It&#x27;s not an entry-level salary certainly, however you probably only need 4-5 years of experience to achieve it. Skill-level, signalling ability and confidence are all you need.<p>Entry-level for a good junior engineer is what you say it is, however senior&#x2F;lead probably reaches around £100k for particularly impressive candidates, and finishes at around £60-80K for other engineers.<p>Contracting on the other hand seems to top out at about £650 pd. There £300-400 is entry-level, £400-450 is mid-level or low-end senior, and £500+ is high-end senior, architect or lead. Generally you get more if you work for financial institutions and have a skill that is extremely difficult to recruit for. Basically it&#x27;s generally not about how good you are - that is the wrong frame. It&#x27;s about how cleverly you have fit a pain point within the market.<p>My numbers might be a little wrong but it should give a general feel.<p>It&#x27;s certainly unfortunate that there are engineers that are only making £22K but ultimately in many cases it&#x27;s low confidence in testing the market. They can get more.