Design Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Design Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Design Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 445 558 570
Rank change year-on-year +113 +12 +91
Permanent jobs requiring a Design Engineer 132 214 187
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.34% 0.29% 0.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% 0.30% 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 51 176 79
10th Percentile £43,750 £26,000 £36,810
25th Percentile £46,625 £37,500 £47,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,500 £64,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.40% -24.22% -5.19%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £72,000 £67,500 -
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -20.00% -8.09%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 35,540 70,800 51,694
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.25% 94.95% 89.10%
Number of salaries quoted 17,956 49,914 29,611
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,000 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -6.54% +6.63%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Design Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Design Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Design Engineer in the UK excluding London

Design Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Design Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Design Engineer in the UK excluding London

Design Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Design Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Design Engineer in the UK excluding London

Design Engineer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Design Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 30 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
South East +68 46 £56,250 +12.50% 165
North of England +13 21 £50,055 +0.11% 135
South West +102 20 £55,000 +10.00% 108
Midlands +72 18 £47,500 - 108
East Midlands +45 18 £47,500 +18.75% 43
North West -6 16 £50,055 +5.38% 64
East of England +30 15 £68,000 +36.00% 131
Wales - 11 £50,000 - 25
Scotland +108 3 £47,500 -17.39% 35
North East +49 3 £60,000 - 18
Yorkshire +34 2 - - 53
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 6
Design Engineer
UK

Design Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 30 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 UK excluding London region featuring Design Engineer in the job title.

1 75 (56.82%) Degree
2 67 (50.76%) Electronics
3 55 (41.67%) Schematic Capture
4 50 (37.88%) Manufacturing
4 50 (37.88%) EMC
5 45 (34.09%) HND
6 43 (32.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 39 (29.55%) Project Planning
8 28 (21.21%) Firmware
9 23 (17.42%) Problem-Solving
10 21 (15.91%) Embedded Firmware
10 21 (15.91%) Requirements Analysis
11 18 (13.64%) FPGA
11 18 (13.64%) Social Skills
12 17 (12.88%) Prototyping
12 17 (12.88%) Security Cleared
13 16 (12.12%) SC Cleared
14 14 (10.61%) Finance
14 14 (10.61%) FPGA Design
15 12 (9.09%) Analogue Electronics
16 11 (8.33%) Optoelectronics
16 11 (8.33%) Stress Analysis
17 10 (7.58%) Git
18 9 (6.82%) e-Learning
18 9 (6.82%) Python
18 9 (6.82%) SQL
18 9 (6.82%) Oracle
18 9 (6.82%) Collaborative Working
18 9 (6.82%) Innovative Thinking
18 9 (6.82%) Master's Degree

Design Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (3.03%) Apache
1 4 (3.03%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 3 (2.27%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.76%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.76%) OrCAD
2 1 (0.76%) Revit
2 1 (0.76%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 4 (3.03%) Amazon S3
1 4 (3.03%) Power Platform
2 1 (0.76%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.03%) TETRA
2 3 (2.27%) MQTT
3 2 (1.52%) BGP
3 2 (1.52%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (1.52%) DMVPN
3 2 (1.52%) EIGRP
3 2 (1.52%) OSPF
3 2 (1.52%) RFID
4 1 (0.76%) 2G
4 1 (0.76%) 3G
4 1 (0.76%) 4G
4 1 (0.76%) 5G
4 1 (0.76%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.76%) GSM
4 1 (0.76%) RS-485
4 1 (0.76%) Software-Defined Radio
4 1 (0.76%) Wideband
4 1 (0.76%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.76%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.03%) Big Data
1 4 (3.03%) Data Lake
1 4 (3.03%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (3.03%) Parquet
1 4 (3.03%) Power BI
2 2 (1.52%) DB2
Development Applications
1 10 (7.58%) Git
2 7 (5.30%) ClearCase
2 7 (5.30%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.76%) JIRA
3 1 (0.76%) PetaLinux
General
1 67 (50.76%) Electronics
2 50 (37.88%) Manufacturing
3 43 (32.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 18 (13.64%) Social Skills
5 14 (10.61%) Finance
6 8 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (2.27%) Marketing
7 3 (2.27%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.52%) Banking
8 2 (1.52%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.52%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.76%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.30%) XML
1 7 (5.30%) XSD
2 4 (3.03%) REST
3 3 (2.27%) CSS
3 3 (2.27%) HTML
3 3 (2.27%) Node.js
4 2 (1.52%) Flash
4 2 (1.52%) Middleware
5 1 (0.76%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 18 (13.64%) FPGA
2 12 (9.09%) Analogue Electronics
3 11 (8.33%) Optoelectronics
4 9 (6.82%) e-Learning
5 8 (6.06%) Embedded Systems
6 7 (5.30%) VHDL
7 6 (4.55%) SCADA
8 5 (3.79%) Verilog
9 4 (3.03%) IoT
9 4 (3.03%) Mainframe
10 3 (2.27%) Data Centre
11 2 (1.52%) Algorithms
11 2 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (1.52%) Management Information System
12 1 (0.76%) ARM Cortex
12 1 (0.76%) Driving Licence
12 1 (0.76%) GNSS
12 1 (0.76%) Life Science
12 1 (0.76%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.76%) Android
1 1 (0.76%) Apple iOS
1 1 (0.76%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (0.76%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (41.67%) Schematic Capture
2 39 (29.55%) Project Planning
3 23 (17.42%) Problem-Solving
4 21 (15.91%) Requirements Analysis
5 17 (12.88%) Prototyping
6 14 (10.61%) FPGA Design
7 11 (8.33%) Stress Analysis
8 9 (6.82%) Collaborative Working
8 9 (6.82%) Cybersecurity
8 9 (6.82%) Innovative Thinking
9 7 (5.30%) Coaching
9 7 (5.30%) UML
10 6 (4.55%) Business Intelligence
10 6 (4.55%) Software Engineering
10 6 (4.55%) Validation
11 5 (3.79%) Continuous Improvement
12 4 (3.03%) Data Governance
12 4 (3.03%) Kimball Methodology
12 4 (3.03%) Machine Learning
12 4 (3.03%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 9 (6.82%) Python
1 9 (6.82%) SQL
2 7 (5.30%) C
3 4 (3.03%) C++
3 4 (3.03%) PL/SQL
4 3 (2.27%) JavaScript
4 3 (2.27%) TypeScript
5 2 (1.52%) COBOL
6 1 (0.76%) Embedded C
6 1 (0.76%) Embedded C++
6 1 (0.76%) MATLAB
6 1 (0.76%) Rust
6 1 (0.76%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 75 (56.82%) Degree
2 45 (34.09%) HND
3 17 (12.88%) Security Cleared
4 16 (12.12%) SC Cleared
5 9 (6.82%) Master's Degree
6 7 (5.30%) HNC
7 5 (3.79%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (2.27%) Chartered Engineer
9 1 (0.76%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.76%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.03%) Accessibility
1 4 (3.03%) Data Quality
2 3 (2.27%) WCAG
3 1 (0.76%) ISO 13485
3 1 (0.76%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 28 (21.21%) Firmware
2 21 (15.91%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (1.52%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 50 (37.88%) EMC
2 9 (6.82%) Oracle
3 2 (1.52%) Cisco
3 2 (1.52%) Fortinet
3 2 (1.52%) Juniper
3 2 (1.52%) McAfee
3 2 (1.52%) SAP
4 1 (0.76%) Adobe
4 1 (0.76%) Allen-Bradley
4 1 (0.76%) Altera
4 1 (0.76%) Cadence
4 1 (0.76%) Freescale
4 1 (0.76%) Microsoft
4 1 (0.76%) Rockwell
4 1 (0.76%) Xilinx