Backend Engineer salaries in London.
What Backend Engineer roles in London pay, from live listings on JobsRadar.
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$132,657
per year · annualized USD
Typical range
$78.9k – $156.4k
25th–75th percentile
Disclosing pay
29.2%
40 of 137 roles
Live roles
137
open right now
Salary trend
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How much do Backend Engineer roles in London pay?
The median salary for Backend Engineer roles in London is $132,657 per year. Most pay falls between $78,913 (25th percentile) and $156,443 (75th percentile), with the broader 10th–90th percentile band running from $55,248 to $248,338.
These figures are computed live from 137 active Backend Engineer roles in London on JobsRadar, of which 40 (29.2%) publish a salary range. Pay is normalized to annualized USD so roles can be compared on equal terms; the highest-paying roles listed above show their original posted currency. Numbers refresh every few hours as new roles are posted and older ones close.
Employers currently hiring well-paid Backend Engineer roles in London include MLabs, Heron Data, xAI and Teleport.
Salary transparency varies by employer and region, so the disclosing share above reflects only roles that publish pay — not every open position. Use it as a directional benchmark rather than an exact offer.