Advertised pay · updated 4 October 2026

Design Engineer salary in the UK

Design Engineer roles in the UK are advertised at a median of £52,500 a year (n=205). Based on 260 adverts live on this board, 79% of which state pay. Updated 4 October 2026.

Design Engineer, median advertised salary£52,500advertised · 205 adverts stating pay · 04 Oct 2026

Middle half of adverts£42,500 – £67,500advertised · 205 adverts stating pay · 04 Oct 2026

Lowest to highest£25,000 – £166,750advertised · 205 adverts stating pay · 04 Oct 2026

Adverts stating pay205 of 26079% of live adverts · 04 Oct 2026

Advertised, not paid: these are the salaries employers stated in live job adverts. They are not a survey of what people are paid, and this site neither sets nor guarantees any rate.

How the adverts spread

The five measured points of advertised pay for Design Engineer roles across the UK.

Lowest advertised£25,000advertised · the lowest of 205 adverts stating pay · 04 Oct 2026
25th percentile£42,500advertised · a quarter of 205 adverts are below · 04 Oct 2026
Median£52,500advertised · half of 205 adverts are below · 04 Oct 2026
75th percentile£67,500advertised · three quarters of 205 adverts are below · 04 Oct 2026
Highest advertised£166,750advertised · the highest of 205 adverts stating pay · 04 Oct 2026

Five measured points from the adverts that state pay. Nothing is drawn between them, because the shape in between has not been measured.

Permanent and contract

Only adverts the feed marks as permanent or contract for Design Engineer roles across the UK, so the two samples do not add up to the headline figure.

Permanent, median advertised salary£47,500advertised · 168 adverts stating pay · 04 Oct 2026

Contract, median advertised day rate£307/dayadvertised · 36 adverts stating pay · 04 Oct 2026

Day rates are converted at 230 working days a year and annual figures back the same way, so the two are the same number in different units. An equivalent is arithmetic, not an offer.

By level

Median advertised salary at each level for Design Engineer roles across the UK, on one scale from zero.

The level comes from the words in the advert title. An advert that does not say its level counts towards the overall figure and no level.

Most recent snapshot here: 4 October 2026.

Where Design Engineer adverts pay most

Median advertised salary by city. Only cities with at least 5 adverts stating pay appear; a city left out has too few adverts to publish, not lower pay.

One scale from zero. Not adjusted for the cost of living, or for which employers happen to be hiring this month.

Design Engineer pay by sector

Median advertised salary for Design Engineer roles in each sector, UK-wide. Each sector has its own page and its own sample.

A sector shows a figure only with at least 5 adverts stating pay. An advert placed in no sector counts towards the UK figure and no sector's.

Most recent snapshot here: 4 October 2026.

Month by month

One month of snapshots for Design Engineer roles across the UK so far, so nothing to compare it with yet.

The last snapshot of each month. A month with too few adverts stating pay is left out, never carried forward.
Month	Median advertised	Basis
October 2026	£52,500	advertised · 205 adverts stating pay · 04 Oct 2026

A change between two months is a change in what is being advertised, a different mix of employers and levels, not a pay rise.

More Design Engineer pay

By city

A city shows a figure of its own only with at least five adverts stating pay.

By level

Each level has its own page and its own sample.

Compared with

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How the figure is worked out

Every live Design Engineer advert on the board is read for its stated pay, converted to a yearly figure, and recorded in a dated snapshot. Snapshots are never overwritten, which is where the month-by-month table comes from.

Adverts that state no pay (competitive, negotiable, depending on experience) are counted in the total and left out of every figure, which is why the share stating pay is printed beside the sample.

Nothing is estimated. Below 5 adverts stating pay this site publishes no figure and says how many it has. The full method.

Based on 260 adverts live on this board, 79% of which state pay. Updated 4 October 2026.