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 29 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 78 67
Rank change year-on-year +10 -11 +27
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Working 455 295 428
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 2.41% 3.31% 3.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.34% 3.76% 4.16%
Number of salaries quoted 281 93 184
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,008 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £27,500 £38,890
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £40,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -15.79% -13.68%
75th Percentile £65,000 £54,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £71,750 -
England median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -

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 13,603 7,851 10,294
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 72.00% 88.20% 81.42%
Number of salaries quoted 9,672 4,192 5,500
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £31,975
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £49,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.24% -10.91% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,433 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £83,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -2.44%

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 29 September 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 29 September 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 +73 188 £45,000 +6.51% 104
Surrey -14 115 £61,250 +126.52% 62
Berkshire +49 106 £42,500 - 56
Hampshire -8 78 £50,000 +2.20% 57
Buckinghamshire +20 42 £47,500 +13.10% 23
Oxfordshire +4 40 £51,250 -6.61% 26
Kent -35 37 £42,500 +13.33% 16
Middlesex +19 13 - - 4
West Sussex -32 12 £75,000 +87.50% 24
East Sussex -3 7 £40,000 -9.75% 17
Sussex - 1 £59,500 -
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 9 (1.98%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.44%) ArcGIS
2 2 (0.44%) Confluence
2 2 (0.44%) Gentran
2 2 (0.44%) IIS
2 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.44%) Oracle Workflow
2 2 (0.44%) SAS
3 1 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.22%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 50 (10.99%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (6.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.54%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.66%) AutoCAD
4 3 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.44%) Adobe Premiere
5 2 (0.44%) CapCut
6 1 (0.22%) Lightworks
6 1 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.22%) Navisworks
6 1 (0.22%) Revit
6 1 (0.22%) Simulink
6 1 (0.22%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 11 (2.42%) NetSuite
2 6 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.10%) SAP CRM
4 3 (0.66%) Shopify
5 2 (0.44%) SAP BPC
5 2 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.44%) Siebel CRM
5 2 (0.44%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 42 (9.23%) AWS
1 42 (9.23%) Microsoft 365
2 41 (9.01%) Azure
3 40 (8.79%) SaaS
4 25 (5.49%) Power Platform
5 17 (3.74%) Snowflake
6 6 (1.32%) Entra ID
6 6 (1.32%) GCP
6 6 (1.32%) GitHub
7 4 (0.88%) Asana
7 4 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (0.88%) GitHub Actions
7 4 (0.88%) Google Analytics
8 3 (0.66%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 3 (0.66%) AWS CloudFormation
8 3 (0.66%) Google Tag Manager
8 3 (0.66%) Smartsheet
9 2 (0.44%) BrowserStack
9 2 (0.44%) Figma
9 2 (0.44%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.96%) Firewall
2 14 (3.08%) DNS
3 12 (2.64%) VPN
3 12 (2.64%) Wi-Fi
4 9 (1.98%) DHCP
5 7 (1.54%) WAN
6 6 (1.32%) Internet
6 6 (1.32%) LAN
6 6 (1.32%) Network Security
6 6 (1.32%) TCP/IP
6 6 (1.32%) VLAN
7 4 (0.88%) Wireless
8 3 (0.66%) HTTP
9 2 (0.44%) ATM
9 2 (0.44%) SAN
10 1 (0.22%) Cisco IOS
10 1 (0.22%) Ethernet
10 1 (0.22%) LTE
10 1 (0.22%) VoIP
10 1 (0.22%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (5.49%) Power BI
2 19 (4.18%) SQL Server
3 16 (3.52%) Redis
4 6 (1.32%) GIS
4 6 (1.32%) Relational Database
5 4 (0.88%) Metadata
6 3 (0.66%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.66%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.44%) Geospatial Data
7 2 (0.44%) Looker
7 2 (0.44%) SAP BW
7 2 (0.44%) Siebel EIM
7 2 (0.44%) Spatial Data
7 2 (0.44%) Tableau
8 1 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.22%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.22%) Data Vault
8 1 (0.22%) Power Query
8 1 (0.22%) Semantic Layer
8 1 (0.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 24 (5.27%) JIRA
2 19 (4.18%) Git
3 7 (1.54%) GitLab
4 4 (0.88%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.88%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (0.44%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.44%) MSTest
5 2 (0.44%) Selenium
5 2 (0.44%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.22%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio
General
1 259 (56.92%) Social Skills
2 89 (19.56%) Finance
3 88 (19.34%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (16.04%) Organisational Skills
5 56 (12.31%) Aerospace
6 31 (6.81%) Presentation Skills
7 29 (6.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 29 (6.37%) Marketing
8 27 (5.93%) Electronics
9 26 (5.71%) Manufacturing
10 23 (5.05%) Influencing Skills
11 19 (4.18%) Legal
12 17 (3.74%) Local Government
13 16 (3.52%) Public Sector
13 16 (3.52%) Retail
14 8 (1.76%) Avionics
15 7 (1.54%) Telecoms
16 6 (1.32%) Advertising
16 6 (1.32%) Aviation
16 6 (1.32%) Military
Job Titles
1 52 (11.43%) Analyst
2 49 (10.77%) Lead
3 36 (7.91%) Senior
4 33 (7.25%) Developer
5 31 (6.81%) Support Analyst
6 25 (5.49%) Consultant
7 23 (5.05%) IT Support
8 19 (4.18%) Architect
9 18 (3.96%) Coordinator
10 17 (3.74%) Data Scientist
10 17 (3.74%) Full-Stack Developer
10 17 (3.74%) Software Developer
11 16 (3.52%) Lead Developer
11 16 (3.52%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
11 16 (3.52%) Lead Software Developer
12 15 (3.30%) Systems Engineer
13 14 (3.08%) Administrator
14 13 (2.86%) Business Analyst
15 12 (2.64%) Support Engineer
15 12 (2.64%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (4.18%) Node.js
2 17 (3.74%) Vue
3 9 (1.98%) Terraform
4 6 (1.32%) HTML
5 5 (1.10%) .NET
5 5 (1.10%) Playwright
5 5 (1.10%) PySpark
5 5 (1.10%) YAML
6 4 (0.88%) ADO
6 4 (0.88%) JSON
6 4 (0.88%) Lightning Web Components
6 4 (0.88%) React
7 3 (0.66%) AngularJS
7 3 (0.66%) CSS
7 3 (0.66%) Jinja
7 3 (0.66%) ModSecurity
7 3 (0.66%) RESTful
8 2 (0.44%) HTML5
8 2 (0.44%) Jest
8 2 (0.44%) NgRx
Miscellaneous
1 40 (8.79%) Management Information System
2 26 (5.71%) Driving Licence
2 26 (5.71%) Onboarding
3 15 (3.30%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (1.98%) Product Ownership
5 8 (1.76%) Blog
5 8 (1.76%) Security Posture
6 7 (1.54%) Cloud Native
7 6 (1.32%) Algorithms
7 6 (1.32%) Analogue Electronics
7 6 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (1.32%) FPGA
7 6 (1.32%) Social Media
8 5 (1.10%) Cyber Security Posture
8 5 (1.10%) Data Centre
8 5 (1.10%) Private Cloud
8 5 (1.10%) SCADA
9 4 (0.88%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 4 (0.88%) Cyber Threat
9 4 (0.88%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 33 (7.25%) Windows
2 31 (6.81%) Linux
3 8 (1.76%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.88%) Android
5 2 (0.44%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.44%) Unix
6 1 (0.22%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.22%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 172 (37.80%) Problem-Solving
2 159 (34.95%) Continuous Improvement
3 76 (16.70%) Customer Service
4 74 (16.26%) CRM
4 74 (16.26%) Stakeholder Management
5 70 (15.38%) Agile
6 66 (14.51%) Decision-Making
7 53 (11.65%) AI
8 51 (11.21%) Project Management
9 48 (10.55%) Customer Experience
10 45 (9.89%) CI/CD
11 40 (8.79%) Cyber Intelligence
12 39 (8.57%) Service Delivery
13 38 (8.35%) Technical Leadership
14 34 (7.47%) Business Development
14 34 (7.47%) Process Improvement
14 34 (7.47%) Project Delivery
15 33 (7.25%) Cybersecurity
16 32 (7.03%) Mentoring
17 30 (6.59%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 32 (7.03%) SQL
2 31 (6.81%) Python
3 24 (5.27%) JavaScript
4 22 (4.84%) TypeScript
5 15 (3.30%) PowerShell
6 11 (2.42%) C#
7 6 (1.32%) ABAP
8 5 (1.10%) C
8 5 (1.10%) MATLAB
9 4 (0.88%) Bash
9 4 (0.88%) C++
9 4 (0.88%) Embedded C
9 4 (0.88%) Embedded C++
10 3 (0.66%) Java
10 3 (0.66%) Perl
11 2 (0.44%) PHP
11 2 (0.44%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.44%) R
12 1 (0.22%) Ada
12 1 (0.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 97 (21.32%) Degree
2 61 (13.41%) Security Cleared
3 28 (6.15%) SC Cleared
4 16 (3.52%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (2.64%) DBS Check
7 10 (2.20%) PMI Certification
8 9 (1.98%) ACCA
8 9 (1.98%) CIMA
8 9 (1.98%) Master's Degree
9 8 (1.76%) CISM
9 8 (1.76%) CISSP
10 7 (1.54%) CCNP
10 7 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (1.54%) DV Cleared
10 7 (1.54%) HNC
10 7 (1.54%) PMP
11 5 (1.10%) Chartered Engineer
11 5 (1.10%) HND
11 5 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (7.25%) QA
2 22 (4.84%) Accessibility
3 17 (3.74%) PMO
4 15 (3.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (3.08%) Cyber Essentials
6 11 (2.42%) GDPR
7 10 (2.20%) Good Clinical Practice
7 10 (2.20%) NIST
8 9 (1.98%) Data Quality
9 7 (1.54%) SLA
10 5 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 5 (1.10%) Def Stans
10 5 (1.10%) WCAG
11 4 (0.88%) ISO 9001
11 4 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 15288
12 2 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.44%) CDISC
12 2 (0.44%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.44%) RMADS
13 1 (0.22%) GRC
System Software
1 17 (3.74%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.10%) ClearTrust
2 5 (1.10%) Docker
3 4 (0.88%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.44%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 14 (3.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (2.64%) Kubernetes
3 10 (2.20%) Ansible
4 5 (1.10%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 4 (0.88%) Grafana
6 3 (0.66%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.44%) Dell DRAC
8 1 (0.22%) Kibana
Vendors
1 111 (24.40%) Microsoft
2 18 (3.96%) Salesforce
3 15 (3.30%) Sage
3 15 (3.30%) SAP
4 14 (3.08%) Oracle
5 11 (2.42%) Cisco
6 8 (1.76%) Databricks
7 7 (1.54%) Aruba
7 7 (1.54%) EMC
7 7 (1.54%) Fortinet
7 7 (1.54%) HubSpot
8 6 (1.32%) Google
8 6 (1.32%) Instagram
8 6 (1.32%) Thales
9 4 (0.88%) Facebook
9 4 (0.88%) Palo Alto
9 4 (0.88%) Qualys
9 4 (0.88%) Splunk
9 4 (0.88%) VMware
10 3 (0.66%) Juniper