Senior Design Engineer Job Trends in the North West

Senior Design Engineer
England > North West

The median Senior Design Engineer salary in the North West is £60,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 January 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 177 206 193
Rank change year-on-year +29 -13 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Design Engineer 3 3 9
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.048% 0.058% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.056% 0.063% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 4
10th Percentile £53,950 - £44,675
25th Percentile £55,375 £48,869 £47,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,500 £50,055 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.87% -2.81% -
75th Percentile £65,375 £51,240 £55,563
90th Percentile £66,650 - £59,725
England median annual salary £55,000 £75,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -26.67% +25.00% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 5,318 4,733 3,872
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 85.91% 92.28% 95.28%
Number of salaries quoted 2,877 2,485 3,027
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £39,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% -1.17%
75th Percentile £66,250 £66,067 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £78,750 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.78%

Senior Design Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Senior Design Engineer job vacancy trend in the North West

Senior Design Engineer
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for Senior Design Engineer job vacancies in the North West.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Design Engineer job vacancies in the North West

Senior Design Engineer
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Design Engineer within the North West region over the 6 months to 4 January 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
Lancashire +14 1 £65,000 +29.86%
Cheshire -12 1 £56,000 - 1
Senior Design Engineer
England

Senior Design Engineer Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 4 January 2026, Senior 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 North West region featuring Senior Design Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Firmware
2 1 (33.33%) Benchmarking
2 1 (33.33%) C
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Signal Processing
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded C
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (33.33%) EMC
2 1 (33.33%) FreeRTOS
2 1 (33.33%) Google
2 1 (33.33%) Google Workspace
2 1 (33.33%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) SaaS
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Schematic Capture
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Signal Processing
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) User Experience
2 1 (33.33%) Wireless

Senior Design Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Google Workspace
1 1 (33.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Wireless
General
1 2 (66.67%) Electronics
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Analogue Electronics
2 1 (33.33%) ARM Cortex
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Signage
2 1 (33.33%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (33.33%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Benchmarking
1 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (33.33%) Digital Signal Processing
1 1 (33.33%) Mobile Device Management
1 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
1 1 (33.33%) Schematic Capture
1 1 (33.33%) Signal Processing
1 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (33.33%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C
1 1 (33.33%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Firmware
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) EMC
1 1 (33.33%) Google