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 1 June 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 1 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
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| Rank | 656 | 743 | 988 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +87 | +245 | -348 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Design Engineer | 257 | 207 | 275 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.24% | 0.22% | 0.16% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.26% | 0.24% | 0.17% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 190 | 95 | 162 |
| 10th Percentile | £26,000 | £37,500 | £42,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,000 | £48,375 | £47,813 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,000 | £62,500 | £69,250 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -20.00% | -9.75% | +25.91% |
| 75th Percentile | £61,250 | £75,000 | £75,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £67,500 | - | £87,050 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £48,500 | £61,500 | £70,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -21.14% | -12.14% | +27.27% |
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 | 99,552 | 86,380 | 162,088 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.85% | 91.27% | 96.05% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 70,786 | 55,655 | 84,889 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,500 | £45,000 | £42,625 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,500 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.50% | - | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £70,000 | £80,000 | £78,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £100,000 | £95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £53,500 | £50,244 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.54% | +6.48% | +5.78% |
Design Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Design Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Design Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Design Engineer.
Design Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Design Engineer over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.
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 1 June 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 |
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| UK excluding London | -4 | 217 | £48,500 | -21.14% | 471 |
| England | +53 | 214 | £50,000 | -18.03% | 484 |
| South East | +2 | 66 | £50,000 | -28.57% | 121 |
| Work from Home | +50 | 64 | £50,000 | -16.67% | 152 |
| North of England | +82 | 61 | £50,000 | +5.26% | 93 |
| East of England | -35 | 33 | £50,000 | -23.08% | 105 |
| Midlands | -16 | 32 | £47,500 | -9.52% | 96 |
| North West | +23 | 31 | £47,500 | - | 55 |
| Yorkshire | +84 | 29 | £70,000 | +14.75% | 30 |
| South West | -15 | 24 | £50,000 | -9.09% | 45 |
| East Midlands | -4 | 19 | £40,000 | - | 48 |
| Scotland | -54 | 13 | £57,500 | +41.98% | 30 |
| London | +112 | 10 | £65,250 | +13.48% | 41 |
| West Midlands | -35 | 9 | £80,000 | +52.38% | 48 |
| North East | - | 1 | £60,000 | - | 9 |
Design Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 1 June 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.
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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:
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