Head of Engineering Jobs in the North of England

Head of Engineering
England > North of England

The median Head of Engineering salary in the North of England is £110,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 February 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Feb 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 307 336 409
Rank change year-on-year +29 +73 +29
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Engineering 6 10 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.053% 0.077% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.057% 0.080% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 6 8 14
10th Percentile £94,375 £77,500 £93,250
25th Percentile £99,375 £83,125 £112,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £110,000 £97,500 £125,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.82% -22.00% +47.06%
75th Percentile £115,000 £124,203 £138,073
90th Percentile £117,500 £126,500 -
England median annual salary £110,000 £115,250 £125,000
% change year-on-year -4.56% -7.80% +25.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 North of England with a recognized job title 10,611 12,478 16,439
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.05% 95.60% 94.78%
Number of salaries quoted 5,232 9,806 8,670
10th Percentile £32,500 £27,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £39,511
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £83,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £62,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -11.29% +3.33%

Head of Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Engineering in the North of England

Head of Engineering
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Head of Engineering in the North of England

Head of Engineering
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of Engineering in the North of England over the 6 months to 18 February 2025.

Salary histogram for Head of Engineering in the North of England

Head of Engineering
Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 18 February 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
North West -2 4 £110,000 -1.09% 1
Yorkshire +50 1 £120,000 +14.29% 3
North East +22 1 £105,000 +31.25% 2
Head of Engineering
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 February 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 North of England region featuring Head of Engineering in the job title.

1 5 (83.33%) Collaborative Culture
2 3 (50.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
2 3 (50.00%) .NET
2 3 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (50.00%) Internet
2 3 (50.00%) Degree
2 3 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (50.00%) Big Data
2 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (50.00%) Data Engineering
2 3 (50.00%) Data Privacy
2 3 (50.00%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (50.00%) Data Science
2 3 (50.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (33.33%) React
3 2 (33.33%) Azure
3 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 2 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
4 1 (16.67%) Technology Transformation
4 1 (16.67%) Software Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Java
4 1 (16.67%) SEO
4 1 (16.67%) Agile
4 1 (16.67%) Retail
4 1 (16.67%) GitHub

Head of Engineering Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 3 (50.00%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) AWS
2 1 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (16.67%) GitHub
2 1 (16.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) Big Data
1 3 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
General
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (50.00%) .NET
2 2 (33.33%) React
3 1 (16.67%) .NET Core
3 1 (16.67%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Cloud Native
1 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (16.67%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Collaborative Culture
2 3 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (50.00%) Data Engineering
2 3 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
2 3 (50.00%) Data Privacy
2 3 (50.00%) Data Science
2 3 (50.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 3 (50.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (33.33%) Software Engineering
4 1 (16.67%) Agile
4 1 (16.67%) DevOps
4 1 (16.67%) Performance Optimisation
4 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (16.67%) Product Management
4 1 (16.67%) SEO
4 1 (16.67%) Software Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) Software Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (16.67%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) QA