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

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 501 662 830
Rank change year-on-year +161 +168 +10
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Engineering 290 12 5
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.28% 0.024% 0.006%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 0.027% 0.007%
Number of salaries quoted 238 12 5
10th Percentile £42,500 - £64,300
25th Percentile £51,250 £36,750 £92,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £67,500 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -28.95% +49.02%
75th Percentile £81,875 £83,750 £115,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £111,875 -
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 75,424 44,229 70,800
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.68% 89.64% 81.30%
Number of salaries quoted 51,991 25,065 47,390
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -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 30 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Collaborative Engineering in the UK

Collaborative Engineering
Top 17 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 30 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 +145 257 £65,000 -13.33% 178
UK excluding London +123 222 £60,000 -20.00% 152
Work from Home +62 101 £62,500 -16.67% 96
North of England - 56 £65,000 - 40
Midlands +21 55 £54,000 -10.00% 26
London +14 52 £87,500 -18.60% 51
South East - 49 £57,500 - 39
North West - 32 £60,000 - 20
West Midlands +3 28 £50,000 -16.67% 16
East Midlands - 27 £60,000 - 10
South West -46 19 £56,250 -37.50% 20
Wales - 18 £58,750 - 6
East of England -15 15 £60,000 -20.00% 17
North East - 14 £65,000 - 13
Yorkshire - 10 £90,000 - 7
Scotland +22 9 £60,000 +60.00% 9
Northern Ireland - 1 £71,991 - 1

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 7 (2.41%) Apache Spark
2 4 (1.38%) Apache
2 4 (1.38%) Confluence
3 3 (1.03%) SAS
4 1 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.34%) Apache Solr
4 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.34%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.34%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (1.72%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 95 (32.76%) AWS
2 88 (30.34%) Azure
3 41 (14.14%) GCP
4 19 (6.55%) GitHub
5 17 (5.86%) Azure DevOps
6 16 (5.52%) AWS CloudFormation
7 14 (4.83%) SaaS
7 14 (4.83%) Serverless
8 13 (4.48%) dbt
9 11 (3.79%) Amazon S3
9 11 (3.79%) Azure Data Factory
10 10 (3.45%) AWS Lambda
11 9 (3.10%) GitHub Actions
12 8 (2.76%) Snowflake
13 7 (2.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 7 (2.41%) GitHub Copilot
14 6 (2.07%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 6 (2.07%) Amazon ECS
14 6 (2.07%) Google Kubernetes Engine
15 4 (1.38%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 15 (5.17%) TCP/IP
2 14 (4.83%) Firewall
3 11 (3.79%) DNS
4 8 (2.76%) Wireless
5 7 (2.41%) LTE
6 6 (2.07%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (1.38%) Asterisk PBX
7 4 (1.38%) BGP
7 4 (1.38%) VoIP
7 4 (1.38%) VPN
7 4 (1.38%) VSAT
8 3 (1.03%) WAN
9 2 (0.69%) 3GPP
9 2 (0.69%) 5G
9 2 (0.69%) LAN
10 1 (0.34%) Bluetooth
10 1 (0.34%) DHCP
10 1 (0.34%) HTTP
10 1 (0.34%) NX-OS
10 1 (0.34%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.48%) MongoDB
1 13 (4.48%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.45%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (3.10%) Amazon Redshift
3 9 (3.10%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (2.76%) BigQuery
4 8 (2.76%) MySQL
5 7 (2.41%) Relational Database
6 6 (2.07%) Data Lake
7 5 (1.72%) Azure SQL Database
7 5 (1.72%) DynamoDB
7 5 (1.72%) NoSQL
8 4 (1.38%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (1.03%) Amazon Athena
9 3 (1.03%) Big Data
9 3 (1.03%) Power BI
10 2 (0.69%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (0.69%) Delta Lake
10 2 (0.69%) Redis
10 2 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 47 (16.21%) Git
2 9 (3.10%) GitLab
3 7 (2.41%) JIRA
4 6 (2.07%) Jenkins
4 6 (2.07%) Selenium
5 5 (1.72%) NUnit
6 4 (1.38%) Jasmine
6 4 (1.38%) Mocha
6 4 (1.38%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.69%) Claude Code
7 2 (0.69%) CMake
7 2 (0.69%) Postman
7 2 (0.69%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.34%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.34%) GDB
8 1 (0.34%) git-flow
8 1 (0.34%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.34%) PyCharm
8 1 (0.34%) Rational Rhapsody
8 1 (0.34%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 102 (35.17%) Social Skills
2 40 (13.79%) Analytical Skills
2 40 (13.79%) Finance
3 26 (8.97%) Electronics
4 13 (4.48%) Public Sector
5 12 (4.14%) Aviation
6 9 (3.10%) Games
7 7 (2.41%) Manufacturing
8 5 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (1.72%) Welsh Language
9 4 (1.38%) Local Government
10 3 (1.03%) Advertising
10 3 (1.03%) Aerospace
10 3 (1.03%) Banking
10 3 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.03%) Law
10 3 (1.03%) Military
11 2 (0.69%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.69%) Publishing
11 2 (0.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 78 (26.90%) Senior
2 62 (21.38%) Software Engineer
3 53 (18.28%) Developer
4 31 (10.69%) Lead
5 29 (10.00%) DevOps Engineer
6 24 (8.28%) Embedded Engineer
6 24 (8.28%) Senior Software Engineer
7 21 (7.24%) Data Engineer
8 19 (6.55%) Python Engineer
9 18 (6.21%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 16 (5.52%) Senior Developer
11 14 (4.83%) Principal Engineer
12 13 (4.48%) Full-Stack Developer
12 13 (4.48%) Site Engineer
12 13 (4.48%) Site Reliability Engineer
13 11 (3.79%) Systems Engineer
14 10 (3.45%) Electronics Engineer
15 9 (3.10%) Support Engineer
15 9 (3.10%) Technical Engineer
15 9 (3.10%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (16.55%) .NET
2 27 (9.31%) React
3 22 (7.59%) REST
4 21 (7.24%) .NET Framework
5 18 (6.21%) ASP.NET
5 18 (6.21%) Kafka
6 16 (5.52%) Entity Framework
6 16 (5.52%) Node.js
7 15 (5.17%) ASP.NET Core
8 11 (3.79%) AngularJS
9 10 (3.45%) RESTful
10 9 (3.10%) ASP.NET Web API
10 9 (3.10%) Spring
11 8 (2.76%) AWS CDK
11 8 (2.76%) PySpark
11 8 (2.76%) React Native
11 8 (2.76%) Vue
11 8 (2.76%) Yocto
12 7 (2.41%) Spring Boot
13 5 (1.72%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 48 (16.55%) Cloud Native
2 42 (14.48%) Distributed Systems
3 20 (6.90%) Mobile App
4 13 (4.48%) Embedded Systems
5 12 (4.14%) Product Ownership
6 11 (3.79%) Legacy Systems
7 9 (3.10%) Greenfield Project
8 8 (2.76%) IoT
9 7 (2.41%) Algorithms
10 6 (2.07%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (2.07%) Device Driver
11 5 (1.72%) FPGA
11 5 (1.72%) Management Information System
11 5 (1.72%) PCIe
11 5 (1.72%) Verilog
11 5 (1.72%) VHDL
12 4 (1.38%) Data Centre
12 4 (1.38%) Driving Licence
12 4 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (1.38%) Hackathon
Operating Systems
1 51 (17.59%) Linux
2 15 (5.17%) Unix
3 14 (4.83%) Embedded Linux
4 11 (3.79%) Android
4 11 (3.79%) Windows
5 7 (2.41%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.03%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (48.97%) CI/CD
2 140 (48.28%) Continuous Improvement
3 130 (44.83%) Software Engineering
4 119 (41.03%) Agile
5 104 (35.86%) DevOps
6 94 (32.41%) Collaborative Culture
7 85 (29.31%) Problem-Solving
8 67 (23.10%) Infrastructure as Code
9 66 (22.76%) Mentoring
10 61 (21.03%) Test Automation
11 50 (17.24%) AI
12 49 (16.90%) Observability
13 41 (14.14%) Technical Leadership
14 39 (13.45%) SDLC
15 37 (12.76%) Clean Code
16 34 (11.72%) Platform Engineering
17 33 (11.38%) Containerisation
18 32 (11.03%) Microservices
19 31 (10.69%) Code Quality
20 30 (10.34%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 101 (34.83%) Python
2 51 (17.59%) SQL
3 46 (15.86%) C#
4 41 (14.14%) Java
5 39 (13.45%) TypeScript
6 36 (12.41%) JavaScript
7 29 (10.00%) C++
8 21 (7.24%) Bash
9 19 (6.55%) C
10 13 (4.48%) PowerShell
11 11 (3.79%) Embedded C
12 10 (3.45%) Go
13 9 (3.10%) PHP
13 9 (3.10%) Scala
14 7 (2.41%) Kotlin
15 6 (2.07%) Embedded C++
15 6 (2.07%) Perl
16 5 (1.72%) Bicep
16 5 (1.72%) MATLAB
17 2 (0.69%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 67 (23.10%) Security Cleared
2 36 (12.41%) SC Cleared
3 12 (4.14%) Degree
3 12 (4.14%) DV Cleared
4 6 (2.07%) AWS Certification
4 6 (2.07%) Azure Certification
4 6 (2.07%) HNC
5 5 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (1.38%) AWS Certified Developer
6 4 (1.38%) HND
7 3 (1.03%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.34%) CCIE
9 1 (0.34%) CCNP
9 1 (0.34%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.34%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.34%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (8.28%) QA
2 12 (4.14%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.03%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.03%) GDPR
3 3 (1.03%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 17025
5 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.34%) JSP 440
System Software
1 35 (12.07%) Docker
2 10 (3.45%) Firmware
3 5 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.03%) Active Directory
4 3 (1.03%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.34%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.34%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.34%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 65 (22.41%) Terraform
2 49 (16.90%) Kubernetes
3 12 (4.14%) Grafana
4 11 (3.79%) Prometheus
5 10 (3.45%) Ansible
6 6 (2.07%) Argo
7 4 (1.38%) Istio
8 3 (1.03%) Kustomize
8 3 (1.03%) Puppet
9 1 (0.34%) Fluentd
9 1 (0.34%) Kibana
9 1 (0.34%) linkerd
9 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 31 (10.69%) Microsoft
2 18 (6.21%) Google
3 14 (4.83%) Databricks
4 9 (3.10%) Cisco
5 5 (1.72%) ServiceNow
5 5 (1.72%) VMware
6 4 (1.38%) Palo Alto
7 3 (1.03%) Dell
7 3 (1.03%) F5
7 3 (1.03%) Infoblox
7 3 (1.03%) Xamarin
8 2 (0.69%) Apple
8 2 (0.69%) Dynatrace
8 2 (0.69%) Rollbar
9 1 (0.34%) AppDynamics
9 1 (0.34%) Arista
9 1 (0.34%) FXall
9 1 (0.34%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.34%) Solace
9 1 (0.34%) Zerto