Collaborative Culture Contract Job Trends

Culture of Collaboration
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Collaborative Culture skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 311 396 493
Rank change year-on-year +85 +97 +165
Contract jobs citing Collaborative Culture 307 143 115
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.84% 0.42% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.95% 0.48% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 167 73 81
10th Percentile £336 £425 £435
25th Percentile £429 £513 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £650
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £638 £738 £738
90th Percentile £738 £950 £875
UK excluding London median daily rate £521 £588 £525
% change year-on-year -11.28% +11.90% -11.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 1 0
10th Percentile £13.57 - -
25th Percentile £18.25 £23.50 -
Median hourly rate £40.50 £24.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +68.75% - -
75th Percentile £67.25 £24.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £66.50 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Collaborative Culture 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,441 29,813 38,595
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 88.26% 88.27% 88.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,403 18,181 25,776
10th Percentile £300 £307 £306
25th Percentile £406 £413 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £650
90th Percentile £723 £743 £744
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,089 968 1,481
10th Percentile £14.53 £15.62 £14.50
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.86
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -25.90% +25.31%
75th Percentile £50.00 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.02 £73.83 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.50 £30.88 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.89% -31.39% +44.18%

Collaborative Culture
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Collaborative Culture relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Collaborative Culture job vacancy trend in the UK

Collaborative Culture
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Collaborative Culture.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Collaborative Culture

Collaborative Culture
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Collaborative Culture over the 6 months to 22 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Collaborative Culture in the UK

Collaborative Culture
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Collaborative Culture.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Collaborative Culture

Collaborative Culture
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Collaborative Culture over the 6 months to 22 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Collaborative Culture in the UK

Collaborative Culture
Top 17 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Collaborative Culture within the UK over the 6 months to 22 December 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
England +99 265 £539 -10.17% 790
London +71 152 £575 -9.09% 375
Work from Home +49 133 £525 -14.29% 542
UK excluding London +32 118 £521 -11.28% 496
South East +3 31 £546 -12.60% 145
North of England -29 27 £475 -4.52% 156
Scotland +10 16 £454 -28.82% 28
South West +7 14 £650 -4.59% 63
East of England -9 13 £475 -17.39% 20
Midlands -33 13 £525 -16.00% 80
North West -23 12 £525 +5.53% 98
Yorkshire -34 12 £463 +2.78% 49
East Midlands -12 7 £540 +51.69% 26
West Midlands -30 4 £505 -19.20% 54
North East -6 3 £450 -21.74% 11
Northern Ireland - 3 - - 5
Wales - 1 £415 - 6

Collaborative Culture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 15 (4.89%) Confluence
2 3 (0.98%) Drupal
2 3 (0.98%) SAS
2 3 (0.98%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.98%) WordPress
3 1 (0.33%) Alfresco
3 1 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.33%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.33%) CMS
3 1 (0.33%) Documentum
3 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.33%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 33 (10.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.61%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (1.63%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (1.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.98%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.65%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.65%) Sketch
6 2 (0.65%) Trello
7 1 (0.33%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.33%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.33%) FrameMaker
7 1 (0.33%) Marvel
7 1 (0.33%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (0.98%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.65%) Elite 3E
2 2 (0.65%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.65%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (0.65%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.65%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (0.65%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.33%) Endur
3 1 (0.33%) SAP EHS
3 1 (0.33%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.33%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 67 (21.82%) AWS
1 67 (21.82%) Azure
2 34 (11.07%) Power Platform
3 18 (5.86%) GitHub
4 17 (5.54%) GCP
5 13 (4.23%) GitHub Actions
5 13 (4.23%) Microsoft 365
6 12 (3.91%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (2.61%) SaaS
8 6 (1.95%) AWS CloudFormation
8 6 (1.95%) Serverless
9 5 (1.63%) AWS Lambda
9 5 (1.63%) Figma
10 4 (1.30%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 4 (1.30%) CloudFront
10 4 (1.30%) Collibra
10 4 (1.30%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (1.30%) SuccessFactors
11 3 (0.98%) Amazon S3
11 3 (0.98%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.95%) Firewall
2 4 (1.30%) DNS
3 3 (0.98%) Network Security
3 3 (0.98%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.65%) 2G
4 2 (0.65%) 5G
4 2 (0.65%) HTTP
4 2 (0.65%) LTE
4 2 (0.65%) Mobile Backhaul
4 2 (0.65%) VLAN
4 2 (0.65%) VoIP
4 2 (0.65%) VPN
5 1 (0.33%) BGP
5 1 (0.33%) DHCP
5 1 (0.33%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.33%) LAN
5 1 (0.33%) MPLS
5 1 (0.33%) OSPF
5 1 (0.33%) VPLS
5 1 (0.33%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (9.12%) Power BI
2 10 (3.26%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (2.93%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (2.28%) Tableau
5 5 (1.63%) Apache Cassandra
5 5 (1.63%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
5 5 (1.63%) MongoDB
6 4 (1.30%) Data Hub
6 4 (1.30%) Metadata
6 4 (1.30%) NoSQL
6 4 (1.30%) Relational Database
6 4 (1.30%) SQL Server
7 3 (0.98%) DynamoDB
7 3 (0.98%) Oracle Reports
8 2 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.65%) Big Data
8 2 (0.65%) Data Mart
8 2 (0.65%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.33%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.33%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 41 (13.36%) JIRA
2 15 (4.89%) GitLab
3 12 (3.91%) Jenkins
4 11 (3.58%) Git
5 10 (3.26%) JUnit
6 8 (2.61%) Cypress.io
7 5 (1.63%) Selenium
8 4 (1.30%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.98%) CircleCI
9 3 (0.98%) JMeter
9 3 (0.98%) Postman
9 3 (0.98%) Storybook
10 2 (0.65%) Gatling
10 2 (0.65%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.65%) TestNG
10 2 (0.65%) TestRail
10 2 (0.65%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.65%) Zephyr
11 1 (0.33%) SonarQube
11 1 (0.33%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 140 (45.60%) Social Skills
2 130 (42.35%) Finance
3 83 (27.04%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (15.96%) Banking
5 27 (8.79%) Public Sector
6 13 (4.23%) Publishing
7 11 (3.58%) Electronics
7 11 (3.58%) Financial Institution
8 10 (3.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (2.93%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (2.28%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (1.95%) Law
11 6 (1.95%) Marketing
11 6 (1.95%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (1.95%) Telecoms
12 5 (1.63%) Legal
13 4 (1.30%) Billing
13 4 (1.30%) General Ledger
13 4 (1.30%) Manufacturing
14 3 (0.98%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 44 (14.33%) Lead
2 26 (8.47%) Analyst
2 26 (8.47%) Developer
3 23 (7.49%) Senior
4 18 (5.86%) Project Manager
5 17 (5.54%) Architect
6 13 (4.23%) Business Analyst
6 13 (4.23%) Software Engineer
7 12 (3.91%) Consultant
8 10 (3.26%) Project Leader
8 10 (3.26%) Senior Developer
9 9 (2.93%) Platform Engineer
10 8 (2.61%) Embedded Engineer
10 8 (2.61%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 8 (2.61%) Java Developer
10 8 (2.61%) Programme Manager
10 8 (2.61%) Scrum Master
11 7 (2.28%) Delivery Manager
11 7 (2.28%) Designer
12 6 (1.95%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (9.45%) Kafka
2 17 (5.54%) Spring Boot
3 16 (5.21%) Spring
4 14 (4.56%) gRPC
4 14 (4.56%) RESTful
5 13 (4.23%) React
6 11 (3.58%) AngularJS
7 9 (2.93%) HTML
7 9 (2.93%) Jest
7 9 (2.93%) REST
8 7 (2.28%) CSS
8 7 (2.28%) OAuth
9 6 (1.95%) HTML5
10 4 (1.30%) .NET
10 4 (1.30%) JSON
10 4 (1.30%) Middleware
10 4 (1.30%) OAuth2
10 4 (1.30%) OpenID
10 4 (1.30%) Oracle Fusion
10 4 (1.30%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 26 (8.47%) Product Ownership
2 19 (6.19%) Analytical Mindset
3 16 (5.21%) Data Protection Act
3 16 (5.21%) Distributed Systems
4 14 (4.56%) Onboarding
5 11 (3.58%) Virtual Team
6 10 (3.26%) Management Information System
7 8 (2.61%) Embedded Systems
8 7 (2.28%) Cloud Native
9 6 (1.95%) Data Centre
9 6 (1.95%) PMI
9 6 (1.95%) Public Cloud
10 5 (1.63%) Credit Risk
10 5 (1.63%) NHS
11 4 (1.30%) Data Structures
11 4 (1.30%) Derivative
11 4 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
12 3 (0.98%) Educational Technology
12 3 (0.98%) Greenfield Project
12 3 (0.98%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 10 (3.26%) Windows
2 7 (2.28%) Linux
3 4 (1.30%) Unix
4 2 (0.65%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.33%) Android
5 1 (0.33%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.33%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.33%) VMS
5 1 (0.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (35.83%) Agile
2 105 (34.20%) Problem-Solving
3 81 (26.38%) Continuous Improvement
4 63 (20.52%) Stakeholder Management
5 53 (17.26%) DevOps
6 46 (14.98%) CI/CD
7 41 (13.36%) Decision-Making
8 40 (13.03%) Roadmaps
8 40 (13.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 37 (12.05%) Analytics
10 36 (11.73%) Business Intelligence
11 35 (11.40%) Microservices
11 35 (11.40%) Observability
12 31 (10.10%) Infrastructure as Code
13 30 (9.77%) Mentoring
13 30 (9.77%) Software Engineering
14 28 (9.12%) Risk Management
15 27 (8.79%) Containerisation
15 27 (8.79%) Scrum
15 27 (8.79%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 54 (17.59%) Python
2 48 (15.64%) SQL
3 30 (9.77%) Java
4 18 (5.86%) JavaScript
5 12 (3.91%) C#
6 11 (3.58%) PowerShell
7 10 (3.26%) TypeScript
8 9 (2.93%) C
9 8 (2.61%) Go
10 7 (2.28%) Bash
11 5 (1.63%) C++
11 5 (1.63%) Shell Script
12 4 (1.30%) PHP
13 3 (0.98%) Apex Code
13 3 (0.98%) R
14 2 (0.65%) Ruby
14 2 (0.65%) SOQL
15 1 (0.33%) Bicep
15 1 (0.33%) XPath
Qualifications
1 42 (13.68%) Degree
2 26 (8.47%) Security Cleared
3 17 (5.54%) SC Cleared
4 11 (3.58%) Master's Degree
5 10 (3.26%) PMI Certification
6 9 (2.93%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (2.61%) Azure Certification
8 7 (2.28%) DV Cleared
9 6 (1.95%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (1.63%) CISSP
11 4 (1.30%) PMP
12 3 (0.98%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.98%) HND
13 2 (0.65%) AWS Certification
13 2 (0.65%) BC Cleared
13 2 (0.65%) CBAP
13 2 (0.65%) CISA
13 2 (0.65%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.65%) CISM
13 2 (0.65%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (7.82%) QA
2 20 (6.51%) Accessibility
2 20 (6.51%) Data Quality
3 12 (3.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (2.93%) GDPR
5 8 (2.61%) Def Stans
5 8 (2.61%) DO-178B
5 8 (2.61%) MISRA
6 7 (2.28%) PMO
7 4 (1.30%) NIST
7 4 (1.30%) SLA
8 2 (0.65%) Basel III
8 2 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.65%) ITGC
8 2 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.65%) WCAG
9 1 (0.33%) COBIT
9 1 (0.33%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.33%) EMIR
9 1 (0.33%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 46 (14.98%) Docker
2 8 (2.61%) Firmware
3 5 (1.63%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.65%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.33%) ISA Server
5 1 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 36 (11.73%) Terraform
2 31 (10.10%) Kubernetes
3 17 (5.54%) Ansible
4 15 (4.89%) Grafana
5 14 (4.56%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.98%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.33%) Control-M
7 1 (0.33%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.33%) Istio
7 1 (0.33%) Kibana
7 1 (0.33%) linkerd
7 1 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 38 (12.38%) Microsoft
2 16 (5.21%) SAP
3 13 (4.23%) Oracle
4 11 (3.58%) ServiceNow
5 10 (3.26%) Google
6 7 (2.28%) Workday
7 6 (1.95%) Salesforce
8 5 (1.63%) CA Agile Central
9 4 (1.30%) Databricks
9 4 (1.30%) Splunk
10 3 (0.98%) Adaptive Insights
10 3 (0.98%) Adobe
10 3 (0.98%) Dynatrace
10 3 (0.98%) Murex
10 3 (0.98%) PeopleSoft
10 3 (0.98%) Snow
10 3 (0.98%) Spotify
11 2 (0.65%) Bloomberg
11 2 (0.65%) Cisco
11 2 (0.65%) VMware