Chartered Engineer Contract Job Trends

Chartered Engineer (CEng)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Chartered Engineer qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 649 556 553
Rank change year-on-year -93 -3 +40
Contract jobs citing Chartered Engineer 31 9 13
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.057% 0.028% 0.034%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.18% 0.088% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 2 11
10th Percentile £455 £578 £350
25th Percentile £500 £600 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +23.81% -4.55%
75th Percentile £788 £700 £563
90th Percentile £805 £723 £615
UK excluding London median daily rate £584 £650 £525
% change year-on-year -10.19% +23.81% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 1
10th Percentile £66.83 £44.19 -
25th Percentile £67.70 £44.38 £47.50
Median hourly rate £72.50 £46.25 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +56.76% -7.50% +8.27%
75th Percentile £92.50 £60.78 £52.50
90th Percentile £99.25 £73.88 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £81.00 £65.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +24.62% +30.00% +8.27%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 17,176 10,258 11,218
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.60% 31.41% 29.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,419 6,403 6,889
10th Percentile £350 £300 £313
25th Percentile £440 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.48% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £630 £625 £638
90th Percentile £713 £712 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,375 840 647
10th Percentile £17.07 £17.87 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.75 £18.87 £24.18
Median hourly rate £47.54 £25.15 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year +89.03% -48.67% -9.26%
75th Percentile £72.54 £43.75 £68.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £71.00 £76.55
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £52.35
% change year-on-year +88.87% -51.95% +0.88%

Chartered Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Chartered Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

Chartered Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Chartered Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Chartered Engineer over the 6 months to 21 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Chartered Engineer in the UK

Chartered Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Chartered Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Chartered Engineer over the 6 months to 21 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Chartered Engineer in the UK

Chartered Engineer
Top 9 Contract Job Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 21 September 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
England -98 25 £600 -7.69% 272
UK excluding London -89 21 £584 -10.19% 232
Work from Home -53 15 £599 -17.41% 111
South West -31 11 £688 +19.57% 27
South East -57 7 £534 -26.38% 68
London -80 5 £630 - 61
North West - 2 - - 41
North of England - 2 - - 58
Scotland - 1 - - 33

Chartered Engineer
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 3 (9.68%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (6.45%) Navisworks
3 1 (3.23%) AutoCAD
3 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (3.23%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 3 (9.68%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 3 (9.68%) AWS
1 3 (9.68%) Azure
2 1 (3.23%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (3.23%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.68%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.23%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (3.23%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 11 (35.48%) Aerospace
1 11 (35.48%) Social Skills
2 8 (25.81%) Influencing Skills
3 6 (19.35%) Automotive
4 4 (12.90%) Legal
5 3 (9.68%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (9.68%) Public Sector
6 2 (6.45%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (6.45%) Telecoms
7 1 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (3.23%) Finance
7 1 (3.23%) Fire and Rescue
7 1 (3.23%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (16.13%) Systems Engineer
2 4 (12.90%) Architect
2 4 (12.90%) Enterprise Architect
3 3 (9.68%) Developer
3 3 (9.68%) Project Manager
3 3 (9.68%) Senior
3 3 (9.68%) Software Engineer
4 2 (6.45%) Ada Developer
4 2 (6.45%) Lead
4 2 (6.45%) Safety Engineer
4 2 (6.45%) Software Developer
4 2 (6.45%) SPARK Ada Developer
4 2 (6.45%) Systems Integrator
5 1 (3.23%) Compliance Consultant
5 1 (3.23%) DevSecOps Engineer
5 1 (3.23%) Electrical Engineer
5 1 (3.23%) Enterprise Infrastructure Architect
5 1 (3.23%) Lead Enterprise Architect
5 1 (3.23%) Principal Engineer
5 1 (3.23%) Traffic Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (19.35%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (9.68%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (6.45%) Product Ownership
4 1 (3.23%) CCTV
4 1 (3.23%) Driving Licence
4 1 (3.23%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.23%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.23%) Operational Technology
4 1 (3.23%) SCADA
4 1 (3.23%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (32.26%) Stakeholder Management
2 8 (25.81%) Mentoring
3 7 (22.58%) Systems Engineering
3 7 (22.58%) Technical Leadership
4 6 (19.35%) QMS
4 6 (19.35%) Software Engineering
5 5 (16.13%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (16.13%) Project Delivery
5 5 (16.13%) Risk Management
5 5 (16.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 5 (16.13%) Time Management
5 5 (16.13%) Validation
6 4 (12.90%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (12.90%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
6 4 (12.90%) SDLC
6 4 (12.90%) SysML
6 4 (12.90%) UML
6 4 (12.90%) Use Case
6 4 (12.90%) Verification and Validation
7 3 (9.68%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 6 (19.35%) Ada
Qualifications
1 25 (80.65%) Degree
2 15 (48.39%) Security Cleared
3 12 (38.71%) SC Cleared
4 4 (12.90%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (12.90%) CISSP
5 3 (9.68%) MRICS
6 2 (6.45%) AWS Certification
6 2 (6.45%) Azure Certification
6 2 (6.45%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (6.45%) HNC
6 2 (6.45%) HND
6 2 (6.45%) RIBA
6 2 (6.45%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (3.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (3.23%) CISM
7 1 (3.23%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (16.13%) IEC 61508
2 4 (12.90%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 1 (3.23%) Def Stans
3 1 (3.23%) HAZOP
3 1 (3.23%) JSP 440
3 1 (3.23%) NCSC
3 1 (3.23%) NEBOSH
3 1 (3.23%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (3.23%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (16.13%) Functional Safety
2 1 (3.23%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (9.68%) NEC
1 3 (9.68%) Sparx
2 2 (6.45%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.23%) IBM
3 1 (3.23%) TOWER Software