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

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 92 63 77
Rank change year-on-year -29 +14 +26
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Working 279 304 564
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.85% 3.81% 3.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.58% 4.22% 3.85%
Number of salaries quoted 211 70 376
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £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 £60,000 £66,563 £61,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -16.00%

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 10,826 7,196 14,652
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 71.81% 90.11% 81.64%
Number of salaries quoted 7,691 3,564 10,182
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £27,750
25th Percentile £39,876 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.91% +1.00% -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 27 June 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 27 June 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 +55 111 £48,000 -12.73% 33
Surrey -32 64 £41,585 -24.05% 23
Berkshire +23 50 £45,000 -14.29% 15
Hampshire -27 43 £60,000 +21.21% 23
Buckinghamshire +16 33 £55,000 -9.09% 14
Oxfordshire +13 28 £45,000 -41.94% 4
East Sussex +7 21 £60,000 +35.37% 2
Kent -57 15 £50,125 +33.67% 5
West Sussex -30 14 £57,983 +78.41% 4
Sussex - 5 £38,000 - 2
Isle of Wight - 4 - -
Middlesex +33 1 £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 (5.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (2.51%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.72%) Gentran
4 1 (0.36%) CMS
4 1 (0.36%) Confluence
4 1 (0.36%) WordPress
Applications
1 20 (7.17%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (4.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.43%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.36%) Lightworks
5 1 (0.36%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (2.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.43%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.72%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.36%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.36%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.36%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.36%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 52 (18.64%) Azure
2 38 (13.62%) Microsoft 365
3 33 (11.83%) AWS
4 27 (9.68%) SaaS
5 20 (7.17%) Power Platform
6 12 (4.30%) Entra ID
7 10 (3.58%) Snowflake
8 7 (2.51%) GCP
9 5 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (1.79%) Google Analytics
10 4 (1.43%) Amazon EKS
10 4 (1.43%) AWS CloudFormation
10 4 (1.43%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (1.43%) Figma
10 4 (1.43%) Google Tag Manager
10 4 (1.43%) OpenShift
11 3 (1.08%) Azure AKS
11 3 (1.08%) GitHub
12 2 (0.72%) BrowserStack
12 2 (0.72%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 15 (5.38%) Firewall
2 13 (4.66%) DNS
3 12 (4.30%) VLAN
3 12 (4.30%) VPN
4 11 (3.94%) Wi-Fi
5 10 (3.58%) DHCP
6 7 (2.51%) TCP/IP
7 6 (2.15%) Internet
7 6 (2.15%) Network Security
7 6 (2.15%) WAN
8 4 (1.43%) BGP
8 4 (1.43%) IPsec
8 4 (1.43%) LAN
8 4 (1.43%) Wireless
9 2 (0.72%) SAN
9 2 (0.72%) VoIP
10 1 (0.36%) Broadband
10 1 (0.36%) HTTP
10 1 (0.36%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (8.60%) SQL Server
2 20 (7.17%) Power BI
3 11 (3.94%) PostgreSQL
4 10 (3.58%) Redis
5 9 (3.23%) MySQL
6 8 (2.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (1.79%) Metadata
8 4 (1.43%) GIS
8 4 (1.43%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.36%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.36%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.36%) PowerPivot
9 1 (0.36%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 10 (3.58%) JIRA
2 9 (3.23%) GitLab
3 5 (1.79%) Git
4 4 (1.43%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.72%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.72%) MSTest
5 2 (0.72%) Selenium
5 2 (0.72%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 149 (53.41%) Social Skills
2 60 (21.51%) Analytical Skills
3 59 (21.15%) Finance
4 30 (10.75%) Organisational Skills
5 24 (8.60%) Marketing
6 21 (7.53%) Aerospace
7 19 (6.81%) Telecoms
8 17 (6.09%) Influencing Skills
9 15 (5.38%) Legal
10 13 (4.66%) Presentation Skills
11 12 (4.30%) Local Government
11 12 (4.30%) Retail
12 10 (3.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 8 (2.87%) Electronics
13 8 (2.87%) Public Sector
14 6 (2.15%) Documentation Skills
15 5 (1.79%) Advertising
15 5 (1.79%) Manufacturing
16 4 (1.43%) Billing
17 3 (1.08%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 41 (14.70%) Analyst
2 32 (11.47%) Developer
3 27 (9.68%) Senior
4 22 (7.89%) Systems Engineer
5 20 (7.17%) Lead
6 19 (6.81%) IT Support
7 17 (6.09%) Consultant
8 15 (5.38%) Full-Stack Developer
9 14 (5.02%) Support Analyst
10 12 (4.30%) Procurement Specialist
11 11 (3.94%) Applications Developer
11 11 (3.94%) Business Analyst
11 11 (3.94%) Management Consultant
11 11 (3.94%) Programme Management Office Consultant
11 11 (3.94%) Programme Office Consultant
12 10 (3.58%) Account Manager
12 10 (3.58%) Lead Developer
12 10 (3.58%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
12 10 (3.58%) Lead Software Developer
12 10 (3.58%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (6.81%) .NET
2 15 (5.38%) .NET Core
3 14 (5.02%) Vue
4 13 (4.66%) Node.js
5 10 (3.58%) JSON
6 9 (3.23%) XML
7 5 (1.79%) .NET Framework
7 5 (1.79%) ASP.NET
7 5 (1.79%) Entity Framework
8 4 (1.43%) Blazor
8 4 (1.43%) HTML
8 4 (1.43%) Playwright
9 3 (1.08%) React
10 2 (0.72%) ADO
10 2 (0.72%) AngularJS
10 2 (0.72%) CSS
10 2 (0.72%) REST
10 2 (0.72%) RESTful
10 2 (0.72%) Sass
10 2 (0.72%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (7.17%) Onboarding
2 18 (6.45%) Management Information System
3 13 (4.66%) Driving Licence
4 12 (4.30%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (3.94%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 10 (3.58%) Product Ownership
7 8 (2.87%) Data Structures
8 7 (2.51%) Blog
8 7 (2.51%) Security Posture
9 5 (1.79%) Cloud Native
9 5 (1.79%) Cyber Security Posture
10 4 (1.43%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (1.43%) NHS
10 4 (1.43%) Replication
10 4 (1.43%) Web Conferencing
11 3 (1.08%) CCTV
11 3 (1.08%) Cyber Defence
11 3 (1.08%) Distributed Systems
12 2 (0.72%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 24 (8.60%) Windows
2 17 (6.09%) Linux
3 12 (4.30%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.36%) Android
4 1 (0.36%) CentOS
4 1 (0.36%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.36%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (37.63%) Problem-Solving
2 81 (29.03%) Continuous Improvement
3 60 (21.51%) Agile
4 43 (15.41%) Decision-Making
5 34 (12.19%) AI
6 33 (11.83%) Service Delivery
7 32 (11.47%) Project Management
8 30 (10.75%) CRM
9 29 (10.39%) Cybersecurity
10 28 (10.04%) Customer Service
10 28 (10.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 27 (9.68%) Systems Engineering
12 26 (9.32%) CI/CD
12 26 (9.32%) Validation
13 25 (8.96%) Asset Management
13 25 (8.96%) DevOps
14 22 (7.89%) Clean Code
14 22 (7.89%) SOLID
14 22 (7.89%) Technical Leadership
15 21 (7.53%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 30 (10.75%) C#
2 26 (9.32%) Python
3 23 (8.24%) SQL
4 17 (6.09%) PowerShell
5 16 (5.73%) TypeScript
6 14 (5.02%) JavaScript
7 8 (2.87%) T-SQL
8 5 (1.79%) C++
9 4 (1.43%) C
9 4 (1.43%) Embedded C
9 4 (1.43%) Embedded C++
9 4 (1.43%) MATLAB
10 3 (1.08%) ABAP
10 3 (1.08%) Java
11 2 (0.72%) Bash
11 2 (0.72%) Perl
11 2 (0.72%) PHP
Qualifications
1 55 (19.71%) Degree
2 31 (11.11%) Security Cleared
3 15 (5.38%) BPSS Clearance
3 15 (5.38%) SC Cleared
4 10 (3.58%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.15%) DV Cleared
6 5 (1.79%) Chartered Engineer
6 5 (1.79%) ITIL Certification
6 5 (1.79%) PMI Certification
7 4 (1.43%) CCNA
7 4 (1.43%) CCNP
7 4 (1.43%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.43%) DBS Check
7 4 (1.43%) PMP
8 2 (0.72%) CISM
8 2 (0.72%) CISSP
8 2 (0.72%) GIAC
8 2 (0.72%) HNC
8 2 (0.72%) HND
8 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (8.60%) QA
2 22 (7.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (7.53%) Data Quality
4 19 (6.81%) Accessibility
4 19 (6.81%) PMO
5 9 (3.23%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (2.87%) GDPR
6 8 (2.87%) Good Clinical Practice
6 8 (2.87%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 5 (1.79%) Def Stans
7 5 (1.79%) WCAG
8 2 (0.72%) NIST
System Software
1 21 (7.53%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.87%) Hyper-V
3 5 (1.79%) ClearTrust
4 4 (1.43%) Docker
5 2 (0.72%) Firmware
6 1 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.36%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (4.30%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.51%) Terraform
3 6 (2.15%) Ansible
4 4 (1.43%) Backup Exec
5 2 (0.72%) Dell DRAC
5 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.36%) Grafana
6 1 (0.36%) Kibana
6 1 (0.36%) Nessus
6 1 (0.36%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 83 (29.75%) Microsoft
2 10 (3.58%) Cisco
3 7 (2.51%) Salesforce
4 6 (2.15%) Fortinet
4 6 (2.15%) Google
5 5 (1.79%) HubSpot
5 5 (1.79%) Sage
5 5 (1.79%) VMware
6 4 (1.43%) Ahrefs
6 4 (1.43%) Aruba
6 4 (1.43%) EMC
6 4 (1.43%) Facebook
6 4 (1.43%) Instagram
6 4 (1.43%) Meraki
6 4 (1.43%) Palo Alto
6 4 (1.43%) SAP
6 4 (1.43%) Screaming Frog
6 4 (1.43%) Veeam
7 3 (1.08%) Databricks
7 3 (1.08%) MuleSoft