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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 505 684 839
Rank change year-on-year +179 +155 +2
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Engineering 259 11 7
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.26% 0.022% 0.008%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.025% 0.009%
Number of salaries quoted 213 11 7
10th Percentile £42,500 - £73,700
25th Percentile £51,250 £36,750 £92,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year - -36.84% +49.02%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £106,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £113,750 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £95,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% -28.95% +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 74,007 44,123 74,573
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.62% 89.89% 81.72%
Number of salaries quoted 51,106 24,962 50,806
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% - -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £93,750
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 24 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 24 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 +131 229 £65,000 -3.70% 177
UK excluding London +115 199 £60,000 -11.11% 155
Work from Home +63 86 £60,000 -20.00% 105
Midlands +16 51 £54,000 -10.00% 24
North of England - 48 £65,000 - 38
London +11 44 £87,500 -18.60% 54
South East - 44 £57,500 - 38
North West - 28 £57,500 - 16
West Midlands -7 27 £50,000 -16.67% 14
East Midlands - 24 £60,000 - 10
South West -43 17 £56,250 -37.50% 20
Wales - 17 £57,500 - 7
East of England 0 14 £60,000 -20.00% 19
Yorkshire - 10 £90,000 - 8
North East - 10 £65,000 - 14
Scotland +22 8 £60,000 +60.00% 10

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 5 (1.93%) Apache Spark
2 4 (1.54%) Confluence
3 3 (1.16%) Apache
3 3 (1.16%) SAS
4 1 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.39%) Apache Solr
4 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.39%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.39%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (1.93%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 82 (31.66%) AWS
2 75 (28.96%) Azure
3 33 (12.74%) GCP
4 17 (6.56%) GitHub
5 14 (5.41%) Azure DevOps
6 13 (5.02%) SaaS
7 12 (4.63%) Serverless
8 11 (4.25%) Azure Data Factory
9 10 (3.86%) AWS CloudFormation
10 9 (3.47%) Amazon S3
10 9 (3.47%) AWS Lambda
11 8 (3.09%) dbt
11 8 (3.09%) GitHub Actions
12 7 (2.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 7 (2.70%) Snowflake
13 6 (2.32%) GitHub Copilot
13 6 (2.32%) Google Kubernetes Engine
14 5 (1.93%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 5 (1.93%) Amazon ECS
15 4 (1.54%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.02%) Firewall
2 11 (4.25%) DNS
3 8 (3.09%) TCP/IP
4 6 (2.32%) LTE
4 6 (2.32%) Wireless
5 5 (1.93%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (1.54%) BGP
6 4 (1.54%) VPN
7 3 (1.16%) Asterisk PBX
7 3 (1.16%) VoIP
7 3 (1.16%) VSAT
7 3 (1.16%) WAN
8 2 (0.77%) LAN
9 1 (0.39%) 3GPP
9 1 (0.39%) Bluetooth
9 1 (0.39%) DHCP
9 1 (0.39%) HTTP
9 1 (0.39%) Internet
9 1 (0.39%) OSPF
9 1 (0.39%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.02%) MongoDB
2 11 (4.25%) SQL Server
3 10 (3.86%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (3.47%) Amazon Redshift
5 8 (3.09%) MySQL
6 7 (2.70%) BigQuery
6 7 (2.70%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (2.32%) Data Lake
7 6 (2.32%) Relational Database
8 5 (1.93%) DynamoDB
8 5 (1.93%) NoSQL
9 4 (1.54%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (1.54%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (1.16%) Amazon Athena
10 3 (1.16%) Power BI
11 2 (0.77%) Big Data
11 2 (0.77%) Delta Lake
11 2 (0.77%) Redis
11 2 (0.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 1 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 43 (16.60%) Git
2 9 (3.47%) GitLab
3 7 (2.70%) JIRA
4 5 (1.93%) Jenkins
5 4 (1.54%) Selenium
5 4 (1.54%) TeamCity
6 3 (1.16%) NUnit
7 2 (0.77%) Claude Code
7 2 (0.77%) Jasmine
7 2 (0.77%) Mocha
7 2 (0.77%) Postman
7 2 (0.77%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.39%) CMake
8 1 (0.39%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.39%) git-flow
8 1 (0.39%) JUnit
8 1 (0.39%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.39%) PyCharm
8 1 (0.39%) Rational Rhapsody
8 1 (0.39%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 87 (33.59%) Social Skills
2 36 (13.90%) Analytical Skills
3 35 (13.51%) Finance
4 22 (8.49%) Electronics
5 13 (5.02%) Public Sector
6 11 (4.25%) Aviation
7 9 (3.47%) Games
8 7 (2.70%) Manufacturing
9 5 (1.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (1.93%) Welsh Language
10 4 (1.54%) Local Government
11 3 (1.16%) Advertising
11 3 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.16%) Law
11 3 (1.16%) Military
12 2 (0.77%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.77%) Banking
12 2 (0.77%) Front Office
13 1 (0.39%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.39%) Retail
Job Titles
1 63 (24.32%) Senior
2 55 (21.24%) Software Engineer
3 50 (19.31%) Developer
4 27 (10.42%) DevOps Engineer
4 27 (10.42%) Lead
5 21 (8.11%) Embedded Engineer
5 21 (8.11%) Senior Software Engineer
6 17 (6.56%) Data Engineer
7 16 (6.18%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 15 (5.79%) Senior Developer
9 14 (5.41%) Principal Engineer
10 13 (5.02%) Full-Stack Developer
11 11 (4.25%) Python Engineer
12 10 (3.86%) Systems Engineer
13 9 (3.47%) .NET Developer
13 9 (3.47%) Electronics Engineer
13 9 (3.47%) Support Engineer
13 9 (3.47%) Technical Engineer
13 9 (3.47%) Technical Support
13 9 (3.47%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (17.37%) .NET
2 26 (10.04%) React
3 21 (8.11%) .NET Framework
4 19 (7.34%) REST
5 18 (6.95%) ASP.NET
6 17 (6.56%) Kafka
7 16 (6.18%) Entity Framework
8 15 (5.79%) ASP.NET Core
8 15 (5.79%) Node.js
9 11 (4.25%) AngularJS
10 9 (3.47%) ASP.NET Web API
10 9 (3.47%) Spring
11 8 (3.09%) RESTful
11 8 (3.09%) Vue
12 7 (2.70%) AWS CDK
12 7 (2.70%) PySpark
12 7 (2.70%) React Native
12 7 (2.70%) Spring Boot
13 6 (2.32%) Yocto
14 4 (1.54%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 43 (16.60%) Cloud Native
2 34 (13.13%) Distributed Systems
3 18 (6.95%) Mobile App
4 12 (4.63%) Embedded Systems
5 9 (3.47%) Greenfield Project
5 9 (3.47%) Product Ownership
6 8 (3.09%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (2.70%) Algorithms
8 6 (2.32%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (2.32%) IoT
9 5 (1.93%) Device Driver
9 5 (1.93%) FPGA
9 5 (1.93%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.93%) PCIe
9 5 (1.93%) Verilog
9 5 (1.93%) VHDL
10 4 (1.54%) Data Centre
10 4 (1.54%) Driving Licence
10 4 (1.54%) Hackathon
11 3 (1.16%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 42 (16.22%) Linux
2 12 (4.63%) Embedded Linux
3 10 (3.86%) Android
3 10 (3.86%) Unix
4 9 (3.47%) Windows
5 5 (1.93%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.77%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (47.88%) Continuous Improvement
2 121 (46.72%) CI/CD
3 111 (42.86%) Software Engineering
4 106 (40.93%) Agile
5 93 (35.91%) DevOps
6 79 (30.50%) Problem-Solving
7 76 (29.34%) Collaborative Culture
8 57 (22.01%) Infrastructure as Code
9 51 (19.69%) Mentoring
9 51 (19.69%) Test Automation
10 47 (18.15%) AI
11 41 (15.83%) Observability
12 35 (13.51%) SDLC
13 33 (12.74%) Technical Leadership
14 32 (12.36%) Platform Engineering
15 31 (11.97%) Containerisation
16 30 (11.58%) Clean Code
16 30 (11.58%) Microservices
17 29 (11.20%) Full-Stack Development
18 27 (10.42%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 84 (32.43%) Python
2 46 (17.76%) SQL
3 43 (16.60%) C#
4 38 (14.67%) Java
4 38 (14.67%) TypeScript
5 34 (13.13%) JavaScript
6 26 (10.04%) C++
7 19 (7.34%) Bash
8 16 (6.18%) C
9 10 (3.86%) Embedded C
9 10 (3.86%) Go
9 10 (3.86%) PowerShell
10 9 (3.47%) PHP
10 9 (3.47%) Scala
11 6 (2.32%) Kotlin
12 5 (1.93%) Bicep
12 5 (1.93%) Embedded C++
12 5 (1.93%) MATLAB
12 5 (1.93%) Perl
13 2 (0.77%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 60 (23.17%) Security Cleared
2 29 (11.20%) SC Cleared
3 12 (4.63%) DV Cleared
4 10 (3.86%) Degree
5 5 (1.93%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.54%) AWS Certification
6 4 (1.54%) AWS Certified Developer
6 4 (1.54%) HNC
6 4 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.16%) HND
7 3 (1.16%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.39%) CCIE
8 1 (0.39%) CCNP
8 1 (0.39%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.39%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.39%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (8.11%) QA
2 11 (4.25%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.16%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.16%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 17025
5 1 (0.39%) GDPR
5 1 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.39%) JSP 440
System Software
1 30 (11.58%) Docker
2 10 (3.86%) Firmware
3 4 (1.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.16%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.77%) Active Directory
6 1 (0.39%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.39%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 56 (21.62%) Terraform
2 46 (17.76%) Kubernetes
3 11 (4.25%) Grafana
3 11 (4.25%) Prometheus
4 9 (3.47%) Ansible
5 6 (2.32%) Argo
6 4 (1.54%) Istio
7 3 (1.16%) Kustomize
7 3 (1.16%) Puppet
8 1 (0.39%) Fluentd
8 1 (0.39%) Kibana
8 1 (0.39%) linkerd
Vendors
1 28 (10.81%) Microsoft
2 12 (4.63%) Google
3 11 (4.25%) Databricks
4 8 (3.09%) Cisco
5 5 (1.93%) ServiceNow
6 4 (1.54%) Palo Alto
6 4 (1.54%) VMware
7 3 (1.16%) Dell
7 3 (1.16%) F5
7 3 (1.16%) Infoblox
7 3 (1.16%) Xamarin
8 2 (0.77%) Rollbar
9 1 (0.39%) Apple
9 1 (0.39%) Arista
9 1 (0.39%) Bloomberg
9 1 (0.39%) FXall
9 1 (0.39%) IBM
9 1 (0.39%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.39%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.39%) Sophos