Senior Mechanical Design Engineer Contract Job Trends in Basildon

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer
Essex > Basildon

The median Senior Mechanical Design Engineer daily rate in Basildon is £53, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
15 Oct 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Basildon 4.35% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 4.35% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £53 - -
Essex median daily rate £53 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Basildon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Basildon. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Basildon with a recognized job title 23 31 32
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 93.94% 94.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 9 24
10th Percentile £167 £277 £224
25th Percentile £400 £300 £278
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £320 £450
Median % change year-on-year +40.63% -28.89% +4.77%
75th Percentile £520 £400 £590
90th Percentile £686 £410 £599
Essex median daily rate £400 £350 £495
% change year-on-year +14.29% -29.29% +4.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 9 4
10th Percentile £46.70 £27.84 £28.62
25th Percentile £62.00 £29.17 £38.43
Median hourly rate £73.00 £70.50 £51.63
Median % change year-on-year +3.55% +36.56% +29.06%
75th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £56.31
90th Percentile - - £57.78
Essex median hourly rate £37.75 £34.59 £55.50
% change year-on-year +9.15% -37.68% +158.14%

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Basildon

For the 6 months to 15 October 2025, Senior Mechanical Design Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Basildon region featuring Senior Mechanical Design Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) EMC
1 1 (100.00%) Siemens
1 1 (100.00%) CAD
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) PLM
1 1 (100.00%) PTC
1 1 (100.00%) Teamcenter
1 1 (100.00%) ANSYS
1 1 (100.00%) Finite Element Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Siemens NX
1 1 (100.00%) PTC Creo
1 1 (100.00%) Product Requirements

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Basildon by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) PTC Creo
1 1 (100.00%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Teamcenter
General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CAD
1 1 (100.00%) Finite Element Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) PLM
1 1 (100.00%) Product Requirements
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ANSYS
1 1 (100.00%) EMC
1 1 (100.00%) PTC
1 1 (100.00%) Siemens