The median Director of Software Engineering salary in the UK is £125,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 May 2024.
The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
6 months to 19 May 2024
Same period 2023
Same period 2022
Rank
822
947
1227
Rank change year-on-year
+125
+280
-321
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineering Director
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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
94,634
91,081
154,945
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title
94.69%
91.52%
96.08%
Number of salaries quoted
67,599
57,631
84,466
10th Percentile
£28,500
£32,500
£32,500
25th Percentile
£38,500
£45,000
£42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile)
£52,500
£60,000
£60,000
Median % change year-on-year
-12.50%
-
+9.09%
75th Percentile
£70,974
£80,000
£78,750
90th Percentile
£90,000
£100,000
£95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary
£50,000
£53,183
£50,000
% change year-on-year
-5.98%
+6.37%
+5.26%
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 Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering Director over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.
Software Engineering Director Top 10 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 19 May 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.
Software Engineering Director Skill Set Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 19 May 2024, 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.
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: