17 Lead Design Engineer jobs in the UK

Design Engineer adverts whose title marks them “Lead”, “Principal” or “Staff”. Design engineers turn a civil engineering scheme into drawings, models and calculations — roads, drainage, earthworks, utilities and temporary works — to the standards it will be built and checked against.

Advertised median, Lead Design Engineer£70,000advertised · 15 adverts stating pay · 04 Oct 2026
Adverts stating pay88%15 of 17 live adverts · 04 Oct 2026

Based on 17 live adverts, 88% of which state pay. Worked out 4 October 2026 from the live adverts this page lists. These are advertised salaries taken from live job adverts, not a survey of what people are paid.

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Live adverts

17 live, most recently posted first.

  1. £40,000 – £60,000
    Location: HuddersfieldTags: Permanent · Lead
    Posted
  2. £63,000 – £68,000
    Location: Marden, KentTags: Permanent · Lead
    Posted

What these adverts pay

Lead Design Engineer adverts across the UK: median advertised salary £70,000. The middle half of those adverts sit between £67,750 and £74,500.

Based on 17 live adverts, 88% of which state pay. Worked out 4 October 2026 from the live adverts this page lists. These are advertised salaries taken from live job adverts, not a survey of what people are paid.

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Each number is the live advert count that the linked page itself shows.

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