Chartered Engineer Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Chartered Engineer (CEng)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for Chartered Engineer qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 18 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 - 113
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Chartered Engineer 4 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.22% - 0.10%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.48% - 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £105 - £388
South East median daily rate £303 £725 £388
% change year-on-year -58.28% +86.86% -10.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £93.38 - -
25th Percentile £94.69 - -
Median hourly rate £98.75 - -
75th Percentile £102.19 - -
90th Percentile £103.13 - -
South East median hourly rate £98.75 - £67.02
% change year-on-year - - +48.93%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Berkshire

Chartered Engineer falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 829 402 869
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 44.74% 35.77% 44.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 501 237 402
10th Percentile £303 £313 £214
25th Percentile £385 £425 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £560
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -6.17% +1.73%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £625
90th Percentile £733 £700 £688
South East median daily rate £531 £524 £550
% change year-on-year +1.35% -4.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 152 22 95
10th Percentile £31.25 £32.05 £41.50
25th Percentile £71.80 £55.31 £52.90
Median hourly rate £83.00 £72.00 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +15.28% +16.88% -6.67%
75th Percentile £88.00 £87.44 £85.65
90th Percentile £104.50 £88.87 £89.01
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £52.50 £57.35
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.46% -7.50%

Chartered Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Chartered Engineer relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Chartered Engineer job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Chartered Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Chartered Engineer.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Chartered Engineer

Chartered Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Chartered Engineer.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Chartered Engineer

Chartered Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Chartered Engineer within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 18 June 2026. 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
Reading - 4 £105 - 1
Chartered Engineer
South East

Chartered Engineer
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) AWS
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
General
1 4 (100.00%) Aerospace
2 2 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Architect
1 4 (100.00%) Enterprise Architect
2 2 (50.00%) Lead
2 2 (50.00%) Lead Architect
2 2 (50.00%) Lead Enterprise Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) ArchiMate
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 4 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 4 (100.00%) MODAF
1 4 (100.00%) SFIA
1 4 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 4 (100.00%) TOGAF
2 3 (75.00%) Architecture Governance
2 3 (75.00%) Business Strategy
2 3 (75.00%) Thought Leadership
3 2 (50.00%) Coaching
3 2 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
3 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (50.00%) Technology Roadmap
4 1 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
4 1 (25.00%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) CISSP
2 3 (75.00%) TOGAF Certification
3 2 (50.00%) AWS Certification
3 2 (50.00%) Azure Certification