• Question: How much does an engineer make on average?

    Asked by 343hspc36 to Jamie, Kristen, Sheun, Simon, Will on 24 Jun 2015.
    • Photo: William Scott-Jackson

      William Scott-Jackson answered on 24 Jun 2015:

      I can’t give the best answer as I’m funded by my funding bodies who give me £13, 500 per year to survive off and I’m free to take on some extra work to help make ends meet.

      Although an engineering graduate usually starts off around £20,000 per year and as the years go by they will be promoted and have the potential to earn substantially more than that.

    • Photo: Jamie Johnston

      Jamie Johnston answered on 24 Jun 2015:

      The average expected income for a graduate with a Bachelors degree is somewhere between 19,000 and 23,000, if you leave university with a masters this usually gives you the opportunity to earn much more from the word go: between 20,000 to 30,000, depending on the company.

      The first few years typically bring quite a few pay rises as you prove yourself to the company. With the opportunity to keep progressing as your career does.

    • Photo: Sheun Oshinbolu

      Sheun Oshinbolu answered on 24 Jun 2015:

      I agree with Will and Jamie. Overall it depends on your skill set and experience.

    • Photo: Simon Marchant

      Simon Marchant answered on 25 Jun 2015:

      Just to add a specific number to the answer above, I just checked with Reed, a big recruitment company, and they say that the average engineering salary that they’ve advertised this year is £35,285. Obviously though, starting salaries aren’t this big, that’s probably skewed upwards a bit by the kinds of jobs that Reed advertise, and it depends on both your skills (like the others mention) and the area that you’re in.

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