Community of Practice Job Trends in the North of England

Communities of Practice (CoP)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Community of Practice 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 200 228 266
Rank change year-on-year +28 +38 +106
Permanent jobs citing Community of Practice 73 53 25
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.68% 0.58% 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.85% 0.64% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 13 7 24
10th Percentile - £45,632 £46,250
25th Percentile £44,972 £51,474 £46,292
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,497 £59,430 £56,318
Median % change year-on-year -23.44% +5.53% -6.14%
75th Percentile £85,000 £93,764 £77,205
90th Percentile £91,250 £95,767 £80,070
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +6.56% -9.06%

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,623 8,255 7,516
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 80.03% 90.79% 88.33%
Number of salaries quoted 4,624 3,681 5,913
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £29,010
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £38,856
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -0.71%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,100 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Community of Practice
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Community of Practice job vacancy trend in the North of England

Community of Practice
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Community of Practice

Community of Practice
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Community of Practice in the North of England over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Community of Practice in the North of England

Community of Practice
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 Community of Practice within the North of England 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
North East +48 46 £45,497 -23.44% 1
Yorkshire -11 22 £62,500 -29.68% 1
North West 0 5 £45,497 -14.97% 4
Community of Practice
England

Community of Practice
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:

Applications
1 2 (2.74%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (2.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (5.48%) Azure
2 3 (4.11%) Azure App Service
2 3 (4.11%) GitHub
2 3 (4.11%) GitHub Actions
2 3 (4.11%) Microsoft Purview
3 2 (2.74%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.37%) AWS
4 1 (1.37%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.11%) Metadata
2 2 (2.74%) Power BI
General
1 58 (79.45%) Manufacturing
1 58 (79.45%) Marketing
2 55 (75.34%) Finance
3 7 (9.59%) Public Sector
4 4 (5.48%) Social Skills
5 3 (4.11%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.74%) Banking
Job Titles
1 58 (79.45%) Development Manager
1 58 (79.45%) Product Development Manager
1 58 (79.45%) Product Manager
2 8 (10.96%) Analyst
2 8 (10.96%) Business Analyst
3 4 (5.48%) Lead
4 3 (4.11%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
4 3 (4.11%) Data Engineer
4 3 (4.11%) Lead Data Engineer
4 3 (4.11%) Senior
5 1 (1.37%) Agile Business Analyst
5 1 (1.37%) Project Manager
5 1 (1.37%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (1.37%) Senior Business Analyst
5 1 (1.37%) Senior Manager
5 1 (1.37%) Senior Project Manager
5 1 (1.37%) Senior Strategy Analyst
5 1 (1.37%) Strategy Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.11%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 58 (79.45%) FMCG
2 3 (4.11%) Cloud Native
2 3 (4.11%) Enterprise Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (84.93%) Decision-Making
2 59 (80.82%) Continuous Improvement
2 59 (80.82%) Project Delivery
3 58 (79.45%) Chemistry
3 58 (79.45%) Commercialisation
3 58 (79.45%) Project Management
4 12 (16.44%) Agile
5 8 (10.96%) Business Analysis
5 8 (10.96%) Mentoring
6 7 (9.59%) Coaching
6 7 (9.59%) Focus Group
6 7 (9.59%) Generative AI
6 7 (9.59%) Process Improvement
6 7 (9.59%) Workshop Facilitation
7 5 (6.85%) AI
8 4 (5.48%) Roadmaps
9 3 (4.11%) API Management
9 3 (4.11%) CI/CD
9 3 (4.11%) Data Security
9 3 (4.11%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.11%) Python
1 3 (4.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 60 (82.19%) Degree
2 2 (2.74%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (9.59%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 12 (16.44%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.11%) Databricks
3 2 (2.74%) UiPath