Design Engineer Jobs in the East Midlands

Design Engineer
England > East Midlands

The median Design Engineer salary in the East Midlands is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 October 2024.

The table below provides salary 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 143 111 161
Rank change year-on-year -32 +50 +24
Permanent jobs requiring a Design Engineer 24 16 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 0.64% 0.85% 0.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.67% 0.87% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 21 2 8
10th Percentile - - £26,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £39,500 £34,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £43,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% -14.00% -
75th Percentile £50,000 £46,500 £56,563
90th Percentile £53,750 - £57,500
England median annual salary £50,055 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -8.99% -15.38% +18.18%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the East Midlands. 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 East Midlands with a recognized job title 3,597 1,829 2,899
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.39% 97.70% 97.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,585 1,140 1,804
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,500 £37,977
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,000 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £75,790
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +4.35%

Design Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Design Engineer in the East Midlands

Design Engineer
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Design Engineer in the East Midlands.

Salary trend for Design Engineer in the East Midlands

Design Engineer
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Design Engineer within the East Midlands 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Northamptonshire -21 14 £40,000 - 1
Nottinghamshire - 9 £47,500 - 1
Leicestershire 0 1 £40,000 -6.98% 3
Design Engineer
England

Design Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 31 October 2024, 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 across the East Midlands region featuring Design Engineer in the job title.

1 17 (70.83%) Degree
2 16 (66.67%) FPGA
2 16 (66.67%) C
2 16 (66.67%) Electronics
3 15 (62.50%) C++
4 14 (58.33%) Manufacturing
5 13 (54.17%) Firmware
5 13 (54.17%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (50.00%) Linux
6 12 (50.00%) Embedded C
6 12 (50.00%) Software Testing
7 10 (41.67%) Embedded Linux
7 10 (41.67%) Computer Science
7 10 (41.67%) VHDL
7 10 (41.67%) DVB
7 10 (41.67%) Social Skills
7 10 (41.67%) Software Engineering
8 8 (33.33%) Law
9 5 (20.83%) Games
10 4 (16.67%) CCTV
10 4 (16.67%) CPLD
10 4 (16.67%) Reverse Engineering
11 3 (12.50%) Change Control
11 3 (12.50%) TypeScript
11 3 (12.50%) Fault Analysis
11 3 (12.50%) Embedded Firmware
11 3 (12.50%) Assembly Language
11 3 (12.50%) Web Design
11 3 (12.50%) C#
11 3 (12.50%) HTML

Design Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Applications
1 1 (4.17%) AutoCAD
1 1 (4.17%) SketchUp
1 1 (4.17%) SOLIDWORKS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (41.67%) DVB
Development Applications
1 3 (12.50%) Visual Studio
General
1 16 (66.67%) Electronics
2 14 (58.33%) Manufacturing
3 10 (41.67%) Social Skills
4 8 (33.33%) Law
5 5 (20.83%) Games
6 1 (4.17%) Wearables
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (12.50%) .NET
1 3 (12.50%) CSS
1 3 (12.50%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (66.67%) FPGA
2 13 (54.17%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (41.67%) VHDL
4 4 (16.67%) CCTV
4 4 (16.67%) CPLD
Operating Systems
1 12 (50.00%) Linux
2 10 (41.67%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 10 (41.67%) Computer Science
2 10 (41.67%) Software Engineering
3 4 (16.67%) Reverse Engineering
4 3 (12.50%) Change Control
4 3 (12.50%) Fault Analysis
4 3 (12.50%) Web Design
5 2 (8.33%) Bug Management
5 2 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (8.33%) Time Management
6 1 (4.17%) 3D Modelling
6 1 (4.17%) Prototyping
6 1 (4.17%) Schematic Capture
Programming Languages
1 16 (66.67%) C
2 15 (62.50%) C++
3 12 (50.00%) Embedded C
4 3 (12.50%) Assembly Language
4 3 (12.50%) C#
4 3 (12.50%) JavaScript
4 3 (12.50%) SQL
4 3 (12.50%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 17 (70.83%) Degree
System Software
1 13 (54.17%) Firmware
2 3 (12.50%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (4.17%) EMC
1 1 (4.17%) Sitecore