Engineering Manager Job Trends in the South West

Engineering Manager
England > South West

The median Engineering Manager salary in the South West is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 September 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 189 165 190
Rank change year-on-year -24 +25 +25
Permanent jobs requiring an Engineering Manager 51 4 50
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.51% 0.11% 0.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.55% 0.12% 0.70%
Number of salaries quoted 45 1 19
10th Percentile £55,000 - £50,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £85,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £90,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +50.00% -25.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £76,250
90th Percentile - - £82,500
England median annual salary £90,000 £80,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year +12.50% +3.23% -13.89%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South 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 South West with a recognized job title 9,336 3,236 7,130
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.10% 92.59% 94.88%
Number of salaries quoted 6,476 2,122 4,624
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £39,250 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £46,250 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.92% -11.06% -4.74%
75th Percentile £75,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

Engineering Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South 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 South West.

Engineering Manager job vacancy trend in the South West

Engineering Manager
Salary Trend in the South West

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

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

Engineering Manager
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Engineering Manager in the South West over the 6 months to 16 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Engineering Manager in the South West

Engineering Manager
Job Locations in the South 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 South West region over the 6 months to 16 September 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
Bristol -11 28 £75,000 -16.67% 17
Devon - 11 £85,000 - 3
Gloucestershire - 6 £60,000 - 12
Wiltshire - 4 £75,000 - 3
Somerset - 2 £65,000 - 5
Engineering Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 16 September 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 South West region featuring Engineering Manager in the job title.

1 18 (35.29%) Software Engineering
2 14 (27.45%) Continuous Improvement
3 12 (23.53%) Business Development
4 9 (17.65%) AWS
5 8 (15.69%) .NET
5 8 (15.69%) Azure
5 8 (15.69%) DevOps
6 7 (13.73%) Technical Leadership
7 6 (11.76%) Agile
7 6 (11.76%) Linux
7 6 (11.76%) Puppet
7 6 (11.76%) SDLC
7 6 (11.76%) Terraform
8 5 (9.80%) CI/CD
8 5 (9.80%) Degree
8 5 (9.80%) Mentoring
8 5 (9.80%) Observability
8 5 (9.80%) Red Hat
8 5 (9.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (9.80%) Site Reliability Engineering
8 5 (9.80%) Unix
9 4 (7.84%) Cisco
9 4 (7.84%) Project Management
10 3 (5.88%) Actionable Insight
10 3 (5.88%) Automotive SPICE
10 3 (5.88%) Capacity Planning
10 3 (5.88%) CMMI
10 3 (5.88%) Computer Science
10 3 (5.88%) Data Engineering
10 3 (5.88%) Embedded Software Development

Engineering Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South 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 9 (17.65%) AWS
2 8 (15.69%) Azure
General
1 10 (19.61%) Finance
2 5 (9.80%) Social Skills
3 3 (5.88%) Aerospace
3 3 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (5.88%) Manufacturing
4 2 (3.92%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (15.69%) .NET
2 6 (11.76%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 13 (25.49%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 6 (11.76%) Linux
2 5 (9.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 5 (9.80%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (35.29%) Software Engineering
2 14 (27.45%) Continuous Improvement
3 12 (23.53%) Business Development
4 8 (15.69%) DevOps
5 7 (13.73%) Technical Leadership
6 6 (11.76%) Agile
6 6 (11.76%) SDLC
7 5 (9.80%) CI/CD
7 5 (9.80%) Mentoring
7 5 (9.80%) Observability
7 5 (9.80%) Site Reliability Engineering
8 4 (7.84%) Project Management
9 3 (5.88%) CMMI
9 3 (5.88%) Line Management
9 3 (5.88%) Operations Management
9 3 (5.88%) PRINCE2
9 3 (5.88%) Quality Management
9 3 (5.88%) Stakeholder Management
9 3 (5.88%) Strategic Planning
9 3 (5.88%) Supplier Management
Qualifications
1 5 (9.80%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.88%) Automotive SPICE
1 3 (5.88%) ISO 26262
1 3 (5.88%) ISO 9001
1 3 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (3.92%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (11.76%) Puppet
Vendors
1 5 (9.80%) Red Hat
2 4 (7.84%) Cisco
3 1 (1.96%) Microsoft