Control Systems Engineer Job Trends in Cumbria

Control Systems Engineer
North West > Cumbria

The median Control Systems Engineer salary in Cumbria is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 October 2026.

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

	6 months to 19 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	30	30	-
Rank change year-on-year	0	-	-
Permanent jobs requiring a Control Systems Engineer	6	1	0
As % of all permanent jobs in Cumbria	1.59%	0.36%	-
As % of the Job Titles category	1.80%	0.40%	-
Number of salaries quoted	4	0	0
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	-	-
North West median annual salary	£55,000	£52,500	£53,928
% change year-on-year	+4.76%	-2.65%	-

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Cumbria

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cumbria. 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.

	6 months to 19 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies in Cumbria with a recognized job title	333	253	494
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title	88.10%	90.04%	95.92%
Number of salaries quoted	216	115	294
10^th Percentile	£30,000	£25,087	£30,150
25^th Percentile	£35,188	£35,000	£37,125
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£45,000	£45,000	£50,000
Median % change year-on-year	-	-10.00%	+14.16%
75^th Percentile	£60,000	£57,500	£56,000
90^th Percentile	£70,000	£62,000	£65,000
North West median annual salary	£55,000	£49,500	£50,000
% change year-on-year	+11.11%	-1.00%	-9.09%

Control Systems Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Control Systems Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cumbria.

Control Systems Engineer Salary Trend in Cumbria

Salary distribution trend for Control Systems Engineer job vacancies in Cumbria.

Control Systems Engineer Job Locations in Cumbria

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Control Systems Engineer within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 19 October 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Whitehaven	-	4	£55,000	-
Barrow-in-Furness	-	2	-	-
Control Systems Engineer North West

Control Systems Engineer Skill Set Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cumbria

For the 6 months to 19 October 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 Cumbria region featuring Control Systems Engineer in the job title.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Data Acquisition	66.7%	4
2	Agile	33.3%	2
2	BPSS Clearance	33.3%	2
2	Degree	33.3%	2
2	IEC 61131	33.3%	2
2	IEC 61508	33.3%	2
2	SDLC	33.3%	2
2	Siemens	33.3%	2
2	Software Engineering	33.3%	2
2	Software Testing	33.3%	2
2	Validation	33.3%	2
2	V-Model	33.3%	2
2	WinCC	33.3%	2

Control Systems Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cumbria by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

Rank	Job Title	Share	Job Ads
1	Systems Engineer	66.7%	4
2	Principal Software Engineer	33.3%	2
2	Principal Systems Engineer	33.3%	2