Senior Design Engineer Job Trends in South Wales

Senior Design Engineer
Wales > South Wales

The median Senior Design Engineer salary in South Wales is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 August 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 - 108
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Design Engineer 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 0.068% - 0.094%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.087% - 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - £50,000
75th Percentile £47,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median annual salary £45,000 £70,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -35.71% +40.00% -

All DemandTrendPermanent IT Job Vacancies
South Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in South Wales. 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 South Wales with a recognized job title 1,155 1,119 962
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 78.95% 90.61% 90.58%
Number of salaries quoted 795 749 481
10th Percentile £21,620 £28,292 £31,850
25th Percentile - £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,087 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -49.83% - -4.48%
75th Percentile £54,750 £61,250 £65,250
90th Percentile £67,500 £72,829 £73,250
Wales median annual salary £28,000 £45,000 £45,696
% change year-on-year -37.78% -1.52% -8.61%

Senior Design Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Design Engineer in South Wales

Senior Design Engineer
Salary Trend in South Wales

Salary distribution trend for Senior Design Engineer job vacancies in South Wales.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Design Engineer job vacancies in South Wales

Senior Design Engineer
Job Locations in South Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 29 August 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
Gwent - 1 £45,000 -
Senior Design Engineer
Wales

Senior Design Engineer Skill Set
Top 10 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales

For the 6 months to 29 August 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 Wales region featuring Senior Design Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded C
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded C++
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Schematic Capture
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping

Senior Design Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Schematic Capture
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded C
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree