Software Design Engineer
UK
The median Software Design Engineer salary in the UK is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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 25 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 846 | 964 | 1191 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +118 | +227 | -307 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Software Design Engineer | 48 | 25 | 5 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.049% | 0.024% | 0.003% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.052% | 0.026% | 0.003% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 37 | 19 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £60,500 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £62,500 | - |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £45,000 | £65,000 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | -30.77% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £50,000 | £66,250 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £52,500 | £69,000 | - |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £45,000 | £65,000 | - |
| % change year-on-year | -30.77% | - | - |
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 | 92,894 | 96,310 | 147,847 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.63% | 91.58% | 96.06% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 66,756 | 60,420 | 85,018 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,500 | £45,000 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,923 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -11.80% | - | +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% |
Software Design Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Software Design Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Software Design Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Design Engineer.
Software Design Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Design Engineer over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.
Software 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 Software Design Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 25 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 |
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| UK excluding London | +30 | 47 | £45,000 | -30.77% | 5 |
| England | +118 | 33 | £50,000 | -23.08% | 6 |
| Scotland | - | 15 | £42,500 | - | |
| South East | - | 13 | £45,000 | - | |
| North of England | +45 | 11 | £50,000 | -23.08% | 1 |
| Yorkshire | +87 | 7 | £50,000 | -23.08% | 1 |
| South West | - | 5 | £45,000 | - | |
| North West | - | 4 | £50,000 | - | |
| Work from Home | +78 | 3 | £50,000 | -23.08% | |
| Midlands | +6 | 3 | £50,000 | - | |
| West Midlands | - | 2 | £50,000 | - | |
| London | +124 | 1 | £50,000 | -9.91% | 1 |
| East Midlands | -19 | 1 | £47,500 | - |
Software Design Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Software 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 Software Design Engineer in the job title.
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Software 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: