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Staff engineering salaries in the United Kingdom
Median $125k a year across 49 live postings that publish pay; the middle half runs from $118k to $143k. 54% of the 91 live postings in this segment publish a band at all.
The middle half: $118k to $143k. The ends are folded into the outer bars.
- Entry level$100k
- Mid level$118k
- Senior$138k
- Staff (this page)$125k
- Principal$135k
- Manager$148k
Bars are the middle half of published bands; the tick is the median.
Highest-paying employers
Synthesiamedian of 2 published bands$190k
DeepLmedian of 2 published bands$188k
hyperexponentialmedian of 2 published bands$161k
Grafana Labsmedian of 2 published bands$154k
Intercommedian of 2 published bands$135k
Attiomedian of 2 published bands$131k
Monzomedian of 2 published bands$131k
Ripplemedian of 2 published bands$130k
Hiring the most right now
By job title
| Title | Median | Postings |
|---|---|---|
| Staff Product Engineer | $135k | 4 |
| Staff Platform Engineer | $188k | 3 |
| Staff Software Engineer | $118k | 3 |
| Staff Software Engineer (ML QA) | $108k | 3 |
The best-paid openings in this segment
- Senior/Staff Backend EngineerDualEntry · Remote$140k to $250k
- Staff Research Engineer - Multimodal Generative ModellingSynthesia · Remote$90k to $290k
- Staff Research Engineer - Interactive AvatarsSynthesia · Remote$90k to $290k
- Staff Platform Engineerhyperexponential · London, London, United Kingdom$105k to $270k
- Staff Platform EngineerDeepL · London, London, United Kingdom$105k to $270k
- Staff Platform EngineerDeepL · London, London, United Kingdom$105k to $270k
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Questions this data answers
What is the median salary for staff engineering roles in the United Kingdom?
$125k a year in base pay, across 49 live postings that publish a salary band. The middle half of those bands runs from $118k to $143k.
What do the best-paid staff engineering roles in the United Kingdom offer?
One in ten published bands has a midpoint above $188k, and one in ten sits below $118k.
How many staff engineering job posts publish a salary?
54% of the 91 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 $135k against $119k for on-site and hybrid ones, from 15 and 34 postings respectively.
Which companies pay the most for staff engineering roles in the United Kingdom?
Among employers with at least two published bands, the highest medians right now are at Synthesia ($190k), DeepL ($188k), hyperexponential ($161k).
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.