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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Design Engineer
Rank 120 124 -
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Design Engineer 3 4 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.167% 0.199% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.174% 0.209% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 4 0
Average salary £35,000 £40,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+5.88% +6.25%
All Job Titles
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1725 1916 1556
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 95.89% 95.42% 94.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1371 1684 1327
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,100 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Design Engineer
North West

Design Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Chester - 3 £35,000 -
Design Engineer
North West

Design Engineer
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 5 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) DO-178B
1 5 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
2 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) Embedded C
3 2 (40.00%) Assembly Language
3 2 (40.00%) C
3 2 (40.00%) UML
3 2 (40.00%) Ethernet
3 2 (40.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Requirements Management
3 2 (40.00%) Degree
3 2 (40.00%) Change Control

Design Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Ethernet
General
1 5 (100.00%) Aerospace
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) UML
1 2 (40.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (40.00%) Requirements Management
1 2 (40.00%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Embedded C
2 2 (40.00%) Assembly Language
2 2 (40.00%) C
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) DO-178B