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

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 99 107
Rank change year-on-year +24 +8 -6
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Working 2,231 1,337 1,525
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.15% 3.08% 2.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.92% 3.46% 2.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1,359 644 731
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £55,655
Median % change year-on-year - -10.16% +1.19%
75th Percentile £68,750 £68,750 £79,972
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £49,362 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.28% -9.09% +10.00%

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 76,345 38,619 53,704
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.62% 89.01% 82.66%
Number of salaries quoted 53,555 21,921 28,813
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,681 £36,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.64%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% 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 9 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 9 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 +103 532 £44,000 -2.22% 373
South East +15 468 £47,500 +26.67% 348
London -25 448 £65,000 - 1,048
North West +95 309 £44,500 -1.11% 181
South West +20 307 £57,500 -8.00% 169
Midlands +13 296 £42,500 - 230
West Midlands -7 183 £43,371 +8.43% 155
East of England -29 153 £47,500 +21.79% 162
Yorkshire +64 143 £42,500 -29.17% 134
East Midlands +18 112 £40,000 -5.88% 75
North East -14 80 £57,500 +98.28% 60
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 91 (4.08%) SharePoint
2 48 (2.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 26 (1.17%) Confluence
4 20 (0.90%) Apache Spark
5 15 (0.67%) CMS
6 12 (0.54%) WordPress
7 11 (0.49%) Apache
8 5 (0.22%) nginx
9 4 (0.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.13%) WebLogic
11 2 (0.090%) Drupal
11 2 (0.090%) IIS
11 2 (0.090%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.090%) Luigi
11 2 (0.090%) Office Communications Server
11 2 (0.090%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.090%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.090%) Palantir Foundry
11 2 (0.090%) SAS
Applications
1 172 (7.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 169 (7.58%) Microsoft Office
3 28 (1.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 23 (1.03%) Revit
5 15 (0.67%) AutoCAD
5 15 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
6 11 (0.49%) Simulink
7 10 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
7 10 (0.45%) Photoshop
8 9 (0.40%) Adobe Illustrator
8 9 (0.40%) InDesign
8 9 (0.40%) Navisworks
9 6 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 5 (0.22%) Stateflow
11 4 (0.18%) Adobe Premiere
11 4 (0.18%) CapCut
11 4 (0.18%) MS Visio
11 4 (0.18%) ProjectWise
12 3 (0.13%) Blender
12 3 (0.13%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 21 (0.94%) NetSuite
2 14 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
3 12 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
4 6 (0.27%) Exchequer
5 5 (0.22%) SAP CRM
6 3 (0.13%) Shopify
6 3 (0.13%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.090%) Academy Housing
7 2 (0.090%) Maximo
7 2 (0.090%) Oracle Applications
7 2 (0.090%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.090%) Oracle EBS R12
7 2 (0.090%) Sage 200
7 2 (0.090%) SAP BPC
7 2 (0.090%) Siebel CRM
8 1 (0.045%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.045%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.045%) SAP PM
8 1 (0.045%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 272 (12.19%) Azure
2 212 (9.50%) Microsoft 365
3 190 (8.52%) AWS
4 175 (7.84%) Power Platform
5 98 (4.39%) SaaS
6 61 (2.73%) Entra ID
7 60 (2.69%) GCP
8 56 (2.51%) Azure DevOps
9 41 (1.84%) Serverless
10 39 (1.75%) GitHub
11 32 (1.43%) AWS CloudFormation
12 30 (1.34%) OneDrive
13 29 (1.30%) Power Automate
14 26 (1.17%) Microsoft Copilot
15 25 (1.12%) Dynamics 365
16 22 (0.99%) Google Analytics
16 22 (0.99%) OCI
17 21 (0.94%) PowerApps
18 20 (0.90%) AWS Lambda
18 20 (0.90%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 74 (3.32%) Firewall
2 70 (3.14%) DNS
3 53 (2.38%) DHCP
4 45 (2.02%) TCP/IP
5 44 (1.97%) VPN
6 36 (1.61%) Network Security
7 31 (1.39%) VLAN
8 29 (1.30%) WAN
9 26 (1.17%) HTTP
10 24 (1.08%) Wi-Fi
11 21 (0.94%) Wireless
12 19 (0.85%) LAN
13 14 (0.63%) Broadband
14 13 (0.58%) BGP
14 13 (0.58%) Internet
15 11 (0.49%) SD-WAN
16 10 (0.45%) VoIP
17 8 (0.36%) AMQP
17 8 (0.36%) Remote Desktop
17 8 (0.36%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 143 (6.41%) Power BI
2 62 (2.78%) SQL Server
3 47 (2.11%) Relational Database
4 26 (1.17%) Redis
5 23 (1.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 20 (0.90%) BigQuery
7 19 (0.85%) Big Data
7 19 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
7 19 (0.85%) Metadata
8 18 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
9 17 (0.76%) Power Query
10 15 (0.67%) MySQL
10 15 (0.67%) Semantic Layer
10 15 (0.67%) Tableau
11 14 (0.63%) Hadoop
11 14 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 11 (0.49%) MongoDB
12 11 (0.49%) NoSQL
13 9 (0.40%) GIS
14 8 (0.36%) EDMS
Development Applications
1 91 (4.08%) Git
2 73 (3.27%) JIRA
3 34 (1.52%) Jenkins
4 25 (1.12%) GitLab
5 10 (0.45%) Rational DOORS
6 7 (0.31%) Visual Studio Code
7 6 (0.27%) Bitbucket
8 5 (0.22%) LabVIEW
8 5 (0.22%) MSI
8 5 (0.22%) Vite
9 4 (0.18%) Cucumber
9 4 (0.18%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.18%) Maven
9 4 (0.18%) Storybook
10 3 (0.13%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 3 (0.13%) Claude Code
10 3 (0.13%) Gatling
10 3 (0.13%) Mercurial
10 3 (0.13%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.13%) TeamCity
General
1 1,018 (45.63%) Social Skills
2 441 (19.77%) Finance
3 381 (17.08%) Analytical Skills
4 280 (12.55%) Organisational Skills
5 189 (8.47%) Marketing
6 180 (8.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 168 (7.53%) Public Sector
8 148 (6.63%) Aerospace
9 124 (5.56%) Manufacturing
10 113 (5.06%) Legal
11 97 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
12 96 (4.30%) Retail
13 90 (4.03%) Law
14 89 (3.99%) Electronics
15 68 (3.05%) Influencing Skills
16 65 (2.91%) Telecoms
17 42 (1.88%) Banking
17 42 (1.88%) Military
18 39 (1.75%) Local Government
19 31 (1.39%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 260 (11.65%) Senior
2 187 (8.38%) Analyst
3 186 (8.34%) Developer
4 167 (7.49%) Lead
5 97 (4.35%) Software Engineer
6 86 (3.85%) Cloud Engineer
7 80 (3.59%) IT Support
8 72 (3.23%) Security Engineer
9 62 (2.78%) Architect
10 61 (2.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 59 (2.64%) Support Analyst
12 57 (2.55%) Administrator
13 54 (2.42%) IT Manager
14 50 (2.24%) Development Manager
15 49 (2.20%) Support Engineer
16 47 (2.11%) Business Development Manager
16 47 (2.11%) Business Manager
17 46 (2.06%) Coordinator
18 45 (2.02%) Consultant
18 45 (2.02%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 92 (4.12%) Node.js
2 79 (3.54%) REST
3 65 (2.91%) Terraform
4 63 (2.82%) HTML
5 48 (2.15%) CSS
6 47 (2.11%) .NET
7 39 (1.75%) React
8 28 (1.26%) AngularJS
8 28 (1.26%) Middleware
9 27 (1.21%) Vue
10 25 (1.12%) RESTful
11 22 (0.99%) Kafka
12 19 (0.85%) EDI
12 19 (0.85%) JSON
12 19 (0.85%) SOAP
12 19 (0.85%) Spring
13 18 (0.81%) Spring Boot
14 15 (0.67%) HTML5
15 14 (0.63%) OAuth
16 13 (0.58%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 143 (6.41%) Onboarding
2 142 (6.36%) Driving Licence
3 138 (6.19%) Management Information System
4 96 (4.30%) Self-Motivation
5 71 (3.18%) Product Ownership
6 59 (2.64%) Cloud Native
7 56 (2.51%) Social Media
8 34 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
9 28 (1.26%) Public Cloud
10 25 (1.12%) Algorithms
11 24 (1.08%) Analogue Electronics
12 23 (1.03%) NHS
13 20 (0.90%) Blog
14 18 (0.81%) Analytical Mindset
15 17 (0.76%) Data Centre
15 17 (0.76%) FMCG
15 17 (0.76%) Robotics
16 16 (0.72%) Data Structures
16 16 (0.72%) Security Posture
17 15 (0.67%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 144 (6.45%) Windows
2 85 (3.81%) Linux
3 59 (2.64%) Windows Server
4 15 (0.67%) Unix
4 15 (0.67%) Windows 10
5 12 (0.54%) Mac OS
6 10 (0.45%) Android
6 10 (0.45%) Ubuntu
7 9 (0.40%) CentOS
7 9 (0.40%) Debian
7 9 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (0.31%) FreeRTOS
9 5 (0.22%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.090%) Rocky
10 2 (0.090%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.090%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.045%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 683 (30.61%) Problem-Solving
2 656 (29.40%) Continuous Improvement
3 410 (18.38%) Agile
4 296 (13.27%) Decision-Making
5 277 (12.42%) Customer Service
6 268 (12.01%) Stakeholder Management
7 258 (11.56%) AI
8 256 (11.47%) Cyber Intelligence
9 219 (9.82%) Mentoring
10 216 (9.68%) Analytics
11 215 (9.64%) CRM
12 212 (9.50%) Project Delivery
13 210 (9.41%) CI/CD
14 193 (8.65%) Service Delivery
15 181 (8.11%) Software Engineering
16 170 (7.62%) Collaborative Culture
17 169 (7.58%) Validation
18 163 (7.31%) Roadmaps
19 160 (7.17%) Project Management
20 157 (7.04%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 230 (10.31%) SQL
2 188 (8.43%) Python
3 124 (5.56%) JavaScript
4 81 (3.63%) Java
5 74 (3.32%) TypeScript
6 64 (2.87%) C#
7 58 (2.60%) C
8 48 (2.15%) PowerShell
9 26 (1.17%) PHP
10 25 (1.12%) C++
11 20 (0.90%) VBA
12 18 (0.81%) ABAP
12 18 (0.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 17 (0.76%) Embedded C
14 16 (0.72%) Bash
15 15 (0.67%) MATLAB
16 10 (0.45%) Bicep
17 8 (0.36%) R
18 6 (0.27%) Kotlin
18 6 (0.27%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 327 (14.66%) Degree
2 255 (11.43%) Security Cleared
3 127 (5.69%) SC Cleared
4 80 (3.59%) DV Cleared
5 74 (3.32%) DBS Check
6 48 (2.15%) Computer Science Degree
7 41 (1.84%) BPSS Clearance
8 36 (1.61%) HNC
9 34 (1.52%) ACCA
10 32 (1.43%) Master's Degree
11 31 (1.39%) HND
12 29 (1.30%) CIMA
13 21 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
14 20 (0.90%) Chartered Engineer
14 20 (0.90%) CISSP
15 15 (0.67%) PMI Certification
16 14 (0.63%) CISM
17 13 (0.58%) Azure Certification
17 13 (0.58%) NVQ Level 3
18 12 (0.54%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 148 (6.63%) QA
2 114 (5.11%) Data Quality
3 108 (4.84%) Accessibility
4 77 (3.45%) GDPR
5 34 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 32 (1.43%) Cyber Essentials
7 29 (1.30%) PMO
8 24 (1.08%) SLA
9 19 (0.85%) GAAP
9 19 (0.85%) NIST
10 17 (0.76%) WCAG
11 12 (0.54%) Good Clinical Practice
11 12 (0.54%) ISO 9001
12 11 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 9 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
13 9 (0.40%) ISO 19650
13 9 (0.40%) NCSC
14 8 (0.36%) PCI DSS
15 7 (0.31%) TickIT
16 6 (0.27%) PERC
System Software
1 93 (4.17%) Active Directory
2 45 (2.02%) Docker
3 30 (1.34%) VMware Infrastructure
4 28 (1.26%) Hyper-V
5 27 (1.21%) Firmware
6 15 (0.67%) Embedded Firmware
7 5 (0.22%) ClearTrust
7 5 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.090%) DFS Replication
9 1 (0.045%) KVM
9 1 (0.045%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.045%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.045%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.045%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 69 (3.09%) Kubernetes
2 54 (2.42%) Microsoft Intune
3 41 (1.84%) Ansible
4 13 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
5 12 (0.54%) Puppet
6 8 (0.36%) Grafana
7 7 (0.31%) Prometheus
8 6 (0.27%) Hadoop YARN
8 6 (0.27%) SCCM
8 6 (0.27%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 5 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (0.13%) BMC PATROL
10 3 (0.13%) Control-M
10 3 (0.13%) EMC NetWorker
10 3 (0.13%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.13%) Oracle RMAN
10 3 (0.13%) WhatsUp Gold
11 2 (0.090%) Nessus
11 2 (0.090%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 2 (0.090%) Plesk
Vendors
1 512 (22.95%) Microsoft
2 70 (3.14%) Google
3 62 (2.78%) Salesforce
4 50 (2.24%) Oracle
5 48 (2.15%) SAP
6 39 (1.75%) VMware
7 37 (1.66%) Cisco
8 35 (1.57%) ServiceNow
9 33 (1.48%) Sage
10 30 (1.34%) Databricks
10 30 (1.34%) YouTube
11 25 (1.12%) Adobe
12 21 (0.94%) HubSpot
13 15 (0.67%) Civica
13 15 (0.67%) Fortinet
14 14 (0.63%) iManage
14 14 (0.63%) Palo Alto
15 13 (0.58%) Red Hat
16 12 (0.54%) Juniper
17 11 (0.49%) Thales