Senior Mechanical Design Engineer Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer
England > East of England

The median Senior Mechanical Design Engineer daily rate in the East of England 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 100 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.073% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.086% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £53 - -
England median daily rate £53 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East of England. 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 the East of England with a recognized job title 1,166 1,287 1,649
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 84.86% 89.00% 89.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 530 548 967
10th Percentile £190 £213 £193
25th Percentile £359 £309 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £488
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -7.69% -2.40%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £600
90th Percentile £688 £629 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.86% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 284 254 277
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.10 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.00 £21.37 £17.72
Median hourly rate £30.00 £43.90 £33.44
Median % change year-on-year -31.66% +31.28% +68.80%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £67.85 £81.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year -41.51% -6.89% +66.53%

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior Mechanical Design Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer job vacancy trend in the East of England

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Mechanical Design Engineer within the East of England region over the 6 months to 15 October 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Essex - 1 £53 -
Senior Mechanical Design Engineer
England

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England

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 East of England 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 the East of England 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