Digital Design Engineer Job Trends in Cambridge

Digital Design Engineer
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The median Digital Design Engineer salary in Cambridge is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 October 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 - 49
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Digital Design Engineer 1 0 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridge 0.26% - 1.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% - 1.49%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £75,000 - £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 - £55,000
75th Percentile £85,000 - £60,000
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £80,000 - £55,000

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cambridge

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cambridge. 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Cambridge with a recognized job title 364 574 404
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.30% 95.99% 93.30%
Number of salaries quoted 249 344 256
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £29,011
25th Percentile £30,000 £47,500 £39,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £60,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.04% +10.45% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £80,000 £72,813
90th Percentile £71,500 £85,000 £87,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £42,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -22.73% +4.76% -

Digital Design Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Digital Design Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.

Digital Design Engineer job vacancy trend in Cambridge

Digital Design Engineer
Salary Trend in Cambridge

Salary distribution trend for Digital Design Engineer job vacancies in Cambridge.

Salary distribution trend for Digital Design Engineer job vacancies in Cambridge

Digital Design Engineer Skill Set
Top 8 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge

For the 6 months to 23 October 2025, Digital Design Engineer 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 permanent job ads across the Cambridge region featuring Digital Design Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA Design
1 1 (100.00%) Low Latency
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SystemVerilog

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

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA
1 1 (100.00%) Verilog
1 1 (100.00%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA Design
1 1 (100.00%) Low Latency
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SystemVerilog