Design Engineer Job Trends in Luton

Design Engineer
Bedfordshire > Luton

The median Design Engineer salary in Luton is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 October 2026.

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

 6 months to
14 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Design Engineer 3 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Luton 0.90% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.94% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £63,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 - -
75th Percentile £71,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Bedfordshire median annual salary £67,500 £72,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -6.90% +61.11% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Luton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Luton. 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 Luton with a recognized job title 320 83 92
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.81% 96.51% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 186 55 35
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,800 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,188 - £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £35,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +57.14% -41.67% -1.23%
75th Percentile £65,000 £48,125 £80,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £55,250 £92,750
Bedfordshire median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% -20.00% -12.28%

Design Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Luton

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 Luton.

Design Engineer job vacancy trend in Luton

Design Engineer
Salary Trend in Luton

Salary distribution trend for Design Engineer job vacancies in Luton.

Salary distribution trend for Design Engineer job vacancies in Luton

Design Engineer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Luton

For the 6 months to 14 October 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 Luton region featuring Design Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Accessibility
1 2 (66.67%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
1 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) DV Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Ethernet
1 2 (66.67%) FPGA Design
1 2 (66.67%) HNC
1 2 (66.67%) HND
1 2 (66.67%) Low Latency
1 2 (66.67%) Physics
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) Programme Delivery
1 2 (66.67%) Project Delivery
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Signal Processing
2 1 (33.33%) C
2 1 (33.33%) C++
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (33.33%) Firmware
2 1 (33.33%) Schematic Capture

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

Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Ethernet
General
1 2 (66.67%) Aerospace
1 2 (66.67%) Electronics
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (33.33%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) FPGA
1 2 (66.67%) PCIe
2 1 (33.33%) Analogue Electronics
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
1 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
1 2 (66.67%) FPGA Design
1 2 (66.67%) Low Latency
1 2 (66.67%) Physics
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) Programme Delivery
1 2 (66.67%) Project Delivery
1 2 (66.67%) Signal Processing
2 1 (33.33%) Schematic Capture
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C
1 1 (33.33%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) DV Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) HNC
1 2 (66.67%) HND
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (33.33%) Firmware
Design Engineer jobs