Project Engineer Contracts in the South West

Project Engineer
England > South West

The median Project Engineer daily rate in the South West is £513, 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 107 155 162
Rank change year-on-year +48 +7 +11
Contract jobs requiring a Project Engineer 4 2 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.24% 0.063% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% 0.067% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 5
10th Percentile - - £314
25th Percentile £506 £521 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £543 £400
Median % change year-on-year -5.53% +35.63% +23.08%
75th Percentile £519 £564 £652
90th Percentile - - £726
England median daily rate £240 £280 £388
% change year-on-year -14.29% -27.74% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £55.00 £70.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% - -
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 West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 1,546 2,986 3,354
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.13% 93.34% 92.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,007 1,903 2,516
10th Percentile £220 £208 £263
25th Percentile £386 £381 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +5.00%
75th Percentile £614 £620 £638
90th Percentile £688 £700 £713
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 142 400 267
10th Percentile £18.51 £14.00 £18.09
25th Percentile £26.62 £27.50 £50.62
Median hourly rate £63.50 £55.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.45% -15.38% +38.30%
75th Percentile £68.00 £71.25 £75.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £85.00
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Project Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Engineer in the South West

Project Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Project Engineer in the South West

Project Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Engineer in the South West

Project Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West 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
Bristol +20 2 £513 -5.53% 8
Devon +14 1 - - 2
Gloucestershire - 1 - - 10
Project Engineer
England

Project Engineer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

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 South West region featuring Project Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (75.00%) MongoDB
2 3 (75.00%) Kafka
2 3 (75.00%) Data Analytics
2 3 (75.00%) Analytics
2 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (75.00%) API Integration
2 3 (75.00%) Def Stans
2 3 (75.00%) VMware
2 3 (75.00%) Software Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Integration Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Systems Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) NEC
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Contract Management
3 1 (25.00%) Master's Degree

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

Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) MongoDB
General
1 3 (75.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (75.00%) Kafka
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Analytics
1 3 (75.00%) API Integration
1 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (75.00%) Data Analytics
1 3 (75.00%) Integration Testing
1 3 (75.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (75.00%) Systems Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Contract Management
2 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) Def Stans
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) VMware
2 1 (25.00%) NEC