Design Engineer
UK
The median Design Engineer salary in the UK is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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 28 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 562 | 659 | 760 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +97 | +101 | +212 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Design Engineer | 151 | 253 | 205 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.28% | 0.25% | 0.21% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.31% | 0.26% | 0.23% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 64 | 186 | 94 |
| 10th Percentile | £41,625 | £26,000 | £38,025 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,938 | £40,000 | £48,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £50,000 | £62,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +10.00% | -20.00% | -8.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £65,000 | £61,250 | £75,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £72,500 | £67,500 | - |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £48,500 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +13.40% | -25.38% | -3.70% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 | 49,435 | 96,820 | 89,564 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.41% | 94.78% | 91.46% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 25,727 | 69,155 | 56,824 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,822 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,000 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,399 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.80% | -6.54% | +6.63% |
Design Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Design Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Design Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Design Engineer.
Design Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Design Engineer over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.
Design Engineer
Top 16 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 28 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 |
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| UK excluding London | +116 | 132 | £55,000 | +13.40% | 284 |
| England | +73 | 124 | £55,000 | +13.40% | 319 |
| South East | +70 | 46 | £56,250 | +12.50% | 60 |
| Work from Home | +99 | 40 | £47,500 | -5.00% | 124 |
| North of England | +2 | 21 | £50,055 | +0.11% | 47 |
| South West | +115 | 20 | £55,000 | +10.00% | 74 |
| Midlands | +46 | 18 | £47,500 | - | 19 |
| East Midlands | +38 | 18 | £47,500 | +18.75% | 11 |
| North West | -14 | 16 | £50,055 | +5.38% | 28 |
| East of England | +25 | 15 | £68,000 | +36.00% | 64 |
| Wales | - | 11 | £50,000 | - | 8 |
| London | +117 | 6 | £76,750 | +20.87% | 54 |
| Scotland | +115 | 3 | £47,500 | -17.39% | 20 |
| North East | +50 | 3 | £60,000 | - | 8 |
| Yorkshire | +36 | 2 | - | - | 11 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Design Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 28 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 featuring Design Engineer in the job title.
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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:
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