Design Engineer Contract Job Trends in Leeds

Design Engineer
West Yorkshire > Leeds

As of 8 June 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Design Engineer daily rate in Leeds.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 - 66
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Design Engineer 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 0.10% - 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% - 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £525
75th Percentile - - £538
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate - - £525

All Contract IT Job Roles
Leeds

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Leeds. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Leeds with a recognized job title 906 470 740
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.28% 98.12% 92.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 546 307 466
10th Percentile £331 £263 £300
25th Percentile £419 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £588 £538 £586
90th Percentile £675 £600 £650
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £495
% change year-on-year +5.26% -4.04% -5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 3 20
10th Percentile £14.25 £31.53 £11.69
25th Percentile £16.17 £31.62 £12.25
Median hourly rate £26.00 £33.11 £14.37
Median % change year-on-year -21.47% +130.49% -33.19%
75th Percentile £35.00 £66.51 £48.75
90th Percentile £74.00 £85.74 -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.77 £22.14 £18.13
% change year-on-year +16.40% +22.12% -9.35%

Design Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Design Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds.

Design Engineer job vacancy trend in Leeds

Design Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Design Engineer job vacancies in Leeds.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Design Engineer job vacancies in Leeds

Design Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Design Engineer job vacancies in Leeds.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Design Engineer job vacancies in Leeds

Design Engineer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds

For the 6 months to 8 June 2026, Design Engineer contract 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 contract job ads across the Leeds region featuring Design Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) ActionScript
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) BIG-IP
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) F5
1 1 (100.00%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
1 1 (100.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) IaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SSL
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Discovery

Design Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) BIG-IP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
1 1 (100.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) SSL
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Discovery
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) ActionScript
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) F5