Engineering Manager Jobs in the South West

Engineering Manager
England > South West

The median Engineering Manager salary in the South West is £87,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 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
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 119 220 247
Rank change year-on-year +101 +27 +44
Permanent jobs requiring an Engineering Manager 60 70 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 1.67% 0.75% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.78% 0.78% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 2 29 4
10th Percentile £81,250 - £49,625
25th Percentile £83,125 £60,000 £60,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £75,000 £73,750
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% +1.69% -20.27%
75th Percentile £93,125 £97,500 £79,063
90th Percentile £95,750 - £79,625
England median annual salary £61,500 £82,500 £100,000
% change year-on-year -25.45% -17.50% -4.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 3,373 8,984 5,976
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.85% 96.23% 89.03%
Number of salaries quoted 2,024 6,599 3,705
10th Percentile £27,250 £28,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,365 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £79,350
England median annual salary £56,800 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.17% -12.83% +1.33%

Engineering Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings that featured Engineering Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Engineering Manager in the South West

Engineering Manager
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Engineering Manager in the South West.

Salary trend for Engineering Manager 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 17 May 2025.

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 17 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
Bristol +52 20 £80,000 -15.79% 9
Somerset +17 19 £95,000 +58.33% 3
Dorset +60 18 - - 2
Devon +20 2 - -
Gloucestershire +48 1 - - 3
Engineering Manager
England

Engineering Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 17 May 2025, Engineering Manager 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 South West region featuring Engineering Manager in the job title.

1 55 (91.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 46 (76.67%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 46 (76.67%) Systems Engineering
3 30 (50.00%) Degree
4 28 (46.67%) Rational DOORS
4 28 (46.67%) Validation
4 28 (46.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 28 (46.67%) Requirements Management
4 28 (46.67%) Verification and Validation
5 18 (30.00%) Master's Degree
5 18 (30.00%) Chartered Engineer
5 18 (30.00%) Customer Engagement
6 12 (20.00%) Mentoring
7 10 (16.67%) Project Management
8 9 (15.00%) Management Information System
8 9 (15.00%) Finance
8 9 (15.00%) CISSP
8 9 (15.00%) Information Security
9 4 (6.67%) Roadmaps
9 4 (6.67%) Social Skills
10 3 (5.00%) Broadcast Engineering
10 3 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (5.00%) Problem-Solving
10 3 (5.00%) High Availability
10 3 (5.00%) Product Management
10 3 (5.00%) Computer Science
10 3 (5.00%) Broadband
11 2 (3.33%) Agile
11 2 (3.33%) Software Engineering
12 1 (1.67%) Azure

Engineering Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (1.67%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.00%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.67%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 28 (46.67%) Rational DOORS
General
1 9 (15.00%) Finance
2 4 (6.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.67%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 9 (15.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.67%) Educational Technology
2 1 (1.67%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (76.67%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
1 46 (76.67%) Systems Engineering
2 28 (46.67%) Requirements Management
2 28 (46.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 28 (46.67%) Validation
2 28 (46.67%) Verification and Validation
3 18 (30.00%) Customer Engagement
4 12 (20.00%) Mentoring
5 10 (16.67%) Project Management
6 9 (15.00%) Information Security
7 4 (6.67%) Roadmaps
8 3 (5.00%) Broadcast Engineering
8 3 (5.00%) Computer Science
8 3 (5.00%) High Availability
8 3 (5.00%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (5.00%) Product Management
9 2 (3.33%) Agile
9 2 (3.33%) Software Engineering
10 1 (1.67%) Artificial Intelligence
10 1 (1.67%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.67%) JavaScript
1 1 (1.67%) PHP
1 1 (1.67%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 55 (91.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 30 (50.00%) Degree
3 18 (30.00%) Chartered Engineer
3 18 (30.00%) Master's Degree
4 9 (15.00%) CISSP
5 3 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree