Project Engineer Contracts in the UK excluding London

Project Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Project Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £300, 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 310 372 440
Rank change year-on-year +62 +68 +28
Contract jobs requiring a Project Engineer 26 27 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.20% 0.13% 0.091%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.14% 0.097%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 8 17
10th Percentile £175 £200 £221
25th Percentile £225 £211 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £305 £325
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% -6.31% -13.33%
75th Percentile £435 £433 £425
90th Percentile £519 £502 £594
UK median daily rate £240 £280 £388
% change year-on-year -14.29% -27.74% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 3
10th Percentile - - £26.78
25th Percentile - £30.70 £33.62
Median hourly rate £55.00 £31.80 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +72.96% -29.33% +110.16%
75th Percentile - £51.45 £51.38
90th Percentile - £62.58 £55.21
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £31.80 £45.00
% change year-on-year +72.96% -29.33% +110.16%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 11,767 19,240 22,667
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.17% 92.63% 94.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,552 11,748 15,893
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £492 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £598 £595
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 829 2,243 1,165
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £13.45
25th Percentile £17.61 £15.75 £18.09
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%
75th Percentile £64.50 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Project Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Project Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Project Engineer in the UK excluding London

Project Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Project Engineer in the UK excluding London

Project Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Engineer in the UK excluding London

Project Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Project Engineer in the UK excluding London

Project Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London 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
South East +51 11 £239 +3.88% 47
Scotland +11 5 £325 -27.78% 24
South West +48 4 £513 -5.53% 31
North of England +20 4 - - 54
North West +19 4 - - 22
East of England +28 1 £300 - 21
Midlands +18 1 £80 -60.00% 41
West Midlands +11 1 £80 -60.00% 24
Project Engineer
UK

Project Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region featuring Project Engineer in the job title.

1 12 (46.15%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (42.31%) Project Management
3 8 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (30.77%) Security Cleared
3 8 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (30.77%) Public Sector
4 7 (26.92%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (26.92%) Systems Engineering
4 7 (26.92%) Social Skills
4 7 (26.92%) SC Cleared
5 6 (23.08%) API Integration
5 6 (23.08%) MongoDB
5 6 (23.08%) Kafka
5 6 (23.08%) Data Analytics
5 6 (23.08%) Analytics
5 6 (23.08%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (23.08%) Def Stans
5 6 (23.08%) VMware
5 6 (23.08%) Telecoms
5 6 (23.08%) Software Testing
5 6 (23.08%) Degree
5 6 (23.08%) Integration Testing
5 6 (23.08%) Microsoft
6 4 (15.38%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (15.38%) A+ Certification
6 4 (15.38%) TCP/IP
6 4 (15.38%) VPN
6 4 (15.38%) DNS
6 4 (15.38%) Windows
6 4 (15.38%) DHCP

Project Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 4 (15.38%) GCP
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (15.38%) DHCP
1 4 (15.38%) DNS
1 4 (15.38%) Structured Cabling
1 4 (15.38%) TCP/IP
1 4 (15.38%) VPN
2 2 (7.69%) Ethernet
3 1 (3.85%) 4G
3 1 (3.85%) 5G
3 1 (3.85%) ADSL
3 1 (3.85%) Firewall
3 1 (3.85%) LAN
3 1 (3.85%) PSTN
3 1 (3.85%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (3.85%) SDH
3 1 (3.85%) WAN
3 1 (3.85%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (3.85%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (23.08%) MongoDB
General
1 8 (30.77%) Public Sector
2 7 (26.92%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (26.92%) Social Skills
3 6 (23.08%) Telecoms
4 4 (15.38%) French Language
4 4 (15.38%) Manufacturing
5 3 (11.54%) Electronics
5 3 (11.54%) Finance
6 2 (7.69%) Marketing
7 1 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (23.08%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 4 (15.38%) Driving Licence
1 4 (15.38%) Enterprise Software
1 4 (15.38%) Management Information System
2 3 (11.54%) Data Centre
3 2 (7.69%) NHS
3 2 (7.69%) Operational Technology
4 1 (3.85%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (3.85%) Fibre Optics
4 1 (3.85%) FMCG
4 1 (3.85%) Industrial Internet of Things
4 1 (3.85%) Industry 4.0
4 1 (3.85%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 4 (15.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (46.15%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (42.31%) Project Management
3 8 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (26.92%) Systems Engineering
5 6 (23.08%) Analytics
5 6 (23.08%) API Integration
5 6 (23.08%) Data Analytics
5 6 (23.08%) Integration Testing
5 6 (23.08%) Software Testing
6 4 (15.38%) Computer Science
6 4 (15.38%) Customer Service
6 4 (15.38%) ITSM
6 4 (15.38%) Project Delivery
6 4 (15.38%) Service Delivery
6 4 (15.38%) Service Management
7 3 (11.54%) Programme Management
7 3 (11.54%) Risk Management
8 2 (7.69%) Project Planning
8 2 (7.69%) Strategic Planning
Qualifications
1 8 (30.77%) Security Cleared
2 7 (26.92%) SC Cleared
3 6 (23.08%) Degree
4 4 (15.38%) A+ Certification
4 4 (15.38%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (3.85%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (3.85%) HNC
5 1 (3.85%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (23.08%) Def Stans
2 2 (7.69%) QA
3 1 (3.85%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 6 (23.08%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 6 (23.08%) Microsoft
1 6 (23.08%) VMware
2 4 (15.38%) Google
2 4 (15.38%) Nokia
3 3 (11.54%) Cisco
4 2 (7.69%) SAP
5 1 (3.85%) BMC
5 1 (3.85%) BT
5 1 (3.85%) Ericsson
5 1 (3.85%) NEC
5 1 (3.85%) Oracle
5 1 (3.85%) Remedy