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

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 513 660 824
Rank change year-on-year +147 +164 +6
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Engineering 276 11 7
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.27% 0.022% 0.008%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 0.025% 0.010%
Number of salaries quoted 227 11 7
10th Percentile £42,500 - £73,700
25th Percentile £51,000 £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 £81,250 £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 74,833 44,225 71,828
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.64% 89.70% 81.44%
Number of salaries quoted 51,638 25,059 48,434
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% - -8.66%
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 28 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 28 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 +161 245 £65,000 -3.70% 169
UK excluding London +123 212 £60,000 -11.11% 146
Work from Home +65 95 £60,000 -20.00% 93
Midlands +17 53 £54,000 -10.00% 25
North of England - 53 £65,000 - 37
London +3 48 £87,500 -18.60% 49
South East - 47 £57,500 - 36
North West - 31 £60,000 - 20
West Midlands +12 28 £50,000 -16.67% 16
East Midlands - 25 £60,000 - 9
South West -40 19 £56,250 -37.50% 22
Wales - 18 £58,750 - 6
East of England -2 14 £60,000 -20.00% 15
North East - 12 £65,000 - 11
Yorkshire - 10 £90,000 - 6
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 7 (2.54%) Apache Spark
2 4 (1.45%) Apache
2 4 (1.45%) Confluence
3 3 (1.09%) SAS
4 1 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.36%) Apache Solr
4 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.36%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.36%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (1.81%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 88 (31.88%) AWS
2 83 (30.07%) Azure
3 36 (13.04%) GCP
4 18 (6.52%) GitHub
5 17 (6.16%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (5.07%) SaaS
7 13 (4.71%) Serverless
8 12 (4.35%) AWS CloudFormation
9 11 (3.99%) Azure Data Factory
10 10 (3.62%) dbt
11 9 (3.26%) Amazon S3
11 9 (3.26%) AWS Lambda
12 8 (2.90%) GitHub Actions
12 8 (2.90%) Snowflake
13 7 (2.54%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 7 (2.54%) GitHub Copilot
14 6 (2.17%) Google Kubernetes Engine
15 5 (1.81%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 5 (1.81%) Amazon ECS
16 4 (1.45%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 14 (5.07%) Firewall
2 12 (4.35%) TCP/IP
3 11 (3.99%) DNS
4 7 (2.54%) LTE
4 7 (2.54%) Wireless
5 6 (2.17%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (1.45%) Asterisk PBX
6 4 (1.45%) BGP
6 4 (1.45%) VoIP
6 4 (1.45%) VPN
6 4 (1.45%) VSAT
7 3 (1.09%) WAN
8 2 (0.72%) LAN
9 1 (0.36%) 3GPP
9 1 (0.36%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (0.36%) DHCP
9 1 (0.36%) HTTP
9 1 (0.36%) Internet
9 1 (0.36%) OSPF
9 1 (0.36%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.71%) MongoDB
2 12 (4.35%) SQL Server
3 10 (3.62%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (3.26%) Amazon Redshift
5 8 (2.90%) BigQuery
5 8 (2.90%) MySQL
5 8 (2.90%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (2.17%) Data Lake
6 6 (2.17%) Relational Database
7 5 (1.81%) Azure SQL Database
7 5 (1.81%) DynamoDB
7 5 (1.81%) NoSQL
8 4 (1.45%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (1.09%) Amazon Athena
9 3 (1.09%) Big Data
9 3 (1.09%) Power BI
10 2 (0.72%) Delta Lake
10 2 (0.72%) Redis
10 2 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.36%) DocumentDB
Development Applications
1 45 (16.30%) Git
2 9 (3.26%) GitLab
3 7 (2.54%) JIRA
4 5 (1.81%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.81%) Selenium
5 4 (1.45%) NUnit
5 4 (1.45%) TeamCity
6 3 (1.09%) Jasmine
6 3 (1.09%) Mocha
7 2 (0.72%) Claude Code
7 2 (0.72%) CMake
7 2 (0.72%) Postman
7 2 (0.72%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.36%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.36%) GDB
8 1 (0.36%) git-flow
8 1 (0.36%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.36%) PyCharm
8 1 (0.36%) Rational Rhapsody
8 1 (0.36%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 94 (34.06%) Social Skills
2 37 (13.41%) Analytical Skills
2 37 (13.41%) Finance
3 25 (9.06%) Electronics
4 13 (4.71%) Public Sector
5 11 (3.99%) Aviation
6 9 (3.26%) Games
7 7 (2.54%) Manufacturing
8 5 (1.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (1.81%) Welsh Language
9 4 (1.45%) Local Government
10 3 (1.09%) Advertising
10 3 (1.09%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.09%) Law
10 3 (1.09%) Military
11 2 (0.72%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.72%) Banking
11 2 (0.72%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.72%) Front Office
12 1 (0.36%) Retail
Job Titles
1 69 (25.00%) Senior
2 58 (21.01%) Software Engineer
3 52 (18.84%) Developer
4 29 (10.51%) Lead
5 28 (10.14%) DevOps Engineer
6 23 (8.33%) Embedded Engineer
7 22 (7.97%) Senior Software Engineer
8 21 (7.61%) Data Engineer
9 17 (6.16%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 15 (5.43%) Senior Developer
11 14 (5.07%) Principal Engineer
12 13 (4.71%) Full-Stack Developer
12 13 (4.71%) Python Engineer
13 10 (3.62%) Electronics Engineer
13 10 (3.62%) Systems Engineer
14 9 (3.26%) Senior Embedded Engineer
14 9 (3.26%) Site Engineer
14 9 (3.26%) Site Reliability Engineer
14 9 (3.26%) Technical Engineer
14 9 (3.26%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (17.03%) .NET
2 27 (9.78%) React
3 21 (7.61%) .NET Framework
4 20 (7.25%) REST
5 18 (6.52%) ASP.NET
5 18 (6.52%) Kafka
6 16 (5.80%) Entity Framework
6 16 (5.80%) Node.js
7 15 (5.43%) ASP.NET Core
8 11 (3.99%) AngularJS
9 9 (3.26%) ASP.NET Web API
9 9 (3.26%) RESTful
9 9 (3.26%) Spring
10 8 (2.90%) PySpark
10 8 (2.90%) Vue
10 8 (2.90%) Yocto
11 7 (2.54%) AWS CDK
11 7 (2.54%) React Native
11 7 (2.54%) Spring Boot
12 5 (1.81%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 46 (16.67%) Cloud Native
2 38 (13.77%) Distributed Systems
3 19 (6.88%) Mobile App
4 13 (4.71%) Embedded Systems
5 11 (3.99%) Product Ownership
6 10 (3.62%) Legacy Systems
7 9 (3.26%) Greenfield Project
8 7 (2.54%) Algorithms
8 7 (2.54%) IoT
9 6 (2.17%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (2.17%) Device Driver
10 5 (1.81%) FPGA
10 5 (1.81%) Management Information System
10 5 (1.81%) PCIe
10 5 (1.81%) Verilog
10 5 (1.81%) VHDL
11 4 (1.45%) Data Centre
11 4 (1.45%) Driving Licence
11 4 (1.45%) Hackathon
12 3 (1.09%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 47 (17.03%) Linux
2 14 (5.07%) Embedded Linux
3 12 (4.35%) Unix
4 10 (3.62%) Android
4 10 (3.62%) Windows
5 6 (2.17%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.72%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (48.19%) CI/CD
2 132 (47.83%) Continuous Improvement
3 122 (44.20%) Software Engineering
4 114 (41.30%) Agile
5 99 (35.87%) DevOps
6 83 (30.07%) Collaborative Culture
7 81 (29.35%) Problem-Solving
8 61 (22.10%) Infrastructure as Code
9 57 (20.65%) Mentoring
10 56 (20.29%) Test Automation
11 49 (17.75%) AI
12 44 (15.94%) Observability
13 37 (13.41%) SDLC
13 37 (13.41%) Technical Leadership
14 33 (11.96%) Platform Engineering
15 32 (11.59%) Clean Code
15 32 (11.59%) Containerisation
16 31 (11.23%) Microservices
17 30 (10.87%) Code Quality
17 30 (10.87%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 91 (32.97%) Python
2 49 (17.75%) SQL
3 45 (16.30%) C#
4 40 (14.49%) Java
5 39 (14.13%) TypeScript
6 36 (13.04%) JavaScript
7 28 (10.14%) C++
8 21 (7.61%) Bash
9 18 (6.52%) C
10 11 (3.99%) Embedded C
10 11 (3.99%) PowerShell
11 10 (3.62%) Go
12 9 (3.26%) PHP
12 9 (3.26%) Scala
13 6 (2.17%) Embedded C++
13 6 (2.17%) Kotlin
13 6 (2.17%) Perl
14 5 (1.81%) Bicep
14 5 (1.81%) MATLAB
15 2 (0.72%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 64 (23.19%) Security Cleared
2 33 (11.96%) SC Cleared
3 12 (4.35%) DV Cleared
4 11 (3.99%) Degree
5 6 (2.17%) Azure Certification
6 5 (1.81%) AWS Certification
6 5 (1.81%) HNC
6 5 (1.81%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (1.45%) AWS Certified Developer
7 4 (1.45%) HND
8 3 (1.09%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.36%) CCIE
10 1 (0.36%) CCNP
10 1 (0.36%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.36%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.36%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (8.70%) QA
2 12 (4.35%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.09%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.09%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.72%) GDPR
4 2 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 17025
5 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.36%) JSP 440
System Software
1 34 (12.32%) Docker
2 10 (3.62%) Firmware
3 4 (1.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.09%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.72%) Active Directory
6 1 (0.36%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.36%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 60 (21.74%) Terraform
2 49 (17.75%) Kubernetes
3 11 (3.99%) Grafana
3 11 (3.99%) Prometheus
4 9 (3.26%) Ansible
5 6 (2.17%) Argo
6 4 (1.45%) Istio
7 3 (1.09%) Kustomize
7 3 (1.09%) Puppet
8 1 (0.36%) Fluentd
8 1 (0.36%) Kibana
8 1 (0.36%) linkerd
8 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 31 (11.23%) Microsoft
2 14 (5.07%) Google
3 13 (4.71%) Databricks
4 9 (3.26%) Cisco
5 5 (1.81%) ServiceNow
6 4 (1.45%) Palo Alto
6 4 (1.45%) VMware
7 3 (1.09%) Dell
7 3 (1.09%) F5
7 3 (1.09%) Infoblox
7 3 (1.09%) Xamarin
8 2 (0.72%) Rollbar
9 1 (0.36%) Apple
9 1 (0.36%) Arista
9 1 (0.36%) Bloomberg
9 1 (0.36%) FXall
9 1 (0.36%) IBM
9 1 (0.36%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.36%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.36%) Sophos