AI Agents Job Trends in Lancashire

AI Agents (Agentic AI)
North West > Lancashire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term AI Agents in permanent job vacancies in Lancashire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited AI Agents over the 6 months leading up to 6 November 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 6 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	79	-	-
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Permanent jobs citing AI Agents	3	0	0
As % of all permanent jobs in Lancashire	0.19%	-	-
As % of the Miscellaneous category	0.96%	-	-
Number of salaries quoted	1	0	0
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	£80,440	-	-
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£85,855	-	-
75^th Percentile	£91,269	-	-
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
North West median annual salary	£90,000	£77,500	-
% change year-on-year	+16.13%	-	-

All Generic Skills
Lancashire

AI Agents falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies citing generic IT skills in Lancashire.

	6 months to 6 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing generic IT skills	311	325	315
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire	19.32%	44.64%	28.71%
Number of salaries quoted	226	104	138
10^th Percentile	£30,750	£23,250	£32,000
25^th Percentile	£33,438	£29,000	£42,238
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£45,000	£40,000	£52,500
Median % change year-on-year	+12.50%	-23.81%	+12.24%
75^th Percentile	£57,500	£53,000	£63,750
90^th Percentile	£73,205	£62,500	£67,968
North West median annual salary	£54,375	£48,979	£52,500
% change year-on-year	+11.02%	-6.71%	-8.36%

AI Agents Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing AI Agents relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.

AI Agents Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AI Agents within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 6 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Blackpool	-	1	£85,855	-
AI Agents North West

AI Agents Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire

For the 6 months to 6 November 2026, job vacancies citing AI Agents also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Lancashire region citing AI Agents.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	AI	100.0%	3
1	Microsoft	100.0%	3
1	Microsoft Copilot	100.0%	3
4	Anthropic Claude	66.7%	2
4	ChatGPT	66.7%	2
4	Problem-Solving	66.7%	2
4	Process Improvement	66.7%	2
4	Zapier	66.7%	2
9	Agile	33.3%	1
9	Claude Code	33.3%	1
9	Coaching	33.3%	1
9	Copilot Studio	33.3%	1
9	Data Protection	33.3%	1
9	Digital Innovation	33.3%	1
9	Digital Transformation Programme	33.3%	1
9	Langfuse	33.3%	1
9	Mentoring	33.3%	1
9	Microsoft 365	33.3%	1
9	Microsoft Certified Professional	33.3%	1
9	Middleware	33.3%	1
9	Model Context Protocol	33.3%	1
9	Project Delivery	33.3%	1
9	Translating Business Requirements	33.3%	1
9	Waterfall	33.3%	1

AI Agents Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Cloud Services

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Microsoft Copilot	100.0%	3
2	Anthropic Claude	66.7%	2
2	ChatGPT	66.7%	2
2	Zapier	66.7%	2
5	Copilot Studio	33.3%	1
5	Microsoft 365	33.3%	1