Collaborative Culture Job Trends in the Midlands

Culture of Collaboration
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Collaborative Culture skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 150 164 190
Rank change year-on-year +14 +26 -90
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Culture 75 82 40
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.96% 1.29% 0.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.18% 1.42% 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 57 42 29
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £38,410 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £49,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.24% -34.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,563 £95,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £79,950 £117,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% -7.14% +0.80%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands

Collaborative Culture 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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,361 5,773 4,943
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.32% 90.47% 86.61%
Number of salaries quoted 3,535 2,521 4,072
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Collaborative Culture
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Collaborative Culture relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Collaborative Culture job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Collaborative Culture
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Collaborative Culture.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Collaborative Culture

Collaborative Culture
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Collaborative Culture in the Midlands over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Collaborative Culture in the Midlands

Collaborative Culture
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Collaborative Culture within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
West Midlands +11 48 £60,000 +14.29% 60
East Midlands -4 27 £41,250 +10.00% 62
Collaborative Culture
England

Collaborative Culture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (1.33%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 2 (2.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.33%) Adobe After Effects
2 1 (1.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (1.33%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (1.33%) Adobe Premiere
2 1 (1.33%) InDesign
2 1 (1.33%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 5 (6.67%) Sage 200
2 1 (1.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.33%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 1 (1.33%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.33%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 13 (17.33%) AWS
2 12 (16.00%) Azure
3 11 (14.67%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (14.67%) SaaS
4 9 (12.00%) Power Platform
5 5 (6.67%) Intacct
6 3 (4.00%) Entra ID
6 3 (4.00%) GCP
7 2 (2.67%) Amazon S3
7 2 (2.67%) AWS Lambda
7 2 (2.67%) Serverless
8 1 (1.33%) Amazon ECS
8 1 (1.33%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (1.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (1.33%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (1.33%) Figma
8 1 (1.33%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (1.33%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 9 (12.00%) LAN
1 9 (12.00%) SD-WAN
1 9 (12.00%) WAN
2 6 (8.00%) Wi-Fi
2 6 (8.00%) Wireless
3 4 (5.33%) Firewall
4 3 (4.00%) WLAN
5 2 (2.67%) DHCP
5 2 (2.67%) DNS
5 2 (2.67%) TCP/IP
5 2 (2.67%) VLAN
5 2 (2.67%) WebEx
6 1 (1.33%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (1.33%) IP Telephony
6 1 (1.33%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (10.67%) Power BI
2 3 (4.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.33%) Amazon Athena
3 1 (1.33%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (1.33%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (1.33%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (6.67%) JIRA
2 1 (1.33%) Burp Suite
2 1 (1.33%) Git
2 1 (1.33%) Metasploit
General
1 40 (53.33%) Social Skills
2 13 (17.33%) Retail
3 12 (16.00%) Public Sector
4 10 (13.33%) Finance
5 9 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (8.00%) Marketing
7 5 (6.67%) Manufacturing
8 4 (5.33%) Law
9 3 (4.00%) Banking
9 3 (4.00%) Local Government
10 2 (2.67%) Health Technology
10 2 (2.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (2.67%) Legal
11 1 (1.33%) Billing
11 1 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (1.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (13.33%) Applications Support
2 7 (9.33%) Senior
3 6 (8.00%) Delivery Manager
4 5 (6.67%) Designer
4 5 (6.67%) Head of Support
4 5 (6.67%) Lead
4 5 (6.67%) Project Manager
4 5 (6.67%) Service Manager
5 4 (5.33%) Architect
5 4 (5.33%) Consultant
5 4 (5.33%) IT Manager
5 4 (5.33%) IT Support
5 4 (5.33%) Service Delivery Manager
5 4 (5.33%) Technical Delivery Manager
5 4 (5.33%) Technical Manager
5 4 (5.33%) Technical Service Delivery Manager
5 4 (5.33%) Technical Services Manager
6 3 (4.00%) Business Manager
6 3 (4.00%) Report Analyst
6 3 (4.00%) Risk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.33%) Spring
1 4 (5.33%) Spring Boot
2 3 (4.00%) .NET
3 1 (1.33%) AngularJS
3 1 (1.33%) EDI
3 1 (1.33%) React
3 1 (1.33%) REST
3 1 (1.33%) SOAP
3 1 (1.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.00%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (6.67%) Onboarding
3 4 (5.33%) Virtual Team
4 3 (4.00%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.67%) Credit Risk
5 2 (2.67%) Driving Licence
5 2 (2.67%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.67%) SCADA
5 2 (2.67%) Security Posture
5 2 (2.67%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.33%) AI Agents
6 1 (1.33%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.33%) Graphic Design
6 1 (1.33%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.33%) IoT
6 1 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.33%) Low-Code
6 1 (1.33%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.33%) NHS
6 1 (1.33%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 6 (8.00%) Windows
2 2 (2.67%) Windows 10
2 2 (2.67%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.33%) Android
3 1 (1.33%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 25 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 18 (24.00%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (20.00%) Agile
4 15 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
5 13 (17.33%) Roadmaps
5 13 (17.33%) Service Delivery
6 11 (14.67%) Customer Service
6 11 (14.67%) ITIL
7 10 (13.33%) Mentoring
8 9 (12.00%) Business Intelligence
8 9 (12.00%) Risk Management
9 8 (10.67%) Migration
9 8 (10.67%) Process Improvement
9 8 (10.67%) Root Cause Analysis
10 7 (9.33%) Analytics
10 7 (9.33%) ERP
10 7 (9.33%) Project Delivery
11 6 (8.00%) Customer Experience
11 6 (8.00%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 7 (9.33%) SQL
2 6 (8.00%) Python
3 5 (6.67%) C#
4 4 (5.33%) Java
5 3 (4.00%) JavaScript
5 3 (4.00%) TypeScript
6 2 (2.67%) Kotlin
6 2 (2.67%) Scala
7 1 (1.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (14.67%) Degree
2 9 (12.00%) PMI Certification
2 9 (12.00%) PMP
3 7 (9.33%) SC Cleared
3 7 (9.33%) Security Cleared
4 4 (5.33%) AWS Certification
5 2 (2.67%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.33%) CHECK Team Member
6 1 (1.33%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.33%) CREST Certified
6 1 (1.33%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.33%) GPEN
6 1 (1.33%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.33%) MCSE
6 1 (1.33%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.33%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (12.00%) SLA
2 6 (8.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (6.67%) QA
4 3 (4.00%) Data Quality
5 2 (2.67%) Accessibility
5 2 (2.67%) GDPR
6 1 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (1.33%) GRC
6 1 (1.33%) PMO
System Software
1 11 (14.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.67%) Hyper-V
2 2 (2.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (5.33%) Autotask
2 1 (1.33%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.33%) Nessus
2 1 (1.33%) Nmap
2 1 (1.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 20 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 6 (8.00%) Sage
3 3 (4.00%) Fortinet
3 3 (4.00%) Juniper
4 2 (2.67%) Adobe
4 2 (2.67%) Aruba
4 2 (2.67%) Cisco
4 2 (2.67%) Extreme Networks
4 2 (2.67%) Salesforce
4 2 (2.67%) VMware
5 1 (1.33%) Databricks
5 1 (1.33%) Planon
5 1 (1.33%) Qualys
5 1 (1.33%) ServiceNow