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 4 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 70 77
Rank change year-on-year -20 +7 +29
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Working 290 306 558
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.89% 3.69% 3.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.62% 4.14% 3.84%
Number of salaries quoted 217 72 367
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,550 £26,750
25th Percentile £40,606 £33,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,750 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.95% +3.89% -18.18%
75th Percentile £61,000 £64,688 £61,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £82,250
England median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -15.63%

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 11,062 7,384 14,544
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 71.94% 89.08% 81.47%
Number of salaries quoted 7,871 3,801 10,093
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £78,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 4 July 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 4 July 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 +63 113 £47,500 -13.64% 44
Surrey -32 68 £42,500 -22.02% 45
Berkshire +25 54 £45,000 -14.29% 21
Hampshire -34 47 £58,233 +17.64% 25
Buckinghamshire +13 31 £57,000 -5.79% 13
Oxfordshire +6 28 £45,000 -41.94% 12
East Sussex +5 21 £59,000 +33.11% 9
Kent -58 15 £50,125 +33.67% 7
West Sussex -30 13 £59,500 +48.75% 1
Sussex - 5 £38,000 - 1
Isle of Wight - 4 - -
Middlesex +32 3 £97,500 - 1
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 (5.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (2.41%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.69%) Gentran
4 1 (0.34%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.34%) CMS
4 1 (0.34%) Confluence
4 1 (0.34%) WordPress
Applications
1 22 (7.59%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (4.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.38%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.34%) Lightworks
5 1 (0.34%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.38%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (1.38%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.69%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.34%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.34%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.34%) SAP HR
3 1 (0.34%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 53 (18.28%) Azure
2 40 (13.79%) Microsoft 365
3 36 (12.41%) AWS
4 29 (10.00%) SaaS
5 20 (6.90%) Power Platform
6 12 (4.14%) Entra ID
6 12 (4.14%) Snowflake
7 7 (2.41%) GCP
8 5 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (1.72%) Google Analytics
9 4 (1.38%) Amazon EKS
9 4 (1.38%) AWS CloudFormation
9 4 (1.38%) Figma
9 4 (1.38%) Google Tag Manager
9 4 (1.38%) OpenShift
10 3 (1.03%) Azure AKS
10 3 (1.03%) GitHub
11 2 (0.69%) BrowserStack
11 2 (0.69%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (0.69%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 15 (5.17%) Firewall
2 14 (4.83%) DNS
3 13 (4.48%) VPN
4 12 (4.14%) VLAN
5 11 (3.79%) Wi-Fi
6 10 (3.45%) DHCP
7 8 (2.76%) TCP/IP
8 6 (2.07%) Internet
8 6 (2.07%) Network Security
8 6 (2.07%) WAN
9 4 (1.38%) BGP
9 4 (1.38%) IPsec
9 4 (1.38%) LAN
9 4 (1.38%) Wireless
10 2 (0.69%) SAN
10 2 (0.69%) VoIP
11 1 (0.34%) ATM
11 1 (0.34%) Broadband
11 1 (0.34%) HTTP
11 1 (0.34%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (9.31%) SQL Server
2 20 (6.90%) Power BI
3 12 (4.14%) Redis
4 11 (3.79%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (3.10%) MySQL
6 8 (2.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (1.72%) GIS
7 5 (1.72%) Metadata
8 4 (1.38%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.34%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.34%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.34%) Geospatial Data
9 1 (0.34%) PowerPivot
9 1 (0.34%) SAP BW
9 1 (0.34%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 12 (4.14%) JIRA
2 9 (3.10%) GitLab
3 7 (2.41%) Git
4 4 (1.38%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.69%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.69%) MSTest
5 2 (0.69%) Selenium
5 2 (0.69%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.34%) Visual Studio
General
1 157 (54.14%) Social Skills
2 65 (22.41%) Analytical Skills
3 64 (22.07%) Finance
4 31 (10.69%) Organisational Skills
5 25 (8.62%) Aerospace
5 25 (8.62%) Marketing
6 19 (6.55%) Telecoms
7 17 (5.86%) Influencing Skills
7 17 (5.86%) Legal
8 14 (4.83%) Presentation Skills
9 12 (4.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (4.14%) Local Government
9 12 (4.14%) Retail
10 8 (2.76%) Electronics
10 8 (2.76%) Public Sector
11 7 (2.41%) Advertising
12 6 (2.07%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (1.72%) Manufacturing
14 4 (1.38%) Billing
15 3 (1.03%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 42 (14.48%) Analyst
2 33 (11.38%) Developer
3 27 (9.31%) Senior
4 23 (7.93%) Lead
5 22 (7.59%) Systems Engineer
6 19 (6.55%) IT Support
7 17 (5.86%) Consultant
7 17 (5.86%) Full-Stack Developer
7 17 (5.86%) Support Analyst
8 13 (4.48%) Business Analyst
9 12 (4.14%) Lead Developer
9 12 (4.14%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
9 12 (4.14%) Lead Software Developer
9 12 (4.14%) Procurement Specialist
9 12 (4.14%) Software Developer
10 11 (3.79%) Management Consultant
10 11 (3.79%) Programme Management Office Consultant
10 11 (3.79%) Programme Office Consultant
11 10 (3.45%) Account Manager
11 10 (3.45%) Applications Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (6.21%) .NET
2 16 (5.52%) Vue
3 15 (5.17%) Node.js
4 14 (4.83%) .NET Core
5 10 (3.45%) JSON
6 9 (3.10%) XML
7 5 (1.72%) .NET Framework
7 5 (1.72%) ASP.NET
7 5 (1.72%) Entity Framework
8 4 (1.38%) Blazor
8 4 (1.38%) HTML
8 4 (1.38%) Playwright
9 3 (1.03%) React
10 2 (0.69%) ADO
10 2 (0.69%) AngularJS
10 2 (0.69%) CSS
10 2 (0.69%) REST
10 2 (0.69%) RESTful
10 2 (0.69%) Sass
10 2 (0.69%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (6.90%) Management Information System
1 20 (6.90%) Onboarding
2 14 (4.83%) Driving Licence
3 12 (4.14%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (3.45%) Product Ownership
4 10 (3.45%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 9 (3.10%) Blog
6 8 (2.76%) Data Structures
6 8 (2.76%) Security Posture
7 5 (1.72%) Cloud Native
7 5 (1.72%) Cyber Security Posture
8 4 (1.38%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.38%) NHS
8 4 (1.38%) Replication
8 4 (1.38%) Web Conferencing
9 3 (1.03%) CCTV
9 3 (1.03%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 3 (1.03%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (1.03%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 27 (9.31%) Windows
2 20 (6.90%) Linux
3 13 (4.48%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.34%) Android
4 1 (0.34%) CentOS
4 1 (0.34%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.34%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (38.28%) Problem-Solving
2 86 (29.66%) Continuous Improvement
3 64 (22.07%) Agile
4 47 (16.21%) Decision-Making
5 38 (13.10%) AI
6 36 (12.41%) Project Management
7 33 (11.38%) Service Delivery
8 31 (10.69%) CI/CD
9 30 (10.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 29 (10.00%) Customer Service
10 29 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
11 28 (9.66%) CRM
11 28 (9.66%) Systems Engineering
12 25 (8.62%) Asset Management
12 25 (8.62%) DevOps
13 24 (8.28%) Stakeholder Management
13 24 (8.28%) Technical Leadership
13 24 (8.28%) Validation
14 23 (7.93%) Clean Code
14 23 (7.93%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 31 (10.69%) Python
2 29 (10.00%) C#
3 23 (7.93%) SQL
4 18 (6.21%) PowerShell
4 18 (6.21%) TypeScript
5 16 (5.52%) JavaScript
6 8 (2.76%) T-SQL
7 5 (1.72%) C
7 5 (1.72%) C++
8 4 (1.38%) Embedded C
8 4 (1.38%) Embedded C++
8 4 (1.38%) MATLAB
9 3 (1.03%) ABAP
9 3 (1.03%) Java
10 2 (0.69%) Bash
10 2 (0.69%) Perl
10 2 (0.69%) PHP
11 1 (0.34%) Ada
Qualifications
1 60 (20.69%) Degree
2 34 (11.72%) Security Cleared
3 16 (5.52%) SC Cleared
4 15 (5.17%) BPSS Clearance
5 12 (4.14%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (2.07%) DV Cleared
6 6 (2.07%) PMI Certification
7 5 (1.72%) Chartered Engineer
7 5 (1.72%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (1.38%) CCNA
8 4 (1.38%) CCNP
8 4 (1.38%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (1.38%) DBS Check
8 4 (1.38%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.38%) PMP
9 3 (1.03%) CEH
9 3 (1.03%) CISM
9 3 (1.03%) CISSP
9 3 (1.03%) GIAC
10 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (8.62%) QA
2 23 (7.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (6.90%) Accessibility
4 19 (6.55%) Data Quality
4 19 (6.55%) PMO
5 10 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials
6 9 (3.10%) Good Clinical Practice
7 8 (2.76%) GDPR
7 8 (2.76%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 5 (1.72%) Def Stans
8 5 (1.72%) WCAG
9 3 (1.03%) NIST
System Software
1 21 (7.24%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.76%) Hyper-V
3 5 (1.72%) ClearTrust
4 4 (1.38%) Docker
5 2 (0.69%) Firmware
6 1 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.34%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (4.48%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.41%) Terraform
3 6 (2.07%) Ansible
4 4 (1.38%) Backup Exec
5 2 (0.69%) Dell DRAC
5 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.34%) Grafana
6 1 (0.34%) Kibana
6 1 (0.34%) Nessus
6 1 (0.34%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 84 (28.97%) Microsoft
2 10 (3.45%) Cisco
3 6 (2.07%) Fortinet
3 6 (2.07%) Google
4 5 (1.72%) HubSpot
4 5 (1.72%) Sage
4 5 (1.72%) Salesforce
4 5 (1.72%) VMware
5 4 (1.38%) Ahrefs
5 4 (1.38%) Aruba
5 4 (1.38%) EMC
5 4 (1.38%) Facebook
5 4 (1.38%) Instagram
5 4 (1.38%) Meraki
5 4 (1.38%) Palo Alto
5 4 (1.38%) SAP
5 4 (1.38%) Screaming Frog
5 4 (1.38%) Veeam
6 3 (1.03%) Databricks
6 3 (1.03%) SolarWinds