Design Engineer Contracts in Manchester

Design Engineer
North West > Manchester

The median Design Engineer daily rate in Manchester is £602 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 May 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
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 96 - 143
Rank change year-on-year - - -48
Contract jobs requiring a Design Engineer 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.13% - 0.039%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% - 0.039%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £602 - £413
Median % change year-on-year - - -19.51%
75th Percentile - - £419
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £210 - £481
% change year-on-year - - -6.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52.50 - -
Median hourly rate £55.00 - -
75th Percentile £57.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £55.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 1,440 1,811 2,532
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.87% 96.48% 97.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 997 1,351 1,988
10th Percentile £313 £313 £225
25th Percentile £400 £410 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £584 £594 £575
90th Percentile £694 £675 £650
North West median daily rate £493 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 50 61
10th Percentile £12.05 £16.63 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.31 £20.00 £11.75
Median hourly rate £24.19 £36.25 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -33.27% +107.14% +8.59%
75th Percentile £62.50 £48.44 £23.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £70.00 £33.75
North West median hourly rate £26.39 £30.54 £20.50
% change year-on-year -13.59% +49.01% +13.86%

Design Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Design Engineer in Manchester

Design Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Design Engineer in Manchester

Design Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for Design Engineer in Manchester

Design Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

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 Manchester region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
Cheadle - 1 - -
Stockport - 1 - - 3
Design Engineer
North West

Design Engineer Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 2 May 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 Manchester region featuring Design Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) MS Visio
1 1 (50.00%) WAN
1 1 (50.00%) VPN
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) DMZ
1 1 (50.00%) MPLS
1 1 (50.00%) Radianz
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Network Design
1 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (50.00%) Information Assurance
1 1 (50.00%) Ansible
1 1 (50.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (50.00%) Presales
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps

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

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (50.00%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) DMZ
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) MPLS
1 1 (50.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (50.00%) VPN
1 1 (50.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Information Assurance
1 1 (50.00%) Network Design
1 1 (50.00%) Presales
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Engineering
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Ansible
1 1 (50.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Radianz