Design Engineer
UK
The median Design Engineer daily rate in the UK is £575 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 2024.
The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 24 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 453 | 537 | 703 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +84 | +166 | -148 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Design Engineer | 129 | 175 | 152 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.30% | 0.29% | 0.17% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.32% | 0.31% | 0.18% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 54 | 64 | 90 |
| 10th Percentile | £326 | £356 | £381 |
| 25th Percentile | £451 | £425 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £575 | £515 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +11.65% | -1.90% | +23.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £744 | £631 | £634 |
| 90th Percentile | £836 | £700 | £725 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £650 | £525 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | +23.81% | +16.67% | +5.88% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 28 | 36 | 19 |
| 10th Percentile | £52.50 | - | £25.01 |
| 25th Percentile | £60.00 | £42.50 | £31.88 |
| Median hourly rate | £70.00 | £45.00 | £45.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +55.56% | - | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £73.75 | £62.31 | £54.18 |
| 90th Percentile | £85.00 | £70.00 | £58.85 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £70.00 | £45.00 | £45.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +55.56% | - | +12.50% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 | 40,476 | 56,906 | 85,219 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.76% | 94.58% | 95.49% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 26,420 | 39,710 | 59,771 |
| 10th Percentile | £275 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £409 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £540 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.78% | +2.86% | +10.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £725 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £493 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.40% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,641 | 1,614 | 2,118 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.36 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.50 | £15.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £35.50 | £45.00 | £23.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -21.11% | +95.65% | +1.41% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.00 | £65.75 | £48.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £75.92 | £63.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £37.50 | £42.50 | £19.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -11.76% | +117.95% | +2.63% |
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 24 April 2024.
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 24 April 2024.
Design Engineer
Top 16 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 24 April 2024. 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 |
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| England | +108 | 112 | £588 | +17.50% | 520 |
| UK excluding London | +36 | 89 | £650 | +23.81% | 511 |
| Work from Home | +89 | 46 | £498 | -0.50% | 165 |
| East of England | +21 | 39 | £700 | - | 122 |
| London | +109 | 30 | £520 | +6.67% | 47 |
| South East | -1 | 17 | £750 | +66.67% | 122 |
| North of England | +51 | 12 | £435 | -27.50% | 88 |
| North West | +26 | 8 | £210 | -65.00% | 45 |
| Midlands | +31 | 7 | £750 | +63.04% | 88 |
| South West | +1 | 6 | £775 | +179.28% | 73 |
| Scotland | +32 | 5 | £575 | +13.56% | 36 |
| East Midlands | +10 | 4 | £750 | +85.19% | 40 |
| West Midlands | +28 | 3 | £433 | -13.50% | 48 |
| Wales | +11 | 3 | £450 | -16.28% | 10 |
| Yorkshire | - | 3 | £525 | - | 34 |
| North East | - | 1 | - | - | 10 |
Design Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, 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.
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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:
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