Collaborative Working Job Trends in Cheshire

Collaborative Working
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring Collaborative Working skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 43 52
Rank change year-on-year -12 +9 +31
Permanent jobs citing Collaborative Working 17 18 9
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheshire 1.33% 3.06% 1.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.58% 3.45% 2.02%
Number of salaries quoted 14 9 8
10th Percentile £31,350 £38,850 £38,591
25th Percentile £33,875 - £49,023
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £43,116 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.56% -33.67% +27.97%
75th Percentile £70,625 £56,000 £67,070
90th Percentile £75,000 £64,000 £70,199
North West median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% - -13.51%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cheshire

Collaborative Working 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 in Cheshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,079 522 446
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 84.56% 88.78% 84.47%
Number of salaries quoted 428 259 361
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £23,850
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,979 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.11% -5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £69,000 £77,500
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% -1.89% -3.64%

Collaborative Working
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Collaborative Working job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Collaborative Working
Salary Trend in Cheshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Collaborative Working.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Collaborative Working

Collaborative Working
Salary Histogram in Cheshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Collaborative Working in Cheshire over the 6 months to 5 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Collaborative Working in Cheshire

Collaborative Working
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Collaborative Working within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 5 January 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
Chester -5 4 £55,000 +12.82% 6
Macclesfield - 3 £55,000 -
Knutsford - 2 £33,500 -
Wilmslow - 2 £37,500 -
Crewe -4 1 - -
Warrington -8 1 £70,000 +62.35% 9
Collaborative Working
North West

Collaborative Working
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Applications
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (47.06%) Azure
2 6 (35.29%) AWS
3 5 (29.41%) Power Platform
4 3 (17.65%) GCP
4 3 (17.65%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Copilot
5 2 (11.76%) Azure AI
5 2 (11.76%) Azure Cognitive Services
5 2 (11.76%) Power Automate
5 2 (11.76%) PowerApps
6 1 (5.88%) GitHub
6 1 (5.88%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (5.88%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.88%) Broadband
1 1 (5.88%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (29.41%) Power BI
2 2 (11.76%) Power Query
2 2 (11.76%) SQL Server
3 1 (5.88%) Big Data
3 1 (5.88%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (5.88%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Cypress.io
1 1 (5.88%) Jenkins
General
1 10 (58.82%) Social Skills
2 6 (35.29%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (23.53%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (23.53%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (11.76%) Electronics
4 2 (11.76%) Legal
4 2 (11.76%) Public Sector
5 1 (5.88%) Advertising
5 1 (5.88%) Automotive
5 1 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Marketing
5 1 (5.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (17.65%) Analyst
1 3 (17.65%) Data Analyst
1 3 (17.65%) Senior
2 2 (11.76%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
2 2 (11.76%) Developer
2 2 (11.76%) Lead
2 2 (11.76%) Systems Support
3 1 (5.88%) Electronics Design Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Firmware Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Full-Stack Developer
3 1 (5.88%) IoT Architect
3 1 (5.88%) IT Support
3 1 (5.88%) IT Technician
3 1 (5.88%) Marketing Executive
3 1 (5.88%) Security Support Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Senior Design Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Senior Electronics Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Senior Marketing Executive
3 1 (5.88%) Software Licensing Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.76%) .NET
2 1 (5.88%) React
2 1 (5.88%) RESTful
2 1 (5.88%) Spring
2 1 (5.88%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Driving Licence
1 3 (17.65%) Onboarding
2 2 (11.76%) IoT
2 2 (11.76%) Management Information System
2 2 (11.76%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (5.88%) Analogue Electronics
3 1 (5.88%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (5.88%) CCTV
3 1 (5.88%) e-Learning
3 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Licensing
3 1 (5.88%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) FreeRTOS
1 1 (5.88%) Windows
1 1 (5.88%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (58.82%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (29.41%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (23.53%) Mentoring
3 4 (23.53%) Project Management
3 4 (23.53%) Software Engineering
4 3 (17.65%) AI
4 3 (17.65%) Customer Service
4 3 (17.65%) Data Analysis
4 3 (17.65%) Service Delivery
4 3 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (11.76%) Agile
5 2 (11.76%) Analytical Thinking
5 2 (11.76%) Coaching
5 2 (11.76%) Containerisation
5 2 (11.76%) Customer Experience
5 2 (11.76%) ITSM
5 2 (11.76%) Mathematics
5 2 (11.76%) Performance Monitoring
5 2 (11.76%) TDD
5 2 (11.76%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) C#
1 2 (11.76%) Java
1 2 (11.76%) SQL
2 1 (5.88%) C
2 1 (5.88%) Embedded C
2 1 (5.88%) JavaScript
2 1 (5.88%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
1 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.88%) Degree
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) QA
2 1 (5.88%) Data Quality
System Software
1 3 (17.65%) Firmware
2 2 (11.76%) Docker
3 1 (5.88%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (11.76%) Kubernetes
2 1 (5.88%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 5 (29.41%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.76%) HubSpot
2 2 (11.76%) ServiceNow
3 1 (5.88%) Fortinet
3 1 (5.88%) Google
3 1 (5.88%) Siemens