Project Engineer Contracts

Project Engineer
UK

The median Project Engineer daily rate in the UK is £240, 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 477 535 681
Rank change year-on-year +58 +146 +110
Contract jobs requiring a Project Engineer 43 47 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.11% 0.062%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.12% 0.066%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 23 28
10th Percentile £174 £213 £221
25th Percentile £220 £215 £295
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £240 £280 £388
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -27.74% +3.33%
75th Percentile £375 £438 £580
90th Percentile £515 £617 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £300 £305 £325
% change year-on-year -1.48% -6.31% -13.33%
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 excluding London 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

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Project Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Engineer in the UK

Project Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Engineer.

Daily rate trend for Project Engineer in the UK

Project Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Project Engineer in the UK

Project Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Engineer.

Hourly rate trend for Project Engineer in the UK

Project Engineer
Top 12 Contract Locations

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 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
England +51 33 £240 -14.29% 228
UK excluding London +62 26 £300 -1.48% 219
London +30 12 £240 -14.29% 33
South East +51 11 £239 +3.88% 47
Work from Home +41 6 £313 -49.60% 60
Scotland +11 5 £325 -27.78% 26
South West +48 4 £513 -5.53% 31
North of England +20 4 - - 53
North West +19 4 - - 21
East of England +28 1 £300 - 22
Midlands +18 1 £80 -60.00% 39
West Midlands +11 1 £80 -60.00% 22

Project Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

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 featuring Project Engineer in the job title.

1 17 (39.53%) Project Management
2 15 (34.88%) Cybersecurity
3 14 (32.56%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (30.23%) Structured Cabling
5 12 (27.91%) Stakeholder Management
5 12 (27.91%) Social Skills
6 10 (23.26%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (20.93%) Security Cleared
7 9 (20.93%) Public Sector
8 8 (18.60%) Systems Engineering
8 8 (18.60%) Risk Management
8 8 (18.60%) Kafka
8 8 (18.60%) Analytics
8 8 (18.60%) Driving Licence
8 8 (18.60%) SC Cleared
9 7 (16.28%) API Integration
9 7 (16.28%) Def Stans
9 7 (16.28%) Data Analytics
9 7 (16.28%) VMware Infrastructure
9 7 (16.28%) MongoDB
9 7 (16.28%) Integration Testing
9 7 (16.28%) Degree
9 7 (16.28%) VMware
9 7 (16.28%) Software Testing
9 7 (16.28%) Cisco
10 6 (13.95%) Project Delivery
10 6 (13.95%) Microsoft
10 6 (13.95%) VPN
10 6 (13.95%) Manufacturing
10 6 (13.95%) Telecoms

Project Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (2.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.33%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 4 (9.30%) GCP
2 1 (2.33%) dbt
2 1 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 13 (30.23%) Structured Cabling
2 6 (13.95%) VPN
3 4 (9.30%) BGP
3 4 (9.30%) Cisco Nexus
3 4 (9.30%) DHCP
3 4 (9.30%) DNS
3 4 (9.30%) Ethernet VPN
3 4 (9.30%) MPLS
3 4 (9.30%) Multicast
3 4 (9.30%) TCP/IP
4 3 (6.98%) WAN
5 2 (4.65%) Ethernet
5 2 (4.65%) OSPF
6 1 (2.33%) ADSL
6 1 (2.33%) Firewall
6 1 (2.33%) LAN
6 1 (2.33%) PSTN
6 1 (2.33%) SDH
6 1 (2.33%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (2.33%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (16.28%) MongoDB
2 1 (2.33%) Data Vault
General
1 12 (27.91%) Social Skills
2 10 (23.26%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (20.93%) Public Sector
4 6 (13.95%) Manufacturing
4 6 (13.95%) Telecoms
5 4 (9.30%) Finance
5 4 (9.30%) French Language
6 3 (6.98%) Aviation
6 3 (6.98%) Electronics
7 2 (4.65%) Marketing
8 1 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (18.60%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 8 (18.60%) Driving Licence
2 4 (9.30%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (9.30%) Management Information System
2 4 (9.30%) Operational Technology
3 3 (6.98%) CCTV
3 3 (6.98%) Data Centre
3 3 (6.98%) FMCG
4 2 (4.65%) NHS
5 1 (2.33%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.33%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (2.33%) Industrial Internet of Things
5 1 (2.33%) Industry 4.0
5 1 (2.33%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 4 (9.30%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (39.53%) Project Management
2 15 (34.88%) Cybersecurity
3 14 (32.56%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (27.91%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (18.60%) Analytics
5 8 (18.60%) Risk Management
5 8 (18.60%) Systems Engineering
6 7 (16.28%) API Integration
6 7 (16.28%) Data Analytics
6 7 (16.28%) Integration Testing
6 7 (16.28%) Software Testing
7 6 (13.95%) Line Management
7 6 (13.95%) Project Delivery
8 5 (11.63%) Change Management
8 5 (11.63%) Programme Management
8 5 (11.63%) Project Planning
9 4 (9.30%) ITSM
9 4 (9.30%) Service Delivery
9 4 (9.30%) Service Management
9 4 (9.30%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.33%) Java
1 1 (2.33%) Python
1 1 (2.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (20.93%) Security Cleared
2 8 (18.60%) SC Cleared
3 7 (16.28%) Degree
4 4 (9.30%) A+ Certification
4 4 (9.30%) CCNA
4 4 (9.30%) CCNP
4 4 (9.30%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (9.30%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (2.33%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.33%) HNC
5 1 (2.33%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (16.28%) Def Stans
2 4 (9.30%) QA
3 1 (2.33%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 7 (16.28%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 7 (16.28%) Cisco
1 7 (16.28%) VMware
2 6 (13.95%) Microsoft
3 4 (9.30%) Google
3 4 (9.30%) Nokia
4 2 (4.65%) SAP
5 1 (2.33%) BMC
5 1 (2.33%) BT
5 1 (2.33%) Ericsson
5 1 (2.33%) NEC
5 1 (2.33%) Oracle
5 1 (2.33%) Remedy
280 Project Engineer jobs Nationwide