Lead Systems Engineer Jobs in Blackburn

Lead System Engineer
Lancashire > Blackburn

The median Lead System Engineer salary in Blackburn is £54,793 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 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
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Systems Engineer 33 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Blackburn 12.04% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 12.09% - -
Number of salaries quoted 29 0 0
10th Percentile £47,683 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,793 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £59,081 - -
Lancashire median annual salary £54,793 - -

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 273 73 26
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 99.64% 79.35% 92.86%
Number of salaries quoted 225 73 20
10th Percentile - £22,489 £36,125
25th Percentile £47,683 £23,000 £42,188
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 £53,750
90th Percentile £58,943 £63,000 £61,625
Lancashire median annual salary £50,055 £45,249 £47,250
% change year-on-year +10.62% -4.24% +11.18%

Lead Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Blackburn

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Systems Engineer in Blackburn

Lead Systems Engineer
Salary Trend in Blackburn

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

Salary trend for Lead Systems Engineer in Blackburn

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

For the 6 months to 11 May 2025, Lead Systems 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 Lead Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 33 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
2 29 (87.88%) BPSS Clearance
3 23 (69.70%) Aerospace
3 23 (69.70%) Coaching
4 21 (63.64%) Degree
5 18 (54.55%) Performance Management
6 16 (48.48%) SysML
6 16 (48.48%) Agile
7 15 (45.45%) Mathematics
7 15 (45.45%) Physics
7 15 (45.45%) Cost Control
7 15 (45.45%) Aeronautics
8 14 (42.42%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
9 12 (36.36%) Social Skills
10 10 (30.30%) Safety Engineering
10 10 (30.30%) System Testing
10 10 (30.30%) Microsoft Office
10 10 (30.30%) Microsoft
10 10 (30.30%) MathWorks
10 10 (30.30%) Simulink
10 10 (30.30%) Project Management
11 8 (24.24%) Line Management
11 8 (24.24%) Software Delivery
11 8 (24.24%) Technical Leadership
12 6 (18.18%) UML
13 4 (12.12%) Microservices
13 4 (12.12%) Virtual Machines
13 4 (12.12%) HND
13 4 (12.12%) C
13 4 (12.12%) Java

Lead Systems 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:

Applications
1 10 (30.30%) Microsoft Office
1 10 (30.30%) Simulink
General
1 23 (69.70%) Aerospace
2 15 (45.45%) Aeronautics
3 12 (36.36%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.12%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
2 23 (69.70%) Coaching
3 18 (54.55%) Performance Management
4 16 (48.48%) Agile
4 16 (48.48%) SysML
5 15 (45.45%) Cost Control
5 15 (45.45%) Mathematics
5 15 (45.45%) Physics
6 14 (42.42%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
7 10 (30.30%) Project Management
7 10 (30.30%) Safety Engineering
7 10 (30.30%) System Testing
8 8 (24.24%) Line Management
8 8 (24.24%) Software Delivery
8 8 (24.24%) Technical Leadership
9 6 (18.18%) UML
10 4 (12.12%) Business Continuity
10 4 (12.12%) Data Analysis
10 4 (12.12%) Microservices
10 4 (12.12%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.12%) C
1 4 (12.12%) Java
2 2 (6.06%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 29 (87.88%) BPSS Clearance
2 21 (63.64%) Degree
3 4 (12.12%) HND
System Software
1 4 (12.12%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 10 (30.30%) MathWorks
1 10 (30.30%) Microsoft