Developer Job Trends in Blackpool

Developer
Lancashire > Blackpool

The median Developer salary in Blackpool is £46,186 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 December 2025.

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

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 12 -
Rank change year-on-year -2 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 6 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Blackpool 6.32% 3.77% -
As % of the Job Titles category 6.32% 4.00% -
Number of salaries quoted 6 2 0
10th Percentile £35,375 - -
25th Percentile £39,938 £29,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,186 £31,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +46.62% - -
75th Percentile £49,708 £33,250 -
90th Percentile £75,000 - -
Lancashire median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Blackpool

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Blackpool. 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 Blackpool with a recognized job title 95 50 14
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 94.34% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 87 37 11
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,250 -
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,238 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £57,836 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.87% +80.74% -51.70%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,968 £43,750
90th Percentile £86,253 £71,991 £57,500
Lancashire median annual salary £45,000 £50,055 £46,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +8.81% +2.22%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Blackpool

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

Developer job vacancy trend in Blackpool

Developer
Salary Trend in Blackpool

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Blackpool.

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Blackpool

Developer
Salary Histogram in Blackpool

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in Blackpool over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Developer in Blackpool

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Blackpool

For the 6 months to 30 December 2025, 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 Blackpool region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 3 (50.00%) Laravel
1 3 (50.00%) PHP
2 2 (33.33%) Accessibility
2 2 (33.33%) Analytics
2 2 (33.33%) CSS
2 2 (33.33%) Front End Development
2 2 (33.33%) Git
2 2 (33.33%) HTML
2 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 2 (33.33%) MySQL
2 2 (33.33%) Web Development
3 1 (16.67%) Agile
3 1 (16.67%) Alpine.js
3 1 (16.67%) API Integration
3 1 (16.67%) Clean Code
3 1 (16.67%) Coaching
3 1 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (16.67%) Design Patterns
3 1 (16.67%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (16.67%) Full-Stack Development
3 1 (16.67%) jQuery
3 1 (16.67%) Linux
3 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
3 1 (16.67%) MVC
3 1 (16.67%) OOP
3 1 (16.67%) PHPUnit
3 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) Redis
3 1 (16.67%) Tailwind CSS
3 1 (16.67%) TDD

Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Blackpool 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 2 (33.33%) MySQL
2 1 (16.67%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (16.67%) Redis
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Git
2 1 (16.67%) PHPUnit
General
1 1 (16.67%) Games
1 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (50.00%) Laravel
2 2 (33.33%) CSS
2 2 (33.33%) HTML
3 1 (16.67%) Alpine.js
3 1 (16.67%) jQuery
3 1 (16.67%) Tailwind CSS
3 1 (16.67%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Analytics
1 2 (33.33%) Front End Development
1 2 (33.33%) Web Development
2 1 (16.67%) Agile
2 1 (16.67%) API Integration
2 1 (16.67%) Clean Code
2 1 (16.67%) Coaching
2 1 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (16.67%) Design Patterns
2 1 (16.67%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
2 1 (16.67%) MVC
2 1 (16.67%) OOP
2 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) TDD
2 1 (16.67%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) PHP
2 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) Accessibility