Design Engineer Contract Job Trends in Hook

Design Engineer
Hampshire > Hook

The median Design Engineer daily rate in Hook is £510, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 April 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Design Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Hook 6.25% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 6.25% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £505 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 - -
75th Percentile £515 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £575 £550 £750
% change year-on-year +4.55% -26.67% +66.67%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Hook

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Hook. 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 Hook with a recognized job title 16 4 9
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 66.67% 64.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 4 6
10th Percentile £403 £498 £343
25th Percentile £413 £506 £526
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £535 £580
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% -7.76% +0.87%
75th Percentile £850 £575 £595
90th Percentile - - £954
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £539 £575
% change year-on-year +2.04% -6.26% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £26.90
25th Percentile - - £28.25
Median hourly rate - - £31.00
75th Percentile - - £45.75
90th Percentile - - £54.30
Hampshire median hourly rate £40.00 £57.50 £57.35
% change year-on-year -30.43% +0.26% +9.76%

Design Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Hook

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 Hook.

Design Engineer job vacancy trend in Hook

Design Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Hook

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

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

Design Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Hook

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

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

Design Engineer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hook

For the 6 months to 22 April 2026, 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 Hook region featuring Design Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared

Design Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hook 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 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes