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 24 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 637 748 897
Rank change year-on-year +111 +149 -314
Permanent jobs requiring a Design Engineer 196 208 232
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.23% 0.22% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.24% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 159 95 133
10th Percentile £25,750 £37,500 £44,000
25th Percentile £41,875 £51,875 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% - +18.18%
75th Percentile £64,250 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £70,000 - £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 80,061 86,064 125,517
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.56% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 60,068 54,328 75,797
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,084 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,567 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.84% +0.95% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,433 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% - +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 24 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 24 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 +15 63 £50,000 -28.57% 111
North of England +97 56 £50,000 -20.63% 90
East of England -8 32 £50,000 -23.08% 109
North West +41 31 £47,500 - 49
Yorkshire +104 24 £70,000 +11.11% 32
Midlands -12 21 £48,500 -11.82% 88
South West -13 18 £50,000 -9.09% 72
London +167 12 £67,000 +9.84% 46
East Midlands -16 10 £40,000 -15.79% 39
West Midlands +11 7 £77,500 +21.09% 49
North East - 1 £60,000 - 10
Design Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 24 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 (27.04%) Degree
2 44 (22.45%) Manufacturing
3 41 (20.92%) Electronics
4 28 (14.29%) FPGA
5 27 (13.78%) Firmware
6 24 (12.24%) Problem-Solving
7 23 (11.73%) Social Skills
8 21 (10.71%) FPGA Design
8 21 (10.71%) Security Cleared
9 19 (9.69%) Validation
10 18 (9.18%) Wireless
11 16 (8.16%) AutoCAD
12 15 (7.65%) Telecoms
12 15 (7.65%) LabVIEW
13 14 (7.14%) Software Engineering
14 13 (6.63%) Schematic Capture
15 12 (6.12%) EMC
15 12 (6.12%) C
15 12 (6.12%) Embedded Systems
16 11 (5.61%) HNC
16 11 (5.61%) Systems Engineering
17 10 (5.10%) Embedded Firmware
17 10 (5.10%) Business Intelligence
17 10 (5.10%) Siemens
18 9 (4.59%) CAD
18 9 (4.59%) Network Design
18 9 (4.59%) V-Model
18 9 (4.59%) Master's Degree
19 8 (4.08%) BPSS Clearance
19 8 (4.08%) Revit

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 (1.02%) WinCC
2 1 (0.51%) OpenStack
Applications
1 16 (8.16%) AutoCAD
2 8 (4.08%) Revit
3 5 (2.55%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (2.04%) EPLAN
5 3 (1.53%) Autodesk Inventor
6 2 (1.02%) Fusion 360
7 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
7 1 (0.51%) OrCAD
7 1 (0.51%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 5 (2.55%) Azure
2 3 (1.53%) AWS
2 3 (1.53%) Power Platform
3 2 (1.02%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (0.51%) AWS Direct Connect
4 1 (0.51%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 1 (0.51%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (0.51%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 18 (9.18%) Wireless
2 8 (4.08%) Internet
2 8 (4.08%) LAN
3 6 (3.06%) BGP
3 6 (3.06%) MPLS
3 6 (3.06%) Software-Defined Radio
3 6 (3.06%) TETRA
4 5 (2.55%) 4G
4 5 (2.55%) WAN
5 4 (2.04%) Bluetooth
5 4 (2.04%) Ethernet
6 3 (1.53%) Modbus
6 3 (1.53%) SD-WAN
6 3 (1.53%) Structured Cabling
6 3 (1.53%) WLAN
7 2 (1.02%) Cisco Firepower
7 2 (1.02%) OSPF
7 2 (1.02%) Profibus
7 2 (1.02%) RS-485
7 2 (1.02%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.53%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 15 (7.65%) LabVIEW
2 5 (2.55%) Subversion
3 3 (1.53%) Git
3 3 (1.53%) Visual Studio
4 2 (1.02%) GDB
4 2 (1.02%) JIRA
4 2 (1.02%) Rational DOORS
4 2 (1.02%) Rational Team Concert
5 1 (0.51%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.51%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.51%) TeamCity
General
1 44 (22.45%) Manufacturing
2 41 (20.92%) Electronics
3 23 (11.73%) Social Skills
4 15 (7.65%) Telecoms
5 7 (3.57%) Finance
5 7 (3.57%) Marketing
5 7 (3.57%) Public Sector
6 6 (3.06%) Automotive
7 5 (2.55%) Aerospace
8 3 (1.53%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.02%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.02%) Military
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 (14.29%) FPGA
2 12 (6.12%) Embedded Systems
3 6 (3.06%) Driving Licence
3 6 (3.06%) IoT
4 5 (2.55%) VHDL
5 4 (2.04%) Acoustics
5 4 (2.04%) Analogue Electronics
5 4 (2.04%) Data Centre
6 3 (1.53%) CCTV
6 3 (1.53%) CPLD
6 3 (1.53%) EPoS
6 3 (1.53%) IPTV
6 3 (1.53%) Robotics
6 3 (1.53%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.53%) Verilog
7 2 (1.02%) CAN bus
7 2 (1.02%) Fibre Optics
7 2 (1.02%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.02%) SCADA
7 2 (1.02%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.57%) Linux
2 2 (1.02%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (0.51%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.51%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (12.24%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (10.71%) FPGA Design
3 19 (9.69%) Validation
4 14 (7.14%) Software Engineering
5 13 (6.63%) Schematic Capture
6 11 (5.61%) Systems Engineering
7 10 (5.10%) Business Intelligence
8 9 (4.59%) CAD
8 9 (4.59%) Network Design
8 9 (4.59%) V-Model
9 8 (4.08%) Chemistry
9 8 (4.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 8 (4.08%) Mathematics
9 8 (4.08%) Physics
9 8 (4.08%) Verification and Validation
10 7 (3.57%) Digital Marketing
10 7 (3.57%) Kalman Filter
10 7 (3.57%) Programme Management
10 7 (3.57%) Prototyping
10 7 (3.57%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (6.12%) C
2 6 (3.06%) C++
3 4 (2.04%) C#
3 4 (2.04%) Embedded C
3 4 (2.04%) Python
4 2 (1.02%) Assembly Language
4 2 (1.02%) 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 (27.04%) Degree
2 21 (10.71%) Security Cleared
3 11 (5.61%) HNC
4 9 (4.59%) Master's Degree
5 8 (4.08%) BPSS Clearance
5 8 (4.08%) HND
6 5 (2.55%) CCNP
6 5 (2.55%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (2.55%) DV Cleared
6 5 (2.55%) SC Cleared
7 4 (2.04%) CCNA
7 4 (2.04%) JNCIE
7 4 (2.04%) JNCIP
8 3 (1.53%) CISSP
8 3 (1.53%) RIBA
9 2 (1.02%) CCIE
9 2 (1.02%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.51%) Chartered Engineer
10 1 (0.51%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.55%) ISO 9001
2 2 (1.02%) ISO 14001
3 1 (0.51%) IEC 61131
3 1 (0.51%) JTAG
System Software
1 27 (13.78%) Firmware
2 10 (5.10%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.51%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.02%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.51%) Ansible
Vendors
1 12 (6.12%) EMC
2 10 (5.10%) Siemens
3 8 (4.08%) Juniper
4 7 (3.57%) SAP
4 7 (3.57%) Xilinx
5 6 (3.06%) Microsoft
6 5 (2.55%) Intel
6 5 (2.55%) Nokia
7 4 (2.04%) Cisco
7 4 (2.04%) Palo Alto
8 3 (1.53%) Epicor
9 2 (1.02%) Allen-Bradley
9 2 (1.02%) ANSYS
9 2 (1.02%) Facebook
9 2 (1.02%) Fortinet
9 2 (1.02%) Rockwell
9 2 (1.02%) TOWER Software
9 2 (1.02%) VMware
10 1 (0.51%) F5
10 1 (0.51%) Huawei