The first table below looks at the demand for the Design Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Bristol region. 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 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Bristol region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Design Engineer
Rank 113 108 112
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +4
Permanent jobs requiring a Design Engineer 5 5 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 0.290% 0.289% 0.216%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.298% 0.306% 0.233%
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 3
Average salary £43,250 £41,500 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.21% +13.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £39,850 £41,500 £30,100
10% offered a salary of more than £46,650 £41,500 £43,300
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+5.88% +6.25%
All Job Titles
Bristol
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1677 1636 1719
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 97.27% 94.57% 93.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1454 1445 1402
Average salary £37,500 £36,122 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.81% +6.23%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Design Engineer
South West

Design Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Design Engineer across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Bristol Design Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Design Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Bristol Design Engineer Salary Trend

Design Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol 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.

1 11 (78.57%) Degree
2 7 (50.00%) Network Design
2 7 (50.00%) DMVPN
2 7 (50.00%) VPN
2 7 (50.00%) Cisco
2 7 (50.00%) CCNP
2 7 (50.00%) CCNA
2 7 (50.00%) CCDP
2 7 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (50.00%) Juniper
2 7 (50.00%) OSPF
2 7 (50.00%) BGP
2 7 (50.00%) IPsec
3 6 (42.86%) CheckPoint
3 6 (42.86%) CESG
3 6 (42.86%) Firewall
3 6 (42.86%) Management Information System
3 6 (42.86%) E-Commerce
3 6 (42.86%) VoIP
3 6 (42.86%) Project Planning
3 6 (42.86%) Capacity Management
3 6 (42.86%) Network Architecture
3 6 (42.86%) Network Management
3 6 (42.86%) Network Planning
3 6 (42.86%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
3 6 (42.86%) Computer Science
3 6 (42.86%) Network Security
4 5 (35.71%) Aerospace
4 5 (35.71%) Legal
5 3 (21.43%) Manufacturing

Design Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol 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.

Applications
1 2 (14.29%) CATIA
Communications & Networking
1 7 (50.00%) DMVPN
1 7 (50.00%) VPN
1 7 (50.00%) OSPF
1 7 (50.00%) BGP
1 7 (50.00%) IPsec
2 6 (42.86%) Firewall
2 6 (42.86%) VoIP
2 6 (42.86%) Network Security
General
1 5 (35.71%) Aerospace
1 5 (35.71%) Legal
2 3 (21.43%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 6 (42.86%) CESG
1 6 (42.86%) Management Information System
1 6 (42.86%) Computer Science
2 2 (14.29%) ASIC
3 1 (7.143%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
3 1 (7.143%) VHDL
3 1 (7.143%) Verilog
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Network Design
2 6 (42.86%) E-Commerce
2 6 (42.86%) Project Planning
2 6 (42.86%) Capacity Management
2 6 (42.86%) Network Architecture
2 6 (42.86%) Network Management
2 6 (42.86%) Network Planning
2 6 (42.86%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
3 2 (14.29%) Quality Management
3 2 (14.29%) PLM
4 1 (7.143%) Electronic Design Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.143%) Perl
1 1 (7.143%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 11 (78.57%) Degree
2 7 (50.00%) CCNP
2 7 (50.00%) CCNA
2 7 (50.00%) CCDP
2 7 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (21.43%) HND
4 1 (7.143%) SC Cleared
4 1 (7.143%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 7 (50.00%) Cisco
1 7 (50.00%) Juniper
2 6 (42.86%) CheckPoint
Bristol, South West
Computer Futures is urgently seeking 2 x Principal Electronics Design Engineer or 2 x Senior IC Design Enigneers for our market leading client based in the South West.....
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £65000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bristol, South West
Computer Futures is urgently seeking a Senior IC Design Engineer for our market leading client based in the South West... Skills & Experience: Strong experience in Analog mix signal...
Computer Futures
Salary: £55000 - £65000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013