Developer Jobs in Lancaster

Developer
Lancashire > Lancaster

The median Developer salary in Lancaster is £50,890 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 6 11
Rank change year-on-year +3 +5 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 9 24 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancaster 22.50% 17.52% 2.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 28.13% 17.65% 2.63%
Number of salaries quoted 9 24 1
10th Percentile - £35,000 -
25th Percentile £40,620 £37,500 £46,504
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,890 £42,500 £48,271
Median % change year-on-year +19.74% -11.96% +13.58%
75th Percentile £53,093 £47,188 £50,038
90th Percentile £53,174 £50,000 -
Lancashire median annual salary £42,134 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -15.73% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Lancaster

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Lancaster. 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 Lancaster with a recognized job title 32 136 38
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 80.00% 99.27% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 32 130 25
10th Percentile £27,730 £30,450 £32,300
25th Percentile £33,305 £36,750 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,134 £45,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.37% -8.16% +15.29%
75th Percentile £53,093 £52,084 £60,800
90th Percentile £53,494 £60,000 £71,740
Lancashire median annual salary £50,055 £45,249 £47,000
% change year-on-year +10.62% -3.73% +9.94%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancaster

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Lancaster

Developer
Salary Trend in Lancaster

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

Salary trend for Developer in Lancaster

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

For the 6 months to 16 May 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 Lancaster region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 8 (88.89%) DevOps
1 8 (88.89%) CI/CD
1 8 (88.89%) Containerisation
2 6 (66.67%) API Development
2 6 (66.67%) .NET Core
2 6 (66.67%) ASP.NET Web Forms
2 6 (66.67%) .NET
2 6 (66.67%) C#
2 6 (66.67%) Agile
2 6 (66.67%) AngularJS
3 5 (55.56%) TypeScript
3 5 (55.56%) WinForms
3 5 (55.56%) High Availability
3 5 (55.56%) Software Engineering
3 5 (55.56%) SQL Server
3 5 (55.56%) Line Management
3 5 (55.56%) Mentoring
3 5 (55.56%) Coaching
4 4 (44.44%) Full-Stack Development
4 4 (44.44%) Degree
5 3 (33.33%) Relational Database
5 3 (33.33%) Identity Management
5 3 (33.33%) Digital Strategy
5 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (33.33%) Microservices
5 3 (33.33%) Kubernetes
5 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (11.11%) Decision-Making
6 1 (11.11%) Migration
6 1 (11.11%) SQL

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancaster 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (55.56%) SQL Server
2 3 (33.33%) Relational Database
General
1 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (66.67%) .NET
1 6 (66.67%) .NET Core
1 6 (66.67%) AngularJS
1 6 (66.67%) ASP.NET Web Forms
2 5 (55.56%) WinForms
3 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) CI/CD
1 8 (88.89%) Containerisation
1 8 (88.89%) DevOps
2 6 (66.67%) Agile
2 6 (66.67%) API Development
3 5 (55.56%) Coaching
3 5 (55.56%) High Availability
3 5 (55.56%) Line Management
3 5 (55.56%) Mentoring
3 5 (55.56%) Software Engineering
4 4 (44.44%) Full-Stack Development
5 3 (33.33%) Digital Strategy
5 3 (33.33%) Identity Management
5 3 (33.33%) Microservices
5 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (11.11%) Decision-Making
6 1 (11.11%) Migration
6 1 (11.11%) Project Management
6 1 (11.11%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 6 (66.67%) C#
2 5 (55.56%) TypeScript
3 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) Degree
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) Kubernetes