Engineering Manager Jobs in Wales

Engineering Manager
UK > Wales

The median Engineering Manager salary in Wales is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Engineering Manager 28 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 2.33% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.79% - -
Number of salaries quoted 10 0 0
10th Percentile £62,375 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - -
75th Percentile £73,750 - -
90th Percentile £75,750 - -
UK median annual salary £61,500 £75,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year -18.00% -21.05% -5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Wales. 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 Wales with a recognized job title 1,005 2,036 1,452
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 83.68% 93.05% 85.97%
Number of salaries quoted 570 1,390 805
10th Percentile £23,504 £26,250 £26,391
25th Percentile £25,087 £32,500 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% - -5.59%
75th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £73,000 £70,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Engineering Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Engineering Manager in Wales

Engineering Manager
Salary Trend in Wales

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Engineering Manager in Wales.

Salary trend for Engineering Manager in Wales

Engineering Manager
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Engineering Manager in Wales over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Engineering Manager in Wales

Engineering Manager
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Engineering Manager within the Wales region over the 6 months to 30 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
North Wales - 17 - - 1
South Wales - 11 £70,000 - 26
Engineering Manager
UK

Engineering Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales

For the 6 months to 30 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 Wales region featuring Engineering Manager in the job title.

1 25 (89.29%) BPSS Clearance
2 17 (60.71%) Degree
3 14 (50.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 14 (50.00%) Systems Engineering
4 12 (42.86%) Project Management
5 10 (35.71%) Stakeholder Management
5 10 (35.71%) Chartered Engineer
6 9 (32.14%) Rational DOORS
6 9 (32.14%) Validation
6 9 (32.14%) Requirements Management
6 9 (32.14%) Verification and Validation
7 8 (28.57%) Mentoring
8 7 (25.00%) Social Skills
9 5 (17.86%) Cost Control
9 5 (17.86%) Customer Engagement
9 5 (17.86%) Project Delivery
9 5 (17.86%) Master's Degree
9 5 (17.86%) Manufacturing
10 4 (14.29%) Software Engineering
10 4 (14.29%) Finance
10 4 (14.29%) Computer Science
11 3 (10.71%) SDLC
11 3 (10.71%) Management Information System
11 3 (10.71%) CISSP
11 3 (10.71%) Information Security
12 2 (7.14%) Collaborative Working
12 2 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
13 1 (3.57%) Data Governance
13 1 (3.57%) Data Quality
13 1 (3.57%) Big Data

Engineering Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.57%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.57%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
1 1 (3.57%) Big Data
1 1 (3.57%) Data Lake
1 1 (3.57%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (3.57%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (32.14%) Rational DOORS
General
1 7 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (17.86%) Manufacturing
3 4 (14.29%) Finance
4 1 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (3.57%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.57%) .NET
1 1 (3.57%) .NET Framework
1 1 (3.57%) ASP.NET
1 1 (3.57%) MSMQ
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.71%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.57%) Data Structures
2 1 (3.57%) N-Tier
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (50.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
1 14 (50.00%) Systems Engineering
2 12 (42.86%) Project Management
3 10 (35.71%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (32.14%) Requirements Management
4 9 (32.14%) Validation
4 9 (32.14%) Verification and Validation
5 8 (28.57%) Mentoring
6 5 (17.86%) Cost Control
6 5 (17.86%) Customer Engagement
6 5 (17.86%) Project Delivery
7 4 (14.29%) Computer Science
7 4 (14.29%) Software Engineering
8 3 (10.71%) Information Security
8 3 (10.71%) SDLC
9 2 (7.14%) Collaborative Working
9 2 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
10 1 (3.57%) Data Science
10 1 (3.57%) Decision-Making
10 1 (3.57%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.57%) Python
1 1 (3.57%) SQL
1 1 (3.57%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 25 (89.29%) BPSS Clearance
2 17 (60.71%) Degree
3 10 (35.71%) Chartered Engineer
4 5 (17.86%) Master's Degree
5 3 (10.71%) CISSP
6 1 (3.57%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.57%) Accessibility
1 1 (3.57%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (3.57%) Salesforce