PCB Designer Contracts in England

Printed Circuit Board Designer (PCB Designer)
UK > England

The median Printed Circuit Board Designer (PCB Designer) daily rate in England is £423, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 May 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
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 466 548 -
Rank change year-on-year +82 - -
Contract jobs requiring a PCB Designer 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.008% 0.003% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.009% 0.003% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £412 - -
25th Percentile £414 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £423 - -
75th Percentile £429 - -
90th Percentile £430 - -
UK median daily rate £423 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 22,664 34,085 46,338
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.72% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,088 22,603 32,894
10th Percentile £300 £281 £313
25th Percentile £408 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £645 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £760
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 923 2,444 1,371
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.87 £14.30
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £19.96
Median hourly rate £30.20 £37.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.47% -16.67% +95.65%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.30 £65.30
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £28.41 £37.34 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.92% -17.02% +88.21%

PCB Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for PCB Designer in England

PCB Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PCB Designer in England.

Daily rate trend for PCB Designer in England

PCB Designer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PCB Designer in England.

Hourly rate trend for PCB Designer in England

PCB Designer
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 PCB Designer within the England region over the 6 months to 11 May 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
South East +46 2 £423 - 2
PCB Designer
UK

PCB Designer Skill Set
Top 8 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 11 May 2025, PCB Designer 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 PCB Designer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) CAD
1 2 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Schematic Capture
1 2 (100.00%) Design for Manufacturing
1 2 (100.00%) Design for Test
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared

PCB Designer 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) CAD
1 2 (100.00%) Design for Manufacturing
1 2 (100.00%) Design for Test
1 2 (100.00%) Schematic Capture
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared