 (9.25%) Service Delivery
9 85 (8.94%) DevOps
10 84 (8.83%) Mentoring
11 80 (8.41%) Cybersecurity
12 78 (8.20%) Project Delivery
13 77 (8.10%) Coaching
14 76 (7.99%) Project Management
15 75 (7.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 73 (7.68%) Business Intelligence
17 71 (7.47%) CRM
18 68 (7.15%) Collaborative Culture
18 68 (7.15%) Customer Service
19 67 (7.05%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 109 (11.46%) Python
2 90 (9.46%) SQL
3 51 (5.36%) PowerShell
4 45 (4.73%) C#
5 44 (4.63%) Java
6 37 (3.89%) JavaScript
7 17 (1.79%) Bash
8 14 (1.47%) TypeScript
9 10 (1.05%) C++
9 10 (1.05%) VBA
10 9 (0.95%) T-SQL
11 6 (0.63%) Go
11 6 (0.63%) Scala
11 6 (0.63%) VB.NET
12 5 (0.53%) PHP
13 4 (0.42%) Bicep
13 4 (0.42%) VB
13 4 (0.42%) VBScript
14 3 (0.32%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.32%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 199 (20.93%) Degree
2 117 (12.30%) Security Cleared
3 59 (6.20%) SC Cleared
4 51 (5.36%) Computer Science Degree
5 46 (4.84%) DV Cleared
6 37 (3.89%) DBS Check
7 35 (3.68%) Master's Degree
8 30 (3.15%) CISSP
9 26 (2.73%) BPSS Clearance
10 20 (2.10%) Cisco Certification
10 20 (2.10%) Microsoft Certification
11 16 (1.68%) PMI Certification
12 15 (1.58%) CISM
13 14 (1.47%) CCIE
13 14 (1.47%) CCNP
13 14 (1.47%) PMP
14 12 (1.26%) HND
15 10 (1.05%) CRISC
16 9 (0.95%) ACCA
16 9 (0.95%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (7.26%) QA
2 54 (5.68%) Data Quality
3 45 (4.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 43 (4.52%) Accessibility
5 42 (4.42%) GDPR
6 23 (2.42%) EU AI Act
6 23 (2.42%) PMO
7 21 (2.21%) HIPAA
7 21 (2.21%) NIST
7 21 (2.21%) PSD2
7 21 (2.21%) Solvency II
8 15 (1.58%) Cyber Essentials
9 14 (1.47%) SLA
10 9 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 15288
11 8 (0.84%) JSP 440
12 7 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 7 (0.74%) GRC
13 5 (0.53%) ARP4761
13 5 (0.53%) ISO 9001
14 4 (0.42%) NIST 800
System Software
1 80 (8.41%) Active Directory
2 26 (2.73%) Docker
3 24 (2.52%) Hyper-V
4 21 (2.21%) VMware Infrastructure
5 12 (1.26%) ProxySG
6 6 (0.63%) Firmware
6 6 (0.63%) Virtual Desktop
7 5 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.32%) vSphere
9 2 (0.21%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.11%) Apache ZooKeeper
10 1 (0.11%) KVM
10 1 (0.11%) pfSense
10 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.11%) XenApp
10 1 (0.11%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 50 (5.26%) Kubernetes
2 37 (3.89%) Terraform
3 25 (2.63%) Microsoft Intune
4 24 (2.52%) Ansible
5 11 (1.16%) Puppet
6 9 (0.95%) SCCM
7 8 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (0.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 6 (0.63%) Argo
9 6 (0.63%) Grafana
10 5 (0.53%) FortiGate
10 5 (0.53%) Progress Chef
10 5 (0.53%) Rancher
10 5 (0.53%) yum
11 4 (0.42%) Backup Exec
11 4 (0.42%) Prometheus
12 3 (0.32%) cPanel
12 3 (0.32%) Netcool
12 3 (0.32%) Plesk
13 2 (0.21%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 195 (20.50%) Microsoft
2 59 (6.20%) Google
3 36 (3.79%) Cisco
4 34 (3.58%) Salesforce
5 31 (3.26%) VMware
6 22 (2.31%) ServiceNow
7 19 (2.00%) SAP
8 18 (1.89%) Oracle
9 15 (1.58%) Adobe
9 15 (1.58%) SolarWinds
10 13 (1.37%) Infoblox
11 12 (1.26%) Blue Coat
11 12 (1.26%) CheckPoint
11 12 (1.26%) F5
11 12 (1.26%) Motorola
12 11 (1.16%) Red Hat
13 10 (1.05%) Veeam
14 8 (0.84%) IBM
15 7 (0.74%) HP
15 7 (0.74%) Remedy