Head of Engineering Job Trends in Exeter

Head of Engineering
Devon > Exeter

As of 10 March 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Head of Engineering salary in Exeter.

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 22 -
Rank change year-on-year -13 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Engineering 1 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Exeter 0.35% 0.88% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% 0.93% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £95,000 -
Devon median annual salary - £95,000 -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Exeter

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Exeter. 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 Exeter with a recognized job title 272 108 221
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.77% 95.58% 96.93%
Number of salaries quoted 184 59 193
10th Percentile £25,000 £29,750 £26,300
25th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,250 £43,491 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.15% +8.73% -
75th Percentile £53,750 £64,375 £51,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £61,000
Devon median annual salary £45,000 £51,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.76% +13.33% +12.50%

Head of Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Exeter

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 Exeter.

Head of Engineering job vacancy trend in Exeter

Head of Engineering
Salary Trend in Exeter

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

Salary distribution trend for Head of Engineering job vacancies in Exeter

Head of Engineering Skill Set
Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Exeter

For the 6 months to 10 March 2026, 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 Exeter region featuring Head of Engineering in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Amazon EC2
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon S3
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Lambda
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 9001
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Low Latency
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) PHP
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Serverless
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Telematics

Head of Engineering Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Exeter 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 1 (100.00%) Amazon EC2
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon S3
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Lambda
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon RDS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (100.00%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Low Latency
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Telematics
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PHP
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 9001
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes