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UK salary report · 2026

Engineering Technician Salary in South East

Official ONS earnings for South East, covering 11,000 jobs.

ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings Imprecise estimate Where this comes from →

Median salary — South East

£37,906

gross, per year, all employees

▲ 9.1% change on the previous year

Mean

£42,983

Jobs measured

11,000

What most engineering technicians actually earn

Half of engineering technicians in South East earn between £27,116 and £46,078. Earning above £46,078 puts you in the top quarter of the profession.

ONS suppresses the detailed spread for this occupation at regional level, so this range describes the wider “Science, Engineering and Production Technicians” group in South East.

The full pay range

Each bar is the salary at that percentile — the 25th means a quarter of engineering technicians earn less than this.

10th
£22,132
20th
£25,585
25th
£27,116
30th
£28,677
40th
£31,554
50th
£34,823
60th
£37,829
70th
£42,941
75th
£46,078
80th
£50,920
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Where this figure comes from

ONS occupation group
Engineering technicians
SOC 2020 code
3113
Measure
Gross annual pay, all employees
Edition
ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025 provisional

ONS publishes a sampling error of 13.6% for this figure and asks that anything above 10% is treated as imprecise — too few people in this region answered the survey for this occupation. The figure is shown because it is the one ONS published, but it is not firm enough to rank South East against anywhere else, so this page doesn't.

Source: Office for National Statistics, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are estimates from a survey of PAYE jobs and are not financial advice.

Engineering Technician salary FAQs

What is the average Engineering Technician salary in South East?

The median is £37,906 a year and the mean is £42,983, according to the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings. Those cover all employees; ASHE publishes no full-time split at regional level.

What is a good Engineering Technician salary?

Half of engineering technicians earn between £27,116 and £46,078. Anything above £46,078 is in the top quarter for the role.

Is this figure official?

Yes. It comes from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, an accredited official statistic based on employer PAYE records, covering 11,000 jobs in this occupation.

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