Project Engineer Jobs in the Midlands

Project Engineer
England > Midlands

The median Project Engineer salary in the Midlands is £51,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 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
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 170 252 285
Rank change year-on-year +82 +33 +15
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Engineer 80 59 44
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.14% 0.50% 0.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.25% 0.53% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 28 46 5
10th Percentile £33,000 £35,625 -
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% +11.11% +9.09%
75th Percentile £61,875 £55,000 £48,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 -
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - -5.26% +11.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 6,423 11,032 8,504
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.74% 94.31% 89.59%
Number of salaries quoted 2,838 8,249 4,760
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,200 £29,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £60,741 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Project Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Engineer in the Midlands

Project Engineer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Project Engineer in the Midlands

Project Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Engineer in the Midlands over the 6 months to 5 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Project Engineer in the Midlands

Project Engineer
Job Locations in the 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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 5 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
West Midlands +68 43 £39,000 -20.41% 26
East Midlands +54 37 £52,500 +5.00% 19
Project Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 5 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 Midlands region featuring Project Engineer in the job title.

1 46 (57.50%) Law
1 46 (57.50%) Analytical Skills
2 43 (53.75%) Manufacturing
3 40 (50.00%) Data Management
3 40 (50.00%) Data Analysis
3 40 (50.00%) Logistics
3 40 (50.00%) Degree
3 40 (50.00%) Logistic Engineering
3 40 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 40 (50.00%) Business Case
4 23 (28.75%) Project Management
5 20 (25.00%) Project Delivery
6 19 (23.75%) Social Skills
7 18 (22.50%) Microsoft
7 18 (22.50%) Azure
8 14 (17.50%) Continuous Improvement
9 11 (13.75%) Firewall
10 10 (12.50%) GAP Analysis
10 10 (12.50%) Windows
10 10 (12.50%) Supply Chain Management
10 10 (12.50%) Finance
10 10 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (12.50%) Windows Server
11 9 (11.25%) HND
11 9 (11.25%) PRINCE2
11 9 (11.25%) HP
12 8 (10.00%) SQL Server
12 8 (10.00%) LAN
12 8 (10.00%) WAN
12 8 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure

Project Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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 5 (6.25%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.50%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (6.25%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (5.00%) MS Visio
2 4 (5.00%) Trello
3 1 (1.25%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 18 (22.50%) Azure
2 6 (7.50%) IaaS
3 5 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 11 (13.75%) Firewall
2 8 (10.00%) LAN
2 8 (10.00%) WAN
3 7 (8.75%) Cisco Firepower
3 7 (8.75%) SD-WAN
3 7 (8.75%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (6.25%) VPN
5 2 (2.50%) SAN
6 1 (1.25%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (10.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (5.00%) JIRA
General
1 46 (57.50%) Analytical Skills
1 46 (57.50%) Law
2 43 (53.75%) Manufacturing
3 19 (23.75%) Social Skills
4 10 (12.50%) Finance
4 10 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (2.50%) Clustering
1 2 (2.50%) Operational Technology
1 2 (2.50%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (1.25%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 10 (12.50%) Windows
1 10 (12.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (50.00%) Business Case
1 40 (50.00%) Data Analysis
1 40 (50.00%) Data Management
1 40 (50.00%) Logistic Engineering
1 40 (50.00%) Logistics
1 40 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 23 (28.75%) Project Management
3 20 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 14 (17.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 10 (12.50%) GAP Analysis
5 10 (12.50%) Supply Chain Management
6 9 (11.25%) PRINCE2
7 7 (8.75%) Presales
7 7 (8.75%) Zero Trust
8 6 (7.50%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (7.50%) Virtual Environments
9 4 (5.00%) Customer Experience
9 4 (5.00%) Customer Requirements
9 4 (5.00%) SDLC
9 4 (5.00%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 40 (50.00%) Degree
2 9 (11.25%) HND
3 7 (8.75%) CCIE
3 7 (8.75%) CCNP
3 7 (8.75%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.25%) HNC
System Software
1 8 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (7.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (2.50%) FortiGate
1 2 (2.50%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 18 (22.50%) Microsoft
2 9 (11.25%) HP
3 8 (10.00%) VMware
4 7 (8.75%) Aruba
4 7 (8.75%) Cisco
4 7 (8.75%) Fortinet
4 7 (8.75%) Meraki
4 7 (8.75%) Palo Alto
5 2 (2.50%) Apple
5 2 (2.50%) Dell
5 2 (2.50%) Sophos
5 2 (2.50%) Veeam