Design Engineer Jobs in the East of England

Design Engineer
England > East of England

The median Design Engineer salary in the East of England is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 188 171 246
Rank change year-on-year -17 +75 -115
Permanent jobs requiring a Design Engineer 32 72 29
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 0.53% 1.31% 0.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.56% 1.56% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 24 12 4
10th Percentile £26,000 £58,250 £46,625
25th Percentile £44,063 - £47,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +30.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £57,500 - £54,063
90th Percentile £66,250 - £56,875
England median annual salary £49,250 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -24.23% - +18.18%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
East of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the East of England. 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 the East of England with a recognized job title 5,702 4,623 6,007
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.91% 84.28% 94.07%
Number of salaries quoted 4,350 2,305 2,894
10th Percentile £25,809 £26,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,750 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £76,775
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Design Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Design Engineer in the East of England

Design Engineer
Salary Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Design Engineer in the East of England.

Salary trend for Design Engineer in the East of England

Design Engineer
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Design Engineer in the East of England over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Design Engineer in the East of England

Design Engineer
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Design Engineer within the East of England region over the 6 months to 4 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hertfordshire +1 16 £50,000 -23.08% 26
Bedfordshire - 7 £45,000 - 3
Cambridgeshire +19 6 £62,500 +4.17% 60
Essex -7 3 £26,000 - 19
Design Engineer
England

Design Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, 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 East of England region featuring Design Engineer in the job title.

1 20 (62.50%) Degree
2 11 (34.38%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (21.88%) Firmware
4 6 (18.75%) Validation
4 6 (18.75%) Systems Engineering
4 6 (18.75%) Master's Degree
4 6 (18.75%) Driving Licence
4 6 (18.75%) Experiential Learning
5 5 (15.63%) Battery Management
5 5 (15.63%) Image Processing
5 5 (15.63%) Schematic Capture
5 5 (15.63%) Intel
5 5 (15.63%) FPGA Design
5 5 (15.63%) Integration Testing
5 5 (15.63%) Embedded Systems
5 5 (15.63%) IoT
5 5 (15.63%) Software-Defined Radio
5 5 (15.63%) FPGA
5 5 (15.63%) Xilinx
5 5 (15.63%) Internet
5 5 (15.63%) Wireless
5 5 (15.63%) Electronics
5 5 (15.63%) Manufacturing
6 4 (12.50%) Security Cleared
6 4 (12.50%) V-Model
6 4 (12.50%) Mathematics
6 4 (12.50%) Physics
6 4 (12.50%) Chemistry
6 4 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (6.25%) SDLC

Design Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 (3.13%) SOLIDWORKS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (15.63%) Internet
1 5 (15.63%) Software-Defined Radio
1 5 (15.63%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (6.25%) Rational DOORS
1 2 (6.25%) Rational Team Concert
General
1 5 (15.63%) Electronics
1 5 (15.63%) Manufacturing
2 2 (6.25%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 6 (18.75%) Driving Licence
2 5 (15.63%) Embedded Systems
2 5 (15.63%) FPGA
2 5 (15.63%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (34.38%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (18.75%) Experiential Learning
2 6 (18.75%) Systems Engineering
2 6 (18.75%) Validation
3 5 (15.63%) Battery Management
3 5 (15.63%) FPGA Design
3 5 (15.63%) Image Processing
3 5 (15.63%) Integration Testing
3 5 (15.63%) Schematic Capture
4 4 (12.50%) Chemistry
4 4 (12.50%) Mathematics
4 4 (12.50%) Physics
4 4 (12.50%) V-Model
5 2 (6.25%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
5 2 (6.25%) Requirements Management
5 2 (6.25%) SDLC
6 1 (3.13%) Customer Service
6 1 (3.13%) Performance Testing
Qualifications
1 20 (62.50%) Degree
2 6 (18.75%) Master's Degree
3 4 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (12.50%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 7 (21.88%) Firmware
Vendors
1 5 (15.63%) Intel
1 5 (15.63%) Xilinx
2 1 (3.13%) EMC