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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 74 68 109
Rank change year-on-year -6 +41 +6
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Working 304 433 254
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 3.39% 3.36% 2.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.85% 4.15% 3.03%
Number of salaries quoted 96 197 119
10th Percentile £27,040 £31,150 £35,400
25th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -18.18% -15.38%
75th Percentile £57,500 £85,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £72,000 - £84,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £54,500 £56,500
% change year-on-year -3.67% -3.54% -5.83%

All Process and 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 7,898 10,435 8,376
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 88.06% 80.89% 94.00%
Number of salaries quoted 4,217 5,875 5,811
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £41,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £62,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -7.26% +3.33%

Collaborative Working
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Collaborative Working 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 17 September 2025.

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 17 September 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Surrey +26 92 £27,040 -45.92% 23
Thames Valley -57 69 £45,000 -2.70% 72
Kent +29 61 £37,500 -28.57% 9
Hampshire -7 42 £46,000 -0.54% 31
Berkshire -44 42 £45,000 -25.00% 51
West Sussex +25 29 £40,000 - 9
Buckinghamshire -8 22 £42,000 +12.00% 13
Middlesex - 7 - - 4
Oxfordshire -10 5 £80,000 +60.03% 12
East Sussex -1 4 £44,323 +26.64% 5
Collaborative Working
England

Collaborative Working
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 9 (2.96%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.97%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.64%) CMS
4 4 (1.32%) IIS
5 3 (0.99%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.33%) Apache
Applications
1 18 (5.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.30%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.99%) AutoCAD
3 3 (0.99%) Windchill
4 2 (0.66%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.66%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.66%) Sketch
5 1 (0.33%) Adobe Premiere
5 1 (0.33%) SketchUp
Business Applications
1 9 (2.96%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.66%) Shopify
3 1 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.33%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 37 (12.17%) AWS
2 34 (11.18%) Azure
3 25 (8.22%) Amazon EKS
4 18 (5.92%) AWS CloudFormation
5 11 (3.62%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (3.29%) Amazon EC2
7 7 (2.30%) Amazon ECS
7 7 (2.30%) Entra ID
7 7 (2.30%) Serverless
8 4 (1.32%) Copilot Studio
8 4 (1.32%) Power Automate
8 4 (1.32%) Power Platform
8 4 (1.32%) PowerApps
9 3 (0.99%) GitHub
9 3 (0.99%) Google Analytics
9 3 (0.99%) Google Workspace
9 3 (0.99%) npm
9 3 (0.99%) SaaS
9 3 (0.99%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 2 (0.66%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.29%) DNS
2 9 (2.96%) DHCP
2 9 (2.96%) TCP/IP
2 9 (2.96%) VLAN
3 7 (2.30%) VoIP
4 6 (1.97%) Wireless
5 5 (1.64%) Firewall
5 5 (1.64%) Internet
5 5 (1.64%) PBX
5 5 (1.64%) RTP
5 5 (1.64%) Softphone
6 4 (1.32%) NAS
6 4 (1.32%) SAN
7 3 (0.99%) Network Security
7 3 (0.99%) WAN
8 2 (0.66%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.33%) LAN
9 1 (0.33%) SMTP
9 1 (0.33%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (5.92%) Elasticsearch
2 9 (2.96%) Oracle Reports
2 9 (2.96%) RDBMS
2 9 (2.96%) Relational Database
3 8 (2.63%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.32%) Power BI
5 3 (0.99%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.66%) Looker
6 2 (0.66%) Metadata
7 1 (0.33%) MySQL
7 1 (0.33%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (2.63%) Jenkins
2 7 (2.30%) JMeter
2 7 (2.30%) JUnit
2 7 (2.30%) Mockito
3 5 (1.64%) Git
4 4 (1.32%) JIRA
5 3 (0.99%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.99%) Octopus Deploy
5 3 (0.99%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.99%) Visual Studio Code
5 3 (0.99%) Vite
General
1 221 (72.70%) Social Skills
2 159 (52.30%) Marketing
3 156 (51.32%) Finance
4 135 (44.41%) Public Sector
5 39 (12.83%) Analytical Skills
6 23 (7.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (3.62%) Influencing Skills
7 11 (3.62%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (2.63%) Manufacturing
9 6 (1.97%) Advertising
9 6 (1.97%) Billing
9 6 (1.97%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.64%) Retail
11 4 (1.32%) Legal
11 4 (1.32%) Military
12 3 (0.99%) Aerospace
12 3 (0.99%) Automotive
12 3 (0.99%) Back Office
13 2 (0.66%) Electronics
13 2 (0.66%) German Language
Job Titles
1 128 (42.11%) Business Manager
2 127 (41.78%) Business Development Manager
2 127 (41.78%) Development Manager
3 36 (11.84%) Developer
4 20 (6.58%) Software Developer
5 13 (4.28%) Consultant
6 11 (3.62%) Administrator
7 10 (3.29%) Senior
8 9 (2.96%) Accountant
8 9 (2.96%) Systems Accountant
9 8 (2.63%) IT Support
9 8 (2.63%) Salesforce Administrator
10 7 (2.30%) Analyst
10 7 (2.30%) Java Developer
10 7 (2.30%) Support Specialist
11 6 (1.97%) Junior
11 6 (1.97%) Lead
12 5 (1.64%) 3rd Line Support
12 5 (1.64%) Recruitment Consultant
12 5 (1.64%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (6.91%) .NET
2 18 (5.92%) Node.js
2 18 (5.92%) Pandas
3 12 (3.95%) HTML
4 11 (3.62%) Web Services
5 8 (2.63%) REST
5 8 (2.63%) Spring
5 8 (2.63%) Spring Boot
6 7 (2.30%) ActiveMQ
6 7 (2.30%) Apache Camel
6 7 (2.30%) Hibernate
6 7 (2.30%) jQuery
6 7 (2.30%) WireMock
7 5 (1.64%) CSS
8 3 (0.99%) .NET Core
8 3 (0.99%) .NET Framework
8 3 (0.99%) Middleware
8 3 (0.99%) Sass
9 2 (0.66%) Lightning Web Components
9 2 (0.66%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 19 (6.25%) Onboarding
2 18 (5.92%) Cyberattack
3 16 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (2.30%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (2.30%) Management Information System
5 6 (1.97%) Data Centre
6 5 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.32%) Mobile App
8 3 (0.99%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (0.66%) Acoustics
9 2 (0.66%) Algorithms
9 2 (0.66%) Digital Media
9 2 (0.66%) Security Posture
9 2 (0.66%) Smart Home
10 1 (0.33%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.33%) LIMS
10 1 (0.33%) Private Cloud
10 1 (0.33%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.33%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (0.33%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 20 (6.58%) Linux
2 19 (6.25%) Android
3 5 (1.64%) Unix
3 5 (1.64%) Windows
3 5 (1.64%) Windows 10
3 5 (1.64%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.99%) AIX
5 2 (0.66%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (43.75%) Business Development
2 129 (42.43%) Collaborative Culture
3 127 (41.78%) Facilities Management
3 127 (41.78%) Marketing Strategy
4 54 (17.76%) Problem-Solving
5 50 (16.45%) Agile
6 40 (13.16%) CI/CD
7 30 (9.87%) Line Management
8 26 (8.55%) Kanban
9 25 (8.22%) Mathematics
10 24 (7.89%) Customer Service
11 23 (7.57%) Software Engineering
11 23 (7.57%) Statistics
12 20 (6.58%) Computer Science
13 19 (6.25%) Android Development
13 19 (6.25%) Cybersecurity
13 19 (6.25%) Design Patterns
14 18 (5.92%) Containerisation
14 18 (5.92%) OWASP
14 18 (5.92%) Secure Coding
Programming Languages
1 32 (10.53%) JavaScript
2 31 (10.20%) Python
3 26 (8.55%) Java
4 22 (7.24%) C++
5 19 (6.25%) SQL
6 18 (5.92%) Go
6 18 (5.92%) Rust
7 10 (3.29%) VBA
8 9 (2.96%) PowerShell
9 7 (2.30%) Shell Script
10 4 (1.32%) C#
11 2 (0.66%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.66%) Bash
11 2 (0.66%) C
11 2 (0.66%) Fortran
12 1 (0.33%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.33%) Perl
12 1 (0.33%) Swift
Qualifications
1 39 (12.83%) Security Cleared
2 23 (7.57%) Degree
2 23 (7.57%) DV Cleared
3 16 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (5.26%) SC Cleared
4 12 (3.95%) DBS Check
5 9 (2.96%) ACCA
5 9 (2.96%) CIMA
6 5 (1.64%) Master's Degree
7 4 (1.32%) APMP
7 4 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (1.32%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 3 (0.99%) PhD
9 2 (0.66%) CEH
9 2 (0.66%) CISM
9 2 (0.66%) CISSP
10 1 (0.33%) CCNA
10 1 (0.33%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.33%) OSCP
10 1 (0.33%) OSWP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.29%) QA
2 6 (1.97%) Accessibility
3 5 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.32%) GDPR
5 2 (0.66%) ISO 9000
6 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.33%) NIST
6 1 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 26 (8.55%) Docker
2 8 (2.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.97%) Active Directory
4 4 (1.32%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.32%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (1.32%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 28 (9.21%) Kubernetes
2 21 (6.91%) Terraform
3 19 (6.25%) Ansible
4 7 (2.30%) Kibana
5 5 (1.64%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.99%) Netcool
Vendors
1 21 (6.91%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.28%) Oracle
3 11 (3.62%) Salesforce
4 10 (3.29%) SAP
5 9 (2.96%) Adaptive Insights
5 9 (2.96%) VMware
5 9 (2.96%) Workday
6 7 (2.30%) Dynatrace
6 7 (2.30%) Splunk
7 5 (1.64%) Cisco
7 5 (1.64%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.32%) LogicMonitor
8 4 (1.32%) Palo Alto
9 3 (0.99%) Adobe
9 3 (0.99%) Google
9 3 (0.99%) IBM
9 3 (0.99%) Snow
9 3 (0.99%) SolarWinds
10 2 (0.66%) Fortinet
10 2 (0.66%) Juniper