What’s the average pay for a maintenance engineer at Network Rail?

The average pay for a maintenance engineer at Network Rail is between £38.4k and £68.4k per year.

The top paying employers for service engineers are Transport for London, Network Rail and Amazon.

Last updated 24 April 2026

What is the Real Living Wage?

The Real Living Wage is a voluntary rate employers can sign up to that is based on the real cost of living.

Location	Real Living Wage
London	£14.80
Rest of the UK	£13.45

What is the legal minimum wage?

The minimum wage is the legal minimum you must be paid per hour.

Age group	Legal minimum wage
21 or older	£12.71
18-20	£10.85
Under 18	£8.00
Apprentices	£8.00

How we know this

Based on data from 10 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between June 2024 and April 2026.

More about pay at Network Rail

Who pays service engineers the most?

What are service engineers saying about pay at Network Rail?

Best thing
Overtime
On call pay
10% shift allowance when working nights
Friendly people

Worst thing
A lot of knowledge to take in

9.9

Maintenance operative at Network Rail, March 2026

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Best thing
Pay

Worst thing
Stress, anxiety, lack of funding in the right areas

6.8

Employee at Network Rail, March 2026

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Best thing
Opportunity to progress.
Volume of training
Free PPE
Good pay

Worst thing
Some standards feel written by people who don’t understand the front line reality

9.8

Section manager at Network Rail, October 2025

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Best thing
Pay, conditions, progression

Worst thing
Lack of breaks , management

9.7

Employee at Network Rail, September 2025

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Best thing
The pay I guess

Worst thing
Unorganised depot with many incompetent people

5.5

Operative at Network Rail, May 2025

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