Community of Practice Job Trends in England

Communities of Practice (CoP)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Community of Practice skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 388 537 552
Rank change year-on-year +149 +15 +137
Permanent jobs citing Community of Practice 237 143 108
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.46% 0.29% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.55% 0.32% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 138 66 86
10th Percentile £44,972 £42,608 £43,312
25th Percentile £50,313 £47,500 £50,686
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +6.56% -7.51%
75th Percentile £75,610 £71,250 £75,938
90th Percentile £82,500 £96,264 £90,342
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,425
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.12% -3.96%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Community of Practice 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 42,784 44,895 41,229
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 82.28% 90.18% 91.26%
Number of salaries quoted 25,500 22,481 31,965
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £76,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Community of Practice
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Community of Practice relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Community of Practice job vacancy trend in England

Community of Practice
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Community of Practice.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Community of Practice

Community of Practice
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Community of Practice in England over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Community of Practice in England

Community of Practice
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Community of Practice within the England region over the 6 months to 31 December 2025. 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 +120 93 £60,000 -7.69% 28
North of England +48 91 £45,497 -30.00% 47
North East +54 60 £45,497 -26.87% 3
South East +34 29 £60,000 -7.69% 43
Yorkshire +1 26 £62,500 -29.68% 21
South West +12 11 £65,513 +50.63% 23
West Midlands +27 6 £52,749 -18.85% 16
Midlands +24 6 £52,749 -18.85% 31
North West +6 5 £45,497 -23.44% 24
Community of Practice
UK

Community of Practice
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 14 (5.91%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.53%) SAS
3 2 (0.84%) Confluence
4 1 (0.42%) Apache
4 1 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.42%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.42%) Apache Superset
Applications
1 25 (10.55%) Adobe XD
2 5 (2.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.84%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 48 (20.25%) Azure
2 38 (16.03%) AWS
3 27 (11.39%) Figma
4 24 (10.13%) GCP
4 24 (10.13%) Power Platform
5 16 (6.75%) Dynamics 365
5 16 (6.75%) Microsoft 365
6 15 (6.33%) Miro
7 13 (5.49%) Power Automate
7 13 (5.49%) PowerApps
8 12 (5.06%) Google Analytics
9 8 (3.38%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 8 (3.38%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 7 (2.95%) GitHub
11 5 (2.11%) Serverless
12 4 (1.69%) Amazon S3
12 4 (1.69%) AWS Lambda
13 3 (1.27%) Azure App Service
13 3 (1.27%) Cloud Computing
13 3 (1.27%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (8.44%) Power BI
2 9 (3.80%) Metadata
3 7 (2.95%) Relational Database
3 7 (2.95%) SQL Server
4 6 (2.53%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (2.11%) Pentaho
6 4 (1.69%) MySQL
7 2 (0.84%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.84%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.84%) Geospatial Data
8 1 (0.42%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.42%) Looker
8 1 (0.42%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.42%) Spark SQL
8 1 (0.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.42%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 25 (10.55%) Axure RP
1 25 (10.55%) Balsamiq
2 10 (4.22%) Selenium
3 9 (3.80%) Cypress.io
3 9 (3.80%) Git
4 8 (3.38%) WebDriver
5 3 (1.27%) GitLab
6 2 (0.84%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.84%) ER Studio
6 2 (0.84%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.84%) JIRA
6 2 (0.84%) JUnit
7 1 (0.42%) REST Assured
General
1 103 (43.46%) Public Sector
2 101 (42.62%) Finance
3 84 (35.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 81 (34.18%) Law
5 78 (32.91%) Marketing
6 76 (32.07%) Manufacturing
7 53 (22.36%) Social Skills
8 43 (18.14%) Analytical Skills
9 16 (6.75%) Retail
10 9 (3.80%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (2.11%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.27%) Legal
13 2 (0.84%) Banking
13 2 (0.84%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 81 (34.18%) Product Manager
2 76 (32.07%) Development Manager
2 76 (32.07%) Product Development Manager
3 32 (13.50%) Developer
4 26 (10.97%) Designer
5 25 (10.55%) Senior
6 23 (9.70%) Analyst
6 23 (9.70%) Lead
7 22 (9.28%) Architect
8 19 (8.02%) Business Analyst
9 14 (5.91%) Senior Developer
9 14 (5.91%) Service Designer
9 14 (5.91%) Solutions Architect
10 13 (5.49%) Power Platform Developer
10 13 (5.49%) Software Engineer
11 11 (4.64%) Data Engineer
12 9 (3.80%) Lead Architect
12 9 (3.80%) Lead Solutions Architect
12 9 (3.80%) UX Designer
13 8 (3.38%) Salesforce Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (7.17%) .NET
2 15 (6.33%) CSS
2 15 (6.33%) HTML
3 13 (5.49%) HTML5 Canvas
4 10 (4.22%) Playwright
5 8 (3.38%) Lightning Web Components
5 8 (3.38%) Middleware
5 8 (3.38%) REST
5 8 (3.38%) SOAP
5 8 (3.38%) Spring
5 8 (3.38%) Visualforce
6 7 (2.95%) .NET Core
6 7 (2.95%) Entity Framework
7 6 (2.53%) React
8 4 (1.69%) .NET Framework
8 4 (1.69%) AngularJS
8 4 (1.69%) PySpark
9 3 (1.27%) ASP.NET Core
9 3 (1.27%) Hibernate
9 3 (1.27%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 76 (32.07%) FMCG
2 40 (16.88%) Product Ownership
3 31 (13.08%) Cloud Native
4 9 (3.80%) Enterprise Cloud
5 8 (3.38%) Distributed Architecture
5 8 (3.38%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (3.38%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 6 (2.53%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.69%) AS400
7 4 (1.69%) iSeries
8 3 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.84%) AI Agents
9 2 (0.84%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (0.84%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.84%) Legacy Applications
9 2 (0.84%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.84%) Life Science
9 2 (0.84%) Low-Code
9 2 (0.84%) Reinsurance
10 1 (0.42%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.42%) Windows
1 1 (0.42%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (50.63%) Continuous Improvement
2 111 (46.84%) Agile
3 94 (39.66%) Decision-Making
4 82 (34.60%) Project Delivery
5 78 (32.91%) Technology Strategy
6 77 (32.49%) Project Management
7 76 (32.07%) Commercialisation
8 67 (28.27%) Chemistry
9 42 (17.72%) Mentoring
10 41 (17.30%) Analytics
11 38 (16.03%) User Research
12 35 (14.77%) Software Engineering
12 35 (14.77%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
13 32 (13.50%) Problem-Solving
13 32 (13.50%) User Experience
14 31 (13.08%) DevOps
15 30 (12.66%) Coaching
15 30 (12.66%) Usability Testing
16 29 (12.24%) Computer Science
16 29 (12.24%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 36 (15.19%) JavaScript
2 34 (14.35%) Java
3 32 (13.50%) C#
4 24 (10.13%) Python
5 13 (5.49%) SQL
6 8 (3.38%) Apex Code
7 5 (2.11%) Bash
8 4 (1.69%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.84%) Delphi
10 1 (0.42%) R
10 1 (0.42%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 159 (67.09%) Degree
2 86 (36.29%) Security Cleared
3 83 (35.02%) SC Cleared
4 25 (10.55%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (7.17%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.69%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.84%) AWS Certification
7 2 (0.84%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (0.84%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.84%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.84%) MCP
7 2 (0.84%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (0.42%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.42%) APMG
8 1 (0.42%) CSPO
8 1 (0.42%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.42%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 1 (0.42%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.42%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (22.78%) Accessibility
2 27 (11.39%) WCAG
3 15 (6.33%) QA
4 3 (1.27%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.42%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 7 (2.95%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (4.64%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.27%) Terraform
3 2 (0.84%) Grafana
4 1 (0.42%) SCCM
Vendors
1 48 (20.25%) Microsoft
2 25 (10.55%) Adobe
3 15 (6.33%) Google
4 11 (4.64%) Oracle
4 11 (4.64%) Salesforce
5 9 (3.80%) Databricks
6 8 (3.38%) MuleSoft
7 5 (2.11%) Cloudera
7 5 (2.11%) Informatica
7 5 (2.11%) Talend
8 4 (1.69%) IBM
9 2 (0.84%) UiPath
10 1 (0.42%) Guidewire
10 1 (0.42%) OneLogin