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

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 53 75
Rank change year-on-year -57 +22 +8
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Working 235 340 570
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.62% 4.42% 3.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.25% 4.87% 4.03%
Number of salaries quoted 164 93 361
10th Percentile £29,325 £30,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,000 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,967 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% +13.26% -18.18%
75th Percentile £60,000 £71,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -16.67%

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 10,456 6,980 14,154
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 72.16% 90.70% 83.22%
Number of salaries quoted 7,172 3,240 9,965
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,375 £27,675
25th Percentile £39,000 £36,000 £36,750
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 £82,500 £77,650
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -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 29 May 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 May 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 0 86 £55,000 +6.31% 34
Surrey -53 51 £42,500 -22.37% 8
Hampshire -38 42 £46,000 -16.36% 17
Buckinghamshire -18 36 £55,000 +7.91% 7
Berkshire +1 31 £50,000 -7.46% 19
East Sussex +5 24 £60,000 +35.37% 3
Oxfordshire 0 19 £50,000 -33.33% 9
West Sussex -29 10 £57,983 +78.41% 7
Kent -67 9 £50,000 +33.33% 5
Sussex - 5 £38,000 - 3
Isle of Wight - 4 - -
Middlesex +29 2 £97,500 - 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 16 (6.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (3.40%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.85%) Gentran
4 1 (0.43%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.43%) CMS
4 1 (0.43%) Confluence
4 1 (0.43%) WordPress
Applications
1 12 (5.11%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (4.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.70%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.85%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.43%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.43%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.43%) Lightworks
6 1 (0.43%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (3.40%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.43%) Raiser’s Edge
2 1 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.43%) SAP HR
2 1 (0.43%) SAP IS-U
2 1 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 42 (17.87%) Azure
2 32 (13.62%) Microsoft 365
3 23 (9.79%) AWS
4 17 (7.23%) SaaS
5 16 (6.81%) Power Platform
6 12 (5.11%) Entra ID
7 7 (2.98%) GCP
8 6 (2.55%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (2.13%) Amazon EKS
9 5 (2.13%) AWS CloudFormation
9 5 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (2.13%) Figma
9 5 (2.13%) Google Analytics
9 5 (2.13%) OpenShift
10 4 (1.70%) Azure AKS
10 4 (1.70%) Google Tag Manager
10 4 (1.70%) Snowflake
11 3 (1.28%) OneDrive
12 2 (0.85%) BrowserStack
12 2 (0.85%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.11%) DNS
2 11 (4.68%) Firewall
3 8 (3.40%) DHCP
3 8 (3.40%) VLAN
3 8 (3.40%) VPN
4 7 (2.98%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (2.13%) TCP/IP
6 4 (1.70%) BGP
6 4 (1.70%) IPsec
6 4 (1.70%) Wireless
7 3 (1.28%) VoIP
8 1 (0.43%) Broadband
8 1 (0.43%) HTTP
8 1 (0.43%) Internet
8 1 (0.43%) LAN
8 1 (0.43%) MQTT
8 1 (0.43%) Network Security
8 1 (0.43%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (7.66%) SQL Server
2 16 (6.81%) Power BI
3 10 (4.26%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (3.40%) MySQL
4 8 (3.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (1.70%) GIS
5 4 (1.70%) Metadata
5 4 (1.70%) Redis
6 3 (1.28%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.43%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.43%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.43%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (0.43%) PowerPivot
7 1 (0.43%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (4.68%) GitLab
2 9 (3.83%) JIRA
3 5 (2.13%) Git
4 4 (1.70%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.85%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.85%) MSTest
5 2 (0.85%) Selenium
5 2 (0.85%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 111 (47.23%) Social Skills
2 49 (20.85%) Analytical Skills
3 44 (18.72%) Finance
4 25 (10.64%) Organisational Skills
5 23 (9.79%) Marketing
6 17 (7.23%) Aerospace
6 17 (7.23%) Telecoms
7 12 (5.11%) Retail
8 10 (4.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (4.26%) Legal
9 9 (3.83%) Influencing Skills
10 8 (3.40%) Public Sector
11 6 (2.55%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (2.55%) Electronics
11 6 (2.55%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (2.13%) Billing
13 4 (1.70%) Automotive
14 3 (1.28%) Local Government
14 3 (1.28%) Manufacturing
14 3 (1.28%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 30 (12.77%) Developer
2 28 (11.91%) Analyst
3 24 (10.21%) Systems Engineer
4 18 (7.66%) Senior
5 15 (6.38%) Applications Developer
5 15 (6.38%) IT Support
5 15 (6.38%) Procurement Specialist
6 10 (4.26%) Account Manager
6 10 (4.26%) Lead
7 9 (3.83%) Architect
7 9 (3.83%) Consultant
7 9 (3.83%) Data Analyst
7 9 (3.83%) Full-Stack Developer
8 8 (3.40%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
8 8 (3.40%) Client Account Manager
8 8 (3.40%) DevOps Engineer
8 8 (3.40%) SQL Analyst
8 8 (3.40%) SQL Data Analyst
8 8 (3.40%) SSRS Analyst
8 8 (3.40%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (10.21%) .NET
2 19 (8.09%) .NET Core
3 10 (4.26%) JSON
4 9 (3.83%) XML
5 8 (3.40%) Vue
6 7 (2.98%) Node.js
7 5 (2.13%) .NET Framework
7 5 (2.13%) ASP.NET
7 5 (2.13%) Entity Framework
8 4 (1.70%) Blazor
8 4 (1.70%) Playwright
9 3 (1.28%) HTML
10 2 (0.85%) ADO
10 2 (0.85%) AngularJS
10 2 (0.85%) EDI
10 2 (0.85%) React
10 2 (0.85%) REST
10 2 (0.85%) RESTful
10 2 (0.85%) Sass
10 2 (0.85%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (8.51%) Onboarding
2 15 (6.38%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 9 (3.83%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (3.40%) Data Structures
4 8 (3.40%) Product Ownership
5 7 (2.98%) Management Information System
6 6 (2.55%) Cloud Native
7 5 (2.13%) Cyber Security Posture
7 5 (2.13%) Driving Licence
8 4 (1.70%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.70%) Blog
8 4 (1.70%) Cyber Defence
8 4 (1.70%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.70%) NHS
8 4 (1.70%) Replication
8 4 (1.70%) Security Posture
8 4 (1.70%) Web Conferencing
9 3 (1.28%) CCTV
9 3 (1.28%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (1.28%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 17 (7.23%) Windows
2 14 (5.96%) Linux
3 11 (4.68%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.43%) Android
4 1 (0.43%) CentOS
4 1 (0.43%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.43%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (28.09%) Continuous Improvement
2 65 (27.66%) Problem-Solving
3 63 (26.81%) Agile
4 29 (12.34%) Validation
5 28 (11.91%) DevOps
5 28 (11.91%) Systems Engineering
6 27 (11.49%) AI
6 27 (11.49%) Service Delivery
7 26 (11.06%) Decision-Making
8 22 (9.36%) CRM
8 22 (9.36%) Cybersecurity
8 22 (9.36%) Risk Management
9 21 (8.94%) CI/CD
9 21 (8.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 20 (8.51%) Clean Code
10 20 (8.51%) Collaborative Culture
10 20 (8.51%) SOLID
11 18 (7.66%) Business Intelligence
11 18 (7.66%) Project Management
11 18 (7.66%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 34 (14.47%) C#
2 26 (11.06%) Python
3 20 (8.51%) SQL
4 12 (5.11%) PowerShell
5 9 (3.83%) TypeScript
6 8 (3.40%) T-SQL
7 7 (2.98%) JavaScript
8 5 (2.13%) C++
9 4 (1.70%) C
9 4 (1.70%) Embedded C
9 4 (1.70%) Embedded C++
9 4 (1.70%) MATLAB
10 2 (0.85%) Bash
10 2 (0.85%) Java
10 2 (0.85%) Perl
10 2 (0.85%) PHP
11 1 (0.43%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 40 (17.02%) Degree
2 32 (13.62%) Security Cleared
3 15 (6.38%) SC Cleared
4 14 (5.96%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (2.55%) DV Cleared
6 5 (2.13%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (1.70%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.70%) PMI Certification
8 3 (1.28%) Chartered Engineer
8 3 (1.28%) DBS Check
8 3 (1.28%) PMP
9 2 (0.85%) CISM
9 2 (0.85%) CISSP
9 2 (0.85%) HNC
9 2 (0.85%) HND
10 1 (0.43%) CCNA
10 1 (0.43%) CCNP
10 1 (0.43%) CEH
10 1 (0.43%) CISA
10 1 (0.43%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (9.79%) Data Quality
2 21 (8.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (6.81%) Accessibility
4 12 (5.11%) QA
5 10 (4.26%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 10 (4.26%) PMO
6 9 (3.83%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (2.13%) Def Stans
7 5 (2.13%) GDPR
7 5 (2.13%) WCAG
8 4 (1.70%) Good Clinical Practice
9 2 (0.85%) NIST
System Software
1 18 (7.66%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.13%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.28%) Docker
4 2 (0.85%) ClearTrust
5 1 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.43%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (5.53%) Kubernetes
2 8 (3.40%) Terraform
3 7 (2.98%) Ansible
4 4 (1.70%) Backup Exec
5 3 (1.28%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.43%) Grafana
6 1 (0.43%) Kibana
6 1 (0.43%) Nessus
6 1 (0.43%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 69 (29.36%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.83%) Salesforce
3 6 (2.55%) Google
4 5 (2.13%) Cisco
4 5 (2.13%) MuleSoft
5 4 (1.70%) Ahrefs
5 4 (1.70%) EMC
5 4 (1.70%) Facebook
5 4 (1.70%) HubSpot
5 4 (1.70%) Instagram
5 4 (1.70%) Meraki
5 4 (1.70%) Screaming Frog
5 4 (1.70%) Veeam
6 3 (1.28%) Apple
6 3 (1.28%) Databricks
6 3 (1.28%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.28%) VMware
7 2 (0.85%) Adobe
7 2 (0.85%) IBM
7 2 (0.85%) SAP