Hybrid/Remote Collaborative Working Job Trends

Collaborative Working
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Collaborative Working skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 83 109
Rank change year-on-year -44 +26 -26
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Working 314 615 643
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.09% 3.73% 2.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.39% 3.99% 3.17%
Number of salaries quoted 212 342 417
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £36,900
25th Percentile £39,377 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -6.07%
75th Percentile £69,875 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £93,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £48,000 £59,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -18.64% +24.21% -24.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,114 15,432 20,281
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 87.46% 93.53% 93.47%
Number of salaries quoted 8,324 9,112 16,422
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,938 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Collaborative Working
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Collaborative Working and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Collaborative Working job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Collaborative Working
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Collaborative Working.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Collaborative Working

Collaborative Working
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Collaborative Working over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Collaborative Working salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Collaborative Working
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 17 (5.41%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.23%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.59%) ArcGIS
4 4 (1.27%) CMS
4 4 (1.27%) WordPress
5 3 (0.96%) Confluence
6 2 (0.64%) Drupal
7 1 (0.32%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 22 (7.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (4.14%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (2.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.91%) Photoshop
5 5 (1.59%) Adobe Premiere
6 4 (1.27%) SketchUp
7 2 (0.64%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.32%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.32%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.32%) InDesign
8 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.32%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.32%) SmartSuite
Business Applications
1 5 (1.59%) PlanetPress Connect
2 4 (1.27%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.96%) Workday HCM
4 2 (0.64%) Dynamics GP
4 2 (0.64%) Infor SunSystems
4 2 (0.64%) Oracle Assets
4 2 (0.64%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (0.64%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.64%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.32%) assyst
5 1 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.32%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.32%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.32%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.32%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 54 (17.20%) Azure
2 27 (8.60%) AWS
2 27 (8.60%) Power Platform
3 26 (8.28%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (4.46%) SaaS
5 13 (4.14%) GCP
6 8 (2.55%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (2.55%) Google Analytics
7 7 (2.23%) GitHub
7 7 (2.23%) Serverless
8 6 (1.91%) Azure AI
8 6 (1.91%) Azure Machine Learning
8 6 (1.91%) Power Automate
9 5 (1.59%) Amazon S3
9 5 (1.59%) Azure App Service
9 5 (1.59%) Entra ID
9 5 (1.59%) Microsoft Copilot
9 5 (1.59%) OneDrive
9 5 (1.59%) PowerApps
10 4 (1.27%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.55%) Internet
2 6 (1.91%) VPN
2 6 (1.91%) WAN
3 5 (1.59%) DHCP
3 5 (1.59%) DNS
4 4 (1.27%) LAN
4 4 (1.27%) RS-232
4 4 (1.27%) SD-WAN
5 3 (0.96%) Firewall
5 3 (0.96%) VLAN
5 3 (0.96%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.64%) Broadband
6 2 (0.64%) Extranet
6 2 (0.64%) Intranet
7 1 (0.32%) SAN
7 1 (0.32%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.32%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (7.32%) Power BI
2 12 (3.82%) Tableau
3 6 (1.91%) NoSQL
4 5 (1.59%) Oracle Reports
5 4 (1.27%) GIS
5 4 (1.27%) Qlik Sense
6 3 (0.96%) Big Data
6 3 (0.96%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.96%) IBM InfoSphere
6 3 (0.96%) Metadata
6 3 (0.96%) Oracle Database
6 3 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (0.96%) SQL Server
7 2 (0.64%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.64%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.64%) DynamoDB
7 2 (0.64%) Geospatial Data
8 1 (0.32%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.32%) Looker
8 1 (0.32%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 9 (2.87%) Git
2 5 (1.59%) JIRA
3 3 (0.96%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (0.96%) TeamCity
3 3 (0.96%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.64%) Storybook
5 1 (0.32%) Android Studio
5 1 (0.32%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.32%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.32%) GitLab
General
1 157 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 82 (26.11%) Finance
3 63 (20.06%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (13.06%) Organisational Skills
5 35 (11.15%) Public Sector
6 28 (8.92%) Marketing
7 19 (6.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 17 (5.41%) Law
9 16 (5.10%) Local Government
10 15 (4.78%) Documentation Skills
11 14 (4.46%) Billing
11 14 (4.46%) Influencing Skills
12 12 (3.82%) Retail
13 11 (3.50%) Manufacturing
14 10 (3.18%) Legal
15 8 (2.55%) Presentation Skills
16 6 (1.91%) Aviation
17 5 (1.59%) Aerospace
17 5 (1.59%) Automotive
17 5 (1.59%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 49 (15.61%) Analyst
2 43 (13.69%) Developer
3 24 (7.64%) Senior
4 22 (7.01%) Business Analyst
5 19 (6.05%) Lead
6 18 (5.73%) Architect
7 17 (5.41%) Data Analyst
8 14 (4.46%) Support Specialist
9 11 (3.50%) Digital Analyst
9 11 (3.50%) Support Engineer
9 11 (3.50%) Technical Director
10 10 (3.18%) IT Support
11 9 (2.87%) Consultant
11 9 (2.87%) Coordinator
11 9 (2.87%) Junior
11 9 (2.87%) Operations Engineer
12 8 (2.55%) Applications Developer
12 8 (2.55%) Insurance Business Analyst
12 8 (2.55%) Systems Engineer
12 8 (2.55%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (9.24%) .NET
2 15 (4.78%) RESTful
3 14 (4.46%) HTML
4 11 (3.50%) .NET Core
5 7 (2.23%) CSS
5 7 (2.23%) EDI
5 7 (2.23%) React
6 6 (1.91%) AngularJS
7 5 (1.59%) Node.js
8 3 (0.96%) ASP.NET Web API
8 3 (0.96%) HTML5
8 3 (0.96%) Jest
8 3 (0.96%) Oracle Fusion
8 3 (0.96%) PySpark
8 3 (0.96%) Sass
9 2 (0.64%) .NET Framework
9 2 (0.64%) Blazor
9 2 (0.64%) JWT
9 2 (0.64%) Next.js
9 2 (0.64%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 20 (6.37%) Onboarding
2 17 (5.41%) Social Media
3 12 (3.82%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (3.50%) Product Ownership
5 9 (2.87%) Data Centre
5 9 (2.87%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 8 (2.55%) Driving Licence
7 7 (2.23%) e-Learning
7 7 (2.23%) Management Information System
8 6 (1.91%) Algorithms
8 6 (1.91%) Client/Server
9 5 (1.59%) Blog
9 5 (1.59%) Digital Signage
9 5 (1.59%) IoT
9 5 (1.59%) Learning Management System
9 5 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (1.59%) Public Cloud
9 5 (1.59%) Security Posture
10 4 (1.27%) Photography
10 4 (1.27%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 21 (6.69%) Windows
2 12 (3.82%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.27%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.64%) Linux
5 1 (0.32%) Android
5 1 (0.32%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (34.08%) Problem-Solving
2 78 (24.84%) Continuous Improvement
3 69 (21.97%) Agile
4 42 (13.38%) Analytics
5 41 (13.06%) Decision-Making
6 38 (12.10%) Project Management
7 34 (10.83%) DevOps
8 29 (9.24%) Collaborative Culture
9 27 (8.60%) Process Improvement
10 25 (7.96%) Mentoring
10 25 (7.96%) Migration
11 24 (7.64%) Change Management
11 24 (7.64%) Data Management
12 23 (7.32%) CRM
12 23 (7.32%) Service Delivery
12 23 (7.32%) Strategic Thinking
13 22 (7.01%) Business Intelligence
13 22 (7.01%) CI/CD
14 21 (6.69%) AI
14 21 (6.69%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 29 (9.24%) SQL
2 25 (7.96%) C#
3 23 (7.32%) Java
4 20 (6.37%) Python
5 14 (4.46%) JavaScript
6 11 (3.50%) PowerShell
7 9 (2.87%) VBA
8 4 (1.27%) Scala
9 3 (0.96%) Bicep
9 3 (0.96%) C++
9 3 (0.96%) Kotlin
9 3 (0.96%) PHP
9 3 (0.96%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.64%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.32%) ABAP
11 1 (0.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.32%) R
11 1 (0.32%) Ruby
11 1 (0.32%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 58 (18.47%) Degree
2 30 (9.55%) Security Cleared
3 23 (7.32%) SC Cleared
4 12 (3.82%) DBS Check
5 10 (3.18%) CISM
5 10 (3.18%) CISSP
5 10 (3.18%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (3.18%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (2.23%) CRISC
6 7 (2.23%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 6 (1.91%) DV Cleared
8 5 (1.59%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (1.59%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 4 (1.27%) ACCA
9 4 (1.27%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.27%) CIMA
9 4 (1.27%) CISMP
9 4 (1.27%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.27%) Numerate Degree
10 3 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (7.32%) Data Quality
2 20 (6.37%) QA
3 17 (5.41%) Accessibility
4 15 (4.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (3.50%) GDPR
5 11 (3.50%) NIST
6 8 (2.55%) WCAG
7 6 (1.91%) GRC
8 5 (1.59%) ARP4761
8 5 (1.59%) PMO
8 5 (1.59%) SLA
9 4 (1.27%) JSP 440
9 4 (1.27%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.64%) EU AI Act
10 2 (0.64%) ISO 26262
10 2 (0.64%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.32%) P3O
11 1 (0.32%) Section 508
System Software
1 14 (4.46%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.55%) Docker
3 3 (0.96%) Firmware
3 3 (0.96%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.96%) vSphere
4 1 (0.32%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 18 (5.73%) Terraform
2 9 (2.87%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.27%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.96%) cPanel
4 3 (0.96%) Plesk
5 2 (0.64%) Ansible
6 1 (0.32%) Dell DRAC
6 1 (0.32%) Grafana
6 1 (0.32%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 66 (21.02%) Microsoft
2 14 (4.46%) Salesforce
3 13 (4.14%) Google
4 11 (3.50%) Guidewire
4 11 (3.50%) SAP
5 10 (3.18%) Adobe
5 10 (3.18%) Oracle
6 7 (2.23%) Workday
7 6 (1.91%) NEC
7 6 (1.91%) VMware
8 5 (1.59%) Cisco
8 5 (1.59%) Mercator
8 5 (1.59%) Sage
9 4 (1.27%) Adaptive Insights
9 4 (1.27%) Logitech
9 4 (1.27%) Polycom
9 4 (1.27%) Yealink
10 2 (0.64%) Foundry
10 2 (0.64%) Infor
10 2 (0.64%) Pardot