Head of Engineering Job Trends 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 13 November 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 - 19
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Engineering 2 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Chatham 8.00% - 1.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.70% - 1.89%
Number of salaries quoted 2 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 - £112,500

All Permanent 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.

Permanent vacancies in Chatham with a recognized job title 23 57 53
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.00% 100.00% 92.98%
Number of salaries quoted 22 33 31
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,750 £39,085
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £52,000 £63,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.81% -17.46% +23.53%
75th Percentile £76,250 £87,500 £70,750
90th Percentile £97,250 £97,500 £89,000
Kent median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% - -

Head of Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Chatham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Head of Engineering' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Chatham.

Head of Engineering job vacancy trend in Chatham

Head of Engineering
Salary Trend in Chatham

Salary distribution trend for Head of Engineering job vacancies in Chatham.

Salary distribution trend for Head of Engineering job vacancies in Chatham

Head of Engineering Skill Set
Top 8 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chatham

For the 6 months to 13 November 2025, Head of Engineering job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Chatham region featuring Head of Engineering in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 2 (100.00%) Data Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) ETL
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server

Head of Engineering Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chatham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 2 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 2 (100.00%) Data Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) ETL
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL