Intelligent Automation Contract Job Trends in Preston

Intelligent Automation (Intelligent Process Automation)
Lancashire > Preston

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

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Intelligent Automation 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 1.06% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.22% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Lancashire median daily rate - - £645

All Process and Methodology Skills
Preston

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 Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 82 32 65
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 87.23% 86.49% 98.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 10 22
10th Percentile £250 £200 £328
25th Percentile £405 £350 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +11.76% +13.33%
75th Percentile £576 £560 £498
90th Percentile £680 £589 £500
Lancashire median daily rate £478 £484 £623
% change year-on-year -1.34% -22.25% +17.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 7 39
10th Percentile £29.21 £24.32 £20.52
25th Percentile - £25.03 £20.97
Median hourly rate £41.94 £31.52 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +33.06% -31.75% +15.39%
75th Percentile £57.61 £52.25 £50.88
90th Percentile £72.62 £67.77 £74.37
Lancashire median hourly rate £45.46 £43.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year +5.72% -6.89% +15.45%

Intelligent Automation
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:

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