Project Engineer Jobs in England

Project Engineer
UK > England

The median Project Engineer salary in England is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

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

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 557 796 956
Rank change year-on-year +239 +160 -185
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Engineer 286 148 188
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.34% 0.16% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.17% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 222 44 125
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,500 £31,450
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,688 £35,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +11.76% +13.33%
75th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £47,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £56,250
UK median annual salary £46,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -2.11% +5.56% +20.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 80,360 84,735 126,842
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.46% 91.51% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 60,202 53,671 75,665
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,160 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,567 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% +0.95% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,225 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,750 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.08% - +9.09%

Project Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Engineer in England

Project Engineer
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Project Engineer in England.

Salary trend for Project Engineer in England

Project Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Engineer in England over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Project Engineer in England

Project Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 29 April 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +66 91 £45,000 -10.00% 58
Midlands +29 58 £50,000 +11.11% 52
North of England +66 53 £54,000 +13.68% 53
South West +5 40 £37,500 -6.25% 18
London +138 32 £52,500 +2.44% 27
West Midlands +32 32 £49,000 +8.89% 31
North West +29 27 £65,000 +71.05% 19
East Midlands 0 26 £50,000 - 21
Yorkshire +97 20 £47,500 -7.32% 24
East of England +19 12 £42,500 -13.27% 31
North East - 6 £54,000 - 14
Project Engineer
UK

Project Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 29 April 2024, Project Engineer 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 permanent job ads across the England region featuring Project Engineer in the job title.

1 76 (26.57%) Microsoft 365
2 68 (23.78%) Microsoft
3 64 (22.38%) Project Management
4 59 (20.63%) Active Directory
5 57 (19.93%) Azure
6 53 (18.53%) Windows
7 52 (18.18%) Hyper-V
8 51 (17.83%) VMware
9 50 (17.48%) Firewall
9 50 (17.48%) Cisco
10 49 (17.13%) Project Delivery
11 46 (16.08%) Problem-Solving
12 43 (15.03%) Social Skills
12 43 (15.03%) Degree
13 37 (12.94%) VMware Infrastructure
13 37 (12.94%) Windows Server
13 37 (12.94%) Microsoft Exchange
14 35 (12.24%) SharePoint
15 32 (11.19%) Cisco Certification
15 32 (11.19%) Microsoft Intune
16 27 (9.44%) PowerShell
17 25 (8.74%) Fortinet
17 25 (8.74%) VPN
17 25 (8.74%) Microsoft Office
17 25 (8.74%) Entra ID
17 25 (8.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 25 (8.74%) Customer Service
18 24 (8.39%) Palo Alto
19 23 (8.04%) Migration
19 23 (8.04%) DNS

Project Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 37 (12.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 35 (12.24%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.70%) Apache
3 2 (0.70%) CMS
3 2 (0.70%) nginx
4 1 (0.35%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 25 (8.74%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.35%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.05%) Sage X3
2 2 (0.70%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 76 (26.57%) Microsoft 365
2 57 (19.93%) Azure
3 25 (8.74%) Entra ID
4 23 (8.04%) Power Platform
5 14 (4.90%) Power Automate
5 14 (4.90%) PowerApps
6 12 (4.20%) iTunes
7 10 (3.50%) OneDrive
8 4 (1.40%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (1.05%) AWS
10 2 (0.70%) Akamai
10 2 (0.70%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (0.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (0.70%) GitHub
10 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Purview
11 1 (0.35%) Dropbox
11 1 (0.35%) GCP
11 1 (0.35%) Google Drive
11 1 (0.35%) Google Sheets
11 1 (0.35%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 50 (17.48%) Firewall
2 25 (8.74%) VPN
3 23 (8.04%) DNS
4 21 (7.34%) LAN
5 17 (5.94%) DHCP
5 17 (5.94%) WAN
6 16 (5.59%) VLAN
7 13 (4.55%) Network Security
8 12 (4.20%) SSL
9 10 (3.50%) Cisco ISE
10 9 (3.15%) VoIP
11 8 (2.80%) Wireless
12 6 (2.10%) DKIM
12 6 (2.10%) DMARC
12 6 (2.10%) TCP/IP
13 5 (1.75%) PBX
14 4 (1.40%) IPv4
14 4 (1.40%) IPv6
14 4 (1.40%) MPLS
14 4 (1.40%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.10%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (1.40%) Power BI
3 1 (0.35%) MySQL
3 1 (0.35%) SQL Server
General
1 43 (15.03%) Social Skills
2 25 (8.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 17 (5.94%) Finance
4 12 (4.20%) Manufacturing
5 11 (3.85%) Aerospace
5 11 (3.85%) Telecoms
6 10 (3.50%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (1.75%) Automotive
7 5 (1.75%) Legal
7 5 (1.75%) Retail
8 4 (1.40%) Electronics
8 4 (1.40%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.70%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.35%) Back Office
11 1 (0.35%) Games
11 1 (0.35%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.70%) ARM Templates
1 2 (0.70%) Azure Blueprints
Miscellaneous
1 18 (6.29%) Driving Licence
2 17 (5.94%) Onboarding
3 11 (3.85%) Renewable Energy
4 9 (3.15%) CCTV
5 6 (2.10%) Data Centre
5 6 (2.10%) NHS
6 4 (1.40%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.40%) SCADA
7 3 (1.05%) Clustering
8 2 (0.70%) Digital Signage
8 2 (0.70%) IPTV
8 2 (0.70%) Robotics
8 2 (0.70%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.35%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.35%) IoT
9 1 (0.35%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 53 (18.53%) Windows
2 37 (12.94%) Windows Server
3 14 (4.90%) Windows 10
4 7 (2.45%) Linux
5 3 (1.05%) Windows 7
5 3 (1.05%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (1.05%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.70%) Android
7 1 (0.35%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.35%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (22.38%) Project Management
2 49 (17.13%) Project Delivery
3 46 (16.08%) Problem-Solving
4 25 (8.74%) Customer Service
5 23 (8.04%) Migration
6 18 (6.29%) ITIL
6 18 (6.29%) Presales
7 17 (5.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 16 (5.59%) Project Planning
9 15 (5.24%) Logistics
10 13 (4.55%) Business Case
10 13 (4.55%) Line Management
11 12 (4.20%) Data Integration
12 11 (3.85%) Server Management
13 10 (3.50%) ERP
13 10 (3.50%) Software Engineering
14 9 (3.15%) Change Management
15 8 (2.80%) Change Control
15 8 (2.80%) Continuous Improvement
15 8 (2.80%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 27 (9.44%) PowerShell
2 16 (5.59%) SQL
3 12 (4.20%) C#
4 8 (2.80%) Java
4 8 (2.80%) Python
5 4 (1.40%) C
5 4 (1.40%) Ladder Logic
5 4 (1.40%) VB
5 4 (1.40%) VBA
6 2 (0.70%) Bash
6 2 (0.70%) Korn
6 2 (0.70%) PHP
Qualifications
1 43 (15.03%) Degree
2 32 (11.19%) Cisco Certification
3 21 (7.34%) CCNP
4 15 (5.24%) CCNA
5 14 (4.90%) JNCIA
5 14 (4.90%) JNCIP
6 6 (2.10%) CCIE
6 6 (2.10%) DBS Check
7 5 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.40%) HND
8 4 (1.40%) Security Cleared
9 3 (1.05%) MCP
9 3 (1.05%) MCSA
9 3 (1.05%) MCSE
10 2 (0.70%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.70%) SC Cleared
11 1 (0.35%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (0.35%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.35%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.45%) ISO 9001
2 3 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (1.05%) HAZOP
3 1 (0.35%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.35%) PMO
3 1 (0.35%) SLA
System Software
1 59 (20.63%) Active Directory
2 52 (18.18%) Hyper-V
3 37 (12.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (2.45%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (1.75%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (1.40%) vCloud
7 2 (0.70%) Firmware
7 2 (0.70%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 32 (11.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (2.10%) Ansible
3 3 (1.05%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.70%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 68 (23.78%) Microsoft
2 51 (17.83%) VMware
3 50 (17.48%) Cisco
4 25 (8.74%) Fortinet
5 24 (8.39%) Palo Alto
6 19 (6.64%) Aruba
7 16 (5.59%) Citrix
8 14 (4.90%) Juniper
9 9 (3.15%) HP
9 9 (3.15%) SAP
10 7 (2.45%) Meraki
11 6 (2.10%) QinetiQ
11 6 (2.10%) Rockwell
11 6 (2.10%) Siemens
12 5 (1.75%) WatchGuard
13 4 (1.40%) Draytek
14 3 (1.05%) Apple
14 3 (1.05%) NETGEAR
14 3 (1.05%) Sage
14 3 (1.05%) Ubiquiti