Design Engineer Contracts in the West Midlands

Design Engineer
England > West Midlands

As of 1 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Design Engineer daily rate in the West Midlands.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 95 108 134
Rank change year-on-year +13 +26 +38
Contract jobs requiring a Design Engineer 2 3 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.15% 0.15% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.17% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - £400
25th Percentile - £416 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £433 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -13.50% -2.44%
75th Percentile - £449 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £485 £575 £500
% change year-on-year -15.65% +15.00% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £36.93 - -
25th Percentile £38.69 - -
Median hourly rate £43.25 - -
75th Percentile £48.69 - -
90th Percentile £50.98 - -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £70.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year - +55.56% -5.26%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 1,221 1,776 2,262
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.78% 91.22% 94.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 811 1,198 1,556
10th Percentile £200 £259 £250
25th Percentile £369 £363 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £489 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.77% -2.25% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £702 £688
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 134 66
10th Percentile £12.62 £12.01 £12.50
25th Percentile £14.00 £15.00 £15.02
Median hourly rate £18.07 £22.25 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.81% +14.10% +12.85%
75th Percentile £28.18 £42.31 £26.82
90th Percentile £35.58 £55.88 £55.63
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Design Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings that featured Design Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Design Engineer in the West Midlands

Design Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Design Engineer in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Design Engineer in the West Midlands

Design Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Design Engineer in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Design Engineer in the West Midlands

Design Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Design Engineer in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Design Engineer in the West Midlands

Design Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Birmingham +17 1 - - 3
Staffordshire - 1 - - 4
Design Engineer
England

Design Engineer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 across the West Midlands region featuring Design Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Unit Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded Software Development
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Systems Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Model Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Cost Control
2 1 (50.00%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
2 1 (50.00%) AUTOSAR
2 1 (50.00%) Verification and Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Ethernet
2 1 (50.00%) MATLAB
2 1 (50.00%) Simulink
2 1 (50.00%) Electronics
2 1 (50.00%) Automotive
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Document Management

Design Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Ethernet
General
1 1 (50.00%) Automotive
1 1 (50.00%) Electronics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Cost Control
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Document Management
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Software Development
1 1 (50.00%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
1 1 (50.00%) Model Validation
1 1 (50.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Unit Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
1 1 (50.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) AUTOSAR