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Engineering project manager jobs in Wigan
The 2021 census counted 2,290 residents working as engineering professionals living in Wigan.
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Published figures for Wigan
What the official data says about Wigan
When occupations were last counted, in 2021, 2,290 people living in Wigan were in work as engineering professionals. It was 1.48% of everyone in work in the area. That count put Wigan 7th of 24 areas in the North West, where the middle area recorded 1,787. Manchester was the next area up.
Full-time pay across all jobs in Wigan, every occupation counted together, had a median of £33,669. That is 18th of 24 in the North West, against a regional middle of £36,001. Work of this kind pays £50,959 across the region, which is £17,290 more than the typical Wigan job, about 51% above it.
Engineering employers show up in the business survey twice over, as consultancies and as plants: Wigan had 1,925 employee jobs in architectural and engineering activities, electronics and machinery manufacturing in 2024, out of 110,000 employee jobs in the area altogether. At 1.75% of every job here, that ranks 15th of 24 in the North West, where the middle area sits at 2%.
- Residents in work as engineers (SOC 212)
- 2,290
- Median full-time pay for engineers across the North West
- £50,959
- Employee jobs in the area in architectural and engineering activities, electronics and machinery manufacturing
- 1,925
- Engineers, share of everyone in work in the area
- 1.48%
- Median full-time pay across all jobs in the area
- £33,669
- Residents of the area in work at the census
- 154,611
- Employee jobs in the area, all industries
- 110,000
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.
Engineering project manager jobs in Wigan: common questions
How many people do this kind of work in Wigan?
2,290 residents of Wigan were in work as engineers at the 2021 census, which was 1.48% 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 Wigan?
Across the North West, £50,959 is the median for engineers. In Wigan itself the median across all occupations together is £33,669. 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 Wigan?
1,925 of the 110,000 employee jobs in Wigan 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.