Lead Software Engineer Job Trends in Blackpool

Lead Software Engineer
Lancashire > Blackpool

The median Lead Software Engineer salary in Blackpool is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 June 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Software Engineer 4 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Blackpool 1.63% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.65% - -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £82,580 - -
25th Percentile £87,350 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median annual salary £90,000 - -

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 242 48 112
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.78% 80.00% 93.33%
Number of salaries quoted 222 33 98
10th Percentile £35,000 £44,537 £40,988
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,869 £42,238
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year - -5.11% +22.03%
75th Percentile £74,997 £61,250 £75,772
90th Percentile £90,000 £65,000 £84,964
Lancashire median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -5.26%

Lead Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Blackpool

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

Lead Software Engineer job vacancy trend in Blackpool

Lead Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Blackpool

Salary distribution trend for Lead Software Engineer job vacancies in Blackpool.

Salary distribution trend for Lead Software Engineer job vacancies in Blackpool

Lead Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Blackpool

For the 6 months to 17 June 2026, Lead Software Engineer 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 Lead Software Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) AWS
3 1 (25.00%) Azure
3 1 (25.00%) Coaching
3 1 (25.00%) Java
3 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (25.00%) Microservices
3 1 (25.00%) MongoDB
3 1 (25.00%) MySQL
3 1 (25.00%) Node.js
3 1 (25.00%) NoSQL
3 1 (25.00%) Open Source
3 1 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (25.00%) RESTful
3 1 (25.00%) SQL
3 1 (25.00%) TDD
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Leadership

Lead Software Engineer 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) MongoDB
1 1 (25.00%) MySQL
1 1 (25.00%) NoSQL
1 1 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
General
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Node.js
1 1 (25.00%) RESTful
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Coaching
3 1 (25.00%) Microservices
3 1 (25.00%) Open Source
3 1 (25.00%) TDD
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Java
1 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (25.00%) SQL