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 18 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 124 74 75
Rank change year-on-year -50 +1 +19
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Working 167 351 260
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.82% 3.14% 3.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.13% 3.84% 3.63%
Number of salaries quoted 111 144 109
10th Percentile £27,040 £32,500 £31,660
25th Percentile £28,250 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £58,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -39.91% +5.91% -12.00%
75th Percentile £52,375 £85,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £63,750 £87,625 £85,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% -12.00%

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 7,845 9,145 7,159
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 85.36% 81.82% 93.05%
Number of salaries quoted 4,715 4,752 5,005
10th Percentile £27,250 £33,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £33,250 £43,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £56,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.18% +1.82% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.64%

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 18 November 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 18 November 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
Thames Valley -46 56 £35,000 -41.67% 42
Hampshire -8 36 £30,000 -45.45% 20
Berkshire -44 31 £32,500 -52.73% 22
Kent +7 28 £37,500 - 6
West Sussex +11 23 £40,000 -27.47% 3
Buckinghamshire +12 16 £44,000 +1.73% 14
Surrey -23 15 £27,040 -59.94% 16
Oxfordshire +17 9 £35,000 +9.38% 7
East Sussex +16 5 £67,768 +93.62% 8
Middlesex -11 2 - - 5
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 13 (7.78%) SharePoint
2 10 (5.99%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.40%) IIS
4 3 (1.80%) CMS
4 3 (1.80%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.60%) Apache
5 1 (0.60%) Confluence
Applications
1 21 (12.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (6.59%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (2.99%) Photoshop
4 4 (2.40%) Adobe Premiere
4 4 (2.40%) AutoCAD
4 4 (2.40%) SketchUp
5 3 (1.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (1.80%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 9 (5.39%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 25 (14.97%) Azure
2 22 (13.17%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (7.78%) AWS
4 11 (6.59%) Entra ID
5 8 (4.79%) Power Platform
6 7 (4.19%) Google Analytics
7 5 (2.99%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (2.40%) Amazon EC2
8 4 (2.40%) Copilot Studio
8 4 (2.40%) GitHub
8 4 (2.40%) OneDrive
8 4 (2.40%) Power Automate
8 4 (2.40%) PowerApps
9 3 (1.80%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (1.80%) Google Workspace
9 3 (1.80%) npm
9 3 (1.80%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 2 (1.20%) AWS CloudFormation
10 2 (1.20%) Google Ads
10 2 (1.20%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (6.59%) Wireless
2 10 (5.99%) DNS
3 9 (5.39%) DHCP
4 8 (4.79%) Firewall
5 7 (4.19%) VPN
6 6 (3.59%) VoIP
7 5 (2.99%) Internet
7 5 (2.99%) NAS
7 5 (2.99%) SAN
7 5 (2.99%) TCP/IP
7 5 (2.99%) VLAN
8 1 (0.60%) 5G
8 1 (0.60%) LAN
8 1 (0.60%) Network Security
8 1 (0.60%) SMTP
8 1 (0.60%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.39%) Oracle Reports
2 5 (2.99%) Power BI
3 3 (1.80%) Oracle Database
4 2 (1.20%) Looker
4 2 (1.20%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.60%) Big Data
5 1 (0.60%) MySQL
5 1 (0.60%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.60%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.60%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.60%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (4.19%) JIRA
2 5 (2.99%) Git
3 4 (2.40%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.80%) Bitbucket
4 3 (1.80%) Octopus Deploy
4 3 (1.80%) Visual Studio
4 3 (1.80%) Visual Studio Code
4 3 (1.80%) Vite
5 2 (1.20%) GitLab
5 2 (1.20%) Robot Framework
5 2 (1.20%) Selenium
5 2 (1.20%) TestRail
6 1 (0.60%) JMeter
6 1 (0.60%) JUnit
6 1 (0.60%) Mockito
General
1 98 (58.68%) Social Skills
2 36 (21.56%) Finance
3 34 (20.36%) Marketing
4 20 (11.98%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (10.18%) Influencing Skills
6 13 (7.78%) Billing
7 11 (6.59%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (4.79%) Manufacturing
9 7 (4.19%) Aerospace
9 7 (4.19%) Electronics
10 5 (2.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (2.40%) Advertising
11 4 (2.40%) German Language
11 4 (2.40%) Public Sector
12 3 (1.80%) Back Office
13 2 (1.20%) Automotive
13 2 (1.20%) Local Government
13 2 (1.20%) Military
13 2 (1.20%) Retail
14 1 (0.60%) Banking
Job Titles
1 20 (11.98%) Consultant
2 17 (10.18%) IT Support
3 9 (5.39%) Accountant
3 9 (5.39%) Developer
3 9 (5.39%) Lead
3 9 (5.39%) Managing Consultant
3 9 (5.39%) Senior
3 9 (5.39%) Systems Accountant
3 9 (5.39%) Technical Support
4 8 (4.79%) Junior
4 8 (4.79%) Recruitment Consultant
4 8 (4.79%) Support Engineer
5 7 (4.19%) 2nd Line Support
5 7 (4.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 6 (3.59%) Account Manager
6 6 (3.59%) Analyst
6 6 (3.59%) Graduate
6 6 (3.59%) Systems Support
6 6 (3.59%) Technical Engineer
6 6 (3.59%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.99%) Web Services
2 4 (2.40%) .NET
2 4 (2.40%) .NET Core
2 4 (2.40%) HTML
3 3 (1.80%) .NET Framework
3 3 (1.80%) CSS
3 3 (1.80%) Middleware
3 3 (1.80%) Sass
4 2 (1.20%) AngularJS
4 2 (1.20%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (1.20%) Next.js
4 2 (1.20%) React
4 2 (1.20%) Spring
4 2 (1.20%) Spring Boot
5 1 (0.60%) ActiveMQ
5 1 (0.60%) Apache Camel
5 1 (0.60%) Kafka
5 1 (0.60%) Regular Expression
5 1 (0.60%) REST
5 1 (0.60%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 28 (16.77%) Onboarding
2 22 (13.17%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (5.99%) Management Information System
4 6 (3.59%) Driving Licence
5 4 (2.40%) Blog
5 4 (2.40%) Client/Server
5 4 (2.40%) Data Centre
5 4 (2.40%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (2.40%) Photography
5 4 (2.40%) Smart Home
5 4 (2.40%) Social Media
6 3 (1.80%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (1.80%) Cybercrime
6 3 (1.80%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.80%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.20%) Digital Media
7 2 (1.20%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.20%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.20%) PKI
8 1 (0.60%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 12 (7.19%) Windows
2 9 (5.39%) Windows 10
2 9 (5.39%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.80%) AIX
3 3 (1.80%) Linux
3 3 (1.80%) Unix
4 1 (0.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.60%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.60%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (28.14%) Problem-Solving
2 28 (16.77%) Agile
3 23 (13.77%) Continuous Improvement
4 18 (10.78%) Process Improvement
5 17 (10.18%) Red Team
6 16 (9.58%) Cybersecurity
6 16 (9.58%) Decision-Making
7 15 (8.98%) Budgeting and Forecasting
8 14 (8.38%) Analytics
9 13 (7.78%) Change Management
9 13 (7.78%) Collaborative Culture
9 13 (7.78%) Disaster Recovery
9 13 (7.78%) ERP
9 13 (7.78%) ITSM
9 13 (7.78%) SEO
10 12 (7.19%) Data Analysis
10 12 (7.19%) Proactive Monitoring
10 12 (7.19%) Service Delivery
11 11 (6.59%) Computer Science
11 11 (6.59%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (10.18%) SQL
2 10 (5.99%) PowerShell
2 10 (5.99%) Python
2 10 (5.99%) VBA
3 6 (3.59%) JavaScript
4 5 (2.99%) C#
5 3 (1.80%) Bash
6 2 (1.20%) C++
6 2 (1.20%) Java
6 2 (1.20%) Kotlin
7 1 (0.60%) Perl
7 1 (0.60%) R
7 1 (0.60%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.60%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 26 (15.57%) Degree
2 16 (9.58%) Security Cleared
3 9 (5.39%) ACCA
3 9 (5.39%) CIMA
3 9 (5.39%) SC Cleared
4 8 (4.79%) DBS Check
5 7 (4.19%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (4.19%) DV Cleared
6 4 (2.40%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.80%) CISM
7 3 (1.80%) CISSP
8 2 (1.20%) APMP
8 2 (1.20%) CEH
8 2 (1.20%) ISTQB
8 2 (1.20%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 2 (1.20%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (0.60%) CRISC
9 1 (0.60%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 1 (0.60%) OSCP
9 1 (0.60%) OSWP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.99%) Accessibility
1 5 (2.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (2.40%) GDPR
2 4 (2.40%) QA
3 3 (1.80%) SLA
4 2 (1.20%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.20%) NIST
5 1 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.60%) PMO
5 1 (0.60%) Section 508
5 1 (0.60%) WCAG
System Software
1 11 (6.59%) Active Directory
2 8 (4.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (3.59%) Hyper-V
3 6 (3.59%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (2.99%) vSphere
5 4 (2.40%) Docker
6 1 (0.60%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 1 (0.60%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 7 (4.19%) Kubernetes
2 6 (3.59%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (2.40%) Terraform
4 3 (1.80%) Ansible
4 3 (1.80%) Grafana
4 3 (1.80%) Netcool
5 2 (1.20%) Nessus
5 2 (1.20%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.60%) Kibana
6 1 (0.60%) Proxmox
6 1 (0.60%) Puppet
6 1 (0.60%) WMI
6 1 (0.60%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 39 (23.35%) Microsoft
2 12 (7.19%) Oracle
3 11 (6.59%) VMware
4 9 (5.39%) Adaptive Insights
4 9 (5.39%) SAP
4 9 (5.39%) Workday
5 7 (4.19%) Google
6 6 (3.59%) Zoho
7 5 (2.99%) LogicMonitor
7 5 (2.99%) Palo Alto
8 4 (2.40%) Adobe
8 4 (2.40%) Sage
9 3 (1.80%) Cisco
9 3 (1.80%) Fortinet
9 3 (1.80%) IBM
9 3 (1.80%) Juniper
9 3 (1.80%) ServiceNow
9 3 (1.80%) Snow
9 3 (1.80%) SolarWinds
10 2 (1.20%) Rapid7