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Engineering salaries in the United Kingdom
Median $118k a year across 404 live postings that publish pay; the middle half runs from $115k to $143k. 49% of the 826 live postings in this segment publish a band at all.
The middle half: $115k to $143k. The ends are folded into the outer bars.
Bars are the middle half of published bands; the tick is the median.
Highest-paying employers
ClickHousemedian of 4 published bands$255k
Flower Labsmedian of 2 published bands$215k
Synthesiamedian of 7 published bands$188k
DeepLmedian of 2 published bands$188k
Dockermedian of 4 published bands$185k
Isomorphic Labsmedian of 4 published bands$168k
StackOnemedian of 2 published bands$150k
GoCardlessmedian of 3 published bands$148k
Hiring the most right now
By job title
| Title | Median | Postings |
|---|---|---|
| Forward Deployed Engineer | $83k | 6 |
| Senior Software Engineer | $133k | 5 |
| AI Research Engineer | $215k | 4 |
| Senior Engineering Manager | $148k | 4 |
| Senior Product Engineer | $145k | 4 |
| Software Engineer | $118k | 4 |
| Staff Product Engineer | $135k | 4 |
| Infrastructure and MLOps Engineer | $115k | 3 |
The best-paid openings in this segment
- Software Engineer, ChatGPT InfrastructureOpenAI · London, UK$255k to $405k
- Manager, Engineering, Secure Build and SCS Services (East Coast Preferred)Docker · Remote$245k to $392k
- Director of Engineering - Applied AIFlow Engineering · London, England, United Kingdom$300k to $325k
- Engineering Director, EUMonzo · Remote$300k to $325k
- Director of Engineering Productivity and OperationsMatillion · Remote$300k to $325k
- Software Engineer, Privacy Engineering (Lawful Access)OpenAI · Remote$293k to $325k
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Questions this data answers
What is the median salary for engineering roles in the United Kingdom?
$118k a year in base pay, across 404 live postings that publish a salary band. The middle half of those bands runs from $115k to $143k.
What do the best-paid engineering roles in the United Kingdom offer?
One in ten published bands has a midpoint above $159k, and one in ten sits below $100k.
How many engineering job posts publish a salary?
49% of the 826 live postings in this segment state a pay range. The figures here are drawn only from those.
Do remote engineering roles in the United Kingdom pay less?
Remote postings publish a median of $130k against $118k for on-site and hybrid ones, from 96 and 308 postings respectively.
Which companies pay the most for engineering roles in the United Kingdom?
Among employers with at least two published bands, the highest medians right now are at ClickHouse ($255k), Flower Labs ($215k), Synthesia ($188k).
Where does this data come from?
Base pay only, as employers publish it in their own job posts: the midpoint of each annual range, in the currency most postings use. Equity, bonus and commission are not in it. Updated daily.
Base pay only, as employers publish it in their own job posts: the midpoint of each annual range, in the currency most postings use. Equity, bonus and commission are not in it. Read off the live postings on Refolk's job board, where an employer is only counted while the posting is open. Updated daily.