Design Engineer Jobs in England

Design Engineer
UK > England

The median Design Engineer salary in England is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 621 725 909
Rank change year-on-year +104 +184 -315
Permanent jobs requiring a Design Engineer 195 203 233
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.23% 0.22% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.24% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 158 92 135
10th Percentile £25,750 £37,500 £44,250
25th Percentile £40,313 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% - +20.93%
75th Percentile £62,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £67,500 - £83,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -23.08% - +18.18%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 80,172 84,782 125,764
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.46% 91.52% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 60,024 53,688 75,723
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,567 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% +0.95% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,991 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%

Design Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Design Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Design Engineer in England

Design Engineer
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Design Engineer in England.

Salary trend for Design Engineer in England

Design Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Design Engineer in England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Design Engineer in England

Design Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Design Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +19 63 £50,000 -28.57% 119
North of England +81 56 £50,000 -20.63% 84
East of England -24 32 £50,000 -23.08% 114
North West +46 31 £47,500 - 45
Yorkshire +107 24 £70,000 +11.11% 32
Midlands -15 22 £48,500 -11.82% 93
South West -18 18 £50,000 -9.09% 65
East Midlands -10 11 £40,000 -15.79% 45
London +139 10 £67,000 +9.84% 41
West Midlands +6 7 £77,500 +27.57% 48
North East - 1 £60,000 - 7
Design Engineer
UK

Design Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 28 April 2024, Design Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Design Engineer in the job title.

1 53 (27.18%) Degree
2 44 (22.56%) Manufacturing
3 41 (21.03%) Electronics
4 28 (14.36%) Firmware
4 28 (14.36%) FPGA
5 23 (11.79%) Problem-Solving
6 22 (11.28%) Social Skills
7 21 (10.77%) FPGA Design
7 21 (10.77%) Security Cleared
8 19 (9.74%) Validation
9 17 (8.72%) Wireless
10 16 (8.21%) AutoCAD
11 15 (7.69%) LabVIEW
12 14 (7.18%) Telecoms
12 14 (7.18%) Software Engineering
12 14 (7.18%) Schematic Capture
13 13 (6.67%) C
13 13 (6.67%) EMC
14 12 (6.15%) Embedded Systems
15 11 (5.64%) Systems Engineering
15 11 (5.64%) HNC
15 11 (5.64%) Embedded Firmware
16 10 (5.13%) Business Intelligence
16 10 (5.13%) Siemens
17 9 (4.62%) CAD
17 9 (4.62%) Master's Degree
17 9 (4.62%) V-Model
18 8 (4.10%) Revit
18 8 (4.10%) Mathematics
18 8 (4.10%) Physics

Design Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.03%) WinCC
2 1 (0.51%) OpenStack
Applications
1 16 (8.21%) AutoCAD
2 8 (4.10%) Revit
3 5 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (2.05%) EPLAN
5 3 (1.54%) Autodesk Inventor
6 2 (1.03%) Fusion 360
7 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
7 1 (0.51%) OrCAD
7 1 (0.51%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 4 (2.05%) Azure
2 3 (1.54%) Power Platform
3 2 (1.03%) AWS
3 2 (1.03%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 17 (8.72%) Wireless
2 7 (3.59%) Internet
2 7 (3.59%) LAN
3 6 (3.08%) BGP
3 6 (3.08%) MPLS
3 6 (3.08%) Software-Defined Radio
3 6 (3.08%) TETRA
4 5 (2.56%) 4G
5 4 (2.05%) Bluetooth
5 4 (2.05%) Ethernet
6 3 (1.54%) Modbus
6 3 (1.54%) Structured Cabling
6 3 (1.54%) WAN
6 3 (1.54%) WLAN
7 2 (1.03%) Cisco Firepower
7 2 (1.03%) OSPF
7 2 (1.03%) Profibus
7 2 (1.03%) RS-485
7 2 (1.03%) SD-WAN
7 2 (1.03%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.54%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 15 (7.69%) LabVIEW
2 5 (2.56%) Subversion
3 3 (1.54%) Git
3 3 (1.54%) Visual Studio
4 2 (1.03%) GDB
4 2 (1.03%) JIRA
4 2 (1.03%) Rational DOORS
4 2 (1.03%) Rational Team Concert
5 1 (0.51%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.51%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.51%) TeamCity
General
1 44 (22.56%) Manufacturing
2 41 (21.03%) Electronics
3 22 (11.28%) Social Skills
4 14 (7.18%) Telecoms
5 7 (3.59%) Finance
5 7 (3.59%) Marketing
5 7 (3.59%) Public Sector
6 6 (3.08%) Automotive
7 5 (2.56%) Aerospace
8 3 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.03%) Military
10 1 (0.51%) Analytical Skills
10 1 (0.51%) Legal
10 1 (0.51%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.51%) Wearables
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.51%) .NET
1 1 (0.51%) Flash
1 1 (0.51%) MFC
Miscellaneous
1 28 (14.36%) FPGA
2 12 (6.15%) Embedded Systems
3 6 (3.08%) Driving Licence
3 6 (3.08%) IoT
4 5 (2.56%) VHDL
5 4 (2.05%) Acoustics
5 4 (2.05%) Analogue Electronics
5 4 (2.05%) Data Centre
6 3 (1.54%) CCTV
6 3 (1.54%) CPLD
6 3 (1.54%) EPoS
6 3 (1.54%) IPTV
6 3 (1.54%) Robotics
6 3 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.54%) Verilog
7 2 (1.03%) CAN bus
7 2 (1.03%) Fibre Optics
7 2 (1.03%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.03%) SCADA
7 2 (1.03%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.59%) Linux
2 2 (1.03%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (0.51%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.51%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (11.79%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (10.77%) FPGA Design
3 19 (9.74%) Validation
4 14 (7.18%) Schematic Capture
4 14 (7.18%) Software Engineering
5 11 (5.64%) Systems Engineering
6 10 (5.13%) Business Intelligence
7 9 (4.62%) CAD
7 9 (4.62%) V-Model
8 8 (4.10%) Chemistry
8 8 (4.10%) Mathematics
8 8 (4.10%) Physics
8 8 (4.10%) Verification and Validation
9 7 (3.59%) Digital Marketing
9 7 (3.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 7 (3.59%) Kalman Filter
9 7 (3.59%) Network Design
9 7 (3.59%) Programme Management
9 7 (3.59%) Prototyping
9 7 (3.59%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (6.67%) C
2 6 (3.08%) C++
3 4 (2.05%) C#
3 4 (2.05%) Embedded C
3 4 (2.05%) Python
4 2 (1.03%) Assembly Language
4 2 (1.03%) Ladder Logic
5 1 (0.51%) Embedded C++
5 1 (0.51%) MATLAB
5 1 (0.51%) SQL
5 1 (0.51%) VB
Qualifications
1 53 (27.18%) Degree
2 21 (10.77%) Security Cleared
3 11 (5.64%) HNC
4 9 (4.62%) Master's Degree
5 8 (4.10%) BPSS Clearance
5 8 (4.10%) HND
6 5 (2.56%) CCNP
6 5 (2.56%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (2.56%) DV Cleared
6 5 (2.56%) SC Cleared
7 4 (2.05%) CCNA
7 4 (2.05%) JNCIE
7 4 (2.05%) JNCIP
8 3 (1.54%) RIBA
9 2 (1.03%) CCIE
9 2 (1.03%) CISSP
9 2 (1.03%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.51%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.56%) ISO 9001
2 2 (1.03%) ISO 14001
3 1 (0.51%) IEC 61131
3 1 (0.51%) JTAG
System Software
1 28 (14.36%) Firmware
2 11 (5.64%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (1.03%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.51%) Ansible
Vendors
1 13 (6.67%) EMC
2 10 (5.13%) Siemens
3 7 (3.59%) Juniper
3 7 (3.59%) SAP
3 7 (3.59%) Xilinx
4 5 (2.56%) Intel
4 5 (2.56%) Microsoft
5 4 (2.05%) Cisco
5 4 (2.05%) Nokia
6 3 (1.54%) Epicor
6 3 (1.54%) Palo Alto
7 2 (1.03%) Allen-Bradley
7 2 (1.03%) ANSYS
7 2 (1.03%) Facebook
7 2 (1.03%) Rockwell
7 2 (1.03%) TOWER Software
7 2 (1.03%) VMware
8 1 (0.51%) CA
8 1 (0.51%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.51%) Sitecore