Design Engineer Jobs in the Midlands

Design Engineer
England > Midlands

The median Design Engineer salary in the Midlands is £47,500 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 228 190 322
Rank change year-on-year -38 +132 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Design Engineer 42 49 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.45% 0.90% 0.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.48% 0.94% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 35 33 17
10th Percentile - - £26,150
25th Percentile £37,500 £48,750 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £56,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.18% +40.00% -23.81%
75th Percentile £73,750 £64,750 £56,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £65,000 £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
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 8,739 5,215 10,726
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.30% 96.09% 95.27%
Number of salaries quoted 4,299 3,844 6,610
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,500 £36,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.04%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £79,100
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 Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Design Engineer in the Midlands

Design Engineer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Design Engineer in the Midlands

Design Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Design Engineer in the Midlands over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Salary histogram for Design Engineer in the Midlands

Design Engineer
Job Locations in the 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 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
East Midlands -32 24 £40,000 -6.98% 7
West Midlands -40 18 £72,500 +29.46% 10
Design Engineer
England

Design Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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 Midlands region featuring Design Engineer in the job title.

1 19 (45.24%) Electronics
2 17 (40.48%) C
2 17 (40.48%) Degree
3 16 (38.10%) FPGA
4 15 (35.71%) C++
5 14 (33.33%) Firmware
5 14 (33.33%) Manufacturing
6 13 (30.95%) Self-Motivation
7 12 (28.57%) Linux
7 12 (28.57%) Embedded C
7 12 (28.57%) Software Testing
8 10 (23.81%) Computer Science
8 10 (23.81%) Software Engineering
8 10 (23.81%) Embedded Linux
8 10 (23.81%) VHDL
8 10 (23.81%) DVB
8 10 (23.81%) Social Skills
9 8 (19.05%) Law
10 6 (14.29%) MPLS
10 6 (14.29%) BGP
10 6 (14.29%) Juniper
10 6 (14.29%) Nokia
10 6 (14.29%) Network Design
10 6 (14.29%) JNCIP
10 6 (14.29%) JNCIE
11 5 (11.90%) Games
12 4 (9.52%) VoIP
12 4 (9.52%) AWS
12 4 (9.52%) OpenStack
12 4 (9.52%) WebRTC

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

Application Platforms
1 4 (9.52%) OpenStack
Applications
1 1 (2.38%) AutoCAD
1 1 (2.38%) Autodesk Inventor
1 1 (2.38%) SketchUp
1 1 (2.38%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 4 (9.52%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (23.81%) DVB
2 6 (14.29%) BGP
2 6 (14.29%) MPLS
3 4 (9.52%) Asterisk PBX
3 4 (9.52%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 3 (7.14%) Visual Studio
General
1 19 (45.24%) Electronics
2 14 (33.33%) Manufacturing
3 10 (23.81%) Social Skills
4 8 (19.05%) Law
5 5 (11.90%) Games
6 2 (4.76%) Automotive
7 1 (2.38%) Wearables
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.52%) FreeSWITCH
1 4 (9.52%) WebRTC
2 3 (7.14%) .NET
2 3 (7.14%) CSS
2 3 (7.14%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (38.10%) FPGA
2 13 (30.95%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (23.81%) VHDL
4 4 (9.52%) CCTV
4 4 (9.52%) CPLD
5 1 (2.38%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 12 (28.57%) Linux
2 10 (23.81%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (28.57%) Software Testing
2 10 (23.81%) Computer Science
2 10 (23.81%) Software Engineering
3 6 (14.29%) Network Design
4 4 (9.52%) Open Source
4 4 (9.52%) Reverse Engineering
5 3 (7.14%) Change Control
5 3 (7.14%) Fault Analysis
5 3 (7.14%) Web Design
6 2 (4.76%) Bug Management
6 2 (4.76%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (4.76%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (4.76%) Prototyping
6 2 (4.76%) Time Management
6 2 (4.76%) Validation
7 1 (2.38%) 3D Modelling
7 1 (2.38%) CAD
7 1 (2.38%) Design for Manufacturing
7 1 (2.38%) Schematic Capture
Programming Languages
1 17 (40.48%) C
2 15 (35.71%) C++
3 12 (28.57%) Embedded C
4 3 (7.14%) Assembly Language
4 3 (7.14%) C#
4 3 (7.14%) JavaScript
4 3 (7.14%) SQL
4 3 (7.14%) TypeScript
5 1 (2.38%) Python
5 1 (2.38%) VB
5 1 (2.38%) VBA
Qualifications
1 17 (40.48%) Degree
2 6 (14.29%) JNCIE
2 6 (14.29%) JNCIP
System Software
1 14 (33.33%) Firmware
2 4 (9.52%) Kamailio
3 3 (7.14%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 6 (14.29%) Juniper
1 6 (14.29%) Nokia
2 2 (4.76%) EMC
3 1 (2.38%) Autodesk
3 1 (2.38%) Sitecore