Design Engineer Jobs in the Midlands

Design Engineer
England > Midlands

The median Design Engineer salary in the Midlands is £43,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 June 2024.

The table below provides salary 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 303 278 354
Rank change year-on-year -25 +76 -79
Permanent jobs requiring a Design Engineer 34 35 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.24% 0.41% 0.061%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% 0.46% 0.064%
Number of salaries quoted 32 17 5
10th Percentile - £36,500 £27,350
25th Percentile £37,500 £48,750 £28,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,750 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -8.70% +2.22%
75th Percentile £54,375 £64,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £68,750 £69,250
England median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% -7.69% +18.18%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 13,136 7,600 10,922
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.06% 89.52% 94.89%
Number of salaries quoted 9,366 4,493 7,086
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,750 £27,750
25th Percentile £34,834 £37,500 £37,400
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +9.89%
75th Percentile £60,741 £67,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%

Design Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Design Engineer in the Midlands

Design Engineer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Design Engineer in the Midlands

Design Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Design Engineer in the Midlands over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Design Engineer in the Midlands

Design Engineer
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Design Engineer within the Midlands 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East Midlands -20 21 £40,000 - 45
West Midlands -34 9 £80,000 +52.38% 52
Design Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 11 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 across the Midlands region featuring Design Engineer in the job title.

1 14 (41.18%) Manufacturing
2 12 (35.29%) C
3 11 (32.35%) Electronics
3 11 (32.35%) Firmware
3 11 (32.35%) Degree
4 10 (29.41%) FPGA
4 10 (29.41%) Software Testing
5 9 (26.47%) Linux
6 8 (23.53%) Embedded C
6 8 (23.53%) C++
7 7 (20.59%) DVB
7 7 (20.59%) Embedded Linux
7 7 (20.59%) VHDL
7 7 (20.59%) Computer Science
7 7 (20.59%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (20.59%) Social Skills
8 6 (17.65%) Network Design
8 6 (17.65%) JNCIP
8 6 (17.65%) JNCIE
8 6 (17.65%) MPLS
8 6 (17.65%) BGP
8 6 (17.65%) Juniper
8 6 (17.65%) Nokia
9 5 (14.71%) HNC
9 5 (14.71%) Software Engineering
10 4 (11.76%) HND
10 4 (11.76%) EMC
10 4 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
10 4 (11.76%) EPLAN
10 4 (11.76%) Customer Service

Design Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (5.88%) WinCC
Applications
1 4 (11.76%) EPLAN
2 3 (8.82%) AutoCAD
2 3 (8.82%) Autodesk Inventor
2 3 (8.82%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (8.82%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 7 (20.59%) DVB
2 6 (17.65%) BGP
2 6 (17.65%) MPLS
3 2 (5.88%) Ethernet
3 2 (5.88%) Modbus
3 2 (5.88%) Profibus
4 1 (2.94%) Bluetooth
4 1 (2.94%) Wireless
4 1 (2.94%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.82%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Git
1 1 (2.94%) JIRA
1 1 (2.94%) Visual Studio
General
1 14 (41.18%) Manufacturing
2 11 (32.35%) Electronics
3 7 (20.59%) Social Skills
4 3 (8.82%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.94%) Automotive
5 1 (2.94%) Finance
5 1 (2.94%) Law
5 1 (2.94%) Marketing
5 1 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.94%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.94%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.94%) .NET
1 1 (2.94%) MFC
Miscellaneous
1 10 (29.41%) FPGA
2 7 (20.59%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (20.59%) VHDL
3 3 (8.82%) Robotics
4 2 (5.88%) CPLD
4 2 (5.88%) SCADA
5 1 (2.94%) ARM Cortex
5 1 (2.94%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 9 (26.47%) Linux
2 7 (20.59%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (29.41%) Software Testing
2 7 (20.59%) Computer Science
3 6 (17.65%) Network Design
4 5 (14.71%) Software Engineering
5 4 (11.76%) Budget Management
5 4 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (11.76%) Customer Service
6 3 (8.82%) CAD
6 3 (8.82%) Schematic Capture
7 2 (5.88%) Code Quality
7 2 (5.88%) Mentoring
7 2 (5.88%) Technical Leadership
8 1 (2.94%) Customer Experience
8 1 (2.94%) Digital Marketing
8 1 (2.94%) Fault Analysis
8 1 (2.94%) Feasibility Study
8 1 (2.94%) Programme Management
8 1 (2.94%) Regulatory Compliance
8 1 (2.94%) User Experience
8 1 (2.94%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 12 (35.29%) C
2 8 (23.53%) C++
2 8 (23.53%) Embedded C
3 2 (5.88%) Ladder Logic
3 2 (5.88%) Python
4 1 (2.94%) Assembly Language
4 1 (2.94%) C#
4 1 (2.94%) SQL
4 1 (2.94%) VB
Qualifications
1 11 (32.35%) Degree
2 6 (17.65%) JNCIE
2 6 (17.65%) JNCIP
3 5 (14.71%) HNC
4 4 (11.76%) HND
System Software
1 11 (32.35%) Firmware
2 3 (8.82%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (2.94%) Ansible
Vendors
1 6 (17.65%) Juniper
1 6 (17.65%) Nokia
2 4 (11.76%) EMC
3 2 (5.88%) Rockwell
3 2 (5.88%) Siemens
3 2 (5.88%) Sitecore
4 1 (2.94%) CA
4 1 (2.94%) SAP
4 1 (2.94%) Xilinx