Head of Engineering Jobs in Scotland

Head of Engineering
UK > Scotland

The median Head of Engineering salary in Scotland is £120,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 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
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 272 210 -
Rank change year-on-year -62 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Engineering 6 17 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.089% 0.36% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.092% 0.40% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 10 0
10th Percentile £91,200 £101,958 -
25th Percentile £98,250 £106,624 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £120,000 £127,184 -
Median % change year-on-year -5.65% - -
75th Percentile £170,000 £152,655 -
90th Percentile £194,000 £157,342 -
UK median annual salary £107,500 £125,000 £100,000
% change year-on-year -14.00% +25.00% +5.26%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 6,524 4,257 5,514
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.87% 90.19% 96.15%
Number of salaries quoted 2,618 2,312 2,970
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,569 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,658
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,550 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,750 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.08% - +9.09%

Head of Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Engineering in Scotland

Head of Engineering
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Head of Engineering in Scotland

Head of Engineering
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of Engineering in Scotland over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Head of Engineering in Scotland

Head of Engineering
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Engineering within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 29 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Glasgow -104 4 £200,000 +207.81%
Edinburgh +25 2 £104,500 -17.84% 1
Head of Engineering
UK

Head of Engineering Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 29 April 2024, Head of 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 Scotland region featuring Head of Engineering in the job title.

1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Data Engineering
2 3 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 3 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Design Patterns
2 3 (50.00%) SQL
2 3 (50.00%) Oracle
2 3 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 3 (50.00%) ETL
2 3 (50.00%) RDBMS
2 3 (50.00%) Agile
2 3 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
2 3 (50.00%) Data Cleansing
2 3 (50.00%) Data Architecture
2 3 (50.00%) Data Analytics
2 3 (50.00%) Analytics
2 3 (50.00%) Relational Database
3 2 (33.33%) Fintech
4 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (16.67%) NIST
4 1 (16.67%) Business Strategy
4 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
4 1 (16.67%) Cloud Security
4 1 (16.67%) Budget Management
4 1 (16.67%) Budgeting
4 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
4 1 (16.67%) Resource Allocation
4 1 (16.67%) IT Strategy
4 1 (16.67%) Master's Degree
4 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree

Head of Engineering Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) RDBMS
1 3 (50.00%) Relational Database
General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Agile
1 3 (50.00%) Analytics
1 3 (50.00%) Data Analytics
1 3 (50.00%) Data Architecture
1 3 (50.00%) Data Cleansing
1 3 (50.00%) Data Engineering
1 3 (50.00%) Data Modelling
1 3 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 3 (50.00%) Design Patterns
1 3 (50.00%) ETL
1 3 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
2 2 (33.33%) Fintech
3 1 (16.67%) Budget Management
3 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (16.67%) IT Strategy
3 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
3 1 (16.67%) Organisational Learning
3 1 (16.67%) Resource Allocation
3 1 (16.67%) SDLC
3 1 (16.67%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
1 1 (16.67%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (16.67%) NIST
1 1 (16.67%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Oracle