Design Engineer Contract Job Trends in Salisbury

Design Engineer
Wiltshire > Salisbury

The median Design Engineer daily rate in Salisbury is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 September 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Design Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Salisbury 1.82% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.92% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £450 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
75th Percentile £550 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Wiltshire median daily rate £500 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Salisbury

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Salisbury. 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 Salisbury with a recognized job title 52 18 49
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.55% 90.00% 98.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 10 38
10th Percentile £534 £535 £200
25th Percentile £550 £578 £228
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £655 £653 £400
Median % change year-on-year +0.38% +63.13% -14.44%
75th Percentile £706 £670 £510
90th Percentile £787 £688 £575
Wiltshire median daily rate £525 £563 £538
% change year-on-year -6.67% +4.65% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £16.39
Median hourly rate £17.85 - £17.39
75th Percentile - - £18.38
90th Percentile £57.68 - -
Wiltshire median hourly rate £41.71 £24.00 £12.79
% change year-on-year +73.79% +87.65% -74.42%

Design Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Salisbury

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 Salisbury.

Design Engineer job vacancy trend in Salisbury

Design Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Salisbury

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

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

Design Engineer Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Salisbury

For the 6 months to 26 September 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 Salisbury region featuring Design Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) DO-254
1 1 (100.00%) EMC
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) PLM
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared

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

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Aviation
1 1 (100.00%) Avionics
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CAN bus
1 1 (100.00%) Lidar
1 1 (100.00%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) PLM
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) DO-254
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) EMC