Engineering Manager Job Trends in Manchester

Engineering Manager
North West > Manchester

The median Engineering Manager salary in Manchester is £95,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 January 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 151 138
Rank change year-on-year +30 -13 +65
Permanent jobs requiring an Engineering Manager 14 7 9
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.50% 0.26% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.56% 0.28% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 14 4 4
10th Percentile - £73,500 £43,900
25th Percentile £85,000 £76,875 £49,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £82,500 £69,250
Median % change year-on-year +15.15% +19.13% -10.65%
75th Percentile £105,625 £94,063 £88,750
90th Percentile £110,875 £108,125 £93,250
North West median annual salary £82,500 £57,560 £81,250
% change year-on-year +43.33% -29.16% +4.84%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 2,496 2,534 2,239
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.17% 93.89% 95.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,593 1,216 1,794
10th Percentile £29,250 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £84,056
North West median annual salary £50,000 £51,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% -1.06%

Engineering Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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 Manchester.

Engineering Manager job vacancy trend in Manchester

Engineering Manager
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for Engineering Manager job vacancies in Manchester.

Salary distribution trend for Engineering Manager job vacancies in Manchester

Engineering Manager
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Engineering Manager in Manchester over the 6 months to 5 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Engineering Manager in Manchester

Engineering Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 5 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 Manchester region featuring Engineering Manager in the job title.

1 7 (50.00%) Software Delivery
2 6 (42.86%) Software Engineering
3 5 (35.71%) People Management
4 4 (28.57%) Agile
4 4 (28.57%) CI/CD
5 3 (21.43%) AWS
5 3 (21.43%) Business Strategy
6 2 (14.29%) AI
6 2 (14.29%) Azure
6 2 (14.29%) B2B
6 2 (14.29%) B2C
6 2 (14.29%) C#
6 2 (14.29%) Coaching
6 2 (14.29%) Collaborative Culture
6 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (14.29%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
6 2 (14.29%) GCP
6 2 (14.29%) Java
6 2 (14.29%) Kafka
6 2 (14.29%) Kanban
6 2 (14.29%) Microservices
6 2 (14.29%) OO
6 2 (14.29%) SaaS
6 2 (14.29%) SDLC
6 2 (14.29%) SOA
6 2 (14.29%) SOLID
6 2 (14.29%) TDD
6 2 (14.29%) User Experience
7 1 (7.14%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
7 1 (7.14%) Change Management

Engineering Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 3 (21.43%) AWS
2 2 (14.29%) Azure
2 2 (14.29%) GCP
2 2 (14.29%) SaaS
General
1 5 (35.71%) Finance
2 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 3 (21.43%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (14.29%) Kafka
2 1 (7.14%) Node.js
2 1 (7.14%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Software Delivery
2 6 (42.86%) Software Engineering
3 5 (35.71%) People Management
4 4 (28.57%) Agile
4 4 (28.57%) CI/CD
5 3 (21.43%) Business Strategy
6 2 (14.29%) AI
6 2 (14.29%) B2B
6 2 (14.29%) B2C
6 2 (14.29%) Coaching
6 2 (14.29%) Collaborative Culture
6 2 (14.29%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
6 2 (14.29%) Kanban
6 2 (14.29%) Microservices
6 2 (14.29%) OO
6 2 (14.29%) SDLC
6 2 (14.29%) SOA
6 2 (14.29%) SOLID
6 2 (14.29%) TDD
6 2 (14.29%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) C#
1 2 (14.29%) Java
2 1 (7.14%) JavaScript
2 1 (7.14%) Python
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) Kubernetes
1 1 (7.14%) Terraform