Chartered Engineer Job Trends in the South West

Chartered Engineer (CEng)
England > South West

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

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 177 140 207
Rank change year-on-year -37 +67 -72
Permanent jobs citing Chartered Engineer 5 51 9
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.099% 1.20% 0.20%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.30% 3.14% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 3 10 1
10th Percentile £54,400 £48,000 -
25th Percentile £64,000 £50,500 £87,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £58,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year +37.93% -35.56% +80.00%
75th Percentile £82,850 - £92,500
90th Percentile £84,560 £58,191 -
England median annual salary £57,500 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.86% +5.45% +1.85%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,682 1,626 1,825
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 33.40% 38.23% 40.17%
Number of salaries quoted 878 833 1,266
10th Percentile £28,250 £23,850 £29,440
25th Percentile £36,500 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,600 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.19% +5.20% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £78,500
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 West

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

Chartered Engineer job vacancy trend in the South West

Chartered Engineer
Salary Trend in the South West

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

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

Chartered Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South West

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

Salary histogram for Chartered Engineer in the South West

Chartered Engineer
Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 6 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
Dorset -8 3 £48,000 -19.88% 1
Somerset -14 1 £85,700 -
Chartered Engineer
England

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

General
1 1 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Principal Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Product Assurance Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Security Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Software Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Middleware
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Safety Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (20.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (20.00%) Design Patterns
2 1 (20.00%) DevOps
2 1 (20.00%) Information Security
2 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (20.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) Open Source
2 1 (20.00%) SABSA
2 1 (20.00%) SDLC
2 1 (20.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (20.00%) Systems Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) UML
2 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 4 (80.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) Master's Degree
3 1 (20.00%) CESG Certified Professional
3 1 (20.00%) CISM
3 1 (20.00%) CISSP
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Def Stans
1 2 (40.00%) IEC 61508
2 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 1 (20.00%) NCSC