London Salary Guide May 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.

Extreme shortages of good candidates from Fresh Graduate +0 up to Associate level which will only tighten as the economy recovers in Q3/Q4 with reduced number of vacancies due to stalling projects but still plenty of vacancies. Some consultancies are very busy and others are not (dependent upon sectors) and minimal redundancies across the industry.

Structural Engineer

 Low        

Medium  

High        

Graduate +0 £28,000 £30,000 £32,000   
Graduate +1  
£32,000  £33,000  £34,000 
Graduate +2 £34,000 £36,000  £38,000
Graduate +3     £38,000  £39,000  £40,000   
Graduate +4     £40,000  £42,000  £44,000 
Graduate +5     £44,000  £45,000  £46,000   
Just-Chartered +6     £50,000  £51,000  £52,000 
Senior Engineer +8     £55,000  £56,000  £57,000   
Principal Engineer +8 £60,000 £62,000 £64,000  
Associate +10    £66,000  £69,000  £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    £28,000  £30,000  £32,000 
Graduate +1    £32,000  £33,000 £34,000 
Graduate +2               £34,000 £35,500 £37,000 
Graduate +3 £37,000  £38,000  £39,000 
Graduate +4 £39,000 £41,000 £43,000
Graduate +5 £43,000  £45,000 £47,000 
Just-Chartered +6                 £50,000  £52,500  £55,000 
Senior Engineer +8 £55,000  £57,500  £60,000 
Principal Engineer +8 £62,000 £64,000 £66,000  
Associate +10 £68,000  £70,000 £72,000
Associate Director £72,000  £76,000 £80,000 
Technical Director  £80,000  £90,000  £100,000 
         
 

Structural/Civil Infrastructure Technician

       
Trainee +0  £18,000 £20,000 £22,000  
Technician +2  £24,000 £26,000 £28,000  
Technician +4  £30,000 £32,000 £34,000  
Technician +6  £36,000 £38,000 £40,000  
Technician +10  £42,000 £45,000 £48,000  
BIM/Cad Manager +12  £50,000 £55,000 £60,000