Collaborative Working Contracts in the South West

Collaborative Working
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 116 121
Rank change year-on-year +80 +5 +19
Contract jobs citing Collaborative Working 86 41 46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 5.13% 1.28% 1.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.67% 1.54% 1.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 20 34
10th Percentile £145 £462 £346
25th Percentile £235 £465 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +2.27% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £594 £594
90th Percentile - £616 £668
England median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 6
10th Percentile £29.01 - £17.50
25th Percentile £33.34 - £25.75
Median hourly rate £43.06 £11.87 £51.00
Median % change year-on-year +262.76% -76.73% -27.14%
75th Percentile £55.28 £12.88 £75.69
90th Percentile £61.11 £14.68 £91.88
England median hourly rate £21.50 £50.00 £51.00
% change year-on-year -57.00% -1.96% +163.57%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,516 2,656 3,250
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 90.35% 83.03% 89.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 965 1,696 2,395
10th Percentile £235 £220 £313
25th Percentile £400 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £549
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.37% +9.80%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £644
90th Percentile £688 £700 £719
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 145 336 335
10th Percentile £18.33 £13.86 £9.80
25th Percentile £20.48 £27.50 £17.00
Median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.00% -18.70% +26.16%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.30
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.50 £83.36
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Collaborative Working
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Collaborative Working in the South West

Collaborative Working
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Collaborative Working in the South West

Collaborative Working
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Collaborative Working in the South West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Collaborative Working in the South West

Collaborative Working
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Collaborative Working in the South West

Collaborative Working
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Collaborative Working in the South West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Collaborative Working in the South West

Collaborative Working
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 1 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
Bristol +31 21 £363 -38.56% 57
Wiltshire +47 20 £550 +0.46% 28
Somerset +17 16 £650 +36.84% 15
Gloucestershire +17 14 £240 -59.15% 55
Devon +22 12 £160 -65.59% 19
Dorset 0 1 £200 -40.74% 5
Cornwall - 1 £220 -
Collaborative Working
England

Collaborative Working
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 7 (8.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.33%) Confluence
2 2 (2.33%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.16%) CMS
Applications
1 6 (6.98%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (4.65%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (2.33%) Primavera
1 2 (2.33%) Remedy ITSM
1 2 (2.33%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 7 (8.14%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (2.33%) AWS
2 2 (2.33%) Azure
2 2 (2.33%) GCP
2 2 (2.33%) OpenShift
2 2 (2.33%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.16%) AWS CloudFormation
3 1 (1.16%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.16%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 7 (8.14%) VPN
2 3 (3.49%) DNS
3 2 (2.33%) MPLS
3 2 (2.33%) SSL
3 2 (2.33%) Unified Communications
3 2 (2.33%) VoIP
4 1 (1.16%) 4G
4 1 (1.16%) 5G
4 1 (1.16%) BGP
4 1 (1.16%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (1.16%) DHCP
4 1 (1.16%) Extranet
4 1 (1.16%) Firewall
4 1 (1.16%) Intranet
4 1 (1.16%) PBX
4 1 (1.16%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.33%) Power BI
2 1 (1.16%) Metadata
2 1 (1.16%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (2.33%) JIRA
2 1 (1.16%) Git
2 1 (1.16%) GitLab
2 1 (1.16%) NUnit
2 1 (1.16%) Postman
2 1 (1.16%) Selenium
2 1 (1.16%) Visual Studio
General
1 35 (40.70%) Social Skills
2 26 (30.23%) Finance
3 15 (17.44%) Organisational Skills
4 14 (16.28%) Public Sector
5 13 (15.12%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (6.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (6.98%) Manufacturing
7 5 (5.81%) Marketing
8 4 (4.65%) Local Government
9 3 (3.49%) Electronics
9 3 (3.49%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (3.49%) Telecoms
10 2 (2.33%) Retail
11 1 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (1.16%) Italian Language
11 1 (1.16%) Legal
11 1 (1.16%) Military
Job Titles
1 15 (17.44%) Lead
2 14 (16.28%) Service Manager
3 6 (6.98%) Architect
3 6 (6.98%) Desktop Engineer
3 6 (6.98%) Project Manager
4 5 (5.81%) Desktop Support
4 5 (5.81%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 5 (5.81%) Report Manager
4 5 (5.81%) Service Level Manager
4 5 (5.81%) Support Engineer
5 4 (4.65%) Delivery Manager
5 4 (4.65%) Solutions Architect
6 3 (3.49%) Senior
7 2 (2.33%) Analyst
7 2 (2.33%) Business Analyst
7 2 (2.33%) Business Architect
7 2 (2.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (2.33%) Procurement Manager
7 2 (2.33%) Project Controller
7 2 (2.33%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.33%) AngularJS
2 1 (1.16%) .NET
2 1 (1.16%) .NET Framework
2 1 (1.16%) Angular 2
2 1 (1.16%) CSS
2 1 (1.16%) Gherkin
2 1 (1.16%) GraphQL
2 1 (1.16%) HTML
2 1 (1.16%) HTML5
2 1 (1.16%) Middleware
2 1 (1.16%) Node.js
2 1 (1.16%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.16%) Playwright
2 1 (1.16%) Web Services
2 1 (1.16%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 17 (19.77%) Management Information System
2 3 (3.49%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (2.33%) Educational Technology
3 2 (2.33%) FMCG
3 2 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (2.33%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.33%) PKI
4 1 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.16%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.16%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.16%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.16%) Social Media
4 1 (1.16%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (1.16%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (6.98%) Windows
2 3 (3.49%) Windows 10
3 2 (2.33%) Windows Server
3 2 (2.33%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (1.16%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (25.58%) Project Management
2 20 (23.26%) ITIL
3 17 (19.77%) Computer Science
4 15 (17.44%) Problem-Solving
5 14 (16.28%) Contract Negotiation
5 14 (16.28%) Enterprise Architecture
5 14 (16.28%) Service Management
5 14 (16.28%) Target Operating Model
6 13 (15.12%) Business Strategy
6 13 (15.12%) Systems Engineering
7 12 (13.95%) ITSM
7 12 (13.95%) Service Catalogue
8 11 (12.79%) Data Analysis
9 10 (11.63%) Continuous Improvement
10 9 (10.47%) Decision-Making
11 8 (9.30%) Agile
11 8 (9.30%) Problem Management
11 8 (9.30%) Quality Management
11 8 (9.30%) Root Cause Analysis
11 8 (9.30%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.33%) SQL
1 2 (2.33%) TypeScript
2 1 (1.16%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.16%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.16%) Python
Qualifications
1 48 (55.81%) Security Cleared
2 44 (51.16%) SC Cleared
3 18 (20.93%) Degree
4 8 (9.30%) ITIL Certification
5 5 (5.81%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 4 (4.65%) DV Cleared
7 2 (2.33%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (1.16%) ACCA
8 1 (1.16%) AWS Certification
8 1 (1.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (1.16%) Azure Certification
8 1 (1.16%) CCNA
8 1 (1.16%) CCNP
8 1 (1.16%) CIMA
8 1 (1.16%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (1.16%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.16%) Master's Degree
8 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.16%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (9.30%) SLA
2 5 (5.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (4.65%) Government Security Classifications
4 2 (2.33%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.16%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.16%) QA
System Software
1 9 (10.47%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.33%) Docker
2 2 (2.33%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.16%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (6.98%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (3.49%) Ansible
2 3 (3.49%) SCCM
3 1 (1.16%) Cisco CUCM
3 1 (1.16%) Cisco UCCX
3 1 (1.16%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.16%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (12.79%) Microsoft
2 7 (8.14%) SAP
3 5 (5.81%) Citrix
3 5 (5.81%) ServiceNow
4 3 (3.49%) Red Hat
4 3 (3.49%) Remedy
5 2 (2.33%) Ariba
5 2 (2.33%) Cisco
5 2 (2.33%) Google
5 2 (2.33%) HP
5 2 (2.33%) Palo Alto
6 1 (1.16%) Ericsson
6 1 (1.16%) F5
6 1 (1.16%) Juniper
6 1 (1.16%) Nokia
6 1 (1.16%) Oracle
6 1 (1.16%) VMware