Chartered Engineer Contracts in England

Chartered Engineer (CEng)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Chartered Engineer qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 22 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 502 529 588
Rank change year-on-year +27 +59 +157
Contract jobs citing Chartered Engineer 5 16 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.018% 0.045% 0.079%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.059% 0.15% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 12 15
10th Percentile - £350 £513
25th Percentile £713 £388 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £525 £610
Median % change year-on-year +38.10% -13.93% +27.81%
75th Percentile £738 £591 £700
90th Percentile - £614 -
UK median daily rate £725 £525 £610
% change year-on-year +38.10% -13.93% +7.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 16
10th Percentile £50.30 £41.74 £40.15
25th Percentile £59.75 £42.48 £42.50
Median hourly rate £67.50 £44.34 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +52.23% -3.98% +2.62%
75th Percentile £73.19 £45.57 £60.32
90th Percentile £78.93 £45.94 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £46.25 £44.34 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.31% -31.78% +44.44%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 8,451 10,832 12,827
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.95% 30.63% 27.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,334 6,836 8,453
10th Percentile £283 £313 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +2.33%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £715 £738 £745
UK median daily rate £523 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.48% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 615 884 630
10th Percentile £18.13 £14.48 £15.48
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.25 £25.75
Median hourly rate £25.30 £43.00 £56.45
Median % change year-on-year -41.16% -23.82% +34.39%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £76.25 £77.50 £82.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £57.33
% change year-on-year -41.51% -25.00% +27.51%

Chartered Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Chartered Engineer as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Chartered Engineer in England

Chartered Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Chartered Engineer in England.

Daily rate trend for Chartered Engineer in England

Chartered Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Chartered Engineer in England.

Hourly rate trend for Chartered Engineer in England

Chartered Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Chartered Engineer in England over the 6 months to 22 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Chartered Engineer in England

Chartered Engineer
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 22 July 2025. 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 West +38 3 - - 17
South East +35 1 £725 - 29
Midlands - 1 - - 13
West Midlands - 1 - - 7
Chartered Engineer
UK

Chartered Engineer
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:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) AutoCAD
1 1 (20.00%) Revit
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (20.00%) Structured Cabling
General
1 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Communications Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Electrical Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Mechanical Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Process Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Programme Director
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Communications Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Mechanical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Fibre Optics
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (40.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Cost Control
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) Information Management
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL
2 1 (20.00%) Line Management
2 1 (20.00%) Programme Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Quality Management
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Degree
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) HND
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
3 1 (20.00%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) HAZOP
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Functional Safety