Advertised pay · updated 4 October 2026

Site Engineer salary in the UK

Site Engineer roles in the UK are advertised at a median of £77,625 a year (n=295). Based on 386 adverts live on this board, 76% of which state pay. Updated 4 October 2026.

Site Engineer, median advertised salary£77,625advertised · 295 adverts stating pay · 04 Oct 2026
Middle half of adverts£55,000 – £86,250advertised · 295 adverts stating pay · 04 Oct 2026
Lowest to highest£28,000 – £450,000advertised · 295 adverts stating pay · 04 Oct 2026
Adverts stating pay295 of 38676% of live adverts · 04 Oct 2026

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 the adverts spread

The five measured points of advertised pay for Site Engineer roles across the UK.

  • Lowest advertised£28,000advertised · the lowest of 295 adverts stating pay · 04 Oct 2026
  • 25th percentile£55,000advertised · a quarter of 295 adverts are below · 04 Oct 2026
  • Median£77,625advertised · half of 295 adverts are below · 04 Oct 2026
  • 75th percentile£86,250advertised · three quarters of 295 adverts are below · 04 Oct 2026
  • Highest advertised£450,000advertised · the highest of 295 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.

Permanent and contract

Only adverts the feed marks as permanent or contract for Site Engineer roles across the UK, so the two samples do not add up to the headline figure.

Permanent, median advertised salary£46,500advertised · 98 adverts stating pay · 04 Oct 2026
Contract, median advertised day rate£350/dayadvertised · 163 adverts stating pay · 04 Oct 2026

Day rates are converted at 230 working days a year and annual figures back the same way, so the two are the same number in different units. An equivalent is arithmetic, not an offer.

By level

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

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 Site Engineer adverts pay most

Median advertised salary by city. Only cities with at least 5 adverts stating pay appear; a city left out has too few adverts to publish, not lower pay.

Site Engineer pay by sector

Median advertised salary for Site Engineer roles in each sector, UK-wide. Each sector has its own page and its own sample.

Month by month

One month of snapshots for Site Engineer roles across the UK so far, so nothing to compare it with yet.

The last snapshot of each month. A month with too few adverts stating pay is left out, never carried forward.
MonthMedian advertisedBasis
October 2026£77,625advertised · 295 adverts stating pay · 04 Oct 2026

A change between two months is a change in what is being advertised, a different mix of employers and levels, not a pay rise.

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How the figure is worked out

Every live Site Engineer advert on the board is read for its stated pay, converted to a yearly figure, and recorded in a dated snapshot. Snapshots are never overwritten, which is where the month-by-month table comes from.

Adverts that state no pay (competitive, negotiable, depending on experience) are counted in the total and left out of every figure, which is why the share stating pay is printed beside the sample.

Nothing is estimated. Below 5 adverts stating pay this site publishes no figure and says how many it has. The full method.

Based on 386 adverts live on this board, 76% of which state pay. Updated 4 October 2026.