Head of Software Engineering Job Trends in Peterborough

Head of Software Engineering
Cambridgeshire > Peterborough

The median Head of Software Engineering salary in Peterborough is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 April 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Software Engineering 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Peterborough 0.36% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 - -
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £95,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Peterborough

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Peterborough. 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 Peterborough with a recognized job title 268 84 204
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.81% 96.55% 86.08%
Number of salaries quoted 173 59 168
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,499 £24,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £41,875 £32,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £65,000 £64,590 £57,500
90th Percentile £88,000 £77,700 £65,375
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% - -3.67%

Head of Software Engineering Skill Set
Top 5 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Peterborough

For the 6 months to 20 April 2026, Head of Software Engineering 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 Peterborough region featuring Head of Software Engineering in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership

Head of Software Engineering Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Peterborough 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:

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership