Software Design Engineer Jobs in England

Software Design Engineer
UK > England

The median Software Design Engineer salary in England is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 17 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
17 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 805 917 1117
Rank change year-on-year +112 +200 -273
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Design Engineer 33 26 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.039% 0.027% 0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.042% 0.030% 0.004%
Number of salaries quoted 22 20 0
10th Percentile £43,875 £60,500 -
25th Percentile £45,000 £62,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% - -
75th Percentile £50,938 £65,625 -
90th Percentile £68,250 £68,250 -
UK median annual salary £45,000 £65,000 -
% change year-on-year -30.77% - -

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 79,481 87,482 124,226
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.49% 91.64% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 59,905 55,039 76,115
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,125 £45,000 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,047 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.07% +0.08% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,433 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £53,123 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.46% - +9.09%

Software Design Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Design Engineer in England

Software Design Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Software Design Engineer in England

Software Design Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Design Engineer in England over the 6 months to 17 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Design Engineer in England

Software 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 Software Design Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 17 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 - 13 £45,000 -
North of England +53 11 £50,000 -23.08% 1
Yorkshire +102 7 £50,000 -23.08% 1
South West - 5 £45,000 -
North West - 4 £50,000 -
Midlands +16 3 £50,000 -
West Midlands - 2 £50,000 -
London +150 1 £50,000 -9.91% 2
East Midlands -9 1 £47,500 -
Software Design Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 17 April 2024, Software 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 Software Design Engineer in the job title.

1 9 (27.27%) Software Engineering
2 7 (21.21%) Siemens
3 5 (15.15%) C
3 5 (15.15%) Degree
4 3 (9.09%) Visual Studio
4 3 (9.09%) Manufacturing
4 3 (9.09%) C#
4 3 (9.09%) Electronics
5 2 (6.06%) Firmware
5 2 (6.06%) Ethernet
5 2 (6.06%) Information Security
5 2 (6.06%) Software Testing
5 2 (6.06%) Tandem
5 2 (6.06%) Agile
5 2 (6.06%) GDB
5 2 (6.06%) SCADA
5 2 (6.06%) Computer Science
5 2 (6.06%) SC Cleared
5 2 (6.06%) Security Cleared
5 2 (6.06%) Facebook
5 2 (6.06%) Modbus
5 2 (6.06%) Profibus
5 2 (6.06%) WinCC
5 2 (6.06%) Mentoring
5 2 (6.06%) Rockwell
5 2 (6.06%) Code Quality
5 2 (6.06%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (6.06%) Technical Leadership
5 2 (6.06%) Ladder Logic
5 2 (6.06%) Social Skills

Software 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 (6.06%) WinCC
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.06%) Ethernet
1 2 (6.06%) Modbus
1 2 (6.06%) Profibus
Development Applications
1 3 (9.09%) Visual Studio
2 2 (6.06%) GDB
3 1 (3.03%) Git
General
1 3 (9.09%) Electronics
1 3 (9.09%) Manufacturing
2 2 (6.06%) Social Skills
3 1 (3.03%) Aerospace
3 1 (3.03%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.03%) .NET
1 1 (3.03%) MFC
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.06%) SCADA
1 2 (6.06%) Tandem
2 1 (3.03%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.03%) FreeRTOS
1 1 (3.03%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (27.27%) Software Engineering
2 2 (6.06%) Agile
2 2 (6.06%) Code Quality
2 2 (6.06%) Computer Science
2 2 (6.06%) Information Security
2 2 (6.06%) Mentoring
2 2 (6.06%) Software Testing
2 2 (6.06%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (3.03%) Change Control
3 1 (3.03%) Fault Analysis
3 1 (3.03%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 5 (15.15%) C
2 3 (9.09%) C#
3 2 (6.06%) Ladder Logic
4 1 (3.03%) Assembly Language
4 1 (3.03%) Python
4 1 (3.03%) SQL
4 1 (3.03%) VB
Qualifications
1 5 (15.15%) Degree
2 2 (6.06%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (6.06%) SC Cleared
2 2 (6.06%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.03%) HNC
3 1 (3.03%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 2 (6.06%) Embedded Firmware
1 2 (6.06%) Firmware
Vendors
1 7 (21.21%) Siemens
2 2 (6.06%) Facebook
2 2 (6.06%) Rockwell