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 £305 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 364 438 471
Rank change year-on-year +74 +33 -75
Contract jobs requiring a Project Engineer 26 21 44
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.13% 0.087% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.092% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 16 24
10th Percentile £200 £221 £236
25th Percentile £211 £263 £277
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £305 £313 £375
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -16.67% +25.00%
75th Percentile £433 £450 £388
90th Percentile £502 £604 £434
UK median daily rate £280 £413 £375
% change year-on-year -32.12% +10.00% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 2
10th Percentile - £26.78 £17.39
25th Percentile £30.70 £33.62 £18.74
Median hourly rate £31.80 £45.00 £21.41
Median % change year-on-year -29.33% +110.16% -37.93%
75th Percentile £51.45 £51.38 £24.17
90th Percentile £62.58 £55.21 £25.57
UK median hourly rate £31.80 £45.00 £21.41
% change year-on-year -29.33% +110.16% -37.93%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 19,251 22,726 29,670
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.66% 94.14% 95.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,778 15,918 20,742
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £390 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £600 £594 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,230 1,187 1,502
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.02
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.08 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.00 £42.37 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.30% +117.26% +2.47%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.20
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -20.09% +95.65% +0.24%

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 26 April 2024.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram 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 26 April 2024. 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
Scotland +38 7 £450 +42.86% 22
South East +24 6 £230 -22.95% 57
Midlands +26 4 £200 -33.33% 53
North of England +29 3 £305 -39.10% 54
West Midlands +28 3 £200 -33.33% 28
East of England +15 3 - - 27
South West +21 2 £543 +4.89% 17
North West - 2 £305 - 21
Yorkshire +20 1 £413 -17.50% 22
East Midlands - 1 - - 25
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 2
Project Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, 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 6 (23.08%) Finance
2 5 (19.23%) Project Management
2 5 (19.23%) FMCG
3 4 (15.38%) Manufacturing
4 3 (11.54%) Automotive
4 3 (11.54%) Degree
4 3 (11.54%) OpenUP
4 3 (11.54%) Security Cleared
5 2 (7.69%) Power Platform
5 2 (7.69%) Project Delivery
5 2 (7.69%) Social Skills
5 2 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (7.69%) WFM
5 2 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (7.69%) Power BI
5 2 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (7.69%) MegaStream
5 2 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (7.69%) PKI
6 1 (3.85%) CCTV
6 1 (3.85%) VMware
6 1 (3.85%) IPsec
6 1 (3.85%) Microsoft
6 1 (3.85%) Active Directory
6 1 (3.85%) Juniper
6 1 (3.85%) MPLS
6 1 (3.85%) BGP
6 1 (3.85%) PRINCE2
6 1 (3.85%) Windows
6 1 (3.85%) SharePoint

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.85%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.69%) Power Platform
2 1 (3.85%) AWS
2 1 (3.85%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.69%) MegaStream
2 1 (3.85%) BGP
2 1 (3.85%) DNS
2 1 (3.85%) Firewall
2 1 (3.85%) IPsec
2 1 (3.85%) Junos
2 1 (3.85%) MPLS
2 1 (3.85%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (3.85%) VPN
2 1 (3.85%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.69%) Power BI
General
1 6 (23.08%) Finance
2 4 (15.38%) Manufacturing
3 3 (11.54%) Automotive
4 2 (7.69%) Social Skills
5 1 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.85%) Aviation
Miscellaneous
1 5 (19.23%) FMCG
2 2 (7.69%) PKI
3 1 (3.85%) CCTV
3 1 (3.85%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.85%) Windows
1 1 (3.85%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (19.23%) Project Management
2 3 (11.54%) OpenUP
3 2 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (7.69%) Project Delivery
3 2 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (7.69%) WFM
4 1 (3.85%) Budget Management
4 1 (3.85%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (3.85%) Financial Analysis
4 1 (3.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (3.85%) Load Balancing
4 1 (3.85%) PRINCE2
4 1 (3.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 3 (11.54%) Degree
1 3 (11.54%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.85%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (3.85%) DV Cleared
2 1 (3.85%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.85%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 1 (3.85%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.85%) Hyper-V
1 1 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (3.85%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 1 (3.85%) Juniper
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft
1 1 (3.85%) VMware