Head of Engineering Jobs in the Midlands

Head of Engineering
England > Midlands

The median Head of Engineering salary in the Midlands is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 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
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 245 305 326
Rank change year-on-year +60 +21 +13
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Engineering 5 6 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.071% 0.051% 0.032%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.078% 0.054% 0.035%
Number of salaries quoted 2 4 1
10th Percentile £91,500 £80,250 -
25th Percentile £93,750 £88,125 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £97,500 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £108,750 £105,625 -
90th Percentile £112,500 £106,750 -
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
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 6,423 11,032 8,504
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.74% 94.31% 89.59%
Number of salaries quoted 2,838 8,249 4,760
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,200 £29,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £60,741 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Head of Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Engineering in the Midlands

Head of Engineering
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Head of Engineering in the Midlands

Head of Engineering
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of Engineering in the Midlands over the 6 months to 5 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Head of Engineering in the Midlands

Head of Engineering
Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 5 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
West Midlands +57 5 £100,000 +2.56% 2
Head of Engineering
England

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

For the 6 months to 5 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 Midlands region featuring Head of Engineering in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 4 (80.00%) Technical Leadership
2 4 (80.00%) Agile
2 4 (80.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 4 (80.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (60.00%) Process Improvement
3 3 (60.00%) PMBOK
3 3 (60.00%) SDLC
3 3 (60.00%) API Design
3 3 (60.00%) Cloud Native
3 3 (60.00%) SaaS
3 3 (60.00%) PRINCE2
3 3 (60.00%) DSDM
3 3 (60.00%) Salesforce
3 3 (60.00%) Finance
3 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (60.00%) Scrum
3 3 (60.00%) Software Testing
3 3 (60.00%) Degree
3 3 (60.00%) Test Automation
3 3 (60.00%) Product Management
3 3 (60.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 3 (60.00%) DevSecOps
3 3 (60.00%) Product Roadmap
3 3 (60.00%) Technology Roadmap
3 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (60.00%) Cost Control
3 3 (60.00%) CI/CD
3 3 (60.00%) Customer Service
3 3 (60.00%) Product Ownership

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

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) SaaS
2 2 (40.00%) Azure
3 1 (20.00%) AWS
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) .NET
1 1 (20.00%) Bootstrap
1 1 (20.00%) Node.js
1 1 (20.00%) React
1 1 (20.00%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Cloud Native
1 3 (60.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 4 (80.00%) Agile
2 4 (80.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 4 (80.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (80.00%) Technical Leadership
3 3 (60.00%) API Design
3 3 (60.00%) CI/CD
3 3 (60.00%) Cost Control
3 3 (60.00%) Customer Service
3 3 (60.00%) DevSecOps
3 3 (60.00%) DSDM
3 3 (60.00%) PRINCE2
3 3 (60.00%) Process Improvement
3 3 (60.00%) Product Management
3 3 (60.00%) Scrum
3 3 (60.00%) SDLC
3 3 (60.00%) Software Testing
3 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (60.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 3 (60.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (40.00%) TypeScript
2 1 (20.00%) C#
2 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) PMBOK
2 1 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Salesforce