Mechanical Engineer Jobs in England

Mechanical Engineer
UK > England

The median Mechanical Engineer salary in England is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 787 925 1069
Rank change year-on-year +138 +144 -262
Permanent jobs requiring a Mechanical Engineer 50 22 49
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.059% 0.023% 0.038%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.062% 0.026% 0.039%
Number of salaries quoted 25 22 30
10th Percentile £29,850 - £48,863
25th Percentile £40,000 - £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £33,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +51.52% -45.00% +26.32%
75th Percentile £55,000 - £67,500
90th Percentile £56,712 - -
UK median annual salary £50,000 £33,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +51.52% -45.00% +26.32%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 80,250 85,781 125,417
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.57% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,143 54,189 75,436
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,567 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.84% +0.95% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,375 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,923 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.80% - +9.09%

Mechanical Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Mechanical Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Mechanical Engineer in England

Mechanical Engineer
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Mechanical Engineer in England.

Salary trend for Mechanical Engineer in England

Mechanical Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Mechanical Engineer in England over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Mechanical Engineer in England

Mechanical Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Mechanical Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +47 27 £55,000 +46.67% 36
Yorkshire - 9 - - 8
North of England - 9 - - 17
East Midlands - 6 £42,500 - 15
Midlands - 6 £42,500 - 22
South West - 4 £45,000 - 21
London +107 2 £42,500 +28.79% 16
East of England - 2 £30,000 - 27
Mechanical Engineer
UK

Mechanical Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Mechanical Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Mechanical Engineer in the job title.

1 14 (28.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 12 (24.00%) Customer Requirements
3 11 (22.00%) Manufacturing
4 5 (10.00%) Security Cleared
4 5 (10.00%) Python
5 4 (8.00%) Software Engineering
5 4 (8.00%) Finite Element Analysis
5 4 (8.00%) Renewable Energy
6 3 (6.00%) Mathematics
7 2 (4.00%) C++
7 2 (4.00%) SLA
7 2 (4.00%) Aerospace
7 2 (4.00%) Automotive
7 2 (4.00%) Degree
8 1 (2.00%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 1 (2.00%) Creative Thinking
8 1 (2.00%) Problem-Solving
8 1 (2.00%) Public Sector
8 1 (2.00%) Fluid Mechanics
8 1 (2.00%) Social Skills
8 1 (2.00%) Aviation
8 1 (2.00%) Agriculture
8 1 (2.00%) Customer Service
8 1 (2.00%) Biotechnology
8 1 (2.00%) Life Science
8 1 (2.00%) Problem Management
8 1 (2.00%) Digital Marketing
8 1 (2.00%) Google
8 1 (2.00%) Marketing
8 1 (2.00%) Electronic Design Automation

Mechanical Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.00%) Google Workspace
1 1 (2.00%) Salesforce Service Cloud
General
1 11 (22.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (4.00%) Aerospace
2 2 (4.00%) Automotive
3 1 (2.00%) Agriculture
3 1 (2.00%) Aviation
3 1 (2.00%) Electronics
3 1 (2.00%) Finance
3 1 (2.00%) Marketing
3 1 (2.00%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (2.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (2.00%) Retail
3 1 (2.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (2.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.00%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (2.00%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (28.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 12 (24.00%) Customer Requirements
3 4 (8.00%) Finite Element Analysis
3 4 (8.00%) Software Engineering
4 3 (6.00%) Mathematics
5 1 (2.00%) Biotechnology
5 1 (2.00%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (2.00%) Creative Thinking
5 1 (2.00%) CRM
5 1 (2.00%) Customer Service
5 1 (2.00%) Digital Marketing
5 1 (2.00%) Electronic Design Automation
5 1 (2.00%) Fluid Mechanics
5 1 (2.00%) Problem Management
5 1 (2.00%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (2.00%) Programme Management
5 1 (2.00%) Schematic Capture
Programming Languages
1 5 (10.00%) Python
2 2 (4.00%) C++
3 1 (2.00%) C
3 1 (2.00%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 5 (10.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (4.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (2.00%) Google
1 1 (2.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (2.00%) Salesforce
1 1 (2.00%) SAP