Principal Software Engineer
Lancashire > Preston
The median Principal Software Engineer salary in Preston is £75,900 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 27 July 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
|
|
6 months to
27 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
Same period 2023 |
| Rank |
48 |
32 |
- |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-16 |
- |
- |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Software Engineer |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Preston |
0.39% |
0.47% |
- |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
0.40% |
0.54% |
- |
| Number of salaries quoted |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£75,900 |
£57,500 |
- |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+32.00% |
- |
- |
| Lancashire median annual salary |
£75,900 |
£57,500 |
- |
| % change year-on-year |
+32.00% |
- |
- |
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Preston. 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 Preston with a recognized job title |
249 |
184 |
228 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title |
96.51% |
87.20% |
84.76% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
208 |
152 |
163 |
| 10th Percentile |
- |
£25,050 |
£23,500 |
| 25th Percentile |
£47,683 |
£35,000 |
£30,100 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£50,055 |
£47,842 |
£43,800 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+4.63% |
+9.23% |
+16.80% |
| 75th Percentile |
£54,845 |
£57,500 |
£57,500 |
| 90th Percentile |
£59,081 |
£69,500 |
£68,500 |
| Lancashire median annual salary |
£50,055 |
£47,500 |
£47,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
+5.38% |
- |
+7.95% |
