Collaborative Working
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Collaborative Working skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Collaborative Working over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 91 110 133
Rank change year-on-year +19 +23 +13
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Working 2,971 3,096 4,789
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.00% 3.09% 3.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.51% 3.23% 3.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1,942 1,555 2,333
10th Percentile £29,001 £37,500 £34,992
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,335 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £59,526 £57,744
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +3.09% +9.82%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,715 £85,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £54,882
% change year-on-year -18.18% +0.22% +15.54%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Collaborative Working is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,701 95,929 153,018
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.52% 95.60% 95.73%
Number of salaries quoted 59,701 56,502 82,944
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,740
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Collaborative Working
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Collaborative Working as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Collaborative Working in the UK

Collaborative Working
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Collaborative Working.

Salary trend for Collaborative Working in the UK

Collaborative Working
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Collaborative Working over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Collaborative Working in the UK

Collaborative Working
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Collaborative Working within the UK over the 6 months to 14 May 2024. 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
England +27 2,587 £50,000 -16.00% 1,224
UK excluding London +15 2,174 £45,000 -18.18% 829
Work from Home -5 1,045 £57,500 -4.17% 463
London +29 648 £67,500 -9.40% 433
South East +22 624 £45,000 -18.18% 203
North of England +1 508 £47,500 -13.64% 238
South West +50 404 £47,500 -12.99% 118
North West +45 299 £52,000 -5.45% 142
Midlands +21 251 £45,000 -14.69% 139
Scotland -56 172 £55,000 -18.26% 36
East of England -16 150 £46,297 -15.82% 94
Yorkshire -27 145 £47,500 -13.22% 78
West Midlands +5 133 £55,000 - 86
East Midlands +11 113 £38,250 -23.50% 53
North East +39 64 £42,000 -18.05% 21
Wales 0 39 £45,000 - 16
Northern Ireland +19 29 £42,500 -10.05% 11

Collaborative Working
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 84 (2.83%) Microsoft Exchange
2 79 (2.66%) SharePoint
3 61 (2.05%) Confluence
4 46 (1.55%) WebLogic
5 45 (1.51%) Apache
6 34 (1.14%) CMS
6 34 (1.14%) WordPress
7 33 (1.11%) Apache Spark
8 16 (0.54%) nginx
9 13 (0.44%) IIS
9 13 (0.44%) Red Hat Fuse
10 12 (0.40%) JBoss
11 11 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2007
11 11 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2010
11 11 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2013
12 9 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
12 9 (0.30%) SAS
13 7 (0.24%) Apache Solr
14 6 (0.20%) Drupal
14 6 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 151 (5.08%) Microsoft Office
2 141 (4.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 66 (2.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 35 (1.18%) Simulink
5 34 (1.14%) Photoshop
6 33 (1.11%) Adobe Illustrator
7 26 (0.88%) Sketch
8 19 (0.64%) Spreadsheet
9 18 (0.61%) MS Visio
10 16 (0.54%) Adobe XD
11 13 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
12 12 (0.40%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 12 (0.40%) InDesign
12 12 (0.40%) InVision
13 8 (0.27%) Adobe After Effects
14 6 (0.20%) Adobe Captivate
15 4 (0.13%) AutoCAD
15 4 (0.13%) Maya
16 3 (0.10%) Blender
16 3 (0.10%) Revit
Business Applications
1 46 (1.55%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 33 (1.11%) Siebel CRM
3 15 (0.50%) Oracle Payables
4 14 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
5 13 (0.44%) Oracle General Ledger
5 13 (0.44%) Oracle Receivables
6 12 (0.40%) Oracle Cash Management
7 11 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
8 10 (0.34%) SAP SCM
9 9 (0.30%) SAP HR
10 8 (0.27%) Primavera
10 8 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
10 8 (0.27%) SAP CO
10 8 (0.27%) SAP ERP
10 8 (0.27%) SAP FI
10 8 (0.27%) SAP FI/CO
10 8 (0.27%) Shopify
11 7 (0.24%) NetSuite
12 6 (0.20%) NEC Housing
12 6 (0.20%) SAP GTS
Cloud Services
1 658 (22.15%) Azure
2 369 (12.42%) AWS
3 245 (8.25%) Power Platform
4 234 (7.88%) Microsoft 365
5 110 (3.70%) GCP
6 92 (3.10%) SaaS
7 83 (2.79%) Amazon EKS
8 69 (2.32%) Azure DevOps
9 60 (2.02%) Dynamics 365
10 57 (1.92%) Entra ID
11 53 (1.78%) Serverless
12 48 (1.62%) Amazon SQS
12 48 (1.62%) PowerApps
13 44 (1.48%) OpenShift
14 43 (1.45%) AWS Lambda
15 42 (1.41%) Power Automate
16 39 (1.31%) GitHub
17 36 (1.21%) AWS CloudFormation
18 30 (1.01%) Cloud Computing
19 27 (0.91%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 119 (4.01%) DNS
2 113 (3.80%) Firewall
3 104 (3.50%) Broadband
4 86 (2.89%) TCP/IP
5 57 (1.92%) SSL
6 49 (1.65%) BGP
7 40 (1.35%) DHCP
8 34 (1.14%) WAN
9 28 (0.94%) Internet
9 28 (0.94%) LAN
10 26 (0.88%) AMQP
11 24 (0.81%) Network Security
11 24 (0.81%) SAN
11 24 (0.81%) VLAN
11 24 (0.81%) VPN
12 22 (0.74%) 5G
13 21 (0.71%) Wireless
14 19 (0.64%) HTTP
15 18 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
16 12 (0.40%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 243 (8.18%) SQL Server
2 207 (6.97%) Power BI
3 110 (3.70%) Relational Database
4 86 (2.89%) Azure SQL Database
5 76 (2.56%) MySQL
6 62 (2.09%) Big Data
6 62 (2.09%) Data Warehouse
7 56 (1.88%) Amazon RDS
8 54 (1.82%) Oracle Database
9 53 (1.78%) RDBMS
10 47 (1.58%) Tableau
11 45 (1.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 43 (1.45%) Oracle BI EE
13 34 (1.14%) Data Lake
14 33 (1.11%) NoSQL
15 32 (1.08%) Siebel EIM
16 30 (1.01%) Hadoop
17 27 (0.91%) Data Vault
18 26 (0.88%) Cloudera CDH
19 25 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 173 (5.82%) JIRA
2 149 (5.02%) Git
3 79 (2.66%) Jenkins
4 45 (1.51%) Selenium
5 25 (0.84%) Subversion
6 17 (0.57%) Visual Studio
7 15 (0.50%) TeamCity
8 14 (0.47%) Cucumber
8 14 (0.47%) Vagrant
9 13 (0.44%) GitLab
10 12 (0.40%) IntelliJ
10 12 (0.40%) Robot Framework
11 9 (0.30%) CircleCI
11 9 (0.30%) Rational DOORS
12 8 (0.27%) git-flow
13 7 (0.24%) Cypress.io
13 7 (0.24%) JUnit
13 7 (0.24%) SonarQube
13 7 (0.24%) SpecFlow
14 6 (0.20%) Toad
General
1 1,279 (43.05%) Social Skills
2 577 (19.42%) Finance
3 423 (14.24%) Analytical Skills
4 360 (12.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 359 (12.08%) Aerospace
6 276 (9.29%) Marketing
7 197 (6.63%) Retail
8 134 (4.51%) Public Sector
9 124 (4.17%) Manufacturing
10 118 (3.97%) Organisational Skills
11 116 (3.90%) Legal
12 111 (3.74%) Law
13 109 (3.67%) Presentation Skills
14 94 (3.16%) Electronics
15 92 (3.10%) Influencing Skills
16 71 (2.39%) Banking
17 48 (1.62%) Local Government
18 34 (1.14%) Games
18 34 (1.14%) Pharmaceutical
18 34 (1.14%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 481 (16.19%) Senior
2 423 (14.24%) Developer
3 278 (9.36%) Lead
4 234 (7.88%) Analyst
5 185 (6.23%) Architect
6 166 (5.59%) Software Engineer
7 150 (5.05%) Project Manager
8 141 (4.75%) Senior Developer
9 94 (3.16%) Consultant
10 92 (3.10%) Solutions Architect
11 91 (3.06%) Software Developer
12 90 (3.03%) DBA
13 82 (2.76%) SQL DBA
14 79 (2.66%) DevOps Engineer
15 78 (2.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 78 (2.63%) Senior Manager
16 62 (2.09%) Business Analyst
17 60 (2.02%) Data Engineer
18 58 (1.95%) IT Support
19 57 (1.92%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 215 (7.24%) .NET
2 148 (4.98%) HTML
3 129 (4.34%) React
4 118 (3.97%) CSS
5 89 (3.00%) Spring Boot
6 86 (2.89%) AngularJS
7 78 (2.63%) RabbitMQ
8 60 (2.02%) REST
8 60 (2.02%) Spring
9 53 (1.78%) HTML5
9 53 (1.78%) RESTful
10 52 (1.75%) Node.js
11 51 (1.72%) Web Services
12 47 (1.58%) ASP.NET
13 43 (1.45%) Vue
14 42 (1.41%) .NET Framework
14 42 (1.41%) XML
15 38 (1.28%) Laravel
16 37 (1.25%) .NET Core
16 37 (1.25%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 196 (6.60%) Management Information System
2 179 (6.02%) Self-Motivation
3 112 (3.77%) Product Ownership
4 97 (3.26%) Enterprise Software
5 87 (2.93%) Public Cloud
6 66 (2.22%) Cloud Native
7 56 (1.88%) Onboarding
8 55 (1.85%) Social Media
9 52 (1.75%) Data Centre
10 38 (1.28%) Data Structures
11 37 (1.25%) Mobile App
12 35 (1.18%) Greenfield Project
13 34 (1.14%) Driving Licence
14 29 (0.98%) Analytical Mindset
15 28 (0.94%) Virtual Team
16 23 (0.77%) NHS
17 22 (0.74%) Algorithms
17 22 (0.74%) IoT
18 21 (0.71%) Data Protection Act
19 19 (0.64%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 317 (10.67%) Linux
2 232 (7.81%) Windows
3 110 (3.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 87 (2.93%) VMS
5 67 (2.26%) Windows Server
6 52 (1.75%) Windows 10
7 50 (1.68%) Android
8 48 (1.62%) Ubuntu
9 42 (1.41%) CentOS
10 36 (1.21%) Apple iOS
11 28 (0.94%) Debian
12 25 (0.84%) Windows 7
13 18 (0.61%) Mac OS
13 18 (0.61%) Windows Server 2008
14 17 (0.57%) Windows Server 2016
15 14 (0.47%) Embedded Linux
16 13 (0.44%) Windows Server 2012
17 11 (0.37%) Windows 8
18 9 (0.30%) Unix
19 8 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,033 (34.77%) Agile
2 894 (30.09%) Problem-Solving
3 527 (17.74%) Project Management
4 437 (14.71%) Actionable Insight
5 369 (12.42%) Mentoring
6 324 (10.91%) Scrum
7 320 (10.77%) DevOps
8 285 (9.59%) Continuous Improvement
8 285 (9.59%) Software Engineering
9 252 (8.48%) Business Intelligence
10 245 (8.25%) Computer Science
11 237 (7.98%) Customer Service
12 236 (7.94%) Project Delivery
13 229 (7.71%) Coaching
14 220 (7.40%) Roadmaps
15 208 (7.00%) SDLC
16 202 (6.80%) User Experience
17 201 (6.77%) Analytics
18 198 (6.66%) Decision-Making
19 181 (6.09%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 456 (15.35%) SQL
2 306 (10.30%) Python
3 243 (8.18%) JavaScript
4 224 (7.54%) Java
5 218 (7.34%) C#
6 129 (4.34%) T-SQL
7 120 (4.04%) PowerShell
8 80 (2.69%) PHP
9 71 (2.39%) C++
10 66 (2.22%) TypeScript
11 61 (2.05%) C
12 55 (1.85%) Bash
13 39 (1.31%) Kotlin
14 21 (0.71%) Swift
15 18 (0.61%) Ruby
16 17 (0.57%) VBA
17 16 (0.54%) Scala
18 15 (0.50%) Go
19 13 (0.44%) Shell Script
20 12 (0.40%) R
Qualifications
1 653 (21.98%) Degree
2 529 (17.81%) Security Cleared
3 294 (9.90%) SC Cleared
4 194 (6.53%) DV Cleared
5 134 (4.51%) Computer Science Degree
6 115 (3.87%) Microsoft Certification
7 97 (3.26%) Master's Degree
8 75 (2.52%) Azure Certification
9 59 (1.99%) DBS Check
10 56 (1.88%) AWS Certification
11 47 (1.58%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 37 (1.25%) BPSS Clearance
12 37 (1.25%) PMI Certification
13 36 (1.21%) PMP
14 33 (1.11%) Cisco Certification
15 32 (1.08%) HNC
16 31 (1.04%) CISSP
17 25 (0.84%) MBA
18 24 (0.81%) PhD
19 23 (0.77%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 206 (6.93%) QA
2 95 (3.20%) Data Quality
3 81 (2.73%) PMO
4 60 (2.02%) GDPR
5 52 (1.75%) Accessibility
6 41 (1.38%) SLA
7 25 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 22 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
9 11 (0.37%) ISO 9001
9 11 (0.37%) PCI DSS
10 10 (0.34%) Good Clinical Practice
11 8 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
12 7 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 7 (0.24%) HIPAA
12 7 (0.24%) NCSC
12 7 (0.24%) NIST
13 5 (0.17%) GRC
13 5 (0.17%) ISO 14001
14 4 (0.13%) 21 CFR Part 11
14 4 (0.13%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 148 (4.98%) Docker
2 146 (4.91%) Active Directory
3 95 (3.20%) Virtual Machines
4 92 (3.10%) VMware Infrastructure
5 43 (1.45%) Hyper-V
6 25 (0.84%) Firmware
7 20 (0.67%) VMware NSX
7 20 (0.67%) vSphere
8 14 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
9 11 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
10 7 (0.24%) XenApp
11 6 (0.20%) DFS Replication
11 6 (0.20%) XenDesktop
12 4 (0.13%) NFS
13 2 (0.067%) Virtual Servers
14 1 (0.034%) Embedded Firmware
14 1 (0.034%) Lustre
14 1 (0.034%) RACF
14 1 (0.034%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 186 (6.26%) Ansible
2 181 (6.09%) Kubernetes
3 138 (4.64%) Terraform
4 55 (1.85%) Puppet
5 34 (1.14%) Microsoft Intune
6 24 (0.81%) SCCM
7 13 (0.44%) SCOM
8 12 (0.40%) SmoothWall
9 11 (0.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 6 (0.20%) Argo
10 6 (0.20%) NetBackup
10 6 (0.20%) vRealize Orchestrator
11 5 (0.17%) Progress Chef
11 5 (0.17%) WSUS
12 4 (0.13%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 4 (0.13%) Kibana
13 3 (0.10%) Grafana
13 3 (0.10%) Microsoft Clustering
13 3 (0.10%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
14 2 (0.067%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 629 (21.17%) Microsoft
2 176 (5.92%) Oracle
3 116 (3.90%) VMware
4 105 (3.53%) SAP
5 102 (3.43%) Google
6 58 (1.95%) ServiceNow
7 48 (1.62%) Salesforce
8 46 (1.55%) Sparx
9 45 (1.51%) Red Hat
10 42 (1.41%) Adobe
11 39 (1.31%) Databricks
12 36 (1.21%) Cisco
13 33 (1.11%) Siebel
14 32 (1.08%) Veeam
15 28 (0.94%) Xilinx
16 26 (0.88%) Informatica
16 26 (0.88%) SaltStack
17 22 (0.74%) Virgin Media
18 21 (0.71%) Apple
19 20 (0.67%) Dell