Senior Design Engineer Jobs in the South East

Senior Design Engineer
England > South East

The median Senior Design Engineer salary in the South East is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 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
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 290 384 388
Rank change year-on-year +94 +4 +81
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Design Engineer 3 6 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.032% 0.036% 0.048%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.037% 0.038% 0.054%
Number of salaries quoted 3 5 6
10th Percentile - - £51,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £52,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -30.43%
75th Percentile £66,875 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £71,000 £73,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year - - -30.72%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 8,134 15,805 13,069
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.58% 93.97% 90.36%
Number of salaries quoted 4,548 11,356 8,239
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,032 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Senior Design Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Design Engineer in the South East

Senior Design Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Design Engineer in the South East.

Salary trend for Senior Design Engineer in the South East

Senior Design Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Design Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Design Engineer in the South East

Senior Design Engineer
Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 12 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
West Sussex - 2 £55,000 -
Kent - 1 £72,500 -
Senior Design Engineer
England

Senior Design Engineer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 12 May 2025, Senior 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 South East region featuring Senior Design Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Project Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Master's Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Systems Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) SCADA
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Chartered Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Schematic Capture
3 1 (33.33%) Life Science
3 1 (33.33%) VHDL
3 1 (33.33%) FPGA
3 1 (33.33%) C
3 1 (33.33%) Firmware
3 1 (33.33%) Electronics
3 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
3 1 (33.33%) Analogue Electronics
3 1 (33.33%) Architectural Design

Senior Design Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Electronics
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (66.67%) SCADA
2 1 (33.33%) Analogue Electronics
2 1 (33.33%) FPGA
2 1 (33.33%) Life Science
2 1 (33.33%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) Project Delivery
1 2 (66.67%) Systems Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Architectural Design
2 1 (33.33%) Schematic Capture
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Chartered Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Firmware