Project Engineer Jobs in the East Midlands

Project Engineer
England > East Midlands

The median Project Engineer salary in the East Midlands is £53,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 125 164 167
Rank change year-on-year +39 +3 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Engineer 35 29 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 1.31% 0.61% 0.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.38% 0.64% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 24 26 0
10th Percentile - £36,250 -
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,625 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £50,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% - -
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 -
90th Percentile - £70,000 -
England median annual salary £46,250 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +2.78% -5.26% +5.56%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the East Midlands. 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the East Midlands with a recognized job title 2,529 4,510 2,444
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.72% 94.67% 88.58%
Number of salaries quoted 987 3,229 1,277
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £36,133
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -15.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £57,500 £56,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £75,500
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

Project Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Engineer in the East Midlands

Project Engineer
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Project Engineer in the East Midlands.

Salary trend for Project Engineer in the East Midlands

Project Engineer
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Engineer in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Project Engineer in the East Midlands

Project Engineer
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Engineer within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 29 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Leicestershire +54 14 £52,500 -10.56% 5
Derbyshire +13 11 £40,000 -20.00% 11
Northamptonshire -5 8 £65,000 +30.00% 2
Nottinghamshire +25 2 £38,500 -40.77% 3
Project Engineer
England

Project Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 29 May 2025, Project Engineer 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 permanent job ads across the East Midlands region featuring Project Engineer in the job title.

1 21 (60.00%) Project Management
2 17 (48.57%) Social Skills
3 16 (45.71%) Project Delivery
3 16 (45.71%) Azure
4 13 (37.14%) Microsoft
5 10 (28.57%) GAP Analysis
5 10 (28.57%) Finance
5 10 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
5 10 (28.57%) Supply Chain Management
5 10 (28.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (25.71%) Firewall
6 9 (25.71%) Aruba
6 9 (25.71%) Cisco
6 9 (25.71%) HP
6 9 (25.71%) Cisco Certification
6 9 (25.71%) HND
7 8 (22.86%) Windows
7 8 (22.86%) LAN
7 8 (22.86%) WAN
7 8 (22.86%) Active Directory
7 8 (22.86%) Windows Server
8 7 (20.00%) Palo Alto
8 7 (20.00%) Presales
8 7 (20.00%) Zero Trust
8 7 (20.00%) SD-WAN
8 7 (20.00%) Cisco Firepower
8 7 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
8 7 (20.00%) CCIE
8 7 (20.00%) CCNP
8 7 (20.00%) PRINCE2

Project Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 3 (8.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (11.43%) Microsoft Project
1 4 (11.43%) MS Visio
1 4 (11.43%) Trello
2 1 (2.86%) AutoCAD
2 1 (2.86%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 16 (45.71%) Azure
2 6 (17.14%) IaaS
3 3 (8.57%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 9 (25.71%) Firewall
2 8 (22.86%) LAN
2 8 (22.86%) WAN
3 7 (20.00%) Cisco Firepower
3 7 (20.00%) SD-WAN
3 7 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (5.71%) DNS
4 2 (5.71%) iSCSI
4 2 (5.71%) SAN
4 2 (5.71%) VLAN
5 1 (2.86%) Broadband
5 1 (2.86%) DVB
5 1 (2.86%) VPN
5 1 (2.86%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (17.14%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (11.43%) JIRA
General
1 17 (48.57%) Social Skills
2 10 (28.57%) Finance
2 10 (28.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (11.43%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (11.43%) Law
5 2 (5.71%) Billing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.71%) Driving Licence
2 1 (2.86%) MPEG
2 1 (2.86%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 8 (22.86%) Windows
1 8 (22.86%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (60.00%) Project Management
2 16 (45.71%) Project Delivery
3 10 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
3 10 (28.57%) GAP Analysis
3 10 (28.57%) Supply Chain Management
4 7 (20.00%) Presales
4 7 (20.00%) PRINCE2
4 7 (20.00%) Zero Trust
5 6 (17.14%) Virtual Environments
6 4 (11.43%) Customer Requirements
6 4 (11.43%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (11.43%) SDLC
6 4 (11.43%) Strategic Thinking
7 2 (5.71%) Customer Experience
7 2 (5.71%) Migration
7 2 (5.71%) Programme Management
7 2 (5.71%) Remote Monitoring and Management
7 2 (5.71%) Service Delivery
7 2 (5.71%) Tech Ops
8 1 (2.86%) Post-Production
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.71%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (25.71%) Cisco Certification
1 9 (25.71%) HND
2 7 (20.00%) CCIE
2 7 (20.00%) CCNP
3 2 (5.71%) CCNA
System Software
1 8 (22.86%) Active Directory
2 6 (17.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (5.71%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (5.71%) Autotask
1 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (5.71%) SCCM
Vendors
1 13 (37.14%) Microsoft
2 9 (25.71%) Aruba
2 9 (25.71%) Cisco
2 9 (25.71%) HP
3 7 (20.00%) Fortinet
3 7 (20.00%) Meraki
3 7 (20.00%) Palo Alto
4 6 (17.14%) VMware
5 2 (5.71%) Datto