Design Engineer
UK
The median Design Engineer daily rate in the UK is £575 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 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 28 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 465 | 540 | 705 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +75 | +165 | -145 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Design Engineer | 129 | 176 | 150 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.30% | 0.29% | 0.17% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.32% | 0.31% | 0.18% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 55 | 64 | 87 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £360 | £381 |
| 25th Percentile | £438 | £425 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £575 | £525 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.52% | - | +23.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £738 | £631 | £622 |
| 90th Percentile | £831 | £700 | £710 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £650 | £525 | £444 |
| % change year-on-year | +23.81% | +18.25% | +4.46% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 28 | 35 | 20 |
| 10th Percentile | £52.50 | - | £25.14 |
| 25th Percentile | £60.00 | £42.50 | £32.19 |
| Median hourly rate | £70.00 | £45.00 | £46.25 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +55.56% | -2.70% | +6.94% |
| 75th Percentile | £85.00 | £62.62 | £57.50 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £70.00 | £58.17 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £70.00 | £45.00 | £46.25 |
| % change year-on-year | +55.56% | -2.70% | +8.82% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title | 40,181 | 56,479 | 84,762 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.77% | 94.61% | 95.48% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 26,164 | 39,476 | 59,482 |
| 10th Percentile | £275 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £409 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £540 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.78% | +2.86% | +10.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £731 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £491 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.87% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,646 | 1,570 | 2,098 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.29 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.49 | £15.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £35.96 | £45.00 | £23.03 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -20.10% | +95.42% | +0.12% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.00 | £65.75 | £48.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £75.75 | £63.16 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £37.75 | £42.50 | £19.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -11.18% | +117.95% | +2.55% |
Design Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Design Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Design Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Design Engineer.
Design Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Design Engineer over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.
Design Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Design Engineer.
Design Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Design Engineer over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.
Design Engineer
Top 16 Contract Locations
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 UK over the 6 months to 28 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 |
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| England | +100 | 112 | £575 | +15.00% | 494 |
| UK excluding London | +47 | 90 | £650 | +23.81% | 489 |
| Work from Home | +90 | 44 | £470 | -6.00% | 152 |
| East of England | +12 | 38 | £700 | - | 114 |
| London | +112 | 30 | £520 | +6.67% | 41 |
| South East | +7 | 17 | £750 | +66.67% | 118 |
| North of England | +45 | 14 | £405 | -32.50% | 82 |
| North West | +32 | 10 | £210 | -65.00% | 43 |
| Midlands | +23 | 7 | £750 | +58.31% | 92 |
| Scotland | +36 | 6 | £575 | +13.56% | 36 |
| South West | -3 | 5 | £775 | +179.28% | 64 |
| East Midlands | +17 | 4 | £750 | +63.04% | 44 |
| West Midlands | +29 | 3 | £433 | -13.50% | 48 |
| Wales | +10 | 3 | £450 | -16.28% | 10 |
| Yorkshire | - | 3 | £525 | - | 32 |
| North East | - | 1 | - | - | 7 |
Design Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 28 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 featuring Design Engineer in the job title.
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Design Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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