Collaborative Engineering Job Trends

Collaborative Engineering
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Collaborative Engineering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 538 667 872
Rank change year-on-year +129 +205 -5
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Engineering 218 10 7
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.22% 0.020% 0.007%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.023% 0.008%
Number of salaries quoted 171 10 7
10th Percentile £42,500 £36,700 £73,700
25th Percentile £51,250 £36,750 £92,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,750 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.73% -40.26% +49.02%
75th Percentile £83,750 £91,250 £97,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,375 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £75,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% -21.05% +30.85%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Collaborative Engineering 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 72,315 44,278 84,054
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.86% 90.47% 82.35%
Number of salaries quoted 49,904 24,657 59,064
10th Percentile £30,250 £28,822 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,772 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.54% - -9.09%

Collaborative Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Collaborative Engineering relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Collaborative Engineering job vacancy trend in the UK

Collaborative Engineering
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Collaborative Engineering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Collaborative Engineering

Collaborative Engineering
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Collaborative Engineering over the 6 months to 10 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Collaborative Engineering in the UK

Collaborative Engineering
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Collaborative Engineering within the UK over the 6 months to 10 July 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
England +114 194 £62,500 -16.67% 150
UK excluding London +96 168 £60,000 -20.00% 137
Work from Home +72 69 £60,000 -20.00% 105
North of England - 41 £63,750 - 28
South East - 40 £57,500 - 38
Midlands - 39 £54,000 - 27
London +6 32 £87,500 -18.60% 44
North West - 26 £55,000 - 16
West Midlands - 23 £50,000 - 16
South West -42 16 £60,000 -33.33% 16
East Midlands - 16 £60,000 - 11
East of England +3 14 £60,000 -20.00% 7
Yorkshire - 12 £90,000 - 6
Wales - 11 £57,500 - 5
Scotland +21 7 £60,000 +60.00% 6
North East - 3 £65,000 - 6

Collaborative Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 (2.75%) Apache Spark
2 5 (2.29%) Apache
3 4 (1.83%) Confluence
4 3 (1.38%) SAS
5 1 (0.46%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.46%) Apache Solr
5 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.46%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.46%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (2.29%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 67 (30.73%) AWS
2 66 (30.28%) Azure
3 24 (11.01%) GCP
4 13 (5.96%) Azure DevOps
5 12 (5.50%) GitHub
6 11 (5.05%) Azure Data Factory
6 11 (5.05%) SaaS
7 9 (4.13%) Serverless
8 8 (3.67%) Amazon S3
9 7 (3.21%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 6 (2.75%) AWS Lambda
10 6 (2.75%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (2.29%) Snowflake
12 4 (1.83%) AWS CloudFormation
12 4 (1.83%) dbt
12 4 (1.83%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 4 (1.83%) Power Platform
13 3 (1.38%) GitHub Copilot
13 3 (1.38%) PaaS
14 2 (0.92%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.96%) Firewall
2 11 (5.05%) DNS
3 5 (2.29%) LTE
3 5 (2.29%) VPN
4 4 (1.83%) BGP
5 3 (1.38%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (1.38%) Wireless
6 2 (0.92%) WAN
7 1 (0.46%) Asterisk PBX
7 1 (0.46%) Bluetooth
7 1 (0.46%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.46%) Cisco ISE
7 1 (0.46%) DHCP
7 1 (0.46%) Junos
7 1 (0.46%) LAN
7 1 (0.46%) NFC
7 1 (0.46%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.46%) VLAN
7 1 (0.46%) VoIP
7 1 (0.46%) VSAT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.05%) MongoDB
2 10 (4.59%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (4.13%) Amazon Redshift
3 9 (4.13%) MySQL
3 9 (4.13%) SQL Server
4 8 (3.67%) BigQuery
4 8 (3.67%) Data Lake
5 4 (1.83%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (1.83%) Elasticsearch
5 4 (1.83%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.38%) DynamoDB
6 3 (1.38%) NoSQL
6 3 (1.38%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (1.38%) Power BI
7 2 (0.92%) Amazon Athena
7 2 (0.92%) Delta Lake
7 2 (0.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.46%) Big Data
8 1 (0.46%) DocumentDB
8 1 (0.46%) Redis
Development Applications
1 29 (13.30%) Git
2 10 (4.59%) GitLab
3 7 (3.21%) JIRA
4 4 (1.83%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.38%) Postman
5 3 (1.38%) Selenium
6 2 (0.92%) Claude Code
6 2 (0.92%) NUnit
6 2 (0.92%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.46%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.46%) CMake
7 1 (0.46%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.46%) git-flow
7 1 (0.46%) Jasmine
7 1 (0.46%) JUnit
7 1 (0.46%) Mocha
7 1 (0.46%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.46%) PyCharm
7 1 (0.46%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (0.46%) Visual Studio
General
1 60 (27.52%) Social Skills
2 35 (16.06%) Analytical Skills
3 34 (15.60%) Finance
4 17 (7.80%) Electronics
5 10 (4.59%) Public Sector
6 9 (4.13%) Aviation
7 8 (3.67%) Games
8 7 (3.21%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.83%) Law
9 4 (1.83%) Local Government
10 3 (1.38%) Advertising
10 3 (1.38%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.38%) Military
11 2 (0.92%) Banking
11 2 (0.92%) Welsh Language
12 1 (0.46%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.46%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.46%) Front Office
12 1 (0.46%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 49 (22.48%) Senior
2 45 (20.64%) Software Engineer
3 40 (18.35%) Developer
4 23 (10.55%) Lead
5 19 (8.72%) Data Engineer
6 17 (7.80%) DevOps Engineer
7 16 (7.34%) Embedded Engineer
8 14 (6.42%) Senior Software Engineer
9 13 (5.96%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 12 (5.50%) Principal Engineer
10 12 (5.50%) Senior Developer
11 11 (5.05%) Full-Stack Developer
11 11 (5.05%) Support Engineer
12 10 (4.59%) Cloud Engineer
13 9 (4.13%) AWS Engineer
13 9 (4.13%) Electronics Engineer
13 9 (4.13%) Technical Engineer
13 9 (4.13%) Technical Support
13 9 (4.13%) Technical Support Engineer
14 8 (3.67%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (20.18%) .NET
2 22 (10.09%) React
3 19 (8.72%) .NET Framework
4 18 (8.26%) ASP.NET
5 16 (7.34%) Entity Framework
6 15 (6.88%) ASP.NET Core
7 14 (6.42%) Kafka
8 12 (5.50%) Node.js
9 10 (4.59%) REST
10 9 (4.13%) AngularJS
10 9 (4.13%) ASP.NET Web API
10 9 (4.13%) PySpark
11 7 (3.21%) React Native
12 6 (2.75%) Spring
12 6 (2.75%) Vue
13 5 (2.29%) AWS CDK
14 4 (1.83%) Apache NiFi
14 4 (1.83%) Blazor
14 4 (1.83%) Next.js
14 4 (1.83%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 37 (16.97%) Cloud Native
2 25 (11.47%) Distributed Systems
3 15 (6.88%) Mobile App
4 11 (5.05%) Embedded Systems
5 8 (3.67%) Greenfield Project
6 7 (3.21%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (3.21%) Product Ownership
7 6 (2.75%) Algorithms
7 6 (2.75%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (2.29%) FPGA
8 5 (2.29%) NHS
8 5 (2.29%) PCIe
8 5 (2.29%) Verilog
8 5 (2.29%) VHDL
9 4 (1.83%) Cyber Defence
9 4 (1.83%) Data Centre
10 3 (1.38%) Device Driver
10 3 (1.38%) Driving Licence
10 3 (1.38%) IoT
10 3 (1.38%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 24 (11.01%) Linux
2 8 (3.67%) Android
2 8 (3.67%) Embedded Linux
3 7 (3.21%) Windows
4 3 (1.38%) Unix
5 2 (0.92%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.92%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (45.41%) Continuous Improvement
2 96 (44.04%) CI/CD
3 88 (40.37%) Agile
4 85 (38.99%) Software Engineering
5 76 (34.86%) DevOps
6 67 (30.73%) Problem-Solving
7 56 (25.69%) Collaborative Culture
8 44 (20.18%) Infrastructure as Code
9 42 (19.27%) Test Automation
10 38 (17.43%) AI
10 38 (17.43%) Mentoring
11 32 (14.68%) Observability
12 28 (12.84%) Technical Leadership
13 27 (12.39%) Containerisation
13 27 (12.39%) Full-Stack Development
14 26 (11.93%) Microservices
14 26 (11.93%) Platform Engineering
15 23 (10.55%) SDLC
16 21 (9.63%) Decision-Making
16 21 (9.63%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 68 (31.19%) Python
2 42 (19.27%) C#
3 40 (18.35%) SQL
4 36 (16.51%) TypeScript
5 30 (13.76%) Java
5 30 (13.76%) JavaScript
6 22 (10.09%) C++
7 13 (5.96%) Bash
8 12 (5.50%) C
9 9 (4.13%) PHP
9 9 (4.13%) PowerShell
10 8 (3.67%) Embedded C
10 8 (3.67%) Go
11 7 (3.21%) Scala
12 6 (2.75%) Bicep
13 5 (2.29%) Embedded C++
13 5 (2.29%) MATLAB
14 3 (1.38%) Kotlin
14 3 (1.38%) Perl
15 2 (0.92%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 53 (24.31%) Security Cleared
2 19 (8.72%) SC Cleared
3 15 (6.88%) DV Cleared
4 7 (3.21%) Degree
5 5 (2.29%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.83%) AWS Certification
6 4 (1.83%) AWS Certified Developer
6 4 (1.83%) ISTQB
7 2 (0.92%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.46%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.46%) HNC
8 1 (0.46%) HND
8 1 (0.46%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (9.17%) QA
2 11 (5.05%) Data Quality
3 5 (2.29%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 17025
4 2 (0.92%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 23 (10.55%) Docker
2 10 (4.59%) Firmware
3 5 (2.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (2.29%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.92%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.46%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.46%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 45 (20.64%) Terraform
2 38 (17.43%) Kubernetes
3 8 (3.67%) Ansible
3 8 (3.67%) Grafana
3 8 (3.67%) Prometheus
4 6 (2.75%) Argo
5 3 (1.38%) Istio
5 3 (1.38%) Puppet
6 2 (0.92%) Kustomize
7 1 (0.46%) linkerd
7 1 (0.46%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 24 (11.01%) Microsoft
2 11 (5.05%) Databricks
3 7 (3.21%) Cisco
4 5 (2.29%) Palo Alto
4 5 (2.29%) VMware
5 4 (1.83%) Dell
5 4 (1.83%) F5
5 4 (1.83%) Google
5 4 (1.83%) Infoblox
6 3 (1.38%) Xamarin
7 2 (0.92%) Rollbar
7 2 (0.92%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.46%) Anaplan
8 1 (0.46%) AppDynamics
8 1 (0.46%) Broadcom
8 1 (0.46%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.46%) FXall
8 1 (0.46%) New Relic
8 1 (0.46%) Solace
8 1 (0.46%) SolarWinds