Design Engineer Contracts in England

Design Engineer
UK > England

The median Design Engineer daily rate in England is £575 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 434 538 661
Rank change year-on-year +104 +123 -141
Contract jobs requiring a Design Engineer 114 130 119
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.31% 0.26% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.27% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 45 74
10th Percentile £300 £336 £381
25th Percentile £425 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £756 £700 £588
90th Percentile £861 - £675
UK median daily rate £575 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +11.65% -1.90% +23.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 36 15
10th Percentile £52.50 - £35.00
25th Percentile £60.00 £42.50 £42.50
Median hourly rate £70.00 £45.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +55.56% -5.26% +18.75%
75th Percentile £85.00 £62.31 £57.50
90th Percentile - £70.00 £61.55
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £45.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +55.56% - +9.09%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in 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 England with a recognized job title 34,517 47,965 67,732
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.72% 94.58% 95.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,960 34,010 48,090
10th Percentile £275 £310 £313
25th Percentile £411 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £640 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,411 1,443 1,914
10th Percentile £12.92 £14.31 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.65 £45.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.78% +100.00% +0.36%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.67 £48.49
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.45 £62.15
UK median hourly rate £35.68 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -20.71% +95.65% +1.41%

Design Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Design Engineer in England

Design Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Design Engineer in England.

Daily rate trend for Design Engineer in England

Design Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Design Engineer in England over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Design Engineer in England

Design Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Design Engineer in England.

Hourly rate trend for Design Engineer in England

Design Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Design Engineer in England over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Design Engineer in England

Design Engineer
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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
East of England +16 39 £700 - 122
London +112 30 £520 +6.67% 47
South East -2 17 £750 +66.67% 122
North of England +46 14 £405 -32.50% 88
North West +25 10 £210 -65.00% 45
Midlands +20 7 £750 +63.04% 88
South West +5 6 £775 +179.28% 73
East Midlands +15 4 £750 +85.19% 40
West Midlands +25 3 £433 -13.50% 48
Yorkshire - 3 £525 - 34
North East - 1 - - 10
Design Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, 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 England region featuring Design Engineer in the job title.

1 40 (35.09%) Security Cleared
2 29 (25.44%) Network Design
3 23 (20.18%) Degree
4 22 (19.30%) FPGA
4 22 (19.30%) Cisco
4 22 (19.30%) DV Cleared
4 22 (19.30%) FPGA Design
5 21 (18.42%) Social Skills
6 20 (17.54%) C
6 20 (17.54%) Xilinx
7 19 (16.67%) VHDL
8 18 (15.79%) Verilog
8 18 (15.79%) Firewall
8 18 (15.79%) Nokia
8 18 (15.79%) MPLS
8 18 (15.79%) SystemVerilog
9 17 (14.91%) UVM
9 17 (14.91%) Intel
9 17 (14.91%) Simulink
9 17 (14.91%) Microsemi
9 17 (14.91%) Signal Processing
10 16 (14.04%) Roadmaps
11 14 (12.28%) BGP
11 14 (12.28%) Vulnerability Assessment
12 12 (10.53%) Cisco Certification
12 12 (10.53%) Python
12 12 (10.53%) CCNP
12 12 (10.53%) DevOps
12 12 (10.53%) SC Cleared
12 12 (10.53%) Business Strategy

Design Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 1 (0.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 17 (14.91%) Simulink
2 4 (3.51%) AutoCAD
2 4 (3.51%) Revit
3 3 (2.63%) InVision
3 3 (2.63%) Sketch
4 2 (1.75%) CATIA
4 2 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.88%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.88%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.88%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1 (0.88%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 2 (1.75%) AWS
1 2 (1.75%) IaaS
1 2 (1.75%) PaaS
1 2 (1.75%) SaaS
1 2 (1.75%) Snowflake
2 1 (0.88%) Azure
2 1 (0.88%) Azure Functions
2 1 (0.88%) Figma
2 1 (0.88%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 18 (15.79%) Firewall
1 18 (15.79%) MPLS
2 14 (12.28%) BGP
3 11 (9.65%) 5G
3 11 (9.65%) Network Security
4 10 (8.77%) VPN
5 9 (7.89%) 4G
6 8 (7.02%) WAN
7 7 (6.14%) Cisco IOS
7 7 (6.14%) IOS XR
7 7 (6.14%) RSVP
8 5 (4.39%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 5 (4.39%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 5 (4.39%) LAN
9 4 (3.51%) LTE
9 4 (3.51%) Wideband
10 3 (2.63%) Broadband
10 3 (2.63%) Radio Access Network
10 3 (2.63%) Wireless
10 3 (2.63%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.75%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (8.77%) Git
2 2 (1.75%) JIRA
3 1 (0.88%) GitLab
General
1 21 (18.42%) Social Skills
2 9 (7.89%) Telecoms
3 6 (5.26%) Public Sector
4 5 (4.39%) Electronics
4 5 (4.39%) Manufacturing
5 4 (3.51%) Aerospace
6 3 (2.63%) Automotive
6 3 (2.63%) Law
7 2 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.88%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (0.88%) Banking
8 1 (0.88%) Finance
8 1 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.88%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (9.65%) JSON
1 11 (9.65%) NETCONF
1 11 (9.65%) XML
1 11 (9.65%) YANG
2 3 (2.63%) Next.js
2 3 (2.63%) React
3 1 (0.88%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 22 (19.30%) FPGA
2 19 (16.67%) VHDL
3 18 (15.79%) Verilog
4 7 (6.14%) Distributed Architecture
5 5 (4.39%) Greenfield Project
6 4 (3.51%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (2.63%) Algorithms
7 3 (2.63%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.75%) PKI
9 1 (0.88%) Analogue Electronics
9 1 (0.88%) ASIC
9 1 (0.88%) Fibre Optics
9 1 (0.88%) GNSS
9 1 (0.88%) IoT
9 1 (0.88%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.88%) NHS
9 1 (0.88%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.88%) PCIe
9 1 (0.88%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.39%) Linux
2 3 (2.63%) Windows Server 2016
2 3 (2.63%) Windows Server 2019
3 2 (1.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (25.44%) Network Design
2 22 (19.30%) FPGA Design
3 17 (14.91%) Signal Processing
3 17 (14.91%) UVM
4 16 (14.04%) Roadmaps
5 14 (12.28%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 12 (10.53%) Business Strategy
6 12 (10.53%) DevOps
7 11 (9.65%) Load Balancing
8 10 (8.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 9 (7.89%) Migration
10 7 (6.14%) Business Case
10 7 (6.14%) Requirements Gathering
10 7 (6.14%) Risk Management
11 6 (5.26%) Configuration Management
11 6 (5.26%) Network Virtualisation
11 6 (5.26%) Software Engineering
12 5 (4.39%) High Availability
12 5 (4.39%) Problem-Solving
12 5 (4.39%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (17.54%) C
2 18 (15.79%) SystemVerilog
3 12 (10.53%) Python
4 4 (3.51%) C++
5 3 (2.63%) Embedded C
5 3 (2.63%) Embedded C++
5 3 (2.63%) JavaScript
5 3 (2.63%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.88%) C#
6 1 (0.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 40 (35.09%) Security Cleared
2 23 (20.18%) Degree
3 22 (19.30%) DV Cleared
4 12 (10.53%) CCNP
4 12 (10.53%) Cisco Certification
4 12 (10.53%) SC Cleared
5 3 (2.63%) CCNA
5 3 (2.63%) Chartered Engineer
6 2 (1.75%) CCIE
6 2 (1.75%) HND
7 1 (0.88%) CCIE Data Center
7 1 (0.88%) CISA
7 1 (0.88%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.88%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.88%) Def Stans
1 1 (0.88%) IEC 61508
1 1 (0.88%) ISO 14001
1 1 (0.88%) ISO 9001
1 1 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 15288
1 1 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 6 (5.26%) Active Directory
1 6 (5.26%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.75%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (6.14%) Ansible
2 5 (4.39%) FortiGate
3 2 (1.75%) VxRail
4 1 (0.88%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 22 (19.30%) Cisco
2 20 (17.54%) Xilinx
3 18 (15.79%) Nokia
4 17 (14.91%) Intel
4 17 (14.91%) Microsemi
5 10 (8.77%) Microsoft
6 8 (7.02%) VMware
7 7 (6.14%) Juniper
8 6 (5.26%) F5
8 6 (5.26%) Palo Alto
9 5 (4.39%) Fortinet
10 4 (3.51%) Mentor Graphics
11 3 (2.63%) Actix
11 3 (2.63%) Red Hat
12 2 (1.75%) Dell
12 2 (1.75%) Huawei
12 2 (1.75%) WatchGuard
13 1 (0.88%) Ribbon
13 1 (0.88%) Riverbed
13 1 (0.88%) Sparx