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The table below looks at the demand for the Design Engineer role in IT jobs within the Berkshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Design Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Design Engineer
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank184223
Rank change on same period last yearUp+39
Matching permanent IT job ads5663
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.036 %0.028 %
As % of the category below0.736 %0.552 %
Salaries quoted4443
Average minimum salary£42,688£34,791
Average salary£44,969£40,767
% change on same period last year+10.30 %
Average maximum salary£47,250£46,744
UK excluding London average salary£39,007£38,991
% change on same period last year+0.03 %
Berkshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Berkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads761011412
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled4.910 %5.108 %
Salaries quoted63699337
Average minimum salary£38,871£38,405
Average salary£42,272£42,054
% change on same period last year+0.51 %
Average maximum salary£45,673£45,703
UK excluding London average salary£38,468£39,125
% change on same period last year-1.68 %
Design Engineer South EastDesign Engineer
South East

Design Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Design Engineer across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Berkshire Design Engineer Demand Trend

Design Engineer
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Design Engineer across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Design Engineer Salary Trend

Design Engineer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Design Engineer across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

Berkshire Design Engineer Salary Histogram

Design Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Design Engineer within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ReadingUp+2026£44,479+10.68 %
MaidenheadUp+313£50,000+53.84 %
NewburyDown-131£50,000+33.33 %
BracknellUp+271£50,000+17.64 %
SloughDown-51£50,000-7.40 %
Design Engineer South EastDesign Engineer
South East

Design Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Design Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Design Engineer in their job title.

132 (29.36 %)Cisco
231 (28.44 %)LAN
330 (27.52 %)CCNP
330 (27.52 %)Cisco Certification
330 (27.52 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
429 (26.61 %)Telecoms
429 (26.61 %)WAN
528 (25.69 %)VHDL
624 (22.02 %)CCNA
722 (20.18 %)MPLS
722 (20.18 %)Security Cleared
821 (19.27 %)DSL
821 (19.27 %)ISDN
821 (19.27 %)Wireless
920 (18.35 %)CAD
920 (18.35 %)Manufacturing
920 (18.35 %)Data Management
920 (18.35 %)PLM
920 (18.35 %)PDM
920 (18.35 %)Teamcenter
920 (18.35 %)Siemens
1013 (11.93 %)Network Design
1111 (10.09 %)C
129 (8.257 %)Internet
138 (7.339 %)3G
138 (7.339 %)Symbian
138 (7.339 %)3GPP
138 (7.339 %)Broadband
138 (7.339 %)Electronics
138 (7.339 %)Handset

Design Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Design Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Design Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Berkshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
18 (7.339 %)MIDP
18 (7.339 %)BREW
23 (2.752 %)CLDC
32 (1.835 %).NET
32 (1.835 %)ASP.NET
32 (1.835 %)WAP
41 (0.917 %)XML Schema
41 (0.917 %)HTML
41 (0.917 %)CSS
41 (0.917 %)SOAP
41 (0.917 %)WebServices
41 (0.917 %)XML
41 (0.917 %)XSLT
41 (0.917 %)WinForms
41 (0.917 %)AJAX
Berkshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
120 (18.35 %)Teamcenter
Berkshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
131 (28.44 %)LAN
229 (26.61 %)WAN
322 (20.18 %)MPLS
421 (19.27 %)DSL
421 (19.27 %)Wireless
421 (19.27 %)ISDN
59 (8.257 %)Internet
68 (7.339 %)3G
68 (7.339 %)3GPP
68 (7.339 %)Broadband
68 (7.339 %)HSPA
75 (4.587 %)Network Security
75 (4.587 %)GSM
84 (3.670 %)SDH
84 (3.670 %)DWDM
84 (3.670 %)Firewall
93 (2.752 %)WiMAX
93 (2.752 %)LTE
102 (1.835 %)DNS
102 (1.835 %)Ethernet
Berkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (1.835 %)SQL Server
12 (1.835 %)SQL Server 2000
12 (1.835 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (0.917 %)MySQL
21 (0.917 %)PostgreSQL
Berkshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
129 (26.61 %)Telecoms
220 (18.35 %)Manufacturing
38 (7.339 %)Electronics
47 (6.422 %)Pensions
56 (5.505 %)Electric
65 (4.587 %)Military
74 (3.670 %)Education
82 (1.835 %)Finance
82 (1.835 %)Health
91 (0.917 %)Banking
91 (0.917 %)Retail
91 (0.917 %)Insurance
Berkshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
130 (27.52 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
228 (25.69 %)VHDL
38 (7.339 %)Handset
46 (5.505 %)Computer Science
52 (1.835 %)Firmware
61 (0.917 %)DTV
61 (0.917 %)Clustering
Berkshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (1.835 %)Solaris
12 (1.835 %)Windows
21 (0.917 %)AIX
21 (0.917 %)UNIX
21 (0.917 %)Linux
21 (0.917 %)Windows 2000
21 (0.917 %)Windows NT
21 (0.917 %)Windows Server 2003
Berkshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
122 (20.18 %)Security Cleared
220 (18.35 %)Data Management
220 (18.35 %)CAD
220 (18.35 %)PLM
220 (18.35 %)PDM
313 (11.93 %)Network Design
46 (5.505 %)Project Management
53 (2.752 %)Requirements Management
62 (1.835 %)Migration
62 (1.835 %)UML
71 (0.917 %)OOD
71 (0.917 %)IC Design
71 (0.917 %)Service Management
71 (0.917 %)Disaster Recovery
Berkshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
111 (10.09 %)C
27 (6.422 %)C++
36 (5.505 %)Java
42 (1.835 %)C#
42 (1.835 %)Perl
42 (1.835 %)SQL
42 (1.835 %)Shell Script
51 (0.917 %)XPath
51 (0.917 %)Python
51 (0.917 %)JavaScript
Berkshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
130 (27.52 %)CCNP
130 (27.52 %)Cisco Certification
224 (22.02 %)CCNA
37 (6.422 %)Degree
44 (3.670 %)Postgraduate
52 (1.835 %)CCDP
61 (0.917 %)CCDA
61 (0.917 %)CCVP
Berkshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (4.587 %)QA
24 (3.670 %)ISO9001
Berkshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (0.917 %)NDS
Berkshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
132 (29.36 %)Cisco
220 (18.35 %)Siemens
38 (7.339 %)Symbian
44 (3.670 %)Xilinx
52 (1.835 %)EMC
61 (0.917 %)Nortel
61 (0.917 %)Avaya
61 (0.917 %)Juniper
61 (0.917 %)Novell
61 (0.917 %)CheckPoint
61 (0.917 %)BT
61 (0.917 %)Mitel
61 (0.917 %)Sun