Software Engineering Jobs in Blackburn

Software Engineering
Lancashire > Blackburn

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Blackburn 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 7 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 11 7
Rank change year-on-year -10 -4 +9
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 32 9 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Blackburn 12.21% 9.78% 3.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.31% 12.33% 4.55%
Number of salaries quoted 28 9 1
10th Percentile - £30,000 -
25th Percentile - £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.21% - -
75th Percentile £48,572 £45,000 £45,000
90th Percentile £59,081 £52,500 -
Lancashire median annual salary £47,683 £49,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.69% +3.16% -5.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Blackburn

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 Blackburn.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 260 73 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Blackburn 99.24% 79.35% 81.48%
Number of salaries quoted 219 61 16
10th Percentile £47,683 £22,489 £39,375
25th Percentile £47,773 £24,500 £47,188
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 £48,750 £58,438
90th Percentile £58,943 £65,000 £63,125
Lancashire median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +0.11% +5.26% +7.21%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Blackburn

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Blackburn

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Blackburn

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

Salary trend for Software Engineering in Blackburn

Software Engineering
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 24 (75.00%) Simulink
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.13%) Modbus
Development Applications
1 3 (9.38%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 3 (9.38%) Bitbucket
1 3 (9.38%) JIRA
1 3 (9.38%) Rational DOORS
General
1 5 (15.63%) Social Skills
2 1 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (3.13%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 28 (87.50%) Systems Engineer
2 4 (12.50%) Lead
2 4 (12.50%) Lead Systems Engineer
2 4 (12.50%) Software Engineer
3 3 (9.38%) Senior
3 3 (9.38%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
3 3 (9.38%) Senior Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.13%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (87.50%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
1 28 (87.50%) SysML
1 28 (87.50%) Systems Engineering
2 24 (75.00%) Digital Twin
2 24 (75.00%) Mathematics
2 24 (75.00%) Validation
2 24 (75.00%) Verification and Validation
3 7 (21.88%) Agile
4 4 (12.50%) Business Case
4 4 (12.50%) Business Strategy
4 4 (12.50%) Containerisation
4 4 (12.50%) Data Analysis
4 4 (12.50%) Line Management
4 4 (12.50%) Microservices
4 4 (12.50%) Roadmaps
4 4 (12.50%) SOLID
4 4 (12.50%) Technology Roadmap
4 4 (12.50%) UML
5 3 (9.38%) Configuration Management
5 3 (9.38%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 24 (75.00%) MATLAB
2 7 (21.88%) C
2 7 (21.88%) Java
3 3 (9.38%) Ada
3 3 (9.38%) C#
3 3 (9.38%) VB
Qualifications
1 31 (96.88%) Degree
2 28 (87.50%) HND
3 24 (75.00%) HNC
4 3 (9.38%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 4 (12.50%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft