Design Engineer Jobs in the North of England

Design Engineer
England > North of England

The median Design Engineer salary in the North of England is £50,055 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 294 337 423
Rank change year-on-year +43 +86 -34
Permanent jobs requiring a Design Engineer 14 56 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.13% 0.32% 0.063%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.34% 0.071%
Number of salaries quoted 9 44 10
10th Percentile £47,000 - £32,250
25th Percentile £48,869 £43,750 £39,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £63,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -20.63% -16.00%
75th Percentile £51,240 £60,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £57,000 £70,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -23.08% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North 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 North of England with a recognized job title 10,008 16,414 15,566
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.35% 94.99% 89.42%
Number of salaries quoted 5,788 12,702 8,239
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £39,500 £36,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £69,125
90th Percentile £78,678 £78,725 £82,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,773 £60,567
% change year-on-year +6.93% -11.22% +0.95%

Design Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Design Engineer in the North of England

Design Engineer
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Design Engineer in the North of England

Design Engineer
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Design Engineer in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Design Engineer in the North of England

Design Engineer
Job Locations in the North 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 1 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
North West +12 11 £50,055 +5.38% 10
Yorkshire +54 2 - - 4
North East +50 1 £60,000 - 2
Design Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 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 North of England region featuring Design Engineer in the job title.

1 9 (64.29%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (57.14%) Social Skills
3 7 (50.00%) ClearCase
3 7 (50.00%) XML
3 7 (50.00%) XSD
3 7 (50.00%) UML
3 7 (50.00%) Requirements Analysis
3 7 (50.00%) Git
3 7 (50.00%) Coaching
3 7 (50.00%) Rational DOORS
4 6 (42.86%) Degree
5 5 (35.71%) HNC
5 5 (35.71%) HND
5 5 (35.71%) SQL
5 5 (35.71%) Oracle
5 5 (35.71%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (28.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 4 (28.57%) TETRA
7 2 (14.29%) SC Cleared
7 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
7 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
8 1 (7.14%) Process Improvement
8 1 (7.14%) Embedded Systems
8 1 (7.14%) Systems Engineering
8 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (7.14%) Data Centre
8 1 (7.14%) Prototyping
8 1 (7.14%) Feasibility Study
8 1 (7.14%) Regulatory Compliance
8 1 (7.14%) Digital Transformation Programme

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

Communications & Networking
1 4 (28.57%) TETRA
Development Applications
1 7 (50.00%) ClearCase
1 7 (50.00%) Git
1 7 (50.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 8 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Electronics
2 1 (7.14%) Manufacturing
2 1 (7.14%) Marketing
2 1 (7.14%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (50.00%) XML
1 7 (50.00%) XSD
2 1 (7.14%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Data Centre
1 1 (7.14%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (7.14%) FPGA
1 1 (7.14%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (64.29%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (50.00%) Coaching
2 7 (50.00%) Requirements Analysis
2 7 (50.00%) UML
3 4 (28.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (7.14%) CAD
5 1 (7.14%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 1 (7.14%) Feasibility Study
5 1 (7.14%) PLM
5 1 (7.14%) Process Improvement
5 1 (7.14%) Project Management
5 1 (7.14%) Prototyping
5 1 (7.14%) Regulatory Compliance
5 1 (7.14%) Software Engineering
5 1 (7.14%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 5 (35.71%) SQL
2 1 (7.14%) C
2 1 (7.14%) C++
2 1 (7.14%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (42.86%) Degree
2 5 (35.71%) BPSS Clearance
2 5 (35.71%) HNC
2 5 (35.71%) HND
3 2 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
4 1 (7.14%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (7.14%) Firmware
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) Oracle