The first table below looks at the demand for the Design Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the South East 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 20 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 South East region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Design Engineer
Rank 326 303 359
Rank change year-on-year
-23 +56
Permanent jobs requiring a Design Engineer 100 138 63
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.456% 0.581% 0.281%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.480% 0.610% 0.297%
Number of salaries quoted 47 75 50
Average salary £47,500 £50,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.00% +25.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £40,000 £32,400
10% offered a salary of more than £71,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+5.88% +6.25%
All Job Titles
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
20815 22625 21200
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 94.89% 95.21% 94.42%
Number of salaries quoted 17267 19553 18212
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £26,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
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 South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

South East 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 South East region.

South East Design Engineer Salary Trend

Design Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Design Engineer across the South East region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 20 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
Berkshire +8 58 £60,000 +20.00%
Hampshire -6 13 £45,000 -10.00%
Kent -7 9 £61,250 +71.32%
Surrey +19 8 £35,000 -11.39%
West Sussex -26 5 £35,000 -
Oxfordshire -21 3 £40,000 -
Middlesex -8 1 £47,500 -9.52%
Buckinghamshire -11 1 £50,000 -
East Sussex - 1 - -
Design Engineer
England

Design Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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 60 (34.68%) Telecoms
2 36 (20.81%) 3G
3 34 (19.65%) Electronics
4 33 (19.08%) Network Design
4 33 (19.08%) Degree
5 32 (18.50%) Validation
5 32 (18.50%) Project Management
5 32 (18.50%) Cisco
6 30 (17.34%) INAP
7 28 (16.18%) SIGTRAN
8 27 (15.61%) Capacity Management
9 24 (13.87%) LTE
9 24 (13.87%) C
10 21 (12.14%) VHDL
11 20 (11.56%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
11 20 (11.56%) Windows
12 19 (10.98%) OSPF
12 19 (10.98%) Firewall
12 19 (10.98%) Wireless
13 17 (9.827%) EMC
14 16 (9.249%) Cisco Certification
14 16 (9.249%) Juniper
14 16 (9.249%) Nokia
14 16 (9.249%) CAD
14 16 (9.249%) LAN
15 15 (8.671%) Security Cleared
15 15 (8.671%) Radio Access Network
16 14 (8.092%) Computer Science
16 14 (8.092%) Nokia Siemens Networks
16 14 (8.092%) MPLS

Design Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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 7 (4.046%) .NET
2 4 (2.312%) .NET Framework
3 3 (1.734%) XML
3 3 (1.734%) XSLT
3 3 (1.734%) WSDL
3 3 (1.734%) XML Schema
3 3 (1.734%) MapReduce
4 2 (1.156%) Middleware
5 1 (0.578%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.578%) Application Packaging
5 1 (0.578%) CGI
5 1 (0.578%) OpenGL
Application Platforms
1 3 (1.734%) Oracle Coherence
2 2 (1.156%) Apache
2 2 (1.156%) MS Exchange
3 1 (0.578%) SAS
3 1 (0.578%) WebSphere Application Server
3 1 (0.578%) IIS
3 1 (0.578%) Tomcat
3 1 (0.578%) MQSeries
3 1 (0.578%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.578%) Lync
3 1 (0.578%) Adobe CQ
Applications
1 11 (6.358%) Pro/ENGINEER
2 5 (2.890%) MS Excel
2 5 (2.890%) AutoCAD
3 3 (1.734%) MS Office
4 2 (1.156%) Simulink
5 1 (0.578%) CATIA
5 1 (0.578%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.578%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 36 (20.81%) 3G
2 30 (17.34%) INAP
3 28 (16.18%) SIGTRAN
4 24 (13.87%) LTE
5 19 (10.98%) Wireless
5 19 (10.98%) Firewall
5 19 (10.98%) OSPF
6 16 (9.249%) LAN
7 15 (8.671%) Radio Access Network
8 14 (8.092%) MPLS
9 13 (7.514%) MGW
9 13 (7.514%) BSS
10 12 (6.936%) Ethernet
11 11 (6.358%) BGP
11 11 (6.358%) VoIP
11 11 (6.358%) WLAN
12 10 (5.780%) Cisco PIX
12 10 (5.780%) Cisco Nexus
12 10 (5.780%) Cisco ASA
13 9 (5.202%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.734%) Data Mining
1 3 (1.734%) RDBMS
1 3 (1.734%) Oracle 10g
1 3 (1.734%) Data Mart
1 3 (1.734%) Oracle 11g
1 3 (1.734%) Hadoop
1 3 (1.734%) NoSQL
1 3 (1.734%) Oracle Exadata
1 3 (1.734%) Big Data
2 1 (0.578%) MySQL
2 1 (0.578%) DB2
2 1 (0.578%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 4 (2.312%) Subversion
2 3 (1.734%) JIRA
2 3 (1.734%) Moq
2 3 (1.734%) Rational DOORS
2 3 (1.734%) NUnit
3 1 (0.578%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.578%) PVCS
3 1 (0.578%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.578%) LabVIEW
General
1 60 (34.68%) Telecoms
2 34 (19.65%) Electronics
3 14 (8.092%) Manufacturing
4 10 (5.780%) Finance
5 8 (4.624%) Military
6 6 (3.468%) Retail
7 3 (1.734%) Marketing
7 3 (1.734%) Aerospace
8 2 (1.156%) Automotive
8 2 (1.156%) Banking
9 1 (0.578%) Publishing
9 1 (0.578%) German Language
9 1 (0.578%) Multimedia
Miscellaneous
1 21 (12.14%) VHDL
2 20 (11.56%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
3 14 (8.092%) Computer Science
4 10 (5.780%) Firmware
5 9 (5.202%) ASIC
6 7 (4.046%) Verilog
7 6 (3.468%) Replication
8 4 (2.312%) Device Driver
8 4 (2.312%) Handset
8 4 (2.312%) Smartphone
9 3 (1.734%) CPLD
9 3 (1.734%) Mathematics
9 3 (1.734%) Physics
9 3 (1.734%) MPEG
10 2 (1.156%) Mainframe
10 2 (1.156%) Embedded Systems
11 1 (0.578%) DataPower
11 1 (0.578%) Open Source
11 1 (0.578%) HACMP
11 1 (0.578%) 3D Graphics
Operating Systems
1 20 (11.56%) Windows
2 11 (6.358%) Linux
3 6 (3.468%) Embedded Linux
3 6 (3.468%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (2.890%) Windows 7
4 5 (2.890%) UNIX
5 4 (2.312%) VxWorks
5 4 (2.312%) Solaris
6 1 (0.578%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (19.08%) Network Design
2 32 (18.50%) Validation
2 32 (18.50%) Project Management
3 27 (15.61%) Capacity Management
4 16 (9.249%) CAD
5 10 (5.780%) Finite Element Analysis
6 9 (5.202%) Load Balancing
7 8 (4.624%) Disaster Recovery
8 7 (4.046%) Service Management
8 7 (4.046%) Signal Processing
9 5 (2.890%) Network Architecture
9 5 (2.890%) Embedded Software Development
9 5 (2.890%) UML
10 4 (2.312%) Risk Assessment
10 4 (2.312%) IC Design
10 4 (2.312%) Continuous Improvement
10 4 (2.312%) Network Management
11 3 (1.734%) High Availability
11 3 (1.734%) User Stories
11 3 (1.734%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 24 (13.87%) C
2 12 (6.936%) C++
3 7 (4.046%) MATLAB
4 6 (3.468%) Embedded C
4 6 (3.468%) Assembly Language
5 5 (2.890%) Perl
6 4 (2.312%) SQL
6 4 (2.312%) C#
6 4 (2.312%) Python
7 3 (1.734%) XPath
8 1 (0.578%) GLSL
8 1 (0.578%) Java
8 1 (0.578%) VB
8 1 (0.578%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 33 (19.08%) Degree
2 16 (9.249%) Cisco Certification
3 15 (8.671%) Security Cleared
4 12 (6.936%) CCIE
5 9 (5.202%) SC Cleared
6 6 (3.468%) DV Cleared
6 6 (3.468%) CCDP
7 5 (2.890%) HND
7 5 (2.890%) CCNP
7 5 (2.890%) CCIP
8 3 (1.734%) HNC
8 3 (1.734%) CCSP
8 3 (1.734%) CCA
8 3 (1.734%) CCDE
8 3 (1.734%) CCVP
8 3 (1.734%) JNCIP
8 3 (1.734%) JNCIE
9 2 (1.156%) CCNA
9 2 (1.156%) CCDA
9 2 (1.156%) NCDA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.312%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 4 (2.312%) SLA
1 4 (2.312%) QA
1 4 (2.312%) IEC 61508
2 3 (1.734%) ISO 9000
3 2 (1.156%) ISO 9001
3 2 (1.156%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.578%) JTAG
4 1 (0.578%) DO-254
4 1 (0.578%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 9 (5.202%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.156%) Hyper-V
2 2 (1.156%) XenApp
3 1 (0.578%) XenDesktop
3 1 (0.578%) FreeRADIUS
3 1 (0.578%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.578%) VMware ESX
3 1 (0.578%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 8 (4.624%) NetBackup
2 6 (3.468%) Tivoli
2 6 (3.468%) Netcool
2 6 (3.468%) OpenView Configuration Management
3 3 (1.734%) Norton AntiVirus
3 3 (1.734%) MIMEsweeper
4 1 (0.578%) SCCM
4 1 (0.578%) Cisco UCCE
4 1 (0.578%) Cisco UCCX
4 1 (0.578%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 32 (18.50%) Cisco
2 17 (9.827%) EMC
3 16 (9.249%) Nokia
3 16 (9.249%) Juniper
4 14 (8.092%) SolidWorks
4 14 (8.092%) Nokia Siemens Networks
5 11 (6.358%) SAP
6 9 (5.202%) VMware
7 8 (4.624%) Veritas
8 7 (4.046%) Microsoft
9 6 (3.468%) Oracle
9 6 (3.468%) HP
9 6 (3.468%) Citrix
9 6 (3.468%) CA
9 6 (3.468%) Fujitsu
10 5 (2.890%) Huawei
10 5 (2.890%) Intel
11 4 (2.312%) CheckPoint
11 4 (2.312%) Xilinx
11 4 (2.312%) Teradata
Reading, Berkshire
IP Design Engineer with proven background in IP Design (HLD, High Level Design, LLD, Low Level Design), IP Addressing, IP Routing ideally multi vendor Cisco, Juniper etc combined...
Opus Resourcing Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Bens + Bonus to 10%
Posted: 13 May 2013
Oxfordshire, South East
We are seeking : 1 x Senior Digital Electronics Engineer - £40,000 - £50,000 Skills & Experience FPGA design, VHDL Digital / Analogue Electronic Design Embedded systems PCB Design, Layout & Schematics...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Guildford, Surrey
In general candidates should have a first class numerate degree or PhD in a subject such as a Physics, Engineering or Maths or Electronics... Software development (eg C/...
Real Time Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 40,000 to 50,000
Posted: 16 May 2013
Berkshire, Thames Valley
A world-wide leader of innovative cost effective test and measurement instruments, winning multiple awards in the broadcasting industry, is looking for a hardware/FPGA SUPERSTAR... As the...
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Excellent
Posted: 24 April 2013
Guildford, Surrey
We are looking to recruit a Hardware Design Engineer with 2/3/more years experience of board level design which should include knowledge of digital design, microprocessors, VHDL...
ENTERPRISE RECRUITMENT LTD
Salary: £30k - £40k plus great bens
Posted: 15 May 2013
Hampshire
Hardware engineer - electronics, embedded, microcontrollers, ARM, CAD, PCB, LED, Hardware design... The successful candidate will need strong embedded skills and knowledge in electronic CAD design. Essential skills include: *...
Roc Search
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Excellent benfits + Bonus
Posted: 17 May 2013
Surrey
Hardware engineer - electronics, embedded, microcontrollers, ARM, CAD, PCB, LED, Hardware design... The successful candidate will need strong embedded skills and knowledge in electronic CAD design. Essential skills include: *...
Roc Search
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Excellent Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 17 May 2013
Egham, Surrey
You will need to have a Mechanical Engineering background (HND or Degree) and will have good 3D modelling experience (ideally Pro-E but other 3D packages will be...
Roc Search
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + bens
Posted: 15 May 2013
Witney, Oxfordshire
Based from their site in West Oxfordshire, the company produce bespoke windows for the high end architectural markets... The Design Engineer will work with their end clients (often...
Roc Search
Salary: £23000 per annum + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Hampshire, South East
You will be working in a small business of around 20 people and your role will be a varied and mixed which will include: - 2D / 3D drawings - Re-...
Huxley Associates
Salary: £35000 - £36000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Thames Valley
Knowledge and use of JTAG; code coverage/profiling; and automated test tools would be highly desirable... Knowledge of WIFI, Classic Bluetooth, BLE would be highly desirable... Familiarity with...
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + package
Posted: 8 May 2013
Hampshire, South East
In this role you will be responsible for both 2D drawing and 3D modelling of mechanical components, assemblies and installations, generating Bills of Materials and liaising directly both...
Huxley Associates
Posted: 15 May 2013
West Sussex, South East
This will be a key technical role involving new product development from concept through to manufacture but will also involve support and modifications of existing lines. My client...
Huxley Associates
Posted: 16 May 2013
Crawley, West Sussex
Participate in project planning and preparation of schedules... Proven experience in the use of recognized PDM/PLM systems for design control & release... Knowledge of the capability and workflow...
ARC IT Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £35000 Per Annum plus benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Guildford, Surrey
New, original Design position with a leading R&D company who provide quality, cost-effective commercial aerospace technology solutions for European & World Space Programmes. They are now looking...
ENTERPRISE RECRUITMENT LTD
Salary: £30000 to £35000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Egham, Surrey
A leading Precision Engineering company is currently looking to recruit a Design Engineer to add to their successful team. The company have over 50 years' experience providing top...
Roc Search
Salary: £25000 - £44000 per annum + bens
Posted: 15 May 2013