Salary for Senior-level / Expert Engineer in United Kingdom during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Engineer in United Kingdom during 2025 is USD 113,924

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Engineer salary lies between USD 88,607 and USD 171,518 in the United Kingdom. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.

Job title
Engineer
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
United Kingdom
Salary year
2025
Sample size
30
Top 10%
$ 198,734
Top 25%
$ 171,518
Median
$ 113,924
Bottom 25%
$ 88,607
Bottom 10%
$ 65,696

Region represents the primary country of residence of an employee during the year (or residence for tax purposes). All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

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Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Senior-level / Expert Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Engineer job listings are Engineering, Python and Machine Learning. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Engineering | 14846 jobs Python | 14481 jobs Machine Learning | 10862 jobs Pipelines | 9045 jobs Computer Science | 8702 jobs Architecture | 8686 jobs AWS | 8442 jobs SQL | 7621 jobs Security | 6759 jobs Azure | 5923 jobs Testing | 5676 jobs Data pipelines | 5007 jobs GCP | 4948 jobs CI/CD | 4865 jobs Agile | 4670 jobs Research | 4533 jobs Java | 4519 jobs APIs | 4400 jobs Spark | 4343 jobs Kubernetes | 4301 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert Engineer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Engineer job listings are Career development, Health care and Equity / stock options. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 13086 jobs Health care | 6981 jobs Equity / stock options | 5423 jobs Flex hours | 4751 jobs Startup environment | 4615 jobs Competitive pay | 4604 jobs Salary bonus | 3712 jobs Flex vacation | 3252 jobs Insurance | 3141 jobs Team events | 3110 jobs Parental leave | 2781 jobs Medical leave | 2706 jobs Wellness | 1856 jobs 401(k) matching | 1729 jobs Relocation support | 907 jobs Transparency | 865 jobs Conferences | 808 jobs Home office stipend | 715 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 601 jobs Fertility benefits | 546 jobs

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