Technical Design Engineer Contract Job Trends in Devon

Technical Design Engineer
South West > Devon

The median Technical Design Engineer daily rate in Devon is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 March 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Design Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Devon 0.50% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.56% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
South West median daily rate £500 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Devon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Devon. 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 Devon with a recognized job title 180 141 277
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.00% 94.00% 94.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 74 188
10th Percentile £165 £215 £154
25th Percentile £213 £353 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +17.65% -8.11%
75th Percentile £492 £600 £575
90th Percentile £663 £641 £669
South West median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 15 45
10th Percentile £15.74 £32.58 £11.05
25th Percentile £19.72 £55.00 £15.59
Median hourly rate £24.71 £60.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -58.82% +100.00% -50.00%
75th Percentile £46.00 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £59.20 £70.00 £70.00
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £48.29
% change year-on-year -11.54% +34.60% -25.71%

Technical Design Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Design Engineer within the Devon region over the 6 months to 20 March 2026. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Exeter - 1 £500 -
Technical Design Engineer
South West

Technical Design Engineer Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon

For the 6 months to 20 March 2026, Technical 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 Devon region featuring Technical Design Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) F5
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) NX-OS
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) VXLAN

Technical Design Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (100.00%) NX-OS
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) VXLAN
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) F5