IC Design Engineer Contracts

Integrated Circuit Design Engineer
UK

As of 12 June 2024, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Integrated Circuit Design Engineer daily rate in the UK.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 581 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an IC Design Engineer 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.007% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.25 - -
Median hourly rate £57.50 - -
75th Percentile £63.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £57.50 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 40,557 52,491 83,111
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 94.51% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,070 36,644 58,616
10th Percentile £280 £313 £318
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,936 1,486 1,938
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.75
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.42 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £61.81 £65.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +7.82%

IC Design Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IC Design Engineer in the UK

IC Design Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IC Design Engineer.

Hourly rate trend for IC Design Engineer in the UK

IC Design Engineer
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IC Design Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England - 3 - - 20
East of England - 3 - - 10
UK excluding London - 3 - - 17

IC Design Engineer Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, IC Design Engineer contract 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 contract job ads featuring IC Design Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) Tcl
1 3 (100.00%) Firmware
1 3 (100.00%) Electronics
1 3 (100.00%) Validation
1 3 (100.00%) Verilog
1 3 (100.00%) IC Design
1 3 (100.00%) Smartphone
1 3 (100.00%) Git
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (100.00%) Augmented Reality
1 3 (100.00%) Bash
1 3 (100.00%) Electronic Design Automation
1 3 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (100.00%) Wearables
1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (100.00%) SystemVerilog
1 3 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 3 (100.00%) Virtual Reality
2 2 (66.67%) JTAG
2 2 (66.67%) ASIC
2 2 (66.67%) PhD
2 2 (66.67%) Siemens
3 1 (33.33%) Mentor Graphics
3 1 (33.33%) Cadence
3 1 (33.33%) UVM

IC 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:

Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Git
General
1 3 (100.00%) Electronics
1 3 (100.00%) Wearables
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Augmented Reality
1 3 (100.00%) Smartphone
1 3 (100.00%) Verilog
1 3 (100.00%) Virtual Reality
2 2 (66.67%) ASIC
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (100.00%) Electronic Design Automation
1 3 (100.00%) IC Design
1 3 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (100.00%) Validation
2 1 (33.33%) UVM
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Bash
1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) SystemVerilog
1 3 (100.00%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) JTAG
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 3 (100.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Siemens
2 1 (33.33%) Cadence
2 1 (33.33%) Mentor Graphics