Design Engineer
UK
The median Design Engineer daily rate in the UK is £480, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 July 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 3 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 484 | 485 | 537 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +1 | +52 | +167 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Design Engineer | 55 | 105 | 148 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.18% | 0.24% | 0.27% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.19% | 0.26% | 0.28% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 18 | 39 | 48 |
| 10th Percentile | £271 | £281 | £396 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £421 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £480 | £575 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -16.52% | +4.55% | +15.79% |
| 75th Percentile | £569 | £731 | £681 |
| 90th Percentile | £640 | £778 | £700 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £563 | £626 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -10.14% | +13.82% | +29.41% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 22 | 25 | 20 |
| 10th Percentile | £41.25 | £46.00 | £42.38 |
| 25th Percentile | £60.00 | £52.50 | £42.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £67.50 | £70.00 | £46.25 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.57% | +51.35% | +2.78% |
| 75th Percentile | £77.19 | £85.00 | £62.31 |
| 90th Percentile | £81.00 | - | £70.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £70.00 | £70.00 | £45.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +55.56% | - |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title | 28,823 | 40,432 | 52,711 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.00% | 93.00% | 94.46% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 18,389 | 25,993 | 36,631 |
| 10th Percentile | £288 | £285 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £401 | £410 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £525 | £538 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -2.33% | +1.42% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £494 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.85% | -1.20% | +4.17% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,297 | 2,846 | 1,533 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.85 | £12.86 | £14.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.44 | £16.65 | £19.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £26.50 | £37.50 | £43.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -29.33% | -12.79% | +68.63% |
| 75th Percentile | £55.25 | £62.50 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £73.45 | £74.00 | £76.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £25.15 | £40.00 | £40.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -37.13% | - | +96.08% |
Design Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Design Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Design Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Design Engineer.
Design Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Design Engineer over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.
Design Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Design Engineer.
Design Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Design Engineer over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.
Design Engineer
Top 13 Contract Locations
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 UK over the 6 months to 3 July 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +15 | 51 | £480 | -16.52% | 340 |
| UK excluding London | -2 | 36 | £563 | -10.14% | 286 |
| East of England | +16 | 19 | £333 | -52.50% | 81 |
| Work from Home | +22 | 17 | £480 | +16.36% | 136 |
| London | +34 | 14 | £450 | -20.04% | 59 |
| South East | +35 | 8 | £490 | -34.67% | 71 |
| North West | -1 | 4 | - | - | 28 |
| North of England | -3 | 4 | - | - | 41 |
| South West | +30 | 2 | £563 | -27.42% | 52 |
| Midlands | +10 | 2 | £650 | +9.94% | 28 |
| West Midlands | +7 | 1 | - | - | 17 |
| East Midlands | 0 | 1 | £650 | -13.33% | 11 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
Design Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 3 July 2025, Design Engineer 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 featuring Design Engineer in the job title.
|
|
Design Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||