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 21 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 46 49
Rank change year-on-year 0 +3 +23
Contract jobs citing Collaborative Working 33 9 19
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 3.29% 1.54% 2.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.90% 1.76% 2.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 8 10
10th Percentile £340 £372 £166
25th Percentile £409 £400 £203
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £448 £418
Median % change year-on-year -5.03% +7.19% -
75th Percentile £500 £488 £516
90th Percentile £512 £519 £713
England median daily rate £500 £517 £525
% change year-on-year -3.24% -1.57% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 9
10th Percentile £19.45 - £35.00
25th Percentile £19.75 - £50.50
Median hourly rate £20.38 - £51.00
75th Percentile £20.88 - £51.50
90th Percentile £21.10 - -
England median hourly rate £14.82 £26.50 £41.81
% change year-on-year -44.08% -36.62% +15.34%

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 846 511 640
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 84.35% 87.50% 81.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 475 319 444
10th Percentile £190 £204 £188
25th Percentile £358 £325 £269
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% - -5.56%
75th Percentile £538 £528 £538
90th Percentile £620 £600 £650
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 20 60
10th Percentile £14.96 £14.54 £11.67
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £14.00
Median hourly rate £18.87 £23.34 £17.61
Median % change year-on-year -19.15% +32.58% +4.60%
75th Percentile £24.86 £30.44 £29.88
90th Percentile £25.77 £40.71 £51.50
England median hourly rate £26.61 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -23.99% - -

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 21 February 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 21 February 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 +5 15 £421 +13.09% 2
Derbyshire +7 10 £350 -27.27% 3
Lincolnshire - 3 £650 - 3
Nottinghamshire -13 2 £510 +14.61% 6
Northamptonshire -21 2 £500 +11.11% 9
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 8 (24.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (18.18%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (9.09%) MS Visio
4 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 5 (15.15%) Azure
1 5 (15.15%) Azure DevOps
1 5 (15.15%) Power Platform
2 3 (9.09%) IaaS
2 3 (9.09%) PaaS
3 2 (6.06%) AWS
4 1 (3.03%) ChatGPT
4 1 (3.03%) GitHub
4 1 (3.03%) GitHub Copilot
4 1 (3.03%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.03%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (3.03%) Firewall
1 1 (3.03%) Network Security
1 1 (3.03%) VPN
1 1 (3.03%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (15.15%) Power BI
2 2 (6.06%) Big Data
2 2 (6.06%) Data Mining
2 2 (6.06%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (6.06%) Hadoop
3 1 (3.03%) EDMS
3 1 (3.03%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (3.03%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (9.09%) Git
2 1 (3.03%) Oracle APEX
2 1 (3.03%) SonarQube
General
1 11 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 10 (30.30%) Finance
3 7 (21.21%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (12.12%) Retail
5 3 (9.09%) Manufacturing
5 3 (9.09%) Public Sector
6 2 (6.06%) Banking
6 2 (6.06%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (6.06%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (3.03%) Aviation
7 1 (3.03%) Bulgarian Language
7 1 (3.03%) Digital Healthcare
7 1 (3.03%) Law
7 1 (3.03%) Legal
Job Titles
1 9 (27.27%) Analyst
2 7 (21.21%) Senior
3 6 (18.18%) Administrator
3 6 (18.18%) Systems Administrator
4 4 (12.12%) Developer
4 4 (12.12%) PMO Analyst
5 3 (9.09%) Business Analyst
5 3 (9.09%) DevOps Engineer
5 3 (9.09%) Senior Analyst
5 3 (9.09%) Senior Business Analyst
6 2 (6.06%) Data Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) Lead
6 2 (6.06%) Senior Developer
6 2 (6.06%) Senior Manager
6 2 (6.06%) Senior Service Assurance Manager
6 2 (6.06%) Senior Service Manager
6 2 (6.06%) Service Assurance Manager
6 2 (6.06%) Service Management Manager
6 2 (6.06%) Service Manager
7 1 (3.03%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.03%) .NET
1 1 (3.03%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.06%) Cloud Native
1 2 (6.06%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (3.03%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (3.03%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.03%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.06%) Windows
2 1 (3.03%) Data ONTAP
2 1 (3.03%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
1 9 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (21.21%) DevOps
2 7 (21.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 6 (18.18%) Decision-Making
4 5 (15.15%) Business Intelligence
4 5 (15.15%) Project Management
5 4 (12.12%) Change Management
5 4 (12.12%) CI/CD
5 4 (12.12%) ITIL
5 4 (12.12%) Logistics
6 3 (9.09%) Agile
6 3 (9.09%) Cost Optimisation
6 3 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (9.09%) Infrastructure as Code
6 3 (9.09%) Infrastructure Automation
6 3 (9.09%) Migration
6 3 (9.09%) Observability
6 3 (9.09%) Project Delivery
6 3 (9.09%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.12%) SQL
2 3 (9.09%) Python
3 2 (6.06%) C#
3 2 (6.06%) PL/SQL
3 2 (6.06%) R
4 1 (3.03%) C++
4 1 (3.03%) JavaScript
4 1 (3.03%) PHP
Qualifications
1 6 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 3 (9.09%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.03%) Degree
3 1 (3.03%) DV Cleared
3 1 (3.03%) MCSE
3 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.12%) PMO
2 1 (3.03%) Accessibility
2 1 (3.03%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.03%) GDPR
2 1 (3.03%) HL7
2 1 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.03%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (9.09%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.09%) Dynatrace
3 2 (6.06%) Oracle
3 2 (6.06%) Sage
4 1 (3.03%) CheckPoint
4 1 (3.03%) Cisco
4 1 (3.03%) Fortinet
4 1 (3.03%) Meraki
4 1 (3.03%) NetApp
4 1 (3.03%) Palo Alto
4 1 (3.03%) SAP
4 1 (3.03%) ServiceNow