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 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 71 72
Rank change year-on-year -48 +1 +8
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Working 171 352 270
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.65% 3.81% 3.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.04% 4.34% 3.87%
Number of salaries quoted 107 160 110
10th Percentile £27,040 £38,748 £33,700
25th Percentile £27,500 £50,967 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £61,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -42.86% +11.36% -8.33%
75th Percentile £52,500 £85,000 £70,938
90th Percentile £60,000 £93,250 £85,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £59,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -15.25% +7.27% -12.00%

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 8,378 8,110 6,969
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 80.85% 87.72% 89.80%
Number of salaries quoted 4,956 3,982 4,915
10th Percentile £27,750 £32,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £44,253 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +7.48% -2.73%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 1 January 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 1 January 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 -50 67 £35,000 -47.17% 32
Hampshire -11 40 £30,000 -45.45% 15
Berkshire -44 34 £32,500 -53.57% 14
Buckinghamshire -21 25 £50,000 -1.90% 13
Kent -11 19 £28,000 -49.09% 4
Surrey -8 17 £27,040 -66.20% 15
West Sussex 0 12 £40,000 -44.83% 7
East Sussex +11 10 £60,000 -32.39% 6
Oxfordshire +13 8 £35,000 -40.43% 5
Middlesex -3 3 - - 3
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 10 (5.85%) SharePoint
2 8 (4.68%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.58%) ArcGIS
3 1 (0.58%) Confluence
3 1 (0.58%) OpenStack
Applications
1 23 (13.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (7.02%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (4.09%) Photoshop
4 4 (2.34%) Adobe Premiere
4 4 (2.34%) AutoCAD
4 4 (2.34%) SketchUp
5 3 (1.75%) Windchill
6 2 (1.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.58%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.58%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.58%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 8 (4.68%) NetSuite
2 2 (1.17%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.58%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 23 (13.45%) Azure
2 20 (11.70%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (5.26%) Entra ID
4 7 (4.09%) AWS
4 7 (4.09%) Power Platform
5 5 (2.92%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (2.92%) Dynamics 365
5 5 (2.92%) Google Analytics
5 5 (2.92%) OneDrive
6 4 (2.34%) Amazon EKS
6 4 (2.34%) AWS CloudFormation
7 3 (1.75%) Amazon EC2
7 3 (1.75%) Power Automate
7 3 (1.75%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 2 (1.17%) Azure AKS
8 2 (1.17%) Copilot Studio
8 2 (1.17%) OpenShift
8 2 (1.17%) PowerApps
8 2 (1.17%) SaaS
9 1 (0.58%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 13 (7.60%) DNS
2 12 (7.02%) DHCP
2 12 (7.02%) Wireless
3 9 (5.26%) Firewall
4 7 (4.09%) TCP/IP
4 7 (4.09%) VLAN
4 7 (4.09%) VoIP
4 7 (4.09%) VPN
5 6 (3.51%) NAS
5 6 (3.51%) SAN
6 5 (2.92%) Internet
7 2 (1.17%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.58%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.68%) Oracle Reports
2 4 (2.34%) Power BI
3 3 (1.75%) Oracle Database
4 2 (1.17%) Tableau
5 1 (0.58%) Big Data
5 1 (0.58%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.58%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.58%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.58%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (2.92%) GitLab
1 5 (2.92%) Jenkins
2 4 (2.34%) JIRA
3 2 (1.17%) Git
3 2 (1.17%) Robot Framework
3 2 (1.17%) Selenium
3 2 (1.17%) TestRail
4 1 (0.58%) JUnit
General
1 82 (47.95%) Social Skills
2 33 (19.30%) Finance
3 31 (18.13%) Marketing
4 19 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (9.94%) Influencing Skills
6 14 (8.19%) Billing
7 12 (7.02%) Organisational Skills
8 11 (6.43%) Aerospace
9 9 (5.26%) Manufacturing
10 7 (4.09%) Electronics
11 5 (2.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (2.92%) Public Sector
12 4 (2.34%) German Language
13 2 (1.17%) Publishing
13 2 (1.17%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.58%) Automotive
14 1 (0.58%) Avionics
14 1 (0.58%) French Language
14 1 (0.58%) Pharmaceutical
14 1 (0.58%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 18 (10.53%) Consultant
2 17 (9.94%) IT Support
3 10 (5.85%) Developer
4 9 (5.26%) 2nd Line Support
4 9 (5.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 9 (5.26%) Managing Consultant
5 8 (4.68%) Accountant
5 8 (4.68%) Junior
5 8 (4.68%) Lead
5 8 (4.68%) Recruitment Consultant
5 8 (4.68%) Support Engineer
5 8 (4.68%) Systems Accountant
5 8 (4.68%) Technical Support
6 7 (4.09%) Administrator
6 7 (4.09%) Analyst
7 6 (3.51%) Applications Developer
7 6 (3.51%) Graduate
7 6 (3.51%) Senior
7 6 (3.51%) Systems Engineer
7 6 (3.51%) Systems Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.09%) .NET
2 6 (3.51%) .NET Core
3 3 (1.75%) Elastic Stack
3 3 (1.75%) Middleware
3 3 (1.75%) React
4 2 (1.17%) AngularJS
4 2 (1.17%) Kafka
4 2 (1.17%) Next.js
4 2 (1.17%) Web Services
5 1 (0.58%) Django
5 1 (0.58%) Mustache
5 1 (0.58%) Node.js
5 1 (0.58%) Regular Expression
5 1 (0.58%) REST
5 1 (0.58%) Spring
5 1 (0.58%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 27 (15.79%) Onboarding
2 19 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (4.68%) Management Information System
4 6 (3.51%) Driving Licence
4 6 (3.51%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 4 (2.34%) Blog
5 4 (2.34%) Client/Server
5 4 (2.34%) Photography
5 4 (2.34%) Security Posture
5 4 (2.34%) Smart Home
5 4 (2.34%) Social Media
6 3 (1.75%) Cybercrime
6 3 (1.75%) Data Centre
6 3 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.75%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.17%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (1.17%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.17%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.17%) Robotics
8 1 (0.58%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 14 (8.19%) Windows
2 10 (5.85%) Windows Server
3 8 (4.68%) Windows 10
4 6 (3.51%) Linux
5 3 (1.75%) AIX
5 3 (1.75%) Unix
6 1 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.58%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.58%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (23.98%) Problem-Solving
2 34 (19.88%) Agile
3 31 (18.13%) Continuous Improvement
4 20 (11.70%) Process Improvement
5 18 (10.53%) Collaborative Culture
6 17 (9.94%) Red Team
7 15 (8.77%) Cybersecurity
7 15 (8.77%) Decision-Making
8 14 (8.19%) Budgeting and Forecasting
8 14 (8.19%) Disaster Recovery
8 14 (8.19%) Validation
9 13 (7.60%) Asset Management
9 13 (7.60%) CRM
10 12 (7.02%) Analytics
10 12 (7.02%) ERP
11 11 (6.43%) Change Management
11 11 (6.43%) DevOps
11 11 (6.43%) ITSM
11 11 (6.43%) Proactive Monitoring
12 10 (5.85%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 15 (8.77%) SQL
2 9 (5.26%) VBA
3 8 (4.68%) Python
4 7 (4.09%) C#
4 7 (4.09%) PowerShell
5 3 (1.75%) Bash
5 3 (1.75%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.17%) C++
6 2 (1.17%) Kotlin
7 1 (0.58%) Java
7 1 (0.58%) Perl
7 1 (0.58%) R
7 1 (0.58%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 25 (14.62%) Degree
2 16 (9.36%) Security Cleared
3 8 (4.68%) ACCA
3 8 (4.68%) CIMA
4 7 (4.09%) BPSS Clearance
4 7 (4.09%) SC Cleared
5 6 (3.51%) DBS Check
5 6 (3.51%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.75%) CISM
6 3 (1.75%) CISSP
7 2 (1.17%) CGEIT
7 2 (1.17%) CISA
7 2 (1.17%) CRISC
7 2 (1.17%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 2 (1.17%) ISTQB
7 2 (1.17%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 2 (1.17%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.58%) CEH
8 1 (0.58%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.09%) Data Quality
2 6 (3.51%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 4 (2.34%) QA
4 3 (1.75%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.75%) SLA
5 2 (1.17%) GDPR
5 2 (1.17%) NIST
6 1 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.58%) PMO
6 1 (0.58%) Section 508
6 1 (0.58%) WCAG
System Software
1 12 (7.02%) Active Directory
2 8 (4.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (4.09%) Hyper-V
3 7 (4.09%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (3.51%) vSphere
5 3 (1.75%) Docker
6 1 (0.58%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 1 (0.58%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 7 (4.09%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.92%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (2.34%) Ansible
3 4 (2.34%) Terraform
4 3 (1.75%) Grafana
4 3 (1.75%) Netcool
5 2 (1.17%) Nessus
5 2 (1.17%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.58%) Proxmox
6 1 (0.58%) Puppet
6 1 (0.58%) WMI
6 1 (0.58%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 47 (27.49%) Microsoft
2 12 (7.02%) VMware
3 11 (6.43%) Oracle
4 9 (5.26%) SAP
5 8 (4.68%) Adaptive Insights
5 8 (4.68%) Workday
6 6 (3.51%) Adobe
6 6 (3.51%) LogicMonitor
6 6 (3.51%) Palo Alto
6 6 (3.51%) Zoho
7 5 (2.92%) Google
8 4 (2.34%) Sage
8 4 (2.34%) Salesforce
9 3 (1.75%) IBM
9 3 (1.75%) Juniper
9 3 (1.75%) ServiceNow
9 3 (1.75%) Snow
9 3 (1.75%) SolarWinds
10 2 (1.17%) Cisco
10 2 (1.17%) MuleSoft