Design Engineer
UK

The median Design Engineer salary in the UK is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 15 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
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 658 780 975
Rank change year-on-year +122 +195 -338
Permanent jobs requiring a Design Engineer 243 197 258
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.24% 0.20% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% 0.22% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 177 88 159
10th Percentile £26,000 £37,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% - +18.18%
75th Percentile £61,250 £75,000 £82,250
90th Percentile £67,500 - £83,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,500 £65,000 £64,000
% change year-on-year -25.38% +1.56% +21.90%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 93,908 91,208 153,609
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.68% 91.47% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 67,161 57,434 84,375
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,950
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,173
% change year-on-year -5.66% +5.64% +5.63%

Design Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Design Engineer in the UK

Design Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Design Engineer in the UK

Design Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Design Engineer over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Design Engineer in the UK

Design Engineer
Top 15 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 15 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
UK excluding London -15 204 £48,500 -25.38% 545
England +85 202 £48,500 -25.38% 555
South East +15 66 £50,000 -28.57% 137
Work from Home +62 61 £48,750 -20.08% 153
North of England +90 59 £50,000 -18.03% 105
North West +33 31 £47,500 - 65
East of England -36 30 £50,000 -23.08% 118
Yorkshire +108 27 £70,000 +14.75% 32
Midlands -10 27 £48,000 -10.70% 106
South West -18 21 £50,000 -9.09% 68
East Midlands -7 15 £40,000 -15.79% 55
Scotland -45 11 £57,500 +41.98% 34
London +126 9 £63,500 +14.41% 47
West Midlands -1 8 £80,000 +45.45% 51
North East - 1 £60,000 - 8

Design Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 15 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 featuring Design Engineer in the job title.

1 58 (23.87%) Manufacturing
2 54 (22.22%) Degree
3 51 (20.99%) Electronics
4 38 (15.64%) FPGA
4 38 (15.64%) Firmware
5 29 (11.93%) Oracle
5 29 (11.93%) Data Centre
6 27 (11.11%) Social Skills
7 25 (10.29%) FPGA Design
8 22 (9.05%) Security Cleared
9 21 (8.64%) Problem-Solving
9 21 (8.64%) Wireless
10 20 (8.23%) Validation
11 18 (7.41%) AutoCAD
11 18 (7.41%) EMC
12 17 (7.00%) C
13 16 (6.58%) LabVIEW
13 16 (6.58%) Schematic Capture
14 15 (6.17%) Embedded Systems
15 14 (5.76%) Telecoms
15 14 (5.76%) Software Engineering
16 13 (5.35%) Systems Engineering
16 13 (5.35%) Embedded Firmware
17 11 (4.53%) HNC
17 11 (4.53%) Siemens
18 10 (4.12%) Linux
18 10 (4.12%) Business Intelligence
18 10 (4.12%) VHDL
18 10 (4.12%) Software Testing
18 10 (4.12%) Revit

Design Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (0.82%) WinCC
Applications
1 18 (7.41%) AutoCAD
2 10 (4.12%) Revit
3 5 (2.06%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (1.65%) EPLAN
5 3 (1.23%) Autodesk Inventor
6 2 (0.82%) Fusion 360
6 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.82%) OrCAD
7 1 (0.41%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 3 (1.23%) Power Platform
2 2 (0.82%) Azure
2 2 (0.82%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 21 (8.64%) Wireless
2 7 (2.88%) BGP
2 7 (2.88%) Bluetooth
3 6 (2.47%) 4G
3 6 (2.47%) MPLS
3 6 (2.47%) Software-Defined Radio
3 6 (2.47%) TETRA
4 5 (2.06%) Internet
5 4 (1.65%) DVB
5 4 (1.65%) Ethernet
5 4 (1.65%) LAN
6 3 (1.23%) Modbus
6 3 (1.23%) RS-232
6 3 (1.23%) Structured Cabling
6 3 (1.23%) WLAN
7 2 (0.82%) Cisco Firepower
7 2 (0.82%) Profibus
7 2 (0.82%) RS-485
7 2 (0.82%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.82%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.23%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 16 (6.58%) LabVIEW
2 5 (2.06%) Subversion
3 3 (1.23%) Git
3 3 (1.23%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.82%) GDB
4 2 (0.82%) JIRA
4 2 (0.82%) Rational DOORS
4 2 (0.82%) Rational Team Concert
5 1 (0.41%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.41%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.41%) TeamCity
General
1 58 (23.87%) Manufacturing
2 51 (20.99%) Electronics
3 27 (11.11%) Social Skills
4 14 (5.76%) Telecoms
5 9 (3.70%) Automotive
6 8 (3.29%) Aerospace
7 7 (2.88%) Finance
7 7 (2.88%) Marketing
7 7 (2.88%) Public Sector
8 3 (1.23%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (0.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.82%) Military
10 1 (0.41%) Games
10 1 (0.41%) Law
10 1 (0.41%) Legal
10 1 (0.41%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.41%) Wearables
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.41%) .NET
1 1 (0.41%) Flash
1 1 (0.41%) MFC
Miscellaneous
1 38 (15.64%) FPGA
2 29 (11.93%) Data Centre
3 15 (6.17%) Embedded Systems
4 10 (4.12%) VHDL
5 6 (2.47%) IoT
5 6 (2.47%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (1.65%) Acoustics
6 4 (1.65%) Analogue Electronics
6 4 (1.65%) CCTV
6 4 (1.65%) CPLD
6 4 (1.65%) Verilog
7 3 (1.23%) EPoS
7 3 (1.23%) IPTV
7 3 (1.23%) Robotics
8 2 (0.82%) ARM Cortex
8 2 (0.82%) CAN bus
8 2 (0.82%) Fibre Optics
8 2 (0.82%) SCADA
8 2 (0.82%) Tandem
9 1 (0.41%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.12%) Linux
2 5 (2.06%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (0.41%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (10.29%) FPGA Design
2 21 (8.64%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (8.23%) Validation
4 16 (6.58%) Schematic Capture
5 14 (5.76%) Software Engineering
6 13 (5.35%) Systems Engineering
7 10 (4.12%) Business Intelligence
7 10 (4.12%) Software Testing
8 9 (3.70%) Agile
8 9 (3.70%) CAD
8 9 (3.70%) Mathematics
8 9 (3.70%) Resource Management
8 9 (3.70%) V-Model
9 8 (3.29%) Chemistry
9 8 (3.29%) Kalman Filter
9 8 (3.29%) Physics
9 8 (3.29%) Programme Management
9 8 (3.29%) Verification and Validation
10 7 (2.88%) Digital Marketing
10 7 (2.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 17 (7.00%) C
2 9 (3.70%) C++
3 7 (2.88%) Embedded C
4 5 (2.06%) Python
5 4 (1.65%) C#
6 2 (0.82%) Assembly Language
6 2 (0.82%) Ladder Logic
7 1 (0.41%) Embedded C++
7 1 (0.41%) MATLAB
7 1 (0.41%) SQL
7 1 (0.41%) Tcl
7 1 (0.41%) VB
Qualifications
1 54 (22.22%) Degree
2 22 (9.05%) Security Cleared
3 11 (4.53%) HNC
4 8 (3.29%) BPSS Clearance
4 8 (3.29%) HND
5 6 (2.47%) JNCIP
6 5 (2.06%) DV Cleared
6 5 (2.06%) JNCIE
6 5 (2.06%) SC Cleared
7 4 (1.65%) CCNP
7 4 (1.65%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.65%) Master's Degree
7 4 (1.65%) RIBA
8 3 (1.23%) CCNA
9 2 (0.82%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.41%) BICSI Certification
10 1 (0.41%) BICSI RCDD
10 1 (0.41%) Chartered Engineer
10 1 (0.41%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.41%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.06%) ISO 9001
2 2 (0.82%) ISO 14001
3 1 (0.41%) IEC 61131
3 1 (0.41%) JTAG
3 1 (0.41%) QA
System Software
1 38 (15.64%) Firmware
2 13 (5.35%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (0.41%) Ansible
1 1 (0.41%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 29 (11.93%) Oracle
2 18 (7.41%) EMC
3 11 (4.53%) Siemens
4 9 (3.70%) Juniper
5 8 (3.29%) Xilinx
6 7 (2.88%) SAP
7 6 (2.47%) Intel
7 6 (2.47%) Microsoft
8 5 (2.06%) Cisco
8 5 (2.06%) Nokia
9 3 (1.23%) Epicor
10 2 (0.82%) Allen-Bradley
10 2 (0.82%) Facebook
10 2 (0.82%) Rockwell
10 2 (0.82%) Sitecore
11 1 (0.41%) Altera
11 1 (0.41%) Autodesk
11 1 (0.41%) Fortinet
11 1 (0.41%) Lattice Semiconductor
11 1 (0.41%) VMware