Task Automation
North West > Lancashire
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Lancashire requiring Task Automation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Task Automation over the 6 months leading up to 14 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 14 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 33 | 29 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | -4 | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Task Automation | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire | 0.51% | 0.92% | - |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.56% | 1.27% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £440 | £453 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.82% | - | - |
| North West median daily rate | £475 | £463 | £385 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.70% | +20.13% | -38.89% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Lancashire
Task 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 | 177 | 157 | 241 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire | 89.39% | 72.35% | 86.69% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 86 | 60 | 133 |
| 10th Percentile | £363 | £205 | £351 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £363 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £513 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.44% | +2.41% | +0.08% |
| 75th Percentile | £588 | £628 | £634 |
| 90th Percentile | £653 | £741 | £688 |
| North West median daily rate | £450 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -10.00% | - | +0.50% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 25 | 45 | 59 |
| 10th Percentile | £18.87 | - | £20.58 |
| 25th Percentile | £23.32 | £16.06 | £33.42 |
| Median hourly rate | £40.59 | £25.30 | £45.88 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +60.43% | -44.86% | +17.94% |
| 75th Percentile | £63.40 | £43.10 | £49.52 |
| 90th Percentile | £70.93 | £46.18 | £64.44 |
| North West median hourly rate | £27.19 | £35.00 | £34.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -22.32% | +2.94% | +56.11% |
Task Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire
Job postings citing Task Automation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.
Task Automation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Task Automation in Lancashire.
Task 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 Task Automation within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 14 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 | £440 | - | 1 |
| Task Automation North West |
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Task Automation
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:
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