Design Engineer Jobs in Derby

Design Engineer
Derbyshire > Derby

The median Design Engineer salary in Derby is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 August 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

 6 months to
15 Aug 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Design Engineer 7 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Derby 3.61% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 3.70% - -
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - -
Derbyshire median annual salary £45,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Derby

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Derby. 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 Derby with a recognized job title 189 409 271
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.42% 97.38% 87.99%
Number of salaries quoted 140 269 139
10th Percentile £22,000 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £26,250 £33,750 £31,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -5.26% +15.85%
75th Percentile £47,875 £58,750 £58,125
90th Percentile £62,625 £65,000 £62,750
Derbyshire median annual salary £37,500 £41,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.54% -18.00% +15.41%

Design Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Derby

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

Job vacancy trend for Design Engineer in Derby

Design Engineer
Salary Trend in Derby

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Design Engineer in Derby.

Salary trend for Design Engineer in Derby

Design Engineer Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Derby

For the 6 months to 15 August 2025, Design Engineer 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 permanent job ads across the Derby region featuring Design Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (14.29%) VHDL
1 1 (14.29%) Verilog
1 1 (14.29%) HND
1 1 (14.29%) Python
1 1 (14.29%) Firmware
1 1 (14.29%) Electronics
1 1 (14.29%) Scrum
1 1 (14.29%) Agile
1 1 (14.29%) FPGA
1 1 (14.29%) Xilinx
1 1 (14.29%) Mentor Graphics
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
1 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
1 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) Git
1 1 (14.29%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (14.29%) FPGA Design
1 1 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (14.29%) Architectural Design
1 1 (14.29%) CI/CD

Design Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Derby 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Git
1 1 (14.29%) Rational DOORS
General
1 1 (14.29%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) FPGA
1 1 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (14.29%) Verilog
1 1 (14.29%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (14.29%) Agile
1 1 (14.29%) Architectural Design
1 1 (14.29%) CI/CD
1 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
1 1 (14.29%) FPGA Design
1 1 (14.29%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
1 1 (14.29%) HND
1 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Mentor Graphics
1 1 (14.29%) Xilinx
5 Design Engineer jobs in Derbyshire