Design Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Design Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Design Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £48,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 31 May 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
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 561 555 645
Rank change year-on-year -6 +90 -216
Permanent jobs requiring a Design Engineer 217 189 204
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.29% 0.33% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 0.37% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 179 83 117
10th Percentile £26,000 £37,310 £42,100
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £61,000 £68,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.49% -10.95% +24.55%
75th Percentile £60,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £67,500 - £85,800
UK median annual salary £50,000 £61,500 £69,250
% change year-on-year -18.70% -11.19% +25.91%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 excluding London with a recognized job title 71,665 50,662 70,663
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.96% 88.95% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 50,431 29,528 42,704
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,296
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.37% +5.89%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,985
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Design Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Design Engineer in the UK excluding London

Design Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Design Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Design Engineer in the UK excluding London

Design Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Design Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Design Engineer in the UK excluding London

Design Engineer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Design Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
South East +8 66 £50,000 -28.57% 125
North of England +85 61 £50,000 +5.26% 103
East of England -36 33 £50,000 -23.08% 125
Midlands -11 32 £47,500 -9.52% 96
North West +22 31 £47,500 - 63
Yorkshire +93 29 £70,000 +14.75% 31
South West -23 24 £50,000 -9.09% 62
East Midlands -4 19 £40,000 -15.79% 46
Scotland -52 13 £57,500 +41.98% 33
West Midlands -30 9 £80,000 +52.38% 50
North East - 1 £60,000 - 10
Design Engineer
UK

Design Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 31 May 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 UK excluding London region featuring Design Engineer in the job title.

1 65 (29.95%) Manufacturing
2 57 (26.27%) Degree
3 55 (25.35%) Electronics
4 41 (18.89%) FPGA
4 41 (18.89%) Firmware
5 29 (13.36%) Social Skills
6 26 (11.98%) FPGA Design
7 23 (10.60%) Problem-Solving
8 22 (10.14%) Security Cleared
9 21 (9.68%) Validation
10 20 (9.22%) EMC
11 19 (8.76%) C
12 18 (8.29%) Wireless
13 17 (7.83%) Software Engineering
14 16 (7.37%) Embedded Systems
14 16 (7.37%) Schematic Capture
14 16 (7.37%) Systems Engineering
15 15 (6.91%) LabVIEW
16 13 (5.99%) Telecoms
16 13 (5.99%) Embedded Firmware
17 12 (5.53%) Linux
17 12 (5.53%) VHDL
17 12 (5.53%) Software Testing
18 11 (5.07%) Agile
18 11 (5.07%) HNC
18 11 (5.07%) C++
18 11 (5.07%) AutoCAD
18 11 (5.07%) Siemens
19 10 (4.61%) Self-Motivation
19 10 (4.61%) CAD

Design Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 2 (0.92%) WinCC
Applications
1 11 (5.07%) AutoCAD
2 5 (2.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.84%) EPLAN
4 3 (1.38%) Autodesk Inventor
4 3 (1.38%) Revit
5 2 (0.92%) Fusion 360
5 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.92%) OrCAD
Cloud Services
1 3 (1.38%) Power Platform
2 2 (0.92%) Azure
2 2 (0.92%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 18 (8.29%) Wireless
2 7 (3.23%) BGP
2 7 (3.23%) Bluetooth
3 6 (2.76%) 4G
3 6 (2.76%) DVB
3 6 (2.76%) MPLS
3 6 (2.76%) Software-Defined Radio
3 6 (2.76%) TETRA
4 5 (2.30%) Internet
4 5 (2.30%) RS-232
5 4 (1.84%) Ethernet
5 4 (1.84%) TCP/IP
6 3 (1.38%) Modbus
7 2 (0.92%) Cisco Firepower
7 2 (0.92%) Profibus
7 2 (0.92%) RS-485
7 2 (0.92%) ZigBee
8 1 (0.46%) 5G
8 1 (0.46%) LTE
8 1 (0.46%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.38%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 15 (6.91%) LabVIEW
2 5 (2.30%) Subversion
3 3 (1.38%) Git
3 3 (1.38%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.92%) GDB
4 2 (0.92%) JIRA
4 2 (0.92%) Rational DOORS
4 2 (0.92%) Rational Team Concert
5 1 (0.46%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.46%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.46%) TeamCity
General
1 65 (29.95%) Manufacturing
2 55 (25.35%) Electronics
3 29 (13.36%) Social Skills
4 13 (5.99%) Telecoms
5 9 (4.15%) Automotive
6 8 (3.69%) Aerospace
7 7 (3.23%) Finance
7 7 (3.23%) Marketing
7 7 (3.23%) Public Sector
8 4 (1.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.38%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (1.38%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.92%) Military
11 1 (0.46%) Games
11 1 (0.46%) Law
11 1 (0.46%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.46%) Wearables
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.46%) .NET
1 1 (0.46%) Flash
1 1 (0.46%) MFC
Miscellaneous
1 41 (18.89%) FPGA
2 16 (7.37%) Embedded Systems
3 12 (5.53%) VHDL
4 10 (4.61%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (2.76%) IoT
6 5 (2.30%) Analogue Electronics
7 4 (1.84%) CPLD
7 4 (1.84%) Verilog
8 3 (1.38%) Robotics
9 2 (0.92%) ARM Cortex
9 2 (0.92%) CAN bus
9 2 (0.92%) Fibre Optics
9 2 (0.92%) SCADA
9 2 (0.92%) Tandem
10 1 (0.46%) Acoustics
10 1 (0.46%) ASIC
10 1 (0.46%) CCTV
10 1 (0.46%) NB-IoT
10 1 (0.46%) PCIe
10 1 (0.46%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 12 (5.53%) Linux
2 7 (3.23%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (0.46%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (11.98%) FPGA Design
2 23 (10.60%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (9.68%) Validation
4 17 (7.83%) Software Engineering
5 16 (7.37%) Schematic Capture
5 16 (7.37%) Systems Engineering
6 12 (5.53%) Software Testing
7 11 (5.07%) Agile
8 10 (4.61%) Business Intelligence
8 10 (4.61%) CAD
8 10 (4.61%) Resource Management
9 9 (4.15%) Mathematics
9 9 (4.15%) Verification and Validation
9 9 (4.15%) V-Model
10 8 (3.69%) Chemistry
10 8 (3.69%) Computer Science
10 8 (3.69%) Kalman Filter
10 8 (3.69%) Physics
10 8 (3.69%) Programme Management
11 7 (3.23%) Digital Marketing
Programming Languages
1 19 (8.76%) C
2 11 (5.07%) C++
3 9 (4.15%) Embedded C
4 5 (2.30%) Python
5 4 (1.84%) C#
6 2 (0.92%) Assembly Language
6 2 (0.92%) Ladder Logic
7 1 (0.46%) Embedded C++
7 1 (0.46%) MATLAB
7 1 (0.46%) SQL
7 1 (0.46%) Tcl
7 1 (0.46%) VB
Qualifications
1 57 (26.27%) Degree
2 22 (10.14%) Security Cleared
3 11 (5.07%) HNC
4 8 (3.69%) BPSS Clearance
4 8 (3.69%) HND
5 6 (2.76%) JNCIE
5 6 (2.76%) JNCIP
6 5 (2.30%) DV Cleared
6 5 (2.30%) SC Cleared
7 4 (1.84%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.38%) CCNP
8 3 (1.38%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.92%) CCNA
9 2 (0.92%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.46%) BICSI Certification
10 1 (0.46%) BICSI RCDD
10 1 (0.46%) Chartered Engineer
10 1 (0.46%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.46%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.30%) ISO 9001
2 2 (0.92%) ISO 14001
3 1 (0.46%) IEC 61131
3 1 (0.46%) JTAG
3 1 (0.46%) QA
System Software
1 41 (18.89%) Firmware
2 13 (5.99%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (0.46%) Ansible
1 1 (0.46%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 20 (9.22%) EMC
2 11 (5.07%) Siemens
3 9 (4.15%) Juniper
4 8 (3.69%) Xilinx
5 7 (3.23%) SAP
6 6 (2.76%) Intel
6 6 (2.76%) Microsoft
6 6 (2.76%) Nokia
7 4 (1.84%) Cisco
8 3 (1.38%) Epicor
9 2 (0.92%) Allen-Bradley
9 2 (0.92%) Facebook
9 2 (0.92%) Rockwell
9 2 (0.92%) Sitecore
10 1 (0.46%) Altera
10 1 (0.46%) Autodesk
10 1 (0.46%) CA
10 1 (0.46%) Fortinet
10 1 (0.46%) Lattice Semiconductor
10 1 (0.46%) VMware