Senior Jobs in Preston

Senior
Lancashire > Preston

The median Senior salary in Preston 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 5 16 16
Rank change year-on-year +11 0 +17
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 145 21 31
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Preston 38.26% 9.50% 10.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 38.98% 10.82% 12.45%
Number of salaries quoted 104 19 26
10th Percentile £48,165 £40,250 £28,894
25th Percentile £48,869 £47,500 £40,834
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £44,023
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% +13.58% -2.17%
75th Percentile £54,793 - £56,250
90th Percentile £58,943 £52,500 £59,150
Lancashire median annual salary £50,055 £57,965 £52,000
% change year-on-year -13.65% +11.47% -6.62%

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 372 194 249
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.15% 87.78% 85.86%
Number of salaries quoted 268 154 169
10th Percentile - £26,650 £25,004
25th Percentile £47,683 £32,000 £32,860
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.23% +5.88% +11.84%
75th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £49,594
90th Percentile £59,081 £63,750 £63,750
Lancashire median annual salary £50,055 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +11.23% -5.26% +11.76%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Preston

Senior
Salary Trend in Preston

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

Salary trend for Senior in Preston

Senior
Salary Histogram in Preston

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

Salary histogram for Senior in Preston

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

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 Preston region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 119 (82.07%) Degree
2 118 (81.38%) BPSS Clearance
3 104 (71.72%) Systems Engineering
4 63 (43.45%) Aerospace
5 51 (35.17%) Coaching
6 37 (25.52%) Mathematics
7 36 (24.83%) Avionics
7 36 (24.83%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
7 36 (24.83%) Customer Requirements
8 35 (24.14%) Physics
9 28 (19.31%) Hazard Analysis
10 27 (18.62%) HND
11 26 (17.93%) Requirements Management
11 26 (17.93%) Business Case
12 24 (16.55%) Aeronautics
13 23 (15.86%) SDLC
13 23 (15.86%) Agile
13 23 (15.86%) Social Skills
13 23 (15.86%) Feasibility Study
14 19 (13.10%) Project Management
14 19 (13.10%) HNC
14 19 (13.10%) IEC 61508
15 17 (11.72%) Automotive
16 15 (10.34%) Performance Management
16 15 (10.34%) SysML
17 13 (8.97%) Microsoft Office
17 13 (8.97%) Microsoft
17 13 (8.97%) Cost Control
18 12 (8.28%) Collaborative Working
18 12 (8.28%) FMEA

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Preston 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 4 (2.76%) Confluence
Applications
1 13 (8.97%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (6.90%) Simulink
3 3 (2.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (2.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (4.14%) Teamcenter
2 2 (1.38%) Infor LN
2 2 (1.38%) SAP BPC
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.69%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.38%) Tableau
2 1 (0.69%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (2.76%) Bitbucket
1 4 (2.76%) JIRA
2 3 (2.07%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 3 (2.07%) Rational DOORS
3 2 (1.38%) Oracle Forms
General
1 63 (43.45%) Aerospace
2 36 (24.83%) Avionics
3 24 (16.55%) Aeronautics
4 23 (15.86%) Social Skills
5 17 (11.72%) Automotive
6 10 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (6.90%) Finance
6 10 (6.90%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (2.76%) Electronics
8 3 (2.07%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.38%) Police
9 2 (1.38%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.38%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 7 (4.83%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.69%) Linux
1 1 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (71.72%) Systems Engineering
2 51 (35.17%) Coaching
3 37 (25.52%) Mathematics
4 36 (24.83%) Customer Requirements
4 36 (24.83%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
5 35 (24.14%) Physics
6 28 (19.31%) Hazard Analysis
7 26 (17.93%) Business Case
7 26 (17.93%) Requirements Management
8 23 (15.86%) Agile
8 23 (15.86%) Feasibility Study
8 23 (15.86%) SDLC
9 19 (13.10%) Project Management
10 15 (10.34%) Performance Management
10 15 (10.34%) SysML
11 13 (8.97%) Cost Control
12 12 (8.28%) Collaborative Working
12 12 (8.28%) FMEA
13 10 (6.90%) Safety Engineering
13 10 (6.90%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 8 (5.52%) MATLAB
2 5 (3.45%) Java
3 3 (2.07%) Ada
3 3 (2.07%) C
3 3 (2.07%) C#
3 3 (2.07%) VB
4 2 (1.38%) Python
4 2 (1.38%) Rust
5 1 (0.69%) C++
Qualifications
1 119 (82.07%) Degree
2 118 (81.38%) BPSS Clearance
3 27 (18.62%) HND
4 19 (13.10%) HNC
5 6 (4.14%) Chartered Engineer
6 4 (2.76%) ACCA
6 4 (2.76%) CIMA
6 4 (2.76%) Master's Degree
7 3 (2.07%) CISSP
7 3 (2.07%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (13.10%) IEC 61508
2 12 (8.28%) Def Stans
3 7 (4.83%) ARP4754
3 7 (4.83%) DO-254
4 5 (3.45%) HAZOP
5 3 (2.07%) NEBOSH
6 2 (1.38%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.38%) GAAP
6 2 (1.38%) IFRS
6 2 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.38%) NCSC
6 2 (1.38%) NIST
6 2 (1.38%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 5 (3.45%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 13 (8.97%) Microsoft
2 10 (6.90%) MathWorks
3 6 (4.14%) ANSYS
4 4 (2.76%) Atlassian
4 4 (2.76%) SAP
5 2 (1.38%) Cognos
5 2 (1.38%) Infor
5 2 (1.38%) Oracle
6 1 (0.69%) Cisco
6 1 (0.69%) Juniper
6 1 (0.69%) Palo Alto
258 Senior jobs in Lancashire