Collaborative Working Contracts in Lancashire

Collaborative Working
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Lancashire requiring Collaborative Working skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Collaborative Working over the 6 months leading up to 5 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 30 42
Rank change year-on-year -1 +12 -4
Contract jobs citing Collaborative Working 1 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire 0.51% 0.46% 0.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.58% 0.63% 0.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £493 -
Median % change year-on-year -13.79% - -
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £459 £470 £550
% change year-on-year -2.34% -14.55% +5.77%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Lancashire

Collaborative Working falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 172 158 245
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 88.21% 73.15% 87.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 60 132
10th Percentile £364 £205 £325
25th Percentile £425 £363 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% +5.00%
75th Percentile £579 £638 £634
90th Percentile £656 £741 £699
North West median daily rate £453 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -9.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 46 60
10th Percentile £16.49 - £20.58
25th Percentile £23.32 £16.06 £29.30
Median hourly rate £40.59 £25.45 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year +59.49% -44.53% +21.38%
75th Percentile £63.40 £43.10 £49.52
90th Percentile £70.93 £46.18 £57.95
North West median hourly rate £27.90 £32.75 £33.00
% change year-on-year -14.80% -0.76% +51.52%

Collaborative Working
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

Job postings citing Collaborative Working as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.

Job vacancy trend for Collaborative Working in Lancashire

Collaborative Working
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Collaborative Working in Lancashire.

Daily rate trend for Collaborative Working in Lancashire

Collaborative Working
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Collaborative Working within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 5 August 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Preston - 1 £425 - 3
Collaborative Working
North West

Collaborative Working
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Power Automate
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Test Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft