Digital Design Engineer Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Digital Design Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

As of 18 December 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Digital Design Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 395 355 392
Rank change year-on-year -40 +37 +96
Contract jobs requiring a Digital Design Engineer 10 2 9
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.055% 0.013% 0.046%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.062% 0.014% 0.049%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £600
UK median daily rate - - £600
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 8
10th Percentile - - £55.68
25th Percentile £52.00 - £57.50
Median hourly rate £54.00 - £60.00
75th Percentile £76.25 - £60.63
90th Percentile - - £62.50
UK median hourly rate £54.00 - £60.00
% change year-on-year - - -6.74%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 16,258 13,848 18,397
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.05% 92.36% 93.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,006 8,265 12,022
10th Percentile £210 £213 £213
25th Percentile £369 £363 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £489 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -2.20% -
75th Percentile £575 £591 £600
90th Percentile £675 £676 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,634 795 1,208
10th Percentile £13.85 £15.41 £14.36
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.30 £18.35
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -27.78% +80.76%
75th Percentile £57.50 £64.61 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.16 £71.25 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.47 £34.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -25.09% -23.60% +48.33%

Digital Design Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Digital Design Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Digital Design Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Digital Design Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Digital Design Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Digital Design Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Digital Design Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Digital Design Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Digital Design Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Digital Design Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Digital Design Engineer in the UK excluding London

Digital Design Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Design Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 18 December 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
East of England -14 8 - - 10
East Midlands - 2 - - 2
Midlands - 2 - - 2
Digital Design Engineer
UK

Digital Design Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 18 December 2025, Digital 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 UK excluding London region featuring Digital Design Engineer in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) C
1 10 (100.00%) C++
1 10 (100.00%) Python
2 8 (80.00%) AI
2 8 (80.00%) Flash
2 8 (80.00%) Signal Processing
3 6 (60.00%) Firmware
3 6 (60.00%) Sensor Fusion
4 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
4 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
5 2 (20.00%) Analytics
5 2 (20.00%) API Integration
5 2 (20.00%) Azure
5 2 (20.00%) C#
5 2 (20.00%) Data Science
5 2 (20.00%) Degree
5 2 (20.00%) DevOps
5 2 (20.00%) Digital Signal Processing
5 2 (20.00%) LLM
5 2 (20.00%) Machine Learning
5 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
5 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (20.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
5 2 (20.00%) PLM
5 2 (20.00%) REST
5 2 (20.00%) Siemens
5 2 (20.00%) Statistics
5 2 (20.00%) Systems Engineering
5 2 (20.00%) Teamcenter
5 2 (20.00%) User Experience

Digital Design Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Azure
General
1 8 (80.00%) Electronics
2 4 (40.00%) Aerospace
3 3 (30.00%) Law
4 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (80.00%) Flash
2 2 (20.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 8 (80.00%) FPGA
1 8 (80.00%) VHDL
2 6 (60.00%) Analogue Electronics
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) AI
1 8 (80.00%) Signal Processing
2 6 (60.00%) Sensor Fusion
3 2 (20.00%) Analytics
3 2 (20.00%) API Integration
3 2 (20.00%) Data Science
3 2 (20.00%) DevOps
3 2 (20.00%) Digital Signal Processing
3 2 (20.00%) LLM
3 2 (20.00%) Machine Learning
3 2 (20.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 2 (20.00%) PLM
3 2 (20.00%) Statistics
3 2 (20.00%) Systems Engineering
3 2 (20.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 10 (100.00%) C
1 10 (100.00%) C++
1 10 (100.00%) Python
2 2 (20.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (20.00%) Degree
System Software
1 6 (60.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (20.00%) Siemens