Project Engineer
UK

The median Project Engineer salary in the UK is £46,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 May 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
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 612 838 1013
Rank change year-on-year +226 +175 -215
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Engineer 306 155 218
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.31% 0.15% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.16% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 233 48 148
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,000 £35,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% +5.56% +20.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £57,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -5.26% +11.76% +21.43%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 93,314 94,990 150,394
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.53% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 66,914 59,752 85,367
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.49% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Project Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Engineer in the UK

Project Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Project Engineer in the UK

Project Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Engineer over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Project Engineer in the UK

Project Engineer
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 3 May 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
England +219 287 £45,000 -5.26% 250
UK excluding London +146 274 £45,000 -5.26% 259
South East +67 91 £45,000 -10.00% 54
Work from Home +99 60 £62,500 +34.41% 53
Midlands +29 58 £50,000 +11.11% 69
North of England +88 54 £54,000 +13.68% 50
South West -2 41 £37,500 -6.25% 20
London +132 32 £52,500 +2.44% 26
West Midlands +18 32 £49,000 +8.89% 36
North West +30 27 £65,000 +71.05% 23
East Midlands +9 26 £50,000 - 33
Yorkshire +87 21 £47,500 -7.32% 17
Northern Ireland - 12 £50,000 - 1
East of England +19 11 £42,500 -13.27% 34
Scotland -61 7 £45,000 -18.18% 28
North East - 6 £54,000 - 13

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

For the 6 months to 3 May 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 featuring Project Engineer in the job title.

1 76 (24.84%) Microsoft 365
2 72 (23.53%) Project Management
3 71 (23.20%) Microsoft
4 59 (19.28%) Active Directory
5 57 (18.63%) Azure
6 54 (17.65%) Degree
7 53 (17.32%) Windows
7 53 (17.32%) Problem-Solving
8 52 (16.99%) Hyper-V
9 51 (16.67%) Cisco
9 51 (16.67%) Firewall
9 51 (16.67%) VMware
10 49 (16.01%) Project Delivery
11 45 (14.71%) Social Skills
12 38 (12.42%) VMware Infrastructure
12 38 (12.42%) Windows Server
13 36 (11.76%) Microsoft Exchange
14 34 (11.11%) SharePoint
15 33 (10.78%) Cisco Certification
16 31 (10.13%) Microsoft Intune
16 31 (10.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 27 (8.82%) Microsoft Office
18 26 (8.50%) PowerShell
19 25 (8.17%) Fortinet
19 25 (8.17%) Entra ID
19 25 (8.17%) VPN
19 25 (8.17%) Customer Service
20 24 (7.84%) Palo Alto
21 23 (7.52%) DNS
21 23 (7.52%) Migration

Project Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 36 (11.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 34 (11.11%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.65%) Apache
3 2 (0.65%) CMS
3 2 (0.65%) nginx
4 1 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 27 (8.82%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (4.58%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (4.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.65%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.98%) Sage X3
2 2 (0.65%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 76 (24.84%) Microsoft 365
2 57 (18.63%) Azure
3 25 (8.17%) Entra ID
4 23 (7.52%) Power Platform
5 14 (4.58%) Power Automate
5 14 (4.58%) PowerApps
6 12 (3.92%) iTunes
7 9 (2.94%) OneDrive
8 4 (1.31%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (0.98%) AWS
10 2 (0.65%) Akamai
10 2 (0.65%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (0.65%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (0.65%) GitHub
10 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Purview
11 1 (0.33%) Dropbox
11 1 (0.33%) GCP
11 1 (0.33%) Google Drive
11 1 (0.33%) Google Sheets
11 1 (0.33%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 51 (16.67%) Firewall
2 25 (8.17%) VPN
3 23 (7.52%) DNS
4 21 (6.86%) LAN
5 17 (5.56%) DHCP
5 17 (5.56%) WAN
6 15 (4.90%) VLAN
7 13 (4.25%) Network Security
8 12 (3.92%) SSL
9 10 (3.27%) Cisco ISE
10 9 (2.94%) VoIP
11 8 (2.61%) Wireless
12 6 (1.96%) DKIM
12 6 (1.96%) DMARC
13 5 (1.63%) PBX
13 5 (1.63%) TCP/IP
14 4 (1.31%) Cisco IOS
14 4 (1.31%) IPv4
14 4 (1.31%) IPv6
14 4 (1.31%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.63%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (1.31%) Power BI
3 1 (0.33%) MySQL
3 1 (0.33%) SQL Server
General
1 45 (14.71%) Social Skills
2 31 (10.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 19 (6.21%) Finance
4 18 (5.88%) Manufacturing
5 12 (3.92%) Pharmaceutical
6 11 (3.59%) Aerospace
6 11 (3.59%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (3.59%) Retail
6 11 (3.59%) Telecoms
7 8 (2.61%) Legal
8 5 (1.63%) Automotive
9 4 (1.31%) Electronics
9 4 (1.31%) Public Sector
10 3 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.33%) Back Office
12 1 (0.33%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.65%) ARM Templates
1 2 (0.65%) Azure Blueprints
Miscellaneous
1 19 (6.21%) Driving Licence
2 17 (5.56%) Onboarding
3 13 (4.25%) Renewable Energy
4 9 (2.94%) CCTV
5 6 (1.96%) Data Centre
5 6 (1.96%) NHS
6 4 (1.31%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.31%) SCADA
7 3 (0.98%) Clustering
8 2 (0.65%) Digital Signage
8 2 (0.65%) IPTV
8 2 (0.65%) Robotics
8 2 (0.65%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.33%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.33%) IoT
9 1 (0.33%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 53 (17.32%) Windows
2 38 (12.42%) Windows Server
3 13 (4.25%) Windows 10
4 7 (2.29%) Linux
5 3 (0.98%) Windows 7
5 3 (0.98%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.65%) Android
6 2 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.33%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.33%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (23.53%) Project Management
2 53 (17.32%) Problem-Solving
3 49 (16.01%) Project Delivery
4 25 (8.17%) Customer Service
5 23 (7.52%) Migration
6 19 (6.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 19 (6.21%) ITIL
7 17 (5.56%) Presales
8 16 (5.23%) Logistics
8 16 (5.23%) Project Planning
9 15 (4.90%) Business Case
10 14 (4.58%) Line Management
11 12 (3.92%) Data Integration
12 11 (3.59%) Server Management
13 10 (3.27%) Change Control
13 10 (3.27%) Change Management
13 10 (3.27%) Software Engineering
14 9 (2.94%) ERP
15 8 (2.61%) Continuous Improvement
15 8 (2.61%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 26 (8.50%) PowerShell
2 16 (5.23%) SQL
3 12 (3.92%) C#
4 8 (2.61%) Java
4 8 (2.61%) Python
5 4 (1.31%) C
5 4 (1.31%) Ladder Logic
5 4 (1.31%) VB
5 4 (1.31%) VBA
6 2 (0.65%) Bash
6 2 (0.65%) Korn
6 2 (0.65%) PHP
Qualifications
1 54 (17.65%) Degree
2 33 (10.78%) Cisco Certification
3 21 (6.86%) CCNP
4 16 (5.23%) CCNA
5 14 (4.58%) JNCIA
5 14 (4.58%) JNCIP
6 6 (1.96%) CCIE
6 6 (1.96%) DBS Check
7 5 (1.63%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.31%) HND
9 3 (0.98%) MCP
9 3 (0.98%) MCSA
9 3 (0.98%) MCSE
9 3 (0.98%) Security Cleared
10 2 (0.65%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.65%) SC Cleared
11 1 (0.33%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (0.33%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (1.96%) ISO 9001
2 3 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (0.98%) HAZOP
3 1 (0.33%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.33%) NEBOSH
3 1 (0.33%) PMO
3 1 (0.33%) QA
3 1 (0.33%) SLA
System Software
1 59 (19.28%) Active Directory
2 52 (16.99%) Hyper-V
3 38 (12.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (2.29%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (1.63%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (1.31%) vCloud
7 2 (0.65%) Firmware
7 2 (0.65%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 31 (10.13%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (1.96%) Ansible
3 3 (0.98%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.65%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 71 (23.20%) Microsoft
2 51 (16.67%) Cisco
2 51 (16.67%) VMware
3 25 (8.17%) Fortinet
4 24 (7.84%) Palo Alto
5 19 (6.21%) Aruba
6 16 (5.23%) Citrix
7 14 (4.58%) Juniper
8 10 (3.27%) HP
9 9 (2.94%) SAP
10 8 (2.61%) Google
11 7 (2.29%) Meraki
12 6 (1.96%) QinetiQ
12 6 (1.96%) Rockwell
12 6 (1.96%) Siemens
13 5 (1.63%) WatchGuard
14 4 (1.31%) Draytek
15 3 (0.98%) NETGEAR
15 3 (0.98%) Ubiquiti
15 3 (0.98%) Veeam