Design Engineer
UK

The median Design Engineer salary in the UK is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 663 768 952
Rank change year-on-year +105 +184 -338
Permanent jobs requiring a Design Engineer 233 218 253
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.24% 0.21% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.23% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 169 104 152
10th Percentile £25,950 £38,025 £42,625
25th Percentile £43,750 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% - +18.18%
75th Percentile £63,750 £75,000 £75,313
90th Percentile £68,000 - £83,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £64,000
% change year-on-year -23.08% +1.56% +21.90%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 92,682 96,623 147,884
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.57% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,673 60,571 85,427
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Design Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Design Engineer in the UK

Design Engineer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Design Engineer.

Salary trend for Design Engineer in the UK

Design Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Design Engineer over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Design Engineer in the UK

Design Engineer
Top 15 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 24 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
England +111 196 £50,000 -23.08% 514
UK excluding London +4 190 £50,000 -23.08% 504
South East +15 63 £50,000 -28.57% 120
Work from Home +93 61 £50,000 -23.08% 163
North of England +97 56 £50,000 -20.63% 86
East of England -8 32 £50,000 -23.08% 121
North West +41 31 £47,500 - 45
Yorkshire +104 24 £70,000 +11.11% 32
Midlands -12 21 £48,500 -11.82% 87
South West -13 18 £50,000 -9.09% 73
London +167 12 £67,000 +9.84% 47
East Midlands -16 10 £40,000 -15.79% 39
Scotland -53 8 £57,500 +41.98% 35
West Midlands +11 7 £77,500 +21.09% 48
North East - 1 £60,000 - 10

Design Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 24 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 featuring Design Engineer in the job title.

1 56 (24.03%) Degree
2 46 (19.74%) Manufacturing
3 45 (19.31%) Electronics
4 30 (12.88%) FPGA
4 30 (12.88%) Firmware
4 30 (12.88%) Data Centre
5 26 (11.16%) Oracle
6 25 (10.73%) Problem-Solving
7 24 (10.30%) Social Skills
8 23 (9.87%) FPGA Design
9 21 (9.01%) Security Cleared
10 20 (8.58%) Wireless
11 19 (8.15%) Validation
12 17 (7.30%) AutoCAD
13 16 (6.87%) Telecoms
14 15 (6.44%) LabVIEW
15 14 (6.01%) Software Engineering
15 14 (6.01%) EMC
16 13 (5.58%) Schematic Capture
16 13 (5.58%) Embedded Systems
17 12 (5.15%) C
18 11 (4.72%) HNC
18 11 (4.72%) Juniper
18 11 (4.72%) Siemens
18 11 (4.72%) Systems Engineering
19 10 (4.29%) Embedded Firmware
19 10 (4.29%) Business Intelligence
20 9 (3.86%) V-Model
20 9 (3.86%) Revit
20 9 (3.86%) Mathematics

Design Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (0.86%) WinCC
2 1 (0.43%) OpenStack
Applications
1 17 (7.30%) AutoCAD
2 9 (3.86%) Revit
3 5 (2.15%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (1.72%) EPLAN
5 3 (1.29%) Autodesk Inventor
6 2 (0.86%) Fusion 360
6 2 (0.86%) Microsoft Office
7 1 (0.43%) OrCAD
7 1 (0.43%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 5 (2.15%) Azure
2 3 (1.29%) AWS
2 3 (1.29%) Power Platform
3 2 (0.86%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (0.43%) AWS Direct Connect
4 1 (0.43%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 1 (0.43%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (0.43%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 20 (8.58%) Wireless
2 9 (3.86%) BGP
2 9 (3.86%) MPLS
3 8 (3.43%) Internet
3 8 (3.43%) LAN
4 6 (2.58%) Bluetooth
4 6 (2.58%) Software-Defined Radio
4 6 (2.58%) TETRA
5 5 (2.15%) 4G
5 5 (2.15%) WAN
6 4 (1.72%) Ethernet
7 3 (1.29%) Modbus
7 3 (1.29%) SD-WAN
7 3 (1.29%) Structured Cabling
7 3 (1.29%) WLAN
8 2 (0.86%) Cisco Firepower
8 2 (0.86%) OSPF
8 2 (0.86%) Profibus
8 2 (0.86%) RS-485
8 2 (0.86%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.29%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 15 (6.44%) LabVIEW
2 5 (2.15%) Subversion
3 3 (1.29%) Git
3 3 (1.29%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.86%) GDB
4 2 (0.86%) JIRA
4 2 (0.86%) Rational DOORS
4 2 (0.86%) Rational Team Concert
5 1 (0.43%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.43%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.43%) TeamCity
General
1 46 (19.74%) Manufacturing
2 45 (19.31%) Electronics
3 24 (10.30%) Social Skills
4 16 (6.87%) Telecoms
5 8 (3.43%) Automotive
6 7 (3.00%) Aerospace
6 7 (3.00%) Finance
6 7 (3.00%) Marketing
6 7 (3.00%) Public Sector
7 4 (1.72%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (1.29%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (0.86%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (0.86%) Military
10 1 (0.43%) Games
10 1 (0.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.43%) Legal
10 1 (0.43%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.43%) Wearables
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.43%) .NET
1 1 (0.43%) Flash
1 1 (0.43%) MFC
Miscellaneous
1 30 (12.88%) Data Centre
1 30 (12.88%) FPGA
2 13 (5.58%) Embedded Systems
3 6 (2.58%) Driving Licence
3 6 (2.58%) IoT
3 6 (2.58%) VHDL
4 5 (2.15%) Verilog
5 4 (1.72%) Acoustics
5 4 (1.72%) Analogue Electronics
6 3 (1.29%) CCTV
6 3 (1.29%) CPLD
6 3 (1.29%) EPoS
6 3 (1.29%) IPTV
6 3 (1.29%) Robotics
6 3 (1.29%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (0.86%) ARM Cortex
7 2 (0.86%) CAN bus
7 2 (0.86%) Fibre Optics
7 2 (0.86%) SCADA
7 2 (0.86%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.00%) Linux
2 2 (0.86%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (0.43%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.43%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (10.73%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (9.87%) FPGA Design
3 19 (8.15%) Validation
4 14 (6.01%) Software Engineering
5 13 (5.58%) Schematic Capture
6 11 (4.72%) Systems Engineering
7 10 (4.29%) Business Intelligence
8 9 (3.86%) CAD
8 9 (3.86%) Mathematics
8 9 (3.86%) Network Design
8 9 (3.86%) V-Model
9 8 (3.43%) Chemistry
9 8 (3.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 8 (3.43%) Physics
9 8 (3.43%) Programme Management
9 8 (3.43%) Verification and Validation
10 7 (3.00%) Agile
10 7 (3.00%) Kalman Filter
10 7 (3.00%) Prototyping
10 7 (3.00%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (5.15%) C
2 6 (2.58%) C++
3 5 (2.15%) Python
4 4 (1.72%) C#
4 4 (1.72%) Embedded C
5 2 (0.86%) Assembly Language
5 2 (0.86%) Ladder Logic
6 1 (0.43%) Embedded C++
6 1 (0.43%) MATLAB
6 1 (0.43%) SQL
6 1 (0.43%) Tcl
6 1 (0.43%) VB
Qualifications
1 56 (24.03%) Degree
2 21 (9.01%) Security Cleared
3 11 (4.72%) HNC
4 9 (3.86%) Master's Degree
5 8 (3.43%) BPSS Clearance
5 8 (3.43%) CCNP
5 8 (3.43%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (3.43%) HND
6 7 (3.00%) CCNA
6 7 (3.00%) JNCIP
7 5 (2.15%) DV Cleared
7 5 (2.15%) SC Cleared
8 4 (1.72%) JNCIE
9 3 (1.29%) CISSP
9 3 (1.29%) JNCIA
9 3 (1.29%) RIBA
10 2 (0.86%) CCIE
10 2 (0.86%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.43%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.43%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.15%) ISO 9001
2 2 (0.86%) ISO 14001
3 1 (0.43%) IEC 61131
3 1 (0.43%) JTAG
3 1 (0.43%) QA
System Software
1 30 (12.88%) Firmware
2 10 (4.29%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.43%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (0.86%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.43%) Ansible
Vendors
1 26 (11.16%) Oracle
2 14 (6.01%) EMC
3 11 (4.72%) Juniper
3 11 (4.72%) Siemens
4 8 (3.43%) Xilinx
5 7 (3.00%) Cisco
5 7 (3.00%) Microsoft
5 7 (3.00%) SAP
6 6 (2.58%) Intel
7 5 (2.15%) Nokia
8 4 (1.72%) Palo Alto
9 3 (1.29%) Epicor
10 2 (0.86%) Allen-Bradley
10 2 (0.86%) ANSYS
10 2 (0.86%) Facebook
10 2 (0.86%) Fortinet
10 2 (0.86%) Rockwell
10 2 (0.86%) TOWER Software
10 2 (0.86%) VMware
11 1 (0.43%) Sandvine