Head of Engineering Jobs in London

Head of Engineering
England > London

The median Head of Engineering salary in London is £115,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 456 537 764
Rank change year-on-year +81 +227 -288
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Engineering 44 91 123
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.19% 0.26% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.28% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 42 79 111
10th Percentile £82,525 £105,000 £72,500
25th Percentile £88,750 £112,500 £87,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £115,000 £130,000 £110,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +18.18% +10.00%
75th Percentile £141,875 £140,287 £135,000
90th Percentile £155,000 £150,000 £155,000
England median annual salary £102,500 £125,000 £100,000
% change year-on-year -18.00% +25.00% +5.26%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 22,274 32,686 65,100
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.13% 95.09% 96.31%
Number of salaries quoted 16,684 24,117 34,486
10th Percentile £38,000 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

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 12 May 2024.

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 12 May 2024. 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 +51 6 £121,500 -2.80% 5
Head of Engineering
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 May 2024, 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 18 (40.91%) Azure
2 16 (36.36%) Social Skills
3 15 (34.09%) AWS
3 15 (34.09%) Software Engineering
3 15 (34.09%) Python
4 14 (31.82%) Agile
5 13 (29.55%) Computer Science
5 13 (29.55%) Data Engineering
6 11 (25.00%) Degree
6 11 (25.00%) Finance
6 11 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
7 10 (22.73%) CI/CD
7 10 (22.73%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (20.45%) SaaS
9 8 (18.18%) QA
9 8 (18.18%) Banking
9 8 (18.18%) Roadmaps
10 7 (15.91%) Problem-Solving
10 7 (15.91%) Java
10 7 (15.91%) SQL
10 7 (15.91%) Docker
10 7 (15.91%) Master's Degree
11 6 (13.64%) Greenfield Project
11 6 (13.64%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (13.64%) Data Structures
11 6 (13.64%) Asset Management
11 6 (13.64%) Artificial Intelligence
11 6 (13.64%) Data Pipeline
11 6 (13.64%) Design Patterns
11 6 (13.64%) Collaborative Culture

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 2 (4.55%) Apache Spark
2 1 (2.27%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 18 (40.91%) Azure
2 15 (34.09%) AWS
3 9 (20.45%) SaaS
4 5 (11.36%) GCP
4 5 (11.36%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (9.09%) Heroku
5 4 (9.09%) Serverless
6 2 (4.55%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (4.55%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (2.27%) Google Sheets
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.82%) Big Data
2 2 (4.55%) BigQuery
2 2 (4.55%) Data Lake
2 2 (4.55%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (4.55%) Flink
2 2 (4.55%) Hadoop
2 2 (4.55%) Relational Database
2 2 (4.55%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.27%) Apache Cassandra
3 1 (2.27%) MongoDB
3 1 (2.27%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (2.27%) Oracle Forms
General
1 16 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 11 (25.00%) Finance
3 8 (18.18%) Banking
4 5 (11.36%) Investment Banking
5 4 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (9.09%) Health Technology
6 2 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.27%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (11.36%) .NET
2 4 (9.09%) Laravel
2 4 (9.09%) Node.js
2 4 (9.09%) React
3 3 (6.82%) .NET Core
3 3 (6.82%) Smart Contracts
3 3 (6.82%) Web Services
4 2 (4.55%) Apache Beam
4 2 (4.55%) PySpark
4 2 (4.55%) Spring
5 1 (2.27%) CSS
5 1 (2.27%) Django
5 1 (2.27%) HTML
5 1 (2.27%) Kafka
5 1 (2.27%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.64%) Data Structures
1 6 (13.64%) Greenfield Project
2 5 (11.36%) Data Centre
2 5 (11.36%) Hedge funds
3 4 (9.09%) Client/Server
4 3 (6.82%) Algorithms
4 3 (6.82%) Blockchain
4 3 (6.82%) Cloud Native
5 2 (4.55%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (4.55%) Onboarding
5 2 (4.55%) PropTech
5 2 (4.55%) Virtual Team
6 1 (2.27%) IoT
6 1 (2.27%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 5 (11.36%) Windows
2 1 (2.27%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (34.09%) Software Engineering
2 14 (31.82%) Agile
3 13 (29.55%) Computer Science
3 13 (29.55%) Data Engineering
4 11 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
5 10 (22.73%) CI/CD
5 10 (22.73%) Continuous Improvement
6 8 (18.18%) Roadmaps
7 7 (15.91%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (13.64%) Artificial Intelligence
8 6 (13.64%) Asset Management
8 6 (13.64%) Collaborative Culture
8 6 (13.64%) Data Pipeline
8 6 (13.64%) Design Patterns
9 5 (11.36%) Network Design
9 5 (11.36%) Project Management
9 5 (11.36%) Project Planning
9 5 (11.36%) Risk Management
9 5 (11.36%) Strategic Planning
9 5 (11.36%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (34.09%) Python
2 7 (15.91%) Java
2 7 (15.91%) SQL
3 5 (11.36%) C#
3 5 (11.36%) PHP
4 3 (6.82%) JavaScript
5 2 (4.55%) Go
5 2 (4.55%) Scala
6 1 (2.27%) C
6 1 (2.27%) C++
6 1 (2.27%) Kotlin
6 1 (2.27%) Rust
6 1 (2.27%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 11 (25.00%) Degree
2 7 (15.91%) Master's Degree
3 6 (13.64%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (18.18%) QA
2 2 (4.55%) PCI DSS
3 1 (2.27%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.27%) GDPR
System Software
1 7 (15.91%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (11.36%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (11.36%) Citrix
1 5 (11.36%) VMware
2 3 (6.82%) Microsoft
3 2 (4.55%) Databricks
3 2 (4.55%) Oracle
3 2 (4.55%) Teradata
4 1 (2.27%) Google