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 87,974 and USD 164,427 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
34
Top 10%
$ 198,734
Top 25%
$ 164,427
Median
$ 113,924
Bottom 25%
$ 87,974
Bottom 10%
$ 67,670

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 | 18203 jobs Python | 17718 jobs Machine Learning | 13251 jobs Pipelines | 11123 jobs Architecture | 10750 jobs Computer Science | 10625 jobs AWS | 10389 jobs SQL | 9320 jobs Security | 8344 jobs Azure | 7294 jobs Testing | 7020 jobs GCP | 6120 jobs Data pipelines | 6109 jobs CI/CD | 6022 jobs Agile | 5761 jobs Java | 5528 jobs Research | 5479 jobs APIs | 5479 jobs Spark | 5287 jobs Kubernetes | 5257 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 | 15926 jobs Health care | 8592 jobs Equity / stock options | 6603 jobs Flex hours | 5754 jobs Competitive pay | 5649 jobs Startup environment | 5619 jobs Salary bonus | 4592 jobs Flex vacation | 3988 jobs Insurance | 3871 jobs Team events | 3812 jobs Parental leave | 3416 jobs Medical leave | 3308 jobs Wellness | 2305 jobs 401(k) matching | 2168 jobs Relocation support | 1088 jobs Transparency | 1070 jobs Conferences | 967 jobs Home office stipend | 871 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 738 jobs Gear | 688 jobs

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