Instrumentation Engineer Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Instrumentation Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Instrumentation Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 February 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 514 530 -
Rank change year-on-year +16 - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Instrumentation Engineer 20 5 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.040% 0.016% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.044% 0.018% -
Number of salaries quoted 6 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 excluding London with a recognized job title 45,398 28,262 48,063
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.40% 91.25% 94.90%
Number of salaries quoted 28,502 14,210 37,036
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,991 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%

Instrumentation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Instrumentation Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Instrumentation Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Instrumentation Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Instrumentation Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Instrumentation Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Instrumentation Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Instrumentation Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Instrumentation Engineer in the UK excluding London

Instrumentation Engineer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Instrumentation Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 26 February 2026. 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
North West +2 13 - -
North of England -10 13 - -
South East - 4 £65,000 - 1
East Midlands - 2 £45,000 -
Midlands - 2 £45,000 -
South West -10 1 £45,000 -
Instrumentation Engineer
UK

Instrumentation Engineer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 26 February 2026, Instrumentation Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Instrumentation Engineer in the job title.

1 17 (85.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 17 (85.00%) Degree
2 16 (80.00%) Master's Degree
3 14 (70.00%) Control Theory
4 11 (55.00%) Acceptance Criteria
5 10 (50.00%) EMC
5 10 (50.00%) Profibus
6 8 (40.00%) Functional Safety
6 8 (40.00%) IEC 61508
7 6 (30.00%) Systems Engineering
8 5 (25.00%) IEC 61131
8 5 (25.00%) Requirements Management
9 4 (20.00%) Software Engineering
10 3 (15.00%) Change Management
10 3 (15.00%) Firmware
11 2 (10.00%) Bill of Materials
11 2 (10.00%) RS-485
12 1 (5.00%) Agile
12 1 (5.00%) SDLC
12 1 (5.00%) Siemens
12 1 (5.00%) Software Testing
12 1 (5.00%) Waterfall

Instrumentation Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 10 (50.00%) Profibus
2 2 (10.00%) RS-485
General
1 3 (15.00%) Presentation Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (70.00%) Control Theory
2 11 (55.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 6 (30.00%) Systems Engineering
4 5 (25.00%) Requirements Management
5 4 (20.00%) Software Engineering
6 3 (15.00%) Change Management
7 2 (10.00%) Bill of Materials
8 1 (5.00%) Agile
8 1 (5.00%) SDLC
8 1 (5.00%) Software Testing
8 1 (5.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 17 (85.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 17 (85.00%) Degree
2 16 (80.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (40.00%) IEC 61508
2 5 (25.00%) IEC 61131
System Software
1 3 (15.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (40.00%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 10 (50.00%) EMC
2 1 (5.00%) Siemens