This is just one of the key findings of The Engineer’s tenth annual salary survey, which is published in full on The Engineer’s website in a new interactive digital format. 

Attracting responses from 621 engineers working across 12 different sectors, this year’s survey was carried out between December 2024 and January 2025.

As ever, the results provide a fascinating insight into UK engineering salaries and how engineers are feeling about their careers. What’s more, by comparing this year’s results with earlier survey findings we’re able to see how these attitudes and metrics have shifted over the past decade.

Click here to access the full interactive digital report which reveals key trends and attitudes and explores how salaries vary across UK industry. 

The results of this year's survey have also been fed into our ever-popular salary bench-marking tool which you can use to to see how your salary stacks up against that of your industry peers.  

KEY FINDINGS

• Average engineers salaries decline by £62k YOY
• Three-quarters of respondents have seen their take home pay increase in the past 12 months.
• 44 per cent of respondents are happy with their pay levels 
• 55 per cent are comfortable with their workload
• 47 per cent are actively considering looking for a new role
  

ACCESS THE FULL REPORT HERE