Technical Specialist Jobs in Blackburn

Technical Specialist
Lancashire > Blackburn

The median Technical Specialist salary in Blackburn is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 July 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Specialist 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Blackburn 0.40% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 - -
75th Percentile £48,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median annual salary £47,500 - -

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 246 84 21
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 99.60% 89.36% 95.45%
Number of salaries quoted 186 81 18
10th Percentile £47,683 £21,000 £35,875
25th Percentile £47,728 £23,000 £37,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £30,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +66.85% -40.00% +42.86%
75th Percentile £54,793 £38,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £59,012 £55,000 £61,250
Lancashire median annual salary £50,055 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.38% - +11.76%

Technical Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Blackburn

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Specialist in Blackburn

Technical Specialist Skill Set
Top 10 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Blackburn

For the 6 months to 20 July 2025, Technical Specialist 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 Technical Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Supplier Management
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) COBIT
1 1 (100.00%) Information Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) IT Audit
1 1 (100.00%) Tech Ops
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) Attestation

Technical Specialist 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:

Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Attestation
1 1 (100.00%) Information Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) IT Audit
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Supplier Management
1 1 (100.00%) Tech Ops
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) COBIT
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST