Bid & Proposal Salary Index
Proposals Engineer salary, Netherlands
Advertised base salaries from Proposals Engineer adverts in Netherlands.
Bid & Proposal Salary Index
Advertised base salaries from Proposals Engineer adverts in Netherlands.
Proposals Engineer salary, Netherlands
€60,000
median advertised base salary
Half of these advertised salaries fall within €54,000–€66,096.
27 adverts16 employersFairUpdated 24 Oct 2026Adverts posted 1 Aug 2026 – 24 Oct 2026
Includes 1 advert paid in USD, converted to EUR using exchange rates from 1 October 2026.
Average (mean)
€59,176
Range
€42,000–€72,000
Adverts stating pay
23%
27 of 120 adverts
The median for every role, emailed to you.
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Every step here involves an experience group marked Low data, so none is called the biggest. The steps are in the table below.
Current advertised salary differences between experience groups. This is not a forecast of your next pay rise.
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Median advertised base salary €60,000
Adverts per €5,000 band
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Every sector figure here is marked Low data, with too few adverts or employers to compare sectors, so they are listed by number of adverts.
| Sector | Median | Adverts | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Defence & aerospace | €66,096 (€66,096)8 adverts, 2 employersLow data | 82 employers | Low data |
| IT & software | €54,984 (€54,984)2 advertsLow data | 2 | Low data |
| Construction | €51,780 (€51,780)1 advertLow data | 1 | Low data |
| Energy & utilities | €72,000 (€72,000)1 advertLow data | 1 | Low data |
| Transport & logistics | €60,000 (€60,000)1 advertLow data | 1 | Low data |
Based on the 14 of 27 adverts whose sector we know, from the employer's LinkedIn industry or the advert itself. 1 advert names a sector outside these groups and is not shown. Converted using exchange rates from 1 October 2026. Not adjusted for cost of living or tax. How conversion works →
Netherlands ranks 5th of the 26 countries with salary figures for this role, based on 27 adverts. United States has the highest available advertised median, based on 80 adverts.
Converted using exchange rates from 1 October 2026. Not adjusted for cost of living or tax. How conversion works →
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International RecruitmentPaid leave is named most often, in 82% of the 67 adverts that discuss benefits.
Based on 67 adverts that discuss benefits, from 120 permanent-role adverts for Proposals Engineer in Netherlands. AI groups the benefit wording and can miss or misclassify it. How AI reads benefits →
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Not enough complete history: 1 of 2 complete months has 6 or more advertised salaries.
Oct 2026 so far: a median of €66,000 from 3 adverts. The month is not complete, so it is not used in the trend. Low data.
3 months so far
Day rates. No Proposals Engineer advert in Netherlands stated a day rate during this period. Why we never annualise one →
How many adverts say what they pay. 27 of the 120 permanent adverts behind the figures on this page state a usable salary (23%): 8 in a structured field and 19 found only in the advert text. Contract and part-time adverts are not counted here; contract day rates have their own line. AI reads salaries found only in advert text and can misread them. How we read and count salaries →
Estimated posting dates. 10 of the 27 adverts behind the figures above reached us with no posting date on them, so we recorded the day we collected them instead. They count in every window on this page and are left out of the monthly series. How we date an advert →
Includes 1 advert paid in USD, converted to EUR using exchange rates from 1 October 2026.
| Band | Lower quarter | Median | Upper quarter | Adverts | Confidence | Change to next group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry level | €43,350 | €43,350 | €43,350 | 2 | Low data | +€16,650 (+38%) |
| 2–5 years | €55,890 | €60,000 | €60,030 | 3 | Low data | +€9,000 (+15%) |
| 5–10 years | €66,000 | €69,000 | €69,000 | 5 | Low data | No step |
| 10+ years | No figure | No figure | No figure | 0 | No figure | No step |
| Not stated | €54,000 | €57,000 | €66,096 | 17 | Fair | No step |
| Band | Adverts | Share |
|---|---|---|
| €40,000–€45,000 | 3 | 11% |
| €45,000–€50,000 | 1 | 4% |
| €50,000–€55,000 | 4 | 15% |
| €55,000–€60,000 | 5 | 19% |
| €60,000–€65,000 | 4 | 15% |
| €65,000–€70,000 | 8 | 30% |
| €70,000–€75,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Sector | Median | Local | 95% interval | Adverts | Employers | Confidence | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defence & aerospace | €66,096 | €66,096 | €60,060–€69,000 | 8 | 2 | Low data | No, Low data |
| IT & software | €54,984 | €54,984 | Not available | 2 | 1 | Low data | No, Low data |
| Construction | €51,780 | €51,780 | Not available | 1 | 1 | Low data | No, Low data |
| Energy & utilities | €72,000 | €72,000 | Not available | 1 | 1 | Low data | No, Low data |
| Transport & logistics | €60,000 | €60,000 | Not available | 1 | 1 | Low data | No, Low data |
| Country | Median | Local | Adverts |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | €104,000 | $118,166 | 80 |
| Puerto Rico | €91,400 | $103,740 | 1 |
| France | €70,000 | €70,000 | 11 |
| Poland | €61,777 | €61,777 | 2 |
| Netherlands | €60,000 | €60,000 | 27 |
| Ireland | €56,250 | €56,250 | 2 |
| Germany | €55,000 | €55,000 | 23 |
| Switzerland | €55,000 | €55,000 | 1 |
| United Kingdom | €52,700 | £45,000 | 51 |
| Canada | €48,100 | C$77,500 | 3 |
| Italy | €40,000 | €40,000 | 260 |
| Qatar | €39,900 | QAR165,000 | 2 |
| China | €39,400 | CN¥300,000 | 3 |
| South Africa | €37,600 | R700,000 | 5 |
| Singapore | €37,200 | S$54,000 | 4 |
| Spain | €36,000 | €36,000 | 18 |
| Austria | €32,729 | €32,729 | 1 |
| United Arab Emirates | €20,100 | AED84,000 | 12 |
| Romania | €16,800 | lei88,500 | 4 |
| Vietnam | €14,200 | ₫420,000,000 | 3 |
| Saudi Arabia | €14,100 | SAR60,000 | 1 |
| Malaysia | €12,300 | RM57,000 | 6 |
| Philippines | €11,800 | ₱840,000 | 5 |
| Egypt | €7,610 | E£450,000 | 1 |
| India | €4,410 | ₹480,000 | 94 |
| Nigeria | €3,180 | ₦4,800,000 | 2 |
| Benefit | Share | Denominator |
|---|---|---|
| Paid leave | 82% | 67 |
| Learning & development | 72% | 67 |
| Vehicle & commuting | 55% | 67 |
| Wellbeing & lifestyle | 54% | 67 |
| Retirement & pension | 52% | 67 |
| Allowances & stipends | 49% | 67 |
| Flexible working | 43% | 67 |
| Bonus & incentive | 30% | 67 |
| Health & medical | 13% | 67 |
| Life & disability insurance | 7% | 67 |
| Relocation & mobility | 3% | 67 |
| Dependant education | 1% | 67 |
| Month | Median | Lower quarter | Upper quarter | Adverts | Low data | Used in trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2026 | €66,096 | €60,237 | €68,274 | 10 | no | no, not enough complete months for a trend yet |
| Sept 2026 | €54,000 | €52,890 | €61,500 | 3 | yes | no, fewer than 6 advertised salaries |
| Oct 2026 | €66,000 | €63,000 | €69,000 | 3 | yes | no, month incomplete |
| Market | Rate | Likely range (95%) | In salary field | From text | Adverts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proposals Engineer in Netherlands | 23% | 16%–31% | 8 | 19 | 120 |
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