Engineering Manager Job Trends in Kent

Engineering Manager
South East > Kent

The median Engineering Manager salary in Kent is £137,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 January 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 71 -
Rank change year-on-year -3 - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Engineering Manager 13 5 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Kent 1.25% 0.70% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.39% 0.80% -
Number of salaries quoted 12 3 0
10th Percentile - £68,000 -
25th Percentile £106,250 £70,625 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £137,500 £75,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +83.33% - -
75th Percentile £143,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £112,500 £67,500 £72,250
% change year-on-year +66.67% -6.57% -3.67%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Kent

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Kent. 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 Kent with a recognized job title 937 625 578
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.18% 87.41% 89.75%
Number of salaries quoted 528 242 477
10th Percentile £26,000 £30,500 £23,108
25th Percentile £28,000 £40,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +22.22% -10.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £68,625 £58,750
90th Percentile £66,250 £75,000 £68,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £56,509 £52,500
% change year-on-year -11.52% +7.64% -4.55%

Engineering Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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 Kent.

Engineering Manager job vacancy trend in Kent

Engineering Manager
Salary Trend in Kent

Salary distribution trend for Engineering Manager job vacancies in Kent.

Salary distribution trend for Engineering Manager job vacancies in Kent

Engineering Manager
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing Engineering Manager in Kent over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Engineering Manager in Kent

Engineering Manager
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Engineering Manager within the Kent region over the 6 months to 11 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Tunbridge Wells - 12 £137,500 -
Ramsgate - 1 £60,000 -
Engineering Manager
South East

Engineering Manager Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent

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

1 12 (92.31%) .NET
1 12 (92.31%) Agile
1 12 (92.31%) Azure
2 11 (84.62%) AI
2 11 (84.62%) AWS
2 11 (84.62%) Business Strategy
2 11 (84.62%) GCP
2 11 (84.62%) JavaScript
2 11 (84.62%) Roadmaps
2 11 (84.62%) SaaS
2 11 (84.62%) Software Engineering
2 11 (84.62%) TypeScript
3 1 (7.69%) CI/CD
3 1 (7.69%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
3 1 (7.69%) DevOps
3 1 (7.69%) Line Management
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.69%) RDBMS
3 1 (7.69%) Relational Database
3 1 (7.69%) Salesforce
3 1 (7.69%) Scrum
3 1 (7.69%) SDLC
3 1 (7.69%) SQL

Engineering Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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 12 (92.31%) Azure
2 11 (84.62%) AWS
2 11 (84.62%) GCP
2 11 (84.62%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) RDBMS
1 1 (7.69%) Relational Database
General
1 12 (92.31%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (92.31%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (92.31%) Agile
2 11 (84.62%) AI
2 11 (84.62%) Business Strategy
2 11 (84.62%) Roadmaps
2 11 (84.62%) Software Engineering
3 1 (7.69%) CI/CD
3 1 (7.69%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
3 1 (7.69%) DevOps
3 1 (7.69%) Line Management
3 1 (7.69%) Scrum
3 1 (7.69%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 11 (84.62%) JavaScript
1 11 (84.62%) TypeScript
2 1 (7.69%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft
1 1 (7.69%) Salesforce