Process Engineer Job Trends

Process Engineer
UK

The median Process Engineer salary in the UK is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 634 725 694
Rank change year-on-year +91 -31 +377
Permanent jobs requiring a Process Engineer 13 27 27
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.023% 0.043% 0.054%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.026% 0.046% 0.056%
Number of salaries quoted 3 18 21
10th Percentile £47,000 - -
25th Percentile £50,000 - £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £44,388
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +12.64% +7.54%
75th Percentile £65,450 - £47,250
90th Percentile £71,720 - £71,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% +17.65% +2.97%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 50,261 59,063 47,897
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.04% 94.04% 95.23%
Number of salaries quoted 31,429 32,705 37,339
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,965 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.11% -3.39% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.52% - -

Process Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Process Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Process Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

Process Engineer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Process Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Process Engineer job vacancies in the UK

Process Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Process Engineer over the 6 months to 6 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Process Engineer in the UK

Process Engineer
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Process Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 6 December 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
UK excluding London +78 13 £55,000 +10.00% 10
England +92 9 £55,000 +4.76% 11
South West +35 8 £55,000 +4.76% 2
Work from Home +85 5 £55,000 +4.76% 4
Scotland -6 4 £60,450 +20.90%
North of England +36 1 - - 3
Yorkshire 0 1 - -

Process Engineer Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 6 December 2025, Process Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Process Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (38.46%) Code Quality
1 5 (38.46%) QA
2 4 (30.77%) Signal Processing
3 3 (23.08%) Analytical Thinking
3 3 (23.08%) C
3 3 (23.08%) C++
3 3 (23.08%) Creative Thinking
3 3 (23.08%) Digital Signal Processing
3 3 (23.08%) GitLab
3 3 (23.08%) Linux
3 3 (23.08%) Python
3 3 (23.08%) Reverse Engineering
3 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
3 3 (23.08%) Software-Defined Radio
4 2 (15.38%) Degree
4 2 (15.38%) Document Management
4 2 (15.38%) Google
4 2 (15.38%) Manufacturing Engineering
4 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (7.69%) Applied Mathematics
5 1 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (7.69%) IBM
5 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 1 (7.69%) Mathematics
5 1 (7.69%) MATLAB
5 1 (7.69%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (7.69%) Systems Engineering
5 1 (7.69%) Validation

Process Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) Software-Defined Radio
Development Applications
1 3 (23.08%) GitLab
2 1 (7.69%) Rational DOORS
General
1 7 (53.85%) Manufacturing
2 3 (23.08%) Aerospace
2 3 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Automotive
2 3 (23.08%) Electronics
3 2 (15.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (15.38%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Algorithms
2 3 (23.08%) FPGA
2 3 (23.08%) Verilog
2 3 (23.08%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 3 (23.08%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Code Quality
2 4 (30.77%) Signal Processing
3 3 (23.08%) Analytical Thinking
3 3 (23.08%) Creative Thinking
3 3 (23.08%) Digital Signal Processing
3 3 (23.08%) Reverse Engineering
4 2 (15.38%) Document Management
4 2 (15.38%) Manufacturing Engineering
5 1 (7.69%) Applied Mathematics
5 1 (7.69%) Mathematics
5 1 (7.69%) Systems Engineering
5 1 (7.69%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) C
1 3 (23.08%) C++
1 3 (23.08%) Python
2 1 (7.69%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
2 2 (15.38%) Degree
3 1 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (38.46%) QA
2 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 15288
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Google
2 1 (7.69%) IBM