The Engineer's salary survey shows pay on the up

Produced in partnership with technical recruitment consultancy CBSbutler, the survey - now in its fifth year - attracted responses from 1,568 engineers from multiple sectors across the UK.

Whilst our 2018 survey pointed to stagnation in engineering pay, this year’s report paints an altogether more positive picture, with the average salary increasing year on year by seven per cent to £51,253.

Average salaries have increased in all of the separate sectors covered by the survey, however the renewables and nuclear sectors have seen the most marked uplift (£58,695) and have taken the top spot for the first time in the survey’s history, an indication that engineers working in these sectors are becoming increasingly critical to the UK economy.

This year’s survey also points to increased levels of job satisfaction on earlier years, with a ten per cent increase in respondents content with pay, and an eight per cent increase in those saying they are happy in their roles.