Head of Engineering Jobs in Bristol

Head of Engineering
South West > Bristol

The median Head of Engineering salary in Bristol is £110,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 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
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 97 153 169
Rank change year-on-year +56 +16 +19
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Engineering 4 5 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 0.32% 0.16% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.17% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 4 4 5
10th Percentile £66,500 - £84,250
25th Percentile £91,250 £143,536 £85,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £110,000 £149,601 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.47% +66.22% -10.00%
75th Percentile £116,875 £155,665 £97,500
90th Percentile £120,250 - £105,000
South West median annual salary £110,000 £149,601 £92,500
% change year-on-year -26.47% +61.73% +2.78%

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 1,197 3,009 2,455
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.92% 97.03% 92.75%
Number of salaries quoted 814 2,250 1,538
10th Percentile £34,500 £33,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £47,231 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,471 £57,500 £57,905
Median % change year-on-year -0.05% -0.70% +9.02%
75th Percentile £71,250 £71,250 £74,151
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £87,500
South West median annual salary £52,600 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.20% -4.76% +5.00%

Head of Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Engineering in Bristol

Head of Engineering
Salary Trend in Bristol

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

Salary trend for Head of Engineering in Bristol

Head of Engineering
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of Engineering in Bristol over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Head of Engineering in Bristol

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 2025, 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 Bristol region featuring Head of Engineering in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Finance
2 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (75.00%) GCP
2 3 (75.00%) Kubernetes
2 3 (75.00%) Data Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) Reinsurance
2 3 (75.00%) Terraform
2 3 (75.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) Web Development
2 3 (75.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (75.00%) Azure
2 3 (75.00%) AWS
2 3 (75.00%) Machine Learning
2 3 (75.00%) Analytics
2 3 (75.00%) Docker
2 3 (75.00%) DevOps
2 3 (75.00%) Python
2 3 (75.00%) Databricks
2 3 (75.00%) PySpark
2 3 (75.00%) Data Science
2 3 (75.00%) Analytical Modelling
2 3 (75.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 3 (75.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (75.00%) Critical Thinking
3 2 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
3 2 (50.00%) Insurtech
3 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence

Head of 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) AWS
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
1 3 (75.00%) GCP
General
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
2 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (75.00%) PySpark
2 1 (25.00%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Modelling
1 3 (75.00%) Analytics
1 3 (75.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (75.00%) Critical Thinking
1 3 (75.00%) Data Engineering
1 3 (75.00%) Data Science
1 3 (75.00%) DevOps
1 3 (75.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 3 (75.00%) Machine Learning
1 3 (75.00%) Software Engineering
1 3 (75.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (75.00%) Web Development
2 2 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Insurtech
2 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Thinking
3 1 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) Python
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Kubernetes
1 3 (75.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Databricks