Head of Engineering jobs in London — demand, required skills, and comparable metros (2026)
As of 2026-05-17, Skillenai has indexed 10 Head of Engineering postings located in London over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is incident response, with demand up 50% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-05-17
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Frequently asked questions about Head of Engineering jobs in London
+Are Head of Engineering jobs being posted in London right now?
Yes. Skillenai has indexed 10 Head of Engineering postings located in London over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand up 50% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do Head of Engineering jobs in London require?
Across Head of Engineering postings in London indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, the skills mentioned most often are incident response, observability, testing, MLOps, reliability engineering.
+Which other cities are hiring Head of Engineering?
As of 2026-05-17, the metro areas posting the most Head of Engineering jobs outside London are San Francisco, New York City, Toronto, Lisbon, Palo Alto, based on the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly Head of Engineering postings in London — last 90 days
Skills most often required for Head of Engineering in London
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| incident response | 3 | 12.5% |
| observability | 3 | 12.5% |
| testing | 2 | 8.3% |
| MLOps | 2 | 8.3% |
| reliability engineering | 2 | 8.3% |
| AWS | 2 | 8.3% |
| Code review | 2 | 8.3% |
| on-call | 2 | 8.3% |
| TypeScript | 2 | 8.3% |
| engineering metrics | 2 | 8.3% |
| data protection | 1 | 4.2% |
| SOC 2 | 1 | 4.2% |
Other top cities hiring Head of Engineering
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 26 | 38.8% |
| New York City | 16 | 23.9% |
| Toronto | 5 | 7.5% |
| Lisbon | 4 | 6.0% |
| Palo Alto | 4 | 6.0% |
| Amsterdam | 3 | 4.5% |
| Singapore | 3 | 4.5% |
| China | 2 | 3.0% |
| Paris | 2 | 3.0% |
| San Leandro | 2 | 3.0% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, filtered to postings whose canonical role is “Head of Engineering” and whose locationCity is “London”.
- city
- London
- role
- Head of Engineering
- source
- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 2026-05-17
- window_days
- 90
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