Chartered Engineer Job Trends in the South East

Chartered Engineer (CEng)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Chartered Engineer qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 240 270 286
Rank change year-on-year +30 +16 +32
Permanent jobs citing Chartered Engineer 27 24 5
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.26% 0.27% 0.057%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.84% 0.60% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 9 11 3
10th Percentile £48,000 £50,000 -
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,579 £48,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,900 £65,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.77% +32.65% -21.08%
75th Percentile £85,700 £67,500 £69,000
90th Percentile - £75,000 £80,400
England median annual salary £57,500 £59,908 £53,750
% change year-on-year -4.02% +11.46% -0.46%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,230 3,988 3,399
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 31.02% 44.39% 38.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1,375 1,746 2,108
10th Percentile £27,500 £35,000 £27,965
25th Percentile £36,250 £46,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +14.29% +2.24%
75th Percentile £66,250 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,625 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -

Chartered Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Chartered Engineer job vacancy trend in the South East

Chartered Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Chartered Engineer.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Chartered Engineer

Chartered Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Chartered Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Chartered Engineer in the South East

Chartered Engineer
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Chartered Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 15 January 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
Isle of Wight -5 9 £75,900 +16.77%
Hampshire +34 7 £85,700 +22.43% 4
Surrey +7 6 - - 2
Thames Valley +15 2 £52,500 -4.55% 3
West Sussex - 2 £66,850 - 1
Buckinghamshire +6 1 £52,500 -4.55%
Kent -9 1 £85,700 +14.27% 2
Berkshire - 1 - - 2
Chartered Engineer
England

Chartered Engineer
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Development Applications
1 9 (33.33%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (7.41%) JIRA
General
1 1 (3.70%) Advertising
1 1 (3.70%) Aerospace
1 1 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (40.74%) Principal Engineer
2 10 (37.04%) Systems Engineer
3 9 (33.33%) Architect
3 9 (33.33%) Software Architect
4 7 (25.93%) Principal Systems Engineer
5 4 (14.81%) Principal Software Engineer
5 4 (14.81%) Software Engineer
6 3 (11.11%) Senior
6 3 (11.11%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 3 (11.11%) System Design Authority
7 1 (3.70%) Product Assurance Engineer
7 1 (3.70%) RAMS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (33.33%) Middleware
2 7 (25.93%) OLE
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (55.56%) Agile
1 15 (55.56%) Configuration Management
1 15 (55.56%) Waterfall
2 13 (48.15%) Computer Science
2 13 (48.15%) Systems Engineering
2 13 (48.15%) UML
3 11 (40.74%) Continuous Improvement
3 11 (40.74%) Software Engineering
4 9 (33.33%) Design Patterns
4 9 (33.33%) DevOps
4 9 (33.33%) Mentoring
4 9 (33.33%) Open Source
4 9 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (33.33%) SDLC
4 9 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
4 9 (33.33%) Validation
4 9 (33.33%) Verification and Validation
5 7 (25.93%) Architectural Design
5 7 (25.93%) Change Management
6 3 (11.11%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 4 (14.81%) Ada
1 4 (14.81%) Ada 95
Qualifications
1 26 (96.30%) BPSS Clearance
2 20 (74.07%) Degree
3 9 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (48.15%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 2 (7.41%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 1 (3.70%) ARP4754
3 1 (3.70%) ARP4761
3 1 (3.70%) DO-178B
3 1 (3.70%) DO-254
Systems Management
1 2 (7.41%) BMC PATROL
Vendors
1 2 (7.41%) IBM