Design Engineer Job Trends in Rochdale

Design Engineer
Manchester > Rochdale

The median Design Engineer salary in Rochdale is £40,000 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 7 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Design Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Rochdale 5.00% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 5.00% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £37,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - -
75th Percentile £42,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Manchester median annual salary £42,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -35.38% +18.18% +22.22%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Rochdale

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Rochdale. 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 Rochdale with a recognized job title 20 16 51
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 88.89% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 15 8 13
10th Percentile £27,500 - £29,500
25th Percentile £32,625 £33,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £41,308 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.27% +10.15% -21.05%
75th Percentile £45,000 £45,313 £47,500
90th Percentile - £54,375 -
Manchester median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

Design Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Rochdale

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 Rochdale.

Design Engineer job vacancy trend in Rochdale

Design Engineer Skill Set
Top 8 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Rochdale

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 Rochdale region featuring Design Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AutoCAD
1 1 (100.00%) Autodesk
1 1 (100.00%) Biotechnology
1 1 (100.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Revit
1 1 (100.00%) Validation

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) AutoCAD
1 1 (100.00%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CCTV
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (100.00%) Life Science
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (100.00%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Biotechnology
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Autodesk
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft