Design Engineer Contracts in London

Design Engineer
England > London

The median Design Engineer daily rate in London is £520 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 359 476 542
Rank change year-on-year +117 +66 -113
Contract jobs requiring a Design Engineer 30 24 60
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.17% 0.088% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.093% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 12 41
10th Percentile £300 £358 £406
25th Percentile £425 £384 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £488 £545
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -10.55% +28.24%
75th Percentile £538 £669 £675
90th Percentile £570 £725 £688
England median daily rate £575 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +15.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
Median hourly rate £70.00 £70.00 -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £45.00 £48.75
% change year-on-year +55.56% -7.69% +18.18%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 16,601 25,897 37,041
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.18% 95.32% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,001 18,738 27,022
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £442 £463 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £675
90th Percentile £788 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 338 299 448
10th Percentile £16.01 £18.00 £16.50
25th Percentile £20.02 £22.57 £22.02
Median hourly rate £27.66 £35.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.10% +1.43% +12.90%
75th Percentile £43.75 £60.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.00 £76.60 £67.50
England median hourly rate £35.96 £44.53 £22.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% +97.91% +0.36%

Design Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Design Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Design Engineer in London

Design Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Design Engineer in London.

Daily rate trend for Design Engineer in London

Design Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Design Engineer in London over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Design Engineer in London

Design Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Design Engineer in London.

Hourly rate trend for Design Engineer in London

Design Engineer
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Design Engineer within the London region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +41 4 £450 +5.88% 4
East London - 1 - - 2
Design Engineer
England

Design Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Design Engineer contract 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 contract job ads across the London region featuring Design Engineer in the job title.

1 19 (63.33%) Network Design
2 15 (50.00%) MPLS
3 14 (46.67%) Nokia
4 13 (43.33%) BGP
4 13 (43.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 12 (40.00%) Cisco
6 11 (36.67%) Firewall
6 11 (36.67%) DevOps
6 11 (36.67%) Business Strategy
6 11 (36.67%) Roadmaps
7 10 (33.33%) NETCONF
7 10 (33.33%) YANG
7 10 (33.33%) JSON
7 10 (33.33%) CCNP
7 10 (33.33%) XML
7 10 (33.33%) Python
7 10 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (30.00%) Git
9 7 (23.33%) RSVP
9 7 (23.33%) Distributed Architecture
9 7 (23.33%) Social Skills
10 6 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
10 6 (20.00%) Business Case
10 6 (20.00%) F5
10 6 (20.00%) Palo Alto
10 6 (20.00%) IOS XR
10 6 (20.00%) Cisco IOS
11 5 (16.67%) Network Security
11 5 (16.67%) Load Balancing
11 5 (16.67%) Fortinet

Design Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (10.00%) InVision
1 3 (10.00%) Sketch
2 1 (3.33%) AutoCAD
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (3.33%) Revit
2 1 (3.33%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.33%) Azure
1 1 (3.33%) Azure Functions
1 1 (3.33%) Figma
1 1 (3.33%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 15 (50.00%) MPLS
2 13 (43.33%) BGP
3 11 (36.67%) Firewall
4 7 (23.33%) RSVP
5 6 (20.00%) Cisco IOS
5 6 (20.00%) IOS XR
6 5 (16.67%) 5G
6 5 (16.67%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 5 (16.67%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 5 (16.67%) Network Security
6 5 (16.67%) WAN
7 3 (10.00%) Broadband
7 3 (10.00%) LAN
7 3 (10.00%) Wireless
8 2 (6.67%) Ethernet VPN
8 2 (6.67%) IPv6
8 2 (6.67%) L2TP
8 2 (6.67%) VPLS
8 2 (6.67%) VPN
9 1 (3.33%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 9 (30.00%) Git
General
1 7 (23.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (10.00%) Automotive
2 3 (10.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (3.33%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (33.33%) JSON
1 10 (33.33%) NETCONF
1 10 (33.33%) XML
1 10 (33.33%) YANG
2 3 (10.00%) Next.js
2 3 (10.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 7 (23.33%) Distributed Architecture
2 4 (13.33%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (6.67%) Data Centre
4 1 (3.33%) FPGA
4 1 (3.33%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.33%) PCIe
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (63.33%) Network Design
2 13 (43.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 11 (36.67%) Business Strategy
3 11 (36.67%) DevOps
3 11 (36.67%) Roadmaps
4 6 (20.00%) Business Case
4 6 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
5 5 (16.67%) Configuration Management
5 5 (16.67%) Load Balancing
6 4 (13.33%) Data Protection
6 4 (13.33%) Migration
7 3 (10.00%) Software Engineering
8 2 (6.67%) Decision-Making
8 2 (6.67%) Stakeholder Management
9 1 (3.33%) Architectural Design
9 1 (3.33%) Backlog Management
9 1 (3.33%) Contract Negotiation
9 1 (3.33%) Due Diligence
9 1 (3.33%) Problem-Solving
9 1 (3.33%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 10 (33.33%) Python
2 3 (10.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (10.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 10 (33.33%) CCNP
1 10 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (13.33%) Degree
3 3 (10.00%) CCNA
4 1 (3.33%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.33%) ISO 14001
1 1 (3.33%) ISO 9001
1 1 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 5 (16.67%) Ansible
1 5 (16.67%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 14 (46.67%) Nokia
2 12 (40.00%) Cisco
3 6 (20.00%) F5
3 6 (20.00%) Palo Alto
4 5 (16.67%) Fortinet
5 2 (6.67%) Huawei
5 2 (6.67%) Microsoft
5 2 (6.67%) WatchGuard
6 1 (3.33%) CheckPoint
6 1 (3.33%) Juniper
6 1 (3.33%) Riverbed