Chartered Engineer Contract Job Trends in Somerset

Chartered Engineer (CEng)
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Somerset with a requirement for Chartered Engineer qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 5 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Chartered Engineer 8 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Somerset 1.78% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 3.62% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £553 - -
25th Percentile £594 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 - -
75th Percentile £744 - -
90th Percentile £778 - -
South West median daily rate £600 - £525
% change year-on-year - - -3.49%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 221 71 66
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 49.11% 43.29% 37.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 143 40 40
10th Percentile £406 £248 £199
25th Percentile £450 £541 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £650 £563
Median % change year-on-year -19.23% +15.56% -12.62%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £625
90th Percentile £750 £785 £713
South West median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 16 3
10th Percentile £25.71 - £44.75
25th Percentile £25.77 - £48.13
Median hourly rate £75.00 £18.51 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +305.19% -67.81% +10.81%
75th Percentile £92.53 - £64.38
90th Percentile £100.00 £23.08 £66.25
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £25.15 £70.00
% change year-on-year +138.57% -64.07% +3.95%

Chartered Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Chartered Engineer job vacancy trend in Somerset

Chartered Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

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

Chartered Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Somerset

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Chartered Engineer in Somerset over the 6 months to 5 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Chartered Engineer in Somerset

Chartered Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

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 Somerset region over the 6 months to 5 August 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
Bath - 8 £675 - 2
Chartered Engineer
South West

Chartered Engineer
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) ATM
General
1 8 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (75.00%) Aerospace
2 6 (75.00%) Automotive
3 2 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Developer
1 3 (37.50%) Software Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Ada Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Software Developer
2 2 (25.00%) SPARK Ada Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Safety Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Software Safety Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Traffic Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (75.00%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Software Engineering
2 5 (62.50%) Time Management
3 4 (50.00%) Mentoring
3 4 (50.00%) SDLC
4 3 (37.50%) QMS
4 3 (37.50%) Quality Management
4 3 (37.50%) Technical Leadership
4 3 (37.50%) Validation
4 3 (37.50%) V-Model
5 2 (25.00%) AI
5 2 (25.00%) Computer Science
5 2 (25.00%) LLM
5 2 (25.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
5 2 (25.00%) Requirements Management
5 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (25.00%) SysML
5 2 (25.00%) Systems Engineering
5 2 (25.00%) UML
5 2 (25.00%) Use Case
5 2 (25.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 6 (75.00%) Ada
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) Degree
2 3 (37.50%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) IEC 61508
2 2 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 15288
Systems Management
1 3 (37.50%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Sparx