Engineering Manager Job Trends in Guildford

Engineering Manager
Surrey > Guildford

The median Engineering Manager salary in Guildford is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 June 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 - 52
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Engineering Manager 4 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Guildford 0.86% - 0.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.90% - 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £75,000 - £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 - £67,500
75th Percentile £85,000 - £71,250
90th Percentile - - -
Surrey median annual salary £80,000 £85,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -5.88% +25.93% +8.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Guildford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Guildford. 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 Guildford with a recognized job title 443 106 390
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.86% 92.17% 93.53%
Number of salaries quoted 333 82 326
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,857 £54,813 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.50% +15.39% -17.39%
75th Percentile £95,000 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £79,750 £70,625
Surrey median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -14.53%

Engineering Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Guildford

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

Engineering Manager job vacancy trend in Guildford

Engineering Manager
Salary Trend in Guildford

Salary distribution trend for Engineering Manager job vacancies in Guildford.

Salary distribution trend for Engineering Manager job vacancies in Guildford

Engineering Manager Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Guildford

For the 6 months to 17 June 2026, Engineering Manager 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 Guildford region featuring Engineering Manager in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Azure
2 3 (75.00%) Azure Storage
2 3 (75.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 3 (75.00%) Data Architecture
2 3 (75.00%) Data Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) Data Ingestion
2 3 (75.00%) Data Pipeline
2 3 (75.00%) Databricks
2 3 (75.00%) Mentoring
2 3 (75.00%) PySpark
2 3 (75.00%) Python
2 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 3 (75.00%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (25.00%) Code Quality
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
3 1 (25.00%) Java
3 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering

Engineering Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Guildford 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 4 (100.00%) Azure
2 3 (75.00%) Azure Storage
General
1 1 (25.00%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (75.00%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 3 (75.00%) Data Architecture
1 3 (75.00%) Data Engineering
1 3 (75.00%) Data Ingestion
1 3 (75.00%) Data Pipeline
1 3 (75.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (75.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (25.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) Python
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) Java
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Databricks