Collaborative Culture Job Trends in the South East

Culture of Collaboration
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Collaborative Culture skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 97 250
Rank change year-on-year -30 +153 +2
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Culture 250 264 84
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.32% 2.94% 0.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.82% 3.33% 0.83%
Number of salaries quoted 180 103 29
10th Percentile £31,000 £30,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £42,188 £39,375 £49,775
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -21.43% +27.27%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,125 £82,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £100,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -4.17% -11.11% +3.85%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

Collaborative Culture falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,719 7,930 10,107
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 72.27% 88.32% 81.52%
Number of salaries quoted 9,761 4,219 5,332
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £83,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.64%

Collaborative Culture
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Collaborative Culture relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Collaborative Culture job vacancy trend in the South East

Collaborative Culture
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Collaborative Culture.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Collaborative Culture

Collaborative Culture
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Collaborative Culture in the South East over the 6 months to 6 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Collaborative Culture in the South East

Collaborative Culture
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Collaborative Culture within the South East region over the 6 months to 6 October 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley -3 78 £60,000 +9.09% 107
Surrey -43 61 £70,000 -9.68% 22
Hampshire -18 58 £57,500 +13.30% 39
Berkshire +14 37 £65,000 +4.00% 45
East Sussex +21 32 £50,000 - 17
Oxfordshire -35 23 £43,500 -20.91% 38
Buckinghamshire -3 18 £43,000 +18.62% 25
Kent -54 9 £48,875 -21.80% 6
West Sussex -29 8 £75,000 +50.00% 11
Middlesex +7 1 - - 1
Collaborative Culture
England

Collaborative Culture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 5 (2.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (2.00%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.60%) OpenStack
3 3 (1.20%) CMS
4 1 (0.40%) Confluence
4 1 (0.40%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (3.60%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.20%) AutoCAD
2 8 (3.20%) Revit
3 6 (2.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.40%) Simulink
4 3 (1.20%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.80%) UserZoom
6 1 (0.40%) Lightworks
6 1 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (2.40%) Shopify
2 4 (1.60%) Workday HCM
3 2 (0.80%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 47 (18.80%) Azure
2 33 (13.20%) AWS
3 26 (10.40%) Microsoft 365
4 22 (8.80%) SaaS
5 13 (5.20%) Google Analytics
6 7 (2.80%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (2.80%) GCP
7 6 (2.40%) Entra ID
7 6 (2.40%) Google Ads
7 6 (2.40%) Google Tag Manager
8 5 (2.00%) OpenShift
9 4 (1.60%) Power Platform
10 3 (1.20%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (1.20%) GitHub
10 3 (1.20%) GitHub Copilot
10 3 (1.20%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 3 (1.20%) Microsoft Copilot
11 2 (0.80%) Azure Storage
11 2 (0.80%) WhatsApp
12 1 (0.40%) Canva
Communications & Networking
1 20 (8.00%) Firewall
2 10 (4.00%) Broadband
3 8 (3.20%) LAN
3 8 (3.20%) WAN
3 8 (3.20%) Wireless
4 6 (2.40%) VoIP
5 5 (2.00%) WLAN
6 4 (1.60%) DNS
6 4 (1.60%) VPN
7 3 (1.20%) MVNO
7 3 (1.20%) SD-WAN
7 3 (1.20%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.80%) 3GPP
8 2 (0.80%) 5G
8 2 (0.80%) ATM
8 2 (0.80%) Ethernet
8 2 (0.80%) HTTP
8 2 (0.80%) MQTT
8 2 (0.80%) Network Security
8 2 (0.80%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (10.40%) SQL Server
2 16 (6.40%) NoSQL
3 4 (1.60%) MySQL
4 3 (1.20%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (0.80%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.40%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.40%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.40%) Power BI
6 1 (0.40%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.40%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 11 (4.40%) Git
2 5 (2.00%) JIRA
3 2 (0.80%) Subversion
3 2 (0.80%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.40%) CMake
4 1 (0.40%) GDB
4 1 (0.40%) GitLab
4 1 (0.40%) PetaLinux
General
1 111 (44.40%) Social Skills
2 38 (15.20%) Analytical Skills
3 37 (14.80%) Finance
3 37 (14.80%) Marketing
4 22 (8.80%) Organisational Skills
5 20 (8.00%) Legal
5 20 (8.00%) Retail
6 18 (7.20%) Influencing Skills
7 16 (6.40%) Presentation Skills
8 15 (6.00%) Aviation
9 14 (5.60%) Aerospace
10 13 (5.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 11 (4.40%) Manufacturing
12 10 (4.00%) Law
13 8 (3.20%) Public Sector
14 7 (2.80%) Electronics
15 6 (2.40%) Billing
15 6 (2.40%) Telecoms
16 4 (1.60%) Local Government
17 3 (1.20%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 22 (8.80%) Developer
1 22 (8.80%) Systems Engineer
2 19 (7.60%) Senior
3 18 (7.20%) Lead
4 15 (6.00%) IT Engineer
4 15 (6.00%) IT Support
4 15 (6.00%) Web Developer
5 14 (5.60%) Software Engineer
6 12 (4.80%) IT Support Engineer
6 12 (4.80%) Support Engineer
7 10 (4.00%) Consultant
8 9 (3.60%) Analyst
8 9 (3.60%) Design Engineer
9 8 (3.20%) CAD Design Engineer
9 8 (3.20%) CAD Engineer
10 7 (2.80%) Engineering Manager
11 6 (2.40%) FPGA Engineer
11 6 (2.40%) Marketing Manager
11 6 (2.40%) Security Engineer
11 6 (2.40%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (12.00%) .NET
2 22 (8.80%) ASP.NET
3 20 (8.00%) ASP.NET Core
3 20 (8.00%) Terraform
4 17 (6.80%) REST
5 16 (6.40%) AngularJS
5 16 (6.40%) React
6 15 (6.00%) RESTful
6 15 (6.00%) SOAP
6 15 (6.00%) Vue
7 6 (2.40%) .NET Core
8 5 (2.00%) Web Services
9 2 (0.80%) Ajax
9 2 (0.80%) CSS
9 2 (0.80%) HTML
9 2 (0.80%) Kafka
9 2 (0.80%) PySpark
9 2 (0.80%) Yocto
10 1 (0.40%) Apache Camel
10 1 (0.40%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 27 (10.80%) Driving Licence
1 27 (10.80%) Onboarding
2 22 (8.80%) Cloud Native
3 16 (6.40%) Web Conferencing
4 10 (4.00%) Learning Management System
4 10 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (3.20%) Data Centre
5 8 (3.20%) Management Information System
5 8 (3.20%) Product Ownership
6 7 (2.80%) FPGA
6 7 (2.80%) Social Media
6 7 (2.80%) Verilog
6 7 (2.80%) VHDL
7 6 (2.40%) Algorithms
7 6 (2.40%) Operational Technology
7 6 (2.40%) PCIe
8 5 (2.00%) Embedded Systems
9 4 (1.60%) Cyber Threat
9 4 (1.60%) PKI
9 4 (1.60%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 24 (9.60%) Windows
2 17 (6.80%) Linux
3 11 (4.40%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.60%) Android
4 4 (1.60%) Debian
4 4 (1.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.20%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.80%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.40%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.40%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.40%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (32.00%) Problem-Solving
2 77 (30.80%) Continuous Improvement
3 61 (24.40%) Agile
4 54 (21.60%) Stakeholder Management
5 52 (20.80%) Mentoring
6 46 (18.40%) CI/CD
7 35 (14.00%) AI
8 34 (13.60%) CRM
9 33 (13.20%) DevOps
10 32 (12.80%) Roadmaps
11 31 (12.40%) Software Engineering
12 30 (12.00%) Decision-Making
13 29 (11.60%) Commercial Awareness
14 28 (11.20%) Collaborative Working
14 28 (11.20%) SDLC
15 24 (9.60%) Customer Service
16 22 (8.80%) Infrastructure as Code
17 21 (8.40%) Information Security
18 19 (7.60%) B2B
18 19 (7.60%) Data Privacy
Programming Languages
1 32 (12.80%) SQL
2 30 (12.00%) C#
3 25 (10.00%) Python
4 15 (6.00%) C
5 13 (5.20%) C++
6 10 (4.00%) JavaScript
7 7 (2.80%) Java
8 6 (2.40%) Embedded C++
8 6 (2.40%) MATLAB
9 5 (2.00%) Embedded C
9 5 (2.00%) PowerShell
10 4 (1.60%) Rust
11 3 (1.20%) PHP
12 2 (0.80%) Ada
13 1 (0.40%) Bash
13 1 (0.40%) Bicep
13 1 (0.40%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.40%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.40%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 49 (19.60%) Degree
2 37 (14.80%) Security Cleared
3 17 (6.80%) SC Cleared
4 11 (4.40%) DV Cleared
5 10 (4.00%) HNC
6 9 (3.60%) HND
7 7 (2.80%) ACCA
8 6 (2.40%) CIMA
9 5 (2.00%) CCNP
9 5 (2.00%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (1.60%) CEH
10 4 (1.60%) CISM
10 4 (1.60%) CISSP
10 4 (1.60%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (1.60%) DBS Check
10 4 (1.60%) GIAC
10 4 (1.60%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 4 (1.60%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.80%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (3.60%) GDPR
3 8 (3.20%) Accessibility
4 6 (2.40%) QA
5 5 (2.00%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (2.00%) NIST
6 4 (1.60%) Actionable Recommendations
6 4 (1.60%) SLA
7 3 (1.20%) GRC
7 3 (1.20%) HAZOP
7 3 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 3 (1.20%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.80%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.80%) MISRA
8 2 (0.80%) WCAG
9 1 (0.40%) Def Stans
9 1 (0.40%) ECSS
9 1 (0.40%) GAAP
9 1 (0.40%) ISO 14001
9 1 (0.40%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 14 (5.60%) Docker
2 11 (4.40%) Active Directory
3 8 (3.20%) Firmware
4 5 (2.00%) Hyper-V
4 5 (2.00%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.40%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 17 (6.80%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.40%) Ansible
3 5 (2.00%) Puppet
4 4 (1.60%) Kibana
4 4 (1.60%) ZABBIX
5 3 (1.20%) Argo
5 3 (1.20%) Grafana
5 3 (1.20%) Istio
5 3 (1.20%) Kustomize
5 3 (1.20%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (1.20%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.80%) Autotask
6 2 (0.80%) Functional Safety
7 1 (0.40%) Podman
Vendors
1 57 (22.80%) Microsoft
2 16 (6.40%) Google
3 10 (4.00%) HubSpot
4 9 (3.60%) Salesforce
5 7 (2.80%) Cisco
6 6 (2.40%) YouTube
7 5 (2.00%) Citrix
7 5 (2.00%) Veeam
7 5 (2.00%) VMware
8 4 (1.60%) Adaptive Insights
8 4 (1.60%) Oracle
8 4 (1.60%) Qualys
8 4 (1.60%) Splunk
8 4 (1.60%) Workday
9 3 (1.20%) Aruba
9 3 (1.20%) Fortinet
9 3 (1.20%) Huawei
9 3 (1.20%) New Relic
9 3 (1.20%) SolarWinds
9 3 (1.20%) Zerto