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

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 65 63
Rank change year-on-year -25 -2 +50
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Working 318 328 472
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.90% 3.77% 3.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.66% 4.28% 4.18%
Number of salaries quoted 232 81 269
10th Percentile £28,275 £27,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,375 £31,250 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £46,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.52% +2.22% -18.18%
75th Percentile £61,063 £58,000 £60,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £75,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £51,356 £52,500 £52,172
% change year-on-year -2.18% +0.63% -12.36%

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 11,962 7,655 11,294
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 71.55% 88.09% 80.86%
Number of salaries quoted 8,524 4,121 7,399
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,733 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £51,852
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -3.57% -5.72%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £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 5 August 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 5 August 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 +57 137 £47,500 +5.56% 65
Berkshire +38 70 £41,250 -8.33% 30
Surrey -38 66 £46,500 +40.91% 51
Hampshire -29 50 £60,000 +22.64% 29
Buckinghamshire +7 36 £53,750 +39.61% 19
Oxfordshire +9 31 £48,750 -37.10% 16
Kent -46 26 £43,750 +16.67% 15
East Sussex -6 14 £52,000 +17.32% 12
West Sussex -37 12 £59,500 +48.75% 9
Middlesex +38 8 £97,500 - 4
Isle of Wight - 4 - -
Sussex - 1 £59,500 - 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 6 (1.89%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.63%) ArcGIS
3 2 (0.63%) Gentran
4 1 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.31%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.31%) Confluence
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 24 (7.55%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (4.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.26%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.63%) Adobe Premiere
4 2 (0.63%) CapCut
5 1 (0.31%) Lightworks
5 1 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.31%) Navisworks
5 1 (0.31%) Revit
5 1 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (2.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.89%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.63%) SAP BPC
3 2 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.63%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.31%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.31%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.31%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 42 (13.21%) Azure
2 37 (11.64%) AWS
2 37 (11.64%) SaaS
3 34 (10.69%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (6.29%) Power Platform
5 15 (4.72%) Snowflake
6 6 (1.89%) GCP
7 5 (1.57%) Google Analytics
8 4 (1.26%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (1.26%) Entra ID
8 4 (1.26%) Google Tag Manager
9 3 (0.94%) AWS CloudFormation
9 3 (0.94%) GitHub
9 3 (0.94%) OpenShift
10 2 (0.63%) Amazon EKS
10 2 (0.63%) Azure AKS
10 2 (0.63%) BrowserStack
10 2 (0.63%) Figma
11 1 (0.31%) OCI
11 1 (0.31%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 14 (4.40%) Firewall
2 9 (2.83%) Wi-Fi
3 8 (2.52%) DNS
3 8 (2.52%) VPN
4 7 (2.20%) VLAN
5 6 (1.89%) Internet
5 6 (1.89%) Network Security
5 6 (1.89%) TCP/IP
5 6 (1.89%) WAN
6 5 (1.57%) DHCP
7 4 (1.26%) LAN
7 4 (1.26%) Wireless
8 2 (0.63%) SAN
9 1 (0.31%) ATM
9 1 (0.31%) BGP
9 1 (0.31%) Broadband
9 1 (0.31%) HTTP
9 1 (0.31%) IPsec
9 1 (0.31%) LTE
9 1 (0.31%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (7.55%) SQL Server
2 20 (6.29%) Power BI
3 14 (4.40%) Redis
4 6 (1.89%) GIS
4 6 (1.89%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (1.57%) Metadata
6 4 (1.26%) MySQL
6 4 (1.26%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.63%) Geospatial Data
8 2 (0.63%) SAP BW
8 2 (0.63%) Spatial Data
9 1 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.31%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.31%) Looker
9 1 (0.31%) PowerPivot
9 1 (0.31%) Semantic Layer
9 1 (0.31%) Siebel EIM
9 1 (0.31%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 13 (4.09%) JIRA
2 12 (3.77%) Git
3 7 (2.20%) GitLab
4 4 (1.26%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.63%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.63%) MSTest
5 2 (0.63%) Selenium
5 2 (0.63%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.31%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.31%) Visual Studio
General
1 178 (55.97%) Social Skills
2 69 (21.70%) Analytical Skills
3 66 (20.75%) Finance
4 40 (12.58%) Organisational Skills
5 31 (9.75%) Aerospace
6 23 (7.23%) Marketing
6 23 (7.23%) Presentation Skills
7 20 (6.29%) Legal
8 18 (5.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 17 (5.35%) Influencing Skills
10 13 (4.09%) Local Government
11 12 (3.77%) Retail
12 11 (3.46%) Telecoms
13 10 (3.14%) Electronics
13 10 (3.14%) Public Sector
14 7 (2.20%) Advertising
14 7 (2.20%) Manufacturing
15 6 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
16 3 (0.94%) Aviation
16 3 (0.94%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 42 (13.21%) Analyst
2 33 (10.38%) Developer
3 32 (10.06%) Lead
4 29 (9.12%) Senior
5 21 (6.60%) Support Analyst
5 21 (6.60%) Systems Engineer
6 19 (5.97%) Consultant
6 19 (5.97%) Full-Stack Developer
6 19 (5.97%) IT Support
7 14 (4.40%) Lead Developer
7 14 (4.40%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
7 14 (4.40%) Lead Software Developer
7 14 (4.40%) Software Developer
8 12 (3.77%) Business Analyst
8 12 (3.77%) Coordinator
9 11 (3.46%) Management Consultant
9 11 (3.46%) Programme Management Office Consultant
9 11 (3.46%) Programme Office Consultant
10 10 (3.14%) Auditor
10 10 (3.14%) Procurement Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (5.97%) Vue
2 17 (5.35%) Node.js
3 14 (4.40%) .NET
4 10 (3.14%) .NET Core
5 8 (2.52%) JSON
6 5 (1.57%) .NET Framework
6 5 (1.57%) ASP.NET
6 5 (1.57%) Entity Framework
6 5 (1.57%) YAML
7 4 (1.26%) Blazor
7 4 (1.26%) HTML
7 4 (1.26%) Lightning Web Components
7 4 (1.26%) Playwright
7 4 (1.26%) React
7 4 (1.26%) XML
8 3 (0.94%) Jinja
8 3 (0.94%) RESTful
9 2 (0.63%) AngularJS
9 2 (0.63%) REST
9 2 (0.63%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 30 (9.43%) Management Information System
2 21 (6.60%) Onboarding
3 17 (5.35%) Driving Licence
4 12 (3.77%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (3.14%) Product Ownership
6 9 (2.83%) Blog
6 9 (2.83%) Security Posture
7 6 (1.89%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 5 (1.57%) Cyber Security Posture
9 4 (1.26%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.26%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.26%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 4 (1.26%) Cyber Threat
9 4 (1.26%) NHS
10 3 (0.94%) CCTV
10 3 (0.94%) Cyber Defence
10 3 (0.94%) Data Structures
10 3 (0.94%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (0.94%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (0.94%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 26 (8.18%) Windows
2 25 (7.86%) Linux
3 9 (2.83%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.31%) Android
4 1 (0.31%) CentOS
4 1 (0.31%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.31%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.31%) Unix
4 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (37.42%) Problem-Solving
2 110 (34.59%) Continuous Improvement
3 66 (20.75%) Agile
4 53 (16.67%) Decision-Making
5 46 (14.47%) Customer Service
6 45 (14.15%) CRM
7 41 (12.89%) Stakeholder Management
8 38 (11.95%) AI
9 37 (11.64%) Project Management
10 32 (10.06%) CI/CD
10 32 (10.06%) Cybersecurity
11 29 (9.12%) Business Development
11 29 (9.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 28 (8.81%) Systems Engineering
12 28 (8.81%) Technical Leadership
13 26 (8.18%) Service Delivery
14 25 (7.86%) Customer Experience
15 24 (7.55%) Analytics
15 24 (7.55%) Service Management
15 24 (7.55%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 30 (9.43%) Python
2 25 (7.86%) SQL
3 23 (7.23%) C#
4 19 (5.97%) JavaScript
4 19 (5.97%) TypeScript
5 16 (5.03%) PowerShell
6 5 (1.57%) ABAP
6 5 (1.57%) C
7 4 (1.26%) C++
7 4 (1.26%) Embedded C
7 4 (1.26%) Embedded C++
7 4 (1.26%) MATLAB
8 3 (0.94%) Bash
8 3 (0.94%) Java
8 3 (0.94%) Perl
8 3 (0.94%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.63%) PHP
10 1 (0.31%) Ada
10 1 (0.31%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 64 (20.13%) Degree
2 39 (12.26%) Security Cleared
3 19 (5.97%) SC Cleared
4 15 (4.72%) BPSS Clearance
5 14 (4.40%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (2.20%) CCNP
6 7 (2.20%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (2.20%) PMI Certification
7 6 (1.89%) DV Cleared
8 5 (1.57%) ACCA
8 5 (1.57%) Chartered Engineer
8 5 (1.57%) CIMA
8 5 (1.57%) CISM
8 5 (1.57%) CISSP
8 5 (1.57%) DBS Check
8 5 (1.57%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (1.26%) CEH
9 4 (1.26%) GIAC
9 4 (1.26%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.26%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (7.86%) QA
2 22 (6.92%) Accessibility
3 18 (5.66%) PMO
4 16 (5.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 12 (3.77%) Data Quality
6 11 (3.46%) Cyber Essentials
7 10 (3.14%) Good Clinical Practice
8 7 (2.20%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 6 (1.89%) GDPR
10 5 (1.57%) NIST
10 5 (1.57%) SLA
10 5 (1.57%) WCAG
11 4 (1.26%) Def Stans
12 2 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.31%) ECSS
13 1 (0.31%) GAAP
13 1 (0.31%) ISO 13485
13 1 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 14 (4.40%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.57%) ClearTrust
2 5 (1.57%) Docker
2 5 (1.57%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.63%) Firmware
4 1 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.31%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (4.09%) Kubernetes
2 8 (2.52%) Ansible
3 7 (2.20%) Terraform
4 3 (0.94%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.63%) Dell DRAC
6 1 (0.31%) Backup Exec
6 1 (0.31%) Grafana
6 1 (0.31%) Kibana
6 1 (0.31%) Nessus
6 1 (0.31%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 85 (26.73%) Microsoft
2 12 (3.77%) Salesforce
3 11 (3.46%) Cisco
4 8 (2.52%) SAP
5 7 (2.20%) HubSpot
5 7 (2.20%) Sage
6 6 (1.89%) Fortinet
6 6 (1.89%) Google
6 6 (1.89%) Instagram
7 5 (1.57%) VMware
8 4 (1.26%) Ahrefs
8 4 (1.26%) Aruba
8 4 (1.26%) Databricks
8 4 (1.26%) EMC
8 4 (1.26%) Facebook
8 4 (1.26%) Oracle
8 4 (1.26%) Palo Alto
8 4 (1.26%) Qualys
8 4 (1.26%) Screaming Frog
8 4 (1.26%) Splunk