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Civil engineers salary in East Midlands

Full-time average annual pay in East Midlands

£48,661

2025 · high suppression

Median

Not disclosed

Mean

£48,661

‘Not disclosed’ means the source withheld this value because the sample was too small to publish without risking identification. See full methodology →

Region-level range withheld by ONS — UK-wide, the middle half of civil engineers earn £39,138£64,249. See full methodology →

Skilled Worker visa minimum

£50,400

Employment patterns

  • 90% of Civil engineers work full-time
  • 13% are self-employed
  • 94% of employees have permanent contracts

Understanding Civil engineers pay in East Midlands

To see what £48,661 means after income tax and National Insurance, use the take-home pay calculator below — it also factors in student loan repayments.

Take-home pay estimate

Tax year 2025/26
£
Annual
Gross salary£48,661
Income tax£7,218
National Insurance£2,887
Take-home pay£38,556

Estimate only · 2025/26 HMRC rates · Standard tax code · No pension contribution · Not financial or tax advice

How Civil engineers pay varies by region

West Midlands is the highest-paying region for civil engineers at £56,066 — 11% above the UK median. North East is lowest at £39,722.

UK median £50,602

Civil engineers median and mean salary by UK region, sorted highest to lowest.
RegionMedianvs UK
West Midlands
£56,066
£56,066Mean £52,178
+11%
South West
£55,472
£55,472Mean £57,430
+10%
Scotland
£54,668
£54,668Mean £51,830
+8%
South East
£54,499
£54,499Mean £58,223
+8%
London
£51,769
£51,769Mean £55,746
+2%
North West
£49,238
£49,238Mean £53,551
-3%
East Midlands (current region)
£49,156
£49,156Mean £48,719
-3%
Yorkshire and the Humber
£48,160
£48,160Mean £48,552
-5%
East of England
£46,953
£46,953Mean £45,824
-7%
Wales
£41,581
£41,581Mean £46,292
-18%
North East
£39,722
£39,722Mean £44,325
-22%

Sorted highest median to lowest. The vertical line marks the UK median (£50,602); ‘Vs UK median’ compares each region’s median to it. Suppressed values mean ONS withheld this figure because the sample was too small to publish.

How civil engineers pay in East Midlands has changed over time

Median annual pay for civil engineers in East Midlands by year, shown against the UK-wide median (Source: ONS ASHE). The shaded band is the UK-wide 25th–75th percentile range — ONS does not publish percentile ranges at region level.

East Midlands median

UK median

UK-wide 25th–75th percentile range

Pre-2021 figures mapped from SOC 2010 via ONS concordance table

How the figures are sourced

Data sources: Official UK earnings data (2025 provisional)(opens in new tab)

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