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 22 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 54 44
Rank change year-on-year +1 -10 +20
Contract jobs citing Collaborative Working 30 5 20
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 2.70% 0.87% 2.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.46% 1.00% 3.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 5 17
10th Percentile £256 £370 £166
25th Percentile £410 £375 £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £400
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +21.88% +6.67%
75th Percentile - £550 £438
90th Percentile £515 £640 £513
England median daily rate £480 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.97% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 3
10th Percentile £23.50 - -
25th Percentile £26.75 - -
Median hourly rate £28.50 - £35.00
75th Percentile £30.25 - £43.25
90th Percentile - - £48.20
England median hourly rate £22.81 £26.04 £50.00
% change year-on-year -12.40% -47.92% -1.96%

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 866 501 605
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 78.02% 86.83% 78.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 486 339 415
10th Percentile £200 £211 £200
25th Percentile £388 £325 £274
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £425 £418
Median % change year-on-year +8.82% +1.67% -9.62%
75th Percentile £545 £523 £550
90th Percentile £625 £600 £623
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 120 35 55
10th Percentile £13.53 £13.81 £11.24
25th Percentile £16.35 £15.25 £12.75
Median hourly rate £18.00 £19.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +11.76% -24.44%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.91 £26.15
90th Percentile £31.15 £38.18 £35.00
England median hourly rate £46.11 £29.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year +58.98% -20.55% -0.73%

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 22 May 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 22 May 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
Leicestershire +3 9 £418 +12.08% 4
Derbyshire -2 7 - - 3
Nottinghamshire -17 6 £500 +2.56% 9
Lincolnshire - 6 £650 - 8
Northamptonshire - 2 £500 - 7
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:

Applications
1 10 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (20.00%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (6.67%) MS Visio
4 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (3.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (13.33%) ContrOCC
2 1 (3.33%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.67%) Power Platform
2 1 (3.33%) Azure
2 1 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (3.33%) IaaS
2 1 (3.33%) PaaS
2 1 (3.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.33%) Network Security
1 1 (3.33%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.67%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Git
General
1 7 (23.33%) Social Skills
2 6 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (20.00%) Finance
3 4 (13.33%) Local Government
3 4 (13.33%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (10.00%) Retail
5 2 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (6.67%) Public Sector
6 1 (3.33%) Aviation
6 1 (3.33%) Bulgarian Language
6 1 (3.33%) Law
6 1 (3.33%) Legal
6 1 (3.33%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.33%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 8 (26.67%) Analyst
2 6 (20.00%) Administrator
2 6 (20.00%) Systems Administrator
3 5 (16.67%) PMO Analyst
4 4 (13.33%) Developer
4 4 (13.33%) Systems Developer
5 3 (10.00%) Senior
6 2 (6.67%) Business Analyst
6 2 (6.67%) Governance Analyst
6 2 (6.67%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (6.67%) Senior Business Analyst
7 1 (3.33%) DevOps Engineer
7 1 (3.33%) Information Specialist
7 1 (3.33%) Network Engineer
7 1 (3.33%) Portfolio Analyst
7 1 (3.33%) Senior Manager
7 1 (3.33%) Senior Service Assurance Manager
7 1 (3.33%) Service Assurance Manager
7 1 (3.33%) Service Manager
7 1 (3.33%) Systems Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.33%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.33%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (26.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 7 (23.33%) Project Management
3 6 (20.00%) Service Delivery
4 5 (16.67%) Decision-Making
4 5 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (13.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (10.00%) Portfolio Management
6 3 (10.00%) Project Delivery
7 2 (6.67%) Agile
7 2 (6.67%) Asset Management
7 2 (6.67%) Change Control
7 2 (6.67%) Coaching
7 2 (6.67%) Data Protection
7 2 (6.67%) DevOps
7 2 (6.67%) Process Improvement
7 2 (6.67%) Roadmaps
7 2 (6.67%) Security Operations
7 2 (6.67%) Service Management
7 2 (6.67%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (6.67%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 5 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 4 (13.33%) DBS Check
3 2 (6.67%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.33%) Degree
4 1 (3.33%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (20.00%) PMO
2 1 (3.33%) GDPR
2 1 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 1 (3.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.33%) Dynatrace
2 1 (3.33%) Fortinet
2 1 (3.33%) NetApp
2 1 (3.33%) ServiceNow