Collaborative Working Contracts in the Thames Valley

Collaborative Working
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 28 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 61 88
Rank change year-on-year +18 +27 +12
Contract jobs citing Collaborative Working 68 77 60
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 4.46% 2.89% 2.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.79% 3.40% 2.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 26 28
10th Percentile £380 £173 £262
25th Percentile £456 £263 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £466 £588
Median % change year-on-year +12.66% -20.68% +2.17%
75th Percentile £600 £493 £650
90th Percentile £638 £519 £680
South East median daily rate £500 £475 £615
% change year-on-year +5.26% -22.76% +17.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.13 - -
Median hourly rate £15.25 - -
75th Percentile £58.75 - -
90th Percentile £87.09 - -
South East median hourly rate £15.25 £18.35 £59.50
% change year-on-year -16.89% -69.16% +310.34%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,419 2,267 2,642
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 93.05% 85.19% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 851 1,226 1,784
10th Percentile £290 £229 £319
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% +3.54%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £615
90th Percentile £688 £688 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £513
% change year-on-year -2.44% - +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 87 175 77
10th Percentile £14.20 £14.50 £16.25
25th Percentile £14.94 £19.25 £21.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £47.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.05% -5.00% +194.12%
75th Percentile £62.24 £65.00 £66.21
90th Percentile £80.00 £85.65 £77.87
South East median hourly rate £24.66 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -48.08% -5.00% +122.22%

Collaborative Working
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Collaborative Working in the Thames Valley

Collaborative Working
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Collaborative Working in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Collaborative Working in the Thames Valley

Collaborative Working
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Collaborative Working in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 28 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Collaborative Working in the Thames Valley

Collaborative Working
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Collaborative Working in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Collaborative Working in the Thames Valley

Collaborative Working
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Collaborative Working in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 28 June 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Collaborative Working in the Thames Valley

Collaborative Working
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 28 June 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
Berkshire +14 48 £575 +19.29% 55
Buckinghamshire +22 15 £403 -12.93% 15
Oxfordshire -3 5 £500 +122.22% 14
Collaborative Working
South East

Collaborative Working
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 11 (16.18%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (8.82%) Spreadsheet
2 4 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (5.88%) Remedy ITSM
1 4 (5.88%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 4 (5.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.47%) Avolution ABACUS
Cloud Services
1 10 (14.71%) Azure
2 9 (13.24%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (11.76%) Power Platform
4 4 (5.88%) OneDrive
5 3 (4.41%) AWS
5 3 (4.41%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (2.94%) AWS Lambda
6 2 (2.94%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (2.94%) GitHub
6 2 (2.94%) SaaS
6 2 (2.94%) Serverless
7 1 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.47%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (1.47%) Miro
7 1 (1.47%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (8.82%) Firewall
2 3 (4.41%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (1.47%) NAS
3 1 (1.47%) Network Security
3 1 (1.47%) NGFW
3 1 (1.47%) SAN
3 1 (1.47%) Unified Communications
3 1 (1.47%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (10.29%) Power BI
2 3 (4.41%) Power Query
3 1 (1.47%) Big Data
General
1 41 (60.29%) Social Skills
2 20 (29.41%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (14.71%) Finance
4 7 (10.29%) Organisational Skills
4 7 (10.29%) Telecoms
5 6 (8.82%) Manufacturing
6 5 (7.35%) Retail
7 4 (5.88%) Agriculture
8 2 (2.94%) Banking
8 2 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.47%) Automotive
9 1 (1.47%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.47%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 8 (11.76%) Architect
1 8 (11.76%) Senior
2 7 (10.29%) Developer
3 6 (8.82%) Administrator
3 6 (8.82%) Analyst
3 6 (8.82%) Lead
4 5 (7.35%) Network Architect
4 5 (7.35%) Project Manager
4 5 (7.35%) Security Engineer
5 4 (5.88%) Cisco Architect
5 4 (5.88%) Cisco Network Architect
5 4 (5.88%) Payroll Manager
6 3 (4.41%) Consultant
6 3 (4.41%) HR Manager
6 3 (4.41%) Incident Analyst
6 3 (4.41%) Report Developer
6 3 (4.41%) Salesforce Developer
6 3 (4.41%) Security Consultant
6 3 (4.41%) Senior Developer
6 3 (4.41%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.35%) Web Services
2 4 (5.88%) React
3 3 (4.41%) Lightning Web Components
4 2 (2.94%) JSON
5 1 (1.47%) ADO
5 1 (1.47%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.76%) Data Protection Act
2 6 (8.82%) Management Information System
2 6 (8.82%) Onboarding
3 5 (7.35%) Life Science
3 5 (7.35%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (5.88%) Renewable Energy
5 3 (4.41%) Low-Code
6 2 (2.94%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.94%) Linux
1 2 (2.94%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (35.29%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (23.53%) Migration
3 10 (14.71%) Project Management
4 9 (13.24%) Agile
4 9 (13.24%) Change Management
4 9 (13.24%) Continuous Improvement
4 9 (13.24%) Customer Service
5 8 (11.76%) Data Protection
5 8 (11.76%) Information Security
5 8 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (10.29%) Security Architecture
6 7 (10.29%) Validation
7 6 (8.82%) Business Intelligence
7 6 (8.82%) Customer-Centricity
7 6 (8.82%) Enterprise Architecture
7 6 (8.82%) Process Management
7 6 (8.82%) Records Management
7 6 (8.82%) Service Delivery
8 5 (7.35%) Digital Transformation Programme
8 5 (7.35%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.41%) Apex Code
1 3 (4.41%) Java
1 3 (4.41%) VBA
2 2 (2.94%) Python
3 1 (1.47%) C#
3 1 (1.47%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.47%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 17 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 13 (19.12%) DV Cleared
3 7 (10.29%) Degree
4 5 (7.35%) CISM
4 5 (7.35%) CISSP
5 4 (5.88%) SC Cleared
6 3 (4.41%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (2.94%) Master's Degree
7 2 (2.94%) PMI Certification
7 2 (2.94%) PMP
8 1 (1.47%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.29%) GDPR
2 2 (2.94%) NCSC
2 2 (2.94%) QA
3 1 (1.47%) HIPAA
3 1 (1.47%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (4.41%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.94%) Docker
3 1 (1.47%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.47%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (1.47%) SCCM
1 1 (1.47%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 14 (20.59%) Microsoft
2 12 (17.65%) Cisco
3 7 (10.29%) Juniper
4 6 (8.82%) SAP
5 4 (5.88%) BMC
5 4 (5.88%) BT
5 4 (5.88%) Remedy
5 4 (5.88%) Salesforce
6 3 (4.41%) MuleSoft
7 2 (2.94%) VMware
8 1 (1.47%) Oracle
8 1 (1.47%) Palo Alto
8 1 (1.47%) Splunk
8 1 (1.47%) Zscaler