Project Engineer
UK

The median Project Engineer salary in the UK is £47,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 611 808 992
Rank change year-on-year +197 +184 -208
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Engineer 296 182 204
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.30% 0.17% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.19% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 230 45 147
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,750 £37,000 £35,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - +11.76% +13.33%
75th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £57,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,000 £47,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -1.05% +11.76% +21.43%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 92,894 96,310 147,847
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.58% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,756 60,420 85,018
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,923 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.80% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Project Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Engineer in the UK

Project Engineer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Project Engineer.

Salary trend for Project Engineer in the UK

Project Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Engineer over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Project Engineer in the UK

Project Engineer
Top 16 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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
England +210 278 £47,000 -1.05% 235
UK excluding London +104 265 £47,000 -1.05% 236
South East +71 85 £45,000 -10.00% 58
Work from Home +80 62 £62,500 +31.58% 51
Midlands +20 57 £50,000 +11.11% 54
North of England +75 53 £54,000 +13.68% 53
South West -14 40 £37,500 -6.25% 19
West Midlands +19 32 £49,000 +8.89% 31
London +136 31 £52,500 +2.44% 28
North West +35 27 £65,000 +71.05% 20
East Midlands -3 25 £50,000 - 23
Yorkshire +92 20 £47,500 -7.32% 22
East of England +32 12 £42,500 -13.27% 24
Northern Ireland - 10 £50,000 - 2
Scotland -62 8 £45,000 -18.18% 21
North East - 6 £54,000 - 14

Project Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, 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 featuring Project Engineer in the job title.

1 77 (26.01%) Microsoft 365
2 73 (24.66%) Microsoft
3 70 (23.65%) Project Management
4 59 (19.93%) Azure
4 59 (19.93%) Active Directory
5 53 (17.91%) Windows
5 53 (17.91%) Hyper-V
6 52 (17.57%) VMware
7 50 (16.89%) Firewall
7 50 (16.89%) Cisco
7 50 (16.89%) Project Delivery
8 45 (15.20%) Social Skills
8 45 (15.20%) Problem-Solving
8 45 (15.20%) Degree
9 38 (12.84%) VMware Infrastructure
10 37 (12.50%) Windows Server
10 37 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
11 36 (12.16%) SharePoint
12 33 (11.15%) Microsoft Intune
13 32 (10.81%) Cisco Certification
14 27 (9.12%) PowerShell
15 26 (8.78%) Microsoft Office
16 25 (8.45%) VPN
16 25 (8.45%) Fortinet
16 25 (8.45%) Entra ID
16 25 (8.45%) Customer Service
17 24 (8.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 24 (8.11%) Power Platform
17 24 (8.11%) Palo Alto
18 23 (7.77%) Migration

Project Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 37 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 36 (12.16%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.68%) Apache
3 2 (0.68%) CMS
3 2 (0.68%) nginx
4 1 (0.34%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 26 (8.78%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (3.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (3.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.68%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.34%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.01%) Sage X3
2 2 (0.68%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 77 (26.01%) Microsoft 365
2 59 (19.93%) Azure
3 25 (8.45%) Entra ID
4 24 (8.11%) Power Platform
5 15 (5.07%) Power Automate
6 14 (4.73%) PowerApps
7 12 (4.05%) iTunes
8 10 (3.38%) OneDrive
9 4 (1.35%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (1.01%) AWS
11 2 (0.68%) Akamai
11 2 (0.68%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (0.68%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 2 (0.68%) GitHub
11 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Purview
12 1 (0.34%) Azure Logic Apps
12 1 (0.34%) Dropbox
12 1 (0.34%) GCP
12 1 (0.34%) Google Sheets
12 1 (0.34%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 50 (16.89%) Firewall
2 25 (8.45%) VPN
3 23 (7.77%) DNS
4 21 (7.09%) LAN
5 17 (5.74%) DHCP
5 17 (5.74%) WAN
6 16 (5.41%) VLAN
7 13 (4.39%) Network Security
8 12 (4.05%) SSL
9 10 (3.38%) Cisco ISE
10 9 (3.04%) VoIP
11 8 (2.70%) Wireless
12 6 (2.03%) DKIM
12 6 (2.03%) DMARC
12 6 (2.03%) TCP/IP
13 5 (1.69%) PBX
14 4 (1.35%) Cisco IOS
14 4 (1.35%) IPv4
14 4 (1.35%) IPv6
14 4 (1.35%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.03%) Amazon RDS
2 5 (1.69%) Power BI
3 1 (0.34%) MySQL
3 1 (0.34%) SQL Server
General
1 45 (15.20%) Social Skills
2 24 (8.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 15 (5.07%) Manufacturing
4 14 (4.73%) Finance
5 11 (3.72%) Aerospace
5 11 (3.72%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (3.38%) Pharmaceutical
6 10 (3.38%) Telecoms
7 8 (2.70%) Retail
8 7 (2.36%) Legal
9 5 (1.69%) Automotive
10 4 (1.35%) Electronics
10 4 (1.35%) Public Sector
11 3 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.01%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.34%) Back Office
13 1 (0.34%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.68%) ARM Templates
1 2 (0.68%) Azure Blueprints
Miscellaneous
1 17 (5.74%) Driving Licence
1 17 (5.74%) Onboarding
2 13 (4.39%) Renewable Energy
3 9 (3.04%) CCTV
4 6 (2.03%) Data Centre
4 6 (2.03%) NHS
5 4 (1.35%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.35%) SCADA
6 3 (1.01%) Clustering
7 2 (0.68%) Digital Signage
7 2 (0.68%) IPTV
7 2 (0.68%) Robotics
7 2 (0.68%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.34%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.34%) IoT
8 1 (0.34%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 53 (17.91%) Windows
2 37 (12.50%) Windows Server
3 14 (4.73%) Windows 10
4 7 (2.36%) Linux
5 3 (1.01%) Windows 7
5 3 (1.01%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (1.01%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.68%) Android
7 1 (0.34%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.34%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (23.65%) Project Management
2 50 (16.89%) Project Delivery
3 45 (15.20%) Problem-Solving
4 25 (8.45%) Customer Service
5 23 (7.77%) Migration
6 20 (6.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 18 (6.08%) ITIL
7 18 (6.08%) Presales
8 16 (5.41%) Project Planning
9 15 (5.07%) Business Case
9 15 (5.07%) Logistics
10 13 (4.39%) Line Management
11 12 (4.05%) Data Integration
12 11 (3.72%) Server Management
13 10 (3.38%) Change Control
13 10 (3.38%) ERP
13 10 (3.38%) Software Engineering
14 9 (3.04%) Change Management
15 8 (2.70%) Disaster Recovery
15 8 (2.70%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 27 (9.12%) PowerShell
2 16 (5.41%) SQL
3 12 (4.05%) C#
4 8 (2.70%) Java
4 8 (2.70%) Python
5 4 (1.35%) C
5 4 (1.35%) Ladder Logic
5 4 (1.35%) VB
5 4 (1.35%) VBA
6 2 (0.68%) Bash
6 2 (0.68%) Korn
6 2 (0.68%) PHP
Qualifications
1 45 (15.20%) Degree
2 32 (10.81%) Cisco Certification
3 21 (7.09%) CCNP
4 15 (5.07%) CCNA
5 14 (4.73%) JNCIA
5 14 (4.73%) JNCIP
6 6 (2.03%) CCIE
6 6 (2.03%) DBS Check
7 5 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.35%) HND
8 4 (1.35%) Security Cleared
9 3 (1.01%) MCP
9 3 (1.01%) MCSA
9 3 (1.01%) MCSE
10 2 (0.68%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.68%) SC Cleared
11 1 (0.34%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.34%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (0.34%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.34%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.36%) ISO 9001
2 3 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (1.01%) HAZOP
3 2 (0.68%) PMO
4 1 (0.34%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.34%) NEBOSH
4 1 (0.34%) QA
4 1 (0.34%) SLA
System Software
1 59 (19.93%) Active Directory
2 53 (17.91%) Hyper-V
3 38 (12.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (2.36%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (1.69%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (1.35%) vCloud
7 2 (0.68%) Firmware
7 2 (0.68%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 33 (11.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (2.03%) Ansible
3 3 (1.01%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.68%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 73 (24.66%) Microsoft
2 52 (17.57%) VMware
3 50 (16.89%) Cisco
4 25 (8.45%) Fortinet
5 24 (8.11%) Palo Alto
6 19 (6.42%) Aruba
7 16 (5.41%) Citrix
8 14 (4.73%) Juniper
9 9 (3.04%) HP
9 9 (3.04%) SAP
10 7 (2.36%) Meraki
11 6 (2.03%) Google
11 6 (2.03%) QinetiQ
11 6 (2.03%) Rockwell
11 6 (2.03%) Siemens
12 5 (1.69%) WatchGuard
13 4 (1.35%) Draytek
14 3 (1.01%) Apple
14 3 (1.01%) NETGEAR
14 3 (1.01%) Ubiquiti