Staff Engineer salaries in London.
What Staff Engineer roles in London pay, from live listings on JobsRadar.
Compare with anotherMedian salary
$212,107
per year · annualized USD
Typical range
$168.3k – $312.5k
25th–75th percentile
Disclosing pay
14.1%
57 of 405 roles
Live roles
405
open right now
Salary distribution
annualized USD · disclosed rolesHighest-paying live roles
Research Engineer, Science of Scaling
Research Engineer, Pretraining Scaling - London
Research Engineer, Machine Learning (Reinforcement Learning)
Research Engineer, Machine Learning (RL Velocity)
Research Engineer, Pretraining
Senior Staff+ Software Engineer, Kubernetes Platform
Staff+ Infrastructure Engineer, Cluster Infrastructure
Senior Staff+ Software Engineer, Node Infra
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
|
Anthropic
|
$424,214 | 19 |
Accurx
|
$144,771 | 7 |
Perplexity
|
$312,500 | 4 |
Ashby
|
$219,851 | 4 |
Omnea
|
$178,439 | 4 |
Slingshot AI
|
$235,674 | 2 |
Meticulous
|
$212,107 | 2 |
Airwallex
|
$183,012 | 2 |
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How much do Staff Engineer roles in London pay?
The median salary for Staff Engineer roles in London is $212,107 per year. Most pay falls between $168,339 (25th percentile) and $312,500 (75th percentile), with the broader 10th–90th percentile band running from $137,364 to $541,191.
These figures are computed live from 405 active Staff Engineer roles in London on JobsRadar, of which 57 (14.1%) 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.
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.