The first table below looks at the demand for the Design Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands 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 21 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 West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Design Engineer
Rank 189 166 157
Rank change year-on-year
-23 -9
Permanent jobs requiring a Design Engineer 14 15 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.279% 0.332% 0.367%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.292% 0.346% 0.383%
Number of salaries quoted 12 9 13
Average salary £40,750 £47,500 £43,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.21% +10.46%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £36,500 £27,800
10% offered a salary of more than £59,500 £48,400 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+5.88% +6.25%
All Job Titles
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
4801 4333 3917
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 95.83% 95.99% 95.89%
Number of salaries quoted 4003 3790 3340
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
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 West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands Design Engineer Salary Trend

Design Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Design Engineer across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 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
Staffordshire -1 4 £37,500 +15.38%
Warwickshire - 3 £40,000 -
Solihull - 3 £53,750 -
Worcestershire 0 1 £40,000 +3.22%
Birmingham -18 1 £60,000 +26.31%
Design Engineer
England

Design Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 8 (44.44%) LAN
2 7 (38.89%) C
3 6 (33.33%) Cisco
3 6 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (33.33%) Electronics
4 5 (27.78%) Network Design
4 5 (27.78%) MPLS
4 5 (27.78%) OSPF
4 5 (27.78%) BGP
4 5 (27.78%) EIGRP
4 5 (27.78%) WAN
4 5 (27.78%) TCP/IP
5 4 (22.22%) MFC
5 4 (22.22%) Visual Studio
5 4 (22.22%) CCNP
5 4 (22.22%) CCIP
5 4 (22.22%) Requirements Analysis
6 3 (16.67%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
6 3 (16.67%) VHDL
6 3 (16.67%) Verilog
6 3 (16.67%) Telecoms
6 3 (16.67%) EMC
6 3 (16.67%) C++
7 2 (11.11%) CCDP
7 2 (11.11%) Aerospace
7 2 (11.11%) Automotive
7 2 (11.11%) CCIE
7 2 (11.11%) ASIC
7 2 (11.11%) Degree
7 2 (11.11%) Time Management

Design Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 4 (22.22%) MFC
Applications
1 1 (5.556%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 8 (44.44%) LAN
2 5 (27.78%) MPLS
2 5 (27.78%) OSPF
2 5 (27.78%) BGP
2 5 (27.78%) EIGRP
2 5 (27.78%) WAN
2 5 (27.78%) TCP/IP
3 1 (5.556%) Firewall
3 1 (5.556%) VPN
Development Applications
1 4 (22.22%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (33.33%) Electronics
2 3 (16.67%) Telecoms
3 2 (11.11%) Aerospace
3 2 (11.11%) Automotive
4 1 (5.556%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
1 3 (16.67%) VHDL
1 3 (16.67%) Verilog
2 2 (11.11%) ASIC
3 1 (5.556%) e-Health
3 1 (5.556%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.556%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (27.78%) Network Design
2 4 (22.22%) Requirements Analysis
3 2 (11.11%) Time Management
4 1 (5.556%) Digital Signal Processing
4 1 (5.556%) Signal Processing
4 1 (5.556%) Capacity Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (38.89%) C
2 3 (16.67%) C++
3 1 (5.556%) MATLAB
3 1 (5.556%) Embedded C
3 1 (5.556%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 6 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (22.22%) CCNP
2 4 (22.22%) CCIP
3 2 (11.11%) CCDP
3 2 (11.11%) CCIE
3 2 (11.11%) Degree
4 1 (5.556%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.556%) DO-254
System Software
1 1 (5.556%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (5.556%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (5.556%) Netcool
Vendors
1 6 (33.33%) Cisco
2 3 (16.67%) EMC
3 1 (5.556%) Websense
3 1 (5.556%) VMware
3 1 (5.556%) Citrix
Solihull, West Midlands (County)
They provide bespoke IP and Network requirements on a national and international level and due to rapid growth, along with an internal promotion, are currently looking for a...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £70000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Solihull, West Midlands (County)
They provide bespoke IP and Network requirements on a national and international level and due to rapid growth, along with an internal promotion, are currently looking for a...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £70000 per annum
Posted: 16 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
Stafford, Staffordshire
The Person We are looking for a diverse and disciplined engineer educated to degree level in an engineering discipline (2;1 minimum) a higher degree in Power Systems...
Advantage XPO
Posted: 16 May 2013
Coventry, West Midlands
This company works with some of the most high profile companies in the automotive industry including; Bentley, Lotus and McClaren... To gain an opportunity of being apart of...
Huxley Associates
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 16 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
Kingswinford, West Midlands
If you have experience in the design of HEAVY EQUIPMENT , I want to hear from you urgently. My client based in the West Midlands are looking for the...
Huxley Associates
Salary: £35000 - £38000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013