Chartered Engineer Contract Job Trends in London

Chartered Engineer (CEng)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Chartered Engineer qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 24 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 440 360 384
Rank change year-on-year -80 +24 +58
Contract jobs citing Chartered Engineer 5 1 4
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.025% 0.007% 0.025%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.087% 0.028% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile £486 - -
25th Percentile £540 - £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £630 - £375
Median % change year-on-year - - -21.05%
75th Percentile - - £447
90th Percentile - - £531
England median daily rate £600 £650 £525
% change year-on-year -7.69% +23.81% -4.55%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5,760 3,581 3,975
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.29% 26.57% 24.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,159 2,406 2,565
10th Percentile £371 £358 £350
25th Percentile £457 £445 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% - -2.27%
75th Percentile £650 £652 £650
90th Percentile £732 £738 £766
England median daily rate £530 £525 £535
% change year-on-year +0.95% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 80 59
10th Percentile £19.50 £18.87 £18.08
25th Percentile £26.25 - £24.17
Median hourly rate £54.00 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +114.71% -28.14% -26.32%
75th Percentile £85.00 £35.94 £56.75
90th Percentile £155.00 £65.00 £72.00
England median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £54.00
% change year-on-year +108.75% -53.43% +0.24%

Chartered Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Chartered Engineer job vacancy trend in London

Chartered Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Chartered Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Chartered Engineer
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Navisworks
General
1 4 (80.00%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Construction Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Security Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Security Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) CCTV
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (60.00%) Project Management
3 2 (40.00%) Budget Management
3 2 (40.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 2 (40.00%) Business Case
3 2 (40.00%) Change Control
3 2 (40.00%) Commercial Awareness
3 2 (40.00%) Contract Management
3 2 (40.00%) Information Management
3 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (40.00%) Project Governance
3 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (20.00%) Building Information Modelling
4 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Degree
2 3 (60.00%) MRICS
3 2 (40.00%) RIBA
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) NEC