Chartered Engineer Job Trends in England

Chartered Engineer (CEng)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Chartered Engineer qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 513 446 609
Rank change year-on-year -67 +163 +25
Permanent jobs citing Chartered Engineer 96 239 58
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.18% 0.48% 0.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.55% 1.33% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 33 29 15
10th Percentile £44,000 £48,000 £47,500
25th Percentile - £56,176 £49,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.86% +5.45% +1.85%
75th Percentile £85,700 £65,000 £84,625
90th Percentile - £71,000 £97,375
UK median annual salary £68,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +17.24% +5.45% +8.17%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 17,554 17,917 13,855
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 33.69% 36.13% 30.47%
Number of salaries quoted 7,069 7,221 9,544
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,854 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,350 £93,250 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,430 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.45% +3.36% -

Chartered Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Chartered Engineer job vacancy trend in England

Chartered Engineer
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Chartered Engineer.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Chartered Engineer

Chartered Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Chartered Engineer in England over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Chartered Engineer in England

Chartered Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Chartered Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 30 December 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
North of England -23 52 £57,500 -3.79% 3
North West +27 51 £57,500 -3.79% 1
South East +35 28 £80,800 +24.31% 13
Midlands +9 6 £85,700 - 2
South West -30 5 £80,000 +37.93% 14
East Midlands -16 4 £85,700 - 2
East of England -17 3 £75,900 +13.28%
London +55 2 £110,000 +62.96% 4
West Midlands +11 2 - -
Yorkshire -42 1 - -
Chartered Engineer
UK

Chartered Engineer
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.04%) PowerFactory
Applications
1 14 (14.58%) AutoCAD
2 12 (12.50%) Abaqus
3 4 (4.17%) Revit
4 1 (1.04%) EPLAN
4 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.08%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.13%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.08%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (7.29%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (2.08%) JIRA
General
1 12 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 6 (6.25%) Aerospace
3 4 (4.17%) Military
4 3 (3.13%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (3.13%) Automotive
4 3 (3.13%) Social Skills
4 3 (3.13%) Telecoms
5 2 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (2.08%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.04%) Advertising
6 1 (1.04%) Avionics
6 1 (1.04%) Legal
6 1 (1.04%) Retail
Job Titles
1 40 (41.67%) Senior
2 34 (35.42%) Principal Engineer
3 17 (17.71%) Architect
4 16 (16.67%) Software Architect
5 11 (11.46%) Human Factors Engineer
5 11 (11.46%) Software Engineer
5 11 (11.46%) Systems Engineer
6 10 (10.42%) Principal Software Engineer
7 7 (7.29%) Principal Systems Engineer
8 4 (4.17%) Mechanical Engineer
8 4 (4.17%) Senior Electrical Engineer
9 3 (3.13%) Engineering Manager
9 3 (3.13%) System Design Authority
10 2 (2.08%) Design Engineer
10 2 (2.08%) Mechanical Design Engineer
10 2 (2.08%) Platform Engineer
10 2 (2.08%) Product Assurance Engineer
10 2 (2.08%) Senior Manager
10 2 (2.08%) Senior Systems Engineer
10 2 (2.08%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (16.67%) Middleware
2 5 (5.21%) OLE
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.13%) Acoustics
1 3 (3.13%) Renewable Energy
2 2 (2.08%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.04%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.04%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (29.17%) Agile
1 28 (29.17%) Configuration Management
1 28 (29.17%) Waterfall
2 26 (27.08%) Computer Science
2 26 (27.08%) UML
3 24 (25.00%) Mentoring
4 20 (20.83%) Continuous Improvement
5 16 (16.67%) Design Patterns
5 16 (16.67%) DevOps
5 16 (16.67%) Open Source
5 16 (16.67%) SDLC
5 16 (16.67%) Software Engineering
6 13 (13.54%) Systems Engineering
7 12 (12.50%) Finite Element Analysis
8 11 (11.46%) Ergonomics
8 11 (11.46%) Human Factors
9 10 (10.42%) Problem-Solving
9 10 (10.42%) Technical Leadership
10 9 (9.38%) Feasibility Study
10 9 (9.38%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 10 (10.42%) Ada
1 10 (10.42%) Ada 95
2 1 (1.04%) Python
Qualifications
1 76 (79.17%) BPSS Clearance
2 65 (67.71%) Degree
3 16 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (9.38%) Master's Degree
5 4 (4.17%) Security Cleared
6 2 (2.08%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.04%) CESG Certified Professional
7 1 (1.04%) CISM
7 1 (1.04%) CISSP
7 1 (1.04%) HND
7 1 (1.04%) PhD
7 1 (1.04%) PMI Certification
7 1 (1.04%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (27.08%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 4 (4.17%) IEC 61508
3 3 (3.13%) DO-254
4 2 (2.08%) Def Stans
5 1 (1.04%) ARP4754
5 1 (1.04%) ARP4761
5 1 (1.04%) DO-178B
5 1 (1.04%) GDPR
5 1 (1.04%) IEC 61131
5 1 (1.04%) NCSC
Vendors
1 2 (2.08%) IBM
2 1 (1.04%) EMC
2 1 (1.04%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.04%) Rockwell
2 1 (1.04%) Siemens
2 1 (1.04%) Wonderware