Head of Engineering Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Head of Engineering
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The median Head of Engineering salary in South Yorkshire is £95,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 January 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Engineering 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in South Yorkshire 0.32% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £92,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 - -
75th Percentile £97,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median annual salary £90,000 £120,000 -
% change year-on-year -25.00% - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
South Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in South Yorkshire. 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 South Yorkshire with a recognized job title 569 507 591
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.75% 94.24% 93.22%
Number of salaries quoted 413 216 499
10th Percentile £25,120 £34,125 £28,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £41,188 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £57,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.43% +21.05% +5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £75,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,875 £75,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -4.76%

Head of Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Head of Engineering' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire.

Head of Engineering job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

Head of Engineering
Salary Trend in South Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for Head of Engineering job vacancies in South Yorkshire.

Salary distribution trend for Head of Engineering job vacancies in South Yorkshire

Head of Engineering Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 13 January 2026, Head of 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 South Yorkshire region featuring Head of Engineering in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Bootstrap
1 2 (100.00%) Chatbot
1 2 (100.00%) Client Onboarding
1 2 (100.00%) Conversational UI
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
1 2 (100.00%) Node.js
1 2 (100.00%) QA
1 2 (100.00%) React
1 2 (100.00%) Redux
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) SaaS
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 2 (100.00%) Test Management
1 2 (100.00%) TypeScript

Head of Engineering Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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:

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Bootstrap
1 2 (100.00%) Node.js
1 2 (100.00%) React
1 2 (100.00%) Redux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) Client Onboarding
1 2 (100.00%) Conversational UI
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 2 (100.00%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA