Collaborative Working Contracts in the South East

Collaborative Working
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Collaborative Working skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Collaborative Working over the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 86 105
Rank change year-on-year +29 +19 +20
Contract jobs citing Collaborative Working 104 114 108
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 3.45% 2.10% 1.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.77% 2.49% 2.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 39 64
10th Percentile £297 £173 £274
25th Percentile £422 £263 £477
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £600
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -20.83% +15.66%
75th Percentile £588 £563 £678
90th Percentile £635 - £1,053
England median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 12 9
10th Percentile £23.08 £11.50 £24.55
25th Percentile £27.53 £17.76 £52.50
Median hourly rate £43.75 £19.18 £64.00
Median % change year-on-year +128.16% -70.04% -
75th Percentile £65.83 £90.50 £73.71
90th Percentile £78.56 £92.33 £77.00
England median hourly rate £23.77 £50.00 £51.00
% change year-on-year -52.46% -1.96% +168.42%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,755 4,582 4,976
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 91.41% 84.27% 89.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,767 2,666 3,464
10th Percentile £250 £250 £250
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year -0.05% -1.91% +2.00%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £615
90th Percentile £663 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 436 213
10th Percentile £13.25 £13.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £15.00 £18.20 £22.16
Median hourly rate £27.76 £47.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.56% -5.00% +132.56%
75th Percentile £62.24 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £75.00
England median hourly rate £28.75 £36.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -21.23% +1.39% +44.00%

Collaborative Working
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Collaborative Working as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Collaborative Working in the South East

Collaborative Working
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Collaborative Working in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Collaborative Working in the South East

Collaborative Working
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Collaborative Working in the South East over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Collaborative Working in the South East

Collaborative Working
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Collaborative Working in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Collaborative Working in the South East

Collaborative Working
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Collaborative Working in the South East over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Collaborative Working in the South East

Collaborative Working
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 17 May 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
Thames Valley +20 58 £500 +33.33% 114
Berkshire +18 46 £500 +3.41% 70
Hampshire +45 28 £425 -2.86% 64
Buckinghamshire +16 7 £425 -19.05% 34
West Sussex +20 6 £625 +31.53% 22
Oxfordshire -1 5 £500 +122.22% 30
Kent - 5 £220 - 20
East Sussex -3 3 £338 -56.45% 12
Surrey -6 2 £225 -57.14% 41
Sussex - 2 £500 - 15
Home Counties - 1 - -
Collaborative Working
England

Collaborative Working
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 14 (13.46%) SharePoint
2 10 (9.62%) Confluence
3 6 (5.77%) NetWeaver
3 6 (5.77%) SAP EP
4 1 (0.96%) Anypoint
4 1 (0.96%) CMS
4 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 12 (11.54%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (4.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (5.77%) SAP CRM
2 4 (3.85%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (3.85%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 4 (3.85%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (2.88%) Infor LN
4 1 (0.96%) Avolution ABACUS
Cloud Services
1 14 (13.46%) AWS
1 14 (13.46%) Azure
2 13 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (7.69%) Power Platform
4 6 (5.77%) AWS Lambda
4 6 (5.77%) GitHub
4 6 (5.77%) Serverless
4 6 (5.77%) SuccessFactors
5 4 (3.85%) OneDrive
6 3 (2.88%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (1.92%) AWS CloudFormation
7 2 (1.92%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (1.92%) GCP
7 2 (1.92%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (1.92%) SaaS
8 1 (0.96%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (0.96%) Google Analytics
8 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.96%) OCI
8 1 (0.96%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.77%) Radio Access Network
2 4 (3.85%) Firewall
3 3 (2.88%) 4G
3 3 (2.88%) 5G
3 3 (2.88%) 5G NR
3 3 (2.88%) LTE
4 2 (1.92%) Network Security
5 1 (0.96%) BGP
5 1 (0.96%) LAN
5 1 (0.96%) NGFW
5 1 (0.96%) OSPF
5 1 (0.96%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.96%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.96%) VPN
5 1 (0.96%) WAN
5 1 (0.96%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.73%) Power BI
2 3 (2.88%) Power Query
3 2 (1.92%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.96%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.96%) Big Data
4 1 (0.96%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 1 (0.96%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.96%) Semantic Layer
4 1 (0.96%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (9.62%) JIRA
1 10 (9.62%) Visual Studio
General
1 69 (66.35%) Social Skills
2 26 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (21.15%) Finance
4 20 (19.23%) Manufacturing
5 10 (9.62%) Telecoms
6 8 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
6 8 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (5.77%) Public Sector
8 5 (4.81%) Retail
9 4 (3.85%) Agriculture
9 4 (3.85%) Marketing
10 3 (2.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.92%) Banking
11 2 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.96%) Brand Awareness
12 1 (0.96%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.96%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.96%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 18 (17.31%) Developer
2 13 (12.50%) Analyst
3 12 (11.54%) Architect
4 10 (9.62%) Delphi Developer
4 10 (9.62%) Senior
5 8 (7.69%) Lead
6 7 (6.73%) Technical Architect
7 6 (5.77%) AWS Engineer
7 6 (5.77%) Consultant
7 6 (5.77%) SAP Architect
7 6 (5.77%) SAP Technical Architect
7 6 (5.77%) Security Engineer
8 5 (4.81%) Project Manager
9 4 (3.85%) Desktop Engineer
9 4 (3.85%) Payroll Manager
9 4 (3.85%) Senior Developer
9 4 (3.85%) Senior Security Engineer
10 3 (2.88%) ERP Implementation Consultant
10 3 (2.88%) Report Developer
10 3 (2.88%) Subject Matter Expert
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.77%) JSON
1 6 (5.77%) SAP Fiori
1 6 (5.77%) SAP PI
1 6 (5.77%) SAPUI5
1 6 (5.77%) Web Services
2 3 (2.88%) .NET
2 3 (2.88%) .NET Core
3 2 (1.92%) Angular 2
3 2 (1.92%) AngularJS
3 2 (1.92%) CSS
3 2 (1.92%) HTML
3 2 (1.92%) HTML5
3 2 (1.92%) Node.js
4 1 (0.96%) ADO
4 1 (0.96%) LDAP
4 1 (0.96%) React
Miscellaneous
1 11 (10.58%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (7.69%) Management Information System
3 6 (5.77%) Onboarding
4 5 (4.81%) Life Science
5 4 (3.85%) Renewable Energy
6 3 (2.88%) Cloud Native
6 3 (2.88%) Low-Code
6 3 (2.88%) Social Media
6 3 (2.88%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 2 (1.92%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.92%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.92%) Podcast
7 2 (1.92%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.92%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.96%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.96%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.96%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 15 (14.42%) Windows
2 2 (1.92%) Linux
3 1 (0.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.96%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (16.35%) Migration
3 14 (13.46%) Project Management
4 13 (12.50%) Agile
4 13 (12.50%) DevOps
4 13 (12.50%) Strategic Thinking
5 12 (11.54%) CI/CD
5 12 (11.54%) Enterprise Architecture
6 11 (10.58%) Change Management
6 11 (10.58%) Continuous Improvement
6 11 (10.58%) Stakeholder Management
7 10 (9.62%) ERP
7 10 (9.62%) Functional Testing
7 10 (9.62%) Root Cause Analysis
8 8 (7.69%) CRM
8 8 (7.69%) Data Migration
8 8 (7.69%) Information Security
8 8 (7.69%) Validation
9 7 (6.73%) Security Architecture
9 7 (6.73%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (13.46%) C#
1 14 (13.46%) SQL
2 12 (11.54%) Python
3 10 (9.62%) Delphi
3 10 (9.62%) PL/SQL
4 7 (6.73%) Java
5 6 (5.77%) ABAP
6 4 (3.85%) JavaScript
7 3 (2.88%) VBA
8 2 (1.92%) PowerShell
8 2 (1.92%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.96%) DataWeave
Qualifications
1 20 (19.23%) Security Cleared
2 12 (11.54%) SC Cleared
3 11 (10.58%) Degree
4 6 (5.77%) CISM
4 6 (5.77%) CISSP
4 6 (5.77%) DV Cleared
5 4 (3.85%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.88%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.92%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.92%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.92%) PMP
8 1 (0.96%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.96%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.96%) CCIE
8 1 (0.96%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.96%) CTC Cleared
8 1 (0.96%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.96%) JNCIP
8 1 (0.96%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.77%) QA
2 1 (0.96%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.96%) GDPR
2 1 (0.96%) HIPAA
2 1 (0.96%) NCSC
2 1 (0.96%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (5.77%) Docker
2 2 (1.92%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.92%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.92%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.96%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 5 (4.81%) Ansible
2 1 (0.96%) Cisco Prime
2 1 (0.96%) CloudHub
2 1 (0.96%) NSN NetAct
2 1 (0.96%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 30 (28.85%) Microsoft
2 12 (11.54%) Oracle
2 12 (11.54%) SAP
3 6 (5.77%) Ariba
4 5 (4.81%) Cisco
4 5 (4.81%) Remedy
5 4 (3.85%) BMC
5 4 (3.85%) BT
6 3 (2.88%) Google
6 3 (2.88%) Infor
6 3 (2.88%) Juniper
6 3 (2.88%) VMware
7 2 (1.92%) Ericsson
8 1 (0.96%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.96%) Nokia
8 1 (0.96%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.96%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.96%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.96%) SolarWinds
8 1 (0.96%) Splunk