Design Engineer Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Design Engineer
South West > Gloucestershire

The median Design Engineer salary in Gloucestershire is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 August 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 - 98
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Design Engineer 9 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 0.41% - 0.083%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% - 0.086%
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 1
10th Percentile £49,500 - -
25th Percentile £52,500 - £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - £50,000
75th Percentile - - £52,500
90th Percentile £65,600 - -
South West median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +10.00% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Gloucestershire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Gloucestershire. 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 Gloucestershire with a recognized job title 2,087 527 1,164
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.09% 94.95% 96.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1,378 366 783
10th Percentile £30,250 £27,250 £29,200
25th Percentile £41,813 £35,000 £38,572
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £71,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £87,500 £78,500
South West median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.94% -7.98%

Design Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Design Engineer job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

Design Engineer
Salary Trend in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution trend for Design Engineer job vacancies in Gloucestershire.

Salary distribution trend for Design Engineer job vacancies in Gloucestershire

Design Engineer
Salary Histogram in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Design Engineer in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 29 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Design Engineer in Gloucestershire

Design Engineer
Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Design Engineer within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 29 August 2026. 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
Cheltenham - 5 £60,000 - 1
Filton - 2 - -
Tewkesbury - 1 £71,000 -
Wotton-under-Edge - 1 £45,000 - 1
Design Engineer
South West

Design Engineer Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire

For the 6 months to 29 August 2026, 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 Gloucestershire region featuring Design Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (22.22%) Data Analysis
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
1 2 (22.22%) Project Management
1 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
1 2 (22.22%) Systems Engineering
1 2 (22.22%) User Experience
2 1 (11.11%) CAD
2 1 (11.11%) Defect Tracking
2 1 (11.11%) Design for Manufacturing
2 1 (11.11%) EMC
2 1 (11.11%) Firmware
2 1 (11.11%) JIRA
2 1 (11.11%) OrCAD
2 1 (11.11%) Test Automation

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

Applications
1 1 (11.11%) OrCAD
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Robotics
2 2 (22.22%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) Data Analysis
1 2 (22.22%) Project Management
1 2 (22.22%) Systems Engineering
1 2 (22.22%) User Experience
2 1 (11.11%) CAD
2 1 (11.11%) Defect Tracking
2 1 (11.11%) Design for Manufacturing
2 1 (11.11%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
1 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) EMC