Autonomous Agent Contract Job Trends in Preston

Autonomous Agents
Lancashire > Preston

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Autonomous Agent in contract job vacancies in Preston. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Autonomous Agent over the 6 months leading up to 12 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Autonomous Agent 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 0.54% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.69% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £519 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 - -
75th Percentile £556 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median daily rate £538 - -

All Generic Skills
Preston

Autonomous Agent falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 59 14 7
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 31.89% 18.67% 15.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 8 6
10th Percentile £418 £146 £280
25th Percentile £483 £329 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £405 £850
Median % change year-on-year +35.80% -52.35% +76.72%
75th Percentile £638 £468 £984
90th Percentile £670 £568 £988
Lancashire median daily rate £550 £513 £600
% change year-on-year +7.32% -14.58% +21.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £47.12 -
Median hourly rate £64.09 £51.16 -
Median % change year-on-year +25.27% - -
75th Percentile £72.66 £62.02 -
90th Percentile £82.91 £66.90 -
Lancashire median hourly rate £32.35 £62.68 £11.50
% change year-on-year -48.39% +445.04% -71.67%

Autonomous Agent
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Technical Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) AI Agents
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Domain Models
1 1 (100.00%) Domain-Driven Design
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) RBAC
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Recommendations