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Engineering project managers and project engineers salary in East Midlands

Full-time average annual pay in East Midlands

£58,303

2025 · moderate suppression

Median

£58,303

Mean

£56,047

Region-level range withheld by ONS — UK-wide, the middle half of engineering project managers and project engineers earn £42,911£66,671. See full methodology →

Skilled Worker visa minimum

£51,900

Understanding Engineering project managers and project engineers pay in East Midlands

The typical engineering project managers and project engineers in East Midlands earns a median salary of £58,303 in 2025/26 11.2% (£5,852) above the UK-wide median of £52,451. These figures come from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), so they reflect actual reported pay rather than self-reported estimates or job-advert ranges.

Across the UK, East Midlands ranks 1st of 11 regions for engineering project managers and project engineers pay. Regional medians run from £42,695 in London up to £58,303 in East Midlands, a spread of £15,608 (37%).

The mean (average) salary is £56,047, close to the median — the two measures broadly agree for engineering project managers and project engineers in East Midlands, and the median remains the clearest guide to typical pay.

To see what £58,303 means after income tax and National Insurance, use the take-home pay calculator below — it also factors in student loan repayments.

Take-home pay estimate

Tax year 2025/26
£
Annual
Gross salary£58,303
Income tax£10,753
National Insurance£3,177
Take-home pay£44,373

Estimate only · 2025/26 HMRC rates · Standard tax code · No pension contribution · Not financial or tax advice

How Engineering project managers and project engineers pay varies by region

East Midlands is the highest-paying region for engineering project managers and project engineers at £58,303 — 11% above the UK median. London is lowest at £42,695.

UK median £52,451

Engineering project managers and project engineers median and mean salary by UK region, sorted highest to lowest.
RegionMedianvs UK
East Midlands (current region)
£58,303
£58,303Mean £56,047
+11%
East of England
£56,441
£56,441Mean £57,915
+8%
North West
£55,767
£55,767Mean £58,960
+6%
West Midlands
£51,569
£51,569Mean £59,371
-2%
South East
£50,238
£50,238Mean £55,171
-4%
South West
£48,988
£48,988Mean £52,509
-7%
Scotland
£48,869
£48,869Mean £56,829
-7%
Yorkshire and the Humber
£48,838
£48,838Mean £53,235
-7%
Wales
£46,626
£46,626Mean £47,209
-11%
North East
£45,619
£45,619Mean £43,508
-13%
London
£42,695
£42,695Mean £46,667
-19%

Sorted highest median to lowest. The vertical line marks the UK median (£52,451); ‘Vs UK median’ compares each region’s median to it. Suppressed values mean ONS withheld this figure because the sample was too small to publish.

How engineering project managers and project engineers pay in East Midlands has changed over time

Median annual pay for engineering project managers and project engineers in East Midlands by year, shown against the UK-wide median (Source: ONS ASHE). The shaded band is the UK-wide 25th–75th percentile range — ONS does not publish percentile ranges at region level.

East Midlands median

UK median

UK-wide 25th–75th percentile range

Pre-2021 figures mapped from SOC 2010 via ONS concordance table

How the figures are sourced

Data sources: Official UK earnings data (2025 provisional)(opens in new tab)

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