Project Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Project Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Project Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £44,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 440 482 633
Rank change year-on-year +42 +151 +71
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Engineer 131 309 126
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.34% 0.42% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% 0.44% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 63 237 47
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,000 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.37% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £67,500 £56,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £57,500
UK median annual salary £44,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -6.32% - +4.40%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 35,130 69,905 52,029
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.34% 94.92% 89.13%
Number of salaries quoted 17,680 49,398 29,909
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,438 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,399 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -6.54% +6.63%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Project Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Engineer in the UK excluding London

Project Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Project Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Project Engineer in the UK excluding London

Project Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Project Engineer in the UK excluding London

Project Engineer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 28 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
Midlands +52 50 £52,500 +5.00% 40
East Midlands +45 35 £53,750 +7.50% 20
North of England +5 27 £44,000 -20.00% 65
South East +8 26 £67,500 +50.00% 66
North West -6 22 £44,000 -28.09% 30
East of England +47 17 £44,000 -2.22% 27
West Midlands +50 15 £39,000 -20.41% 18
South West +87 10 £67,500 +80.00% 26
Yorkshire +39 4 £50,000 +5.26% 27
Scotland +118 2 - - 23
Wales +45 1 - - 8
North East +42 1 £34,000 -37.04% 10
Project Engineer
UK

Project Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 28 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 UK excluding London region featuring Project Engineer in the job title.

1 46 (35.11%) Degree
2 34 (25.95%) Project Management
3 30 (22.90%) AutoCAD
4 28 (21.37%) Project Delivery
5 27 (20.61%) Microsoft
6 26 (19.85%) MPEG
6 26 (19.85%) Broadband
6 26 (19.85%) DVB
6 26 (19.85%) Technical Architecture
6 26 (19.85%) Social Skills
6 26 (19.85%) Procure-to-Pay
6 26 (19.85%) Post-Production
7 25 (19.08%) Analytical Skills
8 24 (18.32%) Azure
9 21 (16.03%) Manufacturing
10 20 (15.27%) Legal
11 18 (13.74%) Continuous Improvement
11 18 (13.74%) VMware
12 17 (12.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 16 (12.21%) BPSS Clearance
13 16 (12.21%) Law
14 15 (11.45%) Finance
14 15 (11.45%) Microsoft 365
14 15 (11.45%) Business Case
15 14 (10.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 14 (10.69%) Problem-Solving
15 14 (10.69%) Firewall
15 14 (10.69%) Cisco
16 13 (9.92%) HP
16 13 (9.92%) Windows

Project Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 8 (6.11%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.53%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 30 (22.90%) AutoCAD
2 6 (4.58%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (3.05%) MS Visio
3 4 (3.05%) Trello
4 3 (2.29%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.76%) Revit
Business Applications
1 1 (0.76%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 24 (18.32%) Azure
2 15 (11.45%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (4.58%) IaaS
4 5 (3.82%) Mimecast
5 3 (2.29%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.76%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.76%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 26 (19.85%) Broadband
1 26 (19.85%) DVB
2 14 (10.69%) Firewall
3 11 (8.40%) LAN
3 11 (8.40%) WAN
4 7 (5.34%) Cisco Firepower
4 7 (5.34%) SD-WAN
4 7 (5.34%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (4.58%) VPN
6 4 (3.05%) DNS
7 3 (2.29%) VLAN
8 2 (1.53%) DHCP
8 2 (1.53%) iSCSI
8 2 (1.53%) SAN
8 2 (1.53%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.76%) Asterisk PBX
9 1 (0.76%) Multicast
9 1 (0.76%) Remote Desktop
9 1 (0.76%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (6.87%) MongoDB
2 6 (4.58%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.76%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (3.05%) JIRA
General
1 26 (19.85%) Social Skills
2 25 (19.08%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (16.03%) Manufacturing
4 20 (15.27%) Legal
5 16 (12.21%) Law
6 15 (11.45%) Finance
7 14 (10.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (6.87%) Aerospace
8 9 (6.87%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (4.58%) Public Sector
10 2 (1.53%) Billing
10 2 (1.53%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.76%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.87%) Kafka
2 1 (0.76%) SOAP
2 1 (0.76%) XML
2 1 (0.76%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 26 (19.85%) MPEG
2 7 (5.34%) Driving Licence
3 6 (4.58%) Operational Technology
4 4 (3.05%) Onboarding
4 4 (3.05%) SCADA
5 2 (1.53%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (1.53%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.76%) Life Science
6 1 (0.76%) Robotics
6 1 (0.76%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.76%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 13 (9.92%) Windows
1 13 (9.92%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.76%) Debian
2 1 (0.76%) Linux
2 1 (0.76%) Ubuntu
2 1 (0.76%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (25.95%) Project Management
2 28 (21.37%) Project Delivery
3 26 (19.85%) Post-Production
3 26 (19.85%) Procure-to-Pay
3 26 (19.85%) Technical Architecture
4 18 (13.74%) Continuous Improvement
5 17 (12.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 15 (11.45%) Business Case
7 14 (10.69%) Problem-Solving
8 12 (9.16%) Data Analysis
8 12 (9.16%) Data Management
8 12 (9.16%) Logistic Engineering
8 12 (9.16%) Logistics
8 12 (9.16%) Requirements Gathering
9 11 (8.40%) Cybersecurity
10 10 (7.63%) GAP Analysis
10 10 (7.63%) Roadmaps
10 10 (7.63%) Supply Chain Management
11 9 (6.87%) API Integration
11 9 (6.87%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.53%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.76%) Bash
2 1 (0.76%) Python
2 1 (0.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 46 (35.11%) Degree
2 16 (12.21%) BPSS Clearance
3 11 (8.40%) HND
4 10 (7.63%) SC Cleared
4 10 (7.63%) Security Cleared
5 9 (6.87%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (5.34%) CCIE
6 7 (5.34%) CCNP
7 4 (3.05%) HNC
7 4 (3.05%) Master's Degree
8 3 (2.29%) CISSP
8 3 (2.29%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (1.53%) CCNA
10 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.87%) Def Stans
2 2 (1.53%) PMO
3 1 (0.76%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.76%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.76%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (8.40%) Active Directory
2 8 (6.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (3.05%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (3.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.29%) Autotask
3 2 (1.53%) FortiGate
3 2 (1.53%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (1.53%) SCCM
Vendors
1 27 (20.61%) Microsoft
2 18 (13.74%) VMware
3 14 (10.69%) Cisco
4 13 (9.92%) HP
5 10 (7.63%) Meraki
6 9 (6.87%) Aruba
6 9 (6.87%) Fortinet
6 9 (6.87%) Palo Alto
7 2 (1.53%) Apple
7 2 (1.53%) Datto
7 2 (1.53%) Dell
7 2 (1.53%) Sophos
7 2 (1.53%) Veeam
8 1 (0.76%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.76%) SAP
8 1 (0.76%) WatchGuard