Engineering professionals n.e.c.: salary in the UK
About £39,736 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, +2.3% on last year
£4,192 a month About £3,311 a month after tax 146 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 £40,211 in 2021 to £50,307 in 2026 (+25%); for all full-time employees in the UK it changed by +31% over the same years.
Figures by year
| P10 | P25 | Median | P75 | P90 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | x | £32,305 | £40,211 | £51,364 | x |
| 2022 | x | £34,287 | £42,415 | £51,002 | x |
| 2023 | x | £35,064 | £44,134 | £54,810 | x |
| 2024 | £30,627 | £37,575 | £46,099 | £56,800 | x |
| 2025 | £32,465 | £40,000 | £49,153 | £62,790 | x |
| 2026 | £33,759 | £39,741 | £50,307 | £63,946 | x |
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 £50,307 a year and half earn more. That is 23% more than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
The middle half earn between £39,741 and £63,946; one in ten earns less than £33,759.
Ranked by median, it is number 64 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £3,311 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £3,182 in Scotland.
The median for men is £50,503 and for women £47,005, a gap of 7% in men's favour. This compares full-time salaries only and doesn't account for seniority or hours.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | £33,759 | £2,813 |
| 20th | £37,778 | £3,148 |
| 25th (P25) | £39,741 | £3,312 |
| 30th | £42,091 | £3,508 |
| 40th | £45,962 | £3,830 |
| Median (50th) | £50,307 | £4,192 |
| 60th | £54,504 | £4,542 |
| 70th | £60,061 | £5,005 |
| 75th (P75) | £63,946 | £5,329 |
| 80th | £68,325 | £5,694 |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £50,503 | £57,606 | 125 |
| Women | £47,005 | £53,311 | 21 |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £39,736 | £3,311 |
| Scotland | £38,179 | £3,182 |
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 £50,000
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 122 job titles to SOC 2129 Engineering professionals n.e.c.. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- 3d printing engineer
- Acoustic engineer
- Acoustician
- Acoustics consultant
- Acoustics engineer
- Additive manufacturing applications engineer
- Additive manufacturing research engineer
- Agricultural engineer
- Air conditioning engineer
- Air traffic engineer
- Assay assistant
- Assayer
- Assayer's assistant
- Assayist
- Biomass engineer
- Biomedical engineer
- Brewer
- Carbonisation officer
- Carbonisation technical officer
- Cathodic protection engineer
- Cathodic protection technician
- Ceramics consultant
- Ceramics engineer
- Chief engineer
- Clinical engineer
- Colour consultant
- Combustion engineer
- Control systems engineer
- Corrosion engineer
- Cryogenic engineer
- Decommissioning engineer
- Design and development engineer
- Design and test engineer
- Design consultant
- Design engineer
- Development engineer
- District inspector
- Divisional inspector
- Dyeing technician
- Energy consultant
- Energy efficiency engineer
- Engineer
- Engineering analyst
- Engineering inspector
- Environmental psychologist
- Ergonomist
- Examiner
- Experimental engineer
- Fire protection engineer
- Food product developer
- Food scientist
- Food technologist
- Forensic engineer
- Fuel engineer
- Gas engineer
- Glass engineer
- Head brewer
- Health physics engineer
- Heating adviser
- Heating and ventilating engineer
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- Heating consultant
- Heating engineer
- Horticultural engineer
- Human factors engineer
- Human factors specialist
- Hvac engineer
- Innovation engineer
- Lubrication engineer
- Materials scientist
- Mechatronics engineer
- Medical engineer
- Metallographer
- Metallurgical consultant
- Metallurgical engineer
- Metallurgist
- Noise control engineer
- NPD technologist
- Nuclear engineer
- Overseer
- Packaging engineer
- Patent analyst
- Patent associate
- Patent consultant
- Patent engineer
- Patent examiner
- Patent officer
- Patent scientist
- Patents officer
- Product development engineer
- Proposals engineer
- Quality compliance officer
- R&d engineer
- Railway engineer
- Refrigeration engineer
- Renewable energy consultant
- Renewable energy engineer
- Research and development engineer
- Researcher
- Robotics engineer
- Robotics software engineer
- Scada engineer
- Scientific consultant
- Scientific engineer
- Scientific technologist
- Senior proposals engineer
- Sensory manager
- Ship overseer
- Supervising engineer
- Technical brewer
- Technical dyer
- Technical engineer
- Technologist
- Test engineer
- Textile adviser
- Thermal and acoustic engineer
- Thermal engineer
- Traffic engineer
- Transport engineer
- Tribologist
- Under brewer
- Vinegar brewer
- Working brewer
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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.