Engineering salary trumps other UK professions

Posted on 16 Nov 2016 by Jonny Williamson

Pay for professional engineers has increased by 2% year-on-year, while engineering graduates can expect to pocket 4% a year more compared to 2015, according to the latest professionals’ pay benchmarking report, out today from EEF.

The annual report shows that a UK graduate engineering salary is now £28,000 a year on average – up by 4% from £26,890 last year. In comparison, according to the latest data from HESA, the average professional graduate salary is £22,984 a year. This means that engineering graduates now earn over £5,000 or 22% a year more…

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