Design Engineer Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Design Engineer
South East > Hampshire

The median Design Engineer daily rate in Hampshire is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 87 83 79
Rank change year-on-year -4 -4 +35
Contract jobs requiring a Design Engineer 2 2 16
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.17% 0.18% 1.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.20% 1.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £379 -
25th Percentile £563 £403 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £463 -
Median % change year-on-year +24.32% - -
75th Percentile £588 £528 -
90th Percentile - £556 -
South East median daily rate £500 £388 £500
% change year-on-year +29.03% -22.50% +29.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £25.39
25th Percentile - - £29.73
Median hourly rate - - £38.21
75th Percentile - - £45.44
90th Percentile - - £49.03
South East median hourly rate £81.00 - £44.46
% change year-on-year - - -1.20%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Hampshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Hampshire. 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 Hampshire with a recognized job title 1,031 1,023 1,233
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.73% 92.66% 92.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 693 680 695
10th Percentile £256 £350 £270
25th Percentile £418 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £528
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.27% +0.48%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £675 £700 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £511
% change year-on-year -1.96% -0.24% +2.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 98 69 84
10th Percentile £16.17 £21.89 £16.00
25th Percentile £18.90 £30.41 £21.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £65.85 £50.71
Median % change year-on-year -61.81% +29.86% +12.69%
75th Percentile £38.71 £73.75 £64.06
90th Percentile £62.70 £75.00 £70.88
South East median hourly rate £20.79 £57.50 £51.66
% change year-on-year -63.84% +11.30% +37.76%

Design Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Design Engineer job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Design Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

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

Design Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

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

Design Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

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 Hampshire region over the 6 months to 14 November 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
Basingstoke +3 1 £575 +24.32% 3
Design Engineer
South East

Design Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire

For the 6 months to 14 November 2025, 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 Hampshire region featuring Design Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Ansible
2 1 (50.00%) BGP
2 1 (50.00%) CCNA
2 1 (50.00%) CCNP
2 1 (50.00%) Cilium
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Containerisation
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) DevSecOps
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (50.00%) IPsec
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) JNCIS
2 1 (50.00%) Juniper
2 1 (50.00%) Junos
2 1 (50.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (50.00%) LAN
2 1 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (50.00%) MongoDB
2 1 (50.00%) MPLS
2 1 (50.00%) Network Design
2 1 (50.00%) NVIDIA
2 1 (50.00%) OpenShift
2 1 (50.00%) Rsyslog
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared

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

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) BGP
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (50.00%) IPsec
1 1 (50.00%) Junos
1 1 (50.00%) LAN
1 1 (50.00%) MPLS
1 1 (50.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (50.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (50.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (50.00%) Network Design
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) Unit Testing
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) CCNA
2 1 (50.00%) CCNP
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) JNCIS
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Ansible
1 1 (50.00%) Cilium
1 1 (50.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (50.00%) Rsyslog
1 1 (50.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Juniper
1 1 (50.00%) NVIDIA