Salary survey: growing appetite for change amongst UK engineering professionals

Almost three quarters of UK engineers have seen their salaries increase over the past twelve months. This is one of the key findings of The Engineers 2023 Salary Survey, which is published today.

This year’s survey, which is supported by technical recruitment specialist CBSbutler, received 891 responses from engineers working across 12 different vertical sectors throughout the UK and is based on fieldwork carried out during January and February 2023.

Whilst the mean average salary across this year’s response group of £57,366 is slightly lower than last year’s figure of £58,108, 71 per cent of this year’s respondents have actually seen their salaries increase in the past 12 months (up from 56 per cent in 2022). Reinforcing this positive view of industry, the report also identifies reasonably high levels of job satisfaction across engineering, with 41 per cent of respondents happy with their current salary and just over half happy in their current roles.