Design Engineer jobs in Wakefield

Live design engineer roles in Wakefield, with Yorkshire salary benchmarks.

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22 live roles in Wakefield

Senior Design Engineer

Wakefield

£54,000–£66,000

Join a world-leading, long-established British engineering company specialising in high-speed, precision automated machinery and specialised…

Hybrid Engineering Permanent
2 hours ago Apply on WhatJobs

Design Engineer

Pontefract, City and Borough of Wakefield

£35000/annum

Our client based in the Pontefract area are looking for a Design Engineer to joint their well-established engineering team. The successful candidate…

Engineering Full-time Permanent
3 hours ago Apply now

Mechanical Design Engineer

Wakefield, West Yorkshire

£50000 - £55000/annum

With a workforce of over 500 employees across four state-of-the-art facilities in Europe and North America, this dynamic engineering group delivers…

Engineering Full-time Permanent
3 days ago Apply now

Senior Design Engineer

Wakefield, West Yorkshire

£45000 - £60000/annum

Position: Senior Design Engineer Salary: £45,000 - £60,000 depending on experience Location: Wakefield, West Yorkshire Senior Design Engineer…

Engineering Full-time Permanent
1 week ago Apply now

Design Engineer

Wakefield, West Yorkshire

£35000 - £45000/annum

White Label is working with an established engineering and manufacturing business in Wakefield who require an additional Design Engineer for their…

Engineering Full-time Permanent
2 weeks ago Apply now

Electrical Design Engineer

Wakefield, West Yorkshire

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Electrical Design Engineer Location: Leeds Area Salary: Up to £55,000 + Car Allowance + Comprehensive Benefits Package About the Company Our client…

Hybrid Construction Full-time Permanent
2 weeks ago Apply now

Senior Electrical Design Engineer

Wakefield, West Yorkshire

£50000 - £55000/annum Bonus

With a workforce of over 500 employees across four state-of-the-art facilities in Europe and North America, this dynamic engineering group delivers…

Engineering Full-time Permanent
3 weeks ago Apply now

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

Pontefract, City and Borough of Wakefield

£50000 - £65000/annum Dependent on experience

Mechanical & Automation Design Engineer – Bespoke Robotics & Automation An established engineering company known for delivering tailored automation…

Engineering Full-time Permanent
3 weeks ago Apply now

Design Engineer hiring in Wakefield: the numbers

  • 22 live design engineer roles in Wakefield right now.
  • Median advertised salary for design engineer roles in Wakefield: £65,000; the middle half of adverts pay £60,000 to £74,000 (from 10 current adverts that state an annual salary).
  • Advertisers with the most recent openings: Deploy Recruitment Group (4), Ernest Gordon Recruitment (3), Bennett and Game Recruitment LTD (2), Job Advert (2), Calibre Search (1).
  • 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 Yorkshire

£35,000 – £50,000 (indicative · midpoint £42,500)

How this figure was built. No live advertised salaries back this figure yet. It is the midpoint of our curated 2026 baseline range for the 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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