Project Engineer Contracts in the UK excluding London

Project Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Project Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £390 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 369 417 478
Rank change year-on-year +48 +61 -48
Contract jobs requiring a Project Engineer 31 21 46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.15% 0.092% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.098% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 14 26
10th Percentile £200 £233 £250
25th Percentile £259 £267 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £390 £313 £375
Median % change year-on-year +24.80% -16.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £447 £416 £402
90th Percentile £525 £517 £438
UK median daily rate £305 £375 £375
% change year-on-year -18.80% - +15.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 1
10th Percentile - £26.78 -
25th Percentile £30.70 £33.62 £25.50
Median hourly rate £31.80 £45.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.33% +73.08% -38.82%
75th Percentile £51.45 £51.38 £26.50
90th Percentile £62.58 £55.21 -
UK median hourly rate £31.80 £45.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -29.33% +73.08% -38.82%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,247 21,469 29,158
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.41% 94.25% 95.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,616 14,937 20,515
10th Percentile £213 £225 £206
25th Percentile £363 £390 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +10.21%
75th Percentile £594 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,422 1,085 1,398
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.03 £14.91
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £45.20
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.50 £61.50
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year -16.67% +83.67% +12.28%

Project Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Project Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Project Engineer in the UK excluding London

Project Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Project Engineer in the UK excluding London

Project Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Engineer in the UK excluding London

Project Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Project Engineer in the UK excluding London

Project Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Engineer in the UK excluding London

Project Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +11 7 £365 +22.28% 39
Scotland +42 6 £450 +5.88% 34
North of England +28 6 £390 - 56
Midlands +22 6 £200 -33.33% 60
West Midlands +12 5 £200 -33.33% 32
North West +24 4 £347 - 25
East of England +7 3 - - 21
South West +4 2 £543 +40.00% 49
North East - 1 - - 9
Yorkshire - 1 £413 - 22
East Midlands - 1 - - 28
Northern Ireland - 1 - -
Project Engineer
UK

Project Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Project Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Project Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (22.58%) Project Management
2 5 (16.13%) Finance
2 5 (16.13%) Security Cleared
3 4 (12.90%) FMCG
3 4 (12.90%) PKI
4 3 (9.68%) Juniper
4 3 (9.68%) MPLS
4 3 (9.68%) BGP
4 3 (9.68%) WAN
4 3 (9.68%) VPN
4 3 (9.68%) Automotive
4 3 (9.68%) Manufacturing
4 3 (9.68%) IPsec
4 3 (9.68%) OpenUP
4 3 (9.68%) Junos
4 3 (9.68%) Degree
4 3 (9.68%) Load Balancing
5 2 (6.45%) WFM
5 2 (6.45%) Agile
5 2 (6.45%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (6.45%) Azure
5 2 (6.45%) AWS
5 2 (6.45%) MegaStream
5 2 (6.45%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (6.45%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (6.45%) Minimum Viable Product
5 2 (6.45%) Power BI
5 2 (6.45%) User Experience
5 2 (6.45%) Mobile Development
5 2 (6.45%) Power Platform

Project Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.23%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.45%) AWS
1 2 (6.45%) Azure
1 2 (6.45%) Power Platform
1 2 (6.45%) SAP Fieldglass
2 1 (3.23%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.68%) BGP
1 3 (9.68%) IPsec
1 3 (9.68%) Junos
1 3 (9.68%) MPLS
1 3 (9.68%) VPN
1 3 (9.68%) WAN
2 2 (6.45%) MegaStream
3 1 (3.23%) DNS
3 1 (3.23%) Firewall
3 1 (3.23%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (3.23%) TCP/IP
3 1 (3.23%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.45%) Power BI
General
1 5 (16.13%) Finance
2 3 (9.68%) Automotive
2 3 (9.68%) Manufacturing
3 2 (6.45%) Social Skills
4 1 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.23%) Aviation
4 1 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.90%) FMCG
1 4 (12.90%) PKI
2 1 (3.23%) CCTV
2 1 (3.23%) Enterprise Storage
2 1 (3.23%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.23%) Windows
1 1 (3.23%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (22.58%) Project Management
2 3 (9.68%) Load Balancing
2 3 (9.68%) OpenUP
3 2 (6.45%) Agile
3 2 (6.45%) Business Case
3 2 (6.45%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (6.45%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (6.45%) Impact Assessments
3 2 (6.45%) Minimum Viable Product
3 2 (6.45%) Mobile Development
3 2 (6.45%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (6.45%) Project Delivery
3 2 (6.45%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (6.45%) User Experience
3 2 (6.45%) WFM
4 1 (3.23%) Budget Management
4 1 (3.23%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (3.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (3.23%) Migration
4 1 (3.23%) PRINCE2
Qualifications
1 5 (16.13%) Security Cleared
2 3 (9.68%) Degree
3 1 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.23%) DV Cleared
3 1 (3.23%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.23%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 1 (3.23%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.23%) Hyper-V
1 1 (3.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (3.23%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 3 (9.68%) Juniper
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.23%) VMware