Software Engineering Jobs in Preston

Software Engineering
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Preston requiring Software Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Software Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 34 40
Rank change year-on-year +16 +6 -12
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 41 3 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Preston 10.82% 1.38% 2.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.85% 1.50% 3.25%
Number of salaries quoted 30 3 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £43,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £47,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +0.39% - -
75th Percentile £50,351 £51,250 -
90th Percentile £59,081 - -
Lancashire median annual salary £47,683 £49,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.69% +3.16% -2.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Preston

Software Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Preston.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 378 200 246
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Preston 99.74% 91.74% 91.79%
Number of salaries quoted 250 160 148
10th Percentile - £26,125 £28,701
25th Percentile £47,683 £32,375 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £47,000 £42,833
Median % change year-on-year +6.50% +9.73% +12.72%
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £49,696
90th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £62,813
Lancashire median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +0.11% +5.26% +7.95%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Preston.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Preston

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Preston

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

Salary trend for Software Engineering in Preston

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in Preston

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in Preston over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in Preston

Software Engineering
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 (2.44%) Apache
Applications
1 22 (53.66%) Simulink
Development Applications
1 3 (7.32%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 3 (7.32%) Bitbucket
1 3 (7.32%) JIRA
1 3 (7.32%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (2.44%) Eclipse
2 1 (2.44%) Eclipse RCP
General
1 9 (21.95%) Electronics
2 4 (9.76%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 26 (63.41%) Systems Engineer
2 9 (21.95%) Principal Engineer
2 9 (21.95%) Software Assurance Engineer
3 6 (14.63%) Software Engineer
4 5 (12.20%) Senior
4 5 (12.20%) Senior Software Engineer
5 4 (9.76%) Lead
5 4 (9.76%) Lead Systems Engineer
6 3 (7.32%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
7 1 (2.44%) Junior
7 1 (2.44%) Junior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.44%) CSS
1 1 (2.44%) HTML
1 1 (2.44%) JSP
1 1 (2.44%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.76%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.44%) Linux
1 1 (2.44%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (85.37%) Systems Engineering
2 26 (63.41%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 26 (63.41%) SysML
3 25 (60.98%) Mathematics
4 22 (53.66%) Digital Twin
4 22 (53.66%) Validation
4 22 (53.66%) Verification and Validation
5 9 (21.95%) Agile
5 9 (21.95%) Decision-Making
5 9 (21.95%) Software Assurance
6 5 (12.20%) UML
7 4 (9.76%) Business Case
7 4 (9.76%) Business Strategy
7 4 (9.76%) Containerisation
7 4 (9.76%) Data Analysis
7 4 (9.76%) Line Management
7 4 (9.76%) Microservices
7 4 (9.76%) Roadmaps
7 4 (9.76%) SOLID
7 4 (9.76%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 22 (53.66%) MATLAB
2 10 (24.39%) Java
3 7 (17.07%) C
4 4 (9.76%) Ada
4 4 (9.76%) C#
5 3 (7.32%) Python
5 3 (7.32%) Rust
5 3 (7.32%) VB
6 1 (2.44%) C++
6 1 (2.44%) SQL
Qualifications
1 32 (78.05%) Degree
2 26 (63.41%) HND
3 22 (53.66%) HNC
4 13 (31.71%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 4 (9.76%) Virtual Machines