Control Systems Engineer Job Trends in Bolton

Control Systems Engineer
Manchester > Bolton

The median Control Systems Engineer salary in Bolton is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 March 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Control Systems Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Bolton 1.19% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.64% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - -
Manchester median annual salary £49,500 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Bolton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Bolton. 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 Bolton with a recognized job title 61 99 87
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 72.62% 92.52% 98.86%
Number of salaries quoted 42 68 62
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,275 £26,150
25th Percentile £33,813 £40,000 £31,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.38% -1.05% -2.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £77,500 £60,938
90th Percentile £80,825 - £72,750
Manchester median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £54,700
% change year-on-year -4.35% +5.12% -4.87%

Control Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bolton

For the 6 months to 6 March 2026, Control Systems Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Bolton region featuring Control Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) Chartered Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Twin
1 1 (100.00%) Ergonomics
1 1 (100.00%) Human Factors
1 1 (100.00%) IEC 61508
1 1 (100.00%) Ladder Logic
1 1 (100.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Verification and Validation

Control Systems Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bolton 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:

Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Twin
1 1 (100.00%) Ergonomics
1 1 (100.00%) Human Factors
1 1 (100.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) Chartered Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) IEC 61508