Design Engineer
UK
The median Design Engineer daily rate in the UK is £575 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 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 12 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 466 | 541 | 722 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +75 | +181 | -154 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Design Engineer | 120 | 157 | 144 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.28% | 0.27% | 0.16% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.30% | 0.29% | 0.17% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 50 | 50 | 80 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £375 | £375 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £425 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £575 | £550 | £488 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.55% | +12.82% | +10.80% |
| 75th Percentile | £750 | £675 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £854 | £700 | £725 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £675 | £550 | £413 |
| % change year-on-year | +22.73% | +33.33% | -2.94% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 27 | 31 | 22 |
| 10th Percentile | £52.00 | - | £24.10 |
| 25th Percentile | £58.75 | £42.50 | £31.56 |
| Median hourly rate | £70.00 | £45.00 | £45.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +55.56% | - | +1.12% |
| 75th Percentile | £85.00 | £62.00 | £50.64 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £68.75 | £57.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £70.00 | £45.00 | £45.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +55.56% | - | +2.27% |
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 | 39,893 | 55,060 | 83,598 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.76% | 94.65% | 95.41% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 25,957 | 38,445 | 58,715 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £410 | £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 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.00% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,673 | 1,534 | 2,047 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.25 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.06 | £15.89 |
| Median hourly rate | £37.50 | £45.00 | £23.91 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -16.67% | +88.21% | +5.89% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.30 | £65.75 | £49.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.90 | £76.00 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £42.08 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.94% | +110.39% | +2.56% |
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 12 May 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 12 May 2024.
Design Engineer
Top 15 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 12 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 |
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| England | +101 | 107 | £588 | +6.82% | 543 |
| UK excluding London | +50 | 83 | £675 | +22.73% | 540 |
| Work from Home | +88 | 41 | £413 | -26.67% | 149 |
| East of England | +11 | 38 | £700 | - | 126 |
| London | +99 | 28 | £450 | -18.18% | 45 |
| South East | +8 | 15 | £750 | +66.67% | 132 |
| North of England | - | 14 | £405 | - | 91 |
| North West | - | 10 | £210 | - | 55 |
| Midlands | +34 | 8 | £750 | +53.85% | 108 |
| Scotland | +45 | 5 | £575 | +39.34% | 38 |
| East Midlands | +23 | 5 | £750 | +53.85% | 54 |
| South West | -7 | 3 | £775 | +179.28% | 67 |
| Yorkshire | - | 3 | £525 | - | 28 |
| West Midlands | - | 3 | £433 | - | 54 |
| North East | - | 1 | - | - | 8 |
Design Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 12 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 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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