Project Engineer Jobs in England

Project Engineer
UK > England

The median Project Engineer salary in England is £44,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 567 558 770
Rank change year-on-year -9 +212 +183
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Engineer 125 294 144
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.25% 0.34% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 0.36% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 73 226 44
10th Percentile £33,000 £35,000 £30,725
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £37,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £67,500 £55,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £57,500
UK median annual salary £44,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -1.11% -5.26% +5.56%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 44,665 81,175 81,176
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.78% 94.55% 91.50%
Number of salaries quoted 24,293 60,496 51,517
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £53,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +6.54% -12.01% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,519 £100,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

Project Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Engineer in England

Project Engineer
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Project Engineer in England.

Salary trend for Project Engineer in England

Project Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Engineer in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Project Engineer in England

Project 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 Project Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 16 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
Midlands +67 60 £52,500 +5.00% 42
East Midlands +40 35 £52,500 +5.00% 18
West Midlands +52 25 £39,000 -20.41% 23
North of England +18 25 £44,000 -18.52% 53
South East +26 23 £51,250 +13.89% 51
North West +1 22 £44,000 -32.31% 19
South West +77 7 £67,500 +80.00% 35
East of England +39 7 £44,000 +3.53% 27
London +78 4 £55,000 +4.76% 27
Yorkshire +45 2 £44,750 -5.79% 23
North East +40 1 £34,000 -37.04% 11
Project Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 16 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 England region featuring Project Engineer in the job title.

1 55 (44.00%) Degree
2 38 (30.40%) Project Management
3 36 (28.80%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (26.40%) Microsoft
4 33 (26.40%) Manufacturing
5 32 (25.60%) Project Delivery
6 29 (23.20%) Social Skills
7 28 (22.40%) Azure
8 27 (21.60%) Law
9 25 (20.00%) Business Case
10 23 (18.40%) Data Analysis
11 22 (17.60%) Logistics
11 22 (17.60%) Data Management
11 22 (17.60%) Requirements Gathering
11 22 (17.60%) Logistic Engineering
12 19 (15.20%) Continuous Improvement
12 19 (15.20%) Microsoft 365
12 19 (15.20%) VMware
13 18 (14.40%) Legal
13 18 (14.40%) Firewall
13 18 (14.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 18 (14.40%) Problem-Solving
14 16 (12.80%) Windows Server
14 16 (12.80%) BPSS Clearance
14 16 (12.80%) Windows
15 15 (12.00%) Cisco
16 14 (11.20%) Finance
16 14 (11.20%) Active Directory
17 13 (10.40%) LAN
17 13 (10.40%) WAN

Project Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 11 (8.80%) SharePoint
2 5 (4.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.80%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (5.60%) AutoCAD
2 5 (4.00%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (4.00%) MS Visio
3 4 (3.20%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (3.20%) Trello
4 2 (1.60%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.80%) Revit
Business Applications
1 1 (0.80%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 28 (22.40%) Azure
2 19 (15.20%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (6.40%) Mimecast
4 6 (4.80%) IaaS
4 6 (4.80%) Power Platform
5 2 (1.60%) Entra ID
5 2 (1.60%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.80%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 18 (14.40%) Firewall
2 13 (10.40%) LAN
2 13 (10.40%) WAN
3 9 (7.20%) VPN
4 8 (6.40%) Wi-Fi
5 7 (5.60%) Cisco Firepower
5 7 (5.60%) SD-WAN
6 4 (3.20%) DNS
7 3 (2.40%) DHCP
7 3 (2.40%) SAN
7 3 (2.40%) TCP/IP
7 3 (2.40%) VLAN
8 1 (0.80%) Broadband
8 1 (0.80%) DVB
8 1 (0.80%) iSCSI
8 1 (0.80%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (0.80%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (7.20%) MongoDB
2 7 (5.60%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.80%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 4 (3.20%) JIRA
General
1 36 (28.80%) Analytical Skills
2 33 (26.40%) Manufacturing
3 29 (23.20%) Social Skills
4 27 (21.60%) Law
5 18 (14.40%) Legal
6 14 (11.20%) Finance
7 11 (8.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (7.20%) Aerospace
9 8 (6.40%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (4.80%) Public Sector
11 2 (1.60%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.80%) Billing
12 1 (0.80%) Local Government
12 1 (0.80%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.80%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (7.20%) Kafka
2 1 (0.80%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 6 (4.80%) Onboarding
2 5 (4.00%) Driving Licence
3 4 (3.20%) Operational Technology
4 3 (2.40%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (1.60%) SCADA
6 1 (0.80%) Biopharmaceutical
6 1 (0.80%) Clustering
6 1 (0.80%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.80%) Industry 4.0
6 1 (0.80%) Life Science
6 1 (0.80%) MPEG
6 1 (0.80%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 16 (12.80%) Windows
1 16 (12.80%) Windows Server
2 2 (1.60%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (30.40%) Project Management
2 32 (25.60%) Project Delivery
3 25 (20.00%) Business Case
4 23 (18.40%) Data Analysis
5 22 (17.60%) Data Management
5 22 (17.60%) Logistic Engineering
5 22 (17.60%) Logistics
5 22 (17.60%) Requirements Gathering
6 19 (15.20%) Continuous Improvement
7 18 (14.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 18 (14.40%) Problem-Solving
8 13 (10.40%) Cybersecurity
9 11 (8.80%) Roadmaps
10 10 (8.00%) GAP Analysis
10 10 (8.00%) Supply Chain Management
11 9 (7.20%) API Integration
11 9 (7.20%) Presales
11 9 (7.20%) PRINCE2
11 9 (7.20%) Systems Engineering
12 7 (5.60%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.40%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.80%) SQL
Qualifications
1 55 (44.00%) Degree
2 16 (12.80%) BPSS Clearance
3 11 (8.80%) Security Cleared
4 10 (8.00%) SC Cleared
5 9 (7.20%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (7.20%) HND
6 7 (5.60%) CCIE
6 7 (5.60%) CCNP
7 6 (4.80%) Master's Degree
8 4 (3.20%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (2.40%) CISSP
9 3 (2.40%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (1.60%) Azure Certification
10 2 (1.60%) CCNA
10 2 (1.60%) HNC
11 1 (0.80%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.80%) CSQE
11 1 (0.80%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.80%) MCSA
11 1 (0.80%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.20%) Def Stans
2 2 (1.60%) QA
3 1 (0.80%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.80%) GMP
3 1 (0.80%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.80%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (11.20%) Active Directory
2 10 (8.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (4.00%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (5.60%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.40%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (1.60%) Autotask
3 2 (1.60%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.80%) Microsoft Clustering
4 1 (0.80%) SCCM
4 1 (0.80%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 33 (26.40%) Microsoft
2 19 (15.20%) VMware
3 15 (12.00%) Cisco
4 13 (10.40%) Meraki
5 10 (8.00%) HP
6 9 (7.20%) Fortinet
7 8 (6.40%) Aruba
8 7 (5.60%) Palo Alto
9 3 (2.40%) Dell
9 3 (2.40%) Veeam
10 2 (1.60%) Apple
10 2 (1.60%) Sophos
10 2 (1.60%) WatchGuard
11 1 (0.80%) Avaya
11 1 (0.80%) Datto