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Senior engineering salaries in the United Kingdom
Median $138k a year across 81 live postings that publish pay; the middle half runs from $133k to $145k. 40% of the 205 live postings in this segment publish a band at all.
The middle half: $133k to $145k. The ends are folded into the outer bars.
- Entry level$100k
- Mid level$118k
- Senior (this page)$138k
- Staff$125k
- Principal$135k
- Manager$148k
Bars are the middle half of published bands; the tick is the median.
Highest-paying employers
Dockermedian of 2 published bands$185k
Applied Intuitionmedian of 5 published bands$145k
Encordmedian of 5 published bands$145k
Intercommedian of 3 published bands$145k
Klarnamedian of 2 published bands$143k
NALAmedian of 2 published bands$143k
Fractilemedian of 4 published bands$141k
Grafana Labsmedian of 2 published bands$139k
Hiring the most right now
By job title
| Title | Median | Postings |
|---|---|---|
| Senior Software Engineer | $133k | 5 |
| Senior Product Engineer | $145k | 4 |
| Senior Software Engineer (ML QA) | $123k | 3 |
| Senior Software Engineer in Build Engineering | $133k | 3 |
| Senior Software Engineer, Backend | $135k | 3 |
The best-paid openings in this segment
- Senior Software Engineer, Sandboxes (London or East Coast Preferred)Docker · Remote$161k to $261k
- Senior Product Engineer, AIIntercom · Dublin, Ireland$105k to $280k
- Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (AI Agent) - UKCresta · Remote$160k to $200k
- Senior Software Engineer, Secure BuildDocker · Remote$100k to $220k
- Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Technical Data Architect)Databricks · London, United Kingdom$80k to $230k
- Senior Solution ArchitectMatillion · Remote$110k to $200k
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Questions this data answers
What is the median salary for senior engineering roles in the United Kingdom?
$138k a year in base pay, across 81 live postings that publish a salary band. The middle half of those bands runs from $133k to $145k.
What do the best-paid senior engineering roles in the United Kingdom offer?
One in ten published bands has a midpoint above $153k, and one in ten sits below $118k.
How many senior engineering job posts publish a salary?
40% of the 205 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 $141k against $138k for on-site and hybrid ones, from 16 and 65 postings respectively.
Which companies pay the most for senior engineering roles in the United Kingdom?
Among employers with at least two published bands, the highest medians right now are at Docker ($185k), Applied Intuition ($145k), Encord ($145k).
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.