Staff Engineer salaries in London.
What Staff Engineer roles in London pay, from live listings on JobsRadar.
Compare with anotherMedian salary
$206,683
per year · annualized USD
Typical range
$164.5k – $283.8k
25th–75th percentile
Disclosing pay
24.2%
47 of 194 roles
Live roles
194
open right now
Salary trend
median · annualized USDSalary distribution
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Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
|
Anthropic
|
$483,010 | 7 |
Cohere
|
$206,683 | 5 |
Perplexity
|
$312,500 | 4 |
OLIX
|
$244,023 | 3 |
Ashby
|
$242,247 | 3 |
CoMind
|
$137,158 | 3 |
|
MLabs
|
$230,772 | 2 |
Antithesis
|
$206,584 | 2 |
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How much do Staff Engineer roles in London pay?
The median salary for Staff Engineer roles in London is $206,683 per year. Most pay falls between $164,480 (25th percentile) and $283,750 (75th percentile), with the broader 10th–90th percentile band running from $132,161 to $479,810.
These figures are computed live from 194 active Staff Engineer roles in London on JobsRadar, of which 47 (24.2%) 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 Staff Engineer roles in London include Anthropic and MLabs.
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.