Backend Engineering salary in London
Employer-stated pay · updated Oct 19, 2026
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Backend Engineering pay in London is measured from 24 postings where the employer stated pay. The best-evidenced figure is senior, where 13 postings put the middle half between £72,500 and £100,000, with a median of £95,000.
Pay rises with seniority here: the medians run mid-level £77,750 and senior £95,000. Moving from mid-level to senior is worth roughly 22% more.
16 backend engineering roles are open in London right now, 16 listing pay.
| Level | Market range | Median | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mid | £72,750 – £97,600 | £77,750 | 11 |
| Senior | £72,500 – £100,000 | £95,000 | 13 |
Entry is junior titles. Mid is mid-level and manager titles. Senior is senior titles. Lead is director, VP and above.
Ranges span the 25th to 75th percentile of employer-stated base pay for the level. Median is the 50th percentile. Sample is the number of postings measured.
Open backend engineering roles in London · 16 with stated pay
this job's paywhere most pay sits here, £70,000–£125,000scale £40,000–£180,000
Senior Embedded C++ Engineer ALTEN · London £40,000–£60,000 8d ago 
Backend Engineer - Acquisition Technology iwoca · London £70,000–£85,000 3w ago 
Backend Software Engineer - Product Eligibility Wise · London £68,000–£87,500 4w ago Senior Software Engineer II - Backend (Java) - Account Sharing Wise · London £111,000–£145,000 4w ago Backend Engineer - Partner Flow iwoca · London £60,000–£85,000 5w ago Senior Backend Software Engineer I - Personal & Business Pricing Team Wise · London £87,500–£111,000 5w ago 
Systems Engineer, Network Protocols & Distributed Systems Cloudflare · Austin €54,000–€75,000 6w ago 
Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure (Distributed Systems) Anthropic · London £325,000–£390,000 2mo ago Backend Tech Lead - Funnel Platform iwoca · London £90,000–£120,000 2mo ago Senior Software Engineer II - Payin Platform - Backend (Java) Wise · London £111,000–£145,000 3mo ago 
Senior Backend Engineer - .Net Trainline · London £85,000–£95,000 3mo ago Senior Backend Engineer - .Net Trainline · London £85,000–£90,000 4mo ago 
Senior Product Engineer [Backend] Attio · London £95,000–£125,000 5mo ago 
Backend Engineer, London Air Apps · Remote · UK €52,000–€65,000 6mo ago Backend QA Engineer, London Air Apps · Remote · UK €52,000–€65,000 6mo ago 
Software Engineer - Distributed Systems (Storage/Databases) Hudson River Trading · New York $200,000–$300,000 1y ago