The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Design Engineer role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Senior Design Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Design Engineer
Rank 807 838 862
Rank change year-on-year
+31 +24
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Design Engineer 55 61 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.051% 0.051% 0.015%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.054% 0.053% 0.016%
Number of salaries quoted 38 46 12
Average salary £52,500 £47,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.52% -
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £36,500 £37,500
10% offered a salary of more than £86,000 £57,500 £59,750
UK excluding London average salary £52,500 £47,750 £47,500
% change year-on-year
+9.94% +0.52%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
102035 114410 117207
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.41% 94.80% 94.20%
Number of salaries quoted 84835 98106 99148
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%

Senior Design Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Senior Design Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Design Engineer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Senior Design Engineer within the UK.

Senior Design Engineer Salary Trend

Senior Design Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Senior Design Engineer over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 within the UK.

Senior Design Engineer Salary Histogram

Senior Design Engineer
Top 19 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Design Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 24 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
England +16 50 £50,000 +4.71%
South East +5 19 £57,500 +24.32%
London +64 17 £50,000 +5.26%
Berkshire +3 11 £60,000 +41.17%
East of England -8 10 £40,000 -30.43%
Cambridgeshire - 9 £40,000 -
Cambridge - 9 £40,000 -
City of London +6 5 - -
Kent - 5 £57,500 -
Scotland +4 4 £100,000 +150.00%
South West -5 4 £45,000 -
Edinburgh - 4 £100,000 -
Hampshire -3 3 £50,000 +8.10%
Bristol -5 2 £43,250 -
Dorset -9 2 £45,000 -
Weymouth - 2 £45,000 -
Docklands, London - 2 £60,000 -
Hertfordshire -7 1 £55,000 -4.34%
Croydon - 1 £50,000 -

Senior Design Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Senior 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 Senior Design Engineer in their job title.

1 29 (32.58%) Degree
2 28 (31.46%) Wireless
3 26 (29.21%) Telecoms
4 21 (23.60%) Electronics
5 20 (22.47%) VHDL
6 19 (21.35%) Cisco
7 17 (19.10%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
8 16 (17.98%) Project Management
8 16 (17.98%) Verilog
9 15 (16.85%) Network Design
9 15 (16.85%) Cisco Certification
9 15 (16.85%) Juniper
10 13 (14.61%) ASIC
10 13 (14.61%) Cisco ASA
11 12 (13.48%) EMC
12 11 (12.36%) BGP
12 11 (12.36%) OSPF
12 11 (12.36%) Validation
13 10 (11.24%) Junos
13 10 (11.24%) JNCIE
13 10 (11.24%) Firewall
13 10 (11.24%) MPLS
13 10 (11.24%) Ethernet
14 9 (10.11%) CCIE
14 9 (10.11%) CCNP
14 9 (10.11%) Marketing
14 9 (10.11%) LTE
14 9 (10.11%) F5
14 9 (10.11%) Capacity Management
14 9 (10.11%) Cisco Nexus

Senior Design Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Senior 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 Senior Design Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (1.124%) J2SE
1 1 (1.124%) .NET
1 1 (1.124%) J2EE
1 1 (1.124%) Middleware
1 1 (1.124%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (1.124%) .NET Framework
1 1 (1.124%) Application Packaging
1 1 (1.124%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 1 (1.124%) Apache
1 1 (1.124%) Tomcat
1 1 (1.124%) MQSeries
1 1 (1.124%) WebSphere Application Server
1 1 (1.124%) WebLogic
1 1 (1.124%) IIS
1 1 (1.124%) SAS
1 1 (1.124%) Adobe CQ
Applications
1 3 (3.371%) Simulink
2 2 (2.247%) MS Excel
2 2 (2.247%) Pro/ENGINEER
3 1 (1.124%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.124%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 28 (31.46%) Wireless
2 13 (14.61%) Cisco ASA
3 11 (12.36%) BGP
3 11 (12.36%) OSPF
4 10 (11.24%) Junos
4 10 (11.24%) Firewall
4 10 (11.24%) MPLS
4 10 (11.24%) Ethernet
5 9 (10.11%) LTE
5 9 (10.11%) Cisco Nexus
6 8 (8.989%) SIGTRAN
6 8 (8.989%) Network Security
6 8 (8.989%) 3G
6 8 (8.989%) INAP
6 8 (8.989%) BSS
7 6 (6.742%) VPN
7 6 (6.742%) DNS
7 6 (6.742%) DHCP
8 5 (5.618%) IP Telephony
8 5 (5.618%) NetScreen
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.124%) DB2
1 1 (1.124%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.124%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (2.247%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (1.124%) Subversion
General
1 26 (29.21%) Telecoms
2 21 (23.60%) Electronics
3 9 (10.11%) Marketing
4 7 (7.865%) Manufacturing
5 6 (6.742%) Aerospace
5 6 (6.742%) Military
6 4 (4.494%) Finance
6 4 (4.494%) Banking
7 1 (1.124%) Automotive
Miscellaneous
1 20 (22.47%) VHDL
2 17 (19.10%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
3 16 (17.98%) Verilog
4 13 (14.61%) ASIC
5 5 (5.618%) Video Conferencing
6 3 (3.371%) SystemC
7 2 (2.247%) CPLD
7 2 (2.247%) Computer Science
7 2 (2.247%) MPEG
7 2 (2.247%) Mainframe
8 1 (1.124%) Clustering
8 1 (1.124%) e-Health
8 1 (1.124%) Handset
8 1 (1.124%) HACMP
8 1 (1.124%) Firmware
8 1 (1.124%) DataPower
8 1 (1.124%) SCADA
8 1 (1.124%) PKI
8 1 (1.124%) Streaming Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.247%) UNIX
1 2 (2.247%) Linux
2 1 (1.124%) Windows
2 1 (1.124%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (17.98%) Project Management
2 15 (16.85%) Network Design
3 11 (12.36%) Validation
4 9 (10.11%) Capacity Management
5 6 (6.742%) Migration
6 5 (5.618%) Network Management
7 4 (4.494%) IC Design
8 3 (3.371%) Signal Processing
8 3 (3.371%) Time Management
9 2 (2.247%) Project Planning
9 2 (2.247%) Stress Analysis
9 2 (2.247%) Digital Signal Processing
9 2 (2.247%) CAE
10 1 (1.124%) Software Engineering
10 1 (1.124%) Service Management
10 1 (1.124%) E-Commerce
10 1 (1.124%) ETL
10 1 (1.124%) Continuous Improvement
10 1 (1.124%) High Availability
10 1 (1.124%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 7 (7.865%) C
2 6 (6.742%) C++
3 3 (3.371%) MATLAB
4 2 (2.247%) Java
4 2 (2.247%) SQL
5 1 (1.124%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 29 (32.58%) Degree
2 15 (16.85%) Cisco Certification
3 10 (11.24%) JNCIE
4 9 (10.11%) CCIE
4 9 (10.11%) CCNP
5 6 (6.742%) CCDP
6 4 (4.494%) JNCIP
6 4 (4.494%) CISSP
6 4 (4.494%) CCIP
6 4 (4.494%) CCSP
6 4 (4.494%) HND
7 1 (1.124%) CCNA
7 1 (1.124%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.124%) Security Cleared
7 1 (1.124%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.618%) PCI DSS
2 3 (3.371%) ISO 9000
3 2 (2.247%) DO-254
System Software
1 6 (6.742%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.124%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (1.124%) VMware ESX
2 1 (1.124%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.124%) XenApp
2 1 (1.124%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 6 (6.742%) FortiGate
2 1 (1.124%) Netcool
2 1 (1.124%) SCCM
Vendors
1 19 (21.35%) Cisco
2 15 (16.85%) Juniper
3 12 (13.48%) EMC
4 9 (10.11%) F5
5 8 (8.989%) CheckPoint
6 6 (6.742%) VMware
7 5 (5.618%) Sourcefire
7 5 (5.618%) HP
7 5 (5.618%) Aruba
7 5 (5.618%) Polycom
7 5 (5.618%) Fortinet
8 4 (4.494%) Brocade
8 4 (4.494%) Intel
8 4 (4.494%) Blue Coat
9 3 (3.371%) Nokia
9 3 (3.371%) Nokia Siemens Networks
9 3 (3.371%) Xilinx
10 2 (2.247%) Microsoft
10 2 (2.247%) Oracle
11 1 (1.124%) Teradata
Cornwall, South West
Skills and experience: Electronic circuit design - Analogue, Digital Embedded system design PCB design, layout Control systems or embedded system designPCB test designAssembly quality and improvementProcess improvement tools and...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Bristol, South West
Computer Futures is urgently seeking 2 x Principal Electronics Design Engineer or 2 x Senior IC Design Enigneers for our market leading client based in the South West.....
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £65000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bristol, South West
Computer Futures is urgently seeking a Senior IC Design Engineer for our market leading client based in the South West... Skills & Experience: Strong experience in Analog mix signal...
Computer Futures
Salary: £55000 - £65000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Warwick, West Midlands
Understanding Geometric tolerancing in mechanical components - 3D CAD Solid modelling, general arrangement and production drawings - Knowledge of DFM techniques - Experience of engineering change control documentation creation & use A...
Huxley Associates
Salary: £35000 - £38000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Malvern, Worcestershire
Expansion has created this position for an experienced FPGA/VHDL/digital/firmware engineer to join their R&D team and work on the design of a NEW range...
ENTERPRISE RECRUITMENT LTD
Salary: Very competitive plus bens
Posted: 20 May 2013
Warwick, West Midlands
This organisation is looking for a bright and innovative electronic design engineer to join their product development.
JAM
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Pension & Bonus
Posted: 22 May 2013
Cambridge
Senior Hardware Design Engineer - IC, firmware, board level designs, analogue, FPGA, digital, Verilog, PICs, EMC, RF... An experienced Hardware Engineer is sought to join a well-established team...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: £35,000 - £60,000 per year
Posted: 29 April 2013
Nottingham, East Midlands
Apply appropriate quality tools in resolution of design issues and support benchmarking activity within driveline and transmission departments. This exciting career opportunity open up a career within a...
Huxley Associates
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + package
Posted: 15 May 2013
Welwyn Garden City, South East
The Senior Mechanical Design Engineer will have experience with: - Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline - 5-10 years experience in a product development environment - 3D CAD: [NX] -...
Huxley Associates
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + BUPA, Pension, Holidays
Posted: 22 May 2013
London
FPGA... devices in VHDL/Verilog from specification to delivery and testing... Strong experience with VHDL/Verilog ideally including system level design. Good understanding of C/C++ programming. Experience...
Optimus Search Ltd
Salary: From £60,000 to £80,000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Kingswinford, West Midlands
My client based in the West Midlands are looking for the final piece in the jigsaw to compliment their highly successful technical team in designing and developing market...
Huxley Associates
Salary: £35000 - £38000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
Produce executable specifications using Matlab/Simulink and related toolsets - Support hazard analysis, FMEA and fault tree analysis... - Participate in software review, debug and analysis - Support system testing and...
Connectus
Salary: £34000 - £48000 per annum + Pension
Posted: 24 May 2013
City of London
Desirable) Knowledge of other related products: Cisco Nexus, Cisco UCS, HP BladeCentre, VMware, Fortinet Fortigate, SourceFire IDS, F5 load-balancers... Professional accreditation in relevant technical disciplines - (eg, Cisco...
WorldPay
Salary: Competitive + Bens
Posted: 25 May 2013