London Salary Guide November 2024

Our London salary guide provides an in-depth view of the current employment market with a vast amount of local and industry knowledge, Walker Dendle Technical’s salary guide is seen by many as an authoritative overview of current salaries across London with the higher-profile consultancies. Salaries quoted are base salaries and some consultancies offer up to 20% in extras including car allowances, bonuses, golden handshakes, life insurance, health insurance and Institution fees paid.

  • Good demand for Structural, Civil Infrastructure & Façade Engineers with 2-12 years experience
  • Weaker demand for Structural Technicians & Graduate Structural Engineers
  • Nominal redundancies from several consultancies
  • Generally good demand and on-going vacancies in many consultancies
  • Salaries seem to be plateauing as inflation drops 

Structural Engineer

 Low        

Medium  

High        

Graduate +0 £29,000 £31,000 £33,000   
Graduate +1  
£33,000  £34,000  £35,000 
Graduate +2 £35,000 £36,500  £38,000
Graduate +3     £38,000  £39,000  £40,000   
Graduate +4     £41,000  £42,000  £43,000 
Graduate +5     £45,000  £46,000  £47,000   
Just-Chartered +6     £51,000  £53,000  £55,000 
Senior Engineer +8     £56,000  £58,000  £60,000   
Principal Engineer +8 £62,000 £64,000 £66,000  
Associate +10    £70,000  £72,000  £74,000 
Associate Director/Senior Associate   £75,000  £78,000  £82,000 
Technical Director     £82,000  £90000  £100,000 
         
 

Civil Infrastructure Engineer

 

Low

 

Medium

 

High

 

Graduate +0    £29,000  £31,000  £33,000 
Graduate +1    £33,000  £34,000 £35,000 
Graduate +2               £35,000 £36,500 £38,000 
Graduate +3 £38,000  £39,000  £40,000 
Graduate +4 £41,000 £43,000 £45,000
Graduate +5 £45,000  £46,000 £47,000 
Just-Chartered +6                 £53,000  £55,000  £57,000 
Senior Engineer +8 £57,000  £59,000  £61,000 
Principal Engineer +8 £64,000 £66,000 £68,000  
Associate +10 £71,000  £73,000 £75,000
Associate Director £76,000  £78,000 £81,000 
Technical Director  £83,000  £92,000  £101,000 
         
 

Structural/Civil Infrastructure Technician

       
Trainee +0  £20,000 £22,000 £24,000  
Technician +2  £25,000 £27,000 £29,000  
Technician +4  £31,000 £33,000 £35,000  
Technician +6  £37,000 £39,000 £41,000  
Technician +10  £45,000 £50,000 £55,000  
BIM/CAD Manager +12  £58,000 £61,000 £64,000