Software Developer Job Trends in Blackburn

Software Developer
Lancashire > Blackburn

The median Software Developer salary in Blackburn is £48,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 July 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 16 -
Rank change year-on-year -16 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 1 5 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Blackburn 0.45% 6.10% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% 6.17% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 - -
75th Percentile £51,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median annual salary £70,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +75.00% - -33.33%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Blackburn

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Blackburn. 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 Blackburn with a recognized job title 218 81 79
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 99.09% 98.78% 89.77%
Number of salaries quoted 107 59 76
10th Percentile £31,125 £40,400 £21,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £47,683 £23,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,055 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +66.85% -40.00%
75th Percentile £50,875 £60,625 £37,625
90th Percentile £60,640 £74,500 £53,750
Lancashire median annual salary £45,000 £47,683 £45,249
% change year-on-year -5.63% +5.38% -6.26%

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Blackburn

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

Software Developer job vacancy trend in Blackburn

Software Developer
Salary Trend in Blackburn

Salary distribution trend for Software Developer job vacancies in Blackburn.

Salary distribution trend for Software Developer job vacancies in Blackburn

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

For the 6 months to 23 July 2026, Software Developer 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 permanent job ads across the Blackburn region featuring Software Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Eclipse
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Hibernate
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) JUnit
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) OOP
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) Spring Boot
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio Code

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

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Eclipse
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) JUnit
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio Code
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Hibernate
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) Spring Boot
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) OOP
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Java