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Engineering project manager jobs in Newport

The 2021 census counted 1,271 residents working as engineering professionals living in Newport.

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Published figures for Newport

What the official data says about Newport

When occupations were last counted, in 2021, 1,271 people living in Newport were in work as engineering professionals. It was 1.75% of everyone in work in the area. That count put Newport 3rd of 22 areas in Wales, where the middle area recorded 801. Rhondda Cynon Taf was the next area up.

Full-time pay across all jobs in Newport, every occupation counted together, had a median of £36,939. That is 6th of 22 in Wales, against a regional middle of £35,578. Work of this kind pays £44,240 across the region, which is £7,301 more than the typical Newport job, about 20% above it.

Engineering employers show up in the business survey twice over, as consultancies and as plants: Newport had 2,500 employee jobs in architectural and engineering activities, electronics and machinery manufacturing in 2024, out of 77,000 employee jobs in the area altogether. At 3.25% of every job here, that ranks 1st of 22 in Wales, where the middle area sits at 2%.

Residents in work as engineers (SOC 212)
1,271
Median full-time pay for engineers across Wales
£44,240
Employee jobs in the area in architectural and engineering activities, electronics and machinery manufacturing
2,500
Engineers, share of everyone in work in the area
1.75%
Median full-time pay across all jobs in the area
£36,939
Residents of the area in work at the census
72,786
Employee jobs in the area, all industries
77,000

The engineering project manager role

Taking an engineering project from concept through design to commissioning, and owning the cost and the programme while the technical reality changes underneath.

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Engineering project manager jobs in Newport: common questions

How many people do this kind of work in Newport?

1,271 residents of Newport were in work as engineers at the 2021 census, which was 1.75% of everyone in work there. That counts people who live in the area, whether or not they work there, and it is not a count of current vacancies.

What does this work pay around Newport?

Across Wales, £44,240 is the median for engineers. In Newport itself the median across all occupations together is £36,939. ONS publishes pay by occupation for regions rather than for single councils, so the first figure covers the whole region. What any particular advert pays is on the advert.

Is there much of this work based in Newport?

2,500 of the 77,000 employee jobs in Newport are in the industries this role sits in, on the 2024 business survey. That counts jobs located in the area rather than people living there, and it is a count of jobs that exist, not of jobs being advertised.