Senior Backend Engineer Salary in London

637+ verified salaries · London

What do Senior Backend Engineers earn in London?

Senior Backend Engineers in London earn a median of £114,000, with the range spanning £79,000 to £174,000.

Salaries are based on 637+ real data points scraped from live job postings across London.

Salary by seniority level

Junior (0–2 yrs): £59k – £79k

Mid-level (2–5 yrs): £79k – £114k

Senior (5–8 yrs): £114k – £174k

Staff / Principal (8+ yrs): £174k – £218k+

About this data

MasloJobs aggregates salary data from 350,000+ verified tech compensation data points across Europe. Updated continuously from live job postings, not self-reported surveys.

Last updated: March 2026