Design Engineer jobs in Peterborough

Live design engineer roles in Peterborough, with East of England salary benchmarks.

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81 live roles in Peterborough

Electrical Design Engineer

Stanground, Peterborough

£40000 - £55000/annum + Bonus, + Overtime, + Benefits

Electrical Design Engineer Concept Electrical Design - MCCs System Integrator Office-based - Peterborough, UK £40.000 - £55.000 + Bonus + Overtime +…

Engineering Full-time Permanent
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Design Engineer

Peterborough

£53,000–£76,000

Are you an experienced Design Engineer with a background in engine systems, mechanical design or emissions technology?

Engineering
1 week ago Apply on WhatJobs

Design Engineer hiring in Peterborough: the numbers

  • 81 live design engineer roles in Peterborough right now.
  • Median advertised salary for design engineer roles in Peterborough: £75,000; the middle half of adverts pay £65,000 to £77,500 (from 55 current adverts that state an annual salary).
  • Advertisers with the most recent openings: IC Resources (8), Intellectual Capital Resources Ltd (8), 83zero Ltd (4), Rise Technical Recruitment (4), Seismic Recruitment (4).
  • Newest advert posted 3 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 East of England

£49,000 – £57,500 (indicative · midpoint £52,500)

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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