Collaborative Working Contracts in England

Collaborative Working
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Collaborative Working skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Collaborative Working over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 119 177 178
Rank change year-on-year +58 +1 +33
Contract jobs citing Collaborative Working 700 748 1,190
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.89% 1.48% 1.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.19% 1.64% 1.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 368 476 760
10th Percentile £259 £339 £363
25th Percentile £375 £441 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +15.79%
75th Percentile £612 £650 £650
90th Percentile £745 £740 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +11.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 44 27
10th Percentile £15.13 £19.43 £13.65
25th Percentile £26.73 £35.94 £14.25
Median hourly rate £50.00 £51.00 £19.70
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +158.88% -12.13%
75th Percentile - £69.99 £51.11
90th Percentile - £84.63 £72.93
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £55.00 £20.21
% change year-on-year -9.09% +172.11% +6.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,992 45,544 64,506
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.53% 90.24% 90.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,975 31,977 45,770
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £765 £749
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,229 1,592 1,769
10th Percentile £12.86 £10.87 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
Median % change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.60
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.30 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.17% +49.20% -

Collaborative Working
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Collaborative Working in England

Collaborative Working
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Collaborative Working in England.

Daily rate trend for Collaborative Working in England

Collaborative Working
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Collaborative Working in England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Collaborative Working in England

Collaborative Working
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Collaborative Working in England.

Hourly rate trend for Collaborative Working in England

Collaborative Working
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Collaborative Working in England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Collaborative Working in England

Collaborative Working
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Collaborative Working within the England region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +53 318 £500 -9.09% 358
South East +39 118 £479 -20.25% 203
East of England +46 80 £425 -19.05% 84
North of England +8 70 £500 -5.21% 175
Midlands +29 57 £425 -5.56% 101
North West +17 41 £475 -12.64% 94
South West +8 39 £563 +2.27% 106
West Midlands +29 33 £538 +15.34% 61
Yorkshire +13 26 £611 +16.38% 67
East Midlands +23 21 £400 +6.67% 41
North East +13 3 £625 +56.25% 17
Collaborative Working
UK

Collaborative Working
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 25 (3.57%) Confluence
2 22 (3.14%) SharePoint
3 15 (2.14%) CMS
4 8 (1.14%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.71%) ArcGIS
5 5 (0.71%) Luigi
6 4 (0.57%) Appian
7 3 (0.43%) Apache
8 2 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.29%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.29%) SAS
9 1 (0.14%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.14%) EPiServer
9 1 (0.14%) Moodle
9 1 (0.14%) nginx
9 1 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.14%) SharePoint 2010
9 1 (0.14%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 42 (6.00%) Microsoft Office
2 40 (5.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (2.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (1.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 9 (1.29%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (1.14%) Photoshop
6 8 (1.14%) Sketch
7 7 (1.00%) Adobe Illustrator
8 4 (0.57%) Adobe Captivate
8 4 (0.57%) Adobe XD
8 4 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
9 3 (0.43%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.43%) InVision
9 3 (0.43%) MicroStation
10 2 (0.29%) CINEMA 4D
10 2 (0.29%) FileZilla
10 2 (0.29%) MS Visio
10 2 (0.29%) Windchill
11 1 (0.14%) Revit
11 1 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 13 (1.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.14%) SAP HCM
2 8 (1.14%) SAP HR
3 4 (0.57%) Distributed Ledger
3 4 (0.57%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.43%) SAP MII
5 2 (0.29%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.14%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.14%) BigMachines
6 1 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.14%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.14%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.14%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.14%) SimCorp Dimension
6 1 (0.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 73 (10.43%) AWS
1 73 (10.43%) Azure
2 29 (4.14%) GCP
3 27 (3.86%) Power Platform
4 17 (2.43%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (2.29%) Azure DevOps
5 16 (2.29%) GitHub
6 14 (2.00%) Serverless
7 13 (1.86%) OpenShift
8 12 (1.71%) Figma
9 10 (1.43%) PaaS
9 10 (1.43%) SuccessFactors
10 9 (1.29%) AWS Lambda
10 9 (1.29%) SaaS
11 8 (1.14%) AWS CloudFormation
12 7 (1.00%) Kong
13 6 (0.86%) Amazon S3
13 6 (0.86%) Apigee
13 6 (0.86%) Cloud Computing
14 5 (0.71%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 27 (3.86%) Firewall
2 21 (3.00%) VPN
3 15 (2.14%) DNS
4 13 (1.86%) TCP/IP
5 10 (1.43%) HTTP
6 9 (1.29%) Network Security
7 7 (1.00%) VSAN
7 7 (1.00%) Wireless
8 6 (0.86%) Internet
8 6 (0.86%) LAN
8 6 (0.86%) SD-WAN
8 6 (0.86%) WAN
9 4 (0.57%) SSH
10 3 (0.43%) Cisco IOS
10 3 (0.43%) Intranet
10 3 (0.43%) SSL
11 2 (0.29%) Broadband
11 2 (0.29%) DHCP
11 2 (0.29%) FTP
11 2 (0.29%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (3.43%) Power BI
2 17 (2.43%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (2.00%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (1.71%) Elasticsearch
5 10 (1.43%) Metadata
5 10 (1.43%) Relational Database
6 9 (1.29%) SQL Server
7 7 (1.00%) Oracle Reports
8 6 (0.86%) Amazon Redshift
8 6 (0.86%) GIS
8 6 (0.86%) NoSQL
8 6 (0.86%) Tableau
9 5 (0.71%) Amazon QuickSight
9 5 (0.71%) Oracle Database
10 4 (0.57%) Data Lake
10 4 (0.57%) RDBMS
11 3 (0.43%) Geospatial Data
11 3 (0.43%) QGIS
11 3 (0.43%) Spatial Data
11 3 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 53 (7.57%) JIRA
2 34 (4.86%) Git
3 15 (2.14%) GitLab
3 15 (2.14%) Jenkins
4 11 (1.57%) Selenium
5 9 (1.29%) JMeter
6 8 (1.14%) Rational DOORS
7 7 (1.00%) Mercurial
7 7 (1.00%) Travis CI
8 6 (0.86%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 6 (0.86%) CircleCI
9 5 (0.71%) Liquibase
10 4 (0.57%) Postman
10 4 (0.57%) Visual Studio
11 3 (0.43%) Sonatype Nexus
12 2 (0.29%) Axure RP
12 2 (0.29%) Mocha
12 2 (0.29%) NUnit
12 2 (0.29%) Oracle Forms
12 2 (0.29%) TestRail
General
1 283 (40.43%) Social Skills
2 106 (15.14%) Finance
3 103 (14.71%) Analytical Skills
4 88 (12.57%) Public Sector
5 55 (7.86%) Aerospace
6 50 (7.14%) Marketing
7 33 (4.71%) Telecoms
8 30 (4.29%) Organisational Skills
9 27 (3.86%) Legal
10 23 (3.29%) Presentation Skills
11 22 (3.14%) Documentation Skills
11 22 (3.14%) Influencing Skills
11 22 (3.14%) Manufacturing
12 18 (2.57%) Banking
12 18 (2.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 16 (2.29%) Multimedia
14 14 (2.00%) Law
15 13 (1.86%) Local Government
16 12 (1.71%) Electronics
17 11 (1.57%) Retail
Job Titles
1 72 (10.29%) Analyst
2 64 (9.14%) Architect
3 55 (7.86%) Configuration Manager
4 52 (7.43%) Developer
5 51 (7.29%) Senior
6 48 (6.86%) Lead
7 35 (5.00%) Project Manager
8 30 (4.29%) Designer
9 29 (4.14%) Data Engineer
10 24 (3.43%) Consultant
11 21 (3.00%) Contracts Manager
11 21 (3.00%) Solutions Architect
12 20 (2.86%) Business Analyst
13 19 (2.71%) DevOps Engineer
14 17 (2.43%) Delivery Manager
14 17 (2.43%) Technical Architect
15 15 (2.14%) Data Analyst
16 13 (1.86%) Senior Analyst
17 11 (1.57%) Cabling Engineer
18 10 (1.43%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.29%) React
2 15 (2.14%) HTML
3 14 (2.00%) .NET
3 14 (2.00%) Node.js
4 13 (1.86%) JSON
5 12 (1.71%) CSS
5 12 (1.71%) Pandas
6 10 (1.43%) AngularJS
6 10 (1.43%) XML
7 9 (1.29%) Kafka
8 8 (1.14%) Elastic Stack
8 8 (1.14%) NumPy
8 8 (1.14%) Spring
8 8 (1.14%) Spring Boot
9 7 (1.00%) ADO
9 7 (1.00%) GraphQL
9 7 (1.00%) REST
9 7 (1.00%) SciPy
9 7 (1.00%) YAML
10 6 (0.86%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 28 (4.00%) Product Ownership
2 27 (3.86%) Management Information System
3 17 (2.43%) Analytical Mindset
4 15 (2.14%) Cloud Native
5 13 (1.86%) Onboarding
6 11 (1.57%) Fibre Optics
6 11 (1.57%) Social Media
7 10 (1.43%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 9 (1.29%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (1.14%) Data Structures
9 8 (1.14%) Security Posture
10 7 (1.00%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (1.00%) e-Learning
11 6 (0.86%) Legacy Systems
12 5 (0.71%) Data Centre
12 5 (0.71%) Digital Media
12 5 (0.71%) FMCG
12 5 (0.71%) iPhone
12 5 (0.71%) Public Cloud
12 5 (0.71%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 39 (5.57%) Windows
2 16 (2.29%) Linux
3 14 (2.00%) Unix
4 11 (1.57%) Apple iOS
5 9 (1.29%) Windows Server
6 7 (1.00%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.71%) Android
8 3 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.29%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.14%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 160 (22.86%) Problem-Solving
2 149 (21.29%) Agile
3 100 (14.29%) Project Management
4 72 (10.29%) Configuration Management
5 69 (9.86%) DevOps
5 69 (9.86%) Stakeholder Management
6 65 (9.29%) CI/CD
6 65 (9.29%) Coaching
7 55 (7.86%) PLM
8 53 (7.57%) Decision-Making
9 50 (7.14%) Computer Science
10 48 (6.86%) Change Management
11 47 (6.71%) Continuous Improvement
11 47 (6.71%) Risk Management
12 46 (6.57%) User Experience
13 43 (6.14%) ITIL
14 42 (6.00%) Roadmaps
15 41 (5.86%) Data Analysis
16 40 (5.71%) Containerisation
17 39 (5.57%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 54 (7.71%) Python
2 52 (7.43%) SQL
3 27 (3.86%) JavaScript
4 23 (3.29%) PowerShell
5 20 (2.86%) C#
6 16 (2.29%) Java
7 14 (2.00%) Bash
8 6 (0.86%) C++
9 5 (0.71%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.57%) Bicep
10 4 (0.57%) PL/SQL
10 4 (0.57%) TypeScript
11 3 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.29%) MATLAB
12 2 (0.29%) PHP
12 2 (0.29%) Ruby
12 2 (0.29%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.14%) ABAP
13 1 (0.14%) Scala
13 1 (0.14%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 107 (15.29%) Security Cleared
2 104 (14.86%) Degree
3 91 (13.00%) SC Cleared
4 34 (4.86%) Computer Science Degree
5 24 (3.43%) Master's Degree
6 16 (2.29%) DV Cleared
7 12 (1.71%) ITIL Certification
8 9 (1.29%) CISSP
9 8 (1.14%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (0.86%) CISM
10 6 (0.86%) DBS Check
10 6 (0.86%) ISEB
11 5 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.57%) CCNP
12 4 (0.57%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 3 (0.43%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 3 (0.43%) NVQ Level 4
13 3 (0.43%) PMI Certification
13 3 (0.43%) SAP Certification
14 2 (0.29%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (5.29%) QA
2 25 (3.57%) PMO
3 22 (3.14%) Accessibility
4 19 (2.71%) Data Quality
5 18 (2.57%) GDPR
6 14 (2.00%) PCI DSS
7 11 (1.57%) SLA
8 5 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.71%) NCSC
9 3 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.29%) GAMP
10 2 (0.29%) GMP
10 2 (0.29%) GxP
10 2 (0.29%) NIST
11 1 (0.14%) Def Stans
11 1 (0.14%) IFRS
11 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.14%) JSP 440
11 1 (0.14%) WCAG
System Software
1 32 (4.57%) Docker
2 20 (2.86%) Active Directory
3 14 (2.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.14%) VMware NSX
5 7 (1.00%) vCloud
6 4 (0.57%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.57%) NFS
7 3 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.14%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.14%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.14%) VMware Workstation
8 1 (0.14%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 48 (6.86%) Kubernetes
2 20 (2.86%) Terraform
3 14 (2.00%) Ansible
3 14 (2.00%) Prometheus
4 13 (1.86%) Istio
4 13 (1.86%) Kibana
5 12 (1.71%) Grafana
6 10 (1.43%) Progress Chef
6 10 (1.43%) Puppet
7 8 (1.14%) SCCM
8 7 (1.00%) Docker Swarm
8 7 (1.00%) Microsoft Intune
8 7 (1.00%) Rancher
8 7 (1.00%) vCenter Server
9 6 (0.86%) Argo
9 6 (0.86%) CA Service Virtualization
9 6 (0.86%) logstash
10 1 (0.14%) AirWatch
10 1 (0.14%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.14%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 93 (13.29%) Microsoft
2 34 (4.86%) SAP
3 26 (3.71%) Oracle
4 22 (3.14%) ServiceNow
5 17 (2.43%) Google
6 16 (2.29%) VMware
7 14 (2.00%) Adobe
8 12 (1.71%) BT
8 12 (1.71%) Salesforce
9 8 (1.14%) CA
9 8 (1.14%) Splunk
10 7 (1.00%) Apple
11 6 (0.86%) Micro Focus
12 5 (0.71%) Cisco
12 5 (0.71%) Dell
12 5 (0.71%) ESRI
13 4 (0.57%) Databricks
13 4 (0.57%) Freshdesk
13 4 (0.57%) Palo Alto
14 3 (0.43%) CyberArk