Poll finds engineers are Britain’s second most trusted profession

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Out of a list of 26 different professions, engineers are the second most trusted in Great Britain according to the results of the latest Ipsos Veracity Index, an annual poll that has measured the trustworthiness of professions in Britain since 1983.

According to the study – which is based on telephone interviews carried out in October with 1,015 British adults - 90 per cent of people across the country trust engineers to tell the truth, putting them just behind nurses (94 per cent) and just ahead of doctors (88 per cent)

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) worked with the 2024 Ipsos Veracity Index to include engineering for the sixth year running.

Engineers have recorded similar levels of trust in previous years, including a score of 89 per cent in 2020, whilst this year’s study saw them rise from fourth place (with a score of 85 per cent) in 2023.

Trust in engineers is almost equal across genders, with just a four-percentage point difference between men and women. Despite this, only 15.7% of engineers identify as women, something which the IET hopes to address through various campaigns and initiatives, including its upcoming Young Woman Engineer (YWE) of the Year Awards. 

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