Software Engineer Jobs in Preston

Software Engineer
Lancashire > Preston

The median Software Engineer salary in Preston is £50,055 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 34 45
Rank change year-on-year -15 +11 -13
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 6 2 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Preston 1.58% 0.90% 0.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.61% 1.03% 0.89%
Number of salaries quoted 5 2 0
10th Percentile £42,092 - -
25th Percentile £48,869 £67,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £70,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -28.49% - -
75th Percentile £51,240 £72,500 -
90th Percentile £55,296 - -
Lancashire median annual salary £50,055 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +25.14% - -28.14%

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 372 194 224
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.15% 87.39% 85.50%
Number of salaries quoted 246 153 154
10th Percentile - £26,600 £25,004
25th Percentile £47,683 £32,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £42,500 £42,098
Median % change year-on-year +17.78% +0.96% +5.24%
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £48,750
90th Percentile £60,000 £63,750 £59,879
Lancashire median annual salary £50,055 £45,000 £47,000
% change year-on-year +11.23% -4.26% +10.59%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in Preston

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Preston

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

Salary trend for Software Engineer in Preston

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Preston

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in Preston over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in Preston

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

For the 6 months to 1 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 Preston region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Java
1 6 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 6 (100.00%) Degree
2 5 (83.33%) Agile
3 4 (66.67%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (66.67%) C#
3 4 (66.67%) Ada
4 3 (50.00%) VB
4 3 (50.00%) C
4 3 (50.00%) Python
4 3 (50.00%) Configuration Management
4 3 (50.00%) JIRA
4 3 (50.00%) Mathematics
4 3 (50.00%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 3 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
4 3 (50.00%) Rust
4 3 (50.00%) Rational DOORS
4 3 (50.00%) Bitbucket
4 3 (50.00%) Design Patterns
5 2 (33.33%) DevSecOps
5 2 (33.33%) CI/CD
5 2 (33.33%) Test Automation
5 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
5 2 (33.33%) Software Testing
6 1 (16.67%) Unit Testing
6 1 (16.67%) Physics
6 1 (16.67%) CSS
6 1 (16.67%) JSP
6 1 (16.67%) Windows
6 1 (16.67%) Linux

Software Engineer 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 1 (16.67%) Apache
Development Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 3 (50.00%) Bitbucket
1 3 (50.00%) JIRA
1 3 (50.00%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (16.67%) Eclipse
2 1 (16.67%) Eclipse RCP
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) CSS
1 1 (16.67%) HTML
1 1 (16.67%) JSP
1 1 (16.67%) Middleware
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 5 (83.33%) Agile
3 3 (50.00%) Configuration Management
3 3 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
3 3 (50.00%) Design Patterns
3 3 (50.00%) Mathematics
4 2 (33.33%) CI/CD
4 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
4 2 (33.33%) DevSecOps
4 2 (33.33%) Software Testing
4 2 (33.33%) Test Automation
5 1 (16.67%) Analytics
5 1 (16.67%) Business Analytics
5 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (16.67%) ETL
5 1 (16.67%) OO
5 1 (16.67%) OOD
5 1 (16.67%) Physics
5 1 (16.67%) UML
5 1 (16.67%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) Java
2 4 (66.67%) Ada
2 4 (66.67%) C#
3 3 (50.00%) C
3 3 (50.00%) Python
3 3 (50.00%) Rust
3 3 (50.00%) VB
4 1 (16.67%) C++
4 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Degree
2 4 (66.67%) BPSS Clearance