Audio Engineer
UK

The median Audio Engineer salary in the UK is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 874 974 1208
Rank change year-on-year +100 +234 -321
Permanent jobs requiring an Audio Engineer 20 19 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.020% 0.018% 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.022% 0.020% 0.003%
Number of salaries quoted 7 2 2
10th Percentile £45,000 - -
25th Percentile £50,000 £33,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £37,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% -11.76% -15.00%
75th Percentile - £41,250 £46,250
90th Percentile £70,000 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £37,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +53.33% -11.76% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 92,901 95,961 148,050
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.57% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,751 60,281 85,224
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,686 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.19% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,495
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Audio Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Audio Engineer in the UK

Audio Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Audio Engineer in the UK

Audio Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Audio Engineer over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Audio Engineer in the UK

Audio Engineer
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Audio Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 26 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
England +120 20 £60,000 +60.00% 13
UK excluding London -10 13 £57,500 +53.33% 11
East of England - 10 £60,000 - 3
Work from Home - 7 - - 3
London - 7 £80,000 - 4
West Midlands +12 2 - -
Midlands -8 2 - -
South West - 1 £55,000 - 2

Audio Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Audio 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 featuring Audio Engineer in the job title.

1 10 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (45.00%) Software Engineering
3 6 (30.00%) Video Conferencing
3 6 (30.00%) C++
4 5 (25.00%) C
4 5 (25.00%) C#
4 5 (25.00%) Linux
4 5 (25.00%) Embedded C
4 5 (25.00%) Embedded C++
4 5 (25.00%) Embedded Linux
4 5 (25.00%) OpenEmbedded
4 5 (25.00%) Yocto
4 5 (25.00%) Multithreading
4 5 (25.00%) Embedded Systems
4 5 (25.00%) Open Source
4 5 (25.00%) GStreamer
4 5 (25.00%) FFmpeg
5 4 (20.00%) Electronics
6 3 (15.00%) Degree
6 3 (15.00%) Computer Science
7 2 (10.00%) Use Case
7 2 (10.00%) Test Automation
7 2 (10.00%) Qt
7 2 (10.00%) Automotive
7 2 (10.00%) Validation
7 2 (10.00%) Configuration Management
7 2 (10.00%) STL
7 2 (10.00%) Systems Engineering
7 2 (10.00%) Infotainment
7 2 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement

Audio Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

General
1 10 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (20.00%) Electronics
3 2 (10.00%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (25.00%) FFmpeg
1 5 (25.00%) GStreamer
1 5 (25.00%) OpenEmbedded
1 5 (25.00%) Yocto
2 2 (10.00%) Qt
2 2 (10.00%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 6 (30.00%) Video Conferencing
2 5 (25.00%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (10.00%) Infotainment
4 1 (5.00%) FPGA
4 1 (5.00%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 5 (25.00%) Embedded Linux
1 5 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (45.00%) Software Engineering
2 5 (25.00%) Multithreading
2 5 (25.00%) Open Source
3 3 (15.00%) Computer Science
4 2 (10.00%) Configuration Management
4 2 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (10.00%) Systems Engineering
4 2 (10.00%) Test Automation
4 2 (10.00%) Test Strategy
4 2 (10.00%) Use Case
4 2 (10.00%) Validation
5 1 (5.00%) FPGA Design
5 1 (5.00%) Kalman Filter
5 1 (5.00%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (5.00%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 6 (30.00%) C++
2 5 (25.00%) C
2 5 (25.00%) C#
2 5 (25.00%) Embedded C
2 5 (25.00%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 3 (15.00%) Degree
2 1 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (5.00%) Master's Degree