Design Engineer Jobs in the South East

Design Engineer
England > South East

The median Design Engineer salary in the South East is £60,000 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 291 249 369
Rank change year-on-year -42 +120 +22
Permanent jobs requiring a Design Engineer 33 46 88
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.27% 0.56% 0.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 0.59% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 25 24 46
10th Percentile £34,500 £32,500 £51,750
25th Percentile £43,750 £38,408 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £43,860 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +36.80% -37.34% +33.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £65,310 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,250 £93,750
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
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 11,850 7,776 17,688
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.37% 94.75% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 6,190 5,286 10,768
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £30,750
25th Percentile £40,719 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £82,500
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 South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Design Engineer in the South East

Design Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Design Engineer in the South East

Design Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South East

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

Salary histogram for Design Engineer in the South East

Design Engineer
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Design Engineer within the South East 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
Thames Valley -10 23 £72,500 +63.18% 24
Berkshire +5 16 £72,500 +65.30% 16
Hampshire -52 6 £46,500 +16.25% 13
Oxfordshire -14 4 £47,500 +5.56% 2
Buckinghamshire -18 3 £50,000 -23.08% 6
Surrey -24 3 - - 3
East Sussex +4 1 - -
Design Engineer
England

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

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 South East region featuring Design Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (24.24%) Juniper
1 8 (24.24%) Network Design
1 8 (24.24%) Degree
2 6 (18.18%) JNCIP
2 6 (18.18%) JNCIE
2 6 (18.18%) Nokia
2 6 (18.18%) MPLS
2 6 (18.18%) BGP
3 5 (15.15%) Open Source
4 4 (12.12%) Asterisk PBX
4 4 (12.12%) FreeSWITCH
4 4 (12.12%) Kamailio
4 4 (12.12%) AWS
4 4 (12.12%) Artificial Intelligence
4 4 (12.12%) SOLIDWORKS
4 4 (12.12%) C++
4 4 (12.12%) Python
4 4 (12.12%) Firmware
4 4 (12.12%) VoIP
4 4 (12.12%) OpenStack
4 4 (12.12%) WebRTC
4 4 (12.12%) Design for Manufacturing
5 3 (9.09%) Embedded Firmware
5 3 (9.09%) 3D Printing
5 3 (9.09%) Siemens NX
5 3 (9.09%) FPGA Design
5 3 (9.09%) Fusion 360
5 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (9.09%) C
5 3 (9.09%) Linux

Design Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (12.12%) OpenStack
Applications
1 4 (12.12%) SOLIDWORKS
2 3 (9.09%) Fusion 360
2 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (9.09%) Siemens NX
3 2 (6.06%) AutoCAD
3 2 (6.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (3.03%) Simulink
4 1 (3.03%) SketchUp
Cloud Services
1 4 (12.12%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (18.18%) BGP
1 6 (18.18%) MPLS
2 4 (12.12%) Asterisk PBX
2 4 (12.12%) VoIP
3 2 (6.06%) Firewall
4 1 (3.03%) Ethernet
4 1 (3.03%) RS-232
4 1 (3.03%) Software-Defined Radio
Development Applications
1 1 (3.03%) LabVIEW
1 1 (3.03%) Subversion
General
1 3 (9.09%) Manufacturing
2 2 (6.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (6.06%) Social Skills
2 2 (6.06%) Telecoms
3 1 (3.03%) Electronics
3 1 (3.03%) Law
3 1 (3.03%) Wearables
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (12.12%) FreeSWITCH
1 4 (12.12%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.09%) 3D Printing
1 3 (9.09%) FPGA
1 3 (9.09%) Robotics
2 2 (6.06%) VHDL
3 1 (3.03%) Analogue Electronics
3 1 (3.03%) ARM Cortex
3 1 (3.03%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.03%) Driving Licence
3 1 (3.03%) GNSS
3 1 (3.03%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 3 (9.09%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (24.24%) Network Design
2 5 (15.15%) Open Source
3 4 (12.12%) Artificial Intelligence
3 4 (12.12%) Design for Manufacturing
4 3 (9.09%) CAD
4 3 (9.09%) FPGA Design
4 3 (9.09%) Validation
5 2 (6.06%) Customer Experience
6 1 (3.03%) Critical Thinking
6 1 (3.03%) Decision-Making
6 1 (3.03%) Digital Signal Processing
6 1 (3.03%) Embedded Software Development
6 1 (3.03%) FMEA
6 1 (3.03%) Machine Learning
6 1 (3.03%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (3.03%) Project Management
6 1 (3.03%) Prototyping
6 1 (3.03%) Schematic Capture
6 1 (3.03%) Signal Processing
6 1 (3.03%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.12%) C++
1 4 (12.12%) Python
2 3 (9.09%) C
3 2 (6.06%) MATLAB
4 1 (3.03%) Embedded C
4 1 (3.03%) Embedded C++
4 1 (3.03%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (24.24%) Degree
2 6 (18.18%) JNCIE
2 6 (18.18%) JNCIP
3 2 (6.06%) HNC
3 2 (6.06%) SC Cleared
3 2 (6.06%) Security Cleared
4 1 (3.03%) HND
System Software
1 4 (12.12%) Firmware
1 4 (12.12%) Kamailio
2 3 (9.09%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 8 (24.24%) Juniper
2 6 (18.18%) Nokia
3 2 (6.06%) BT
3 2 (6.06%) Cisco
4 1 (3.03%) EMC
4 1 (3.03%) Microsoft