Design Engineer jobs in Cardiff

Live design engineer roles in Cardiff, with Wales salary benchmarks.

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51 live roles in Cardiff

Senior Electrical Design Engineer

Cardiff

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A leading international engineering and design consultancy is seeking a Senior Electrical Design Engineer to join its growing Building Services team.

Hybrid Construction Permanent
4 days ago Apply on WhatJobs

Electrical Design Engineer

Cardiff

£45000 - £55000/annum

ELECTRICAL DESIGN BUILDING SERVICES ENGINEER Salary: £45,000.00-£55,000.00 A well-established Building Services Engineering Consultancy is seeking…

Construction Full-time Permanent
3 days ago Apply now

Geotechnical Design Engineer

Cardiff

£40000 - £55000/annum

Geotechnical Design Engineer Cardiff £40,000 to £55,000 per Annum Permanent Opportunity Are you looking for a role at an established…

Engineering Full-time Permanent
2 weeks ago Apply now

Design Engineer hiring in Cardiff: the numbers

  • 51 live design engineer roles in Cardiff right now.
  • Median advertised salary for design engineer roles in Cardiff: £72,500; the middle half of adverts pay £65,000 to £80,000 (from 27 current adverts that state an annual salary).
  • Advertisers with the most recent openings: Arcadis (12), WSP in the UK & Ireland (10), Hays (4), Stantec (4), Arup (3).
  • Newest advert posted 5 November 2026.

Counted from the adverts on this board, refreshed hourly. Advertised pay is what employers state, not a market survey.

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Design Engineer salary in Wales

£36,500 – £47,500 (indicative · midpoint £39,000)

How this figure was built. Based on 5 live advertised salaries for this role and region. That is below the 20 we require before publishing 25th/75th percentiles, so this cell shows a median only.

Methodology: medians reconcile live advertised UK salaries for this role and region; 25th–75th percentiles are shown only where at least 5 live salaried listings back them. They are measured or omitted, never interpolated. Rows marked indicative are anchored to our curated 2026 baseline ranges until enough live data accrues. Listings advertising an implausible annual figure (a mislabelled hourly or daily rate) are excluded rather than converted, because converting one means guessing the hours behind it.

Market view. Sector and toolchain drive pay: special-purpose machinery, defence and energy design roles pay above general fabrication drawing-office work. Chartership (CEng via IMechE or IET) and ownership of designs from concept through validation are the strongest levers.
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