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

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 98 106
Rank change year-on-year +26 +8 -11
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Working 2,305 1,316 1,504
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.21% 3.07% 2.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.99% 3.45% 2.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1,391 641 717
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,035 £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 77,161 38,103 52,631
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.86% 88.89% 82.65%
Number of salaries quoted 53,955 21,888 28,045
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,413 £33,000
25th Percentile £41,750 £36,250 £45,000
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 £75,246 £79,600
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 14 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 14 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 +103 544 £44,000 -2.22% 205
South East +14 493 £47,500 +36.69% 170
London -18 465 £65,000 - 567
South West +29 312 £57,500 -8.00% 85
North West +93 310 £44,000 -2.22% 110
Midlands +8 299 £42,500 - 120
West Midlands -12 183 £45,000 +12.50% 85
East of England -29 165 £47,500 +21.79% 74
Yorkshire +69 146 £41,982 -30.03% 70
East Midlands +18 115 £40,000 -5.88% 35
North East -17 88 £57,500 +98.28% 29
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 96 (4.16%) SharePoint
2 49 (2.13%) Microsoft Exchange
3 28 (1.21%) Confluence
4 19 (0.82%) Apache Spark
5 15 (0.65%) CMS
6 13 (0.56%) 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%) Luigi
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
1 186 (8.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 175 (7.59%) Microsoft Office
3 28 (1.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 24 (1.04%) Revit
5 18 (0.78%) Spreadsheet
6 16 (0.69%) AutoCAD
7 11 (0.48%) Simulink
8 10 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
8 10 (0.43%) Navisworks
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%) Chatbot
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%) ProjectWise
14 3 (0.13%) Civil 3D
Business Applications
1 21 (0.91%) 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 (0.043%) FastStats
8 1 (0.043%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 275 (11.93%) Azure
2 221 (9.59%) Microsoft 365
3 194 (8.42%) AWS
4 183 (7.94%) Power Platform
5 103 (4.47%) SaaS
6 62 (2.69%) Entra ID
7 59 (2.56%) GCP
8 53 (2.30%) Azure DevOps
9 40 (1.74%) Serverless
10 38 (1.65%) GitHub
11 32 (1.39%) AWS CloudFormation
11 32 (1.39%) OneDrive
12 31 (1.34%) Power Automate
13 30 (1.30%) Microsoft Copilot
14 24 (1.04%) Dynamics 365
15 23 (1.00%) PowerApps
16 22 (0.95%) Copilot Studio
16 22 (0.95%) Google Analytics
17 21 (0.91%) OCI
18 20 (0.87%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 74 (3.21%) Firewall
2 72 (3.12%) DNS
3 55 (2.39%) DHCP
4 46 (2.00%) TCP/IP
5 44 (1.91%) VPN
6 37 (1.61%) Network Security
7 32 (1.39%) VLAN
8 29 (1.26%) WAN
9 27 (1.17%) HTTP
10 25 (1.08%) Wi-Fi
11 24 (1.04%) Wireless
12 19 (0.82%) LAN
13 14 (0.61%) Broadband
13 14 (0.61%) Internet
14 13 (0.56%) BGP
15 11 (0.48%) SD-WAN
16 10 (0.43%) VoIP
17 9 (0.39%) Remote Desktop
18 8 (0.35%) Ethernet
18 8 (0.35%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 146 (6.33%) Power BI
2 65 (2.82%) SQL Server
3 48 (2.08%) Relational Database
4 29 (1.26%) Redis
5 21 (0.91%) Data Warehouse
5 21 (0.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 19 (0.82%) Big Data
6 19 (0.82%) BigQuery
6 19 (0.82%) Metadata
6 19 (0.82%) PostgreSQL
6 19 (0.82%) Power Query
7 15 (0.65%) MySQL
7 15 (0.65%) Semantic Layer
7 15 (0.65%) Tableau
8 14 (0.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 13 (0.56%) Hadoop
10 12 (0.52%) MongoDB
11 11 (0.48%) NoSQL
12 10 (0.43%) GIS
13 8 (0.35%) EDMS
Development Applications
1 91 (3.95%) Git
2 72 (3.12%) JIRA
3 36 (1.56%) Jenkins
4 27 (1.17%) GitLab
5 11 (0.48%) Rational DOORS
6 7 (0.30%) Visual Studio Code
7 5 (0.22%) Bitbucket
7 5 (0.22%) Claude Code
7 5 (0.22%) Cucumber
7 5 (0.22%) LabVIEW
7 5 (0.22%) MSI
7 5 (0.22%) Vite
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%) Mercurial
9 3 (0.13%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.13%) TeamCity
General
1 1,059 (45.94%) Social Skills
2 454 (19.70%) Finance
3 394 (17.09%) Analytical Skills
4 295 (12.80%) Organisational Skills
5 186 (8.07%) Marketing
6 185 (8.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 169 (7.33%) Public Sector
8 147 (6.38%) Aerospace
9 132 (5.73%) Manufacturing
10 114 (4.95%) Legal
11 100 (4.34%) Presentation Skills
12 97 (4.21%) Retail
13 95 (4.12%) Electronics
14 90 (3.90%) Law
15 70 (3.04%) Influencing Skills
16 66 (2.86%) Telecoms
17 44 (1.91%) Banking
17 44 (1.91%) Military
18 40 (1.74%) Local Government
19 30 (1.30%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 263 (11.41%) Senior
2 196 (8.50%) Developer
3 191 (8.29%) Analyst
4 175 (7.59%) Lead
5 99 (4.30%) Software Engineer
6 88 (3.82%) Cloud Engineer
7 85 (3.69%) IT Support
8 74 (3.21%) Security Engineer
9 65 (2.82%) Architect
10 62 (2.69%) Support Analyst
11 61 (2.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 59 (2.56%) Administrator
13 54 (2.34%) IT Manager
14 53 (2.30%) Software Developer
15 51 (2.21%) Development Manager
15 51 (2.21%) Support Engineer
16 49 (2.13%) Business Manager
17 48 (2.08%) Business Development Manager
17 48 (2.08%) Coordinator
18 45 (1.95%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 93 (4.03%) Node.js
2 79 (3.43%) REST
3 66 (2.86%) HTML
3 66 (2.86%) Terraform
4 50 (2.17%) CSS
5 49 (2.13%) .NET
6 37 (1.61%) React
7 29 (1.26%) Vue
8 28 (1.21%) AngularJS
9 27 (1.17%) Middleware
10 25 (1.08%) RESTful
11 23 (1.00%) Kafka
12 19 (0.82%) Spring
13 18 (0.78%) SOAP
13 18 (0.78%) Spring Boot
14 17 (0.74%) EDI
14 17 (0.74%) JSON
15 16 (0.69%) HTML5
16 14 (0.61%) .NET Framework
16 14 (0.61%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 149 (6.46%) Driving Licence
2 145 (6.29%) Management Information System
2 145 (6.29%) Onboarding
3 100 (4.34%) Self-Motivation
4 71 (3.08%) Product Ownership
5 58 (2.52%) Cloud Native
5 58 (2.52%) Social Media
6 35 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
7 30 (1.30%) Public Cloud
8 28 (1.21%) Algorithms
9 25 (1.08%) Analogue Electronics
10 23 (1.00%) NHS
11 21 (0.91%) Blog
12 19 (0.82%) FMCG
12 19 (0.82%) Robotics
13 18 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
13 18 (0.78%) Data Centre
14 17 (0.74%) Security Posture
15 16 (0.69%) Embedded Systems
15 16 (0.69%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 150 (6.51%) Windows
2 84 (3.64%) Linux
3 62 (2.69%) Windows Server
4 16 (0.69%) Unix
5 15 (0.65%) Windows 10
6 12 (0.52%) macOS
7 11 (0.48%) Android
8 9 (0.39%) Ubuntu
9 8 (0.35%) CentOS
9 8 (0.35%) Debian
9 8 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 7 (0.30%) FreeRTOS
11 5 (0.22%) Apple iOS
12 3 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
12 3 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.087%) Rocky
14 1 (0.043%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 709 (30.76%) Problem-Solving
2 676 (29.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 414 (17.96%) Agile
4 306 (13.28%) Decision-Making
5 284 (12.32%) Customer Service
6 277 (12.02%) Stakeholder Management
7 269 (11.67%) AI
8 264 (11.45%) Cyber Intelligence
9 219 (9.50%) Analytics
10 218 (9.46%) Mentoring
11 217 (9.41%) Project Delivery
12 215 (9.33%) CRM
13 213 (9.24%) CI/CD
14 197 (8.55%) Service Delivery
15 187 (8.11%) Software Engineering
16 175 (7.59%) Collaborative Culture
16 175 (7.59%) Validation
17 166 (7.20%) Roadmaps
18 165 (7.16%) Project Management
19 160 (6.94%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 234 (10.15%) SQL
2 193 (8.37%) Python
3 128 (5.55%) JavaScript
4 84 (3.64%) Java
5 75 (3.25%) TypeScript
6 66 (2.86%) C#
7 58 (2.52%) C
8 49 (2.13%) PowerShell
9 26 (1.13%) PHP
10 25 (1.08%) C++
11 20 (0.87%) VBA
12 19 (0.82%) ABAP
13 18 (0.78%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 17 (0.74%) Bash
14 17 (0.74%) Embedded C
15 15 (0.65%) MATLAB
16 10 (0.43%) Bicep
17 8 (0.35%) R
18 7 (0.30%) Kotlin
19 6 (0.26%) Go
Qualifications
1 337 (14.62%) Degree
2 261 (11.32%) Security Cleared
3 135 (5.86%) SC Cleared
4 78 (3.38%) DBS Check
5 77 (3.34%) DV Cleared
6 52 (2.26%) Computer Science Degree
7 44 (1.91%) BPSS Clearance
8 39 (1.69%) HNC
9 35 (1.52%) Master's Degree
10 34 (1.48%) ACCA
10 34 (1.48%) HND
11 29 (1.26%) CIMA
12 22 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
13 21 (0.91%) CISSP
14 20 (0.87%) Chartered Engineer
15 17 (0.74%) Azure Certification
16 15 (0.65%) CISM
17 14 (0.61%) NVQ Level 3
18 13 (0.56%) PMI Certification
19 12 (0.52%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 159 (6.90%) QA
2 119 (5.16%) Data Quality
3 111 (4.82%) Accessibility
4 80 (3.47%) GDPR
5 36 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 32 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials
7 29 (1.26%) PMO
8 25 (1.08%) SLA
9 20 (0.87%) NIST
10 19 (0.82%) GAAP
11 17 (0.74%) WCAG
12 13 (0.56%) 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%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 98 (4.25%) Active Directory
2 47 (2.04%) Docker
3 30 (1.30%) VMware Infrastructure
4 29 (1.26%) Hyper-V
5 27 (1.17%) Firmware
6 15 (0.65%) Embedded Firmware
7 6 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (0.22%) ClearTrust
9 3 (0.13%) DFS Replication
10 1 (0.043%) KVM
10 1 (0.043%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.043%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.043%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 70 (3.04%) Kubernetes
2 55 (2.39%) Microsoft Intune
3 40 (1.74%) Ansible
4 14 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
5 11 (0.48%) Puppet
6 9 (0.39%) Grafana
7 7 (0.30%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.30%) 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
1 533 (23.12%) Microsoft
2 71 (3.08%) Google
3 60 (2.60%) Salesforce
4 50 (2.17%) Oracle
4 50 (2.17%) SAP
5 39 (1.69%) VMware
6 36 (1.56%) Cisco
7 35 (1.52%) ServiceNow
8 33 (1.43%) Sage
9 30 (1.30%) YouTube
10 29 (1.26%) Databricks
11 24 (1.04%) Adobe
12 21 (0.91%) HubSpot
13 15 (0.65%) Civica
13 15 (0.65%) Fortinet
14 14 (0.61%) iManage
14 14 (0.61%) Palo Alto
15 13 (0.56%) Thales
16 12 (0.52%) Juniper
16 12 (0.52%) Zscaler