Head of Engineering Jobs in Chatham

Head of Engineering
Kent > Chatham

The median Head of Engineering salary in Chatham is £125,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 27 August 2025.

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

6 months to
27 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 - 23
Rank change year-on-year - - -
DemandTrendPermanent jobs requiring a Head of Engineering 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Chatham 3.57% - 1.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.85% - 1.69%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £122,500 - £106,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £125,000 - £112,500
75th Percentile £127,500 - £118,750
90th Percentile - - -
Kent median annual salary £125,000 £85,000 £112,500
% change year-on-year +47.06% -24.44% +7.14%

All DemandTrendPermanent IT Job Vacancies
Chatham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Chatham. 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.

DemandTrendPermanent vacancies in Chatham with a recognized job title 26 74 59
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 100.00% 93.65%
Number of salaries quoted 25 53 25
10th Percentile £25,250 £37,800 £48,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £63,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +3.17% +18.87%
75th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £108,000 £95,750 £96,500
Kent median annual salary £37,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% -10.00% +11.11%

Head of Engineering Skill Set
Top 12 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chatham

For the 6 months to 27 August 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 Chatham region featuring Head of Engineering in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems

Head of Engineering Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chatham 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%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Data Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL