Commissioning Engineer salary in the United Kingdom
£71,315
average advertised per year · most adverts fall between £55,000 and £72,500
From 162 live commissioning engineer listings with advertised pay · newest 15 Oct 2026
What commissioning engineers are offered
Every advertised salary in the sample, from lowest to highest.
- Lower quartile
- £55,000
- a quarter pay less
- Median
- £60,000
- the typical advert
- Upper quartile
- £72,500
- a quarter pay more
Commissioning Engineer salary by seniority
Median advertised pay at each level, with the middle half of adverts beside it. The step between levels is usually the number worth negotiating over.
How to read a commissioning engineer salary range
The middle half of commissioning engineer adverts sits between £55,000 and £72,500 — the top of that band is 1.3× the bottom. Where you land inside it is decided less by the job title than by three things: the level the role is pitched at, the employer's size and the city. On this board Wolverhampton pays most for the role at £204,500 on average.
An advert quoting a wide range is usually a level range in disguise: the bottom is what they would pay someone they have to train, the top is what they would pay someone who can run the work unsupervised. Ask which end the role is really budgeted at before you anchor on the top figure.
The figures on this page are advertised pay, which runs a little ahead of what people in post earn. If an offer sits below the median here for the level, that is a fair thing to raise; if it sits above the 75th percentile, it is a good offer for this market.
Highest paying cities for commissioning engineers
Cities with a single listing are shown but move easily — read them with the count beside them.
Highest paying employers for commissioning engineers
Live commissioning engineer roles
Senior Commissioning Programme Manager
Venn GroupCommissioning EngineerJobsbyAdzunaLondonPermanent£130,000–£143,000 a yearNewCommissioning Manager
Skilled CareersCommissioning EngineerJobsbyAdzunaLondonContract£117,000–£130,000 a yearNewCommissioning Manager - Highways and Transport
Panoramic AssociatesCommissioning EngineerJobsbyAdzunaLondonContractHybrid£117,000–£130,000 a yearNewInterim CQV Manager, Commissioning, Qualification & Validation Manager
Auxo TalentCommissioning EngineerJobsbyAdzunaLondonContract£130,000–£169,000 a yearNewCommissioning Officer
Devon and Cornwall PoliceCommissioning EngineerviaReedExeterPermanentHybrid£50,949 - £55,944 per annumNewFundraising Manager
Commissioning EngineerviaReedStockportPermanentRemote£55,000 - £59,800 per annum, inc benefitsNewCommissioning Engineer salary: common questions
- How much does a commissioning engineer earn in the United Kingdom?
- The median advertised commissioning engineer salary is £60,000 a year, from 162 live listings on BOQQS. Most adverts fall between £55,000 and £72,500. These are salaries employers are offering, which runs a little ahead of what people are actually paid.
- What is the salary range for a commissioning engineer?
- Advertised pay in the current sample runs from £26,520 to £500,000. The middle half sits between £55,000 and £72,500 — the ends are real adverts, but they are not typical ones.
- Which cities pay commissioning engineers the most?
- Wolverhampton leads at £204,500 on average, against £71,315 across the whole sample. Luton follows at £118,950.
- What is a commissioning engineer salary per hour?
- About £36.57 an hour, or £274.29 a day, converting the annual figure at 37.5 hours a week and 260 working days.
- Which employers pay commissioning engineers the most?
- From current listings, Future Engineering Recruitment Ltd advertises the highest at £275,250 on average. This reflects what is advertised now, not a long-run ranking.
Similar roles
Figures are medians and averages of salaries advertised on BOQQS, not a survey of what people are paid — advertised pay leads actual pay. Day and hourly rates are annualised at 260 working days and 37.5 hours a week. Nothing below £28,000 a year is carried on this board, so these figures describe the specialist market rather than all jobs in the UK. How the figures are worked out