Collaborative Working Job Trends in the South East

Collaborative Working
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Collaborative Working skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 75 78
Rank change year-on-year -31 +3 -7
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Working 193 285 410
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.71% 3.46% 3.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.17% 3.86% 3.84%
Number of salaries quoted 141 128 224
10th Percentile £27,500 £42,050 £26,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £51,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,750 £65,000 £49,725
Median % change year-on-year -37.31% +30.72% -9.59%
75th Percentile £57,500 £85,313 £62,500
90th Percentile £60,000 £109,000 £74,625
England median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £51,660
% change year-on-year -16.67% +16.14% -13.90%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

Collaborative Working 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 8,879 7,383 10,668
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 78.44% 89.51% 85.99%
Number of salaries quoted 5,464 3,354 7,860
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,145 £27,965
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,750 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £85,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -12.00%

Collaborative Working
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Collaborative Working job vacancy trend in the South East

Collaborative Working
Salary Trend in the South East

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

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

Collaborative Working
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Collaborative Working in the South East over the 6 months to 16 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Collaborative Working in the South East

Collaborative Working
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 Working within the South East region over the 6 months to 16 February 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 -51 63 £50,000 -30.19% 26
Hampshire +9 47 £30,000 -47.37% 26
Surrey +5 31 £40,000 -50.00% 20
Berkshire -48 31 £32,500 -57.38% 11
Buckinghamshire -30 22 £55,000 -24.90% 12
East Sussex +8 19 £60,000 -33.33% 6
Kent -14 12 £39,000 -29.09% 12
Oxfordshire +8 10 £35,000 -42.86% 3
West Sussex -5 9 £32,000 -55.86% 5
Sussex -10 4 £38,000 +38.18% 2
Middlesex -1 3 - - 7
Isle of Wight - 1 - -
Collaborative Working
England

Collaborative Working
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 19 (9.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (6.22%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.52%) ArcGIS
3 1 (0.52%) CMS
3 1 (0.52%) Confluence
3 1 (0.52%) OpenStack
3 1 (0.52%) WordPress
Applications
1 15 (7.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (5.18%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (3.63%) Photoshop
4 4 (2.07%) Adobe Premiere
4 4 (2.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (2.07%) SketchUp
5 1 (0.52%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.52%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.52%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.52%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.52%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (3.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.52%) Raiser’s Edge
2 1 (0.52%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.52%) SAP HR
2 1 (0.52%) SAP IS-U
2 1 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 34 (17.62%) Azure
1 34 (17.62%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (9.33%) Entra ID
3 16 (8.29%) Power Platform
4 11 (5.70%) AWS
5 9 (4.66%) Dynamics 365
6 8 (4.15%) SaaS
7 7 (3.63%) OneDrive
8 6 (3.11%) Amazon EKS
8 6 (3.11%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (2.59%) AWS CloudFormation
9 5 (2.59%) Google Analytics
10 3 (1.55%) Amazon EC2
10 3 (1.55%) Azure AKS
10 3 (1.55%) Figma
10 3 (1.55%) OpenShift
10 3 (1.55%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 2 (1.04%) GCP
11 2 (1.04%) Power Automate
12 1 (0.52%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 16 (8.29%) DNS
2 14 (7.25%) DHCP
3 13 (6.74%) VPN
4 12 (6.22%) Wireless
5 11 (5.70%) Firewall
6 9 (4.66%) VLAN
6 9 (4.66%) VoIP
7 7 (3.63%) TCP/IP
8 4 (2.07%) BGP
8 4 (2.07%) IPsec
8 4 (2.07%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (1.04%) Internet
9 2 (1.04%) NAS
9 2 (1.04%) SAN
10 1 (0.52%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (6.74%) Power BI
2 9 (4.66%) PostgreSQL
2 9 (4.66%) SQL Server
3 8 (4.15%) MySQL
3 8 (4.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (1.55%) Oracle Database
5 2 (1.04%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.04%) Tableau
6 1 (0.52%) Big Data
6 1 (0.52%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.52%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.52%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 7 (3.63%) GitLab
1 7 (3.63%) JIRA
2 6 (3.11%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.04%) Git
3 2 (1.04%) Robot Framework
3 2 (1.04%) Selenium
3 2 (1.04%) TestRail
4 1 (0.52%) JUnit
General
1 102 (52.85%) Social Skills
2 38 (19.69%) Finance
3 37 (19.17%) Marketing
4 32 (16.58%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (10.36%) Organisational Skills
6 13 (6.74%) Billing
6 13 (6.74%) Influencing Skills
7 12 (6.22%) Telecoms
8 9 (4.66%) Aerospace
9 7 (3.63%) Electronics
9 7 (3.63%) Manufacturing
10 6 (3.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (3.11%) Public Sector
11 4 (2.07%) German Language
12 3 (1.55%) Legal
13 2 (1.04%) Aeronautics
13 2 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (1.04%) Publishing
13 2 (1.04%) Retail
14 1 (0.52%) Military
Job Titles
1 21 (10.88%) IT Support
2 17 (8.81%) Analyst
3 16 (8.29%) Developer
4 14 (7.25%) Account Manager
5 13 (6.74%) Consultant
6 11 (5.70%) 2nd Line Support
6 11 (5.70%) Applications Developer
7 10 (5.18%) Support Engineer
8 9 (4.66%) Data Analyst
8 9 (4.66%) Systems Engineer
9 8 (4.15%) Architect
9 8 (4.15%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 8 (4.15%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
9 8 (4.15%) Client Account Manager
9 8 (4.15%) Marketing Executive
9 8 (4.15%) SQL Analyst
9 8 (4.15%) SQL Data Analyst
9 8 (4.15%) SSRS Analyst
10 7 (3.63%) Junior
10 7 (3.63%) Managing Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (6.22%) .NET
2 11 (5.70%) .NET Core
3 9 (4.66%) JSON
3 9 (4.66%) XML
4 3 (1.55%) Elastic Stack
4 3 (1.55%) Middleware
4 3 (1.55%) React
4 3 (1.55%) REST
5 2 (1.04%) AngularJS
5 2 (1.04%) Django
5 2 (1.04%) Kafka
5 2 (1.04%) Next.js
5 2 (1.04%) Web Services
6 1 (0.52%) CSS
6 1 (0.52%) HTML
6 1 (0.52%) Mustache
6 1 (0.52%) Regular Expression
6 1 (0.52%) SOAP
6 1 (0.52%) Spring
6 1 (0.52%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 29 (15.03%) Onboarding
2 14 (7.25%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (5.70%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 10 (5.18%) Driving Licence
5 8 (4.15%) Data Structures
5 8 (4.15%) Management Information System
6 4 (2.07%) Blog
6 4 (2.07%) Client/Server
6 4 (2.07%) Photography
6 4 (2.07%) Replication
6 4 (2.07%) Social Media
6 4 (2.07%) Web Conferencing
7 3 (1.55%) Cybercrime
7 3 (1.55%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.55%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.55%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.55%) Robotics
7 3 (1.55%) Smart Home
8 2 (1.04%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (1.04%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 18 (9.33%) Windows
2 14 (7.25%) Windows Server
3 8 (4.15%) Linux
4 5 (2.59%) Windows 10
5 3 (1.55%) AIX
5 3 (1.55%) Unix
6 1 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.52%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.52%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (22.80%) Continuous Improvement
2 43 (22.28%) Problem-Solving
3 42 (21.76%) Agile
4 29 (15.03%) Validation
5 24 (12.44%) Service Delivery
6 23 (11.92%) Collaborative Culture
6 23 (11.92%) Process Improvement
7 19 (9.84%) CRM
8 18 (9.33%) Asset Management
8 18 (9.33%) DevOps
9 16 (8.29%) AI
9 16 (8.29%) Risk Management
10 15 (7.77%) Analytics
10 15 (7.77%) Cybersecurity
10 15 (7.77%) SDLC
11 14 (7.25%) Business Intelligence
11 14 (7.25%) Disaster Recovery
12 13 (6.74%) Performance Metrics
13 12 (6.22%) Data Protection
13 12 (6.22%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 20 (10.36%) Python
2 18 (9.33%) SQL
3 16 (8.29%) C#
4 15 (7.77%) PowerShell
5 8 (4.15%) T-SQL
6 4 (2.07%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.55%) Bash
7 3 (1.55%) C++
8 2 (1.04%) Java
8 2 (1.04%) Kotlin
8 2 (1.04%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.52%) ABAP
9 1 (0.52%) Perl
9 1 (0.52%) R
9 1 (0.52%) VBA
Qualifications
1 29 (15.03%) Degree
2 23 (11.92%) Security Cleared
3 10 (5.18%) BPSS Clearance
3 10 (5.18%) SC Cleared
4 8 (4.15%) DV Cleared
5 3 (1.55%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.04%) CGEIT
6 2 (1.04%) CISA
6 2 (1.04%) CISM
6 2 (1.04%) CISSP
6 2 (1.04%) CRISC
6 2 (1.04%) HNC
6 2 (1.04%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 2 (1.04%) ISTQB
6 2 (1.04%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (0.52%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.52%) HND
7 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (10.36%) Data Quality
1 20 (10.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (4.66%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 7 (3.63%) QA
4 4 (2.07%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.55%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.55%) GDPR
5 3 (1.55%) PMO
5 3 (1.55%) SLA
6 2 (1.04%) NIST
7 1 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.52%) Def Stans
7 1 (0.52%) Section 508
7 1 (0.52%) WCAG
System Software
1 24 (12.44%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.63%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.55%) Docker
3 3 (1.55%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (1.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.04%) vSphere
5 1 (0.52%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 1 (0.52%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 9 (4.66%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.59%) Ansible
2 5 (2.59%) Terraform
3 4 (2.07%) Backup Exec
3 4 (2.07%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (1.55%) Grafana
4 3 (1.55%) Netcool
5 2 (1.04%) Nessus
5 2 (1.04%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.52%) Proxmox
6 1 (0.52%) Puppet
6 1 (0.52%) WMI
6 1 (0.52%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 54 (27.98%) Microsoft
2 10 (5.18%) Salesforce
3 7 (3.63%) VMware
4 6 (3.11%) Adobe
4 6 (3.11%) Cisco
4 6 (3.11%) Zoho
5 5 (2.59%) Google
5 5 (2.59%) Meraki
5 5 (2.59%) MuleSoft
6 4 (2.07%) HubSpot
6 4 (2.07%) Sage
6 4 (2.07%) ServiceNow
6 4 (2.07%) Veeam
7 3 (1.55%) Apple
7 3 (1.55%) IBM
7 3 (1.55%) Juniper
7 3 (1.55%) Oracle
7 3 (1.55%) Snow
7 3 (1.55%) SolarWinds
8 2 (1.04%) SAP