Design-to-Cost Job Trends in Cumbria

Design to Cost (DTC)
North West > Cumbria

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cumbria requiring Design-to-Cost skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Design-to-Cost 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Cumbria 0.26% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
North West median annual salary - - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cumbria

Design-to-Cost falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Cumbria.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 325 389 178
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cumbria 85.08% 79.55% 88.56%
Number of salaries quoted 143 171 73
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,802 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,854 £40,000 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,000 £38,734
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% +34.25% -13.92%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,350 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,250 £70,865 £67,250
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% -

Design-to-Cost
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cumbria 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Design for Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Management
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) Degree