Collaborative Working Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Collaborative Working
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Collaborative Working skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 68 89
Rank change year-on-year -4 +21 -3
Contract jobs citing Collaborative Working 29 22 21
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 1.90% 1.72% 1.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.19% 2.12% 1.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 12 13
10th Percentile £269 £268 £250
25th Percentile £453 £323 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £438 £450
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -2.78% -10.00%
75th Percentile £669 £506 £535
90th Percentile £690 £536 £670
England median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 5
10th Percentile £12.36 - -
25th Percentile £13.15 - £17.72
Median hourly rate £16.65 £75.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -77.81% +200.00% +41.08%
75th Percentile £26.94 - £41.80
90th Percentile £33.08 - £56.77
England median hourly rate £17.15 £25.79 £51.00
% change year-on-year -33.52% -49.43% +142.86%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East of England

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 of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,323 1,040 1,614
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 86.53% 81.12% 87.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 549 421 875
10th Percentile £188 £231 £225
25th Percentile £363 £319 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £563 £600
90th Percentile £685 £663 £725
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 389 216 372
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.10 £14.16
25th Percentile £16.25 £15.62 £14.25
Median hourly rate £22.00 £27.50 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +30.95% -6.67%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £77.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £37.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -32.03% -16.85% +23.61%

Collaborative Working
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Collaborative Working job vacancy trend in the East of England

Collaborative Working
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

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

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

Collaborative Working
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Collaborative Working in the East of England over the 6 months to 21 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Collaborative Working in the East of England

Collaborative Working
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

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

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

Collaborative Working
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Collaborative Working in the East of England over the 6 months to 21 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Collaborative Working in the East of England

Collaborative Working
Contract Job Locations in the East of 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 East of England region over the 6 months to 21 November 2025. 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
Hertfordshire -14 14 £610 +43.53% 25
Bedfordshire -5 6 - - 7
Cambridgeshire -7 4 £400 - 11
Norfolk - 3 - - 4
Suffolk +7 1 - - 5
Essex -3 1 £125 -60.69% 9
Collaborative Working
England

Collaborative Working
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 (3.45%) CMS
1 1 (3.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (13.79%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (10.34%) Workday HCM
2 1 (3.45%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (3.45%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (3.45%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (3.45%) SAP HCM
2 1 (3.45%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.45%) GCP
1 1 (3.45%) Google Workspace
1 1 (3.45%) OCI
1 1 (3.45%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.45%) NetScaler
1 1 (3.45%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.90%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (3.45%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (3.45%) JIRA
General
1 13 (44.83%) Social Skills
2 10 (34.48%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (27.59%) Finance
4 4 (13.79%) Legal
4 4 (13.79%) Public Sector
5 3 (10.34%) Aviation
5 3 (10.34%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (6.90%) Digital Health
6 2 (6.90%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (6.90%) Electronics
6 2 (6.90%) Health Technology
6 2 (6.90%) Manufacturing
6 2 (6.90%) Marketing
6 2 (6.90%) Retail
6 2 (6.90%) Telecoms
7 1 (3.45%) Financial Institution
7 1 (3.45%) French Language
7 1 (3.45%) German Language
7 1 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (3.45%) Military
Job Titles
1 6 (20.69%) Analyst
2 5 (17.24%) Lead
3 3 (10.34%) Architect
3 3 (10.34%) IT Engineer
3 3 (10.34%) Technical Architect
3 3 (10.34%) Workday Architect
4 2 (6.90%) Configuration Engineer
4 2 (6.90%) Developer
4 2 (6.90%) Project Manager
4 2 (6.90%) Systems Developer
5 1 (3.45%) Business Change Analyst
5 1 (3.45%) Buyer
5 1 (3.45%) Citrix Specialist
5 1 (3.45%) PMO Lead
5 1 (3.45%) PMO Manager
5 1 (3.45%) Project Controller
5 1 (3.45%) Salesforce Project Manager
5 1 (3.45%) Service Transition Analyst
5 1 (3.45%) Technical Infrastructure Analyst
5 1 (3.45%) Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.90%) CSS
1 2 (6.90%) HTML
2 1 (3.45%) ISPF
2 1 (3.45%) J2EE
2 1 (3.45%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (6.90%) NHS
3 1 (3.45%) Driving Licence
3 1 (3.45%) e-Learning
3 1 (3.45%) FMCG
3 1 (3.45%) LIMS
3 1 (3.45%) Mainframe
3 1 (3.45%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.45%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.45%) Smartphone
3 1 (3.45%) Video Editing
3 1 (3.45%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.34%) Windows
2 1 (3.45%) Android
2 1 (3.45%) Apple iOS
2 1 (3.45%) Linux
2 1 (3.45%) Mac OS
2 1 (3.45%) Windows Server
2 1 (3.45%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (34.48%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (13.79%) Change Management
2 4 (13.79%) ITIL
2 4 (13.79%) Project Delivery
2 4 (13.79%) User Experience
3 3 (10.34%) Agile
3 3 (10.34%) Analytics
3 3 (10.34%) Contract Management
3 3 (10.34%) Programme Management
3 3 (10.34%) Project Governance
3 3 (10.34%) Project Management
3 3 (10.34%) Prototyping
3 3 (10.34%) Roadmaps
3 3 (10.34%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (6.90%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (6.90%) Customer Service
4 2 (6.90%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 2 (6.90%) Knowledge Transfer
4 2 (6.90%) People Management
4 2 (6.90%) Technology Transformation
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.90%) JavaScript
1 2 (6.90%) SQL
1 2 (6.90%) VB
2 1 (3.45%) CLIST
2 1 (3.45%) JCL
2 1 (3.45%) REXX
Qualifications
1 3 (10.34%) Degree
2 1 (3.45%) APMG
2 1 (3.45%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (3.45%) Master's Degree
2 1 (3.45%) MBA
2 1 (3.45%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.45%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (3.45%) GxP
2 1 (3.45%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (3.45%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.45%) RACF
1 1 (3.45%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (3.45%) Ansible
1 1 (3.45%) SCCM
1 1 (3.45%) WSUS
1 1 (3.45%) zSecure
Vendors
1 5 (17.24%) SAP
1 5 (17.24%) Workday
2 4 (13.79%) Microsoft
3 3 (10.34%) IBM
3 3 (10.34%) Oracle
4 2 (6.90%) Cognos
4 2 (6.90%) ServiceNow
5 1 (3.45%) Citrix
5 1 (3.45%) Google
5 1 (3.45%) LabWare
5 1 (3.45%) NVIDIA
5 1 (3.45%) Progress
5 1 (3.45%) Qualys
5 1 (3.45%) Rapid7
5 1 (3.45%) Salesforce
5 1 (3.45%) Tenable
5 1 (3.45%) VMware