Engineering Manager Jobs in the Thames Valley

Engineering Manager
South East > Thames Valley

The median Engineering Manager salary in the Thames Valley is £80,000 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 178 200 234
Rank change year-on-year +22 +34 +44
Permanent jobs requiring an Engineering Manager 6 42 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.18% 0.63% 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.66% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 3 13 7
10th Percentile - £42,500 £56,045
25th Percentile £77,500 - £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £45,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +77.78% -41.94% +3.33%
75th Percentile £95,000 £71,250 £87,500
90th Percentile £102,500 - £95,000
South East median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% -13.33% -23.08%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,913 6,361 5,297
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 85.05% 94.66% 89.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1,262 4,426 3,110
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £29,225
25th Percentile £37,671 £36,250 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,938 £64,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £77,750 £87,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Engineering Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Engineering Manager in the Thames Valley

Engineering Manager
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Engineering Manager in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Engineering Manager in the Thames Valley

Engineering Manager
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Engineering Manager in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Engineering Manager in the Thames Valley

Engineering Manager
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Engineering Manager within the Thames Valley 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
Berkshire +28 4 £80,000 +18.52% 16
Buckinghamshire +29 2 £105,000 - 9
Engineering Manager
South East

Engineering Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region featuring Engineering Manager in the job title.

1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (66.67%) High Availability
2 4 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (66.67%) Degree
2 4 (66.67%) Product Management
3 3 (50.00%) Computer Science
3 3 (50.00%) Mentoring
3 3 (50.00%) Broadband
3 3 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (50.00%) Broadcast Engineering
3 3 (50.00%) Roadmaps
4 2 (33.33%) Migration
4 2 (33.33%) AWS
5 1 (16.67%) Software Architecture
5 1 (16.67%) Azure
5 1 (16.67%) UX Design
5 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
5 1 (16.67%) Coaching
5 1 (16.67%) User Experience
5 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (16.67%) People Management
5 1 (16.67%) SDLC
5 1 (16.67%) API Design
5 1 (16.67%) Data Engineering
5 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (16.67%) Clustering
5 1 (16.67%) Agile
5 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
5 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
5 1 (16.67%) SQL

Engineering Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 2 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (16.67%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (16.67%) Snowflake Schema
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Client/Server
1 1 (16.67%) Clustering
1 1 (16.67%) Greenfield Project
1 1 (16.67%) PMI
1 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) High Availability
1 4 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (66.67%) Product Management
2 3 (50.00%) Broadcast Engineering
2 3 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 3 (50.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (33.33%) Migration
4 1 (16.67%) Agile
4 1 (16.67%) Configuration Management
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (16.67%) Performance Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Project Management
4 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
4 1 (16.67%) Scorecard
4 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
4 1 (16.67%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Python
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Degree
2 3 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (16.67%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Accessibility
1 1 (16.67%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (16.67%) NEC