Service Engineer
Clear Engineering Recruitment
£35,000 – £40,000 a year
ApplyField Service Technician - Humidification Systems. Location: UK Wide / Field Based. Salary: £35,000 - £40,000 + Company Car +..
Service Engineer Salary UK 2026
The average advertised pay for a Service Engineer, based on live UK vacancies — with how it compares to similar roles and how many jobs are available right now.
By Louisa Lowe, Editor — Careers & Workplace · Updated 5 October 2026£41,000
median advertised salary
497
live jobs right now
92%
permanent roles
87%
via agencies
How much does a Service Engineer earn in the UK?
The average advertised salary for a Service Engineer in the UK is £41,000 a year, based on 73 live vacancies carrying salary information this month. That is about £3,420 a month or £21.03 an hour before tax, on a 37.5-hour week. 92% of current adverts are permanent, and 87% are posted through recruitment agencies.
Service Engineer adverts mention AI or automation 4% of the time.
How Service Engineer pay compares
Median advertised salary for Service Engineer beside other job titles in engineering, from the lowest paid to the highest.
Other roles in engineering
| Role | Median pay | Live jobs | Permanent | AI mentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Site Engineer | £91,000 | 587 | 60% | 1% |
| Electronics Engineer | £53,000 | 302 | 92% | 4% |
| Project Engineer | £50,000 | 326 | 81% | 3% |
| Refrigeration Engineer | £48,000 | 109 | 98% | 0% |
| Design Engineer | £45,000 | 1,056 | 87% | 3% |
| Maintenance Technician | £43,000 | 225 | 98% | 1% |
| Service Engineer | £41,000 | 497 | 92% | 4% |
| Field Service Engineer | £41,000 | 411 | 97% | 1% |
| CAD Technician | £38,000 | 86 | 84% | 0% |
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Browse 497 live Service Engineer jobs →
How we calculate this. Figures come from live Service Engineer vacancies in the CV-Library feed, refreshed monthly. The median uses adverts that state pay; hourly and weekly rates are annualised (hourly × 37.5 × 52). Ambiguous or "competitive" salaries are excluded rather than guessed. Read the full methodology →