Head of Software Engineering Jobs in Bristol

Head of Software Engineering
South West > Bristol

The median Head of Software Engineering salary in Bristol is £82,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 159 174 -
Rank change year-on-year +15 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Software Engineering 2 4 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 0.064% 0.15% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.067% 0.16% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 4 0
10th Percentile - £84,125 -
25th Percentile £78,750 £84,688 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £90,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £86,250 £98,750 -
90th Percentile - £105,500 -
South West median annual salary £82,500 £90,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Bristol. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Bristol with a recognized job title 3,006 2,507 3,223
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.75% 92.92% 97.84%
Number of salaries quoted 2,238 1,574 2,249
10th Percentile £33,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,750 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +9.52% +12.90%
75th Percentile £71,250 £73,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £86,250 £87,476 £85,000
South West median annual salary £50,000 £51,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% +11.11%

Head of Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Job postings that featured Head of Software Engineering in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Job vacancy trend for Head of Software Engineering in Bristol

Head of Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Head of Software Engineering in Bristol.

Salary trend for Head of Software Engineering in Bristol

Head of Software Engineering Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 18 April 2024, Head of Software Engineering job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Bristol region featuring Head of Software Engineering in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) MVC
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) QA
1 2 (100.00%) Kanban
1 2 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Code Quality

Head of Software Engineering Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 2 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 2 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Kanban
1 2 (100.00%) MVC
1 2 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA