Software Engineer
North West > Lancashire
The median Software Engineer salary in Lancashire is £50,055 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 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 3 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 105 | 45 | 61 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -60 | +16 | -40 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer | 27 | 41 | 12 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire | 1.35% | 3.18% | 1.76% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 1.44% | 3.43% | 2.15% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 22 | 34 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £30,000 | £35,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £48,869 | £35,000 | £35,625 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,055 | £40,000 | £40,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +25.14% | - | -28.14% |
| 75th Percentile | £51,240 | £50,000 | £44,375 |
| 90th Percentile | £57,324 | £60,000 | £44,750 |
| North West median annual salary | £65,000 | £57,500 | £57,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +13.04% | - | - |
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 | 1,881 | 1,195 | 558 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.24% | 92.78% | 81.70% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1,243 | 1,019 | 356 |
| 10th Percentile | £41,250 | £28,000 | £27,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £47,683 | £32,500 | £36,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,055 | £45,000 | £47,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +11.23% | -4.26% | +10.59% |
| 75th Percentile | £54,793 | £60,741 | £57,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £58,943 | £75,000 | £63,750 |
| North West median annual salary | £50,055 | £50,000 | £54,882 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.11% | -8.90% | +4.54% |
Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire
Job postings that featured Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.
Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Lancashire
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in Lancashire.
Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Lancashire
Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in Lancashire over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.
Software Engineer
Job Locations in Lancashire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineer within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 3 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 | - | 6 | £50,055 | - | 3 |
| Blackburn | -31 | 4 | £50,055 | +25.14% | |
| Blackpool | - | 3 | £50,055 | - | 2 |
| Lytham St Annes | - | 3 | £50,055 | - | |
| Software Engineer North West |
|||||
Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire
For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, Software Engineer 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 Software Engineer in the job title.
|
|
Software Engineer 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:
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||