Project Engineer Contracts in the South East

Project Engineer
England > South East

The median Project Engineer daily rate in the South East is £259, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 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
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 142 192 210
Rank change year-on-year +50 +18 +33
Contract jobs requiring a Project Engineer 9 6 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.31% 0.11% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.12% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 4
10th Percentile £225 - -
25th Percentile £230 £215 £221
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £259 £230 £299
Median % change year-on-year +12.81% -22.95% -0.50%
75th Percentile £363 £245 £430
90th Percentile £453 - £506
England median daily rate £275 £280 £375
% change year-on-year -1.79% -25.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £26.78
25th Percentile - - £33.62
Median hourly rate - - £45.00
75th Percentile - - £51.38
90th Percentile - - £55.21
England median hourly rate £55.00 £31.80 £45.00
% change year-on-year +72.96% -29.33% +73.08%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 2,675 5,045 5,289
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.27% 92.31% 94.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,791 3,031 3,688
10th Percentile £220 £215 £220
25th Percentile £375 £400 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.01%
75th Percentile £600 £619 £601
90th Percentile £660 £688 £700
England median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 159 488 234
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.81 £16.25
25th Percentile £19.24 £18.20 £21.95
Median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £48.70
Median % change year-on-year -31.58% -2.46% +143.49%
75th Percentile £63.38 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.14 £75.00
England median hourly rate £30.00 £36.65 £44.77
% change year-on-year -18.14% -18.13% +94.40%

Project Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Engineer in the South East

Project Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Engineer in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Project Engineer in the South East

Project Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Engineer in the South East

Project Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Engineer in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Project Engineer in the South East

Project Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 22 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
Thames Valley +38 4 £239 - 25
Berkshire - 4 £239 - 13
Hampshire - 3 £513 - 12
West Sussex +15 2 £298 - 2
Project Engineer
England

Project Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 22 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 South East region featuring Project Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (44.44%) Project Management
1 4 (44.44%) Stakeholder Management
1 4 (44.44%) Structured Cabling
2 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (33.33%) Systems Engineering
2 3 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (33.33%) VMware
2 3 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 3 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (33.33%) Integration Testing
2 3 (33.33%) MongoDB
2 3 (33.33%) Kafka
2 3 (33.33%) Data Analytics
2 3 (33.33%) Analytics
2 3 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (33.33%) API Integration
2 3 (33.33%) Def Stans
3 2 (22.22%) Time Management
3 2 (22.22%) QA
3 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Customer Experience
4 1 (11.11%) Project Delivery
4 1 (11.11%) Backlog Management
4 1 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (11.11%) Server Management
4 1 (11.11%) Kalman Filter

Project Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (11.11%) Firewall
2 1 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) MongoDB
General
1 3 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (33.33%) Kafka
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Project Management
1 4 (44.44%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (33.33%) Analytics
2 3 (33.33%) API Integration
2 3 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (33.33%) Data Analytics
2 3 (33.33%) Integration Testing
2 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 3 (33.33%) Systems Engineering
3 2 (22.22%) Time Management
4 1 (11.11%) Backlog Management
4 1 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (11.11%) Customer Experience
4 1 (11.11%) Escalation Management
4 1 (11.11%) Incident Management
4 1 (11.11%) Kalman Filter
4 1 (11.11%) Line Management
4 1 (11.11%) Project Delivery
4 1 (11.11%) Project Planning
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) Def Stans
2 2 (22.22%) QA
System Software
1 3 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) VMware
2 1 (11.11%) BMC
2 1 (11.11%) BT
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Remedy