Bid & Proposal Salary Index
Proposals Engineer salary, United Arab Emirates
Advertised base salaries from Proposals Engineer adverts in United Arab Emirates.
Bid & Proposal Salary Index
Advertised base salaries from Proposals Engineer adverts in United Arab Emirates.
Proposals Engineer salary, United Arab Emirates
AED84,000
median advertised base salary
Half of these advertised salaries fall within AED60,000–AED123,000.
12 adverts8 employersIndicativeUpdated 24 Oct 2026Adverts posted 1 Aug 2026 – 24 Oct 2026
Average (mean)
AED99,750
Range
AED27,000–AED234,000
Adverts stating pay
8%
12 of 159 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.
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View BidMaster™More adverts land in AED60,000–AED80,000 than in any other band: 25% of the 12 we hold.
Median advertised base salary AED84,000
Adverts per AED20,000 band
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The lowest-paid quarter of the 12 Proposals Engineer adverts in United Arab Emirates in the last 12 months offer AED60,000 or less. Talk to us before your advert goes live.
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Earning less than AED84,000?
That is the median advertised base salary across the 12 Proposals Engineer adverts in United Arab Emirates in the last 12 months. See who's hiring now, or register and we'll bring the roles to you.
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.
Based on the 3 of 12 adverts whose sector we know, from the employer's LinkedIn industry or the advert itself. Converted using exchange rates from 1 October 2026. Not adjusted for cost of living or tax. How conversion works →
United Arab Emirates ranks 18th of the 26 countries with salary figures for this role, based on 12 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 RecruitmentFlexible working is named most often, in 64% of the 14 adverts that discuss benefits.
Based on 14 adverts that discuss benefits, from 159 permanent-role adverts for Proposals Engineer in United Arab Emirates. AI groups the benefit wording and can miss or misclassify it. How AI reads benefits →
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Not enough complete history: 2 complete months so far. We need two to measure a trend.
2 months so far
Day rates. No Proposals Engineer advert in United Arab Emirates stated a day rate during this period. Why we never annualise one →
How many adverts say what they pay. 12 of the 159 permanent adverts behind the figures on this page state a usable salary (8%): 2 in a structured field and 10 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. 3 of the 12 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 →
| Band | Lower quarter | Median | Upper quarter | Adverts | Confidence | Change to next group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry level | AED57,000 | AED60,000 | AED60,000 | 3 | Low data | +AED24,000 (+40%) |
| 2–5 years | AED84,000 | AED84,000 | AED84,000 | 1 | Low data | –AED18,000 (–21%) |
| 5–10 years | AED66,000 | AED66,000 | AED66,000 | 1 | Low data | +AED168,000 (+255%) |
| 10+ years | AED234,000 | AED234,000 | AED234,000 | 1 | Low data | No step |
| Not stated | AED91,500 | AED114,000 | AED141,000 | 6 | Indicative | No step |
| Band | Adverts | Share |
|---|---|---|
| AED20,000–AED40,000 | 1 | 8% |
| AED40,000–AED60,000 | 1 | 8% |
| AED60,000–AED80,000 | 3 | 25% |
| AED80,000–AED100,000 | 2 | 17% |
| AED100,000–AED120,000 | 2 | 17% |
| AED120,000–AED140,000 | 0 | 0% |
| AED140,000–AED160,000 | 2 | 17% |
| AED160,000–AED180,000 | 0 | 0% |
| AED180,000–AED200,000 | 0 | 0% |
| AED200,000–AED220,000 | 0 | 0% |
| AED220,000–AED240,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Sector | Median | Local | 95% interval | Adverts | Employers | Confidence | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government & public sector | AED84,000 | AED84,000 | Not available | 2 | 1 | Low data | No, Low data |
| Energy & utilities | AED234,000 | AED234,000 | Not available | 1 | 1 | Low data | No, Low data |
| Country | Median | Local | Adverts |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | AED434,000 | $118,166 | 80 |
| Puerto Rico | AED381,000 | $103,740 | 1 |
| France | AED292,000 | €70,000 | 11 |
| Poland | AED258,000 | €61,777 | 2 |
| Netherlands | AED250,000 | €60,000 | 27 |
| Ireland | AED235,000 | €56,250 | 2 |
| Germany | AED229,000 | €55,000 | 23 |
| Switzerland | AED229,000 | €55,000 | 1 |
| United Kingdom | AED220,000 | £45,000 | 51 |
| Canada | AED201,000 | C$77,500 | 3 |
| Italy | AED167,000 | €40,000 | 260 |
| Qatar | AED166,000 | QAR165,000 | 2 |
| China | AED164,000 | CN¥300,000 | 3 |
| South Africa | AED157,000 | R700,000 | 5 |
| Singapore | AED155,000 | S$54,000 | 4 |
| Spain | AED150,000 | €36,000 | 18 |
| Austria | AED136,000 | €32,729 | 1 |
| United Arab Emirates | AED84,000 | AED84,000 | 12 |
| Romania | AED69,900 | lei88,500 | 4 |
| Vietnam | AED59,400 | ₫420,000,000 | 3 |
| Saudi Arabia | AED58,800 | SAR60,000 | 1 |
| Malaysia | AED51,300 | RM57,000 | 6 |
| Philippines | AED49,200 | ₱840,000 | 5 |
| Egypt | AED31,700 | E£450,000 | 1 |
| India | AED18,400 | ₹480,000 | 94 |
| Nigeria | AED13,200 | ₦4,800,000 | 2 |
| Benefit | Share | Denominator |
|---|---|---|
| Flexible working | 64% | 14 |
| Learning & development | 50% | 14 |
| Wellbeing & lifestyle | 29% | 14 |
| Health & medical | 21% | 14 |
| Relocation & mobility | 14% | 14 |
| Bonus & incentive | 7% | 14 |
| Family & care leave | 7% | 14 |
| Life & disability insurance | 7% | 14 |
| Paid leave | 7% | 14 |
| Vehicle & commuting | 7% | 14 |
| Month | Median | Lower quarter | Upper quarter | Adverts | Low data | Used in trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2026 | AED117,000 | AED100,500 | AED133,500 | 2 | yes | no, fewer than 6 advertised salaries |
| Sept 2026 | AED75,000 | AED63,000 | AED100,500 | 4 | yes | no, fewer than 6 advertised salaries |
| Market | Rate | Likely range (95%) | In salary field | From text | Adverts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proposals Engineer in United Arab Emirates | 8% | 4%–13% | 2 | 10 | 159 |
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