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 £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 553 556 660
Rank change year-on-year +3 +104 -238
Permanent jobs requiring a Design Engineer 191 209 200
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.28% 0.33% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.37% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 155 99 112
10th Percentile £25,750 £37,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £40,625 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £64,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +1.56% +21.90%
75th Percentile £60,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £67,500 - £83,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -23.08% - +18.18%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 65,737 55,972 67,654
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.79% 89.35% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 46,859 31,643 43,312
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,738 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%

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 19 April 2024.

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 19 April 2024. 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 -1 64 £50,000 -28.57% 120
North of England +102 57 £50,000 -20.63% 94
East of England -1 32 £50,000 -23.08% 105
North West +44 30 £47,500 - 48
Yorkshire +114 25 £70,000 +11.11% 37
Midlands -2 20 £48,500 -11.82% 86
South West -7 18 £50,000 -9.09% 68
East Midlands -17 9 £40,000 -15.79% 35
Scotland -56 8 £57,500 -8.37% 36
West Midlands +14 7 £77,500 +21.09% 51
North East - 2 £57,500 - 10
Design Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, 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 53 (27.75%) Degree
2 45 (23.56%) Manufacturing
3 44 (23.04%) Electronics
4 29 (15.18%) FPGA
5 28 (14.66%) Firmware
6 24 (12.57%) FPGA Design
6 24 (12.57%) Problem-Solving
7 22 (11.52%) Social Skills
7 22 (11.52%) Security Cleared
8 17 (8.90%) Validation
9 15 (7.85%) LabVIEW
9 15 (7.85%) Wireless
10 14 (7.33%) EMC
10 14 (7.33%) Software Engineering
11 13 (6.81%) Embedded Systems
11 13 (6.81%) Schematic Capture
12 12 (6.28%) Systems Engineering
12 12 (6.28%) HNC
13 11 (5.76%) C
13 11 (5.76%) Telecoms
13 11 (5.76%) AutoCAD
13 11 (5.76%) Siemens
14 10 (5.24%) CAD
14 10 (5.24%) Business Intelligence
14 10 (5.24%) Embedded Firmware
15 9 (4.71%) V-Model
15 9 (4.71%) HND
15 9 (4.71%) Automotive
15 9 (4.71%) Mathematics
16 8 (4.19%) Physics

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 2 (1.05%) WinCC
Applications
1 11 (5.76%) AutoCAD
2 5 (2.62%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.09%) EPLAN
4 3 (1.57%) Autodesk Inventor
5 2 (1.05%) Fusion 360
5 2 (1.05%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (1.05%) Revit
6 1 (0.52%) OrCAD
6 1 (0.52%) PTC Creo
6 1 (0.52%) SOLIDWORKS
6 1 (0.52%) Windchill
Cloud Services
1 3 (1.57%) Power Platform
2 2 (1.05%) Azure
2 2 (1.05%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 15 (7.85%) Wireless
2 6 (3.14%) Bluetooth
2 6 (3.14%) Software-Defined Radio
2 6 (3.14%) TETRA
3 5 (2.62%) BGP
3 5 (2.62%) Internet
4 4 (2.09%) 4G
4 4 (2.09%) Ethernet
4 4 (2.09%) MPLS
5 3 (1.57%) Modbus
6 2 (1.05%) Cisco Firepower
6 2 (1.05%) Profibus
6 2 (1.05%) RS-485
6 2 (1.05%) ZigBee
7 1 (0.52%) 5G
7 1 (0.52%) 5G NR
7 1 (0.52%) Microwave Backhaul
7 1 (0.52%) Mobile Backhaul
7 1 (0.52%) Network Security
7 1 (0.52%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.57%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 15 (7.85%) LabVIEW
2 5 (2.62%) Subversion
3 3 (1.57%) Git
3 3 (1.57%) Visual Studio
4 2 (1.05%) GDB
4 2 (1.05%) JIRA
4 2 (1.05%) Rational DOORS
4 2 (1.05%) Rational Team Concert
5 1 (0.52%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.52%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.52%) TeamCity
General
1 45 (23.56%) Manufacturing
2 44 (23.04%) Electronics
3 22 (11.52%) Social Skills
4 11 (5.76%) Telecoms
5 9 (4.71%) Automotive
6 7 (3.66%) Aerospace
6 7 (3.66%) Finance
6 7 (3.66%) Marketing
6 7 (3.66%) Public Sector
7 3 (1.57%) Military
7 3 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.05%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.52%) Games
9 1 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.52%) Wearables
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.52%) .NET
1 1 (0.52%) Flash
1 1 (0.52%) MFC
Miscellaneous
1 29 (15.18%) FPGA
2 13 (6.81%) Embedded Systems
3 6 (3.14%) Driving Licence
3 6 (3.14%) IoT
3 6 (3.14%) Verilog
4 5 (2.62%) VHDL
5 4 (2.09%) Analogue Electronics
6 3 (1.57%) CPLD
6 3 (1.57%) Robotics
7 2 (1.05%) Acoustics
7 2 (1.05%) ARM Cortex
7 2 (1.05%) CAN bus
7 2 (1.05%) Fibre Optics
7 2 (1.05%) SCADA
7 2 (1.05%) Tandem
7 2 (1.05%) VLSI
8 1 (0.52%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.52%) NB-IoT
8 1 (0.52%) PCIe
8 1 (0.52%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.62%) Linux
2 1 (0.52%) Embedded Linux
2 1 (0.52%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (12.57%) FPGA Design
1 24 (12.57%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (8.90%) Validation
3 14 (7.33%) Software Engineering
4 13 (6.81%) Schematic Capture
5 12 (6.28%) Systems Engineering
6 10 (5.24%) Business Intelligence
6 10 (5.24%) CAD
7 9 (4.71%) Mathematics
7 9 (4.71%) V-Model
8 8 (4.19%) Chemistry
8 8 (4.19%) Physics
8 8 (4.19%) Prototyping
9 7 (3.66%) Digital Marketing
9 7 (3.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 7 (3.66%) Programme Management
9 7 (3.66%) Verification and Validation
10 6 (3.14%) Agile
10 6 (3.14%) Bill of Materials
10 6 (3.14%) Experiential Learning
Programming Languages
1 11 (5.76%) C
2 5 (2.62%) C++
2 5 (2.62%) Python
3 4 (2.09%) C#
4 3 (1.57%) Embedded C
5 2 (1.05%) Assembly Language
5 2 (1.05%) Ladder Logic
6 1 (0.52%) Embedded C++
6 1 (0.52%) MATLAB
6 1 (0.52%) SQL
6 1 (0.52%) Tcl
6 1 (0.52%) VB
Qualifications
1 53 (27.75%) Degree
2 22 (11.52%) Security Cleared
3 12 (6.28%) HNC
4 9 (4.71%) HND
5 8 (4.19%) BPSS Clearance
5 8 (4.19%) Master's Degree
6 6 (3.14%) SC Cleared
7 5 (2.62%) DV Cleared
8 4 (2.09%) JNCIE
8 4 (2.09%) JNCIP
9 3 (1.57%) CCNP
9 3 (1.57%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (1.05%) CCNA
10 2 (1.05%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.52%) Chartered Engineer
11 1 (0.52%) MCAD
11 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.62%) ISO 9001
2 2 (1.05%) ISO 14001
3 1 (0.52%) IEC 61131
3 1 (0.52%) JTAG
3 1 (0.52%) QA
System Software
1 28 (14.66%) Firmware
2 10 (5.24%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (0.52%) Ansible
1 1 (0.52%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 14 (7.33%) EMC
2 11 (5.76%) Siemens
3 8 (4.19%) Xilinx
4 7 (3.66%) Juniper
4 7 (3.66%) Microsoft
4 7 (3.66%) SAP
5 6 (3.14%) Intel
6 4 (2.09%) Cisco
6 4 (2.09%) Nokia
7 3 (1.57%) Epicor
8 2 (1.05%) Allen-Bradley
8 2 (1.05%) ANSYS
8 2 (1.05%) Facebook
8 2 (1.05%) Rockwell
8 2 (1.05%) TOWER Software
9 1 (0.52%) CA
9 1 (0.52%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.52%) Mentor Graphics
9 1 (0.52%) PTC
9 1 (0.52%) VMware