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New-look employees who break the mould are helping businesses address skills gaps across Lancashire and Cumbria.

We spoke to industry experts and employers to take the temperature and asked them three questions:

• What are the skills gaps now?
• What gaps do they predict in the next three to five years?
• What do employers need from education partners?

Employers are ‘reimagining’ jobs to fill skills gaps, resulting in an increasingly multi-skilled workforce.

Manufacturers now need employees who can combine knowledge of manual roles with digital skills to enable them to programme machinery. Healthcare workers using digital methods of capturing data require the ability to analyse that data to spot patterns that will enable them to provide better care. The list goes on.

This innovative approach to ensure the economy prospers was one of the findings of the Skills Barometer 2025, our second annual reading of the skills landscape.

Our role, as an IoT, is to make sure the training we offer evolves just as fast as the jobs themselves and collaboration is essential to bridging these gaps.

To read our findings on the region’s skills gaps, now and in the future, download the IoT’s Skills Barometer 2025 now.