Published
The UK Engineering Offer Playbook
A practical guide to the salary, equity and terms that win strong UK engineers, by company stage and level.
Get it first
We’ll send it to you on Thursday 19 November.
Inside the playbook
Seven questions every offer has to answer
- 30,000+engineers have told Dex what they want from their next role, pay included.
- 300+companies have shared their engineering salary bands with us.
- 2,900+UK engineering job ads we track, each matched to the company's funding stage.
Method
How we calculate the ranges
Each range draws on three sources and is calculated the same way for every stage and level. All figures are base salary, rounded to the nearest £5k.
- 01
Engineer expectations
The minimum base salary engineers on Dex say they would accept to move. This is the bar an offer has to clear.
- 02
Company salary bands
Cross-checked against the salary bands of 300+ companies hiring engineers through Dex.
- 03
Funding stage
Every UK engineering role we track is matched to the company’s funding stage, so each range compares like with like.
Aggregated data only: no company or candidate can be identified. This is not tax or legal advice.
FAQ
About the playbook
What is in the playbook?
Seven chapters, one for each question an engineering offer has to answer: salary, equity, what candidates weigh, the cash and equity mix, how to present the offer, terms and tax, and how to handle a competing offer. Each one is broken down by stage and level.
When does it come out?
Thursday 19 November. Join the list and we will send it to you that morning.
Is there anything I can use now?
Yes. Our free UK engineer salary benchmark shows the base that wins strong engineers at your stage and level.
Open the salary benchmarkIs it free?
Yes. It is free for any company hiring engineers in the UK.