Project Engineer
UK
The median Project Engineer salary in the UK is £44,500 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 | 519 | 588 | 815 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +69 | +227 | +195 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Project Engineer | 195 | 343 | 149 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.36% | 0.34% | 0.15% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.39% | 0.35% | 0.17% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 70 | 260 | 53 |
| 10th Percentile | £32,975 | £35,000 | £31,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,438 | £38,500 | £37,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £44,500 | £47,500 | £47,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -6.32% | - | +4.40% |
| 75th Percentile | £67,500 | £56,000 | £53,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £68,875 | £65,000 | £57,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £44,000 | £47,500 | £47,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.37% | - | +5.56% |
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 | 49,435 | 96,820 | 89,564 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.41% | 94.78% | 91.46% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 25,727 | 69,155 | 56,824 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,822 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,000 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,399 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.80% | -6.54% | +6.63% |
Project Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Project Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Project Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Project Engineer.
Project Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Engineer over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.
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 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 |
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| England | +42 | 189 | £46,250 | +2.78% | 254 |
| UK excluding London | +42 | 131 | £44,000 | -7.37% | 256 |
| Work from Home | +150 | 102 | £40,000 | -33.33% | 63 |
| Midlands | +52 | 50 | £52,500 | +5.00% | 42 |
| East Midlands | +45 | 35 | £53,750 | +7.50% | 21 |
| London | +118 | 30 | £55,000 | +22.22% | 27 |
| North of England | +5 | 27 | £44,000 | -20.00% | 64 |
| South East | +8 | 26 | £67,500 | +50.00% | 65 |
| North West | -6 | 22 | £44,000 | -28.09% | 29 |
| East of England | +47 | 17 | £44,000 | -2.22% | 28 |
| West Midlands | +50 | 15 | £39,000 | -20.41% | 19 |
| South West | +87 | 10 | £67,500 | +80.00% | 27 |
| 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 Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
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 featuring Project Engineer in the job title.
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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:
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