Senior Jobs in Lancashire

Senior
North West > Lancashire

The median Senior salary in Lancashire is £50,055 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 May 2025.

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

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 8 25
Rank change year-on-year +2 +17 +12
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 712 175 71
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 30.56% 12.80% 9.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 32.26% 13.75% 12.10%
Number of salaries quoted 506 152 52
10th Percentile £47,773 £41,625 £29,580
25th Percentile £48,869 £50,000 £42,278
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £57,965 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.65% +11.47% -6.62%
75th Percentile £54,793 £67,968 £60,200
90th Percentile £55,000 £74,500 £61,250
North West median annual salary £50,055 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -16.58% - +4.35%

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 2,207 1,273 587
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.72% 93.12% 82.21%
Number of salaries quoted 1,262 1,077 384
10th Percentile £40,620 £27,000 £27,075
25th Percentile £47,683 £35,000 £36,330
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.23% -5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £54,793 £60,741 £58,750
90th Percentile £58,943 £75,309 £67,500
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Lancashire

Senior
Salary Trend in Lancashire

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

Salary trend for Senior in Lancashire

Senior
Salary Histogram in Lancashire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in Lancashire over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior in Lancashire

Senior
Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
Preston +11 145 £50,055 +0.11% 14
Blackburn +15 120 £50,055 +92.52% 2
Blackpool 0 115 £50,055 -18.22% 17
Lytham St Annes - 114 £50,055 -
Lancaster +10 7 £50,890 -7.47% 4
Burnley +1 1 £50,000 -
Senior
North West

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

For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, Senior 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 Senior in the job title.

1 526 (73.88%) Systems Engineering
2 524 (73.60%) Degree
3 506 (71.07%) BPSS Clearance
4 367 (51.54%) Aerospace
5 255 (35.81%) Coaching
6 212 (29.78%) Avionics
7 207 (29.07%) Customer Requirements
8 206 (28.93%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
9 190 (26.69%) Agile
10 171 (24.02%) HND
11 170 (23.88%) Mathematics
12 168 (23.60%) Physics
13 161 (22.61%) Requirements Management
14 146 (20.51%) Business Case
15 141 (19.80%) Aeronautics
16 136 (19.10%) Hazard Analysis
17 132 (18.54%) SDLC
18 131 (18.40%) Feasibility Study
19 127 (17.84%) Social Skills
20 121 (16.99%) HNC
21 111 (15.59%) Automotive
22 92 (12.92%) Software Engineering
22 92 (12.92%) Mentoring
23 88 (12.36%) Project Management
24 87 (12.22%) Java
25 80 (11.24%) SysML
26 78 (10.96%) Python
26 78 (10.96%) Performance Management
27 76 (10.67%) Cost Control
28 75 (10.53%) Data Engineering

Senior 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 18 (2.53%) Confluence
Applications
1 68 (9.55%) Microsoft Office
2 50 (7.02%) Simulink
3 15 (2.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (2.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 45 (6.32%) Teamcenter
2 2 (0.28%) Infor LN
2 2 (0.28%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 72 (10.11%) AWS
1 72 (10.11%) Azure
2 71 (9.97%) GCP
3 4 (0.56%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.14%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (0.14%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (0.14%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.28%) Firewall
1 2 (0.28%) Software-Defined Radio
1 2 (0.28%) Wireless
2 1 (0.14%) BGP
2 1 (0.14%) EIGRP
2 1 (0.14%) MPLS
2 1 (0.14%) Network Security
2 1 (0.14%) OSPF
2 1 (0.14%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.14%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.14%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (0.98%) SQL Server
2 4 (0.56%) Big Data
2 4 (0.56%) Power BI
3 2 (0.28%) Tableau
4 1 (0.14%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.14%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.14%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 17 (2.39%) Bitbucket
1 17 (2.39%) JIRA
2 15 (2.11%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 15 (2.11%) Rational DOORS
3 2 (0.28%) Oracle Forms
General
1 367 (51.54%) Aerospace
2 212 (29.78%) Avionics
3 141 (19.80%) Aeronautics
4 127 (17.84%) Social Skills
5 111 (15.59%) Automotive
6 72 (10.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 61 (8.57%) Influencing Skills
8 23 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
8 23 (3.23%) Finance
9 17 (2.39%) Manufacturing
10 10 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
10 10 (1.40%) Telecoms
11 5 (0.70%) Retail
12 4 (0.56%) Electronics
13 2 (0.28%) Police
14 1 (0.14%) Legal
14 1 (0.14%) Mandarin Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (10.39%) .NET
2 70 (9.83%) Node.js
3 4 (0.56%) .NET Core
3 4 (0.56%) AngularJS
3 4 (0.56%) ASP.NET Web Forms
4 3 (0.42%) WinForms
5 1 (0.14%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.14%) CSS
5 1 (0.14%) Flutter
5 1 (0.14%) HTML
5 1 (0.14%) jQuery
5 1 (0.14%) Laravel
5 1 (0.14%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 70 (9.83%) Cyberattack
1 70 (9.83%) Linux Command Line
1 70 (9.83%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (0.98%) Management Information System
3 2 (0.28%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (0.28%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (0.14%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (0.14%) Mobile App
4 1 (0.14%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 71 (9.97%) Linux
2 3 (0.42%) Windows
3 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 526 (73.88%) Systems Engineering
2 255 (35.81%) Coaching
3 207 (29.07%) Customer Requirements
4 206 (28.93%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
5 190 (26.69%) Agile
6 170 (23.88%) Mathematics
7 168 (23.60%) Physics
8 161 (22.61%) Requirements Management
9 146 (20.51%) Business Case
10 136 (19.10%) Hazard Analysis
11 132 (18.54%) SDLC
12 131 (18.40%) Feasibility Study
13 92 (12.92%) Mentoring
13 92 (12.92%) Software Engineering
14 88 (12.36%) Project Management
15 80 (11.24%) SysML
16 78 (10.96%) Performance Management
17 76 (10.67%) Cost Control
18 75 (10.53%) Data Engineering
19 71 (9.97%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 87 (12.22%) Java
2 78 (10.96%) Python
3 72 (10.11%) Rust
4 71 (9.97%) C++
4 71 (9.97%) JavaScript
5 70 (9.83%) Go
6 55 (7.72%) MATLAB
7 19 (2.67%) C#
8 15 (2.11%) Ada
8 15 (2.11%) C
8 15 (2.11%) VB
9 3 (0.42%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.28%) PHP
10 2 (0.28%) SQL
11 1 (0.14%) Bash
Qualifications
1 524 (73.60%) Degree
2 506 (71.07%) BPSS Clearance
3 171 (24.02%) HND
4 121 (16.99%) HNC
5 70 (9.83%) AWS Certification
5 70 (9.83%) AWS Certified Developer
5 70 (9.83%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 70 (9.83%) DV Cleared
5 70 (9.83%) Security Cleared
6 17 (2.39%) PMP
7 6 (0.84%) Chartered Engineer
8 4 (0.56%) ACCA
8 4 (0.56%) CIMA
8 4 (0.56%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.42%) CISSP
9 3 (0.42%) MOS
10 2 (0.28%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.14%) CCIE
11 1 (0.14%) CCNP
11 1 (0.14%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (2.67%) IEC 61508
2 15 (2.11%) NEBOSH
3 12 (1.69%) Def Stans
4 7 (0.98%) ARP4754
4 7 (0.98%) DO-254
5 5 (0.70%) HAZOP
6 2 (0.28%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.28%) GAAP
6 2 (0.28%) IFRS
6 2 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.28%) NCSC
6 2 (0.28%) NIST
6 2 (0.28%) NIST 800
6 2 (0.28%) QA
7 1 (0.14%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 5 (0.70%) Functional Safety
2 1 (0.14%) Ansible
2 1 (0.14%) Terraform
Vendors
1 69 (9.69%) Microsoft
2 50 (7.02%) MathWorks
3 45 (6.32%) ANSYS
4 18 (2.53%) Atlassian
5 4 (0.56%) SAP
6 2 (0.28%) Cisco
6 2 (0.28%) Cognos
6 2 (0.28%) Infor
6 2 (0.28%) Juniper
6 2 (0.28%) Oracle
6 2 (0.28%) Xilinx
7 1 (0.14%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.14%) Palo Alto