Collaborative Culture Job Trends in the South West

Culture of Collaboration
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Collaborative Culture skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 119 207
Rank change year-on-year +51 +88 -31
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Culture 154 38 75
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.17% 1.44% 0.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.12% 1.61% 1.04%
Number of salaries quoted 105 36 56
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,375 £33,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £49,749 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year +40.71% -11.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £85,000 £63,813 £70,000
90th Percentile - £93,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £60,100 £62,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -3.84% -7.41% -2.88%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South West

Collaborative Culture 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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,937 2,353 7,208
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 69.59% 89.43% 84.53%
Number of salaries quoted 3,317 1,524 5,500
10th Percentile £29,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,375 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £54,660 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.95% +7.18% -2.86%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,568 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -12.00%

Collaborative Culture
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Collaborative Culture relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Collaborative Culture job vacancy trend in the South West

Collaborative Culture
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Collaborative Culture.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Collaborative Culture

Collaborative Culture
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Collaborative Culture in the South West over the 6 months to 11 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Collaborative Culture in the South West

Collaborative Culture
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Collaborative Culture within the South West region over the 6 months to 11 April 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
Bristol +39 70 £78,750 +58.30% 22
Gloucestershire +8 39 £40,000 -42.03% 5
Devon -1 16 £62,500 - 3
Wiltshire -6 15 £55,000 +37.50% 2
Cornwall - 5 £43,750 - 2
Dorset -21 4 £50,500 -19.20% 4
Somerset -27 1 £35,000 -22.22% 10
Collaborative Culture
England

Collaborative Culture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 5 (3.25%) Apache
2 3 (1.95%) IIS
3 1 (0.65%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.65%) Oracle Application Server
3 1 (0.65%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (3.25%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.65%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (2.60%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 25 (16.23%) AWS
2 16 (10.39%) Azure
3 7 (4.55%) OpenShift
4 6 (3.90%) GCP
5 4 (2.60%) Figma
6 2 (1.30%) Amazon EKS
6 2 (1.30%) AWS CloudFormation
6 2 (1.30%) AWS Lambda
6 2 (1.30%) Azure Pipelines
6 2 (1.30%) Serverless
7 1 (0.65%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (0.65%) Amazon S3
7 1 (0.65%) Azure AKS
7 1 (0.65%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.65%) Canva
7 1 (0.65%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.65%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 1 (0.65%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.65%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.65%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.90%) Firewall
2 4 (2.60%) Broadband
2 4 (2.60%) LAN
2 4 (2.60%) VPN
2 4 (2.60%) WAN
3 3 (1.95%) DHCP
3 3 (1.95%) DNS
3 3 (1.95%) NAS
3 3 (1.95%) Network Security
3 3 (1.95%) SAN
4 2 (1.30%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.65%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.25%) Elasticsearch
1 5 (3.25%) InfluxDB
2 3 (1.95%) Big Data
2 3 (1.95%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.30%) MongoDB
3 2 (1.30%) MySQL
3 2 (1.30%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.65%) Cloudera CDH
4 1 (0.65%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.65%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.65%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.65%) Oracle BI EE
4 1 (0.65%) Oracle ODI
4 1 (0.65%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.65%) Power BI
4 1 (0.65%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.65%) Snowflake Schema
4 1 (0.65%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.65%) Star Schema
4 1 (0.65%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 13 (8.44%) GitLab
2 10 (6.49%) Jenkins
3 8 (5.19%) Git
4 5 (3.25%) Robot Framework
4 5 (3.25%) TestRail
5 4 (2.60%) Cucumber
5 4 (2.60%) SonarQube
6 3 (1.95%) Cypress.io
6 3 (1.95%) Selenium
7 2 (1.30%) REST Assured
7 2 (1.30%) Subversion
8 1 (0.65%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.65%) MSTest
8 1 (0.65%) NUnit
8 1 (0.65%) Oracle APEX
General
1 41 (26.62%) Finance
2 38 (24.68%) Social Skills
3 25 (16.23%) Marketing
4 21 (13.64%) Manufacturing
4 21 (13.64%) Public Sector
5 19 (12.34%) Electronics
5 19 (12.34%) Telecoms
6 15 (9.74%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (3.25%) Aerospace
7 5 (3.25%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (3.25%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (3.25%) Retail
8 4 (2.60%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (2.60%) Legal
9 3 (1.95%) Brand Awareness
10 2 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.30%) Law
11 1 (0.65%) Advertising
11 1 (0.65%) Banking
11 1 (0.65%) Military
Job Titles
1 29 (18.83%) Technical Director
2 19 (12.34%) Consultant
3 16 (10.39%) Lead
4 15 (9.74%) Security Consultant
5 14 (9.09%) Architect
6 12 (7.79%) Senior
7 10 (6.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 8 (5.19%) Software Engineer
8 8 (5.19%) Software Manager
9 7 (4.55%) Developer
10 6 (3.90%) Analyst
10 6 (3.90%) Sales Manager
10 6 (3.90%) Test Engineer
11 5 (3.25%) Business Analyst
11 5 (3.25%) Business Manager
11 5 (3.25%) Engineering Manager
11 5 (3.25%) Security Architect
11 5 (3.25%) Software Engineering Manager
11 5 (3.25%) Solutions Architect
11 5 (3.25%) Test Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (9.74%) SAP CAF
2 13 (8.44%) React
3 10 (6.49%) Elastic Stack
4 9 (5.84%) .NET
5 8 (5.19%) .NET Core
6 6 (3.90%) Apache NiFi
7 5 (3.25%) Playwright
8 4 (2.60%) Middleware
8 4 (2.60%) RESTful
8 4 (2.60%) Vue
8 4 (2.60%) ZeroMQ
9 3 (1.95%) CSS
9 3 (1.95%) HTML
9 3 (1.95%) Keycloak
9 3 (1.95%) pytest
9 3 (1.95%) Spring
9 3 (1.95%) Spring Boot
10 2 (1.30%) ASP.NET
10 2 (1.30%) REST
10 2 (1.30%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 14 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
2 9 (5.84%) Product Ownership
3 5 (3.25%) PKI
4 4 (2.60%) Cloud Native
4 4 (2.60%) Mobile App
4 4 (2.60%) Web Conferencing
5 3 (1.95%) Social Media
6 2 (1.30%) Blog
6 2 (1.30%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (1.30%) Replication
7 1 (0.65%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.65%) Distributed Applications
7 1 (0.65%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.65%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.65%) IoT
7 1 (0.65%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.65%) PropTech
7 1 (0.65%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.65%) Self-Driving Car
7 1 (0.65%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 15 (9.74%) Linux
2 14 (9.09%) Windows
3 8 (5.19%) Windows Server
4 6 (3.90%) CentOS
5 1 (0.65%) Debian
5 1 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.65%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.65%) Unix
5 1 (0.65%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.65%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (24.03%) Agile
2 36 (23.38%) Continuous Improvement
3 34 (22.08%) Software Engineering
4 33 (21.43%) Project Delivery
5 30 (19.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 28 (18.18%) CI/CD
7 25 (16.23%) Problem-Solving
8 24 (15.58%) Cybersecurity
8 24 (15.58%) DevOps
9 22 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
10 20 (12.99%) Digital Marketing
10 20 (12.99%) Programme Management
11 18 (11.69%) Coaching
12 17 (11.04%) Containerisation
13 16 (10.39%) Risk Management
14 15 (9.74%) ISMS
15 14 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 13 (8.44%) Scaled Agile Framework
17 12 (7.79%) Full-Stack Development
17 12 (7.79%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 19 (12.34%) Python
2 16 (10.39%) Bash
2 16 (10.39%) SQL
3 14 (9.09%) Java
4 12 (7.79%) JavaScript
5 8 (5.19%) TypeScript
6 7 (4.55%) C++
7 6 (3.90%) PowerShell
8 5 (3.25%) Go
9 2 (1.30%) C#
9 2 (1.30%) Rust
10 1 (0.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.65%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 58 (37.66%) Security Cleared
2 22 (14.29%) DV Cleared
2 22 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 20 (12.99%) CISM
3 20 (12.99%) CISSP
4 15 (9.74%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 12 (7.79%) Degree
6 7 (4.55%) Azure Certification
7 5 (3.25%) AWS Certification
7 5 (3.25%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 5 (3.25%) TOGAF Certification
8 3 (1.95%) CompTIA Security+
8 3 (1.95%) Network+ Certification
9 2 (1.30%) ISTQB
9 2 (1.30%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 2 (1.30%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (1.30%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.65%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (16.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (12.99%) NIST
3 15 (9.74%) GRC
4 11 (7.14%) QA
5 7 (4.55%) GDPR
6 5 (3.25%) NCSC
6 5 (3.25%) PCI DSS
7 4 (2.60%) Data Quality
7 4 (2.60%) SLA
8 3 (1.95%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (1.95%) ISO 9001
9 2 (1.30%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.65%) PMO
System Software
1 10 (6.49%) Docker
2 8 (5.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (3.25%) Active Directory
3 5 (3.25%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.95%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.65%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 24 (15.58%) Kubernetes
2 12 (7.79%) Terraform
3 10 (6.49%) Ansible
3 10 (6.49%) Grafana
4 7 (4.55%) Kibana
4 7 (4.55%) logstash
5 4 (2.60%) Puppet
6 3 (1.95%) Rancher
6 3 (1.95%) vCenter Server
7 2 (1.30%) Argo
7 2 (1.30%) VxRail
7 2 (1.30%) yum
8 1 (0.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.65%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.65%) SCCM
8 1 (0.65%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 19 (12.34%) SAP
2 8 (5.19%) VMware
3 7 (4.55%) Microsoft
4 6 (3.90%) Red Hat
5 5 (3.25%) Adobe
5 5 (3.25%) Splunk
6 3 (1.95%) Atlassian
7 2 (1.30%) BeyondTrust
7 2 (1.30%) Dell
7 2 (1.30%) Google
7 2 (1.30%) Guidewire
7 2 (1.30%) Thales
8 1 (0.65%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.65%) Marketo
8 1 (0.65%) Oracle
8 1 (0.65%) Pardot
8 1 (0.65%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.65%) SaltStack
8 1 (0.65%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.65%) SolarWinds