Project Engineer Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Project Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Project Engineer salary for remote or hybrid work is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 380 529 617
Rank change year-on-year +149 +88 +147
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Engineer 33 60 54
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.22% 0.18% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.18% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 31 47 21
10th Percentile £32,750 £41,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,000 £46,250 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £62,500 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -36.00% +34.41% +3.33%
75th Percentile £55,000 £66,250 £52,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £53,750
UK median annual salary £45,500 £46,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.15% -2.11% +5.56%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 13,568 32,486 41,019
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.66% 95.98% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 9,888 24,950 29,138
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,116 £36,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,451 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.29% -9.68% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,900 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -11.83% -

Project Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Project Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Project Engineer trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Project Engineer
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Project Engineer.

Project Engineer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Project Engineer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Project Engineer over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Project Engineer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Project Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 2 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 jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring Project Engineer in the job title.

1 22 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 19 (57.58%) Azure
3 18 (54.55%) Project Management
4 16 (48.48%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (45.45%) VMware
5 15 (45.45%) Project Delivery
6 13 (39.39%) Social Skills
7 12 (36.36%) Windows Server
7 12 (36.36%) Continuous Improvement
7 12 (36.36%) Windows
8 10 (30.30%) Cybersecurity
8 10 (30.30%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (30.30%) PRINCE2
9 9 (27.27%) Cisco
9 9 (27.27%) Active Directory
9 9 (27.27%) VMware Infrastructure
9 9 (27.27%) Meraki
10 8 (24.24%) Power Platform
10 8 (24.24%) Client Onboarding
10 8 (24.24%) Onboarding
11 7 (21.21%) CRM
11 7 (21.21%) Process Improvement
11 7 (21.21%) Public Sector
11 7 (21.21%) Mimecast
12 6 (18.18%) MongoDB
12 6 (18.18%) API Integration
12 6 (18.18%) Virtual Environments
12 6 (18.18%) Def Stans
12 6 (18.18%) Systems Engineering
12 6 (18.18%) Roadmaps

Project Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 4 (12.12%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 19 (57.58%) Azure
2 16 (48.48%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (24.24%) Power Platform
4 7 (21.21%) Mimecast
5 6 (18.18%) IaaS
6 1 (3.03%) Entra ID
6 1 (3.03%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.09%) LAN
1 3 (9.09%) VPN
1 3 (9.09%) WAN
2 2 (6.06%) DHCP
2 2 (6.06%) DNS
2 2 (6.06%) Remote Desktop
2 2 (6.06%) VLAN
2 2 (6.06%) VoIP
3 1 (3.03%) Firewall
3 1 (3.03%) SAN
3 1 (3.03%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (18.18%) MongoDB
1 6 (18.18%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.03%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (3.03%) Data Mining
General
1 13 (39.39%) Social Skills
2 7 (21.21%) Public Sector
3 6 (18.18%) Aerospace
4 3 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (6.06%) Finance
6 1 (3.03%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (18.18%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 8 (24.24%) Onboarding
2 3 (9.09%) Data Centre
3 2 (6.06%) Driving Licence
4 1 (3.03%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 12 (36.36%) Windows
1 12 (36.36%) Windows Server
2 1 (3.03%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (54.55%) Project Management
2 15 (45.45%) Project Delivery
3 12 (36.36%) Continuous Improvement
4 10 (30.30%) Cybersecurity
4 10 (30.30%) PRINCE2
4 10 (30.30%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (24.24%) Client Onboarding
6 7 (21.21%) CRM
6 7 (21.21%) Process Improvement
7 6 (18.18%) Analytics
7 6 (18.18%) API Integration
7 6 (18.18%) Data Analytics
7 6 (18.18%) Integration Testing
7 6 (18.18%) Roadmaps
7 6 (18.18%) Software Testing
7 6 (18.18%) Systems Engineering
7 6 (18.18%) Virtual Environments
8 5 (15.15%) Collaborative Working
8 5 (15.15%) Kalman Filter
8 5 (15.15%) Presales
Qualifications
1 6 (18.18%) SC Cleared
1 6 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 2 (6.06%) Azure Certification
2 2 (6.06%) Degree
3 1 (3.03%) MCSA
3 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (18.18%) Def Stans
System Software
1 9 (27.27%) Active Directory
1 9 (27.27%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (9.09%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (3.03%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 22 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 15 (45.45%) VMware
3 9 (27.27%) Cisco
3 9 (27.27%) Meraki
4 3 (9.09%) Fortinet
4 3 (9.09%) HP
5 1 (3.03%) Aruba
5 1 (3.03%) Avaya
5 1 (3.03%) Dell
5 1 (3.03%) Veeam
5 1 (3.03%) WatchGuard