Chartered Engineer Job Trends in Manchester

Chartered Engineer (CEng)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for Chartered Engineer qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 16 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 - 190
Rank change year-on-year - - -38
Permanent jobs citing Chartered Engineer 3 0 9
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.075% - 0.21%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.29% - 0.93%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +197.62%
75th Percentile - - £52,500
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £57,500 £61,967 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.21% +23.93% +197.62%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,042 845 963
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 25.91% 38.69% 22.06%
Number of salaries quoted 414 444 729
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,650 £29,750
25th Percentile £31,563 £40,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,418 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.06% - -7.60%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,886 £71,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,070 £82,500
North West median annual salary £50,000 £50,055 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.11% +0.11% -9.09%

Chartered Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Chartered Engineer job vacancy trend in Manchester

Chartered Engineer
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Chartered Engineer.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Chartered Engineer

Chartered Engineer
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Chartered Engineer within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 16 March 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bury - 2 - -
Bolton - 1 £60,000 -
Chartered Engineer
North West

Chartered Engineer
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 2 (66.67%) AutoCAD
1 2 (66.67%) Revit
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Design Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Mechanical Design Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Mechanical Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Control Systems Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Building Information Modelling
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Twin
2 1 (33.33%) Ergonomics
2 1 (33.33%) Human Factors
2 1 (33.33%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
2 1 (33.33%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) IEC 61508