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

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 95 104
Rank change year-on-year +22 +9 -6
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Working 2,290 1,318 1,506
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.20% 3.08% 2.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.98% 3.47% 2.85%
Number of salaries quoted 1,382 642 720
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,070 £32,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £50,000 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% -11.50% +2.73%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £48,493 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.02% -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 76,889 38,006 52,896
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.85% 88.89% 82.67%
Number of salaries quoted 53,783 21,806 28,108
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,750 £36,250 £44,738
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.32%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £79,225
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 13 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 13 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 +107 540 £44,000 -2.22% 186
South East +17 487 £47,500 +36.69% 155
London -23 462 £65,000 - 564
South West +23 312 £57,500 -8.00% 86
North West +86 309 £44,000 -2.22% 96
Midlands +9 298 £42,500 - 116
West Midlands -14 182 £44,621 +11.55% 79
East of England -27 164 £47,500 +21.79% 71
Yorkshire +67 145 £41,982 -30.03% 67
East Midlands +25 115 £40,000 -5.88% 37
North East -17 86 £57,500 +98.28% 27
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 94 (4.10%) SharePoint
2 49 (2.14%) Microsoft Exchange
3 28 (1.22%) Confluence
4 19 (0.83%) Apache Spark
5 15 (0.66%) CMS
6 13 (0.57%) WordPress
7 11 (0.48%) Apache
8 6 (0.26%) nginx
9 4 (0.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.13%) Office Communications Server
10 3 (0.13%) WebLogic
11 2 (0.087%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.087%) Drupal
11 2 (0.087%) IIS
11 2 (0.087%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.087%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.087%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.087%) SAS
11 2 (0.087%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 183 (7.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 175 (7.64%) Microsoft Office
3 28 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 24 (1.05%) Revit
5 17 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
6 16 (0.70%) AutoCAD
7 11 (0.48%) Simulink
8 10 (0.44%) Navisworks
9 9 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
9 9 (0.39%) Photoshop
10 8 (0.35%) Adobe Illustrator
10 8 (0.35%) InDesign
11 6 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 5 (0.22%) MS Visio
12 5 (0.22%) Stateflow
13 4 (0.17%) Adobe Premiere
13 4 (0.17%) CapCut
13 4 (0.17%) Chatbot
13 4 (0.17%) ProjectWise
14 3 (0.13%) Blender
Business Applications
1 21 (0.92%) NetSuite
2 14 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
4 6 (0.26%) Exchequer
5 5 (0.22%) SAP CRM
6 3 (0.13%) Shopify
6 3 (0.13%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.087%) Academy Housing
7 2 (0.087%) Maximo
7 2 (0.087%) Odoo
7 2 (0.087%) Oracle Applications
7 2 (0.087%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.087%) Oracle EBS R12
7 2 (0.087%) Sage 200
7 2 (0.087%) SAP BPC
7 2 (0.087%) Siebel CRM
7 2 (0.087%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.044%) Primavera
8 1 (0.044%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 275 (12.01%) Azure
2 218 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
3 194 (8.47%) AWS
4 180 (7.86%) Power Platform
5 102 (4.45%) SaaS
6 62 (2.71%) Entra ID
7 59 (2.58%) GCP
8 53 (2.31%) Azure DevOps
9 40 (1.75%) Serverless
10 38 (1.66%) GitHub
11 31 (1.35%) AWS CloudFormation
11 31 (1.35%) OneDrive
12 30 (1.31%) Power Automate
13 27 (1.18%) Microsoft Copilot
14 24 (1.05%) Dynamics 365
15 22 (0.96%) Google Analytics
15 22 (0.96%) PowerApps
16 21 (0.92%) OCI
17 20 (0.87%) Copilot Studio
17 20 (0.87%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 74 (3.23%) Firewall
2 72 (3.14%) DNS
3 55 (2.40%) DHCP
4 46 (2.01%) TCP/IP
5 44 (1.92%) VPN
6 37 (1.62%) Network Security
7 32 (1.40%) VLAN
8 29 (1.27%) WAN
9 27 (1.18%) HTTP
10 25 (1.09%) Wi-Fi
11 24 (1.05%) Wireless
12 19 (0.83%) LAN
13 14 (0.61%) Broadband
13 14 (0.61%) Internet
14 13 (0.57%) BGP
15 11 (0.48%) SD-WAN
16 10 (0.44%) VoIP
17 9 (0.39%) Remote Desktop
18 8 (0.35%) SNMP
18 8 (0.35%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 146 (6.38%) Power BI
2 65 (2.84%) SQL Server
3 48 (2.10%) Relational Database
4 28 (1.22%) Redis
5 21 (0.92%) Data Warehouse
5 21 (0.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 19 (0.83%) Big Data
6 19 (0.83%) BigQuery
6 19 (0.83%) Metadata
6 19 (0.83%) PostgreSQL
6 19 (0.83%) Power Query
7 15 (0.66%) MySQL
7 15 (0.66%) Semantic Layer
7 15 (0.66%) Tableau
8 14 (0.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 13 (0.57%) Hadoop
10 12 (0.52%) MongoDB
11 11 (0.48%) NoSQL
12 10 (0.44%) GIS
13 8 (0.35%) EDMS
Development Applications
1 91 (3.97%) Git
2 72 (3.14%) JIRA
3 36 (1.57%) Jenkins
4 27 (1.18%) GitLab
5 11 (0.48%) Rational DOORS
6 7 (0.31%) Visual Studio Code
7 5 (0.22%) Bitbucket
7 5 (0.22%) Cucumber
7 5 (0.22%) LabVIEW
7 5 (0.22%) MSI
7 5 (0.22%) Vite
8 4 (0.17%) Claude Code
8 4 (0.17%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.17%) Gatling
8 4 (0.17%) Maven
8 4 (0.17%) Storybook
8 4 (0.17%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.13%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 3 (0.13%) Mercurial
9 3 (0.13%) TeamCity
General
1 1,049 (45.81%) Social Skills
2 450 (19.65%) Finance
3 393 (17.16%) Analytical Skills
4 292 (12.75%) Organisational Skills
5 186 (8.12%) Marketing
6 185 (8.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 168 (7.34%) Public Sector
8 147 (6.42%) Aerospace
9 132 (5.76%) Manufacturing
10 114 (4.98%) Legal
11 100 (4.37%) Presentation Skills
12 97 (4.24%) Retail
13 94 (4.10%) Electronics
14 89 (3.89%) Law
15 69 (3.01%) Influencing Skills
16 66 (2.88%) Telecoms
17 43 (1.88%) Banking
17 43 (1.88%) Military
18 39 (1.70%) Local Government
19 30 (1.31%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 261 (11.40%) Senior
2 194 (8.47%) Developer
3 191 (8.34%) Analyst
4 174 (7.60%) Lead
5 99 (4.32%) Software Engineer
6 88 (3.84%) Cloud Engineer
7 85 (3.71%) IT Support
8 74 (3.23%) Security Engineer
9 65 (2.84%) Architect
10 62 (2.71%) Support Analyst
11 61 (2.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 59 (2.58%) Administrator
13 54 (2.36%) IT Manager
14 52 (2.27%) Software Developer
15 51 (2.23%) Development Manager
16 50 (2.18%) Support Engineer
17 49 (2.14%) Business Manager
18 48 (2.10%) Business Development Manager
18 48 (2.10%) Coordinator
19 44 (1.92%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 92 (4.02%) Node.js
2 79 (3.45%) REST
3 65 (2.84%) HTML
3 65 (2.84%) Terraform
4 50 (2.18%) CSS
5 48 (2.10%) .NET
6 37 (1.62%) React
7 29 (1.27%) Vue
8 28 (1.22%) AngularJS
9 27 (1.18%) Middleware
10 25 (1.09%) RESTful
11 23 (1.00%) Kafka
12 19 (0.83%) Spring
13 18 (0.79%) SOAP
13 18 (0.79%) Spring Boot
14 17 (0.74%) EDI
14 17 (0.74%) JSON
15 16 (0.70%) HTML5
16 14 (0.61%) .NET Framework
16 14 (0.61%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 147 (6.42%) Driving Licence
2 144 (6.29%) Management Information System
2 144 (6.29%) Onboarding
3 100 (4.37%) Self-Motivation
4 71 (3.10%) Product Ownership
5 58 (2.53%) Cloud Native
5 58 (2.53%) Social Media
6 35 (1.53%) Enterprise Software
7 30 (1.31%) Public Cloud
8 28 (1.22%) Algorithms
9 25 (1.09%) Analogue Electronics
10 23 (1.00%) NHS
11 21 (0.92%) Blog
12 19 (0.83%) FMCG
12 19 (0.83%) Robotics
13 18 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
13 18 (0.79%) Data Centre
14 17 (0.74%) Security Posture
15 16 (0.70%) Embedded Systems
15 16 (0.70%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 150 (6.55%) Windows
2 84 (3.67%) Linux
3 62 (2.71%) Windows Server
4 15 (0.66%) Unix
4 15 (0.66%) Windows 10
5 12 (0.52%) macOS
6 11 (0.48%) Android
7 9 (0.39%) Ubuntu
8 8 (0.35%) CentOS
8 8 (0.35%) Debian
8 8 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 7 (0.31%) FreeRTOS
10 5 (0.22%) Apple iOS
11 3 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
11 3 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.087%) Rocky
13 1 (0.044%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 704 (30.74%) Problem-Solving
2 670 (29.26%) Continuous Improvement
3 413 (18.03%) Agile
4 303 (13.23%) Decision-Making
5 284 (12.40%) Customer Service
6 273 (11.92%) Stakeholder Management
7 267 (11.66%) AI
8 264 (11.53%) Cyber Intelligence
9 218 (9.52%) Analytics
10 217 (9.48%) Mentoring
11 215 (9.39%) CRM
12 213 (9.30%) CI/CD
12 213 (9.30%) Project Delivery
13 197 (8.60%) Service Delivery
14 185 (8.08%) Software Engineering
15 175 (7.64%) Collaborative Culture
16 174 (7.60%) Validation
17 164 (7.16%) Roadmaps
18 162 (7.07%) Project Management
19 159 (6.94%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 234 (10.22%) SQL
2 191 (8.34%) Python
3 127 (5.55%) JavaScript
4 82 (3.58%) Java
5 75 (3.28%) TypeScript
6 65 (2.84%) C#
7 58 (2.53%) C
8 49 (2.14%) PowerShell
9 26 (1.14%) PHP
10 25 (1.09%) C++
11 20 (0.87%) VBA
12 18 (0.79%) ABAP
12 18 (0.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 17 (0.74%) Bash
13 17 (0.74%) Embedded C
14 15 (0.66%) MATLAB
15 10 (0.44%) Bicep
16 8 (0.35%) R
17 6 (0.26%) Kotlin
17 6 (0.26%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 334 (14.59%) Degree
2 261 (11.40%) Security Cleared
3 135 (5.90%) SC Cleared
4 77 (3.36%) DBS Check
4 77 (3.36%) DV Cleared
5 50 (2.18%) Computer Science Degree
6 43 (1.88%) BPSS Clearance
7 38 (1.66%) HNC
8 35 (1.53%) Master's Degree
9 34 (1.48%) ACCA
10 33 (1.44%) HND
11 29 (1.27%) CIMA
12 21 (0.92%) CISSP
12 21 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
13 20 (0.87%) Chartered Engineer
14 17 (0.74%) Azure Certification
15 15 (0.66%) CISM
16 14 (0.61%) NVQ Level 3
17 13 (0.57%) PMI Certification
18 12 (0.52%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 156 (6.81%) QA
2 119 (5.20%) Data Quality
3 110 (4.80%) Accessibility
4 79 (3.45%) GDPR
5 36 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 32 (1.40%) Cyber Essentials
7 28 (1.22%) PMO
8 25 (1.09%) SLA
9 20 (0.87%) NIST
10 19 (0.83%) GAAP
11 17 (0.74%) WCAG
12 13 (0.57%) ISO 9001
13 12 (0.52%) Good Clinical Practice
14 11 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 11 (0.48%) ISO 19650
14 11 (0.48%) NCSC
15 9 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
16 8 (0.35%) PCI DSS
17 6 (0.26%) Def Stans
17 6 (0.26%) PERC
System Software
1 98 (4.28%) Active Directory
2 47 (2.05%) Docker
3 30 (1.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 29 (1.27%) Hyper-V
5 27 (1.18%) Firmware
6 15 (0.66%) Embedded Firmware
7 6 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (0.22%) ClearTrust
9 3 (0.13%) DFS Replication
10 1 (0.044%) KVM
10 1 (0.044%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.044%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.044%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 70 (3.06%) Kubernetes
2 55 (2.40%) Microsoft Intune
3 40 (1.75%) Ansible
4 14 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
5 11 (0.48%) Puppet
6 9 (0.39%) Grafana
7 7 (0.31%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.31%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 6 (0.26%) Hadoop YARN
8 6 (0.26%) SCCM
9 5 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (0.17%) FortiGate
11 3 (0.13%) BMC PATROL
11 3 (0.13%) Control-M
11 3 (0.13%) EMC NetWorker
11 3 (0.13%) Oracle RMAN
11 3 (0.13%) WhatsUp Gold
12 2 (0.087%) Nessus
12 2 (0.087%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 2 (0.087%) Plesk
Vendors
1 528 (23.06%) Microsoft
2 71 (3.10%) Google
3 60 (2.62%) Salesforce
4 50 (2.18%) Oracle
5 49 (2.14%) SAP
6 39 (1.70%) VMware
7 36 (1.57%) Cisco
8 35 (1.53%) ServiceNow
9 33 (1.44%) Sage
10 30 (1.31%) YouTube
11 29 (1.27%) Databricks
12 24 (1.05%) Adobe
13 21 (0.92%) HubSpot
14 15 (0.66%) Civica
14 15 (0.66%) Fortinet
15 14 (0.61%) iManage
15 14 (0.61%) Palo Alto
16 13 (0.57%) Thales
17 12 (0.52%) Red Hat
17 12 (0.52%) Zscaler