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 26 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 120 83 108
Rank change year-on-year -37 +25 -24
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Working 342 649 604
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.23% 3.77% 2.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.52% 4.06% 3.13%
Number of salaries quoted 229 370 387
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,056 £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.64%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £81,250 £93,250 £95,616
UK median annual salary £48,924 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -14.91% +15.00% -18.83%

All Process and 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 13,566 15,999 19,274
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 88.35% 92.92% 94.33%
Number of salaries quoted 8,659 9,622 15,508
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £78,957 £81,250 £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 26 December 2025.

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 (4.97%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.05%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.46%) ArcGIS
3 5 (1.46%) CMS
4 4 (1.17%) WordPress
5 3 (0.88%) Confluence
6 2 (0.58%) Drupal
7 1 (0.29%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 31 (9.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (3.80%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (2.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (2.05%) Photoshop
5 5 (1.46%) Adobe Premiere
6 4 (1.17%) SketchUp
7 2 (0.58%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.29%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.29%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.29%) InDesign
8 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.29%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.29%) SmartSuite
Business Applications
1 10 (2.92%) NetSuite
2 5 (1.46%) PlanetPress Connect
3 3 (0.88%) Workday HCM
4 2 (0.58%) Dynamics GP
4 2 (0.58%) Infor SunSystems
4 2 (0.58%) Oracle Assets
4 2 (0.58%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (0.58%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.58%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.29%) assyst
5 1 (0.29%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.29%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.29%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.29%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 50 (14.62%) Azure
2 29 (8.48%) AWS
3 27 (7.89%) Power Platform
4 26 (7.60%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (3.80%) SaaS
6 11 (3.22%) GCP
6 11 (3.22%) GitHub
7 8 (2.34%) Google Analytics
8 7 (2.05%) Serverless
9 6 (1.75%) Azure AI
9 6 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (1.75%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (1.46%) Amazon S3
10 5 (1.46%) Azure Data Factory
10 5 (1.46%) Entra ID
10 5 (1.46%) Microsoft Copilot
10 5 (1.46%) OneDrive
10 5 (1.46%) Power Automate
10 5 (1.46%) PowerApps
11 4 (1.17%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.34%) Internet
2 6 (1.75%) VPN
2 6 (1.75%) WAN
3 5 (1.46%) DHCP
3 5 (1.46%) DNS
4 4 (1.17%) LAN
4 4 (1.17%) RS-232
4 4 (1.17%) SD-WAN
5 3 (0.88%) Firewall
5 3 (0.88%) VLAN
5 3 (0.88%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.58%) Broadband
6 2 (0.58%) Extranet
6 2 (0.58%) Intranet
7 1 (0.29%) SAN
7 1 (0.29%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.29%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (7.02%) Power BI
2 12 (3.51%) Tableau
3 11 (3.22%) Oracle Reports
4 4 (1.17%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.17%) GIS
4 4 (1.17%) NoSQL
4 4 (1.17%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.17%) Qlik Sense
4 4 (1.17%) SQL Server
5 3 (0.88%) Big Data
5 3 (0.88%) DynamoDB
5 3 (0.88%) IBM InfoSphere
5 3 (0.88%) Metadata
5 3 (0.88%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.58%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.58%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.58%) MySQL
6 2 (0.58%) RDBMS
6 2 (0.58%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 10 (2.92%) Git
2 6 (1.75%) JIRA
3 5 (1.46%) TeamCity
4 3 (0.88%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (0.58%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.58%) GitLab
5 2 (0.58%) Storybook
6 1 (0.29%) Android Studio
6 1 (0.29%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.29%) Visual Studio
General
1 178 (52.05%) Social Skills
2 89 (26.02%) Finance
3 73 (21.35%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
5 35 (10.23%) Public Sector
6 30 (8.77%) Local Government
7 26 (7.60%) Marketing
8 19 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 18 (5.26%) Law
10 15 (4.39%) Billing
11 14 (4.09%) Influencing Skills
12 13 (3.80%) Retail
13 12 (3.51%) Documentation Skills
13 12 (3.51%) Manufacturing
14 9 (2.63%) Legal
14 9 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (1.75%) Aviation
15 6 (1.75%) German Language
16 5 (1.46%) Aerospace
16 5 (1.46%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 53 (15.50%) Analyst
2 42 (12.28%) Developer
3 29 (8.48%) Senior
4 25 (7.31%) Business Analyst
5 24 (7.02%) Technical Director
6 20 (5.85%) Lead
7 19 (5.56%) Data Analyst
8 16 (4.68%) Architect
9 14 (4.09%) Support Specialist
10 11 (3.22%) Digital Analyst
11 10 (2.92%) Accountant
11 10 (2.92%) Consultant
11 10 (2.92%) IT Support
11 10 (2.92%) Systems Accountant
12 9 (2.63%) Coordinator
12 9 (2.63%) Data Business Analyst
12 9 (2.63%) Insurance Business Analyst
12 9 (2.63%) Junior
12 9 (2.63%) Support Engineer
13 8 (2.34%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (7.60%) .NET
2 16 (4.68%) RESTful
3 14 (4.09%) HTML
4 7 (2.05%) .NET Core
4 7 (2.05%) CSS
4 7 (2.05%) EDI
4 7 (2.05%) Node.js
4 7 (2.05%) React
5 6 (1.75%) AngularJS
6 4 (1.17%) Oracle Fusion
7 3 (0.88%) HTML5
7 3 (0.88%) Jest
7 3 (0.88%) PySpark
7 3 (0.88%) Sass
8 2 (0.58%) Blazor
8 2 (0.58%) CSS3
8 2 (0.58%) JWT
8 2 (0.58%) Next.js
8 2 (0.58%) RxJS
8 2 (0.58%) WebAssembly
Miscellaneous
1 19 (5.56%) Onboarding
2 18 (5.26%) Social Media
3 13 (3.80%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (3.22%) Data Centre
4 11 (3.22%) Product Ownership
5 8 (2.34%) Management Information System
6 7 (2.05%) Driving Licence
6 7 (2.05%) e-Learning
6 7 (2.05%) Learning Management System
6 7 (2.05%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 6 (1.75%) Client/Server
8 5 (1.46%) Blog
8 5 (1.46%) Digital Signage
8 5 (1.46%) IoT
8 5 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (1.46%) Public Cloud
8 5 (1.46%) Security Posture
9 4 (1.17%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.17%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.17%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 21 (6.14%) Windows
2 12 (3.51%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.17%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.58%) Android
4 2 (0.58%) Linux
5 1 (0.29%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.29%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (35.09%) Problem-Solving
2 74 (21.64%) Continuous Improvement
3 69 (20.18%) Agile
4 51 (14.91%) Project Management
5 45 (13.16%) Decision-Making
6 38 (11.11%) Analytics
6 38 (11.11%) Strategic Thinking
7 34 (9.94%) Process Improvement
8 33 (9.65%) DevOps
8 33 (9.65%) Risk Management
9 28 (8.19%) Feasibility Study
10 27 (7.89%) Collaborative Culture
10 27 (7.89%) Migration
11 26 (7.60%) Business Strategy
12 25 (7.31%) Business Intelligence
12 25 (7.31%) Change Management
12 25 (7.31%) Due Diligence
12 25 (7.31%) Service Delivery
13 24 (7.02%) Data Analysis
13 24 (7.02%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 36 (10.53%) SQL
2 24 (7.02%) Java
3 22 (6.43%) C#
4 19 (5.56%) Python
5 15 (4.39%) VBA
6 14 (4.09%) JavaScript
7 10 (2.92%) PowerShell
8 4 (1.17%) Kotlin
8 4 (1.17%) Scala
8 4 (1.17%) TypeScript
9 3 (0.88%) C++
9 3 (0.88%) PHP
10 2 (0.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.58%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.58%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.29%) ABAP
11 1 (0.29%) Bicep
11 1 (0.29%) R
11 1 (0.29%) Ruby
11 1 (0.29%) Swift
Qualifications
1 74 (21.64%) Degree
2 31 (9.06%) Security Cleared
3 23 (6.73%) SC Cleared
4 12 (3.51%) Computer Science Degree
4 12 (3.51%) DBS Check
5 10 (2.92%) ACCA
5 10 (2.92%) CIMA
5 10 (2.92%) CISM
5 10 (2.92%) CISSP
6 8 (2.34%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (2.05%) CRISC
7 7 (2.05%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 6 (1.75%) DV Cleared
9 5 (1.46%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.46%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 5 (1.46%) Master's Degree
10 4 (1.17%) CISMP
10 4 (1.17%) Numerate Degree
11 3 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.88%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (6.43%) Data Quality
2 20 (5.85%) QA
3 18 (5.26%) Accessibility
4 17 (4.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (3.80%) GDPR
6 11 (3.22%) NIST
7 8 (2.34%) WCAG
8 6 (1.75%) GRC
9 5 (1.46%) ARP4761
9 5 (1.46%) PMO
9 5 (1.46%) SLA
10 4 (1.17%) JSP 440
10 4 (1.17%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.58%) EU AI Act
11 2 (0.58%) ISO 26262
11 2 (0.58%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.29%) P3O
12 1 (0.29%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.29%) Section 508
System Software
1 13 (3.80%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.75%) Docker
3 5 (1.46%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (1.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.46%) vSphere
4 3 (0.88%) Firmware
5 1 (0.29%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 17 (4.97%) Terraform
2 7 (2.05%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.17%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.88%) cPanel
4 3 (0.88%) Plesk
5 2 (0.58%) Ansible
6 1 (0.29%) Dell DRAC
6 1 (0.29%) Grafana
6 1 (0.29%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 62 (18.13%) Microsoft
2 18 (5.26%) Oracle
2 18 (5.26%) SAP
3 14 (4.09%) Salesforce
4 13 (3.80%) Google
4 13 (3.80%) Workday
5 12 (3.51%) Guidewire
6 10 (2.92%) Adaptive Insights
6 10 (2.92%) Adobe
7 7 (2.05%) VMware
8 6 (1.75%) NEC
9 5 (1.46%) Cisco
9 5 (1.46%) Mercator
9 5 (1.46%) Sage
10 4 (1.17%) Logitech
10 4 (1.17%) Polycom
10 4 (1.17%) Yealink
11 2 (0.58%) Infor
11 2 (0.58%) SendGrid
11 2 (0.58%) TippingPoint