London Salary Guide August 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.

  • Marked increase in activity from both Clients and Candidates as we move out of recession with the market becoming candidate-driven by Q4
  • Extreme shortages of good candidates driving up salaries as per our guide below
  • Numerous vacancies are being left unfilled due to a lack of candidates with the right to work in the UK (visa-free)
  • Candidates with a Graduate visa are being largely ignored by the marketplace
  • Most in-demand candidates are at +2>+8 due to poor Graduate intake from 2016-2022

Structural Engineer

 Low        

Medium  

High        

Graduate +0 £29,000 £30,500 £32,000   
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     £40,000  £42,000  £44,000 
Graduate +5     £44,000  £45,500  £47,000   
Just-Chartered +6     £50,000  £51,000  £52,000 
Senior Engineer +8     £55,000  £57,000  £59,000   
Principal Engineer +8 £61,000 £63,000 £65,000  
Associate +10    £68,000  £70,000  £72,000 
Associate Director/Senior Associate   £72,000  £76,000  £80,000 
Technical Director     £80,000  £90,000  £100,000 
         
 

Civil Infrastructure Engineer

 

Low

 

Medium

 

High

 

Graduate +0    £29,000  £30,500  £32,000 
Graduate +1    £33,000  £34,000 £35,000 
Graduate +2               £34,000 £35,500 £37,000 
Graduate +3 £38,000  £39,000  £40,000 
Graduate +4 £40,000 £42,000 £44,000
Graduate +5 £44,000  £45,500 £47,000 
Just-Chartered +6                 £52,000  £54,000  £56,000 
Senior Engineer +8 £56,000  £58,000  £60,000 
Principal Engineer +8 £63,000 £65,000 £67,000  
Associate +10 £70,000  £72,000 £74,000
Associate Director £74,000  £77,000 £80,000 
Technical Director  £82,000  £91,000  £100,000 
         
 

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  £43,000 £46,000 £49,000  
BIM/CAD Manager +12  £55,000 £59,000 £63,000