Salary survey: the average UK engineering salary increases to £65K

More than three quarters of UK engineers have seen their salaries increase over the past months. This is one of the key findings of The Engineer’s 2024 Salary Survey, which is published today.

This year’s survey received 902 responses from engineers working across 12 broad sectors throughout the UK and is based on fieldwork carried out during January 2024.

According to this year’s findings, the mean average salary for a UK engineer has increased from £57k to £65k in the past twelve months, a 13 per cent year on year increase. This increase, one of the largest spikes in our survey’s nine-year history, will be welcome news for anyone working in engineering or considering entering the profession - particularly as our previous three surveys highlighted a fairly lengthy period of stagnation - and indicates that engineering employers appear to be deploying a range of measures to attract and retain engineers.

In fact, alongside increased pay levels this year’s survey also points to a marked increase in the proportion of engineers enjoying bonus schemes, and a notable uplift in other benefits such as opportunities for remote working and access to private healthcare.