Generative AI Job Trends in Lancashire

Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI)
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring Generative AI skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 70 -
Rank change year-on-year +13 - -
Permanent jobs citing Generative AI 2 4 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Lancashire 0.18% 0.48% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.54% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 0
10th Percentile - £81,600 -
25th Percentile £44,972 £88,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,497 £100,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -54.50% - -
75th Percentile £46,022 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £75,000 £96,250 £110,000
% change year-on-year -22.08% -12.50% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Lancashire

Generative AI falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Lancashire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 976 738 324
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 85.76% 89.13% 82.03%
Number of salaries quoted 292 455 252
10th Percentile £25,103 £36,450 £27,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £40,988 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,936 £50,055 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.23% +5.38% +5.56%
75th Percentile £54,793 £58,943 £60,000
90th Percentile £65,871 £67,968 £70,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% -

Generative AI
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Generative AI job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Generative AI
Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Generative AI within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 27 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Blackpool - 2 £45,497 -
Generative AI
North West

Generative AI
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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Coaching
1 2 (100.00%) Community of Practice
1 2 (100.00%) Focus Group
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft