Head of Engineering Jobs in London

Head of Engineering
England > London

The median Head of Engineering salary in London is £115,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 467 513 807
Rank change year-on-year +46 +294 -269
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Engineering 42 90 119
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.17% 0.29% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.30% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 38 76 97
10th Percentile £82,500 £105,000 £71,980
25th Percentile £88,750 £109,375 £87,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £115,250 £128,750 £110,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.49% +17.05% +10.00%
75th Percentile £151,875 £146,250 £137,000
90th Percentile £155,665 £150,625 £161,000
England median annual salary £102,500 £125,000 £100,000
% change year-on-year -18.00% +25.00% +5.26%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in 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 London with a recognized job title 23,403 29,645 71,541
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.44% 94.97% 96.13%
Number of salaries quoted 17,198 22,316 34,853
10th Percentile £37,500 £41,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £54,988 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +9.09%

Head of Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Engineering in London

Head of Engineering
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Head of Engineering in London.

Salary trend for Head of Engineering in London

Head of Engineering
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of Engineering in London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Head of Engineering in London

Head of Engineering
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Engineering within the London region over the 6 months to 12 June 2024. 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
Central London +42 7 £125,000 - 3
Head of Engineering
England

Head of Engineering Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Head of Engineering 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 London region featuring Head of Engineering in the job title.

1 18 (42.86%) Azure
2 16 (38.10%) AWS
2 16 (38.10%) Agile
3 15 (35.71%) Software Engineering
4 14 (33.33%) Python
5 13 (30.95%) Social Skills
6 11 (26.19%) Finance
6 11 (26.19%) Data Engineering
7 10 (23.81%) Computer Science
7 10 (23.81%) CI/CD
8 9 (21.43%) SaaS
9 8 (19.05%) Degree
9 8 (19.05%) Banking
9 8 (19.05%) Continuous Improvement
9 8 (19.05%) Technical Leadership
9 8 (19.05%) Roadmaps
10 6 (14.29%) Design Patterns
10 6 (14.29%) Collaborative Culture
10 6 (14.29%) Customer-Centricity
10 6 (14.29%) Data Structures
10 6 (14.29%) Asset Management
10 6 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence
10 6 (14.29%) Risk Management
10 6 (14.29%) Java
10 6 (14.29%) SQL
10 6 (14.29%) .NET
11 5 (11.90%) PHP
11 5 (11.90%) Windows
11 5 (11.90%) Citrix
11 5 (11.90%) VMware

Head of Engineering Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 2 (4.76%) Apache Spark
2 1 (2.38%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 18 (42.86%) Azure
2 16 (38.10%) AWS
3 9 (21.43%) SaaS
4 5 (11.90%) GCP
4 5 (11.90%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (9.52%) Heroku
5 4 (9.52%) Serverless
6 2 (4.76%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (4.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (2.38%) Google Sheets
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.14%) Big Data
2 2 (4.76%) BigQuery
2 2 (4.76%) Data Lake
2 2 (4.76%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (4.76%) Flink
2 2 (4.76%) Hadoop
2 2 (4.76%) Relational Database
2 2 (4.76%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.38%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Oracle Forms
General
1 13 (30.95%) Social Skills
2 11 (26.19%) Finance
3 8 (19.05%) Banking
4 5 (11.90%) Investment Banking
5 4 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (7.14%) Health Technology
7 2 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (2.38%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (14.29%) .NET
2 5 (11.90%) Node.js
3 4 (9.52%) Laravel
3 4 (9.52%) React
4 3 (7.14%) .NET Core
4 3 (7.14%) Django
5 2 (4.76%) Apache Beam
5 2 (4.76%) HTML
5 2 (4.76%) PySpark
5 2 (4.76%) Spring
6 1 (2.38%) CSS
6 1 (2.38%) Kafka
6 1 (2.38%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 6 (14.29%) Data Structures
2 5 (11.90%) Data Centre
2 5 (11.90%) Greenfield Project
2 5 (11.90%) Hedge funds
3 4 (9.52%) Algorithms
3 4 (9.52%) Client/Server
3 4 (9.52%) Virtual Team
4 3 (7.14%) IoT
4 3 (7.14%) Mobile App
5 2 (4.76%) Cloud Native
5 2 (4.76%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (4.76%) Onboarding
5 2 (4.76%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 5 (11.90%) Windows
2 1 (2.38%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (38.10%) Agile
2 15 (35.71%) Software Engineering
3 11 (26.19%) Data Engineering
4 10 (23.81%) CI/CD
4 10 (23.81%) Computer Science
5 8 (19.05%) Continuous Improvement
5 8 (19.05%) Roadmaps
5 8 (19.05%) Technical Leadership
6 6 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence
6 6 (14.29%) Asset Management
6 6 (14.29%) Collaborative Culture
6 6 (14.29%) Customer-Centricity
6 6 (14.29%) Design Patterns
6 6 (14.29%) Risk Management
7 5 (11.90%) Data Pipeline
7 5 (11.90%) Decision-Making
7 5 (11.90%) Network Design
7 5 (11.90%) Proactive Management
7 5 (11.90%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (11.90%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (33.33%) Python
2 6 (14.29%) Java
2 6 (14.29%) SQL
3 5 (11.90%) PHP
4 4 (9.52%) JavaScript
5 2 (4.76%) C#
5 2 (4.76%) Scala
6 1 (2.38%) C
6 1 (2.38%) Go
6 1 (2.38%) Kotlin
6 1 (2.38%) Rust
Qualifications
1 8 (19.05%) Degree
2 4 (9.52%) Master's Degree
3 3 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.52%) QA
2 2 (4.76%) PCI DSS
3 1 (2.38%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.38%) GDPR
System Software
1 5 (11.90%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (9.52%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (11.90%) Citrix
1 5 (11.90%) VMware
2 3 (7.14%) Microsoft
3 2 (4.76%) Databricks
3 2 (4.76%) Oracle
3 2 (4.76%) Teradata
4 1 (2.38%) Google