Design Engineer Contracts in the Thames Valley

Design Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Design Engineer daily rate in the Thames Valley is £375, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 124 133 149
Rank change year-on-year +9 +16 -10
Contract jobs requiring a Design Engineer 6 9 40
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.28% 0.34% 1.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.36% 1.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 9
10th Percentile £355 - £338
25th Percentile £363 £469 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +17.65% -
75th Percentile £388 £525 £488
90th Percentile £395 £540 £510
South East median daily rate £388 £500 £375
% change year-on-year -22.50% +33.33% -13.54%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the Thames Valley with a recognized job title 1,963 2,498 3,799
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.77% 94.02% 95.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,123 1,652 2,677
10th Percentile £269 £213 £275
25th Percentile £406 £388 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.10% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £614 £615 £600
90th Percentile £675 £688 £675
South East median daily rate £510 £507 £500
% change year-on-year +0.64% +1.35% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 104 81
10th Percentile £18.50 £16.08 £11.00
25th Percentile £25.99 £21.25 £13.50
Median hourly rate £57.50 £50.00 £17.43
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% +186.86% -12.85%
75th Percentile £63.43 £66.64 £34.89
90th Percentile £97.50 £75.67 £75.75
South East median hourly rate £57.79 £50.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +15.59% +53.85% +30.00%

Design Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Design Engineer in the Thames Valley

Design Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Design Engineer in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Design Engineer in the Thames Valley

Design Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Design Engineer in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Design Engineer in the Thames Valley

Design Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Design Engineer within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire +7 6 £375 -24.05% 16
Design Engineer
South East

Design Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 31 October 2024, Design Engineer contract 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 contract job ads across the Thames Valley region featuring Design Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (50.00%) 3G
1 3 (50.00%) 2G
1 3 (50.00%) MIMO
1 3 (50.00%) 4G
1 3 (50.00%) IoT
1 3 (50.00%) 5G
1 3 (50.00%) NB-IoT
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) LAN
2 2 (33.33%) WAN
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (16.67%) Windows
3 1 (16.67%) ADSL
3 1 (16.67%) GSM
3 1 (16.67%) MPLS
3 1 (16.67%) DSL
3 1 (16.67%) Electronics
3 1 (16.67%) LTE
3 1 (16.67%) Network Architecture
3 1 (16.67%) Network Management
3 1 (16.67%) Network Design
3 1 (16.67%) Degree
3 1 (16.67%) SCADA
3 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) Risk Register
3 1 (16.67%) Technology Strategy
3 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
3 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
3 1 (16.67%) Operational Technology

Design Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) 2G
1 3 (50.00%) 3G
1 3 (50.00%) 4G
1 3 (50.00%) 5G
1 3 (50.00%) MIMO
2 2 (33.33%) LAN
2 2 (33.33%) WAN
3 1 (16.67%) ADSL
3 1 (16.67%) DSL
3 1 (16.67%) GSM
3 1 (16.67%) LTE
3 1 (16.67%) MPLS
General
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) IoT
1 3 (50.00%) NB-IoT
2 1 (16.67%) Fibre Optics
2 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
2 1 (16.67%) Operational Technology
2 1 (16.67%) SCADA
2 1 (16.67%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
1 1 (16.67%) IT Strategy
1 1 (16.67%) Network Architecture
1 1 (16.67%) Network Design
1 1 (16.67%) Network Management
1 1 (16.67%) Presales
1 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
1 1 (16.67%) Risk Register
1 1 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (16.67%) Technology Strategy
1 1 (16.67%) Virtual Team Management
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
1 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft