Design to Cost (DTC)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Design-to-Cost skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Design-to-Cost over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 905 981 1233
Rank change year-on-year +76 +252 -
Permanent jobs citing Design-to-Cost 2 14 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.002% 0.014% 0.001%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.002% 0.014% 0.001%
Number of salaries quoted 0 5 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £78,750 £33,320
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £82,500 £35,280
Median % change year-on-year - +133.84% -
75th Percentile - £86,250 £37,240
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary - £82,500 £35,280
% change year-on-year - +133.84% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Design-to-Cost is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,403 97,101 150,579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.70% 95.61% 95.65%
Number of salaries quoted 59,565 57,006 82,680
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,515
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Design-to-Cost
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Design-to-Cost as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Design-to-Cost in the UK

Design-to-Cost
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Design-to-Cost in the UK

Design-to-Cost
Top 4 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Design-to-Cost within the UK over the 6 months to 7 May 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 +78 2 - - 1
South East +11 2 - - 1
UK excluding London -22 2 - - 1
Work from Home - 2 - - 1

Design-to-Cost
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Apache Continuum
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
1 2 (100.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 2 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 2 (100.00%) Retail
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cryptography
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
1 2 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) DBS Check
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Thales