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 9 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 585 806 1050
Rank change year-on-year +221 +244 -225
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Engineer 359 139 231
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.33% 0.15% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 0.16% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 275 58 148
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £39,125 £37,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,000 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.06% +2.17% +22.67%
75th Percentile £56,000 £53,563 £52,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £55,750 £58,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £46,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +2.15% +3.33% +25.00%

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 102,753 84,908 164,946
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.75% 91.21% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 72,538 55,143 85,388
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,524 £45,000 £42,750
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 £50,296
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.37% +5.89%

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 9 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 9 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 +202 327 £45,000 -3.23% 268
UK excluding London +122 323 £47,500 +2.15% 263
South East +59 108 £45,000 -6.74% 33
Work from Home +95 79 £60,000 +29.03% 57
North of England +77 65 £55,000 +28.65% 48
Midlands -4 58 £50,000 +11.11% 68
South West +6 50 £40,000 +14.29% 61
London +79 31 £45,000 -18.18% 39
East Midlands -15 30 £50,000 - 28
Yorkshire +84 29 £47,500 - 17
North West +17 29 £61,185 +61.01% 24
West Midlands -1 28 £49,000 +8.89% 40
East of England -8 15 £45,000 -10.00% 16
Northern Ireland - 15 £50,000 -
Scotland -58 8 £45,000 -18.18% 34
North East - 7 £54,000 - 7
Wales - 4 £26,000 - 10

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

For the 6 months to 9 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 83 (23.12%) Project Management
2 75 (20.89%) Microsoft 365
3 70 (19.50%) Microsoft
4 61 (16.99%) Active Directory
5 56 (15.60%) Azure
5 56 (15.60%) Project Delivery
6 55 (15.32%) Problem-Solving
7 54 (15.04%) Windows
8 53 (14.76%) Degree
9 52 (14.48%) Hyper-V
9 52 (14.48%) Firewall
9 52 (14.48%) VMware
10 51 (14.21%) Cisco
11 39 (10.86%) Windows Server
12 38 (10.58%) VMware Infrastructure
13 37 (10.31%) Microsoft Exchange
14 35 (9.75%) SharePoint
15 33 (9.19%) Cisco Certification
16 31 (8.64%) Social Skills
17 30 (8.36%) Microsoft Intune
18 29 (8.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 28 (7.80%) Customer Service
19 28 (7.80%) Finance
20 27 (7.52%) Manufacturing
20 27 (7.52%) Network Security
21 26 (7.24%) PowerShell
21 26 (7.24%) VPN
22 25 (6.96%) Entra ID
22 25 (6.96%) Fortinet
23 24 (6.69%) 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 37 (10.31%) Microsoft Exchange
2 35 (9.75%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.56%) Apache
3 2 (0.56%) CMS
3 2 (0.56%) nginx
4 1 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 17 (4.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (4.18%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (4.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.56%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.28%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.84%) Sage X3
2 2 (0.56%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 75 (20.89%) Microsoft 365
2 56 (15.60%) Azure
3 25 (6.96%) Entra ID
4 23 (6.41%) Power Platform
5 14 (3.90%) Power Automate
5 14 (3.90%) PowerApps
6 12 (3.34%) iTunes
7 9 (2.51%) OneDrive
8 4 (1.11%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (0.84%) AWS
10 2 (0.56%) Akamai
10 2 (0.56%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (0.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (0.56%) GitHub
10 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Purview
11 1 (0.28%) Dropbox
11 1 (0.28%) GCP
11 1 (0.28%) Google Drive
11 1 (0.28%) Google Sheets
11 1 (0.28%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 52 (14.48%) Firewall
2 27 (7.52%) Network Security
3 26 (7.24%) VPN
4 24 (6.69%) DNS
5 21 (5.85%) LAN
6 18 (5.01%) DHCP
7 17 (4.74%) WAN
8 15 (4.18%) VLAN
9 12 (3.34%) SSL
10 10 (2.79%) Cisco ISE
11 9 (2.51%) VoIP
12 8 (2.23%) Wireless
13 6 (1.67%) DKIM
13 6 (1.67%) DMARC
14 5 (1.39%) PBX
14 5 (1.39%) TCP/IP
15 4 (1.11%) IPv4
15 4 (1.11%) IPv6
15 4 (1.11%) MPLS
15 4 (1.11%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.39%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (1.11%) Power BI
3 1 (0.28%) MySQL
3 1 (0.28%) SQL Server
General
1 31 (8.64%) Social Skills
2 29 (8.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 28 (7.80%) Finance
4 27 (7.52%) Manufacturing
5 17 (4.74%) Retail
6 14 (3.90%) Pharmaceutical
7 12 (3.34%) Legal
7 12 (3.34%) Telecoms
8 11 (3.06%) Aerospace
8 11 (3.06%) Analytical Skills
9 5 (1.39%) Automotive
9 5 (1.39%) Public Sector
10 4 (1.11%) Electronics
11 3 (0.84%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (0.84%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.28%) Aviation
12 1 (0.28%) Back Office
12 1 (0.28%) Games
12 1 (0.28%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.56%) ARM Templates
1 2 (0.56%) Azure Blueprints
Miscellaneous
1 19 (5.29%) Driving Licence
2 17 (4.74%) Onboarding
3 16 (4.46%) Renewable Energy
4 9 (2.51%) CCTV
5 8 (2.23%) Robotics
5 8 (2.23%) SCADA
6 6 (1.67%) Data Centre
6 6 (1.67%) NHS
7 4 (1.11%) Management Information System
8 3 (0.84%) Clustering
9 2 (0.56%) Digital Signage
9 2 (0.56%) IPTV
9 2 (0.56%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.28%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.28%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 54 (15.04%) Windows
2 39 (10.86%) Windows Server
3 13 (3.62%) Windows 10
4 7 (1.95%) Linux
5 3 (0.84%) Android
5 3 (0.84%) Windows 7
5 3 (0.84%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.56%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.28%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.28%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.28%) Windows Mobile
7 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (23.12%) Project Management
2 56 (15.60%) Project Delivery
3 55 (15.32%) Problem-Solving
4 28 (7.80%) Customer Service
5 23 (6.41%) Migration
6 22 (6.13%) Cybersecurity
7 20 (5.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 20 (5.57%) Logistics
7 20 (5.57%) Risk Management
8 19 (5.29%) ITIL
9 17 (4.74%) Presales
9 17 (4.74%) Project Planning
10 14 (3.90%) Business Case
10 14 (3.90%) Line Management
10 14 (3.90%) Process Improvement
11 12 (3.34%) Data Integration
11 12 (3.34%) Lean Manufacturing
12 11 (3.06%) Server Management
13 10 (2.79%) Software Engineering
13 10 (2.79%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (7.24%) PowerShell
2 17 (4.74%) SQL
3 12 (3.34%) C#
4 8 (2.23%) Java
4 8 (2.23%) Python
5 4 (1.11%) C
5 4 (1.11%) Ladder Logic
5 4 (1.11%) VB
5 4 (1.11%) VBA
6 2 (0.56%) Bash
6 2 (0.56%) Korn
6 2 (0.56%) PHP
Qualifications
1 53 (14.76%) Degree
2 33 (9.19%) Cisco Certification
3 21 (5.85%) CCNP
4 16 (4.46%) CCNA
5 14 (3.90%) JNCIA
5 14 (3.90%) JNCIP
6 6 (1.67%) CCIE
6 6 (1.67%) DBS Check
7 5 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.11%) HND
9 3 (0.84%) MCP
9 3 (0.84%) MCSA
9 3 (0.84%) MCSE
9 3 (0.84%) Security Cleared
10 2 (0.56%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.56%) SC Cleared
11 1 (0.28%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.28%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (0.28%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (1.67%) ISO 9001
2 3 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (0.84%) HAZOP
3 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.28%) NEBOSH
3 1 (0.28%) PMO
3 1 (0.28%) QA
3 1 (0.28%) SLA
System Software
1 61 (16.99%) Active Directory
2 52 (14.48%) Hyper-V
3 38 (10.58%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.95%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (1.39%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (1.11%) vCloud
7 2 (0.56%) Firmware
7 2 (0.56%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 30 (8.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (1.67%) Ansible
3 3 (0.84%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.56%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 70 (19.50%) Microsoft
2 52 (14.48%) VMware
3 51 (14.21%) Cisco
4 25 (6.96%) Fortinet
5 24 (6.69%) Palo Alto
6 19 (5.29%) Aruba
7 16 (4.46%) Citrix
8 14 (3.90%) Juniper
9 10 (2.79%) Google
9 10 (2.79%) HP
10 9 (2.51%) SAP
11 8 (2.23%) Meraki
12 6 (1.67%) QinetiQ
12 6 (1.67%) Rockwell
12 6 (1.67%) Siemens
13 5 (1.39%) Allen-Bradley
13 5 (1.39%) WatchGuard
14 4 (1.11%) Apple
14 4 (1.11%) Draytek
14 4 (1.11%) Ubiquiti