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 15 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 76 67
Rank change year-on-year +10 -9 +8
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Working 497 296 392
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 2.60% 3.32% 3.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.58% 3.75% 4.06%
Number of salaries quoted 291 98 165
10th Percentile £29,055 £27,000 £31,100
25th Percentile £37,500 £27,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £34,750 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year +36.69% -36.24% -0.91%
75th Percentile £64,375 £52,178 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £64,875 -
England median annual salary £48,500 £50,000 £56,750
% change year-on-year -3.00% -11.89% +3.18%

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 13,884 7,883 9,644
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 72.55% 88.35% 81.32%
Number of salaries quoted 9,872 4,271 5,156
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,750 £32,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,938 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.32%

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 15 October 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 15 October 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 +78 191 £45,000 +28.57% 29
Surrey -14 126 £62,500 +131.14% 9
Berkshire +59 110 £42,500 +30.77% 17
Hampshire +5 92 £47,500 +58.33% 12
Kent -28 45 £42,500 +29.77% 6
Oxfordshire +7 43 £52,500 +20.00% 6
Buckinghamshire +9 38 £46,250 +10.12% 7
West Sussex -37 16 £65,000 +62.50% 6
Middlesex +20 15 £30,750 - 1
East Sussex -2 7 £40,000 -9.75% 2
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 (2.01%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.40%) ArcGIS
3 2 (0.40%) Confluence
3 2 (0.40%) IIS
3 2 (0.40%) Oracle Workflow
3 2 (0.40%) SAS
4 1 (0.20%) Apache
4 1 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.20%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.20%) nginx
4 1 (0.20%) WebLogic
Applications
1 56 (11.27%) Microsoft Office
2 38 (7.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (2.01%) AutoCAD
4 6 (1.21%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.80%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.60%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.40%) Adobe Premiere
7 2 (0.40%) CapCut
8 1 (0.20%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.20%) Lightworks
8 1 (0.20%) Navisworks
8 1 (0.20%) Revit
8 1 (0.20%) Simulink
8 1 (0.20%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 11 (2.21%) NetSuite
2 5 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.01%) SAP CRM
3 3 (0.60%) Shopify
4 2 (0.40%) Odoo
4 2 (0.40%) SAP BPC
4 2 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.40%) Siebel CRM
4 2 (0.40%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 45 (9.05%) Microsoft 365
2 44 (8.85%) AWS
2 44 (8.85%) SaaS
3 41 (8.25%) Azure
4 26 (5.23%) Power Platform
5 18 (3.62%) Snowflake
6 6 (1.21%) Entra ID
6 6 (1.21%) GCP
6 6 (1.21%) GitHub
7 4 (0.80%) Asana
7 4 (0.80%) GitHub Actions
8 3 (0.60%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 3 (0.60%) AWS CloudFormation
8 3 (0.60%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (0.60%) Azure Stack
8 3 (0.60%) Google Analytics
8 3 (0.60%) Google Workspace
8 3 (0.60%) Smartsheet
9 2 (0.40%) IaaS
9 2 (0.40%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.82%) Firewall
2 16 (3.22%) DNS
3 13 (2.62%) VPN
4 12 (2.41%) Wi-Fi
5 10 (2.01%) DHCP
6 7 (1.41%) LAN
6 7 (1.41%) Network Security
6 7 (1.41%) VLAN
6 7 (1.41%) WAN
7 6 (1.21%) Internet
7 6 (1.21%) TCP/IP
8 5 (1.01%) Wireless
9 3 (0.60%) HTTP
10 2 (0.40%) ATM
10 2 (0.40%) Ethernet
10 2 (0.40%) SAN
11 1 (0.20%) Cisco IOS
11 1 (0.20%) SSL
11 1 (0.20%) VoIP
11 1 (0.20%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (5.03%) Power BI
2 20 (4.02%) SQL Server
3 17 (3.42%) Redis
4 6 (1.21%) GIS
5 5 (1.01%) Metadata
6 4 (0.80%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.40%) Geospatial Data
8 2 (0.40%) Looker
8 2 (0.40%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.40%) SAP BW
8 2 (0.40%) Siebel EIM
8 2 (0.40%) Spatial Data
8 2 (0.40%) Tableau
9 1 (0.20%) Big Data
9 1 (0.20%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.20%) Data Vault
9 1 (0.20%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.20%) Power Query
9 1 (0.20%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 22 (4.43%) JIRA
2 17 (3.42%) Git
3 7 (1.41%) GitLab
4 6 (1.21%) Rational DOORS
5 4 (0.80%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.40%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.40%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.20%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio
General
1 268 (53.92%) Social Skills
2 91 (18.31%) Finance
3 88 (17.71%) Analytical Skills
4 78 (15.69%) Organisational Skills
5 57 (11.47%) Aerospace
6 35 (7.04%) Electronics
6 35 (7.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 31 (6.24%) Presentation Skills
8 28 (5.63%) Manufacturing
9 27 (5.43%) Marketing
10 25 (5.03%) Local Government
11 24 (4.83%) Influencing Skills
12 21 (4.23%) Legal
13 19 (3.82%) Public Sector
14 14 (2.82%) Retail
15 8 (1.61%) Advertising
15 8 (1.61%) Avionics
16 7 (1.41%) Military
16 7 (1.41%) Telecoms
17 4 (0.80%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 54 (10.87%) Analyst
1 54 (10.87%) Lead
2 43 (8.65%) Senior
3 39 (7.85%) Developer
4 32 (6.44%) Support Analyst
5 23 (4.63%) Consultant
5 23 (4.63%) Software Developer
6 22 (4.43%) IT Support
7 21 (4.23%) Architect
8 19 (3.82%) Coordinator
8 19 (3.82%) Data Scientist
9 18 (3.62%) Full-Stack Developer
10 17 (3.42%) Lead Developer
10 17 (3.42%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
10 17 (3.42%) Lead Software Developer
11 15 (3.02%) Administrator
12 14 (2.82%) Business Analyst
12 14 (2.82%) Systems Engineer
13 13 (2.62%) Support Engineer
14 12 (2.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (4.02%) Node.js
2 18 (3.62%) Vue
3 11 (2.21%) Terraform
4 6 (1.21%) HTML
5 5 (1.01%) PySpark
5 5 (1.01%) YAML
6 4 (0.80%) JSON
6 4 (0.80%) Lightning Web Components
6 4 (0.80%) React
7 3 (0.60%) .NET
7 3 (0.60%) AngularJS
7 3 (0.60%) CSS
7 3 (0.60%) Jinja
7 3 (0.60%) Middleware
7 3 (0.60%) ModSecurity
7 3 (0.60%) Playwright
7 3 (0.60%) RESTful
8 2 (0.40%) Jest
8 2 (0.40%) NestJS
8 2 (0.40%) NgRx
Miscellaneous
1 49 (9.86%) Management Information System
2 35 (7.04%) Driving Licence
3 23 (4.63%) Onboarding
4 18 (3.62%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (1.81%) Product Ownership
6 8 (1.61%) Security Posture
7 7 (1.41%) Algorithms
7 7 (1.41%) Blog
7 7 (1.41%) Cloud Native
7 7 (1.41%) FPGA
8 6 (1.21%) Analogue Electronics
8 6 (1.21%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (1.21%) Social Media
9 5 (1.01%) Cyber Security Posture
9 5 (1.01%) Data Centre
9 5 (1.01%) Private Cloud
9 5 (1.01%) SCADA
10 4 (0.80%) Cyber Threat
10 4 (0.80%) Freedom of Information
10 4 (0.80%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 34 (6.84%) Windows
2 32 (6.44%) Linux
3 10 (2.01%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.01%) Android
5 3 (0.60%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.40%) Unix
7 1 (0.20%) macOS
7 1 (0.20%) Solaris
7 1 (0.20%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 184 (37.02%) Problem-Solving
2 168 (33.80%) Continuous Improvement
3 82 (16.50%) Customer Service
4 81 (16.30%) Stakeholder Management
5 72 (14.49%) CRM
6 69 (13.88%) Agile
7 68 (13.68%) Decision-Making
8 59 (11.87%) AI
9 52 (10.46%) Project Management
10 51 (10.26%) Customer Experience
11 47 (9.46%) Cyber Intelligence
12 45 (9.05%) CI/CD
13 43 (8.65%) Project Delivery
14 42 (8.45%) Technical Leadership
15 39 (7.85%) Service Delivery
16 35 (7.04%) Business Development
16 35 (7.04%) Cybersecurity
16 35 (7.04%) ITIL
17 34 (6.84%) Process Improvement
18 33 (6.64%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 33 (6.64%) SQL
2 31 (6.24%) Python
3 25 (5.03%) JavaScript
4 23 (4.63%) TypeScript
5 15 (3.02%) PowerShell
6 10 (2.01%) ABAP
7 9 (1.81%) C#
8 5 (1.01%) C
8 5 (1.01%) MATLAB
9 4 (0.80%) Bash
9 4 (0.80%) C++
9 4 (0.80%) Embedded C
9 4 (0.80%) Embedded C++
10 3 (0.60%) Java
10 3 (0.60%) Perl
11 2 (0.40%) PHP
11 2 (0.40%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.40%) R
11 2 (0.40%) SystemVerilog
12 1 (0.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 106 (21.33%) Degree
2 62 (12.47%) Security Cleared
3 28 (5.63%) SC Cleared
4 20 (4.02%) DBS Check
5 17 (3.42%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (3.42%) Master's Degree
6 13 (2.62%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (2.21%) ACCA
7 11 (2.21%) CIMA
8 10 (2.01%) Chartered Engineer
9 9 (1.81%) CISM
9 9 (1.81%) CISSP
10 8 (1.61%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (1.61%) PMI Certification
11 7 (1.41%) CCNP
11 7 (1.41%) DV Cleared
11 7 (1.41%) HNC
12 5 (1.01%) HND
12 5 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (1.01%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (6.64%) QA
2 20 (4.02%) Accessibility
3 17 (3.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (3.02%) Cyber Essentials
4 15 (3.02%) PMO
5 12 (2.41%) GDPR
6 11 (2.21%) NIST
7 10 (2.01%) Good Clinical Practice
8 8 (1.61%) Data Quality
8 8 (1.61%) SLA
9 6 (1.21%) Def Stans
10 5 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (0.80%) ISO 9001
11 4 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 15288
12 3 (0.60%) NIST 800
12 3 (0.60%) WCAG
13 2 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (0.40%) CDISC
13 2 (0.40%) ISO 19650
13 2 (0.40%) RMADS
System Software
1 19 (3.82%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.01%) ClearTrust
3 4 (0.80%) Docker
3 4 (0.80%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.40%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 15 (3.02%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (2.62%) Kubernetes
3 10 (2.01%) Ansible
4 5 (1.01%) Grafana
4 5 (1.01%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 3 (0.60%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.40%) Dell DRAC
7 1 (0.20%) Kibana
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle ZFS
Vendors
1 118 (23.74%) Microsoft
2 22 (4.43%) SAP
3 21 (4.23%) Salesforce
4 16 (3.22%) Oracle
5 15 (3.02%) Sage
6 11 (2.21%) Cisco
7 8 (1.61%) Thales
8 7 (1.41%) Aruba
8 7 (1.41%) EMC
8 7 (1.41%) Fortinet
8 7 (1.41%) HubSpot
9 6 (1.21%) Databricks
9 6 (1.21%) Google
9 6 (1.21%) Instagram
10 4 (0.80%) Facebook
10 4 (0.80%) Palo Alto
10 4 (0.80%) Qualys
10 4 (0.80%) Splunk
10 4 (0.80%) VMware
11 3 (0.60%) Juniper