Intelligent Automation Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Intelligent Automation (Intelligent Process Automation)
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring Intelligent Automation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 - 37
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Intelligent Automation 1 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 0.47% - 1.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.55% - 1.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £621
25th Percentile - - £636
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £645
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate - £356 £645
% change year-on-year - -44.81% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Lancashire

Intelligent Automation 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 181 119 211
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 84.19% 75.32% 91.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 46 121
10th Percentile £164 £259 £375
25th Percentile £364 £334 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £484 £623
Median % change year-on-year -1.34% -22.25% +17.45%
75th Percentile £571 £559 £717
90th Percentile £655 £613 £720
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 24 55
10th Percentile £35.09 £24.92 £20.58
25th Percentile - £34.40 £37.67
Median hourly rate £45.46 £41.66 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +9.11% -9.78% +15.45%
75th Percentile £69.45 £47.39 £50.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £65.75 £59.51
North West median hourly rate £29.60 £32.50 £35.50
% change year-on-year -8.92% -8.45% +50.39%

Intelligent Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Intelligent Automation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.

Intelligent Automation job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Intelligent Automation
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 Intelligent Automation within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 5 December 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 - - 1
Intelligent Automation
North West

Intelligent Automation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Automation Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Automation Anywhere
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft