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 £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 May 2025.

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

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 166 192 159
Rank change year-on-year +26 -33 +100
Permanent jobs requiring a Design Engineer 19 32 70
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 0.57% 0.52% 1.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.60% 0.55% 1.61%
Number of salaries quoted 13 24 10
10th Percentile £42,500 £26,000 £57,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,063 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -23.08% +30.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £57,500 -
90th Percentile £72,000 £66,250 -
England median annual salary £55,000 £48,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +13.40% -25.38% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 3,153 5,804 4,341
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.32% 93.93% 83.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,570 4,430 2,190
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,809 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £36,733
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -13.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £66,075 £63,688 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +5.66% -12.83% +1.33%

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 19 May 2025.

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 19 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cambridgeshire +45 8 £55,000 -12.00% 24
Essex +22 5 £50,000 +92.31% 9
Bedfordshire -10 3 - - 2
Hertfordshire +26 2 £60,000 +20.00% 18
Norfolk +17 1 - - 1
Design Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 May 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 East of England region featuring Design Engineer in the job title.

1 14 (73.68%) Degree
2 9 (47.37%) EMC
2 9 (47.37%) Electronics
3 8 (42.11%) Manufacturing
4 5 (26.32%) Validation
4 5 (26.32%) Firmware
4 5 (26.32%) IoT
5 4 (21.05%) 5G
5 4 (21.05%) Schematic Capture
5 4 (21.05%) FPGA
5 4 (21.05%) 4G
5 4 (21.05%) 3G
5 4 (21.05%) HND
5 4 (21.05%) 2G
5 4 (21.05%) Finance
5 4 (21.05%) Wireless
5 4 (21.05%) VHDL
5 4 (21.05%) Verilog
5 4 (21.05%) FPGA Design
5 4 (21.05%) Master's Degree
5 4 (21.05%) Embedded Firmware
5 4 (21.05%) Design for Manufacturing
5 4 (21.05%) Design for Test
6 3 (15.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (15.79%) Feasibility Study
6 3 (15.79%) Project Delivery
6 3 (15.79%) Budgeting
6 3 (15.79%) AutoCAD
6 3 (15.79%) Project Management
6 3 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement

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 3 (15.79%) AutoCAD
Communications & Networking
1 4 (21.05%) 2G
1 4 (21.05%) 3G
1 4 (21.05%) 4G
1 4 (21.05%) 5G
1 4 (21.05%) Wireless
2 1 (5.26%) MQTT
2 1 (5.26%) Software-Defined Radio
2 1 (5.26%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) PetaLinux
General
1 9 (47.37%) Electronics
2 8 (42.11%) Manufacturing
3 4 (21.05%) Finance
4 3 (15.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (10.53%) Social Skills
6 1 (5.26%) Marketing
6 1 (5.26%) Public Sector
6 1 (5.26%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 5 (26.32%) IoT
2 4 (21.05%) FPGA
2 4 (21.05%) Verilog
2 4 (21.05%) VHDL
3 3 (15.79%) Driving Licence
4 1 (5.26%) Algorithms
4 1 (5.26%) Analogue Electronics
4 1 (5.26%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.26%) Android
1 1 (5.26%) Apple iOS
1 1 (5.26%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (5.26%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (26.32%) Validation
2 4 (21.05%) Design for Manufacturing
2 4 (21.05%) Design for Test
2 4 (21.05%) FPGA Design
2 4 (21.05%) Schematic Capture
3 3 (15.79%) Budgeting
3 3 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (15.79%) Feasibility Study
3 3 (15.79%) Project Delivery
3 3 (15.79%) Project Management
3 3 (15.79%) Project Planning
4 2 (10.53%) Signal Processing
5 1 (5.26%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (5.26%) CAD
5 1 (5.26%) CAE
5 1 (5.26%) Digital Marketing
5 1 (5.26%) Process Improvement
5 1 (5.26%) Programme Management
5 1 (5.26%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (5.26%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.53%) C
2 1 (5.26%) C++
2 1 (5.26%) Python
2 1 (5.26%) Rust
2 1 (5.26%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 14 (73.68%) Degree
2 4 (21.05%) HND
2 4 (21.05%) Master's Degree
3 1 (5.26%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.26%) ISO 13485
1 1 (5.26%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 5 (26.32%) Firmware
2 4 (21.05%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 9 (47.37%) EMC
2 1 (5.26%) Allen-Bradley
2 1 (5.26%) Rockwell
2 1 (5.26%) SAP
2 1 (5.26%) Xilinx