Software Engineer Jobs in Lancashire

Software Engineer
North West > Lancashire

The median Software Engineer salary in Lancashire is £40,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 46 61 21
Rank change year-on-year +15 -40 +18
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 43 12 158
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 3.33% 1.79% 12.09%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.60% 2.19% 12.78%
Number of salaries quoted 36 2 24
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,625 £40,399
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £55,666
Median % change year-on-year - -28.14% +30.98%
75th Percentile £52,500 £44,375 £58,945
90th Percentile £70,000 £44,750 £60,000
North West median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year - - +9.52%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Lancashire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Lancashire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Lancashire with a recognized job title 1,196 547 1,236
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.64% 81.52% 94.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1,021 346 366
10th Percentile £28,000 £27,125 £24,125
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.26% +10.59% +6.25%
75th Percentile £60,741 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £63,750 £69,317
North West median annual salary £50,000 £54,882 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.90% +4.54% +10.53%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

Job postings that featured Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in Lancashire

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Lancashire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in Lancashire.

Salary trend for Software Engineer in Lancashire

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Lancashire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in Lancashire over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in Lancashire

Software Engineer
Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineer within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 30 April 2024. 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
Blackburn -4 9 £40,000 - 1
Burnley - 9 £40,000 -
Chorley - 6 £60,000 - 2
Accrington - 3 £30,000 -
Preston +11 2 £70,000 - 3
Nelson - 2 £48,000 -
Software Engineer
North West

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire

For the 6 months to 30 April 2024, Software Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Lancashire region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 43 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 19 (44.19%) IoT
3 15 (34.88%) Electronics
4 8 (18.60%) Git
4 8 (18.60%) Agile
5 7 (16.28%) Java
6 6 (13.95%) SQL
6 6 (13.95%) Spring
6 6 (13.95%) Maven
6 6 (13.95%) Spring Boot
7 5 (11.63%) C
8 3 (6.98%) C#
8 3 (6.98%) Linux
8 3 (6.98%) B2B
8 3 (6.98%) Embedded C
8 3 (6.98%) Workflow Management
8 3 (6.98%) Degree
8 3 (6.98%) Computer Science
8 3 (6.98%) ZigBee
8 3 (6.98%) Unit Testing
8 3 (6.98%) TDD
8 3 (6.98%) Workflow
8 3 (6.98%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (6.98%) Wireless
8 3 (6.98%) Mentoring
8 3 (6.98%) Kubernetes
8 3 (6.98%) SaaS
8 3 (6.98%) Code Quality
8 3 (6.98%) Full Stack Development
8 3 (6.98%) Tech for Good

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 2 (4.65%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 3 (6.98%) SaaS
2 1 (2.33%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.98%) Wi-Fi
1 3 (6.98%) Wireless
1 3 (6.98%) ZigBee
2 2 (4.65%) RS-232
2 2 (4.65%) RS-485
3 1 (2.33%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (18.60%) Git
2 6 (13.95%) Maven
3 2 (4.65%) Subversion
General
1 15 (34.88%) Electronics
2 3 (6.98%) Tech for Good
3 2 (4.65%) Avionics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (13.95%) Spring
1 6 (13.95%) Spring Boot
2 2 (4.65%) .NET
2 2 (4.65%) Laravel
2 2 (4.65%) React
3 1 (2.33%) ASP.NET
3 1 (2.33%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 19 (44.19%) IoT
2 2 (4.65%) Analogue Electronics
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.98%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 8 (18.60%) Agile
3 3 (6.98%) B2B
3 3 (6.98%) Code Quality
3 3 (6.98%) Computer Science
3 3 (6.98%) Full Stack Development
3 3 (6.98%) Mentoring
3 3 (6.98%) TDD
3 3 (6.98%) Unit Testing
3 3 (6.98%) Workflow
3 3 (6.98%) Workflow Management
4 2 (4.65%) Bill of Materials
4 2 (4.65%) Prototyping
4 2 (4.65%) Schematic Capture
4 2 (4.65%) SDLC
4 2 (4.65%) Software Testing
5 1 (2.33%) Embedded Software Development
5 1 (2.33%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (2.33%) SOLID
5 1 (2.33%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 7 (16.28%) Java
2 6 (13.95%) SQL
3 5 (11.63%) C
4 3 (6.98%) C#
4 3 (6.98%) Embedded C
5 2 (4.65%) PHP
6 1 (2.33%) C++
6 1 (2.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (6.98%) Degree
2 2 (4.65%) HNC
2 2 (4.65%) SC Cleared
2 2 (4.65%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
Systems Management
1 3 (6.98%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (4.65%) Allen-Bradley
1 2 (4.65%) EMC
1 2 (4.65%) Siemens