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 10 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 92 61 73
Rank change year-on-year -31 +12 +24
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Working 255 310 582
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.77% 3.99% 3.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.48% 4.42% 3.93%
Number of salaries quoted 186 74 372
10th Percentile £33,750 £30,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £33,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +15.56% -18.18%
75th Percentile £60,000 £69,375 £61,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £81,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £53,200 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.27% +10.00% -16.00%

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 10,274 7,009 14,820
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 71.40% 90.21% 81.82%
Number of salaries quoted 7,234 3,367 10,313
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £39,969 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £78,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -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 10 June 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 10 June 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 +38 96 £52,500 -5.52% 35
Surrey -34 61 £41,585 -24.05% 18
Berkshire +5 39 £46,250 -13.95% 26
Hampshire -30 39 £54,808 +2.93% 22
Buckinghamshire +16 37 £55,000 -29.37% 5
East Sussex +4 23 £60,000 +35.37% 4
Oxfordshire +16 20 £50,000 -33.33% 5
West Sussex -26 13 £56,465 +73.74% 4
Kent -67 11 £50,000 +33.33% 6
Sussex - 5 £38,000 - 3
Isle of Wight - 4 - -
Middlesex +34 2 £97,500 - 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 15 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (2.75%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.78%) Gentran
4 1 (0.39%) CMS
4 1 (0.39%) Confluence
4 1 (0.39%) WordPress
Applications
1 12 (4.71%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (4.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.57%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.39%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.39%) Lightworks
5 1 (0.39%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.39%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (3.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.39%) Raiser’s Edge
2 1 (0.39%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.39%) SAP HR
2 1 (0.39%) SAP IS-U
2 1 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 45 (17.65%) Azure
2 33 (12.94%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (9.80%) AWS
4 20 (7.84%) SaaS
5 16 (6.27%) Power Platform
6 12 (4.71%) Entra ID
7 7 (2.75%) GCP
8 6 (2.35%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (1.96%) Figma
9 5 (1.96%) Google Analytics
9 5 (1.96%) Snowflake
10 4 (1.57%) Amazon EKS
10 4 (1.57%) AWS CloudFormation
10 4 (1.57%) Google Tag Manager
10 4 (1.57%) OpenShift
11 3 (1.18%) Azure AKS
12 2 (0.78%) BrowserStack
12 2 (0.78%) GitHub
12 2 (0.78%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.10%) Firewall
2 12 (4.71%) DNS
3 9 (3.53%) VLAN
3 9 (3.53%) VPN
3 9 (3.53%) Wi-Fi
4 8 (3.14%) DHCP
5 6 (2.35%) TCP/IP
6 4 (1.57%) BGP
6 4 (1.57%) Internet
6 4 (1.57%) IPsec
6 4 (1.57%) Wireless
7 3 (1.18%) Network Security
7 3 (1.18%) WAN
8 2 (0.78%) LAN
8 2 (0.78%) VoIP
9 1 (0.39%) Broadband
9 1 (0.39%) HTTP
9 1 (0.39%) MQTT
9 1 (0.39%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (7.45%) SQL Server
2 16 (6.27%) Power BI
3 10 (3.92%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (3.14%) MySQL
4 8 (3.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 5 (1.96%) Metadata
5 5 (1.96%) Redis
6 4 (1.57%) GIS
7 3 (1.18%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.39%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.39%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.39%) PowerPivot
8 1 (0.39%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (3.92%) GitLab
2 9 (3.53%) JIRA
3 5 (1.96%) Git
4 3 (1.18%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.78%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.78%) MSTest
5 2 (0.78%) Selenium
5 2 (0.78%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 128 (50.20%) Social Skills
2 55 (21.57%) Analytical Skills
3 49 (19.22%) Finance
4 23 (9.02%) Organisational Skills
5 22 (8.63%) Marketing
6 19 (7.45%) Telecoms
7 17 (6.67%) Aerospace
7 17 (6.67%) Influencing Skills
8 13 (5.10%) Legal
8 13 (5.10%) Retail
9 12 (4.71%) Local Government
10 10 (3.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 8 (3.14%) Electronics
11 8 (3.14%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (2.75%) Public Sector
13 6 (2.35%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (1.57%) Automotive
14 4 (1.57%) Billing
14 4 (1.57%) Manufacturing
15 3 (1.18%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 33 (12.94%) Analyst
2 29 (11.37%) Developer
3 22 (8.63%) Systems Engineer
4 20 (7.84%) Senior
5 17 (6.67%) Consultant
6 15 (5.88%) Procurement Specialist
7 14 (5.49%) IT Support
8 13 (5.10%) Applications Developer
9 11 (4.31%) Lead
9 11 (4.31%) Management Consultant
9 11 (4.31%) Programme Management Office Consultant
9 11 (4.31%) Programme Office Consultant
10 10 (3.92%) Account Manager
10 10 (3.92%) Data Analyst
10 10 (3.92%) Full-Stack Developer
11 9 (3.53%) Business Analyst
11 9 (3.53%) Technical Analyst
12 8 (3.14%) Architect
12 8 (3.14%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 8 (3.14%) SQL Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (8.63%) .NET
2 17 (6.67%) .NET Core
3 10 (3.92%) JSON
4 9 (3.53%) Vue
4 9 (3.53%) XML
5 8 (3.14%) Node.js
6 5 (1.96%) .NET Framework
6 5 (1.96%) ASP.NET
6 5 (1.96%) Entity Framework
7 4 (1.57%) Blazor
7 4 (1.57%) Playwright
8 3 (1.18%) HTML
9 2 (0.78%) ADO
9 2 (0.78%) AngularJS
9 2 (0.78%) EDI
9 2 (0.78%) React
9 2 (0.78%) REST
9 2 (0.78%) RESTful
9 2 (0.78%) Sass
9 2 (0.78%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (7.84%) Onboarding
2 16 (6.27%) Management Information System
3 13 (5.10%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 11 (4.31%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (3.53%) Product Ownership
6 8 (3.14%) Data Structures
7 6 (2.35%) Cloud Native
7 6 (2.35%) Driving Licence
8 5 (1.96%) Blog
8 5 (1.96%) Cyber Security Posture
9 4 (1.57%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.57%) Cyber Defence
9 4 (1.57%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.57%) NHS
9 4 (1.57%) Replication
9 4 (1.57%) Security Posture
9 4 (1.57%) Web Conferencing
10 3 (1.18%) CCTV
10 3 (1.18%) Distributed Systems
11 2 (0.78%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 19 (7.45%) Windows
2 13 (5.10%) Linux
3 10 (3.92%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.39%) Android
4 1 (0.39%) CentOS
4 1 (0.39%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.39%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 67 (26.27%) Continuous Improvement
3 61 (23.92%) Agile
4 35 (13.73%) Decision-Making
5 32 (12.55%) Service Delivery
6 30 (11.76%) Project Management
7 28 (10.98%) AI
7 28 (10.98%) Validation
8 27 (10.59%) DevOps
9 26 (10.20%) Cybersecurity
9 26 (10.20%) Systems Engineering
10 25 (9.80%) Asset Management
10 25 (9.80%) CRM
10 25 (9.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 21 (8.24%) CI/CD
12 19 (7.45%) Clean Code
12 19 (7.45%) Collaborative Culture
12 19 (7.45%) Customer Service
12 19 (7.45%) Risk Management
12 19 (7.45%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 32 (12.55%) C#
2 26 (10.20%) Python
3 20 (7.84%) SQL
4 12 (4.71%) PowerShell
5 10 (3.92%) TypeScript
6 8 (3.14%) JavaScript
6 8 (3.14%) T-SQL
7 5 (1.96%) C++
8 4 (1.57%) C
8 4 (1.57%) Embedded C
8 4 (1.57%) Embedded C++
8 4 (1.57%) MATLAB
9 2 (0.78%) Bash
9 2 (0.78%) Java
9 2 (0.78%) Perl
9 2 (0.78%) PHP
10 1 (0.39%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 45 (17.65%) Degree
2 30 (11.76%) Security Cleared
3 14 (5.49%) SC Cleared
4 13 (5.10%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (2.35%) DV Cleared
6 5 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.96%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (1.57%) DBS Check
7 4 (1.57%) PMI Certification
8 3 (1.18%) Chartered Engineer
8 3 (1.18%) PMP
9 2 (0.78%) CCNA
9 2 (0.78%) CCNP
9 2 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.78%) HNC
9 2 (0.78%) HND
10 1 (0.39%) CEH
10 1 (0.39%) CISM
10 1 (0.39%) CISSP
10 1 (0.39%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (9.41%) Data Quality
2 23 (9.02%) QA
3 20 (7.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 19 (7.45%) Accessibility
4 19 (7.45%) PMO
5 8 (3.14%) Cyber Essentials
5 8 (3.14%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 7 (2.75%) GDPR
6 7 (2.75%) Good Clinical Practice
7 5 (1.96%) Def Stans
7 5 (1.96%) WCAG
8 1 (0.39%) NIST
System Software
1 19 (7.45%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.35%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.57%) ClearTrust
4 3 (1.18%) Docker
5 1 (0.39%) Firmware
5 1 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.39%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (4.71%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.75%) Terraform
3 6 (2.35%) Ansible
4 4 (1.57%) Backup Exec
5 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.39%) Dell DRAC
6 1 (0.39%) Grafana
6 1 (0.39%) Kibana
6 1 (0.39%) Nessus
6 1 (0.39%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 72 (28.24%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.53%) Salesforce
3 7 (2.75%) Cisco
4 6 (2.35%) Google
5 5 (1.96%) HubSpot
5 5 (1.96%) MuleSoft
6 4 (1.57%) Ahrefs
6 4 (1.57%) EMC
6 4 (1.57%) Facebook
6 4 (1.57%) Instagram
6 4 (1.57%) Meraki
6 4 (1.57%) Screaming Frog
6 4 (1.57%) Veeam
6 4 (1.57%) VMware
7 3 (1.18%) Databricks
7 3 (1.18%) Fortinet
7 3 (1.18%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.78%) Aruba
8 2 (0.78%) IBM
8 2 (0.78%) Palo Alto