Design Engineer Jobs in England

Design Engineer
UK > England

The median Design Engineer salary in England is £50,000 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 633 699 929
Rank change year-on-year +66 +230 -300
Permanent jobs requiring a Design Engineer 214 197 246
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.24% 0.23% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.25% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 178 87 141
10th Percentile £26,000 £37,405 £42,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £61,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.03% -6.15% +18.18%
75th Percentile £60,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £67,500 - £87,500
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
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 85,614 77,363 135,380
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.70% 91.32% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 63,242 50,157 75,088
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.22% +0.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Design Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Design Engineer in England

Design Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Design Engineer in England

Design Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

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

Salary histogram for Design Engineer in England

Design Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Design Engineer within the England 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
London +95 10 £65,250 +13.48% 42
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 England

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 England region featuring Design Engineer in the job title.

1 58 (27.10%) Manufacturing
2 54 (25.23%) Degree
3 51 (23.83%) Electronics
4 39 (18.22%) FPGA
5 36 (16.82%) Firmware
6 29 (13.55%) Social Skills
7 25 (11.68%) FPGA Design
8 22 (10.28%) Security Cleared
9 21 (9.81%) Validation
10 19 (8.88%) C
10 19 (8.88%) Problem-Solving
11 18 (8.41%) Wireless
12 17 (7.94%) Software Engineering
12 17 (7.94%) AutoCAD
13 16 (7.48%) EMC
14 15 (7.01%) LabVIEW
14 15 (7.01%) Embedded Systems
14 15 (7.01%) Schematic Capture
15 13 (6.07%) Embedded Firmware
16 12 (5.61%) Systems Engineering
16 12 (5.61%) Telecoms
16 12 (5.61%) Software Testing
17 11 (5.14%) C++
17 11 (5.14%) HNC
17 11 (5.14%) Linux
18 10 (4.67%) Business Intelligence
18 10 (4.67%) CAD
18 10 (4.67%) Siemens
18 10 (4.67%) VHDL
19 9 (4.21%) Juniper

Design Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (0.93%) WinCC
Applications
1 17 (7.94%) AutoCAD
2 9 (4.21%) Revit
3 5 (2.34%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (1.87%) EPLAN
5 3 (1.40%) Autodesk Inventor
6 2 (0.93%) Fusion 360
7 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Office
7 1 (0.47%) OrCAD
Cloud Services
1 3 (1.40%) Azure
1 3 (1.40%) Power Platform
2 2 (0.93%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (0.47%) Entra ID
3 1 (0.47%) IaaS
3 1 (0.47%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (0.47%) PaaS
3 1 (0.47%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (8.41%) Wireless
2 7 (3.27%) BGP
3 6 (2.80%) 4G
3 6 (2.80%) DVB
3 6 (2.80%) MPLS
3 6 (2.80%) Software-Defined Radio
3 6 (2.80%) TETRA
4 5 (2.34%) Internet
5 4 (1.87%) Bluetooth
5 4 (1.87%) Ethernet
5 4 (1.87%) LAN
6 3 (1.40%) Modbus
6 3 (1.40%) Structured Cabling
6 3 (1.40%) WLAN
7 2 (0.93%) Cisco Firepower
7 2 (0.93%) Profibus
7 2 (0.93%) RS-485
7 2 (0.93%) ZigBee
8 1 (0.47%) WAN
8 1 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.40%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 15 (7.01%) LabVIEW
2 5 (2.34%) Subversion
3 3 (1.40%) Git
3 3 (1.40%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.93%) GDB
4 2 (0.93%) JIRA
4 2 (0.93%) Rational DOORS
4 2 (0.93%) Rational Team Concert
5 1 (0.47%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.47%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.47%) TeamCity
General
1 58 (27.10%) Manufacturing
2 51 (23.83%) Electronics
3 29 (13.55%) Social Skills
4 12 (5.61%) Telecoms
5 7 (3.27%) Finance
5 7 (3.27%) Marketing
5 7 (3.27%) Public Sector
6 6 (2.80%) Automotive
7 5 (2.34%) Aerospace
8 3 (1.40%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (0.93%) Military
10 1 (0.47%) Analytical Skills
10 1 (0.47%) Law
10 1 (0.47%) Legal
10 1 (0.47%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.47%) Wearables
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.47%) .NET
1 1 (0.47%) Flash
1 1 (0.47%) MFC
Miscellaneous
1 39 (18.22%) FPGA
2 15 (7.01%) Embedded Systems
3 10 (4.67%) VHDL
4 6 (2.80%) IoT
4 6 (2.80%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (2.34%) Analogue Electronics
6 4 (1.87%) Acoustics
6 4 (1.87%) CCTV
6 4 (1.87%) CPLD
7 3 (1.40%) EPoS
7 3 (1.40%) IPTV
7 3 (1.40%) Robotics
7 3 (1.40%) Verilog
8 2 (0.93%) ARM Cortex
8 2 (0.93%) CAN bus
8 2 (0.93%) Fibre Optics
8 2 (0.93%) SCADA
8 2 (0.93%) Tandem
9 1 (0.47%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.47%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 11 (5.14%) Linux
2 7 (3.27%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (0.47%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (11.68%) FPGA Design
2 21 (9.81%) Validation
3 19 (8.88%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (7.94%) Software Engineering
5 15 (7.01%) Schematic Capture
6 12 (5.61%) Software Testing
6 12 (5.61%) Systems Engineering
7 10 (4.67%) Business Intelligence
7 10 (4.67%) CAD
8 9 (4.21%) Verification and Validation
8 9 (4.21%) V-Model
9 8 (3.74%) Chemistry
9 8 (3.74%) Computer Science
9 8 (3.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 8 (3.74%) Kalman Filter
9 8 (3.74%) Mathematics
9 8 (3.74%) Physics
10 7 (3.27%) Bill of Materials
10 7 (3.27%) Network Design
10 7 (3.27%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (8.88%) C
2 11 (5.14%) C++
3 9 (4.21%) Embedded C
4 4 (1.87%) C#
4 4 (1.87%) Python
5 2 (0.93%) Assembly Language
5 2 (0.93%) Ladder Logic
6 1 (0.47%) Embedded C++
6 1 (0.47%) MATLAB
6 1 (0.47%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.47%) SQL
6 1 (0.47%) VB
Qualifications
1 54 (25.23%) Degree
2 22 (10.28%) Security Cleared
3 11 (5.14%) HNC
4 8 (3.74%) BPSS Clearance
4 8 (3.74%) HND
5 6 (2.80%) JNCIE
5 6 (2.80%) JNCIP
6 5 (2.34%) DV Cleared
6 5 (2.34%) SC Cleared
7 4 (1.87%) Master's Degree
7 4 (1.87%) RIBA
8 3 (1.40%) CCNP
8 3 (1.40%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.93%) CCNA
9 2 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.47%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.34%) ISO 9001
2 2 (0.93%) ISO 14001
3 1 (0.47%) IEC 61131
3 1 (0.47%) JTAG
System Software
1 36 (16.82%) Firmware
2 13 (6.07%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.47%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.47%) Ansible
1 1 (0.47%) FortiGate
1 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 16 (7.48%) EMC
2 10 (4.67%) Siemens
3 9 (4.21%) Juniper
4 7 (3.27%) SAP
4 7 (3.27%) Xilinx
5 6 (2.80%) Microsoft
5 6 (2.80%) Nokia
6 5 (2.34%) Intel
7 4 (1.87%) Cisco
8 3 (1.40%) Epicor
9 2 (0.93%) Allen-Bradley
9 2 (0.93%) Facebook
9 2 (0.93%) Rockwell
9 2 (0.93%) Sitecore
10 1 (0.47%) CA
10 1 (0.47%) Fortinet
10 1 (0.47%) VMware