Project Engineer Jobs

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 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 589 805 1033
Rank change year-on-year +216 +228 -228
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Engineer 349 142 229
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.33% 0.15% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 0.16% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 267 57 148
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £37,500 £35,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.26% +22.67%
75th Percentile £56,000 £53,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £57,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year - +5.56% +28.57%

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 99,552 86,380 162,088
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 91.27% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 70,786 55,655 84,889
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,244
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.48% +5.78%

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 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Project Engineer in the UK

Project Engineer
Top 17 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 1 June 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 +205 318 £45,000 -5.26% 304
UK excluding London +145 315 £47,500 - 291
South East +59 107 £45,000 -10.00% 43
Work from Home +78 77 £60,000 +29.03% 70
North of England +84 64 £55,000 +28.65% 57
Midlands +14 58 £50,000 +11.11% 73
South West +2 45 £37,500 -6.25% 56
London +125 30 £45,000 -18.18% 42
East Midlands +1 30 £50,000 - 35
North West +21 29 £61,185 +61.01% 25
Yorkshire +82 28 £47,500 - 22
West Midlands -6 28 £49,000 +8.89% 38
Northern Ireland - 15 £50,000 -
East of England +1 14 £45,000 -10.00% 26
Scotland -61 8 £45,000 -18.18% 39
North East - 7 £54,000 - 10
Wales - 4 £26,000 - 4

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 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 82 (23.50%) Project Management
2 74 (21.20%) Microsoft 365
3 69 (19.77%) Microsoft
4 60 (17.19%) Active Directory
5 55 (15.76%) Azure
5 55 (15.76%) Problem-Solving
6 54 (15.47%) Project Delivery
6 54 (15.47%) Windows
7 53 (15.19%) Degree
8 52 (14.90%) Hyper-V
8 52 (14.90%) Firewall
8 52 (14.90%) VMware
9 51 (14.61%) Cisco
10 39 (11.17%) Windows Server
11 38 (10.89%) VMware Infrastructure
12 36 (10.32%) Microsoft Exchange
13 34 (9.74%) SharePoint
14 33 (9.46%) Cisco Certification
15 31 (8.88%) Social Skills
16 29 (8.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 29 (8.31%) Microsoft Intune
17 28 (8.02%) Finance
17 28 (8.02%) Customer Service
18 27 (7.74%) Manufacturing
19 26 (7.45%) VPN
19 26 (7.45%) PowerShell
19 26 (7.45%) Network Security
20 25 (7.16%) Fortinet
20 25 (7.16%) Entra ID
21 24 (6.88%) Palo Alto

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 36 (10.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 34 (9.74%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.57%) Apache
3 2 (0.57%) CMS
3 2 (0.57%) nginx
4 1 (0.29%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 17 (4.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (4.30%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (4.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.57%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.29%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.86%) Sage X3
2 2 (0.57%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 74 (21.20%) Microsoft 365
2 55 (15.76%) Azure
3 25 (7.16%) Entra ID
4 23 (6.59%) Power Platform
5 14 (4.01%) Power Automate
5 14 (4.01%) PowerApps
6 12 (3.44%) iTunes
7 9 (2.58%) OneDrive
8 4 (1.15%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (0.86%) AWS
10 2 (0.57%) Akamai
10 2 (0.57%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (0.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (0.57%) GitHub
10 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Purview
11 1 (0.29%) Dropbox
11 1 (0.29%) GCP
11 1 (0.29%) Google Drive
11 1 (0.29%) Google Sheets
11 1 (0.29%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 52 (14.90%) Firewall
2 26 (7.45%) Network Security
2 26 (7.45%) VPN
3 23 (6.59%) DNS
4 21 (6.02%) LAN
5 17 (4.87%) DHCP
5 17 (4.87%) WAN
6 15 (4.30%) VLAN
7 12 (3.44%) SSL
8 10 (2.87%) Cisco ISE
9 9 (2.58%) VoIP
10 8 (2.29%) Wireless
11 6 (1.72%) DKIM
11 6 (1.72%) DMARC
12 5 (1.43%) PBX
12 5 (1.43%) TCP/IP
13 4 (1.15%) IPv4
13 4 (1.15%) IPv6
13 4 (1.15%) MPLS
13 4 (1.15%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.43%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (1.15%) Power BI
3 1 (0.29%) MySQL
3 1 (0.29%) SQL Server
General
1 31 (8.88%) Social Skills
2 29 (8.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 28 (8.02%) Finance
4 27 (7.74%) Manufacturing
5 17 (4.87%) Retail
6 14 (4.01%) Pharmaceutical
7 12 (3.44%) Legal
7 12 (3.44%) Telecoms
8 11 (3.15%) Aerospace
8 11 (3.15%) Analytical Skills
9 5 (1.43%) Automotive
10 4 (1.15%) Electronics
10 4 (1.15%) Public Sector
11 3 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (0.86%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.29%) Aviation
12 1 (0.29%) Back Office
12 1 (0.29%) Games
12 1 (0.29%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.57%) ARM Templates
1 2 (0.57%) Azure Blueprints
Miscellaneous
1 19 (5.44%) Driving Licence
2 17 (4.87%) Onboarding
3 16 (4.58%) Renewable Energy
4 9 (2.58%) CCTV
5 7 (2.01%) SCADA
6 6 (1.72%) Data Centre
6 6 (1.72%) NHS
7 5 (1.43%) Robotics
8 4 (1.15%) Management Information System
9 3 (0.86%) Clustering
10 2 (0.57%) Digital Signage
10 2 (0.57%) IPTV
10 2 (0.57%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (0.29%) Hybrid Cloud
11 1 (0.29%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 54 (15.47%) Windows
2 39 (11.17%) Windows Server
3 13 (3.72%) Windows 10
4 7 (2.01%) Linux
5 3 (0.86%) Android
5 3 (0.86%) Windows 7
5 3 (0.86%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.57%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.29%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.29%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.29%) Windows Mobile
7 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (23.50%) Project Management
2 55 (15.76%) Problem-Solving
3 54 (15.47%) Project Delivery
4 28 (8.02%) Customer Service
5 23 (6.59%) Migration
6 20 (5.73%) Cybersecurity
6 20 (5.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 20 (5.73%) Logistics
7 19 (5.44%) ITIL
7 19 (5.44%) Risk Management
8 17 (4.87%) Presales
8 17 (4.87%) Project Planning
9 14 (4.01%) Business Case
9 14 (4.01%) Line Management
9 14 (4.01%) Process Improvement
10 12 (3.44%) Data Integration
10 12 (3.44%) Lean Manufacturing
11 11 (3.15%) Server Management
12 10 (2.87%) Change Management
12 10 (2.87%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (7.45%) PowerShell
2 17 (4.87%) SQL
3 12 (3.44%) C#
4 8 (2.29%) Java
4 8 (2.29%) Python
5 4 (1.15%) C
5 4 (1.15%) Ladder Logic
5 4 (1.15%) VB
5 4 (1.15%) VBA
6 2 (0.57%) Bash
6 2 (0.57%) Korn
6 2 (0.57%) PHP
Qualifications
1 53 (15.19%) Degree
2 33 (9.46%) Cisco Certification
3 21 (6.02%) CCNP
4 16 (4.58%) CCNA
5 14 (4.01%) JNCIA
5 14 (4.01%) JNCIP
6 6 (1.72%) CCIE
6 6 (1.72%) DBS Check
7 5 (1.43%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.15%) HND
9 3 (0.86%) MCP
9 3 (0.86%) MCSA
9 3 (0.86%) MCSE
9 3 (0.86%) Security Cleared
10 2 (0.57%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.57%) SC Cleared
11 1 (0.29%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (0.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (1.72%) ISO 9001
2 3 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (0.86%) HAZOP
3 1 (0.29%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.29%) NEBOSH
3 1 (0.29%) PMO
3 1 (0.29%) QA
3 1 (0.29%) SLA
System Software
1 60 (17.19%) Active Directory
2 52 (14.90%) Hyper-V
3 38 (10.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (2.01%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (1.43%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (1.15%) vCloud
7 2 (0.57%) Firmware
7 2 (0.57%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 29 (8.31%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (1.72%) Ansible
3 3 (0.86%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.57%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 69 (19.77%) Microsoft
2 52 (14.90%) VMware
3 51 (14.61%) Cisco
4 25 (7.16%) Fortinet
5 24 (6.88%) Palo Alto
6 19 (5.44%) Aruba
7 16 (4.58%) Citrix
8 14 (4.01%) Juniper
9 10 (2.87%) Google
9 10 (2.87%) HP
10 9 (2.58%) SAP
11 7 (2.01%) Meraki
12 6 (1.72%) QinetiQ
12 6 (1.72%) Rockwell
12 6 (1.72%) Siemens
13 5 (1.43%) Allen-Bradley
13 5 (1.43%) WatchGuard
14 4 (1.15%) Apple
14 4 (1.15%) Draytek
15 3 (0.86%) Sage