The past 12 months have been dominated by headlines about the impact of the economic slowdown in China, particularly on traditional sectors such as the steel industry, the drop in oil prices, and uncertainty over the UK's future in Europe. But how has the weak international trade market and domestic uncertainty affected life for the UK's engineers? Have earnings in engineering suffered as a result, or has there been an overall rise in salaries despite the difficulties in some sectors? In our 2016 Salary Survey we have once again asked engineers from across the different sectors of UK industry to tell us about themselves, including their earnings, what they do, and where they work. With 3,698 engineers from across the UK and from 18 sectors of industry taking part, this year's survey has provided us with an illuminating picture of life in engineering today, from levels of job satisfaction and how pay and benefits in some sectors differ to others, to the number of women in the profession and how their earnings compare to those of their male colleagues.
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