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Engineering project manager jobs in Somerset

The 2021 census counted 4,115 residents working as engineering professionals living in Somerset.

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Published figures for Somerset

What the official data says about Somerset

When occupations were last counted, in 2021, 4,115 people living in Somerset were in work as engineering professionals. It was 1.53% of everyone in work in the area. That count put Somerset 4th of 15 areas in the South West, where the middle area recorded 2,450. Devon was the next area up.

Full-time pay across all jobs in Somerset, every occupation counted together, had a median of £35,440. That is 9th of 14 in the South West, against a regional middle of £36,427. Work of this kind pays £48,793 across the region, which is £13,353 more than the typical Somerset job, about 38% above it.

Engineering employers show up in the business survey twice over, as consultancies and as plants: Somerset had 8,250 employee jobs in architectural and engineering activities, electronics and machinery manufacturing in 2024, out of 244,000 employee jobs in the area altogether. At 3.38% of every job here, that ranks 7th of 15 in the South West, where the middle area sits at 3%.

Residents in work as engineers (SOC 212)
4,115
Median full-time pay for engineers across the South West
£48,793
Employee jobs in the area in architectural and engineering activities, electronics and machinery manufacturing
8,250
Engineers, share of everyone in work in the area
1.53%
Median full-time pay across all jobs in the area
£35,440
Residents of the area in work at the census
269,034
Employee jobs in the area, all industries
244,000

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 Somerset: common questions

How many people do this kind of work in Somerset?

4,115 residents of Somerset were in work as engineers at the 2021 census, which was 1.53% 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 Somerset?

Across the South West, £48,793 is the median for engineers. In Somerset itself the median across all occupations together is £35,440. 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 Somerset?

8,250 of the 244,000 employee jobs in Somerset 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.