Senior Developer Job Trends in Preston

Senior Developer
Lancashire > Preston

The median Senior Developer salary in Preston is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 November 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 26 -
Rank change year-on-year +15 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 1 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Preston 1.56% 0.70% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.64% 0.74% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 -
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £56,250
% change year-on-year - +15.56% +2.27%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Preston

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 61 135 140
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.31% 94.41% 94.59%
Number of salaries quoted 54 100 102
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £23,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,938 £29,775
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,500 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% +7.45% +11.65%
75th Percentile £55,000 £65,438 £67,500
90th Percentile £67,000 £72,500 £72,500
Lancashire median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +11.11%

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Preston.

Senior Developer job vacancy trend in Preston

Senior Developer
Salary Trend in Preston

Salary distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies in Preston.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies in Preston

Senior Developer Skill Set
Top 5 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston

For the 6 months to 5 November 2025, Senior Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Preston region featuring Senior Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby on Rails
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) WFM

Senior Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby on Rails
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) WFM
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby