Tech Salary Survey · 2026
Salaries cooled.
Salaries cooled.
Vacancies didn't.
After two years of double-digit jumps, UK and US tech salary growth came back down to earth in 2026. But hiring? Still running hot. Here's what the market is actually paying — discipline by discipline, city by city — with a read on what's driving every number.
+4.5%
Senior & lead pay, UK average
vs +1.4% for juniors. The gap is the widest it's ever been.
+5.7%
Data engineering, fastest-growing discipline
No data platform, no AI. The market priced that in.
3
New AI roles benchmarked for the first time
AI Engineer, AI Lead and Head of AI — with real numbers.
Used by CTOs and Heads of Engineering at startups and scale-ups across the North of England and Boston, MA. Every major discipline covered. London · Manchester · Boston · New York.
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