Project Engineer Contracts in England

Project Engineer
UK > England

The median Project Engineer daily rate in England is £240, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 452 503 619
Rank change year-on-year +51 +116 +103
Contract jobs requiring a Project Engineer 33 39 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.14% 0.10% 0.067%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.11% 0.071%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 22 26
10th Percentile £173 £213 £242
25th Percentile £220 £215 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £240 £280 £388
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -27.74% +3.33%
75th Percentile £344 £433 £628
90th Percentile £518 £623 £750
UK median daily rate £240 £280 £388
% change year-on-year -14.29% -27.74% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 3
10th Percentile - - £26.78
25th Percentile - £30.70 £33.62
Median hourly rate £55.00 £31.80 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +72.96% -29.33% +73.08%
75th Percentile - £51.45 £51.38
90th Percentile - £62.58 £55.21
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £31.80 £45.00
% change year-on-year +72.96% -29.33% +110.16%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Project Engineer in England

Project Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Engineer in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Engineer in England

Project Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Engineer in England

Project 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 Project Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
London +30 12 £240 -14.29% 33
South East +51 11 £239 +3.88% 45
South West +48 4 £513 -5.53% 31
North of England +20 4 - - 54
North West +19 4 - - 22
East of England +28 1 £300 - 21
Midlands +18 1 £80 -60.00% 41
West Midlands +11 1 £80 -60.00% 24
Project Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 England region featuring Project Engineer in the job title.

1 15 (45.45%) Project Management
2 13 (39.39%) Structured Cabling
2 13 (39.39%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (36.36%) Cybersecurity
3 12 (36.36%) Social Skills
4 10 (30.30%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (24.24%) Public Sector
7 7 (21.21%) Kafka
7 7 (21.21%) Analytics
7 7 (21.21%) Security Cleared
7 7 (21.21%) Risk Management
8 6 (18.18%) Microsoft
8 6 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
8 6 (18.18%) Integration Testing
8 6 (18.18%) VMware
8 6 (18.18%) Software Testing
8 6 (18.18%) Degree
8 6 (18.18%) Data Analytics
8 6 (18.18%) MongoDB
8 6 (18.18%) SC Cleared
8 6 (18.18%) Systems Engineering
8 6 (18.18%) API Integration
8 6 (18.18%) Def Stans
9 5 (15.15%) Driving Licence
9 5 (15.15%) Line Management
10 4 (12.12%) GCP
10 4 (12.12%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (12.12%) Customer Service
10 4 (12.12%) Project Delivery

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 1 (3.03%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 4 (12.12%) GCP
2 1 (3.03%) dbt
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 13 (39.39%) Structured Cabling
2 4 (12.12%) DHCP
2 4 (12.12%) DNS
2 4 (12.12%) TCP/IP
2 4 (12.12%) VPN
3 2 (6.06%) WAN
4 1 (3.03%) 4G
4 1 (3.03%) 5G
4 1 (3.03%) Firewall
4 1 (3.03%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (3.03%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (3.03%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (18.18%) MongoDB
2 1 (3.03%) Data Vault
General
1 12 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 9 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (24.24%) Public Sector
4 4 (12.12%) French Language
4 4 (12.12%) Manufacturing
5 3 (9.09%) Aviation
5 3 (9.09%) Finance
5 3 (9.09%) Telecoms
6 2 (6.06%) Electronics
6 2 (6.06%) Marketing
7 1 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (21.21%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 5 (15.15%) Driving Licence
2 4 (12.12%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (12.12%) Management Information System
3 3 (9.09%) CCTV
4 2 (6.06%) FMCG
4 2 (6.06%) NHS
4 2 (6.06%) Operational Technology
5 1 (3.03%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.12%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (45.45%) Project Management
2 13 (39.39%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (36.36%) Cybersecurity
4 10 (30.30%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (21.21%) Analytics
5 7 (21.21%) Risk Management
6 6 (18.18%) API Integration
6 6 (18.18%) Data Analytics
6 6 (18.18%) Integration Testing
6 6 (18.18%) Software Testing
6 6 (18.18%) Systems Engineering
7 5 (15.15%) Line Management
8 4 (12.12%) Computer Science
8 4 (12.12%) Customer Service
8 4 (12.12%) Programme Management
8 4 (12.12%) Project Delivery
8 4 (12.12%) Project Planning
8 4 (12.12%) Service Delivery
8 4 (12.12%) Service Management
8 4 (12.12%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.03%) Java
1 1 (3.03%) Python
1 1 (3.03%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (21.21%) Security Cleared
2 6 (18.18%) Degree
2 6 (18.18%) SC Cleared
3 4 (12.12%) A+ Certification
3 4 (12.12%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (3.03%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (18.18%) Def Stans
2 4 (12.12%) QA
System Software
1 6 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 6 (18.18%) Microsoft
1 6 (18.18%) VMware
2 4 (12.12%) Google
3 2 (6.06%) SAP
4 1 (3.03%) BMC
4 1 (3.03%) BT
4 1 (3.03%) Ericsson
4 1 (3.03%) NEC
4 1 (3.03%) Nokia
4 1 (3.03%) Oracle
4 1 (3.03%) Remedy