Head of Engineering Jobs in London

Head of Engineering
England > London

The median Head of Engineering salary in London is £140,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 May 2025.

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

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 372 461 542
Rank change year-on-year +89 +81 +209
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Engineering 29 44 90
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.22% 0.19% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.20% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 21 42 78
10th Percentile £87,500 £82,525 £105,000
25th Percentile £100,000 £88,750 £112,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £140,000 £115,250 £130,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.48% -11.35% +18.18%
75th Percentile £150,000 £142,500 £141,393
90th Percentile £155,000 £155,599 £150,000
England median annual salary £110,000 £102,500 £125,000
% change year-on-year +7.32% -18.00% +25.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 11,643 22,208 32,345
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.22% 94.16% 95.13%
Number of salaries quoted 7,236 16,616 23,854
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,000 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.54% -12.01% +1.33%

Head of Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Head of Engineering in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Head of Engineering in London

Head of Engineering
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Head of Engineering in London.

Salary trend for Head of Engineering in London

Head of Engineering
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of Engineering in London over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Head of Engineering in London

Head of Engineering
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Engineering within the London region over the 6 months to 15 May 2025. 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
Central London +32 9 £140,000 +12.00% 5
Head of Engineering
England

Head of Engineering Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 15 May 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 London region featuring Head of Engineering in the job title.

1 20 (68.97%) Software Engineering
2 17 (58.62%) AWS
3 15 (51.72%) Azure
4 12 (41.38%) Agile
4 12 (41.38%) Social Skills
5 11 (37.93%) Python
5 11 (37.93%) Artificial Intelligence
6 9 (31.03%) Finance
7 8 (27.59%) DevOps
7 8 (27.59%) React
8 7 (24.14%) Mentoring
8 7 (24.14%) GCP
8 7 (24.14%) Cloud Native
8 7 (24.14%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (24.14%) Stakeholder Management
9 6 (20.69%) E-Commerce
9 6 (20.69%) Data Engineering
9 6 (20.69%) Analytical Skills
9 6 (20.69%) Collaborative Culture
10 5 (17.24%) Strategic Thinking
10 5 (17.24%) People Management
10 5 (17.24%) Fintech
10 5 (17.24%) Node.js
10 5 (17.24%) Software Architecture
10 5 (17.24%) C#
10 5 (17.24%) Java
10 5 (17.24%) JavaScript
10 5 (17.24%) Service Delivery
10 5 (17.24%) Front Office
10 5 (17.24%) Derivative

Head of Engineering Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (13.79%) CMS
1 4 (13.79%) Headless CMS
2 1 (3.45%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (3.45%) Luigi
Business Applications
1 4 (13.79%) Shopify
2 1 (3.45%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 17 (58.62%) AWS
2 15 (51.72%) Azure
3 7 (24.14%) GCP
4 5 (17.24%) Cloud Computing
5 4 (13.79%) Contentstack
6 2 (6.90%) PaaS
6 2 (6.90%) SaaS
6 2 (6.90%) Serverless
7 1 (3.45%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (3.45%) Amazon SQS
7 1 (3.45%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (3.45%) Azure AKS
7 1 (3.45%) Azure API Management
7 1 (3.45%) Azure Functions
7 1 (3.45%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (3.45%) Azure Stack
7 1 (3.45%) Virtual Private Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.90%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (6.90%) Semantic Layer
2 1 (3.45%) Apache Cassandra
2 1 (3.45%) Azkaban
2 1 (3.45%) Big Data
2 1 (3.45%) Data Lake
2 1 (3.45%) DynamoDB
2 1 (3.45%) Hadoop
2 1 (3.45%) OLAP
2 1 (3.45%) OLTP
2 1 (3.45%) Presto
Development Applications
1 1 (3.45%) GitLab
1 1 (3.45%) JIRA
General
1 12 (41.38%) Social Skills
2 9 (31.03%) Finance
3 6 (20.69%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (17.24%) Front Office
4 5 (17.24%) Marketing
5 4 (13.79%) Advertising
6 3 (10.34%) Banking
7 2 (6.90%) Investment Banking
8 1 (3.45%) Games
8 1 (3.45%) Public Speaking
8 1 (3.45%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (27.59%) React
2 5 (17.24%) Node.js
3 4 (13.79%) Django
3 4 (13.79%) Express.js
3 4 (13.79%) Flask
3 4 (13.79%) MACH
3 4 (13.79%) Next.js
4 3 (10.34%) .NET
4 3 (10.34%) Laravel
5 1 (3.45%) AngularJS
5 1 (3.45%) Kafka
5 1 (3.45%) LAMP
5 1 (3.45%) PySpark
5 1 (3.45%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 7 (24.14%) Cloud Native
2 5 (17.24%) Derivative
3 4 (13.79%) Hackathon
4 2 (6.90%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (6.90%) Distributed Architecture
5 1 (3.45%) Digital Media
5 1 (3.45%) Distributed Computing
5 1 (3.45%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (3.45%) Media Streaming
5 1 (3.45%) Reinsurance
5 1 (3.45%) Sports Betting
5 1 (3.45%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (68.97%) Software Engineering
2 12 (41.38%) Agile
3 11 (37.93%) Artificial Intelligence
4 8 (27.59%) DevOps
5 7 (24.14%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (24.14%) Mentoring
5 7 (24.14%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (20.69%) Collaborative Culture
6 6 (20.69%) Data Engineering
6 6 (20.69%) E-Commerce
7 5 (17.24%) Fintech
7 5 (17.24%) People Management
7 5 (17.24%) Service Delivery
7 5 (17.24%) Software Architecture
7 5 (17.24%) Strategic Thinking
7 5 (17.24%) Web Development
8 4 (13.79%) Content Management
8 4 (13.79%) Customer Engagement
8 4 (13.79%) Information Management
8 4 (13.79%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (37.93%) Python
2 5 (17.24%) C#
2 5 (17.24%) Java
2 5 (17.24%) JavaScript
3 4 (13.79%) PHP
4 3 (10.34%) SQL
5 2 (6.90%) C++
6 1 (3.45%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.34%) QA
2 2 (6.90%) Data Quality
2 2 (6.90%) GDPR
2 2 (6.90%) PCI DSS
3 1 (3.45%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (6.90%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (6.90%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (17.24%) Google
2 4 (13.79%) Databricks
3 1 (3.45%) Apple
3 1 (3.45%) Microsoft