Project Engineer Contracts in Fife

Project Engineer
Scotland > Fife

The median Project Engineer daily rate in Fife is £472, 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 6 2 5
Rank change year-on-year -4 +3 -
Contract jobs requiring a Project Engineer 1 5 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Fife 10.00% 38.46% 14.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.11% 38.46% 15.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £227
25th Percentile £461 - £260
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £472 - £315
75th Percentile £483 - £370
90th Percentile - - £403
Scotland median daily rate £325 £450 £315
% change year-on-year -27.78% +42.86% -30.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Fife

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Fife. 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 Fife with a recognized job title 9 13 13
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.00% 100.00% 92.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 10
10th Percentile £150 £251 £159
25th Percentile £202 £289 £161
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £294 £365 £175
Median % change year-on-year -19.59% +108.57% -57.58%
75th Percentile £391 £425 £201
90th Percentile £446 £435 £446
Scotland median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +4.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
Median hourly rate £18.51 £21.64 £59.03
Median % change year-on-year -14.46% -63.34% +16.27%
Scotland median hourly rate £20.94 £33.25 £23.18
% change year-on-year -37.02% +43.44% -10.53%

Project Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Fife

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Engineer in Fife

Project Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Fife

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

Daily rate trend for Project Engineer in Fife

Project Engineer Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Fife

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 Fife region featuring Project Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) SCADA
1 1 (100.00%) IEC 61508
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Contract Management
1 1 (100.00%) Industrial Internet of Things
1 1 (100.00%) Industry 4.0
1 1 (100.00%) Smart Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology

Project Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Fife 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Industrial Internet of Things
1 1 (100.00%) Industry 4.0
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (100.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Contract Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Smart Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) IEC 61508