Project Engineer Jobs in the Midlands

Project Engineer
England > Midlands

The median Project Engineer salary in the Midlands is £51,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 June 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 207 289 277
Rank change year-on-year +82 -12 +36
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Engineer 42 60 29
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.63% 0.42% 0.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.68% 0.44% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 24 50 5
10th Percentile £37,500 £34,625 -
25th Percentile £37,688 £40,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% +11.11% +2.27%
75th Percentile £67,500 £55,000 £48,750
90th Percentile - £70,000 -
England median annual salary £50,000 £47,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year +6.38% +1.08% +3.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 6,145 13,606 7,616
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.61% 94.22% 89.58%
Number of salaries quoted 2,842 9,622 4,502
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.39% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,688 £60,748 £66,925
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,249
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.86% +0.42%

Project Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Engineer in the Midlands

Project Engineer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Project Engineer in the Midlands

Project Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Engineer in the Midlands over the 6 months to 21 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Project Engineer in the Midlands

Project Engineer
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Engineer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 21 June 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
East Midlands +52 36 £51,250 +2.50% 22
West Midlands +50 6 - - 24
Project Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 21 June 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 across the Midlands region featuring Project Engineer in the job title.

1 18 (42.86%) Azure
2 17 (40.48%) Project Management
3 15 (35.71%) Microsoft
4 14 (33.33%) Firewall
4 14 (33.33%) HP
4 14 (33.33%) Project Delivery
4 14 (33.33%) Social Skills
5 13 (30.95%) Windows Server
5 13 (30.95%) Windows
6 12 (28.57%) Cisco
6 12 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
6 12 (28.57%) Aruba
7 11 (26.19%) Active Directory
8 9 (21.43%) Finance
8 9 (21.43%) Supply Chain Management
8 9 (21.43%) GAP Analysis
8 9 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (21.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (19.05%) HND
9 8 (19.05%) LAN
9 8 (19.05%) WAN
9 8 (19.05%) VMware
9 8 (19.05%) VMware Infrastructure
10 7 (16.67%) Fortinet
10 7 (16.67%) CCIE
10 7 (16.67%) CCNP
10 7 (16.67%) SharePoint
10 7 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
10 7 (16.67%) Zero Trust
10 7 (16.67%) Microsoft 365

Project Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 7 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (4.76%) MS Visio
1 2 (4.76%) Trello
2 1 (2.38%) AutoCAD
2 1 (2.38%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 18 (42.86%) Azure
2 7 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (14.29%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (33.33%) Firewall
2 8 (19.05%) LAN
2 8 (19.05%) WAN
3 7 (16.67%) Cisco Firepower
3 7 (16.67%) SD-WAN
3 7 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (11.90%) DNS
4 5 (11.90%) iSCSI
4 5 (11.90%) SAN
4 5 (11.90%) VLAN
5 3 (7.14%) VPN
6 1 (2.38%) Broadband
6 1 (2.38%) DVB
6 1 (2.38%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (14.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 14 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 9 (21.43%) Finance
2 9 (21.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 6 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (14.29%) Law
3 6 (14.29%) Manufacturing
4 5 (11.90%) Billing
5 3 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.90%) Driving Licence
2 2 (4.76%) Operational Technology
2 2 (4.76%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (2.38%) MPEG
3 1 (2.38%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 13 (30.95%) Windows
1 13 (30.95%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (40.48%) Project Management
2 14 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 9 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
3 9 (21.43%) GAP Analysis
3 9 (21.43%) Supply Chain Management
4 7 (16.67%) Presales
4 7 (16.67%) Zero Trust
5 6 (14.29%) PRINCE2
5 6 (14.29%) Virtual Environments
6 5 (11.90%) Migration
6 5 (11.90%) Remote Monitoring and Management
6 5 (11.90%) Service Delivery
6 5 (11.90%) Tech Ops
7 4 (9.52%) Business Case
7 4 (9.52%) Data Analysis
7 4 (9.52%) Data Management
7 4 (9.52%) Logistic Engineering
7 4 (9.52%) Logistics
7 4 (9.52%) Requirements Gathering
8 2 (4.76%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (11.90%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (19.05%) HND
3 7 (16.67%) CCIE
3 7 (16.67%) CCNP
4 5 (11.90%) CCNA
5 4 (9.52%) Degree
System Software
1 11 (26.19%) Active Directory
2 8 (19.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (11.90%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (11.90%) Autotask
1 5 (11.90%) Microsoft Intune
1 5 (11.90%) SCCM
2 2 (4.76%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 15 (35.71%) Microsoft
2 14 (33.33%) HP
3 12 (28.57%) Aruba
3 12 (28.57%) Cisco
4 8 (19.05%) VMware
5 7 (16.67%) Fortinet
5 7 (16.67%) Meraki
5 7 (16.67%) Palo Alto
6 5 (11.90%) Datto
7 2 (4.76%) Apple
7 2 (4.76%) Dell
7 2 (4.76%) Sophos
7 2 (4.76%) Veeam
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