Developer Jobs in Lancashire

Developer
North West > Lancashire

The median Developer salary in Lancashire is £51,238 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 2 19
Rank change year-on-year -66 +17 -15
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 52 99 74
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 3.19% 18.71% 9.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.34% 20.45% 10.38%
Number of salaries quoted 39 93 62
10th Percentile £38,500 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,810 £40,000 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,238 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.48% +11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £55,000 £59,750
North West median annual salary £51,238 £52,084 £57,500
% change year-on-year -1.62% -9.42% +9.52%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Lancashire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 1,557 484 713
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.40% 91.49% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 973 413 401
10th Percentile £40,000 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £47,683 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% - +5.88%
75th Percentile £58,943 £55,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,000
North West median annual salary £51,564 £50,803 £53,121
% change year-on-year +1.50% -4.36% +6.24%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Lancashire

Developer
Salary Trend in Lancashire

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

Salary trend for Developer in Lancashire

Developer
Salary Histogram in Lancashire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in Lancashire over the 6 months to 14 January 2025.

Salary histogram for Developer in Lancashire

Developer
Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 14 January 2025. 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
Chorley -8 7 £55,000 +10.00% 4
Burnley +2 5 £50,000 +16.28%
Lancaster -12 5 £42,134 -8.90%
Preston -42 3 £50,000 - 2
Blackpool - 2 £31,500 - 1
Developer
North West

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

For the 6 months to 14 January 2025, Developer 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 Developer in the job title.

1 19 (36.54%) JavaScript
2 17 (32.69%) HTML
2 17 (32.69%) CSS
3 15 (28.85%) Full-Stack Development
4 14 (26.92%) Analytics
5 13 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (25.00%) Degree
5 13 (25.00%) Computer Science
5 13 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (23.08%) Power Platform
7 10 (19.23%) .NET
7 10 (19.23%) Translating Business Requirements
8 9 (17.31%) SQL
8 9 (17.31%) IBM
8 9 (17.31%) Change Management
9 8 (15.38%) Dynamics 365
9 8 (15.38%) Agile
9 8 (15.38%) Multimedia
9 8 (15.38%) Web Development
9 8 (15.38%) Python
9 8 (15.38%) C#
9 8 (15.38%) HTML5
9 8 (15.38%) CSS3
9 8 (15.38%) GitHub
10 7 (13.46%) Front End Development
10 7 (13.46%) Cognos
10 7 (13.46%) CIMA
10 7 (13.46%) Finance
10 7 (13.46%) ACCA
10 7 (13.46%) IBM Planning Analytics

Developer 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (5.77%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.92%) CMS
2 1 (1.92%) Drupal
2 1 (1.92%) WordPress
Business Applications
1 7 (13.46%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 2 (3.85%) BPCS
3 1 (1.92%) Magento
3 1 (1.92%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 12 (23.08%) Power Platform
2 8 (15.38%) Dynamics 365
2 8 (15.38%) GitHub
3 3 (5.77%) AWS
4 2 (3.85%) Azure
5 1 (1.92%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.92%) GCP
5 1 (1.92%) SaaS
5 1 (1.92%) Stripe
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.69%) Power BI
1 4 (7.69%) SQL Server
2 3 (5.77%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 3 (5.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (3.85%) MySQL
4 1 (1.92%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.92%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (3.85%) Bitbucket
1 2 (3.85%) Git
2 1 (1.92%) JIRA
2 1 (1.92%) Moq
2 1 (1.92%) NUnit
2 1 (1.92%) Visual Studio
2 1 (1.92%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 13 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (15.38%) Multimedia
3 7 (13.46%) Finance
4 4 (7.69%) Social Skills
5 2 (3.85%) Games
6 1 (1.92%) Automotive
6 1 (1.92%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (32.69%) CSS
1 17 (32.69%) HTML
2 10 (19.23%) .NET
3 8 (15.38%) CSS3
3 8 (15.38%) HTML5
4 3 (5.77%) Flutter
5 2 (3.85%) .NET Core
5 2 (3.85%) jQuery
5 2 (3.85%) React
5 2 (3.85%) Vue
6 1 (1.92%) .NET Framework
6 1 (1.92%) AngularJS
6 1 (1.92%) EJS
6 1 (1.92%) Entity Framework
6 1 (1.92%) Jest
6 1 (1.92%) Laravel
6 1 (1.92%) Node.js
6 1 (1.92%) RESTful
6 1 (1.92%) Ruby on Rails
6 1 (1.92%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.77%) Management Information System
1 3 (5.77%) Mobile App
2 2 (3.85%) iSeries
3 1 (1.92%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.92%) Social Network
3 1 (1.92%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.85%) Android
1 2 (3.85%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (28.85%) Full-Stack Development
2 14 (26.92%) Analytics
3 13 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 10 (19.23%) Translating Business Requirements
5 9 (17.31%) Change Management
6 8 (15.38%) Agile
6 8 (15.38%) Web Development
7 7 (13.46%) Decision-Making
7 7 (13.46%) Front End Development
7 7 (13.46%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (11.54%) Software Testing
8 6 (11.54%) Visualisation
9 5 (9.62%) Change Control
9 5 (9.62%) ERP
10 4 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
10 4 (7.69%) Innovative Thinking
10 4 (7.69%) User Experience
11 3 (5.77%) Data Visualisation
11 3 (5.77%) ETL
11 3 (5.77%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (36.54%) JavaScript
2 9 (17.31%) SQL
3 8 (15.38%) C#
3 8 (15.38%) Python
4 6 (11.54%) PHP
5 2 (3.85%) RPG
5 2 (3.85%) RPG IV
5 2 (3.85%) TypeScript
6 1 (1.92%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 13 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 13 (25.00%) Degree
2 7 (13.46%) ACCA
2 7 (13.46%) CIMA
3 1 (1.92%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.92%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.69%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.92%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (1.92%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (17.31%) IBM
2 7 (13.46%) Cognos
3 5 (9.62%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.92%) Alteryx
4 1 (1.92%) DevExpress
4 1 (1.92%) Google
4 1 (1.92%) ServiceNow