Engineering Manager Jobs in Bristol

Engineering Manager
South West > Bristol

The median Engineering Manager salary in Bristol is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 87 139 156
Rank change year-on-year +52 +17 +19
Permanent jobs requiring an Engineering Manager 20 25 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 1.61% 0.80% 0.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.69% 0.82% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1 13 2
10th Percentile - £89,016 £67,625
25th Percentile - £92,500 £69,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £95,000 £76,250
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +24.59% -17.57%
75th Percentile - £97,500 £79,688
90th Percentile - - £79,875
South West median annual salary £87,500 £75,000 £73,750
% change year-on-year +16.67% +1.69% -20.27%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 1,183 3,042 2,396
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.10% 97.16% 92.58%
Number of salaries quoted 803 2,283 1,496
10th Percentile £32,600 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £47,231 £42,519 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,443 £57,500 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% -0.86% +9.20%
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,250 £74,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £87,460
South West median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Engineering Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Engineering Manager in Bristol

Engineering Manager
Salary Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Engineering Manager in Bristol.

Salary trend for Engineering Manager in Bristol

Engineering Manager Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 17 May 2025, Engineering Manager 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 Engineering Manager in the job title.

1 19 (95.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 16 (80.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 16 (80.00%) Systems Engineering
3 10 (50.00%) Verification and Validation
3 10 (50.00%) Rational DOORS
3 10 (50.00%) Validation
3 10 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 10 (50.00%) Requirements Management
4 9 (45.00%) Degree
5 6 (30.00%) Chartered Engineer
5 6 (30.00%) Customer Engagement
5 6 (30.00%) Master's Degree
6 4 (20.00%) Project Management
7 3 (15.00%) Management Information System
7 3 (15.00%) Finance
7 3 (15.00%) Information Security
7 3 (15.00%) Mentoring
7 3 (15.00%) CISSP
8 1 (5.00%) Roadmaps
8 1 (5.00%) Project Roadmap
8 1 (5.00%) Social Skills
8 1 (5.00%) CI/CD
8 1 (5.00%) Educational Technology
8 1 (5.00%) PHP
8 1 (5.00%) MySQL
8 1 (5.00%) Azure
8 1 (5.00%) Agile
8 1 (5.00%) Artificial Intelligence
8 1 (5.00%) Software Engineering

Engineering Manager 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (5.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 10 (50.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 3 (15.00%) Finance
2 1 (5.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.00%) Educational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (80.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
1 16 (80.00%) Systems Engineering
2 10 (50.00%) Requirements Management
2 10 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 10 (50.00%) Validation
2 10 (50.00%) Verification and Validation
3 6 (30.00%) Customer Engagement
4 4 (20.00%) Project Management
5 3 (15.00%) Information Security
5 3 (15.00%) Mentoring
6 1 (5.00%) Agile
6 1 (5.00%) Artificial Intelligence
6 1 (5.00%) CI/CD
6 1 (5.00%) Project Roadmap
6 1 (5.00%) Roadmaps
6 1 (5.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.00%) PHP
Qualifications
1 19 (95.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 9 (45.00%) Degree
3 6 (30.00%) Chartered Engineer
3 6 (30.00%) Master's Degree
4 3 (15.00%) CISSP