Engineering Manager Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Engineering Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Engineering Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 January 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 336 376 408
Rank change year-on-year +40 +32 +5
Permanent jobs requiring an Engineering Manager 176 190 154
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.42% 0.53% 0.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% 0.57% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 124 88 62
10th Percentile £57,725 £50,000 £54,288
25th Percentile £66,250 £55,801 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £70,000 £72,375
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% -3.28% -3.50%
75th Percentile £100,000 £86,250 £86,250
90th Percentile £139,625 £88,750 £96,125
UK median annual salary £90,000 £76,250 £90,000
% change year-on-year +18.03% -15.28% +2.86%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 37,951 33,588 32,956
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.41% 92.94% 95.36%
Number of salaries quoted 23,133 16,400 24,992
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,743
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

Engineering Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Engineering Manager job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Engineering Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Engineering Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Engineering Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Engineering Manager
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Engineering Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Engineering Manager in the UK excluding London

Engineering Manager
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Engineering Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 January 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
South East +61 65 £112,500 +66.67% 25
North of England +10 58 £80,000 +14.29% 19
North West +19 42 £85,000 +47.67% 11
South West +2 20 £87,500 +16.67% 14
Midlands +17 14 £68,000 -2.86% 5
Yorkshire -19 13 £70,000 -17.65% 7
West Midlands +34 10 £52,500 -27.59% 3
Scotland -25 9 £58,500 -14.91% 4
Wales +4 8 £85,000 +6.25% 3
East of England +18 4 £75,000 -16.67% 15
East Midlands -11 4 £68,000 -2.86% 2
North East +6 3 £88,750 +31.48% 1
Northern Ireland - 1 £80,000 - 1
Engineering Manager
UK

Engineering Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 11 January 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 UK excluding London region featuring Engineering Manager in the job title.

1 76 (43.18%) Software Engineering
2 55 (31.25%) Agile
3 41 (23.30%) AWS
3 41 (23.30%) Azure
4 31 (17.61%) CI/CD
5 29 (16.48%) .NET
5 29 (16.48%) JavaScript
6 28 (15.91%) Mentoring
7 27 (15.34%) SaaS
8 26 (14.77%) Roadmaps
9 25 (14.20%) AI
9 25 (14.20%) Business Strategy
9 25 (14.20%) GCP
9 25 (14.20%) People Management
10 21 (11.93%) TypeScript
11 19 (10.80%) DevOps
12 17 (9.66%) Data Engineering
13 16 (9.09%) Java
14 15 (8.52%) Python
14 15 (8.52%) Software Delivery
14 15 (8.52%) SQL
15 14 (7.95%) BPSS Clearance
16 12 (6.82%) Degree
17 11 (6.25%) Coaching
17 11 (6.25%) Continuous Improvement
17 11 (6.25%) Data Pipeline
17 11 (6.25%) SDLC
18 10 (5.68%) Service Delivery
19 9 (5.11%) C#
19 9 (5.11%) Databricks

Engineering Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (0.57%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 3 (1.70%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.57%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 41 (23.30%) AWS
1 41 (23.30%) Azure
2 27 (15.34%) SaaS
3 25 (14.20%) GCP
4 3 (1.70%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (1.70%) Snowflake
5 2 (1.14%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (1.14%) OCI
6 1 (0.57%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (0.57%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (0.57%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.27%) TCP/IP
2 3 (1.70%) BGP
2 3 (1.70%) Firewall
2 3 (1.70%) LAN
2 3 (1.70%) MPLS
2 3 (1.70%) Network Security
2 3 (1.70%) OSPF
2 3 (1.70%) SD-WAN
2 3 (1.70%) VPN
2 3 (1.70%) WAN
3 2 (1.14%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (1.14%) NGFW
3 2 (1.14%) VLAN
4 1 (0.57%) 3G
4 1 (0.57%) ATM
4 1 (0.57%) GPRS
4 1 (0.57%) Modbus
4 1 (0.57%) RS-232
4 1 (0.57%) RS-485
4 1 (0.57%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.14%) RDBMS
1 2 (1.14%) Relational Database
1 2 (1.14%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.57%) Data Warehouse
General
1 43 (24.43%) Finance
2 15 (8.52%) Social Skills
3 6 (3.41%) Manufacturing
4 5 (2.84%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (2.27%) Automotive
6 3 (1.70%) Aerospace
6 3 (1.70%) Electronics
7 2 (1.14%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (1.14%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.57%) Advertising
8 1 (0.57%) Aviation
8 1 (0.57%) Avionics
8 1 (0.57%) Legal
8 1 (0.57%) Military
8 1 (0.57%) Retail
8 1 (0.57%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (16.48%) .NET
2 8 (4.55%) Node.js
3 6 (3.41%) React
3 6 (3.41%) Vue
4 3 (1.70%) .NET Core
4 3 (1.70%) Kafka
5 1 (0.57%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 4 (2.27%) Product Ownership
1 4 (2.27%) Virtual Team
2 3 (1.70%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (1.14%) Cloud Native
3 2 (1.14%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (1.14%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (1.14%) e-Learning
3 2 (1.14%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (1.14%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (1.14%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (0.57%) Clustering
4 1 (0.57%) Data Centre
4 1 (0.57%) Distributed Architecture
4 1 (0.57%) FMCG
4 1 (0.57%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (0.57%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.57%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.57%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (0.57%) FreeRTOS
1 1 (0.57%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (43.18%) Software Engineering
2 55 (31.25%) Agile
3 31 (17.61%) CI/CD
4 28 (15.91%) Mentoring
5 26 (14.77%) Roadmaps
6 25 (14.20%) AI
6 25 (14.20%) Business Strategy
6 25 (14.20%) People Management
7 19 (10.80%) DevOps
8 17 (9.66%) Data Engineering
9 15 (8.52%) Software Delivery
10 11 (6.25%) Coaching
10 11 (6.25%) Continuous Improvement
10 11 (6.25%) Data Pipeline
10 11 (6.25%) SDLC
11 10 (5.68%) Service Delivery
12 9 (5.11%) Project Management
13 8 (4.55%) Collaborative Culture
13 8 (4.55%) Data Governance
13 8 (4.55%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 29 (16.48%) JavaScript
2 21 (11.93%) TypeScript
3 16 (9.09%) Java
4 15 (8.52%) Python
4 15 (8.52%) SQL
5 9 (5.11%) C#
6 3 (1.70%) Bash
6 3 (1.70%) C++
7 1 (0.57%) C
7 1 (0.57%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 14 (7.95%) BPSS Clearance
2 12 (6.82%) Degree
3 5 (2.84%) Master's Degree
4 4 (2.27%) SC Cleared
4 4 (2.27%) Security Cleared
5 3 (1.70%) CCNP
5 3 (1.70%) Chartered Engineer
5 3 (1.70%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (1.70%) CISSP
5 3 (1.70%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.14%) CESG Certified Professional
6 2 (1.14%) CISM
7 1 (0.57%) APMP
7 1 (0.57%) CCA
7 1 (0.57%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.11%) QA
2 2 (1.14%) DO-254
2 2 (1.14%) IEC 61508
2 2 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.14%) NIST
3 1 (0.57%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.57%) MISRA
3 1 (0.57%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 1 (0.57%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.57%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (0.57%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 7 (3.98%) Terraform
2 3 (1.70%) Ansible
2 3 (1.70%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 9 (5.11%) Databricks
2 7 (3.98%) Microsoft
3 3 (1.70%) Cisco
3 3 (1.70%) Fortinet
3 3 (1.70%) Palo Alto
4 2 (1.14%) Salesforce
4 2 (1.14%) SAP