Collaborative Working Job Trends in the West Midlands

Collaborative Working
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Collaborative Working skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 45 129
Rank change year-on-year -23 +84 -27
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Working 152 160 110
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 1.78% 4.65% 1.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.58% 5.47% 2.17%
Number of salaries quoted 118 62 69
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,800 £30,481
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,750 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.48% -4.55% +22.22%
75th Percentile £53,750 £67,813 £68,113
90th Percentile £67,875 £75,000 £78,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £51,887 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.64% -1.17% -11.80%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West 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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,887 2,927 5,075
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 69.10% 85.01% 78.50%
Number of salaries quoted 4,419 1,879 3,113
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,822 £28,119
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,447 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.91% -2.01% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -12.00%

Collaborative Working
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Collaborative Working job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Collaborative Working
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

Collaborative Working
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Collaborative Working in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 15 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Collaborative Working in the West Midlands

Collaborative Working
Job Locations in the West 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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 August 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
Birmingham -10 74 £47,500 -9.52% 28
Staffordshire -29 17 £32,000 -52.59% 8
Worcestershire -5 13 £37,500 -11.76% 7
Shropshire -13 10 £51,356 +20.84% 6
Warwickshire -19 8 £50,000 +85.19% 7
Wolverhampton - 8 £53,500 - 2
Dudley - 6 £47,500 - 1
Brierley Hill - 5 £35,500 - 1
Solihull +8 4 £36,337 -48.09% 4
West Bromwich +3 1 £45,000 -
Coventry -20 1 - - 1
Collaborative Working
England

Collaborative Working
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West 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 6 (3.95%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.97%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.66%) CMS
Applications
1 5 (3.29%) Fusion 360
1 5 (3.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.97%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.32%) Revit
4 1 (0.66%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.66%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (0.66%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.66%) CapCut
4 1 (0.66%) Navisworks
4 1 (0.66%) SketchUp
Business Applications
1 7 (4.61%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.32%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.66%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 38 (25.00%) Azure
2 26 (17.11%) Power Platform
3 23 (15.13%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (6.58%) SaaS
5 8 (5.26%) AWS
6 6 (3.95%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (3.95%) Entra ID
7 5 (3.29%) GCP
8 4 (2.63%) Microsoft Copilot
9 3 (1.97%) AWS CloudFormation
9 3 (1.97%) GitHub
10 2 (1.32%) Amazon ECS
10 2 (1.32%) Amazon EKS
10 2 (1.32%) Azure AKS
10 2 (1.32%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (1.32%) Azure Functions
10 2 (1.32%) GitHub Copilot
10 2 (1.32%) Nutanix
10 2 (1.32%) PaaS
10 2 (1.32%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 9 (5.92%) VoIP
2 3 (1.97%) DNS
2 3 (1.97%) Firewall
2 3 (1.97%) Network Security
2 3 (1.97%) TCP/IP
3 2 (1.32%) DHCP
3 2 (1.32%) Ethernet
3 2 (1.32%) Modbus
3 2 (1.32%) Wireless
4 1 (0.66%) LAN
4 1 (0.66%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (0.66%) VLAN
4 1 (0.66%) VPN
4 1 (0.66%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (17.11%) Power BI
2 12 (7.89%) Tableau
3 10 (6.58%) Power Query
4 9 (5.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 8 (5.26%) SQL Server
6 7 (4.61%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (4.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (1.32%) Data Lake
7 2 (1.32%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.66%) Redis
Development Applications
1 5 (3.29%) Git
2 1 (0.66%) GitLab
2 1 (0.66%) JIRA
General
1 56 (36.84%) Social Skills
2 36 (23.68%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (18.42%) Finance
4 26 (17.11%) Legal
5 20 (13.16%) Public Sector
6 17 (11.18%) Law
7 14 (9.21%) Manufacturing
8 13 (8.55%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (5.92%) Retail
10 7 (4.61%) Fire and Rescue
10 7 (4.61%) Social Housing
11 6 (3.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (3.95%) Marketing
12 5 (3.29%) Legal Technology
12 5 (3.29%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (1.97%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (1.97%) Telecoms
15 2 (1.32%) Back Office
15 2 (1.32%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 16 (10.53%) Analyst
1 16 (10.53%) Developer
2 15 (9.87%) Lead
3 10 (6.58%) IT Support
3 10 (6.58%) Senior
4 9 (5.92%) IT Trainer
4 9 (5.92%) Trainer
5 8 (5.26%) IT Technician
5 8 (5.26%) Support Engineer
6 7 (4.61%) Business Intelligence Lead
6 7 (4.61%) Team Leader
7 6 (3.95%) Insight Manager
7 6 (3.95%) IT Support Technician
7 6 (3.95%) NHS Performance Manager
7 6 (3.95%) Performance Manager
7 6 (3.95%) Report Manager
7 6 (3.95%) SAP Developer
7 6 (3.95%) Support Technician
7 6 (3.95%) Technical Support
8 5 (3.29%) Programmer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (5.92%) REST
2 8 (5.26%) SOAP
3 7 (4.61%) Node.js
4 6 (3.95%) JDBC
4 6 (3.95%) OAuth
4 6 (3.95%) SAP Fiori
4 6 (3.95%) SAPUI5
5 4 (2.63%) .NET
6 2 (1.32%) .NET Framework
6 2 (1.32%) CSS
6 2 (1.32%) EDI
6 2 (1.32%) Entity Framework
6 2 (1.32%) HTML
6 2 (1.32%) Kafka
6 2 (1.32%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (1.32%) Spring
6 2 (1.32%) Spring Boot
6 2 (1.32%) Vue
7 1 (0.66%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.66%) React
Miscellaneous
1 18 (11.84%) Management Information System
2 17 (11.18%) Driving Licence
3 10 (6.58%) NHS
4 8 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (4.61%) Data Protection Act
5 7 (4.61%) Onboarding
6 6 (3.95%) CMDB
7 4 (2.63%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.97%) CCTV
8 3 (1.97%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.97%) IoT
9 2 (1.32%) AI Agents
9 2 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (1.32%) ARM Cortex
9 2 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.32%) FMCG
9 2 (1.32%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.66%) Embedded Systems
10 1 (0.66%) Social Media
10 1 (0.66%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.95%) Windows
2 3 (1.97%) Linux
2 3 (1.97%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.32%) CentOS
3 2 (1.32%) Debian
3 2 (1.32%) FreeRTOS
3 2 (1.32%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (46.05%) Problem-Solving
2 51 (33.55%) Continuous Improvement
3 33 (21.71%) Analytics
3 33 (21.71%) Decision-Making
4 26 (17.11%) Business Intelligence
5 23 (15.13%) Data Analysis
6 22 (14.47%) Agile
7 21 (13.82%) Data Analytics
8 20 (13.16%) Collaborative Culture
8 20 (13.16%) Service Delivery
9 17 (11.18%) Data Management
9 17 (11.18%) Validation
10 14 (9.21%) AI
10 14 (9.21%) Service Management
11 13 (8.55%) CRM
11 13 (8.55%) Data Governance
11 13 (8.55%) Data Protection
11 13 (8.55%) ITSM
11 13 (8.55%) People Management
11 13 (8.55%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 33 (21.71%) SQL
2 15 (9.87%) Python
3 10 (6.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 9 (5.92%) Java
5 6 (3.95%) ABAP
6 5 (3.29%) PowerShell
7 4 (2.63%) C#
8 3 (1.97%) JavaScript
9 2 (1.32%) Bash
9 2 (1.32%) Bicep
9 2 (1.32%) C
9 2 (1.32%) C++
9 2 (1.32%) MATLAB
9 2 (1.32%) Shell Script
9 2 (1.32%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.66%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 33 (21.71%) Degree
2 7 (4.61%) Security Cleared
3 6 (3.95%) Azure Certification
3 6 (3.95%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (2.63%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.32%) Chartered Engineer
5 2 (1.32%) HNC
5 2 (1.32%) HND
6 1 (0.66%) CIPD
6 1 (0.66%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.66%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.66%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.66%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.58%) Data Quality
2 8 (5.26%) GDPR
3 6 (3.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (3.29%) QA
5 3 (1.97%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.97%) NIST
6 2 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (1.32%) IEC 61508
6 2 (1.32%) MISRA
6 2 (1.32%) MISRA C
7 1 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.66%) ISO 19650
7 1 (0.66%) PMO
System Software
1 17 (11.18%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.97%) Hyper-V
2 3 (1.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.32%) Docker
3 2 (1.32%) Embedded Firmware
3 2 (1.32%) Firmware
4 1 (0.66%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (4.61%) Microsoft Intune
1 7 (4.61%) Terraform
2 4 (2.63%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (1.97%) Ansible
3 3 (1.97%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.32%) EMC NetWorker
4 2 (1.32%) Functional Safety
4 2 (1.32%) Progress Chef
4 2 (1.32%) Puppet
4 2 (1.32%) SCCM
5 1 (0.66%) Argo
Vendors
1 33 (21.71%) Microsoft
2 10 (6.58%) SAP
3 6 (3.95%) iManage
3 6 (3.95%) ServiceNow
4 3 (1.97%) Databricks
4 3 (1.97%) Oracle
4 3 (1.97%) Salesforce
4 3 (1.97%) VMware
5 2 (1.32%) Adobe
5 2 (1.32%) Autodesk
5 2 (1.32%) Google
5 2 (1.32%) LogicMonitor
5 2 (1.32%) Red Hat
6 1 (0.66%) Facebook
6 1 (0.66%) Freshdesk
6 1 (0.66%) HubSpot
6 1 (0.66%) Instagram
6 1 (0.66%) Meraki
6 1 (0.66%) TikTok
6 1 (0.66%) Ubiquiti