Collaborative Working Job Trends in the Midlands

Collaborative Working
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Collaborative Working skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 85 119
Rank change year-on-year -8 +34 +14
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Working 193 182 275
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.55% 3.63% 1.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.23% 4.09% 2.47%
Number of salaries quoted 124 91 210
10th Percentile £27,736 £38,750 £22,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,250 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,750 £52,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +16.67% -14.69%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £61,963
90th Percentile £69,375 £75,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -16.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,648 4,454 11,124
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.50% 88.85% 78.71%
Number of salaries quoted 6,051 2,533 7,696
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,300 £48,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.77% +2.11% -9.52%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%

Collaborative Working
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Collaborative Working job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Collaborative Working
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Collaborative Working

Collaborative Working
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Collaborative Working in the Midlands over the 6 months to 17 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Collaborative Working in the Midlands

Collaborative Working
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 Working within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 17 June 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 -37 97 £46,042 -18.15% 49
East Midlands +4 95 £40,000 -5.88% 54
Collaborative Working
England

Collaborative Working
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 7 (3.63%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.55%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.04%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (5.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (4.15%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (2.59%) Fusion 360
Business Applications
1 5 (2.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.04%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.52%) Exchequer
3 1 (0.52%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 33 (17.10%) Azure
2 24 (12.44%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (10.88%) AWS
3 21 (10.88%) Power Platform
4 15 (7.77%) AWS CloudFormation
5 13 (6.74%) Serverless
6 7 (3.63%) Entra ID
7 5 (2.59%) GCP
8 4 (2.07%) Azure Data Factory
8 4 (2.07%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (2.07%) Microsoft Copilot
8 4 (2.07%) SaaS
9 3 (1.55%) Nutanix
10 2 (1.04%) Amazon ECS
10 2 (1.04%) Amazon EKS
10 2 (1.04%) Azure AKS
10 2 (1.04%) PaaS
11 1 (0.52%) Boomi
11 1 (0.52%) IaaS
11 1 (0.52%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 11 (5.70%) DNS
2 10 (5.18%) DHCP
2 10 (5.18%) TCP/IP
3 9 (4.66%) Firewall
4 6 (3.11%) Wireless
5 5 (2.59%) VLAN
5 5 (2.59%) VPN
5 5 (2.59%) WAN
6 4 (2.07%) Broadband
6 4 (2.07%) SD-WAN
7 3 (1.55%) VoIP
8 2 (1.04%) Ethernet
8 2 (1.04%) Modbus
8 2 (1.04%) Network Security
9 1 (0.52%) Internet
9 1 (0.52%) LAN
9 1 (0.52%) SSL
9 1 (0.52%) Structured Cabling
9 1 (0.52%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.52%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (10.36%) Power BI
2 9 (4.66%) Tableau
3 5 (2.59%) SQL Server
3 5 (2.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (2.07%) Power Query
5 2 (1.04%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.52%) DTS
Development Applications
1 5 (2.59%) Git
2 4 (2.07%) JIRA
3 1 (0.52%) TestRail
General
1 80 (41.45%) Social Skills
2 49 (25.39%) Analytical Skills
3 31 (16.06%) Finance
4 17 (8.81%) Manufacturing
5 16 (8.29%) Public Sector
6 15 (7.77%) Influencing Skills
6 15 (7.77%) Law
7 13 (6.74%) Legal
7 13 (6.74%) Retail
8 11 (5.70%) Marketing
9 10 (5.18%) Telecoms
10 6 (3.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (3.11%) Military
10 6 (3.11%) Social Housing
11 5 (2.59%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.55%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (1.04%) Back Office
13 2 (1.04%) Billing
13 2 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (1.04%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 16 (8.29%) Delivery Manager
2 15 (7.77%) Analyst
3 13 (6.74%) Change Manager
3 13 (6.74%) Full-Stack Engineer
3 13 (6.74%) IT Manager
3 13 (6.74%) IT Support
4 12 (6.22%) Developer
4 12 (6.22%) Senior
5 11 (5.70%) IT Technician
6 9 (4.66%) IT Support Technician
6 9 (4.66%) Lead
6 9 (4.66%) Support Technician
7 8 (4.15%) Support Engineer
8 7 (3.63%) IT Programme Manager
8 7 (3.63%) Programme Manager
8 7 (3.63%) Programmer
8 7 (3.63%) Technical Support
9 6 (3.11%) NHS Performance Manager
9 6 (3.11%) Performance Manager
9 6 (3.11%) Report Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (6.74%) AWS CDK
1 13 (6.74%) Next.js
1 13 (6.74%) React
2 4 (2.07%) JDBC
2 4 (2.07%) Node.js
2 4 (2.07%) OAuth
2 4 (2.07%) REST
2 4 (2.07%) SAP Fiori
2 4 (2.07%) SAPUI5
2 4 (2.07%) SOAP
3 3 (1.55%) .NET
4 2 (1.04%) .NET Core
4 2 (1.04%) ASP.NET
4 2 (1.04%) ASP.NET MVC
4 2 (1.04%) Kafka
5 1 (0.52%) LightGBM
5 1 (0.52%) Pandas
5 1 (0.52%) Playwright
5 1 (0.52%) SAP CAF
5 1 (0.52%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 21 (10.88%) Driving Licence
1 21 (10.88%) Management Information System
2 13 (6.74%) Greenfield Project
3 11 (5.70%) Onboarding
4 8 (4.15%) PMI
4 8 (4.15%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (3.63%) EPoS
5 7 (3.63%) NHS
5 7 (3.63%) Virtual Team
6 4 (2.07%) CCTV
6 4 (2.07%) Security Posture
7 3 (1.55%) CMDB
7 3 (1.55%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.04%) ARM Cortex
8 2 (1.04%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.04%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.04%) e-Learning
8 2 (1.04%) IoT
8 2 (1.04%) SCADA
9 1 (0.52%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 15 (7.77%) Windows
2 7 (3.63%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.04%) CentOS
3 2 (1.04%) Debian
3 2 (1.04%) FreeRTOS
3 2 (1.04%) Linux
3 2 (1.04%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (53.37%) Problem-Solving
2 68 (35.23%) Continuous Improvement
3 49 (25.39%) Agile
4 39 (20.21%) Decision-Making
5 36 (18.65%) Service Delivery
6 29 (15.03%) Mentoring
7 25 (12.95%) Analytics
8 22 (11.40%) CRM
9 20 (10.36%) Business Intelligence
9 20 (10.36%) Coaching
9 20 (10.36%) Customer Service
9 20 (10.36%) ITIL
9 20 (10.36%) Roadmaps
10 19 (9.84%) Infrastructure as Code
10 19 (9.84%) Validation
11 17 (8.81%) Observability
11 17 (8.81%) Test Automation
12 16 (8.29%) Analytical Thinking
12 16 (8.29%) Business Strategy
12 16 (8.29%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 34 (17.62%) SQL
2 13 (6.74%) TypeScript
3 8 (4.15%) Python
4 5 (2.59%) VBA
5 4 (2.07%) ABAP
5 4 (2.07%) C#
5 4 (2.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 4 (2.07%) Java
5 4 (2.07%) PowerShell
6 2 (1.04%) Bash
6 2 (1.04%) Bicep
6 2 (1.04%) C
6 2 (1.04%) C++
6 2 (1.04%) MATLAB
6 2 (1.04%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.52%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.52%) Ladder Logic
7 1 (0.52%) R
7 1 (0.52%) VB
Qualifications
1 30 (15.54%) Degree
2 8 (4.15%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (4.15%) PMI Certification
3 7 (3.63%) PMP
4 4 (2.07%) Azure Certification
5 3 (1.55%) Security Cleared
6 2 (1.04%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.52%) CCNA
7 1 (0.52%) CCNP
7 1 (0.52%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.52%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.52%) HND
7 1 (0.52%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (0.52%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.11%) Data Quality
1 6 (3.11%) QA
2 5 (2.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (2.59%) SLA
3 3 (1.55%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.55%) GDPR
3 3 (1.55%) NIST
4 2 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.04%) IEC 61508
4 2 (1.04%) MISRA
4 2 (1.04%) MISRA C
5 1 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 14 (7.25%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.63%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.55%) Docker
3 3 (1.55%) Firmware
4 2 (1.04%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.52%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (4.15%) Terraform
2 5 (2.59%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (1.55%) Ansible
3 3 (1.55%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (1.04%) EMC NetWorker
4 2 (1.04%) Functional Safety
4 2 (1.04%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.04%) Progress Chef
4 2 (1.04%) Puppet
Vendors
1 35 (18.13%) Microsoft
2 8 (4.15%) SAP
3 5 (2.59%) Salesforce
4 4 (2.07%) iManage
5 3 (1.55%) Databricks
5 3 (1.55%) VMware
6 2 (1.04%) Red Hat
6 2 (1.04%) Xero
7 1 (0.52%) Autodesk
7 1 (0.52%) Cisco
7 1 (0.52%) Citrix
7 1 (0.52%) Dell
7 1 (0.52%) Freshdesk
7 1 (0.52%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.52%) Oracle
7 1 (0.52%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.52%) Veeam
7 1 (0.52%) Zerto