Collaborative Working Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Collaborative Working
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Collaborative Working skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 65 52
Rank change year-on-year -1 -13 -1
Contract jobs citing Collaborative Working 19 3 15
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 1.54% 0.39% 1.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.07% 0.46% 2.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 2 15
10th Percentile £232 £534 £390
25th Percentile £322 £561 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £610 £425
Median % change year-on-year -18.03% +43.53% -4.49%
75th Percentile £528 £656 £513
90th Percentile £575 £683 £540
England median daily rate £488 £500 £488
% change year-on-year -2.50% +2.56% -11.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £23.50 - -
25th Percentile £26.75 - -
Median hourly rate £28.50 - -
75th Percentile £30.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £23.00 £26.30 £50.00
% change year-on-year -12.55% -47.40% +11.11%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East Midlands

Collaborative Working falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 919 652 607
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 74.59% 85.56% 80.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 456 447 408
10th Percentile £235 £242 £268
25th Percentile £400 £337 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £405 £450
Median % change year-on-year +20.37% -10.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £575 £500 £575
90th Percentile £653 £625 £625
England median daily rate £525 £510 £530
% change year-on-year +2.94% -3.77% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 139 58 38
10th Percentile £13.08 £15.12 £12.75
25th Percentile £14.56 £17.87 £14.74
Median hourly rate £17.87 £18.94 £18.16
Median % change year-on-year -5.62% +4.27% -41.19%
75th Percentile £27.73 £25.15 £26.15
90th Percentile £36.99 - £50.00
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +4.83%

Collaborative Working
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Collaborative Working job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Collaborative Working
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Collaborative Working.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Collaborative Working

Collaborative Working
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Collaborative Working in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 20 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Collaborative Working in the East Midlands

Collaborative Working
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Collaborative Working.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Collaborative Working

Collaborative Working
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 20 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Nottinghamshire -12 7 £500 -3.85% 11
Lincolnshire - 6 - - 10
Leicestershire -6 3 £388 - 7
Derbyshire -7 2 £550 -21.43% 11
Northamptonshire - 1 £525 - 14
Collaborative Working
England

Collaborative Working
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East 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 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (26.32%) ContrOCC
2 2 (10.53%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (5.26%) Oracle Cash Management
3 1 (5.26%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (5.26%) OCI
1 1 (5.26%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.53%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (5.26%) LAN
2 1 (5.26%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 1 (5.26%) Power BI
General
1 7 (36.84%) Social Skills
2 6 (31.58%) Finance
3 4 (21.05%) Local Government
4 3 (15.79%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (5.26%) General Ledger
6 1 (5.26%) Manufacturing
6 1 (5.26%) Multimedia
6 1 (5.26%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (26.32%) Developer
2 4 (21.05%) Systems Developer
3 1 (5.26%) Analyst
3 1 (5.26%) Configuration Specialist
3 1 (5.26%) Consultant
3 1 (5.26%) Data Migration Specialist
3 1 (5.26%) Governance Analyst
3 1 (5.26%) Infrastructure Consultant
3 1 (5.26%) IT Engineer
3 1 (5.26%) IT Support
3 1 (5.26%) IT Support Engineer
3 1 (5.26%) Migration Specialist
3 1 (5.26%) Network Consultant
3 1 (5.26%) Network Infrastructure Consultant
3 1 (5.26%) PMO Analyst
3 1 (5.26%) Project Officer
3 1 (5.26%) Project Support Officer
3 1 (5.26%) SAP Data Migration Specialist
3 1 (5.26%) SQL Developer
3 1 (5.26%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.53%) XML
2 1 (5.26%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) Public Cloud
2 1 (5.26%) CMDB
2 1 (5.26%) Manufacturing Execution System
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.26%) Linux
1 1 (5.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (31.58%) Service Delivery
2 4 (21.05%) Data Migration
2 4 (21.05%) Migration
3 3 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (15.79%) System Integration Testing
3 3 (15.79%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (10.53%) Asset Management
4 2 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (10.53%) Data Extraction
4 2 (10.53%) Data Governance
4 2 (10.53%) Data Mapping
4 2 (10.53%) Data Reconciliation
4 2 (10.53%) Project Management
4 2 (10.53%) Quality Management
4 2 (10.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (10.53%) Validation
5 1 (5.26%) Agile
5 1 (5.26%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.53%) ABAP
2 1 (5.26%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.26%) Python
2 1 (5.26%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (21.05%) DBS Check
2 2 (10.53%) Security Cleared
3 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Certified Professional
3 1 (5.26%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (5.26%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) Data Quality
1 2 (10.53%) PMO
Vendors
1 4 (21.05%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.53%) Oracle
2 2 (10.53%) SAP