Senior Software Developer Contract Job Trends in Preston

Senior Software Developer
Lancashire > Preston

As of 26 April 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Senior Software Developer daily rate in Preston.

6 months to
26 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Software Developer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 1.11% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.18% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Lancashire median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £37.25 - -
Median hourly rate £39.50 - -
75th Percentile £41.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median hourly rate £42.53 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Preston

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Preston. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Preston with a recognized job title 85 65 34
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.44% 94.20% 61.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 42 20
10th Percentile £368 £350 £241
25th Percentile £575 £412 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £770 £528 £525
Median % change year-on-year +45.97% +0.48% +13.51%
75th Percentile £950 £574 £743
90th Percentile - £630 £976
Lancashire median daily rate £613 £530 £500
% change year-on-year +15.57% +6.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 10 12
10th Percentile £36.32 £23.77 -
25th Percentile £39.53 £26.88 £11.77
Median hourly rate £42.69 £28.75 £40.25
Median % change year-on-year +48.47% -28.57% -0.84%
75th Percentile £71.50 £30.63 £46.18
90th Percentile £74.26 £32.71 £47.82
Lancashire median hourly rate £45.46 £28.75 £42.91
% change year-on-year +58.12% -33.00% +3.72%

Senior Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior Software Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston.

Senior Software Developer job vacancy trend in Preston

Senior Software Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in Preston

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Software Developer job vacancies in Preston.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Software Developer job vacancies in Preston

Senior Software Developer Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston

For the 6 months to 26 April 2026, Senior Software Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Preston region featuring Senior Software Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) ClearCase
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database
1 1 (100.00%) SOLID
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) VB
1 1 (100.00%) VB6
1 1 (100.00%) WinForms
1 1 (100.00%) WPF
1 1 (100.00%) XML

Senior Software Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) ClearCase
1 1 (100.00%) Git
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) WinForms
1 1 (100.00%) WPF
1 1 (100.00%) XML
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) SOLID
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) VB
1 1 (100.00%) VB6
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle