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 5 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 62 89
Rank change year-on-year -6 +27 -6
Contract jobs citing Collaborative Working 32 23 15
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 2.03% 2.09% 0.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.40% 2.49% 1.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 10 11
10th Percentile £316 £309 £250
25th Percentile £450 £403 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% +11.76% -15.00%
75th Percentile £688 £525 £568
90th Percentile - £538 £650
England median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 3
10th Percentile - - £16.20
25th Percentile £12.36 - £19.50
Median hourly rate £17.29 £75.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -76.95% +200.00% +24.32%
75th Percentile £17.69 - £45.88
90th Percentile £25.17 - £58.40
England median hourly rate £14.27 £24.70 £51.00
% change year-on-year -42.22% -51.58% +96.15%

All Process & 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 1,336 924 1,474
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 84.72% 84.15% 86.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 570 399 769
10th Percentile £200 £242 £226
25th Percentile £363 £340 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £681 £694 £702
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 429 177 361
10th Percentile £14.00 - £14.00
25th Percentile £16.17 £15.62 £14.50
Median hourly rate £20.35 £35.00 £21.46
Median % change year-on-year -41.86% +63.09% -2.45%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £83.35 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.86
% change year-on-year -28.14% -20.20% +23.55%

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 5 January 2026.

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 5 January 2026.

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 5 January 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
Hertfordshire -16 15 £610 +28.42% 22
Norfolk - 8 £330 - 3
Bedfordshire -8 5 - - 8
Cambridgeshire -7 3 £400 - 13
Suffolk +3 1 - - 5
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:

Applications
1 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (6.25%) Oracle General Ledger
1 2 (6.25%) Oracle Payables
1 2 (6.25%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (3.13%) SAP HCM
2 1 (3.13%) SAP Payroll
2 1 (3.13%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 6 (18.75%) Google Workspace
2 5 (15.63%) GCP
3 2 (6.25%) OCI
4 1 (3.13%) Azure
4 1 (3.13%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 6 (18.75%) VoIP
2 1 (3.13%) Internet
2 1 (3.13%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.25%) Electronic Patient Records
1 2 (6.25%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (3.13%) JIRA
General
1 9 (28.13%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (25.00%) Finance
2 8 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 5 (15.63%) Public Sector
4 4 (12.50%) Legal
5 3 (9.38%) Military
5 3 (9.38%) Retail
6 2 (6.25%) Digital Health
6 2 (6.25%) Electronics
6 2 (6.25%) Health Technology
6 2 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (6.25%) Manufacturing
6 2 (6.25%) Marketing
6 2 (6.25%) Telecoms
7 1 (3.13%) Aviation
7 1 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (3.13%) Financial Institution
7 1 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (34.38%) Analyst
2 6 (18.75%) Lead
2 6 (18.75%) Service Desk Analyst
3 5 (15.63%) Service Analyst
4 3 (9.38%) IT Engineer
5 2 (6.25%) Architect
5 2 (6.25%) Configuration Engineer
5 2 (6.25%) Developer
5 2 (6.25%) Oracle Financials Support
5 2 (6.25%) Project Manager
5 2 (6.25%) Systems Developer
5 2 (6.25%) Technical Architect
6 1 (3.13%) Citrix Specialist
6 1 (3.13%) Operations Engineer
6 1 (3.13%) PMO Lead
6 1 (3.13%) PMO Manager
6 1 (3.13%) Salesforce Project Manager
6 1 (3.13%) Service Transition Analyst
6 1 (3.13%) Technical Infrastructure Analyst
6 1 (3.13%) Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.25%) CSS
1 2 (6.25%) HTML
1 2 (6.25%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (3.13%) .NET
2 1 (3.13%) ISPF
Miscellaneous
1 5 (15.63%) Smartphone
2 3 (9.38%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (6.25%) NHS
4 1 (3.13%) Driving Licence
4 1 (3.13%) e-Learning
4 1 (3.13%) FMCG
4 1 (3.13%) Mainframe
4 1 (3.13%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.13%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.13%) Operational Technology
4 1 (3.13%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 8 (25.00%) Windows
2 6 (18.75%) Android
2 6 (18.75%) Apple iOS
2 6 (18.75%) Mac OS
3 1 (3.13%) Linux
3 1 (3.13%) Windows Server
3 1 (3.13%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (43.75%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (28.13%) ITIL
3 7 (21.88%) Customer Service
4 5 (15.63%) Project Delivery
5 4 (12.50%) Change Management
5 4 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (9.38%) Agile
6 3 (9.38%) Collaborative Culture
6 3 (9.38%) Contract Management
6 3 (9.38%) ITSM
6 3 (9.38%) Programme Management
6 3 (9.38%) Project Governance
6 3 (9.38%) Requirements Gathering
6 3 (9.38%) User Acceptance Testing
6 3 (9.38%) User Experience
7 2 (6.25%) Budgeting
7 2 (6.25%) Impact Analysis
7 2 (6.25%) Knowledge Transfer
7 2 (6.25%) Roadmaps
7 2 (6.25%) Technology Transformation
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.25%) JavaScript
1 2 (6.25%) SQL
1 2 (6.25%) VB
2 1 (3.13%) CLIST
2 1 (3.13%) Java
2 1 (3.13%) JCL
2 1 (3.13%) REXX
Qualifications
1 7 (21.88%) Security Cleared
2 6 (18.75%) SC Cleared
3 5 (15.63%) ITIL Certification
4 3 (9.38%) Degree
5 1 (3.13%) APMG
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (3.13%) PMO
2 1 (3.13%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.13%) RACF
2 1 (3.13%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (3.13%) Ansible
1 1 (3.13%) SCCM
1 1 (3.13%) WSUS
1 1 (3.13%) zSecure
Vendors
1 6 (18.75%) Google
2 5 (15.63%) SAP
3 3 (9.38%) IBM
3 3 (9.38%) Microsoft
3 3 (9.38%) Oracle
3 3 (9.38%) ServiceNow
3 3 (9.38%) Workday
4 2 (6.25%) Cognos
4 2 (6.25%) Salesforce
4 2 (6.25%) VMware
5 1 (3.13%) Citrix
5 1 (3.13%) NVIDIA
5 1 (3.13%) Progress
5 1 (3.13%) Qualys
5 1 (3.13%) Rapid7
5 1 (3.13%) Tenable