Design Engineer Contracts in Bedfordshire

Design Engineer
East of England > Bedfordshire

The median Design Engineer daily rate in Bedfordshire is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Design Engineer 6 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 2.70% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 3.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £575 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
75th Percentile £625 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £600 £700 £700
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +1300.00%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Bedfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bedfordshire. 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in Bedfordshire with a recognized job title 200 189 136
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.09% 94.03% 97.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 94 80
10th Percentile £185 £261 £180
25th Percentile £425 £366 £324
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £571 £550
90th Percentile £650 £625 £600
East of England median daily rate £500 £442 £478
% change year-on-year +13.12% -7.43% +0.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 32 3
10th Percentile £36.54 £42.13 £27.00
25th Percentile £61.81 £55.00 £37.50
Median hourly rate £84.75 £63.25 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +33.99% +15.00% +4.76%
75th Percentile £91.50 £65.00 £59.00
90th Percentile £91.60 £67.50 £61.40
East of England median hourly rate £41.50 £45.00 £30.48
% change year-on-year -7.78% +47.66% +53.84%

Design Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Job postings that featured Design Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Design Engineer in Bedfordshire

Design Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Design Engineer job vacancies in Bedfordshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Design Engineer job vacancies in Bedfordshire

Design Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Design Engineer job vacancies in Bedfordshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Design Engineer job vacancies in Bedfordshire

Design Engineer
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Design Engineer within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 28 August 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Luton - 5 £600 -
Design Engineer
East of England

Design Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire

For the 6 months to 28 August 2025, Design Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Bedfordshire region featuring Design Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 6 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (100.00%) Degree
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
1 6 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 6 (100.00%) HIPAA
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 6 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 6 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 6 (100.00%) GDPR
1 6 (100.00%) NIST
1 6 (100.00%) Zero Trust
1 6 (100.00%) Impact Analysis
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft Purview
2 5 (83.33%) Knowledge Transfer
2 5 (83.33%) Azure Sentinel
2 5 (83.33%) Privileged Identity Management
2 5 (83.33%) Security Operations
2 5 (83.33%) OneDrive
2 5 (83.33%) Data Loss Prevention
2 5 (83.33%) Azure
2 5 (83.33%) SharePoint
2 5 (83.33%) Active Directory
2 5 (83.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (83.33%) GAP Analysis
2 5 (83.33%) Identity Management
3 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat

Design Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (83.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft Purview
2 5 (83.33%) Azure
2 5 (83.33%) Azure Sentinel
2 5 (83.33%) OneDrive
General
1 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 6 (100.00%) Impact Analysis
1 6 (100.00%) Zero Trust
2 5 (83.33%) Data Loss Prevention
2 5 (83.33%) GAP Analysis
2 5 (83.33%) Identity Management
2 5 (83.33%) Knowledge Transfer
2 5 (83.33%) Privileged Identity Management
2 5 (83.33%) Security Operations
3 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (16.67%) Multi-Factor Authentication
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Degree
2 5 (83.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (100.00%) GDPR
1 6 (100.00%) HIPAA
1 6 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (100.00%) NIST
System Software
1 5 (83.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft