Senior Design Engineer
UK
The median Senior Design Engineer salary in the UK is £56,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 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 29 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 680 | 867 | 876 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +187 | +9 | +300 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Design Engineer | 28 | 47 | 77 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.051% | 0.046% | 0.079% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.056% | 0.048% | 0.087% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 10 | 17 | 20 |
| 10th Percentile | £46,250 | £47,500 | £48,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £50,000 | £49,750 | £49,688 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £56,250 | £60,000 | £56,250 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -6.25% | +6.67% | -32.23% |
| 75th Percentile | £70,625 | £65,250 | £65,625 |
| 90th Percentile | £85,975 | £67,500 | £77,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £57,500 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.35% | +4.55% | -33.73% |
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 | 49,581 | 97,268 | 88,998 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.39% | 94.79% | 91.42% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 25,819 | 69,389 | 56,377 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,750 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,875 | £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 | £95,000 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,000 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.00% | -6.54% | +6.63% |
Senior Design Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Senior Design Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Senior Design Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Design Engineer.
Senior Design Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Design Engineer over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.
Senior Design Engineer
Top 13 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Design Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 29 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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| England | +173 | 26 | £56,250 | -6.25% | 58 |
| UK excluding London | +189 | 23 | £55,000 | -4.35% | 56 |
| Work from Home | +126 | 15 | £81,250 | +27.95% | 30 |
| South West | +129 | 13 | £52,500 | +5.00% | 13 |
| North of England | +32 | 5 | £57,500 | +11.65% | 9 |
| South East | +97 | 3 | £55,000 | -8.33% | 10 |
| London | +99 | 2 | £83,500 | +31.50% | 10 |
| Yorkshire | +50 | 2 | - | - | 4 |
| North West | +3 | 2 | - | - | 4 |
| Midlands | +58 | 1 | £57,500 | +15.00% | 4 |
| North East | +46 | 1 | £57,500 | -4.17% | 1 |
| East Midlands | +34 | 1 | £57,500 | -11.54% | 2 |
| East of England | - | 1 | - | - | 16 |
Senior Design Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 29 May 2025, Senior 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 Senior Design Engineer in the job title.
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Senior 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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