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

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Design Engineer
Rank 80 86 82
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Design Engineer 8 1 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 0.767% 0.103% 0.226%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.781% 0.105% 0.239%
Number of salaries quoted 8 0 2
Average salary £47,500 - £44,500
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 - £42,100
10% offered a salary of more than £55,750 - £46,900
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+5.88% +6.25%
All Job Titles
South Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1024 951 837
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 98.18% 97.94% 94.47%
Number of salaries quoted 934 847 781
Average salary £35,000 £34,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £46,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Design Engineer
Wales

Design Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 Wales region.

South Wales Design Engineer Salary Trend

Design Engineer
Salary Histogram

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

South Wales 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 Wales 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
Cardiff - 5 £55,000 -
Monmouthshire - 3 £32,500 -
Design Engineer
Wales

Design Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 5 (62.50%) ITIL
1 5 (62.50%) PRINCE2
1 5 (62.50%) LAN
1 5 (62.50%) WAN
1 5 (62.50%) VPN
1 5 (62.50%) Cisco
1 5 (62.50%) CCIE
1 5 (62.50%) CCNP
1 5 (62.50%) CCDP
1 5 (62.50%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (62.50%) MPLS
1 5 (62.50%) OSPF
1 5 (62.50%) BGP
1 5 (62.50%) EIGRP
1 5 (62.50%) Firewall
1 5 (62.50%) Wireless
1 5 (62.50%) Advertising
1 5 (62.50%) Network Design
1 5 (62.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 5 (62.50%) Project Planning
1 5 (62.50%) Load Balancing
1 5 (62.50%) Cisco PIX
1 5 (62.50%) Cisco ASA
1 5 (62.50%) Cloud Computing
1 5 (62.50%) VMware
1 5 (62.50%) F5
1 5 (62.50%) Cisco Nexus
2 3 (37.50%) Network Architecture
2 3 (37.50%) CCDA
2 3 (37.50%) C

Design Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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.

Communications & Networking
1 5 (62.50%) LAN
1 5 (62.50%) WAN
1 5 (62.50%) VPN
1 5 (62.50%) MPLS
1 5 (62.50%) OSPF
1 5 (62.50%) BGP
1 5 (62.50%) EIGRP
1 5 (62.50%) Firewall
1 5 (62.50%) Wireless
1 5 (62.50%) Cisco PIX
1 5 (62.50%) Cisco ASA
1 5 (62.50%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
General
1 5 (62.50%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (12.50%) Linux
2 1 (12.50%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Network Design
1 5 (62.50%) Project Planning
1 5 (62.50%) Load Balancing
1 5 (62.50%) ITIL
1 5 (62.50%) PRINCE2
2 3 (37.50%) Network Architecture
3 2 (25.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) C
2 2 (25.00%) Assembly Language
2 2 (25.00%) MATLAB
3 1 (12.50%) Bash shell
3 1 (12.50%) Tcl
3 1 (12.50%) Perl
3 1 (12.50%) Python
3 1 (12.50%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) CCIE
1 5 (62.50%) CCNP
1 5 (62.50%) CCDP
1 5 (62.50%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (62.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 3 (37.50%) CCDA
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Cisco
1 5 (62.50%) VMware
1 5 (62.50%) F5
Monmouthshire
The role In this Leading Design Engineer role you will play a key role contributing to the specification, development and validation of a sub-system within a cutting-...
Apollo Solutions
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Monmouthshire
Using your systems engineering and software development skills, you will make a significant contribution to the software's quality and fitness for purpose by *Constructing reference system implementations...
Apollo Solutions
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013