Advertised pay · updated 4 October 2026

Design Engineer vs Tunnel Engineer: advertised pay

Not enough adverts state pay on both sides to compare Design Engineer and Tunnel Engineer. Each side is below with its own sample, and this page stays out of search results until both reach five adverts stating pay.

Design Engineer, median advertised salary£52,500advertised · 205 adverts stating pay · 04 Oct 2026 Tunnel Engineer, median advertised salaryNot enough adverts yet to publish a figure.

The two samples are different sets of adverts from different employers, so a gap between them is a gap in what is being advertised.

Advertised, not paid: these are the salaries employers stated in live job adverts. They are not a survey of what people are paid, and this site neither sets nor guarantees any rate.

How each one spreads

Design Engineer

Lowest advertised£25,000advertised · the lowest of 205 adverts stating pay · 04 Oct 2026
25th percentile£42,500advertised · a quarter of 205 adverts are below · 04 Oct 2026
Median£52,500advertised · half of 205 adverts are below · 04 Oct 2026
75th percentile£67,500advertised · three quarters of 205 adverts are below · 04 Oct 2026
Highest advertised£166,750advertised · the highest of 205 adverts stating pay · 04 Oct 2026

Five measured points from the adverts that state pay. Nothing is drawn between them, because the shape in between has not been measured.

Middle half of adverts£42,500 – £67,500advertised · 205 adverts stating pay · 04 Oct 2026

Lowest to highest£25,000 – £166,750advertised · 205 adverts stating pay · 04 Oct 2026

Adverts stating pay205 of 26079% of live adverts · 04 Oct 2026

Design Engineer by level

Median advertised salary at each level for Design Engineer roles across the UK, on one scale from zero.

Graduate£29,000advertised · 5 adverts stating pay · 04 Oct 2026
JuniorFewer than 5 adverts state pay.3 of 5 live adverts state pay · 04 Oct 2026
Senior£65,000advertised · 25 adverts stating pay · 04 Oct 2026
Lead£70,000advertised · 15 adverts stating pay · 04 Oct 2026
Head ofFewer than 5 adverts state pay.2 of 2 live adverts state pay · 04 Oct 2026

The level comes from the words in the advert title. An advert that does not say its level counts towards the overall figure and no level.

Most recent snapshot here: 4 October 2026.

Where next

Each role’s own page has its figure, its cities and its levels.

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