Director of Software Engineering
UK
The median Director of Software Engineering salary in the UK is £132,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 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 16 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 709 | 810 | 966 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +101 | +156 | +266 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineering Director | 2 | 85 | 13 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.004% | 0.086% | 0.013% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.004% | 0.091% | 0.014% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | £117,750 | £75,500 | £91,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £121,875 | £91,250 | £112,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £132,500 | £125,000 | £140,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.00% | -10.71% | +16.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £141,875 | £135,000 | £150,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £145,250 | £136,500 | £165,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £120,000 | £95,000 | £140,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +26.32% | -32.14% | +27.27% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title | 50,303 | 93,916 | 91,216 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.61% | 94.69% | 91.48% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,096 | 67,168 | 57,442 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,750 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £56,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.67% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,886 | £71,250 | £80,559 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,645 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.29% | -5.66% | +5.64% |
Software Engineering Director
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Software Engineering Director in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Software Engineering Director
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering Director.
Software Engineering Director
Top 5 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineering Director within the UK over the 6 months to 16 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 |
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| Work from Home | +123 | 2 | £132,500 | +39.47% | 1 |
| England | +147 | 1 | £145,000 | +16.00% | 15 |
| London | +106 | 1 | £145,000 | +7.41% | 10 |
| UK excluding London | +106 | 1 | £120,000 | +26.32% | 8 |
| Scotland | +35 | 1 | £120,000 | - | 3 |
Software Engineering Director Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, Software Engineering Director 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 featuring Software Engineering Director in the job title.
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Software Engineering Director Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: