Chartered Engineer Jobs 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 74 391 106
Rank change year-on-year +317 -285 +366
Permanent jobs citing Chartered Engineer 342 9 428
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 3.55% 0.051% 3.05%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.15% 0.15% 7.66%
Number of salaries quoted 229 5 16
10th Percentile - £40,200 -
25th Percentile £65,000 £48,000 £61,202
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,000 £49,000 £62,086
Median % change year-on-year +38.78% -21.08% +22.11%
75th Percentile £70,000 £61,250 £64,049
90th Percentile £73,000 - £67,285
England median annual salary £68,000 £52,500 £62,086
% change year-on-year +29.52% -15.44% +22.11%

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 5,559 5,907 5,588
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 57.70% 33.68% 39.79%
Number of salaries quoted 2,498 3,633 2,495
10th Percentile £34,988 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,125 £36,713
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,000 £51,350
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% +1.27% -1.25%
75th Percentile £70,600 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,875 £82,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £54,897 £54,399 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.92% -9.34% +9.09%

Chartered Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Chartered Engineer as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Chartered Engineer in the South East

Chartered Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Chartered Engineer in the South East.

Salary trend for Chartered Engineer in the South East

Chartered Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Chartered Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

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 30 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
Isle of Wight - 273 £68,000 - 9
Hampshire +123 50 £70,000 +42.86% 7
Kent - 13 £85,000 - 2
West Sussex - 5 £70,000 - 1
Surrey - 1 - - 3
Chartered Engineer
England

Chartered Engineer
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Communications & Networking
1 23 (6.73%) Wireshark
2 2 (0.58%) Ethernet
2 2 (0.58%) Modbus
2 2 (0.58%) MQTT
Development Applications
1 67 (19.59%) Rational DOORS
2 18 (5.26%) JIRA
General
1 82 (23.98%) Social Skills
2 35 (10.23%) Manufacturing
3 3 (0.88%) Finance
3 3 (0.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (0.88%) Public Sector
3 3 (0.88%) Retail
3 3 (0.88%) Telecoms
4 2 (0.58%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (0.58%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (0.29%) Aerospace
5 1 (0.29%) Avionics
5 1 (0.29%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 104 (30.41%) Architect
1 104 (30.41%) Principal Engineer
2 80 (23.39%) Principal Software Engineer
2 80 (23.39%) Software Engineer
3 59 (17.25%) Systems Engineer
4 57 (16.67%) Engineering Manager
5 56 (16.37%) Software Architect
6 48 (14.04%) Systems Architect
7 37 (10.82%) Senior
8 35 (10.23%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 24 (7.02%) Principal Systems Engineer
10 18 (5.26%) System Design Authority
11 13 (3.80%) Lead
12 12 (3.51%) Software Team Leader
12 12 (3.51%) Team Leader
12 12 (3.51%) Test Leader
12 12 (3.51%) Test Team Leader
13 3 (0.88%) Civil Engineer
13 3 (0.88%) Graduate Infrastructure Engineer
13 3 (0.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (16.37%) Middleware
2 1 (0.29%) .NET
2 1 (0.29%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 48 (14.04%) Management Information System
2 4 (1.17%) SCADA
3 2 (0.58%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (0.58%) Biopharmaceutical
3 2 (0.58%) Data Centre
3 2 (0.58%) Industry 4.0
3 2 (0.58%) IoT
3 2 (0.58%) Operational Technology
3 2 (0.58%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 23 (6.73%) Linux
1 23 (6.73%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 170 (49.71%) Configuration Management
2 154 (45.03%) Agile
2 154 (45.03%) Waterfall
3 148 (43.27%) Computer Science
4 136 (39.77%) Mentoring
4 136 (39.77%) UML
5 125 (36.55%) Systems Engineering
6 93 (27.19%) Software Engineering
7 75 (21.93%) Continuous Improvement
8 66 (19.30%) Customer Requirements
9 56 (16.37%) Design Patterns
9 56 (16.37%) DevOps
9 56 (16.37%) Open Source
9 56 (16.37%) SDLC
10 54 (15.79%) Systems Thinking
11 48 (14.04%) Business Case
11 48 (14.04%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
11 48 (14.04%) Requirements Management
12 34 (9.94%) Project Delivery
12 34 (9.94%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 36 (10.53%) Ada
1 36 (10.53%) Ada 95
2 1 (0.29%) C#
2 1 (0.29%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 341 (99.71%) Degree
2 281 (82.16%) BPSS Clearance
3 68 (19.88%) Computer Science Degree
4 37 (10.82%) Master's Degree
5 6 (1.75%) PhD
6 2 (0.58%) HNC
6 2 (0.58%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (26.90%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 54 (15.79%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 2 (0.58%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.58%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 66 (19.30%) IBM
2 2 (0.58%) AVEVA
2 2 (0.58%) Rockwell
2 2 (0.58%) Siemens
2 2 (0.58%) VMware