The first table below looks at the demand for the Design Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the East of England 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 17 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 East of England region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Design Engineer
Rank 240 191 223
Rank change year-on-year
-49 +32
Permanent jobs requiring a Design Engineer 29 81 38
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 0.351% 0.931% 0.400%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.368% 0.963% 0.423%
Number of salaries quoted 25 55 29
Average salary £50,000 £40,000 £39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.00% +2.56%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £30,400 £33,400
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,500 £44,600
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+5.88% +6.25%
All Job Titles
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7891 8411 8993
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 95.43% 96.72% 94.77%
Number of salaries quoted 6875 7028 7682
Average salary £39,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £25,000
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
England

Design Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England Design Engineer Salary Trend

Design Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Design Engineer across the East of England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

East of England 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 East of England region over the 3 months to 17 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
Cambridgeshire +1 12 £40,000 -
Hertfordshire -27 12 £50,000 +20.48%
Essex +16 4 £30,000 +0.84%
Bedfordshire -12 3 £55,000 +57.14%
Suffolk -14 1 - -
Norfolk - 1 - -
Design Engineer
England

Design Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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 31 (46.27%) Degree
2 25 (37.31%) Electronics
3 15 (22.39%) Multithreading
4 14 (20.90%) Time Management
5 13 (19.40%) Telecoms
6 12 (17.91%) ASIC
6 12 (17.91%) C++
7 9 (13.43%) Linux
7 9 (13.43%) Wireless
7 9 (13.43%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
7 9 (13.43%) 3D Graphics
8 8 (11.94%) VHDL
8 8 (11.94%) Verilog
8 8 (11.94%) C
9 7 (10.45%) UNIX
10 6 (8.955%) EMC
11 5 (7.463%) Automotive
11 5 (7.463%) Windows
12 4 (5.970%) GSM
12 4 (5.970%) Microsoft
12 4 (5.970%) SQL
12 4 (5.970%) Firmware
12 4 (5.970%) Device Driver
12 4 (5.970%) Military
13 3 (4.478%) Data Protection Act
13 3 (4.478%) Data Protection
13 3 (4.478%) VMware Infrastructure
13 3 (4.478%) VMware
13 3 (4.478%) Manufacturing
13 3 (4.478%) MATLAB

Design Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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 2 (2.985%) Middleware
2 1 (1.493%) LAMP
2 1 (1.493%) Direct3D
2 1 (1.493%) OpenGL
2 1 (1.493%) DirectX
Application Platforms
1 2 (2.985%) Apache
1 2 (2.985%) WinCC
2 1 (1.493%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (4.478%) MS Office
1 3 (4.478%) MS Excel
2 2 (2.985%) Pro/ENGINEER
3 1 (1.493%) Simulink
3 1 (1.493%) CATIA
Communications & Networking
1 9 (13.43%) Wireless
2 4 (5.970%) GSM
3 3 (4.478%) UMTS
3 3 (4.478%) WCDMA
3 3 (4.478%) GPRS
3 3 (4.478%) LTE
4 2 (2.985%) TETRA
4 2 (2.985%) Bluetooth
4 2 (2.985%) Broadband
5 1 (1.493%) NFC
5 1 (1.493%) Ethernet
5 1 (1.493%) HTTP
5 1 (1.493%) Internet
5 1 (1.493%) RFID
5 1 (1.493%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.985%) MySQL
General
1 25 (37.31%) Electronics
2 13 (19.40%) Telecoms
3 5 (7.463%) Automotive
4 4 (5.970%) Military
5 3 (4.478%) Manufacturing
6 2 (2.985%) Finance
6 2 (2.985%) French Language
6 2 (2.985%) Italian Language
7 1 (1.493%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 12 (17.91%) ASIC
2 9 (13.43%) 3D Graphics
2 9 (13.43%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
3 8 (11.94%) VHDL
3 8 (11.94%) Verilog
4 4 (5.970%) Device Driver
4 4 (5.970%) Firmware
5 3 (4.478%) SystemC
5 3 (4.478%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (2.985%) SCADA
6 2 (2.985%) Visualisation
7 1 (1.493%) MMIC
7 1 (1.493%) Smartphone
7 1 (1.493%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (1.493%) Mathematics
7 1 (1.493%) FMCG
7 1 (1.493%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 9 (13.43%) Linux
2 7 (10.45%) UNIX
3 5 (7.463%) Windows
4 2 (2.985%) VxWorks
5 1 (1.493%) Android
5 1 (1.493%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.493%) Solaris
5 1 (1.493%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (22.39%) Multithreading
2 14 (20.90%) Time Management
3 3 (4.478%) Data Protection
4 2 (2.985%) Video Processing
4 2 (2.985%) Project Planning
4 2 (2.985%) Data Analysis
4 2 (2.985%) Software Engineering
4 2 (2.985%) MODAF
4 2 (2.985%) CAD
4 2 (2.985%) OO
4 2 (2.985%) OOD
4 2 (2.985%) Validation
4 2 (2.985%) IC Design
5 1 (1.493%) Network Design
5 1 (1.493%) Six Sigma
5 1 (1.493%) CAE
5 1 (1.493%) Project Management
5 1 (1.493%) Quality Management
5 1 (1.493%) Electronic Design Automation
5 1 (1.493%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (17.91%) C++
2 8 (11.94%) C
3 4 (5.970%) SQL
4 3 (4.478%) MATLAB
5 2 (2.985%) C-shell
5 2 (2.985%) Perl
5 2 (2.985%) VB
6 1 (1.493%) Python
6 1 (1.493%) Tcl
6 1 (1.493%) C#
6 1 (1.493%) Java
6 1 (1.493%) PHP
Qualifications
1 31 (46.27%) Degree
2 2 (2.985%) HNC
2 2 (2.985%) HND
3 1 (1.493%) CCIE
3 1 (1.493%) CCNP
3 1 (1.493%) CCNA
3 1 (1.493%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (1.493%) Six Sigma Black Belt
3 1 (1.493%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.493%) ISO 9001
1 1 (1.493%) QA
1 1 (1.493%) DO-254
System Software
1 3 (4.478%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (2.985%) XenApp
2 2 (2.985%) XenDesktop
2 2 (2.985%) VMware Server
3 1 (1.493%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 6 (8.955%) EMC
2 4 (5.970%) Microsoft
3 3 (4.478%) Cisco
3 3 (4.478%) Siemens
3 3 (4.478%) VMware
3 3 (4.478%) Allen-Bradley
4 2 (2.985%) Twitter
4 2 (2.985%) Intel
4 2 (2.985%) Citrix
4 2 (2.985%) Mercator
4 2 (2.985%) QNX
5 1 (1.493%) SolidWorks
5 1 (1.493%) Oracle
5 1 (1.493%) Sybase
5 1 (1.493%) Xilinx
5 1 (1.493%) Altera
Cambridge, East Anglia
They are currently looking for an Electronics Design Engineer to work as a part of their product development team with specific responsibility for developing FPGA code for their...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £50k
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
They are currently looking for an Electronics Design Engineer to work as a part of their product development team with specific responsibility for developing FPGA code for their...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £50k
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
As part of the existing design team you will be working on the design and development of electronic wireless products from initial idea, through detailed design, to debug...
ENTERPRISE RECRUITMENT LTD
Salary: £30000 to £45000 per annum - excellent benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cambridge
Senior Hardware Design Engineer - IC, firmware, board level designs, analogue, FPGA, digital, Verilog, PICs, EMC, RF... An experienced Hardware Engineer is sought to join a well-established team...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: £35,000 - £60,000 per year
Posted: 29 April 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
HDL coding in Verilog or VHDL to create an FPGA or ASIC... Requirements: An excellent first degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering or related discipline... Knowledge of Digital...
MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: Excellent + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
They are looking to recruit a FPGA Design Engineer to work as part of the product development team with the specific responsibility for developing FPGA code. You will...
ENTERPRISE RECRUITMENT LTD
Salary: £40000 to £50000 per annum - excellent benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
You can expect to learn new skills in digital and analogue electronics, PCB and FPGA/ASIC design... - Verilog or VHDL coding for FPGA or ASIC. - Knowledge of Digital...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £60k
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
The ideal candidate should have 3 - 10 years experience covering digital design together with some analogue/PSU's and PCB layout. Specifically it would be great if you...
ENTERPRISE RECRUITMENT LTD
Salary: £35k - £45k plus great bens
Posted: 15 May 2013
Cambs / Essex, East Anglia
Think of anything with an antenna and it could be a project in which you will play a key part, from a consumer set top box to a...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £55k + benefits
Posted: 23 April 2013
Cambs / Essex, East Anglia
Following your good degree in electronics or physics, you will have had at least 2 years of professional experience in RF circuit design and be keen to join...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £40k + benefits
Posted: 23 April 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
You will have the opportunity to work in areas such as digital design, hardware verification, FPGA prototyping and software development. We are looking for people with competence in...
ENTERPRISE RECRUITMENT LTD
Salary: £25000 to £30000 per annum - Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Brentwood, South East
Support the Hardware lead on all design testing and issues Work with the Software team on software bugs and issues Travel to support engineering builds Candidate requirements Bachelor'...
British Sky Broadcasting
Salary: Bonus & bens
Posted: 18 May 2013
Borehamwood, Hertfordshire
Mechanical Engineer - Special Purpose Machinery- Borehamwood. An engineering company nr Borehamwood, Hertfordshire are currently looking for Mechanical Design Engineer. The company produce special machinery for the use within...
Roc Search
Salary: £33000 - £40000 per annum + bens
Posted: 15 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
This covers the entire life cycle of the product from initial concept through to design, validation, field trials and release into production. Qualifications and Experience: - Bachelors degree 2:...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £45k
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
It will also involve the writing, structuring and management of scripts in a variety of languages such as TCL, Perl and Makefiles... Requirements: Suitable candidates for the role...
MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: Excellent + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cambridge
IC Design Engineer - Semiconductors; Digital; Scripting; EDA Tools; Verification... - Proven scripting skills in a Linux environment (ideally familiarity of Verilog, perl, TCL, shell scripts, MakeFiles and version control...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to c£50,000 + Extensive Benefits
Posted: 26 April 2013
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
You will have a degree in Product Design, Industrial Design, Mechanical Engineering (or equivalent) and will have been exposed (through your course) to manufacturing principals (lean/six sigma...
Roc Search
Salary: £18000 per annum + bens
Posted: 15 May 2013
South Cambs, East Anglia
Summary: Highly experienced scientific industrial design consultant sought, medical devices, client facing environment, to £competitive + benefits... With a 1st or upper 2nd class degree in Industrial Design, Mechanical...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £competitive + benefits
Posted: 23 April 2013
Stevenage, Hertfordshire
You'll produce FPGA requirements and generate architectural definitions... Experience of Xilinx FPGA's, Altera FPGA's and CAE Design tools will all be required to perform this...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £40000.00 - £70000.00 per annum + Excellent Benefits Package
Posted: 14 May 2013
Cambridge
Although not a requirement, experience in any of the following areas would also be particularly relevant: Programming: knowledge of: XML, Visual Studio, C#, Perl, HTML, OpenGL, STL, MFC,...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £45k + extensive benefits
Posted: 23 April 2013
Watford, South East
An exciting opportunity for a highly skilled Mechanical Design Engineer with Special Purpose Machinery who is motivated, driven and is highly enthusiastic who has the ability to take...
Huxley Associates
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Holidays + Pension
Posted: 15 May 2013
Borehamwood, South East
An exciting opportunity for a highly skilled Mechanical Design Engineer with Special Purpose Machinery who is motivated, driven and is highly enthusiastic who has the ability to take...
Huxley Associates
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Holidays + Pension
Posted: 15 May 2013
Felixstowe, Suffolk
My client is urgently looking for a Electronics Hardware Design Engineer. Duties: Design Simulate and test a variety of hardware circuits, produce circuit schematics and supervise PCB layout...
Real Time Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 30,000
Posted: 13 May 2013
Essex
An electronics client based in Essex is looking for an Electronic Technical Specialist. This will be for an initial 12 month contract Role: Electronic design specialist oversees development...
GCS IT Recruitment Specialists
Posted: 14 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
As many who have worked at a start-up will agree it is extremely exciting and the flat structure management teams gives plenty of opportunity to put across...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £40000.00 - £80000.00 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Stevenage, South East
Responsibilities will include: - Maintaining effective engineering design control, through quality technical documentation and bills of material in accordance to company standards & procedures.- Work in conjunction with Project Engineers...
Huxley Associates
Salary: £32000 - £37000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Luton, Bedfordshire
Designing and Building suitable test equipment. Supporting the sales and manufacturing of all electronic products. Skills and Experience required. *Experience: At least 3 years' experience in one or...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £45000.00 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Cambridge
Analogue IC Design Engineer - SMPS, mixed signal, CMOS, 1st / 2.1 + MSc / PhD, ADC, DAC, Cadence / Mentor, DFM / DFT, ISO9000, Green... Key requirements: - Excellent academic background (1st / 2...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: £Junior to Principal
Posted: 3 May 2013