Design Engineer jobs in Edinburgh

Live design engineer roles in Edinburgh, with Scotland salary benchmarks.

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150 live roles in Edinburgh

Design Engineer hiring in Edinburgh: the numbers

  • 150 live design engineer roles in Edinburgh right now.
  • Median advertised salary for design engineer roles in Edinburgh: £67,500; the middle half of adverts pay £50,000 to £80,500 (from 52 current adverts that state an annual salary).
  • Advertisers with the most recent openings: Cirrus Logic (15), RSE (6), Aldwych Consulting (5), Cirrus (5), Tetra Tech Europe (5).
  • Newest advert posted 13 October 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 Scotland

£53,125 – £68,125 (median £62,500 · 25th–75th pct)

How this figure was built. Based on 6 live advertised salaries for this role and region.

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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