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 £325, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 315 360 424
Rank change year-on-year +45 +64 +34
Contract jobs requiring a Project Engineer 25 32 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.19% 0.15% 0.088%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.17% 0.093%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 11 15
10th Percentile £230 £200 £238
25th Percentile £270 £259 £272
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £390 £325
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +20.00% -13.33%
75th Percentile £519 £447 £425
90th Percentile - £525 £544
UK median daily rate £325 £302 £375
% change year-on-year +7.53% -19.40% -
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 11,849 19,126 21,496
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.69% 92.40% 94.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,534 11,597 14,946
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £594 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £504 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.05% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 845 2,384 1,087
10th Percentile £13.76 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.75 £18.02
Median hourly rate £25.30 £40.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -36.75% -6.98% +115.00%
75th Percentile £62.24 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £37.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -25.33% -16.67% +87.50%

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 30 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 30 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 +59 8 £280 -23.29% 30
Scotland +4 5 £325 -27.78% 1
South West +46 4 £513 -5.53% 5
North West +10 4 - - 5
North of England +10 4 - - 21
Midlands +14 3 £297 +48.50% 15
West Midlands +13 2 £297 +48.50% 3
East of England +31 1 £300 - 17
East Midlands +10 1 - - 11
Project Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 30 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 (48.00%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (44.00%) Project Management
3 9 (36.00%) Social Skills
4 8 (32.00%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (32.00%) Security Cleared
5 7 (28.00%) SC Cleared
5 7 (28.00%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (28.00%) Systems Engineering
5 7 (28.00%) Degree
6 6 (24.00%) Software Testing
6 6 (24.00%) Integration Testing
6 6 (24.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (24.00%) VMware
6 6 (24.00%) Microsoft
6 6 (24.00%) Public Sector
6 6 (24.00%) API Integration
6 6 (24.00%) Def Stans
6 6 (24.00%) VMware Infrastructure
6 6 (24.00%) MongoDB
6 6 (24.00%) Kafka
6 6 (24.00%) Data Analytics
6 6 (24.00%) Analytics
7 5 (20.00%) VPN
8 4 (16.00%) DNS
8 4 (16.00%) Cisco
8 4 (16.00%) DHCP
8 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (16.00%) A+ Certification
8 4 (16.00%) Windows
8 4 (16.00%) Service Management

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 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 4 (16.00%) GCP
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (20.00%) VPN
2 4 (16.00%) DHCP
2 4 (16.00%) DNS
2 4 (16.00%) TCP/IP
3 3 (12.00%) Structured Cabling
4 2 (8.00%) Ethernet
4 2 (8.00%) Firewall
5 1 (4.00%) 4G
5 1 (4.00%) 5G
5 1 (4.00%) ADSL
5 1 (4.00%) LAN
5 1 (4.00%) PSTN
5 1 (4.00%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (4.00%) SDH
5 1 (4.00%) WAN
5 1 (4.00%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (4.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (24.00%) MongoDB
General
1 9 (36.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (28.00%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (24.00%) Public Sector
4 4 (16.00%) French Language
4 4 (16.00%) Telecoms
5 2 (8.00%) Manufacturing
6 1 (4.00%) Electronics
6 1 (4.00%) Finance
6 1 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (24.00%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.00%) Driving Licence
1 4 (16.00%) Enterprise Software
1 4 (16.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (12.00%) Data Centre
3 2 (8.00%) Fibre Optics
3 2 (8.00%) Operational Technology
4 1 (4.00%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (4.00%) FMCG
4 1 (4.00%) Industrial Internet of Things
4 1 (4.00%) Industry 4.0
4 1 (4.00%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 4 (16.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (48.00%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (44.00%) Project Management
3 8 (32.00%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (28.00%) Systems Engineering
5 6 (24.00%) Analytics
5 6 (24.00%) API Integration
5 6 (24.00%) Data Analytics
5 6 (24.00%) Integration Testing
5 6 (24.00%) Software Testing
5 6 (24.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (16.00%) Computer Science
6 4 (16.00%) Customer Service
6 4 (16.00%) ITSM
6 4 (16.00%) Project Delivery
6 4 (16.00%) Service Delivery
6 4 (16.00%) Service Management
7 3 (12.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 2 (8.00%) Coaching
8 2 (8.00%) Contract Management
8 2 (8.00%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 8 (32.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (28.00%) Degree
2 7 (28.00%) SC Cleared
3 4 (16.00%) A+ Certification
3 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (4.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (4.00%) CCNA
4 1 (4.00%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (4.00%) HNC
4 1 (4.00%) Master's Degree
4 1 (4.00%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (24.00%) Def Stans
2 2 (8.00%) QA
3 1 (4.00%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 6 (24.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 6 (24.00%) Microsoft
1 6 (24.00%) VMware
2 4 (16.00%) Cisco
2 4 (16.00%) Google
2 4 (16.00%) Nokia
3 1 (4.00%) BMC
3 1 (4.00%) BT
3 1 (4.00%) Ericsson
3 1 (4.00%) NEC
3 1 (4.00%) Oracle
3 1 (4.00%) Remedy