Collaborative Working Job Trends in the North of England

Collaborative Working
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Collaborative Working skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 152 98 89
Rank change year-on-year -54 -9 -12
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Working 151 263 261
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.52% 2.14% 3.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.78% 2.64% 3.62%
Number of salaries quoted 107 114 178
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,625 £31,775
25th Percentile £29,125 £40,187 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -13.04%
75th Percentile £53,750 £67,959 £67,070
90th Percentile £71,332 £83,750 £78,250
England median annual salary £50,000 £59,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -15.25% +7.27% -10.71%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,465 9,948 7,214
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 85.20% 80.86% 94.71%
Number of salaries quoted 4,585 4,636 5,427
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £41,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £51,123 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.13% -7.05% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,978
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -0.50%

Collaborative Working
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Collaborative Working job vacancy trend in the North of England

Collaborative Working
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Collaborative Working.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Collaborative Working

Collaborative Working
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Collaborative Working in the North of England over the 6 months to 12 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Collaborative Working in the North of England

Collaborative Working
Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 12 November 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
North West -23 102 £45,000 -10.05% 78
North East +7 28 £29,000 -49.57% 17
Yorkshire -44 21 £31,500 -31.89% 35
Collaborative Working
England

Collaborative Working
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of 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 19 (12.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.32%) Apache
2 2 (1.32%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.66%) IIS
3 1 (0.66%) WordPress
Applications
1 17 (11.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (7.28%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (3.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.99%) MS Visio
5 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (1.32%) Simulink
5 2 (1.32%) Trello
6 1 (0.66%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.66%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.66%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (0.66%) InDesign
6 1 (0.66%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (1.32%) Oracle Assets
1 2 (1.32%) Oracle General Ledger
1 2 (1.32%) Oracle Payables
1 2 (1.32%) Oracle Receivables
1 2 (1.32%) SAP EWM
1 2 (1.32%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (0.66%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 42 (27.81%) Azure
2 22 (14.57%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (7.95%) AWS
3 12 (7.95%) Power Platform
4 9 (5.96%) GCP
5 6 (3.97%) GitHub
5 6 (3.97%) Serverless
6 5 (3.31%) Azure Data Factory
7 4 (2.65%) AWS Lambda
7 4 (2.65%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (2.65%) Microsoft Copilot
8 3 (1.99%) Amazon EKS
8 3 (1.99%) Azure AI
8 3 (1.99%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (1.99%) Entra ID
8 3 (1.99%) OCI
9 2 (1.32%) Azure Key Vault
9 2 (1.32%) Azure Service Bus
9 2 (1.32%) Power Automate
9 2 (1.32%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 17 (11.26%) Firewall
2 16 (10.60%) Wireless
3 15 (9.93%) TCP/IP
3 15 (9.93%) VLAN
4 4 (2.65%) Broadband
5 2 (1.32%) AMQP
5 2 (1.32%) LAN
5 2 (1.32%) Network Security
5 2 (1.32%) SD-WAN
5 2 (1.32%) Structured Cabling
5 2 (1.32%) WAN
5 2 (1.32%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (11.26%) Amazon RDS
2 10 (6.62%) Power BI
3 8 (5.30%) SQL Server
4 5 (3.31%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (3.31%) Tableau
5 4 (2.65%) MongoDB
5 4 (2.65%) MySQL
5 4 (2.65%) RDBMS
5 4 (2.65%) Relational Database
5 4 (2.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (1.99%) Big Data
7 2 (1.32%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (1.32%) Cloudera CDH
7 2 (1.32%) DynamoDB
7 2 (1.32%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.66%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.66%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.66%) GIS
8 1 (0.66%) Metadata
8 1 (0.66%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (2.65%) Bitbucket
2 3 (1.99%) JIRA
3 2 (1.32%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.66%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.66%) Git
4 1 (0.66%) GitLab
General
1 88 (58.28%) Social Skills
2 26 (17.22%) Law
3 25 (16.56%) Organisational Skills
3 25 (16.56%) Telecoms
4 23 (15.23%) Finance
5 22 (14.57%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (14.57%) Military
6 13 (8.61%) Marketing
7 11 (7.28%) Manufacturing
8 10 (6.62%) Influencing Skills
9 9 (5.96%) Avionics
10 6 (3.97%) Advertising
10 6 (3.97%) Aerospace
11 5 (3.31%) Public Sector
12 4 (2.65%) Legal
12 4 (2.65%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (1.99%) Electronics
14 2 (1.32%) Billing
14 2 (1.32%) General Ledger
14 2 (1.32%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 18 (11.92%) Support Engineer
2 17 (11.26%) Project Manager
2 17 (11.26%) Senior
2 17 (11.26%) Technical Engineer
3 16 (10.60%) Technical Support
3 16 (10.60%) Technical Support Engineer
4 9 (5.96%) Analyst
4 9 (5.96%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 9 (5.96%) Systems Engineer
5 8 (5.30%) Administrator
5 8 (5.30%) Assistant Project Manager
5 8 (5.30%) Bid Manager
5 8 (5.30%) Bid Project Manager
5 8 (5.30%) Developer
6 5 (3.31%) Architect
6 5 (3.31%) Commercial Manager
6 5 (3.31%) Commercial Project Manager
6 5 (3.31%) Coordinator
6 5 (3.31%) Data Analyst
6 5 (3.31%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.97%) .NET
1 6 (3.97%) React
2 4 (2.65%) .NET Framework
2 4 (2.65%) AngularJS
2 4 (2.65%) Spring
2 4 (2.65%) Spring Boot
3 3 (1.99%) Blazor
3 3 (1.99%) Node.js
3 3 (1.99%) REST
4 2 (1.32%) CSS
4 2 (1.32%) gRPC
4 2 (1.32%) HTML
4 2 (1.32%) Material-UI
4 2 (1.32%) OpenAPI
4 2 (1.32%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (1.32%) RabbitMQ
4 2 (1.32%) RESTful
4 2 (1.32%) Swagger
4 2 (1.32%) WebAssembly
5 1 (0.66%) MSMQ
Miscellaneous
1 14 (9.27%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (5.30%) Driving Licence
3 6 (3.97%) Cloud Native
3 6 (3.97%) Social Media
4 4 (2.65%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (2.65%) Clustering
4 4 (2.65%) FMCG
4 4 (2.65%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.99%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (1.99%) e-Learning
5 3 (1.99%) Life Science
5 3 (1.99%) NHS
6 2 (1.32%) Learning Management System
6 2 (1.32%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.32%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (1.32%) Verilog
6 2 (1.32%) VHDL
7 1 (0.66%) Biopharmaceutical
7 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Licensing
7 1 (0.66%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.97%) Windows
2 5 (3.31%) Linux
3 3 (1.99%) CentOS
4 2 (1.32%) Debian
4 2 (1.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (1.32%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.66%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (25.83%) Problem-Solving
2 34 (22.52%) Customer Service
3 33 (21.85%) Agile
4 31 (20.53%) Continuous Improvement
5 29 (19.21%) Service Delivery
6 22 (14.57%) Project Management
7 21 (13.91%) Coaching
8 16 (10.60%) Data Protection
9 15 (9.93%) Customer-Centricity
9 15 (9.93%) Mentoring
10 13 (8.61%) Process Improvement
10 13 (8.61%) Risk Management
11 12 (7.95%) Change Management
11 12 (7.95%) Project Delivery
11 12 (7.95%) Strategic Thinking
12 11 (7.28%) Line Management
12 11 (7.28%) Software Engineering
13 10 (6.62%) Business Intelligence
13 10 (6.62%) Creative Thinking
13 10 (6.62%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 11 (7.28%) SQL
2 7 (4.64%) JavaScript
3 6 (3.97%) Java
4 5 (3.31%) Python
5 4 (2.65%) T-SQL
5 4 (2.65%) VBA
6 3 (1.99%) C#
7 1 (0.66%) Go
7 1 (0.66%) PHP
7 1 (0.66%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.66%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.66%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 27 (17.88%) Degree
2 12 (7.95%) DBS Check
3 9 (5.96%) HNC
3 9 (5.96%) HND
3 9 (5.96%) Security Cleared
4 7 (4.64%) BPSS Clearance
4 7 (4.64%) SC Cleared
5 6 (3.97%) PMP
6 5 (3.31%) A+ Certification
6 5 (3.31%) PMI Certification
7 4 (2.65%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (1.99%) DV Cleared
9 2 (1.32%) AAT
9 2 (1.32%) ACCA
9 2 (1.32%) Azure Certification
9 2 (1.32%) CIMA
9 2 (1.32%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.66%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.66%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.66%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.62%) QA
2 5 (3.31%) Accessibility
2 5 (3.31%) PMO
3 3 (1.99%) ISO 9001
4 2 (1.32%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.32%) GDPR
5 1 (0.66%) ISO 14001
5 1 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.66%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (12.58%) Active Directory
2 16 (10.60%) Hyper-V
2 16 (10.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.32%) Docker
4 1 (0.66%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 16 (10.60%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (9.93%) FortiGate
3 8 (5.30%) Kubernetes
4 4 (2.65%) Terraform
5 2 (1.32%) Ansible
5 2 (1.32%) Puppet
6 1 (0.66%) cPanel
6 1 (0.66%) Grafana
6 1 (0.66%) Plesk
6 1 (0.66%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 41 (27.15%) Microsoft
2 17 (11.26%) VMware
3 16 (10.60%) Cisco
3 16 (10.60%) Veeam
4 15 (9.93%) SonicWALL
4 15 (9.93%) WatchGuard
5 4 (2.65%) Google
5 4 (2.65%) Informatica
5 4 (2.65%) RedGate
5 4 (2.65%) SAP
5 4 (2.65%) Talend
6 3 (1.99%) Oracle
6 3 (1.99%) Rapid7
6 3 (1.99%) Red Hat
7 2 (1.32%) Adobe
7 2 (1.32%) HubSpot
7 2 (1.32%) Sage
7 2 (1.32%) SaltStack
7 2 (1.32%) Xero
8 1 (0.66%) Databricks