Engineering Manager Job Trends in the North West

Engineering Manager
England > North West

The median Engineering Manager salary in the North West is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 January 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 139 166 175
Rank change year-on-year +27 +9 +79
Permanent jobs requiring an Engineering Manager 41 49 13
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.66% 0.95% 0.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.77% 1.02% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 32 19 7
10th Percentile £7,000 - £47,800
25th Percentile £60,000 £48,869 £60,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £57,560 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +47.67% -28.05% +3.23%
75th Percentile £96,250 £70,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £106,750 £86,250 £90,250
England median annual salary £90,000 £80,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 5,322 4,787 3,742
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 85.87% 92.56% 95.26%
Number of salaries quoted 2,877 2,524 2,907
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% -0.94%
75th Percentile £65,640 £66,250 £68,000
90th Percentile £80,160 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.78%

Engineering Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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 the North West.

Engineering Manager job vacancy trend in the North West

Engineering Manager
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for Engineering Manager job vacancies in the North West.

Salary distribution trend for Engineering Manager job vacancies in the North West

Engineering Manager
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Engineering Manager in the North West over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Engineering Manager in the North West

Engineering Manager
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Engineering Manager within the North West region over the 6 months to 2 January 2026. 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
Cumbria +7 17 £7,000 -89.39% 3
Manchester +26 14 £95,000 +15.15% 5
Cheshire -16 8 £80,000 -
Merseyside - 2 - - 2
Engineering Manager
England

Engineering Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 2 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 North West region featuring Engineering Manager in the job title.

1 14 (34.15%) BPSS Clearance
2 8 (19.51%) AWS
2 8 (19.51%) Change Management
2 8 (19.51%) CI/CD
3 7 (17.07%) People Management
3 7 (17.07%) Software Delivery
4 6 (14.63%) JavaScript
4 6 (14.63%) Software Engineering
5 5 (12.20%) Agile
5 5 (12.20%) Degree
5 5 (12.20%) Full-Stack Development
5 5 (12.20%) Mentoring
6 4 (9.76%) Business Strategy
6 4 (9.76%) DevOps
6 4 (9.76%) Node.js
7 3 (7.32%) Chartered Engineer
7 3 (7.32%) Collaborative Culture
7 3 (7.32%) Project Delivery
7 3 (7.32%) Vue
8 2 (4.88%) AI
8 2 (4.88%) Azure
8 2 (4.88%) B2B
8 2 (4.88%) B2C
8 2 (4.88%) C#
8 2 (4.88%) Coaching
8 2 (4.88%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (4.88%) Customer Engagement
8 2 (4.88%) Data Protection
8 2 (4.88%) DO-254
8 2 (4.88%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)

Engineering Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 8 (19.51%) AWS
2 2 (4.88%) Azure
2 2 (4.88%) GCP
2 2 (4.88%) SaaS
General
1 7 (17.07%) Finance
2 5 (12.20%) Automotive
3 4 (9.76%) Aerospace
3 4 (9.76%) Influencing Skills
3 4 (9.76%) Social Skills
4 2 (4.88%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.44%) Avionics
5 1 (2.44%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.76%) Node.js
2 3 (7.32%) Vue
3 2 (4.88%) Kafka
4 1 (2.44%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.88%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (19.51%) Change Management
1 8 (19.51%) CI/CD
2 7 (17.07%) People Management
2 7 (17.07%) Software Delivery
3 6 (14.63%) Software Engineering
4 5 (12.20%) Agile
4 5 (12.20%) Full-Stack Development
4 5 (12.20%) Mentoring
5 4 (9.76%) Business Strategy
5 4 (9.76%) DevOps
6 3 (7.32%) Collaborative Culture
6 3 (7.32%) Project Delivery
7 2 (4.88%) Coaching
7 2 (4.88%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (4.88%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
7 2 (4.88%) SDLC
7 2 (4.88%) Site Reliability Engineering
7 2 (4.88%) SOLID
7 2 (4.88%) Systems Engineering
7 2 (4.88%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 6 (14.63%) JavaScript
2 2 (4.88%) C#
2 2 (4.88%) Java
3 1 (2.44%) Python
Qualifications
1 14 (34.15%) BPSS Clearance
2 5 (12.20%) Degree
3 3 (7.32%) Chartered Engineer
4 2 (4.88%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.88%) DO-254
1 2 (4.88%) IEC 61508
Systems Management
1 1 (2.44%) Kubernetes
1 1 (2.44%) Terraform