Design Engineer jobs in Southampton

Live design engineer roles in Southampton, with South East salary benchmarks.

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112 live roles in Southampton

Contract Electronics Design Engineer

Southampton, Hampshire

£55 - £65/hour

Redline Group are working with an innovative business developing a next-generation industrial product for use within advanced manufacturing…

Engineering Permanent
2 weeks ago Apply now

Mechanical Design Engineer

Southampton

£28000 - £50000/annum

Mechanical Design Engineer (Building Services) Location: Southampton Area Salary: £28,000 - £50,000 The Company An established sustainability and…

Engineering Permanent
3 weeks ago Apply now

Senior Design Engineer

Southampton, Hampshire

£75000 - £80000/annum

Senior FPGA / ASIC Design Engineers - 5G & Satellite Technology Spectrum IT Recruitment is working with a cutting-edge technology business in…

Engineering Permanent
3 weeks ago Apply now

Design Engineer hiring in Southampton: the numbers

  • 112 live design engineer roles in Southampton right now.
  • Median advertised salary for design engineer roles in Southampton: £60,000; the middle half of adverts pay £52,000 to £84,500 (from 50 current adverts that state an annual salary).
  • Advertisers with the most recent openings: Trant Engineering Ltd (6), Arup (4), Close Resource Management Ltd (4), Leonardo Worldwide Corporation (4), Spectrum IT Recruitment (4).
  • 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 South East

£45,000 – £55,000 (median £50,000 · 25th–75th pct)

How this figure was built. Based on 17 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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