Salaries rise for professionally registered engineers
Chartered engineers earn an average of £63,000 a year, according to the latest survey from the Engineering Council.
The organisation also revealed that average earnings in the year to April 2013 were £40,000 for engineering technicians, £45,500 for incorporated engineers and £36,306 for ICT technicians.
It found that the higher earnings were generated by a rise in basic income rather than in overtime, bonus and commission payments, which showed a decrease since 2010.
Those holding the titles engineering technician (EngTech), incorporated engineer (IEng) and chartered engineer (CEng) were considered most likely to see pay increases and low levels of unemployment.
Engineering Council ceo Jon Prichard said: "With a handful of registrants reporting earnings of more than £1million and around 10% of registrants earning over £100,000, the signs are that the engineering profession is keeping pace with other professions."
