Project Engineer Jobs in the North West

Project Engineer
England > North West

The median Project Engineer salary in the North West 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 269 270 299
Rank change year-on-year +1 +29 +23
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Engineer 22 27 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.27% 0.27% 0.052%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 0.29% 0.058%
Number of salaries quoted 16 27 2
10th Percentile - £37,500 -
25th Percentile - £40,000 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £65,000 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.31% +71.05% -5.00%
75th Percentile - - £39,000
90th Percentile - £65,593 -
England median annual salary £44,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.22% -5.26% +5.56%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 North West with a recognized job title 7,357 9,353 6,927
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.84% 94.63% 89.36%
Number of salaries quoted 4,011 7,192 4,022
10th Percentile £26,500 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,000 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.54% -12.01% +1.33%

Project Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Engineer in the North West

Project Engineer
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Project Engineer in the North West

Project Engineer
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Engineer within the North West 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
Cumbria - 16 £44,000 -
Cheshire +5 6 - - 4
Project Engineer
England

Project Engineer Skill Set
Top 12 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

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 North West region featuring Project Engineer in the job title.

1 22 (100.00%) Degree
2 16 (72.73%) BPSS Clearance
2 16 (72.73%) Legal
2 16 (72.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 6 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 6 (27.27%) Design for Manufacturing
3 6 (27.27%) Computational Fluid Dynamics
3 6 (27.27%) Master's Degree
3 6 (27.27%) AutoCAD
3 6 (27.27%) Manufacturing
3 6 (27.27%) Finite Element Analysis
3 6 (27.27%) Analytical Skills

Project Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Applications
1 6 (27.27%) AutoCAD
General
1 16 (72.73%) Legal
2 6 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (27.27%) Manufacturing
2 6 (27.27%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (72.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 6 (27.27%) Computational Fluid Dynamics
2 6 (27.27%) Design for Manufacturing
2 6 (27.27%) Finite Element Analysis
Qualifications
1 22 (100.00%) Degree
2 16 (72.73%) BPSS Clearance
3 6 (27.27%) Master's Degree