The first table below looks at the demand for the Design Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Buckinghamshire 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 20 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Design Engineer
Rank 128 117 131
Rank change year-on-year
-11 +14
Permanent jobs requiring a Design Engineer 1 13 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 0.050% 0.673% 0.289%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.051% 0.711% 0.307%
Number of salaries quoted 1 11 3
Average salary £50,000 £50,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +25.00%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+5.88% +6.25%
All Job Titles
Buckinghamshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1942 1829 1955
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 96.23% 94.72% 94.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1682 1553 1722
Average salary £41,500 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.66% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £22,500 £26,150
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Design Engineer
South East

Design Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire Design Engineer Salary Trend

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 Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Milton Keynes -18 1 £50,000 +25.00%
Design Engineer
South East

Design Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 4 (66.67%) Electronics
2 2 (33.33%) Aerospace
2 2 (33.33%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (33.33%) Firmware
2 2 (33.33%) MATLAB
2 2 (33.33%) Simulink
2 2 (33.33%) Validation
2 2 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (16.67%) Unit Testing
3 1 (16.67%) System Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Time Management
3 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) JTAG
3 1 (16.67%) Actel
3 1 (16.67%) DO-254
3 1 (16.67%) Device Driver
3 1 (16.67%) SolidWorks
3 1 (16.67%) Military
3 1 (16.67%) VHDL
3 1 (16.67%) IC Design
3 1 (16.67%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
3 1 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (16.67%) Wireless
3 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) Code Coverage
3 1 (16.67%) Middleware
3 1 (16.67%) ASIC
3 1 (16.67%) CAD

Design Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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.

Application Development
1 1 (16.67%) Middleware
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Simulink
2 1 (16.67%) MS Office
2 1 (16.67%) AutoCAD
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Bluetooth
1 1 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (16.67%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (16.67%) PVCS
General
1 4 (66.67%) Electronics
2 2 (33.33%) Aerospace
3 1 (16.67%) Publishing
3 1 (16.67%) Military
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Firmware
2 1 (16.67%) ASIC
2 1 (16.67%) Device Driver
2 1 (16.67%) VHDL
2 1 (16.67%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Validation
2 1 (16.67%) IC Design
2 1 (16.67%) Unit Testing
2 1 (16.67%) System Testing
2 1 (16.67%) Time Management
2 1 (16.67%) Digital Signal Processing
2 1 (16.67%) Signal Processing
2 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (16.67%) UML
2 1 (16.67%) Code Coverage
2 1 (16.67%) CAD
2 1 (16.67%) Project Management
2 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) MATLAB
2 1 (16.67%) C
2 1 (16.67%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) JTAG
1 1 (16.67%) DO-254
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) EMC
1 1 (16.67%) Autodesk
1 1 (16.67%) SolidWorks
1 1 (16.67%) Actel
Milton Keynes, Thames Valley
Knowledge and use of JTAG; code coverage/profiling; and automated test tools would be highly desirable... Knowledge of WIFI, Classic Bluetooth, BLE would be highly desirable... Familiarity with...
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + package
Posted: 8 May 2013