Annual Salary
£20,000 to £50,000
Average UK salary in 2019 was £30,378
(source Office for National Statistics)
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Broadcast engineers make sure television, radio and online programmes are broadcast at the right times and are high quality.
Average UK salary in 2019 was £30,378
(source Office for National Statistics)
You could work: evenings / weekends / bank holidays; on shifts
There will be
3% more Broadcast engineer jobs in 2026.
In your local area
You could:
You could work at a TV studio, at a film studio or in a workshop.
Your working environment may be outdoors in all weathers and you'll travel often.
You can get into this job through:
You'll need a degree to apply for a graduate training scheme with a broadcaster. Useful subjects include:
You'll usually need:
You may be able to get into broadcast engineering after doing a T Level in Media, Broadcast and Production.
You'll usually need:
You can get started by doing a broadcast and media systems technical operator advanced apprenticeship or a broadcast and media systems engineer degree apprenticeship.
You'll usually need:
You could start work with a broadcaster as a production assistant and later apply for a place on an in-house engineer training scheme.
You could also begin as a broadcast technician, for example after an apprenticeship, then do further training on the job to become an engineer.
You'll find it useful to get practical experience using broadcast technology equipment, as competition for places on training schemes is strong. You could get this through:
If you're already working for a broadcasting company in another role and have the right skills, you may be able to start on an in-house engineering training scheme like the BBC's degree apprenticeship.
You can apply for the BBC Broadcast Engineering Graduate Scheme, if you have an honours degree or equivalent in electronics, physics, maths, computer science or a related subject.
You can apply for professional registration with the Engineering Council for Information and Communications Technology Technician or Chartered Engineer status. Registration can improve your career prospects.
You can find out more about working in broadcasting from:BBC careers; 4 Careers; ITV Careers; Sky
You can get information on working in media and creative careers from:ScreenSkills; Discover Creative Careers
With experience, you could specialise in working with specific types of equipment. You could work for terrestrial, digital, cable or satellite broadcasters.
Many engineers work freelance so networking and keeping up to date with changes in the industry is really important to win contracts.
You'll need: