Design Engineer Contracts in Hertfordshire

Design Engineer
East of England > Hertfordshire

The median Design Engineer daily rate in Hertfordshire is £700, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 44 57 69
Rank change year-on-year +13 +12 -12
Contract jobs requiring a Design Engineer 25 17 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 2.91% 2.22% 0.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.26% 2.40% 0.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 9 1
10th Percentile £625 £685 -
25th Percentile £650 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £700 £50
Median % change year-on-year - +1300.00% -
75th Percentile £725 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £700 £700 £50
% change year-on-year - +1300.00% -90.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 1 3
10th Percentile £63.00 - £50.17
25th Percentile - £52.50 £50.43
Median hourly rate £70.00 £55.00 £50.85
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% +8.16% +27.13%
75th Percentile £85.00 £57.50 £60.43
90th Percentile - - £66.17
East of England median hourly rate £70.00 £55.00 £50.85
% change year-on-year +27.27% +8.16% +27.13%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Hertfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Hertfordshire. 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 Hertfordshire with a recognized job title 766 709 714
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.17% 92.68% 90.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 308 405 453
10th Percentile £236 £220 £163
25th Percentile £313 £358 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £575 £675 £613
90th Percentile £650 £750 £700
East of England median daily rate £442 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -6.95% - +15.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 294 128 74
10th Percentile £38.40 £19.96 £16.25
25th Percentile £43.00 £49.00 £35.29
Median hourly rate £50.00 £60.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +20.00% +44.76%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £77.00 -
East of England median hourly rate £43.00 £36.03 £17.50
% change year-on-year +19.36% +105.86% +9.38%

Design Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Design Engineer in Hertfordshire

Design Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Design Engineer in Hertfordshire.

Daily rate trend for Design Engineer in Hertfordshire

Design Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Design Engineer in Hertfordshire

Design Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Design Engineer in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Design Engineer in Hertfordshire

Design Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Design Engineer within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 11 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
Stevenage +5 18 - - 17
Hemel Hempstead +8 7 £700 - 2
Design Engineer
East of England

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

For the 6 months to 11 June 2024, 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 across the Hertfordshire region featuring Design Engineer in the job title.

1 16 (64.00%) C
1 16 (64.00%) Intel
1 16 (64.00%) Simulink
1 16 (64.00%) VHDL
1 16 (64.00%) Verilog
1 16 (64.00%) FPGA
1 16 (64.00%) Xilinx
1 16 (64.00%) Degree
1 16 (64.00%) Signal Processing
1 16 (64.00%) Microsemi
1 16 (64.00%) SystemVerilog
1 16 (64.00%) UVM
1 16 (64.00%) FPGA Design
2 7 (28.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 7 (28.00%) DV Cleared
2 7 (28.00%) Security Cleared
3 5 (20.00%) Migration
3 5 (20.00%) VMware
3 5 (20.00%) Linux
3 5 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 5 (20.00%) Active Directory
3 5 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (12.00%) Social Skills
5 2 (8.00%) Roadmaps
5 2 (8.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (8.00%) Technology Roadmap
5 2 (8.00%) Project Delivery
5 2 (8.00%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (8.00%) Windows Server 2019

Design Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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:

Applications
1 16 (64.00%) Simulink
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.00%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (12.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (8.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (4.00%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 16 (64.00%) FPGA
1 16 (64.00%) Verilog
1 16 (64.00%) VHDL
2 2 (8.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 5 (20.00%) Linux
2 2 (8.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (8.00%) Windows Server 2016
2 2 (8.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (64.00%) FPGA Design
1 16 (64.00%) Signal Processing
1 16 (64.00%) UVM
2 7 (28.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 5 (20.00%) Migration
4 3 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (8.00%) Data Analysis
5 2 (8.00%) High Availability
5 2 (8.00%) Project Delivery
5 2 (8.00%) Roadmaps
5 2 (8.00%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 16 (64.00%) C
1 16 (64.00%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 16 (64.00%) Degree
2 7 (28.00%) DV Cleared
2 7 (28.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 5 (20.00%) Active Directory
1 5 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (8.00%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 16 (64.00%) Intel
1 16 (64.00%) Microsemi
1 16 (64.00%) Xilinx
2 5 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (20.00%) VMware
3 2 (8.00%) Red Hat