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Electrical engineer: salary in the UK

ONS occupation: Electrical engineers (SOC 2123)

£63,136

About £47,176 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)

median salary a year, full-time, +3.5% on last year

£5,261 a month About £3,931 a month after tax 33 thousand full-time jobs

Gross pay before tax, including bonuses, commission and overtime. Not included: benefits in kind such as a company car. About the data

Pay range

The dark part is the middle half of full-time employees (25% to 75%); the light bar runs from 10% to 90%. ONS doesn't publish the highest or lowest salary, and x means a figure wasn't published.

Pay by year

The median went from £49,143 in 2021 to £63,136 in 2026 (+28%); for all full-time employees in the UK it changed by +31% over the same years.

Figures by year
P10P25MedianP75P90
2021£25,353£38,675£49,143£59,601x
2022£29,214£38,543£50,250£59,994x
2023£34,879£43,510£53,322£65,364x
2024£36,672£46,983£58,735£72,073x
2025£34,407£46,420£61,024£77,958x
2026£39,006£47,732£63,136£83,995x

ONS figures for each year, not adjusted for inflation. Years before 2021 used a different occupation classification, so they can't be compared. Earlier years are ONS's revised figures; the latest is provisional.

Half of full-time employees in this occupation earn less than £63,136 a year and half earn more. That is 54% more than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).

The middle half earn between £47,732 and £83,995; one in ten earns less than £39,006.

Ranked by median, it is number 18 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.

At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £3,931 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £3,780 in Scotland.

Percentiles

PercentileAnnualMonthly
10th (P10)£39,006£3,251
20th£43,432£3,619
25th (P25)£47,732£3,978
30th£50,658£4,221
40th£56,071£4,673
Median (50th)£63,136£5,261
60th£70,404£5,867
70th£79,266£6,605
75th (P75)£83,995£7,000
80th£88,842£7,403
90th (P90)xx

Men and women

MedianMeanJobs (thousands)
Men£64,415£68,89230
Womenx£58,220x

Take-home pay at the median

Where you livePer yearPer month
England, Wales, NI£47,176£3,931
Scotland£45,364£3,780

After Income Tax and National Insurance for 2026 to 2027, with the standard tax code and no pension or student loan. Work out your own take-home pay · Take-home pay on £63,000

Job titles in this occupation

ONS codes these 58 job titles to SOC 2123 Electrical engineers. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.

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Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2026 provisional, Table 14.7a (full-time employees, gross annual pay, UK, tax year ending 5 April 2026). Provisional figures may be revised.