Design for Manufacturing Job Trends in Blackburn

Design for Manufacturability (DFM)
Lancashire > Blackburn

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Blackburn requiring Design for Manufacturing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Design for Manufacturing 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Blackburn 0.42% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.65% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £32,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 - -
75th Percentile £37,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median annual salary £49,400 - £50,500

All Process & Methodology Skills
Blackburn

Design for Manufacturing 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 Blackburn.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 153 70 46
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Blackburn 64.29% 95.89% 62.16%
Number of salaries quoted 82 46 42
10th Percentile £30,000 £41,500 £23,600
25th Percentile £35,000 £47,683 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,055 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +43.01% -30.00%
75th Percentile £48,750 £60,938 £45,000
90th Percentile £51,750 £62,500 £51,250
Lancashire median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -

Design for Manufacturing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Blackburn 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Solid Edge
General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Support
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Support Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) HND