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 18 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 142 82 92
Rank change year-on-year -60 +10 +11
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Working 984 1,380 2,199
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.49% 3.60% 2.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.91% 3.84% 3.38%
Number of salaries quoted 605 769 1,590
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,625 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £59,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.25% +18.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £63,750 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £95,000 £86,375
UK median annual salary £50,000 £59,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -15.25% +18.00% -16.67%

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 51,545 35,897 65,042
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 77.85% 93.55% 87.04%
Number of salaries quoted 31,924 20,241 50,770
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £29,007
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

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 18 March 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 18 March 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 -63 308 £57,500 -11.54% 160
South East -18 201 £43,000 -27.12% 138
North of England -46 182 £45,000 -10.00% 117
Midlands -48 127 £42,500 -22.73% 80
North West -23 109 £50,000 -2.44% 67
East Midlands -17 65 £42,500 -12.82% 28
East of England -79 65 £55,000 +7.91% 34
South West -34 62 £47,500 -17.39% 48
West Midlands -59 62 £32,000 -43.11% 51
Yorkshire -53 50 £42,500 -12.38% 37
North East -11 23 £43,000 +22.86% 15
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 36 (3.66%) Microsoft Exchange
2 35 (3.56%) SharePoint
3 25 (2.54%) Confluence
4 11 (1.12%) IIS
4 11 (1.12%) WordPress
5 8 (0.81%) CMS
6 7 (0.71%) Apache Spark
6 7 (0.71%) SAS
7 5 (0.51%) Apache
8 4 (0.41%) Tomcat
9 3 (0.30%) GeoServer
10 2 (0.20%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.20%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.10%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 47 (4.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 42 (4.27%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (2.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (1.83%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.61%) Photoshop
6 4 (0.41%) Adobe Premiere
6 4 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.30%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 3 (0.30%) SketchUp
8 2 (0.20%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.20%) Simulink
9 1 (0.10%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.10%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.10%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.10%) InDesign
9 1 (0.10%) SmartSuite
9 1 (0.10%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.51%) Payment Gateway
3 4 (0.41%) Distributed Ledger
3 4 (0.41%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.41%) SAP HR
3 4 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.30%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.20%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.20%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.20%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.20%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.10%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.10%) Exchequer
6 1 (0.10%) Oracle BPM
6 1 (0.10%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.10%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.10%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.10%) SAP IS-U
6 1 (0.10%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 220 (22.36%) Azure
2 135 (13.72%) AWS
3 101 (10.26%) Microsoft 365
4 84 (8.54%) Power Platform
5 43 (4.37%) GCP
6 41 (4.17%) Entra ID
7 36 (3.66%) SaaS
8 29 (2.95%) Serverless
9 26 (2.64%) Vertex AI
10 25 (2.54%) Azure AI
11 24 (2.44%) Amazon SageMaker
12 19 (1.93%) Dynamics 365
13 18 (1.83%) AWS CloudFormation
14 15 (1.52%) Azure DevOps
15 14 (1.42%) Azure Machine Learning
15 14 (1.42%) OpenShift
16 13 (1.32%) GitHub
16 13 (1.32%) Power Automate
17 12 (1.22%) Google Analytics
17 12 (1.22%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 64 (6.50%) Firewall
2 41 (4.17%) VPN
2 41 (4.17%) Wireless
3 37 (3.76%) VLAN
4 33 (3.35%) WAN
5 31 (3.15%) DNS
6 30 (3.05%) Network Security
7 29 (2.95%) LAN
7 29 (2.95%) TCP/IP
8 24 (2.44%) DHCP
9 21 (2.13%) BGP
10 17 (1.73%) Cisco Nexus
10 17 (1.73%) OSPF
11 16 (1.63%) Cisco ASA
11 16 (1.63%) Cisco Wireless
11 16 (1.63%) EIGRP
11 16 (1.63%) SNMP
11 16 (1.63%) WAAS
11 16 (1.63%) Wireless Security
12 13 (1.32%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (7.01%) Power BI
2 26 (2.64%) SQL Server
3 24 (2.44%) Tableau
4 18 (1.83%) Looker
5 14 (1.42%) NoSQL
5 14 (1.42%) PostgreSQL
6 13 (1.32%) Big Data
7 12 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 10 (1.02%) Relational Database
9 9 (0.91%) MySQL
10 8 (0.81%) Amazon RDS
10 8 (0.81%) BigQuery
10 8 (0.81%) Hadoop
10 8 (0.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 7 (0.71%) Metadata
12 6 (0.61%) GIS
13 5 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
13 5 (0.51%) Geospatial Data
14 4 (0.41%) Cloudera CDH
14 4 (0.41%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 42 (4.27%) Git
2 34 (3.46%) JIRA
3 23 (2.34%) Jenkins
4 17 (1.73%) GitLab
5 6 (0.61%) Bitbucket
6 5 (0.51%) Subversion
7 4 (0.41%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 4 (0.41%) Selenium
7 4 (0.41%) TestRail
7 4 (0.41%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.20%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.20%) Postman
8 2 (0.20%) Robot Framework
8 2 (0.20%) Storybook
9 1 (0.10%) Android Studio
9 1 (0.10%) gulp
9 1 (0.10%) JUnit
9 1 (0.10%) Qt Creator
9 1 (0.10%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.10%) webpack
General
1 448 (45.53%) Social Skills
2 244 (24.80%) Finance
3 200 (20.33%) Analytical Skills
4 131 (13.31%) Marketing
5 105 (10.67%) Organisational Skills
6 75 (7.62%) Law
7 61 (6.20%) Legal
8 58 (5.89%) Public Sector
8 58 (5.89%) Telecoms
9 47 (4.78%) Aerospace
10 44 (4.47%) Retail
11 43 (4.37%) Banking
12 40 (4.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 35 (3.56%) Military
14 29 (2.95%) Influencing Skills
15 25 (2.54%) Presentation Skills
16 24 (2.44%) Pharmaceutical
17 21 (2.13%) Billing
17 21 (2.13%) Manufacturing
18 20 (2.03%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 111 (11.28%) Senior
2 96 (9.76%) Analyst
3 73 (7.42%) Developer
4 72 (7.32%) Lead
5 62 (6.30%) IT Support
6 56 (5.69%) Support Engineer
7 44 (4.47%) Architect
8 43 (4.37%) Consultant
9 33 (3.35%) Account Manager
10 30 (3.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 30 (3.05%) Technical Support
11 27 (2.74%) Senior Manager
12 26 (2.64%) Technical Engineer
12 26 (2.64%) Technical Support Engineer
13 25 (2.54%) IT Engineer
14 24 (2.44%) Applications Developer
14 24 (2.44%) Business Analyst
14 24 (2.44%) Systems Engineer
15 23 (2.34%) Support Technician
16 22 (2.24%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (5.59%) .NET
2 31 (3.15%) HTML
2 31 (3.15%) React
3 28 (2.85%) .NET Core
4 20 (2.03%) CSS
5 14 (1.42%) Node.js
6 13 (1.32%) REST
6 13 (1.32%) RESTful
7 11 (1.12%) AngularJS
7 11 (1.12%) Spring
8 10 (1.02%) ASP.NET
8 10 (1.02%) JSON
8 10 (1.02%) Middleware
8 10 (1.02%) OAuth
8 10 (1.02%) Spring Boot
8 10 (1.02%) XML
9 9 (0.91%) Kafka
9 9 (0.91%) Next.js
10 8 (0.81%) OpenID
10 8 (0.81%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 71 (7.22%) Onboarding
2 51 (5.18%) Self-Motivation
3 47 (4.78%) Management Information System
4 43 (4.37%) Driving Licence
5 38 (3.86%) Social Media
6 34 (3.46%) Data Centre
7 29 (2.95%) Product Ownership
8 24 (2.44%) Life Science
9 23 (2.34%) Cloud Native
10 21 (2.13%) Pharmacovigilance
11 19 (1.93%) Data Structures
12 18 (1.83%) Algorithms
13 17 (1.73%) Team-Oriented Environment
14 15 (1.52%) Greenfield Project
15 14 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
16 12 (1.22%) Blog
16 12 (1.22%) Security Posture
17 11 (1.12%) NHS
18 9 (0.91%) FMCG
18 9 (0.91%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 107 (10.87%) Windows
2 44 (4.47%) Linux
3 34 (3.46%) Windows Server
4 9 (0.91%) Mac OS
4 9 (0.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (0.81%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.61%) Ubuntu
6 6 (0.61%) Unix
7 5 (0.51%) CentOS
7 5 (0.51%) Debian
7 5 (0.51%) Windows 7
7 5 (0.51%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.41%) Android
8 4 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.30%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.30%) FreeRTOS
10 1 (0.10%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 298 (30.28%) Problem-Solving
2 233 (23.68%) Agile
3 177 (17.99%) Continuous Improvement
4 129 (13.11%) Analytics
5 109 (11.08%) AI
6 104 (10.57%) Decision-Making
7 103 (10.47%) Computer Science
8 96 (9.76%) Service Delivery
9 90 (9.15%) Mentoring
10 88 (8.94%) DevOps
11 82 (8.33%) Project Delivery
12 81 (8.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 78 (7.93%) Cybersecurity
14 77 (7.83%) Coaching
14 77 (7.83%) Project Management
15 76 (7.72%) CRM
15 76 (7.72%) Customer Service
16 75 (7.62%) Collaborative Culture
17 72 (7.32%) Business Intelligence
18 69 (7.01%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 118 (11.99%) Python
2 81 (8.23%) SQL
3 49 (4.98%) C#
4 47 (4.78%) Java
5 44 (4.47%) PowerShell
6 41 (4.17%) JavaScript
7 18 (1.83%) TypeScript
8 17 (1.73%) Bash
9 9 (0.91%) C++
9 9 (0.91%) VBA
10 8 (0.81%) T-SQL
11 6 (0.61%) Go
11 6 (0.61%) Scala
11 6 (0.61%) VB
11 6 (0.61%) VB.NET
12 5 (0.51%) PHP
12 5 (0.51%) VBScript
13 4 (0.41%) Bicep
14 3 (0.30%) C
14 3 (0.30%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 204 (20.73%) Degree
2 112 (11.38%) Security Cleared
3 56 (5.69%) Computer Science Degree
4 51 (5.18%) SC Cleared
5 45 (4.57%) DV Cleared
6 43 (4.37%) DBS Check
6 43 (4.37%) Master's Degree
7 30 (3.05%) CISSP
8 26 (2.64%) BPSS Clearance
9 24 (2.44%) Cisco Certification
10 22 (2.24%) Microsoft Certification
11 19 (1.93%) CCNP
12 18 (1.83%) ACCA
12 18 (1.83%) CCIE
13 17 (1.73%) PMI Certification
14 15 (1.52%) CIMA
14 15 (1.52%) PMP
15 13 (1.32%) CISM
16 11 (1.12%) HND
17 10 (1.02%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (6.71%) QA
2 54 (5.49%) Data Quality
3 46 (4.67%) GDPR
4 45 (4.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 34 (3.46%) Accessibility
6 30 (3.05%) PMO
7 23 (2.34%) EU AI Act
8 22 (2.24%) Solvency II
9 21 (2.13%) HIPAA
9 21 (2.13%) NIST
9 21 (2.13%) PSD2
10 16 (1.63%) Cyber Essentials
11 12 (1.22%) SLA
12 10 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 15288
13 8 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 5 (0.51%) Government Security Classifications
14 5 (0.51%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 5 (0.51%) ISO 9001
14 5 (0.51%) JSP 440
15 4 (0.41%) GAAP
System Software
1 78 (7.93%) Active Directory
2 26 (2.64%) Docker
3 24 (2.44%) Hyper-V
4 22 (2.24%) VMware Infrastructure
5 16 (1.63%) ProxySG
6 7 (0.71%) Firmware
7 6 (0.61%) Virtual Desktop
8 5 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (0.30%) Embedded Firmware
9 3 (0.30%) vSphere
10 1 (0.10%) Apache ZooKeeper
10 1 (0.10%) KVM
10 1 (0.10%) pfSense
10 1 (0.10%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.10%) XenApp
10 1 (0.10%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 50 (5.08%) Kubernetes
2 39 (3.96%) Terraform
3 26 (2.64%) Microsoft Intune
4 24 (2.44%) Ansible
5 13 (1.32%) SCCM
6 11 (1.12%) Puppet
7 6 (0.61%) Argo
7 6 (0.61%) Grafana
8 5 (0.51%) FortiGate
8 5 (0.51%) Progress Chef
8 5 (0.51%) Rancher
8 5 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (0.51%) yum
9 4 (0.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.41%) Backup Exec
9 4 (0.41%) Cisco CUCM
9 4 (0.41%) Prometheus
9 4 (0.41%) ServiceCenter
10 3 (0.30%) cPanel
10 3 (0.30%) Plesk
Vendors
1 208 (21.14%) Microsoft
2 59 (6.00%) Google
3 41 (4.17%) Cisco
4 32 (3.25%) VMware
5 30 (3.05%) Salesforce
6 26 (2.64%) ServiceNow
7 22 (2.24%) SAP
8 17 (1.73%) Infoblox
8 17 (1.73%) Oracle
9 16 (1.63%) Adobe
9 16 (1.63%) Blue Coat
9 16 (1.63%) CheckPoint
9 16 (1.63%) F5
9 16 (1.63%) Motorola
9 16 (1.63%) SolarWinds
10 12 (1.22%) Remedy
11 11 (1.12%) Red Hat
12 10 (1.02%) Veeam
13 9 (0.91%) HP
14 8 (0.81%) Dell