Collaborative Working Job Trends

Collaborative Working
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Collaborative Working skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 128 90 82
Rank change year-on-year -38 -8 +17
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Working 1,088 1,702 1,865
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.82% 3.14% 3.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.24% 3.47% 3.84%
Number of salaries quoted 667 859 1,354
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £42,375 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,924 £59,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.08% +20.41% -21.60%
75th Percentile £63,750 £78,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £95,250 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £52,500 £39,634
% change year-on-year -19.05% +32.46% -32.25%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,581 48,989 48,580
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.32% 90.25% 90.41%
Number of salaries quoted 28,539 24,001 36,978
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

Collaborative Working
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Collaborative Working job vacancy trend in the UK

Collaborative Working
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Collaborative Working

Collaborative Working
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Collaborative Working over the 6 months to 7 January 2026.

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 7 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
England -36 953 £50,000 -15.25% 681
UK excluding London -47 700 £42,500 -19.05% 633
Work from Home -48 322 £55,000 -10.33% 213
London -45 274 £62,500 -0.30% 119
South East -45 171 £35,000 -44.00% 192
North of England -40 158 £42,500 -15.00% 130
Midlands 0 148 £40,000 -25.93% 93
West Midlands -10 104 £30,000 -47.83% 41
North West -7 103 £42,500 -15.00% 51
South West +9 95 £50,693 +5.61% 88
East of England -20 79 £47,500 -6.80% 80
East Midlands -8 44 £42,500 -15.00% 51
Scotland -39 33 £26,000 -56.67% 20
Yorkshire -49 33 £42,500 -6.08% 57
North East -1 22 £29,000 -42.00% 23
Wales -36 10 £55,869 +71.90% 36
Northern Ireland -2 7 - - 10

Collaborative Working
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 39 (3.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 32 (2.94%) SharePoint
3 23 (2.11%) Confluence
4 12 (1.10%) WordPress
5 9 (0.83%) CMS
6 5 (0.46%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.46%) ArcGIS
6 5 (0.46%) IIS
7 4 (0.37%) Tomcat
8 3 (0.28%) Apache
8 3 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.18%) Drupal
10 1 (0.092%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.092%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.092%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.092%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.092%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.092%) WildFly
Applications
1 95 (8.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 55 (5.06%) Microsoft Office
3 36 (3.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (0.74%) Photoshop
5 7 (0.64%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.46%) Adobe Premiere
6 5 (0.46%) AutoCAD
7 4 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.37%) SketchUp
8 3 (0.28%) Trello
8 3 (0.28%) Windchill
9 2 (0.18%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.18%) Simulink
9 2 (0.18%) Sketch
9 2 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.092%) Acrobat
10 1 (0.092%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.092%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.092%) InDesign
10 1 (0.092%) SmartSuite
Business Applications
1 6 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (0.55%) NetSuite
1 6 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.46%) Infor SunSystems
2 5 (0.46%) Payment Gateway
2 5 (0.46%) PlanetPress Connect
3 4 (0.37%) Distributed Ledger
4 3 (0.28%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.18%) Dynamics GP
5 2 (0.18%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.18%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.18%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.092%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.092%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.092%) Oracle BPM
6 1 (0.092%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.092%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.092%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.092%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 194 (17.83%) Azure
2 110 (10.11%) Microsoft 365
3 105 (9.65%) AWS
4 72 (6.62%) Power Platform
5 56 (5.15%) Entra ID
6 29 (2.67%) Azure AI
7 28 (2.57%) GCP
8 25 (2.30%) SaaS
9 24 (2.21%) Amazon SageMaker
10 22 (2.02%) Azure DevOps
11 21 (1.93%) Vertex AI
12 18 (1.65%) Dynamics 365
12 18 (1.65%) GitHub
13 13 (1.19%) Google Analytics
13 13 (1.19%) Serverless
14 10 (0.92%) OpenShift
14 10 (0.92%) Power Automate
14 10 (0.92%) PowerApps
15 9 (0.83%) AWS CloudFormation
15 9 (0.83%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 44 (4.04%) Firewall
2 35 (3.22%) TCP/IP
3 33 (3.03%) Wireless
4 29 (2.67%) DNS
5 28 (2.57%) WAN
6 27 (2.48%) LAN
6 27 (2.48%) VLAN
7 24 (2.21%) DHCP
8 19 (1.75%) Broadband
9 18 (1.65%) VPN
10 16 (1.47%) Network Security
11 11 (1.01%) Wi-Fi
12 9 (0.83%) Structured Cabling
13 8 (0.74%) Internet
13 8 (0.74%) SAN
14 7 (0.64%) SD-WAN
14 7 (0.64%) VoIP
15 6 (0.55%) BGP
15 6 (0.55%) MPLS
15 6 (0.55%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (5.15%) Power BI
2 26 (2.39%) Tableau
3 23 (2.11%) SQL Server
4 20 (1.84%) Looker
5 13 (1.19%) Amazon RDS
6 11 (1.01%) Big Data
6 11 (1.01%) NoSQL
7 10 (0.92%) PostgreSQL
8 9 (0.83%) Power Query
8 9 (0.83%) Relational Database
8 9 (0.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 8 (0.74%) Oracle Database
10 7 (0.64%) Hadoop
10 7 (0.64%) MongoDB
10 7 (0.64%) Oracle Reports
11 6 (0.55%) BigQuery
11 6 (0.55%) BusinessObjects
11 6 (0.55%) GIS
12 5 (0.46%) Data Warehouse
12 5 (0.46%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 32 (2.94%) JIRA
2 30 (2.76%) Git
3 13 (1.19%) GitLab
4 12 (1.10%) Jenkins
5 7 (0.64%) Bitbucket
6 5 (0.46%) Rational DOORS
6 5 (0.46%) TeamCity
7 4 (0.37%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 4 (0.37%) Selenium
7 4 (0.37%) TestRail
8 3 (0.28%) Subversion
9 2 (0.18%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.18%) Robot Framework
9 2 (0.18%) Storybook
9 2 (0.18%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.092%) Android Studio
10 1 (0.092%) gulp
10 1 (0.092%) Postman
10 1 (0.092%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.092%) webpack
General
1 569 (52.30%) Social Skills
2 239 (21.97%) Finance
3 221 (20.31%) Analytical Skills
4 187 (17.19%) Marketing
5 95 (8.73%) Law
6 87 (8.00%) Organisational Skills
7 79 (7.26%) Telecoms
8 68 (6.25%) Public Sector
9 57 (5.24%) Aerospace
10 54 (4.96%) Retail
11 52 (4.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 51 (4.69%) Influencing Skills
13 42 (3.86%) Billing
14 39 (3.58%) Banking
14 39 (3.58%) Legal
15 36 (3.31%) Manufacturing
16 35 (3.22%) Military
17 30 (2.76%) Presentation Skills
18 28 (2.57%) Pharmaceutical
19 26 (2.39%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 119 (10.94%) Analyst
2 94 (8.64%) Lead
3 87 (8.00%) Senior
4 70 (6.43%) IT Support
5 65 (5.97%) Developer
6 48 (4.41%) Business Analyst
7 45 (4.14%) Consultant
8 44 (4.04%) Architect
9 42 (3.86%) Systems Engineer
10 38 (3.49%) Support Engineer
11 35 (3.22%) Coordinator
12 30 (2.76%) Digital Analyst
13 26 (2.39%) Administrator
14 25 (2.30%) Digital Business Analyst
14 25 (2.30%) Junior
15 24 (2.21%) Data Analyst
15 24 (2.21%) Technical Support
16 23 (2.11%) IT Engineer
17 21 (1.93%) Software Engineer
17 21 (1.93%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (4.87%) .NET
2 42 (3.86%) HTML
3 20 (1.84%) React
4 18 (1.65%) RESTful
5 16 (1.47%) CSS
6 13 (1.19%) AngularJS
6 13 (1.19%) Node.js
7 12 (1.10%) .NET Core
7 12 (1.10%) Middleware
8 11 (1.01%) EDI
9 8 (0.74%) Kafka
10 7 (0.64%) REST
10 7 (0.64%) Spring
10 7 (0.64%) Spring Boot
11 5 (0.46%) .NET Framework
11 5 (0.46%) ASP.NET
12 4 (0.37%) Django
12 4 (0.37%) HTML5
12 4 (0.37%) OAuth
12 4 (0.37%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 115 (10.57%) Onboarding
2 84 (7.72%) Self-Motivation
3 48 (4.41%) Management Information System
4 44 (4.04%) Social Media
5 35 (3.22%) Driving Licence
6 23 (2.11%) Data Centre
6 23 (2.11%) Enterprise Software
6 23 (2.11%) Product Ownership
7 22 (2.02%) Life Science
8 21 (1.93%) FMCG
8 21 (1.93%) Pharmacovigilance
9 14 (1.29%) Cloud Native
10 13 (1.19%) Security Posture
11 12 (1.10%) e-Learning
11 12 (1.10%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 11 (1.01%) Algorithms
13 10 (0.92%) Hedge funds
14 9 (0.83%) Data Structures
14 9 (0.83%) Renewable Energy
15 8 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 105 (9.65%) Windows
2 48 (4.41%) Windows Server
3 30 (2.76%) Linux
4 14 (1.29%) Windows Server 2012
5 10 (0.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (0.92%) Windows 10
6 8 (0.74%) Mac OS
7 7 (0.64%) Apple iOS
8 5 (0.46%) Unix
9 4 (0.37%) CentOS
9 4 (0.37%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.28%) AIX
10 3 (0.28%) Debian
11 2 (0.18%) Android
12 1 (0.092%) FreeRTOS
12 1 (0.092%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 314 (28.86%) Problem-Solving
2 226 (20.77%) Agile
3 199 (18.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 119 (10.94%) Project Management
5 112 (10.29%) Analytics
6 107 (9.83%) Coaching
7 105 (9.65%) CRM
8 94 (8.64%) Customer Service
9 93 (8.55%) Stakeholder Management
10 92 (8.46%) B2B
11 91 (8.36%) Decision-Making
12 90 (8.27%) Cybersecurity
13 82 (7.54%) Computer Science
13 82 (7.54%) Digital Marketing
13 82 (7.54%) Service Delivery
14 81 (7.44%) E-Commerce
14 81 (7.44%) Project Delivery
15 77 (7.08%) AI
15 77 (7.08%) Business Intelligence
15 77 (7.08%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 96 (8.82%) SQL
2 65 (5.97%) Python
3 56 (5.15%) PowerShell
4 43 (3.95%) Java
5 37 (3.40%) C#
6 32 (2.94%) JavaScript
7 18 (1.65%) VBA
8 15 (1.38%) Bash
9 9 (0.83%) TypeScript
10 6 (0.55%) C++
11 5 (0.46%) Kotlin
11 5 (0.46%) VB.NET
12 4 (0.37%) Scala
12 4 (0.37%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.28%) Go
13 3 (0.28%) PHP
13 3 (0.28%) R
14 2 (0.18%) Bicep
14 2 (0.18%) Perl
Qualifications
1 278 (25.55%) Degree
2 97 (8.92%) Security Cleared
3 59 (5.42%) SC Cleared
4 48 (4.41%) Computer Science Degree
5 42 (3.86%) Master's Degree
6 37 (3.40%) DBS Check
7 35 (3.22%) BPSS Clearance
8 30 (2.76%) DV Cleared
9 28 (2.57%) CISSP
10 23 (2.11%) PMI Certification
11 21 (1.93%) PMP
12 18 (1.65%) Cisco Certification
13 16 (1.47%) Microsoft Certification
14 15 (1.38%) HND
15 12 (1.10%) ACCA
15 12 (1.10%) HNC
16 11 (1.01%) CIMA
16 11 (1.01%) CISM
16 11 (1.01%) MCP
17 9 (0.83%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (7.54%) QA
2 59 (5.42%) Accessibility
3 58 (5.33%) GDPR
4 45 (4.14%) Data Quality
5 30 (2.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 23 (2.11%) Cyber Essentials
6 23 (2.11%) EU AI Act
7 22 (2.02%) PMO
8 21 (1.93%) HIPAA
8 21 (1.93%) PSD2
8 21 (1.93%) Solvency II
9 19 (1.75%) NIST
10 13 (1.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 12 (1.10%) SLA
12 9 (0.83%) GRC
13 8 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 8 (0.74%) WCAG
14 7 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 15288
14 7 (0.64%) PCI DSS
15 5 (0.46%) ARP4761
System Software
1 84 (7.72%) Active Directory
2 30 (2.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (2.11%) Hyper-V
4 21 (1.93%) Docker
5 11 (1.01%) Virtual Machines
6 10 (0.92%) vSphere
7 5 (0.46%) Firmware
7 5 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (0.37%) ProxySG
9 1 (0.092%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 1 (0.092%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.092%) KVM
9 1 (0.092%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 41 (3.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 38 (3.49%) Terraform
3 37 (3.40%) Kubernetes
4 15 (1.38%) Ansible
5 14 (1.29%) Single Sign-On
6 12 (1.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 11 (1.01%) Puppet
8 10 (0.92%) FortiGate
9 6 (0.55%) Grafana
10 4 (0.37%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.28%) Argo
11 3 (0.28%) cPanel
11 3 (0.28%) Netcool
11 3 (0.28%) Plesk
11 3 (0.28%) Prometheus
11 3 (0.28%) Rancher
11 3 (0.28%) SCCM
11 3 (0.28%) yum
12 2 (0.18%) Nagios
12 2 (0.18%) Nessus
Vendors
1 227 (20.86%) Microsoft
2 47 (4.32%) Google
3 37 (3.40%) SAP
3 37 (3.40%) VMware
4 34 (3.13%) Cisco
5 26 (2.39%) Salesforce
6 24 (2.21%) Oracle
7 15 (1.38%) ServiceNow
8 14 (1.29%) Adobe
9 13 (1.19%) Palo Alto
10 12 (1.10%) Guidewire
11 11 (1.01%) BT
11 11 (1.01%) Veeam
12 10 (0.92%) Bloomberg
12 10 (0.92%) Reuters
12 10 (0.92%) SonicWALL
12 10 (0.92%) WatchGuard
13 9 (0.83%) Apple
13 9 (0.83%) Mercator
13 9 (0.83%) Red Hat