Head of Software Engineering Jobs in the North of England

Head of Software Engineering
England > North of England

The median Head of Software Engineering salary in the North of England is £87,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 304 399 -
Rank change year-on-year +95 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Software Engineering 6 4 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.055% 0.023% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.060% 0.024% -
Number of salaries quoted 6 4 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £85,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% - -
75th Percentile £96,563 £91,250 -
90th Percentile £105,000 £93,500 -
England median annual salary £92,500 £80,000 £100,000
% change year-on-year +15.63% -20.00% -5.88%

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 10,015 16,408 15,633
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.50% 94.97% 89.44%
Number of salaries quoted 5,796 12,696 8,279
10th Percentile £26,125 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £39,500 £36,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £69,375
90th Percentile £78,750 £78,500 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £54,000 £60,775
% change year-on-year +6.48% -11.15% +1.29%

Head of Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

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

Head of Software Engineering
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Head of Software Engineering in the North of England

Head of Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of Software Engineering in the North of England over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Head of Software Engineering in the North of England

Head of Software 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 Software Engineering within the North of England region over the 6 months to 2 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
Yorkshire +77 4 £82,500 -8.33%
North East +47 1 £105,000 +31.25%
North West +21 1 £92,500 +2.78%
Head of Software Engineering
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Head of Software 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 Software Engineering in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 5 (83.33%) React
2 5 (83.33%) JavaScript
2 5 (83.33%) Azure
3 4 (66.67%) QA
3 4 (66.67%) Node.js
3 4 (66.67%) Law
3 4 (66.67%) Agile
3 4 (66.67%) Artificial Intelligence
3 4 (66.67%) Bootstrap
3 4 (66.67%) TypeScript
3 4 (66.67%) Chatbot
3 4 (66.67%) Redux
3 4 (66.67%) Conversational UI
4 3 (50.00%) Sprint Planning
4 3 (50.00%) Client Onboarding
4 3 (50.00%) JIRA
4 3 (50.00%) Test Management
4 3 (50.00%) Roadmaps
5 2 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
5 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (33.33%) .NET
6 1 (16.67%) SEO
6 1 (16.67%) Java
6 1 (16.67%) Software Testing
6 1 (16.67%) GitHub
6 1 (16.67%) AngularJS
6 1 (16.67%) Product Management
6 1 (16.67%) AWS
6 1 (16.67%) SaaS

Head of Software 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:

Applications
1 4 (66.67%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 5 (83.33%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) AWS
2 1 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (16.67%) GitHub
2 1 (16.67%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 3 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (66.67%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (83.33%) React
2 4 (66.67%) Bootstrap
2 4 (66.67%) Node.js
2 4 (66.67%) Redux
3 2 (33.33%) .NET
4 1 (16.67%) .NET Core
4 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 6 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (66.67%) Agile
2 4 (66.67%) Artificial Intelligence
2 4 (66.67%) Conversational UI
3 3 (50.00%) Client Onboarding
3 3 (50.00%) Roadmaps
3 3 (50.00%) Sprint Planning
3 3 (50.00%) Test Management
4 2 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
4 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
5 1 (16.67%) DevOps
5 1 (16.67%) Performance Optimisation
5 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (16.67%) Product Management
5 1 (16.67%) SEO
5 1 (16.67%) Software Delivery
5 1 (16.67%) Software Testing
5 1 (16.67%) Strategic Thinking
5 1 (16.67%) Technology Transformation
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) JavaScript
2 4 (66.67%) TypeScript
3 1 (16.67%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) QA