Data Engineer Jobs in Blackburn

Data Engineer
Lancashire > Blackburn

The median Data Engineer salary in Blackburn is £58,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 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
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Engineer 4 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Blackburn 1.53% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.53% - -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £51,125 - -
25th Percentile £52,813 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 - -
75th Percentile £64,125 - -
90th Percentile £68,400 - -
Lancashire median annual salary £57,560 £42,500 £47,000
% change year-on-year +35.43% -9.57% +4.44%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Blackburn

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Blackburn. 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 Blackburn with a recognized job title 262 73 25
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 79.35% 92.59%
Number of salaries quoted 221 73 19
10th Percentile - £22,489 £36,000
25th Percentile £47,683 £23,500 £41,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £32,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +54.01% -35.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £54,793 £45,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £58,943 £65,000 £62,000
Lancashire median annual salary £50,055 £45,000 £46,654
% change year-on-year +11.23% -3.55% +9.77%

Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Blackburn

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Engineer in Blackburn

Data Engineer
Salary Trend in Blackburn

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Engineer in Blackburn.

Salary trend for Data Engineer in Blackburn

Data Engineer
Salary Histogram in Blackburn

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Engineer in Blackburn over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Engineer in Blackburn

Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Blackburn

For the 6 months to 4 May 2025, Data 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 Blackburn region featuring Data Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Python
1 4 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Retail
1 4 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
2 3 (75.00%) Power BI
2 3 (75.00%) Power Platform
2 3 (75.00%) Data Science
2 3 (75.00%) Data Modelling
2 3 (75.00%) Big Data
2 3 (75.00%) SQL Server
3 2 (50.00%) DBS Check
3 2 (50.00%) Analytics
4 1 (25.00%) DevOps
4 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (25.00%) Coaching
4 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
4 1 (25.00%) Data Ingestion
4 1 (25.00%) Data Lake
4 1 (25.00%) PySpark
4 1 (25.00%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
4 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
4 1 (25.00%) SQL
4 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft

Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Blackburn 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) Big Data
1 3 (75.00%) Power BI
1 3 (75.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (25.00%) Data Lake
2 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
General
1 4 (100.00%) Retail
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Legal
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) PySpark
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
2 3 (75.00%) Data Modelling
2 3 (75.00%) Data Science
3 2 (50.00%) Analytics
4 1 (25.00%) Business Analytics
4 1 (25.00%) Coaching
4 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (25.00%) Data Analytics
4 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
4 1 (25.00%) Data Ingestion
4 1 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
4 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (25.00%) DevOps
4 1 (25.00%) ETL
4 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
4 1 (25.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) DBS Check
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft