Engineering Manager Jobs in Cardiff

Engineering Manager
South Wales > Cardiff

The median Engineering Manager salary in Cardiff is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 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
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Engineering Manager 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 0.53% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.54% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £77,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 - -
75th Percentile £82,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median annual salary £70,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cardiff

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cardiff. 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 Cardiff with a recognized job title 185 631 511
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.88% 93.76% 91.41%
Number of salaries quoted 132 548 390
10th Percentile £24,600 £27,157 £30,738
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £51,573
Median % change year-on-year - -3.05% -1.77%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,887 £67,070
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £77,500
South Wales median annual salary £50,221 £46,350 £45,456
% change year-on-year +8.35% +1.97% -9.09%

Engineering Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Job vacancy trend for Engineering Manager in Cardiff

Engineering Manager
Salary Trend in Cardiff

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

Salary trend for Engineering Manager in Cardiff

Engineering Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff

For the 6 months to 11 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 Cardiff region featuring Engineering Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Quality Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Security
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Big Data
1 1 (100.00%) Data Stewardship
1 1 (100.00%) Data Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Data Structures
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills

Engineering Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff 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 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) Big Data
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Data Security
1 1 (100.00%) Data Stewardship
1 1 (100.00%) Data Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Data Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Quality Management
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality