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Advertised pay · updated 4 October 2026

Senior Design Engineer salary in the UK

Senior Design Engineer roles in the UK are advertised at a median of £65,000 a year (n=25). That is 24% higher than the all-levels Design Engineer median of £52,500 (n=205). Based on 34 adverts live on this board, 74% of which state pay. Updated 4 October 2026.

Senior Design Engineer, median advertised salary£65,000advertised · 25 adverts stating pay · 04 Oct 2026
Design Engineer, every level, UK median£52,500advertised · 205 adverts stating pay · 04 Oct 2026

That is 24% higher than the all-levels Design Engineer median of £52,500 (n=205).

Middle half of adverts£54,500 – £77,500advertised · 25 adverts stating pay · 04 Oct 2026
Lowest to highest£40,800 – £126,500advertised · 25 adverts stating pay · 04 Oct 2026
Adverts stating pay25 of 3474% of live adverts · 04 Oct 2026

The two figures are two different samples of adverts. The every-level figure includes adverts that do not say their level; the level figure counts only adverts whose title does.

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 Senior Design Engineer roles across the UK.

  • Lowest advertised£40,800advertised · the lowest of 25 adverts stating pay · 04 Oct 2026
  • 25th percentile£54,500advertised · a quarter of 25 adverts are below · 04 Oct 2026
  • Median£65,000advertised · half of 25 adverts are below · 04 Oct 2026
  • 75th percentile£77,500advertised · three quarters of 25 adverts are below · 04 Oct 2026
  • Highest advertised£126,500advertised · the highest of 25 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.

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.

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How the level figure is worked out

An advert counts towards this level when the words in its title place it there and it is classified as Design Engineer. An advert whose title does not say its level counts towards the every-level figure only, and is never assigned one.

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 34 adverts live on this board, 74% of which state pay. Updated 4 October 2026.