Collaborative Working Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Collaborative Working
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 96 132 166
Rank change year-on-year +36 +34 -13
Contract jobs citing Collaborative Working 257 251 396
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.59% 1.64% 1.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.85% 1.86% 1.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 153 171 256
10th Percentile £333 £331 £356
25th Percentile £425 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £700 £706 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -0.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 32
10th Percentile £24.73 £18.10 £31.86
25th Percentile £29.69 £24.25 £47.50
Median hourly rate £55.13 £26.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +112.02% -60.00% +187.36%
75th Percentile £84.04 £27.00 £74.06
90th Percentile £87.05 £39.77 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £26.08 £50.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -47.84% -9.09% +173.73%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Collaborative Working
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Collaborative Working as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Collaborative Working trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Collaborative Working
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Collaborative Working.

Collaborative Working daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Collaborative Working
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Collaborative Working over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Collaborative Working daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Collaborative Working
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Collaborative Working.

Collaborative Working hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Collaborative Working
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Collaborative Working over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Collaborative Working hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Collaborative Working
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 18 (7.00%) Confluence
2 14 (5.45%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.72%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (1.56%) CMS
5 2 (0.78%) IIS
5 2 (0.78%) NetWeaver
5 2 (0.78%) SAP EP
5 2 (0.78%) SAS
6 1 (0.39%) Apache
6 1 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.39%) GeoServer
6 1 (0.39%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 25 (9.73%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (4.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (3.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (2.33%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.39%) Revit
5 1 (0.39%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 8 (3.11%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (1.95%) Infor LN
2 5 (1.95%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 5 (1.95%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.17%) SAP Retail
4 2 (0.78%) SAP CAR
4 2 (0.78%) SAP CRM
4 2 (0.78%) SAP MDG
4 2 (0.78%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.39%) Primavera
5 1 (0.39%) SAP APO
5 1 (0.39%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.39%) SAP Travel Management
5 1 (0.39%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.39%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 56 (21.79%) Azure
2 34 (13.23%) AWS
3 22 (8.56%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (6.61%) Power Platform
5 15 (5.84%) Entra ID
6 12 (4.67%) GitHub
7 10 (3.89%) Serverless
8 7 (2.72%) AWS Lambda
8 7 (2.72%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (2.72%) GCP
9 6 (2.33%) Microsoft Purview
9 6 (2.33%) SaaS
10 5 (1.95%) AWS CloudFormation
11 4 (1.56%) Amazon S3
11 4 (1.56%) Amazon SQS
11 4 (1.56%) Cloud Computing
11 4 (1.56%) Figma
11 4 (1.56%) IBM Blueworks
12 3 (1.17%) PaaS
12 3 (1.17%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.72%) Firewall
2 6 (2.33%) DNS
2 6 (2.33%) Network Security
3 4 (1.56%) DHCP
3 4 (1.56%) SSL
3 4 (1.56%) TCP/IP
4 3 (1.17%) BGP
4 3 (1.17%) IPsec
4 3 (1.17%) Kerberos
4 3 (1.17%) MPLS
4 3 (1.17%) OSPF
4 3 (1.17%) Radio Access Network
4 3 (1.17%) VPN
5 2 (0.78%) EIGRP
5 2 (0.78%) HTTP
5 2 (0.78%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (0.78%) IPv4
5 2 (0.78%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.78%) WAN
6 1 (0.39%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.23%) Power BI
2 12 (4.67%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (3.11%) SQL Server
4 6 (2.33%) Tableau
5 4 (1.56%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (1.56%) Oracle Reports
5 4 (1.56%) Power Query
5 4 (1.56%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 4 (1.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (1.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (1.17%) Metadata
6 3 (1.17%) MongoDB
6 3 (1.17%) NoSQL
6 3 (1.17%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.78%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.78%) Metadata Repository
7 2 (0.78%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.39%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.39%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.39%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 19 (7.39%) JIRA
2 11 (4.28%) Git
2 11 (4.28%) Visual Studio
3 8 (3.11%) Jenkins
4 7 (2.72%) GitLab
5 3 (1.17%) Maven
5 3 (1.17%) Postman
5 3 (1.17%) Selenium
6 2 (0.78%) TestNG
7 1 (0.39%) Axure RP
7 1 (0.39%) Browser DevTools
7 1 (0.39%) Hudson
7 1 (0.39%) JMeter
7 1 (0.39%) JUnit
7 1 (0.39%) NUnit
7 1 (0.39%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.39%) Pa11y
7 1 (0.39%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.39%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.39%) TestComplete
General
1 137 (53.31%) Social Skills
2 59 (22.96%) Analytical Skills
3 57 (22.18%) Finance
4 45 (17.51%) Public Sector
5 24 (9.34%) Manufacturing
6 17 (6.61%) Presentation Skills
7 16 (6.23%) Organisational Skills
8 14 (5.45%) Telecoms
9 13 (5.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 12 (4.67%) Law
11 11 (4.28%) Marketing
11 11 (4.28%) Retail
12 10 (3.89%) Influencing Skills
13 9 (3.50%) Banking
14 5 (1.95%) Local Government
15 4 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (1.56%) Electronics
15 4 (1.56%) Military
16 3 (1.17%) Agriculture
16 3 (1.17%) Legal
Job Titles
1 35 (13.62%) Analyst
1 35 (13.62%) Developer
2 23 (8.95%) Senior
3 21 (8.17%) Architect
4 17 (6.61%) Lead
5 14 (5.45%) Business Analyst
6 13 (5.06%) Consultant
7 10 (3.89%) Delphi Developer
8 9 (3.50%) Designer
8 9 (3.50%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
8 9 (3.50%) Security Engineer
8 9 (3.50%) Solutions Architect
9 8 (3.11%) Azure Engineer
10 7 (2.72%) Project Manager
10 7 (2.72%) Technical Architect
11 6 (2.33%) AWS Engineer
11 6 (2.33%) IT Support
12 5 (1.95%) Cloud Engineer
12 5 (1.95%) Senior Cloud Engineer
12 5 (1.95%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (6.61%) Web Services
2 12 (4.67%) AngularJS
3 11 (4.28%) REST
4 9 (3.50%) HTML
5 8 (3.11%) CSS
5 8 (3.11%) JSON
6 7 (2.72%) React
6 7 (2.72%) Spring
6 7 (2.72%) Spring Boot
7 6 (2.33%) OAuth
7 6 (2.33%) SAML
8 5 (1.95%) Node.js
8 5 (1.95%) OpenID
8 5 (1.95%) SOAP
9 4 (1.56%) OAuth2
9 4 (1.56%) Tailwind CSS
10 3 (1.17%) XACML
11 2 (0.78%) Bootstrap
11 2 (0.78%) HTML5
11 2 (0.78%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 17 (6.61%) Management Information System
2 15 (5.84%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (4.67%) Product Ownership
4 10 (3.89%) Onboarding
4 10 (3.89%) Operational Technology
5 7 (2.72%) CMDB
5 7 (2.72%) Greenfield Project
5 7 (2.72%) Life Science
5 7 (2.72%) Renewable Energy
6 5 (1.95%) Cloud Native
6 5 (1.95%) Driving Licence
7 4 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.56%) Social Media
8 3 (1.17%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.17%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 3 (1.17%) Taxonomies
9 2 (0.78%) BYOD
9 2 (0.78%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 23 (8.95%) Windows
2 12 (4.67%) Linux
3 6 (2.33%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.56%) Windows 10
5 3 (1.17%) VMS
5 3 (1.17%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.78%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (0.78%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.39%) Android
7 1 (0.39%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.39%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (43.97%) Problem-Solving
2 49 (19.07%) Stakeholder Management
3 48 (18.68%) Agile
4 36 (14.01%) Migration
5 34 (13.23%) Project Management
6 32 (12.45%) DevOps
7 28 (10.89%) Change Management
8 24 (9.34%) CI/CD
8 24 (9.34%) Decision-Making
9 23 (8.95%) Analytics
10 22 (8.56%) Continuous Improvement
11 20 (7.78%) Business Intelligence
11 20 (7.78%) Computer Science
12 17 (6.61%) Enterprise Architecture
12 17 (6.61%) Scrum
13 16 (6.23%) User Experience
14 15 (5.84%) Project Delivery
15 14 (5.45%) Collaborative Culture
15 14 (5.45%) Cybersecurity
15 14 (5.45%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 37 (14.40%) SQL
2 25 (9.73%) Python
3 17 (6.61%) JavaScript
4 13 (5.06%) C#
4 13 (5.06%) Java
5 12 (4.67%) PL/SQL
6 10 (3.89%) Delphi
6 10 (3.89%) PowerShell
7 6 (2.33%) Bash
8 5 (1.95%) TypeScript
9 4 (1.56%) T-SQL
10 3 (1.17%) VBA
11 2 (0.78%) ABAP
11 2 (0.78%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.78%) Scala
11 2 (0.78%) VBScript
12 1 (0.39%) Groovy
12 1 (0.39%) RPG/400
12 1 (0.39%) Ruby
12 1 (0.39%) VB
Qualifications
1 38 (14.79%) Degree
2 34 (13.23%) Security Cleared
3 29 (11.28%) SC Cleared
4 14 (5.45%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (4.28%) CISSP
6 9 (3.50%) Master's Degree
7 7 (2.72%) Azure Certification
7 7 (2.72%) CISM
7 7 (2.72%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (1.95%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (1.56%) AWS Certification
9 4 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (1.17%) CompTIA Security+
10 3 (1.17%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (1.17%) PMI Certification
10 3 (1.17%) PMP
11 2 (0.78%) CCNA
11 2 (0.78%) CCNP
11 2 (0.78%) CEH
11 2 (0.78%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (7.00%) Accessibility
2 12 (4.67%) QA
3 9 (3.50%) Data Quality
4 7 (2.72%) GDPR
4 7 (2.72%) HL7
5 5 (1.95%) Actionable Recommendations
5 5 (1.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.56%) WCAG
7 3 (1.17%) NIST
8 2 (0.78%) GRC
8 2 (0.78%) NCSC
8 2 (0.78%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.39%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.39%) IFRS
9 1 (0.39%) IFRS 17
9 1 (0.39%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.39%) Solvency II
System Software
1 22 (8.56%) Active Directory
2 18 (7.00%) Docker
3 3 (1.17%) RACF
3 3 (1.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.17%) vSphere
4 1 (0.39%) Firmware
4 1 (0.39%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.39%) OpenAM
4 1 (0.39%) OpenDJ
4 1 (0.39%) OpenIDM
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.39%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 11 (4.28%) Terraform
2 8 (3.11%) Ansible
3 7 (2.72%) Kubernetes
4 5 (1.95%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (1.95%) Packer
4 5 (1.95%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (1.95%) WSUS
5 2 (0.78%) Grafana
5 2 (0.78%) SCCM
6 1 (0.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.39%) CASB
6 1 (0.39%) HP Fortify
6 1 (0.39%) Kibana
6 1 (0.39%) Nagios
6 1 (0.39%) Nessus
6 1 (0.39%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.39%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.39%) Puppet
6 1 (0.39%) QRadar
6 1 (0.39%) SCOM
Vendors
1 66 (25.68%) Microsoft
2 19 (7.39%) Oracle
2 19 (7.39%) SAP
3 10 (3.89%) ServiceNow
4 9 (3.50%) VMware
5 8 (3.11%) Google
5 8 (3.11%) Remedy
6 7 (2.72%) Cisco
7 6 (2.33%) BMC
8 5 (1.95%) Databricks
8 5 (1.95%) Infor
9 4 (1.56%) BT
9 4 (1.56%) IBM
9 4 (1.56%) Workday
10 3 (1.17%) CyberArk
11 2 (0.78%) Adobe
11 2 (0.78%) Ariba
11 2 (0.78%) Citrix
11 2 (0.78%) HP
11 2 (0.78%) Palo Alto