Chartered Engineer Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Chartered Engineer (CEng)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Chartered Engineer qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 149 - 136
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Chartered Engineer 4 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.13% - 0.077%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.29% - 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £105 - £388
South East median daily rate £303 - £388
% change year-on-year - - -37.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £93.38 - -
25th Percentile £94.69 - -
Median hourly rate £98.75 - -
75th Percentile £102.19 - -
90th Percentile £103.13 - -
South East median hourly rate £98.75 - £67.02
% change year-on-year - - +48.93%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,382 534 1,041
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 46.08% 35.96% 40.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 922 318 559
10th Percentile £306 £306 £213
25th Percentile £401 £425 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £534 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.04% +1.67% +5.00%
75th Percentile £606 £638 £624
90th Percentile £675 £700 £688
South East median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 186 31 101
10th Percentile £18.25 £18.50 £18.00
25th Percentile £27.60 £32.05 £41.50
Median hourly rate £81.50 £61.50 £58.30
Median % change year-on-year +32.53% +5.48% -9.86%
75th Percentile £88.00 £72.75 £70.39
90th Percentile £96.25 £87.50 £87.00
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £56.75 £57.35
% change year-on-year -3.08% -1.05% -2.12%

Chartered Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Chartered Engineer job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Chartered Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Chartered Engineer.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Chartered Engineer

Chartered Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Chartered Engineer.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Chartered Engineer

Chartered Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
Berkshire - 4 £105 -
Chartered Engineer
South East

Chartered Engineer
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) AWS
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
General
1 4 (100.00%) Aerospace
2 2 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Architect
1 4 (100.00%) Enterprise Architect
2 2 (50.00%) Lead
2 2 (50.00%) Lead Architect
2 2 (50.00%) Lead Enterprise Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) ArchiMate
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 4 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 4 (100.00%) MODAF
1 4 (100.00%) SFIA
1 4 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 4 (100.00%) TOGAF
2 3 (75.00%) Architecture Governance
2 3 (75.00%) Business Strategy
2 3 (75.00%) Thought Leadership
3 2 (50.00%) Coaching
3 2 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
3 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (50.00%) Technology Roadmap
4 1 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
4 1 (25.00%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) CISSP
2 3 (75.00%) TOGAF Certification
3 2 (50.00%) AWS Certification
3 2 (50.00%) Azure Certification