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Local Skills Improvement Plan 2026 to 2029 (three-year medium-term skills horizon; LSIP activities run to mid-2029) · set by North and Western Lancashire Chamber of Commerce

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Priority sectors
46
Occupations in demand
24
Skills named
11
Funding streams

The Lancashire LSIP (July 2026) is the county's third LSIP, produced by the North & Western Lancashire Chamber of Commerce as the designated Employer Representative Body and built on 500+ employer survey responses and 100+ interviews since summer 2025. It names seven priority sectors: Advanced Manufacturing & Engineering, Construction, Hospitality/Leisure & Tourism, Social Care, Digital, National Security & Resilience, and Clean Energy & Nuclear, aligned to the Lancashire Growth Plan and, for four of them, the UK Modern Industrial Strategy growth-driving sectors (Advanced Manufacturing, Digital & Technologies, Defence, Clean Energy Industries).

What employers here asked for

  • Construction
  • Hospitality, Leisure & Tourism (Culture and Tourism)
  • Social Care
  • Food Security / Agriculture & Food Production

National growth sectors

Designated by government, not chosen locally.

  • Advanced Manufacturing & Engineering
  • Digital (Sustainable Digital and Artificial Intelligence)
  • National Security & Resilience
  • Clean Energy & Nuclear (Clean Growth and a Nuclear Renaissance)

Occupations in demand

A sample: 16 of the 46 occupations the plan names.

  1. 01Engineers (2122/2126/2129)
  2. 02Machinists & production operatives including CNC (5223)
  3. 03Fabricators & welders (5211/5213)
  4. 04Electrical engineers (2123/3112)
  5. 05Data analysis (2133)
  6. 06Management (1121) / Production managers and directors in manufacturing
  7. 07Trades – bricklaying (5313), plumbing (5315), carpentry and joinery (5316), roofing (5314)
  8. 08Electricians and electrical fitters (5241)
  9. 09Plumbers and Heating and Ventilating Installers and Repairers (5315)
  10. 10Construction and Building Trades Supervisors / Management (5330)
  11. 11Chefs (5434)
  12. 12Front of house (4216)
  13. 13Managerial (1221/1222/5436)
  14. 14General leisure and hospitality staff (6221/9265/9264)
  15. 15Care workers and home carers (6135)
  16. 16Senior care workers (6136)

Jobs advertised right now

Skills named in the plan

A sample: 12 of the 24 skills the plan names, grouped by kind.

Digital

  • Essential Digital Skills (incl. email and MS Office software)
  • AI literacy and use (understanding, communicating with AI, critical evaluation, responsible/ethical use)
  • Digital & AI, data analysis (advanced manufacturing)

Technical

  • Cyber security
  • Web design, development and management
  • Programming and coding
  • Digital marketing, design and social media
  • Data science / data analytics
  • AI ethics
  • CNC machining
  • Robotics programming
  • Composite materials