Design Engineer Jobs in Hertfordshire

Design Engineer
East of England > Hertfordshire

The median Design Engineer salary in Hertfordshire is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 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
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 84 106 99
Rank change year-on-year +22 -7 +43
Permanent jobs requiring a Design Engineer 2 12 34
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 0.24% 0.60% 1.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.65% 2.21%
Number of salaries quoted 2 10 8
10th Percentile £47,500 £20,000 -
25th Percentile £51,250 £45,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -23.08% -
75th Percentile £66,250 £55,000 -
90th Percentile £68,500 £57,500 -
East of England median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -23.08% +30.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Hertfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Hertfordshire. 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 Hertfordshire with a recognized job title 811 1,847 1,540
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.52% 92.77% 85.99%
Number of salaries quoted 453 1,464 782
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,809 £26,942
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,833 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -13.04% +9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £68,438
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £80,000
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -13.64% +10.00%

Design Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Design Engineer in Hertfordshire

Design Engineer
Salary Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Salary trend for Design Engineer in Hertfordshire

Design Engineer
Salary Histogram in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Design Engineer in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Design Engineer in Hertfordshire

Design Engineer
Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Design Engineer within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 21 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
Stevenage +11 1 £50,000 - 7
Design Engineer
East of England

Design Engineer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire

For the 6 months to 21 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 Hertfordshire region featuring Design Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Signal Processing
2 1 (50.00%) Software-Defined Radio
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) HNC
2 1 (50.00%) HND
2 1 (50.00%) EMC
2 1 (50.00%) Firmware
2 1 (50.00%) CAD
2 1 (50.00%) CAE
2 1 (50.00%) Electronics

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

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Software-Defined Radio
General
1 1 (50.00%) Electronics
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) CAD
1 1 (50.00%) CAE
1 1 (50.00%) Signal Processing
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) HNC
2 1 (50.00%) HND
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) EMC