Collaborative Working Contracts in the UK excluding London

Collaborative Working
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 95 151 131
Rank change year-on-year +56 -20 +40
Contract jobs citing Collaborative Working 431 406 609
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.10% 1.73% 1.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.49% 1.93% 2.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 195 274 429
10th Percentile £246 £308 £325
25th Percentile £363 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +17.65%
75th Percentile £589 £601 £575
90th Percentile £663 £678 £675
UK median daily rate £498 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -5.24% -0.94% +11.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 36 25
10th Percentile £15.13 £22.00 £13.35
25th Percentile £29.00 £35.00 £14.25
Median hourly rate £50.00 £51.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +168.42% -15.25%
75th Percentile - £59.38 £55.00
90th Percentile £51.75 £79.38 £74.39
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £53.87 £20.09
% change year-on-year -7.18% +168.11% +5.75%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,341 21,054 27,253
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.49% 89.57% 88.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,323 14,598 19,040
10th Percentile £250 £256 £232
25th Percentile £375 £400 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,053 1,291 1,337
10th Percentile £12.31 £11.00 £12.23
25th Percentile £15.17 £15.50 £14.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £46.12
90th Percentile £72.82 £73.75 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +2.04%

Collaborative Working
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Collaborative Working as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Collaborative Working in the UK excluding London

Collaborative Working
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Collaborative Working in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Collaborative Working in the UK excluding London

Collaborative Working
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Collaborative Working in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Collaborative Working in the UK excluding London

Collaborative Working
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Collaborative Working in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Collaborative Working in the UK excluding London

Collaborative Working
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Collaborative Working in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Collaborative Working in the UK excluding London

Collaborative Working
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 May 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
South East +23 119 £475 -20.83% 192
East of England +40 78 £388 -32.61% 90
North of England 0 66 £500 -1.67% 203
Midlands +27 58 £425 -5.56% 142
Scotland +39 55 £475 +5.56% 47
South West +17 44 £550 - 115
North West +5 37 £473 -5.50% 120
West Midlands +19 35 £525 +12.66% 86
Yorkshire +18 26 £611 +16.38% 68
East Midlands +21 20 £400 +6.67% 55
Wales +13 6 £425 -12.37% 19
North East +10 3 £625 +47.06% 18
Isle of Man - 3 - -
Northern Ireland - 3 - - 9
Collaborative Working
UK

Collaborative Working
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 17 (3.94%) Confluence
1 17 (3.94%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.16%) CMS
2 5 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.93%) Appian
4 3 (0.70%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.23%) EPiServer
5 1 (0.23%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (0.23%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 38 (8.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (6.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 24 (5.57%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.70%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.70%) MicroStation
4 3 (0.70%) Sketch
4 3 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.46%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (0.46%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.46%) FileZilla
5 2 (0.46%) InVision
5 2 (0.46%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.46%) Windchill
6 1 (0.23%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (2.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.86%) SAP HCM
2 8 (1.86%) SAP HR
3 6 (1.39%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.93%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.70%) SAP MII
6 2 (0.46%) Oracle EBS R12
6 2 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.23%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 47 (10.90%) Azure
2 35 (8.12%) AWS
3 24 (5.57%) Power Platform
4 20 (4.64%) GCP
5 15 (3.48%) OpenShift
6 13 (3.02%) Microsoft 365
7 12 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
8 10 (2.32%) GitHub
8 10 (2.32%) SuccessFactors
9 9 (2.09%) Power Automate
10 8 (1.86%) SaaS
11 7 (1.62%) Kong
11 7 (1.62%) Serverless
11 7 (1.62%) Yammer
12 6 (1.39%) Apigee
12 6 (1.39%) PowerApps
13 5 (1.16%) OCI
14 4 (0.93%) Dynamics 365
14 4 (0.93%) Figma
14 4 (0.93%) Oracle Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.94%) Firewall
2 11 (2.55%) VPN
3 7 (1.62%) DNS
3 7 (1.62%) TCP/IP
3 7 (1.62%) VSAN
4 6 (1.39%) HTTP
5 5 (1.16%) LAN
5 5 (1.16%) SD-WAN
5 5 (1.16%) WAN
6 3 (0.70%) Cisco IOS
6 3 (0.70%) Network Security
7 2 (0.46%) FTP
7 2 (0.46%) Wireless
8 1 (0.23%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (0.23%) DHCP
8 1 (0.23%) Ethernet
8 1 (0.23%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.23%) IPsec
8 1 (0.23%) SMS
8 1 (0.23%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (4.18%) Power BI
2 13 (3.02%) Elasticsearch
3 12 (2.78%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (2.09%) Metadata
4 9 (2.09%) Oracle Reports
5 4 (0.93%) GIS
5 4 (0.93%) Oracle Database
6 3 (0.70%) Data Lake
6 3 (0.70%) Geospatial Data
6 3 (0.70%) QGIS
6 3 (0.70%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.70%) Spatial Data
6 3 (0.70%) SQL Server
7 2 (0.46%) Amazon Athena
7 2 (0.46%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.46%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.46%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.46%) Tableau
8 1 (0.23%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 23 (5.34%) Git
2 21 (4.87%) JIRA
3 11 (2.55%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.86%) GitLab
5 7 (1.62%) Rational DOORS
5 7 (1.62%) Travis CI
6 6 (1.39%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 6 (1.39%) CircleCI
6 6 (1.39%) Mercurial
6 6 (1.39%) Postman
7 4 (0.93%) NUnit
7 4 (0.93%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.70%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.46%) Axure RP
9 2 (0.46%) Mocha
9 2 (0.46%) Selenium
9 2 (0.46%) TestRail
10 1 (0.23%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.23%) JUnit
10 1 (0.23%) Oracle Forms
General
1 164 (38.05%) Social Skills
2 76 (17.63%) Analytical Skills
3 55 (12.76%) Aerospace
4 49 (11.37%) Finance
5 42 (9.74%) Public Sector
6 34 (7.89%) Organisational Skills
7 23 (5.34%) Telecoms
8 22 (5.10%) Marketing
9 19 (4.41%) Manufacturing
10 16 (3.71%) Legal
11 15 (3.48%) Presentation Skills
12 12 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 11 (2.55%) Influencing Skills
13 11 (2.55%) Law
13 11 (2.55%) Mandarin Language
14 10 (2.32%) Documentation Skills
14 10 (2.32%) Publishing
15 9 (2.09%) Banking
16 8 (1.86%) Local Government
17 6 (1.39%) Retail
Job Titles
1 55 (12.76%) Configuration Manager
2 44 (10.21%) Analyst
3 42 (9.74%) Senior
4 32 (7.42%) Architect
5 30 (6.96%) Project Manager
6 24 (5.57%) Lead
7 20 (4.64%) Developer
8 19 (4.41%) Consultant
9 18 (4.18%) Data Engineer
10 16 (3.71%) Solutions Architect
11 12 (2.78%) Senior Analyst
12 11 (2.55%) Administrator
12 11 (2.55%) Designer
13 10 (2.32%) Cabling Engineer
13 10 (2.32%) IT Manager
14 9 (2.09%) Change Manager
15 8 (1.86%) Data Analyst
15 8 (1.86%) Technical Architect
16 7 (1.62%) Senior Systems Engineer
16 7 (1.62%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.48%) HTML
2 14 (3.25%) React
3 12 (2.78%) CSS
4 9 (2.09%) .NET
5 8 (1.86%) AngularJS
5 8 (1.86%) JSON
5 8 (1.86%) Kafka
5 8 (1.86%) Spring
6 7 (1.62%) RESTful
6 7 (1.62%) XML
6 7 (1.62%) YAML
7 6 (1.39%) Elastic Stack
7 6 (1.39%) GraphQL
7 6 (1.39%) NumPy
7 6 (1.39%) Pandas
7 6 (1.39%) REST
7 6 (1.39%) SciPy
7 6 (1.39%) Spring Boot
8 5 (1.16%) Node.js
9 4 (0.93%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 23 (5.34%) Management Information System
2 19 (4.41%) Cloud Native
3 15 (3.48%) Product Ownership
4 12 (2.78%) Analytical Mindset
5 10 (2.32%) Fibre Optics
6 8 (1.86%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (1.62%) Data Protection Act
7 7 (1.62%) Social Media
8 6 (1.39%) Data Structures
8 6 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (1.16%) Data Centre
9 5 (1.16%) Onboarding
9 5 (1.16%) Public Cloud
10 4 (0.93%) Housing Association
11 3 (0.70%) CMDB
11 3 (0.70%) Driving Licence
11 3 (0.70%) Enterprise Cloud
11 3 (0.70%) Lidar
11 3 (0.70%) Mobile App
11 3 (0.70%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 20 (4.64%) Windows
2 11 (2.55%) Unix
3 6 (1.39%) Linux
4 5 (1.16%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.70%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.70%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (0.46%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.23%) Android
7 1 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.23%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (24.59%) Agile
2 97 (22.51%) Project Management
3 89 (20.65%) Problem-Solving
4 64 (14.85%) Configuration Management
5 63 (14.62%) Coaching
6 55 (12.76%) PLM
7 50 (11.60%) DevOps
8 48 (11.14%) Stakeholder Management
9 43 (9.98%) CI/CD
10 38 (8.82%) Change Management
11 37 (8.58%) Risk Management
12 34 (7.89%) Decision-Making
13 31 (7.19%) ITIL
13 31 (7.19%) Time Management
14 29 (6.73%) Scrum
15 28 (6.50%) Waterfall
16 27 (6.26%) Continuous Improvement
16 27 (6.26%) Data Analysis
16 27 (6.26%) Technical Leadership
17 26 (6.03%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 27 (6.26%) SQL
2 23 (5.34%) Python
3 21 (4.87%) JavaScript
4 11 (2.55%) Java
4 11 (2.55%) PowerShell
5 9 (2.09%) C#
6 8 (1.86%) Bash
7 6 (1.39%) TypeScript
8 4 (0.93%) Shell Script
9 3 (0.70%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 58 (13.46%) Degree
2 55 (12.76%) Security Cleared
3 40 (9.28%) SC Cleared
4 18 (4.18%) Master's Degree
5 16 (3.71%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (1.86%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (1.86%) DV Cleared
6 8 (1.86%) ITIL Certification
7 6 (1.39%) ISEB
8 4 (0.93%) CCNP
8 4 (0.93%) CISSP
8 4 (0.93%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 3 (0.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 3 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.70%) NVQ Level 4
9 3 (0.70%) SAP Certification
10 2 (0.46%) CRISC
10 2 (0.46%) Dell Certification
10 2 (0.46%) HND
10 2 (0.46%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (5.80%) PMO
2 19 (4.41%) QA
3 14 (3.25%) GDPR
4 9 (2.09%) Accessibility
5 8 (1.86%) PCI DSS
5 8 (1.86%) SLA
6 6 (1.39%) Data Quality
7 4 (0.93%) Disclosure Scotland
8 3 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.46%) GAMP
9 2 (0.46%) GMP
9 2 (0.46%) GxP
9 2 (0.46%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.46%) WCAG
10 1 (0.23%) Def Stans
10 1 (0.23%) IEC 61508
10 1 (0.23%) ISO 31000
10 1 (0.23%) NIST
10 1 (0.23%) P3O
System Software
1 22 (5.10%) Docker
2 11 (2.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (1.86%) VMware NSX
4 7 (1.62%) Active Directory
4 7 (1.62%) vCloud
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.23%) VMware Workstation
5 1 (0.23%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 33 (7.66%) Kubernetes
2 14 (3.25%) Istio
2 14 (3.25%) Kibana
2 14 (3.25%) Terraform
3 13 (3.02%) Grafana
3 13 (3.02%) Prometheus
4 8 (1.86%) Ansible
5 7 (1.62%) Argo
5 7 (1.62%) Progress Chef
5 7 (1.62%) Puppet
5 7 (1.62%) Rancher
5 7 (1.62%) vCenter Server
6 6 (1.39%) Docker Swarm
6 6 (1.39%) logstash
7 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.46%) SCCM
9 1 (0.23%) Data Guard
9 1 (0.23%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.23%) Nessus
9 1 (0.23%) WSUS
Vendors
1 55 (12.76%) Microsoft
2 19 (4.41%) Oracle
3 17 (3.94%) SAP
4 13 (3.02%) VMware
5 12 (2.78%) BT
6 11 (2.55%) ServiceNow
7 9 (2.09%) Google
8 8 (1.86%) Splunk
9 6 (1.39%) Adobe
10 5 (1.16%) Cisco
11 4 (0.93%) Salesforce
12 3 (0.70%) Atlassian
12 3 (0.70%) ESRI
12 3 (0.70%) Fujitsu
12 3 (0.70%) HP
12 3 (0.70%) Juniper
12 3 (0.70%) McAfee
12 3 (0.70%) Twitter
13 2 (0.46%) F5
13 2 (0.46%) Palo Alto