Applications Engineer
UK

The median Applications Engineer salary in the UK is £42,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 595 619 614
Rank change year-on-year +24 -5 -94
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Engineer 316 410 751
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.32% 0.39% 0.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.43% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 223 287 436
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,400 £29,500
25th Percentile £36,875 £39,625 £36,115
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £53,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.81% +11.58% +5.56%
75th Percentile £60,625 £67,500 £69,063
90th Percentile £70,000 £95,000 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £42,049 £42,500
% change year-on-year +1.07% -1.06% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

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 92,901 95,961 148,050
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.57% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,751 60,281 85,224
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,686 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.19% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,495
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Applications Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Applications Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Applications Engineer in the UK

Applications Engineer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Applications Engineer.

Salary trend for Applications Engineer in the UK

Applications Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Applications Engineer over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Applications Engineer in the UK

Applications Engineer
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 26 April 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
England +61 281 £42,500 -19.05% 138
UK excluding London +39 246 £42,500 +1.07% 118
South East +84 100 £42,500 - 23
Work from Home +11 100 £53,750 +2.38% 53
London +33 65 £60,000 -4.00% 32
Midlands +26 46 £32,500 -13.33% 24
North of England +29 44 £41,235 -2.05% 22
East Midlands +3 30 £28,500 -21.38% 10
Yorkshire +85 25 £37,500 -5.06% 8
North West +5 18 £50,000 +18.77% 11
West Midlands +26 16 £40,000 -11.11% 14
Scotland -59 16 £31,250 -37.50% 11
Wales +22 15 £50,000 - 5
South West -25 13 £36,250 +11.54% 21
East of England +17 11 £50,000 -9.09% 17
Northern Ireland +10 1 £50,000 +38.89%
North East -2 1 £39,500 -15.96% 3

Applications Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Applications Engineer 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 Applications Engineer in the job title.

1 97 (30.70%) SQL
2 84 (26.58%) Windows
3 77 (24.37%) Microsoft
4 76 (24.05%) Linux
5 75 (23.73%) Problem-Solving
6 69 (21.84%) Degree
7 62 (19.62%) Software Engineering
7 62 (19.62%) Agile
8 61 (19.30%) Azure
9 59 (18.67%) C#
10 55 (17.41%) Social Skills
11 47 (14.87%) Analytical Skills
12 41 (12.97%) Finance
13 39 (12.34%) Customer Requirements
14 38 (12.03%) ITIL
15 34 (10.76%) DevOps
16 33 (10.44%) Python
16 33 (10.44%) C++
16 33 (10.44%) C
16 33 (10.44%) Active Directory
17 32 (10.13%) Java
18 31 (9.81%) SQL Server
19 30 (9.49%) Microsoft 365
20 27 (8.54%) .NET
20 27 (8.54%) Scrum
21 25 (7.91%) Power Platform
22 24 (7.59%) Windows Server
22 24 (7.59%) Law
23 23 (7.28%) Service Management
23 23 (7.28%) Windows 10

Applications Engineer 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:

Application Platforms
1 13 (4.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (3.16%) IIS
2 10 (3.16%) Tomcat
3 9 (2.85%) SharePoint
4 7 (2.22%) Confluence
5 5 (1.58%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.32%) Apache
6 1 (0.32%) nginx
Applications
1 18 (5.70%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (4.11%) SOLIDWORKS
3 9 (2.85%) Solid Edge
4 7 (2.22%) AutoCAD
5 4 (1.27%) Fusion 360
6 3 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
7 2 (0.63%) Autodesk Inventor
Business Applications
1 7 (2.22%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.27%) Elite 3E
3 2 (0.63%) DELMIA
3 2 (0.63%) Eikon
4 1 (0.32%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 61 (19.30%) Azure
2 30 (9.49%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (7.91%) Power Platform
4 21 (6.65%) AWS
5 19 (6.01%) Entra ID
6 18 (5.70%) Dynamics 365
7 14 (4.43%) PowerApps
8 11 (3.48%) Power Automate
8 11 (3.48%) SaaS
9 9 (2.85%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 9 (2.85%) Azure Monitor
10 8 (2.53%) WhatsApp
11 7 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
12 6 (1.90%) GCP
13 4 (1.27%) Azure Logic Apps
14 2 (0.63%) Serverless
14 2 (0.63%) Slack
15 1 (0.32%) AWS Fargate
15 1 (0.32%) Azure Stack
15 1 (0.32%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.48%) Firewall
2 9 (2.85%) Remote Desktop
2 9 (2.85%) VPN
3 6 (1.90%) SSL
4 5 (1.58%) DNS
4 5 (1.58%) SAN
5 4 (1.27%) Intranet
6 3 (0.95%) GPRS
7 2 (0.63%) Network Security
8 1 (0.32%) HTTP
8 1 (0.32%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.32%) Internet
8 1 (0.32%) LTE
8 1 (0.32%) Reverse Proxy
8 1 (0.32%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.32%) VLAN
8 1 (0.32%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (9.81%) SQL Server
2 16 (5.06%) MySQL
3 14 (4.43%) Power BI
4 6 (1.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 5 (1.58%) Pentaho
6 4 (1.27%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (0.95%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.95%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.63%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (0.63%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 2 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.32%) Metadata
9 1 (0.32%) Metadata Repository
9 1 (0.32%) Redis
9 1 (0.32%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 20 (6.33%) Git
2 15 (4.75%) JIRA
3 12 (3.80%) Visual Studio
4 11 (3.48%) Subversion
5 8 (2.53%) Bitbucket
6 5 (1.58%) MSI
7 2 (0.63%) GitLab
7 2 (0.63%) IntelliJ
7 2 (0.63%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.63%) NUnit
7 2 (0.63%) Robot Framework
7 2 (0.63%) Selenium
8 1 (0.32%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.32%) fastlane
8 1 (0.32%) Gradle
8 1 (0.32%) JUnit
8 1 (0.32%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 55 (17.41%) Social Skills
2 47 (14.87%) Analytical Skills
3 41 (12.97%) Finance
4 24 (7.59%) Law
5 19 (6.01%) Manufacturing
6 17 (5.38%) Legal
7 16 (5.06%) Marketing
8 14 (4.43%) Electronics
9 11 (3.48%) Aerospace
10 10 (3.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (2.22%) Banking
12 5 (1.58%) General Ledger
12 5 (1.58%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (1.27%) Front Office
14 3 (0.95%) Back Office
14 3 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.95%) Public Sector
14 3 (0.95%) Telecoms
15 2 (0.63%) Influencing Skills
16 1 (0.32%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (8.54%) .NET
2 18 (5.70%) .NET Framework
2 18 (5.70%) WPF
3 11 (3.48%) Qt
3 11 (3.48%) WinForms
4 10 (3.16%) REST
5 9 (2.85%) .NET Core
6 8 (2.53%) HTML
7 6 (1.90%) Kafka
8 4 (1.27%) ADO
8 4 (1.27%) AngularJS
8 4 (1.27%) FastAPI
8 4 (1.27%) Flask
9 3 (0.95%) CSS
9 3 (0.95%) Software Packaging
9 3 (0.95%) Spring Boot
10 2 (0.63%) FIX Protocol
10 2 (0.63%) OAuth2
10 2 (0.63%) OpenID
10 2 (0.63%) React
Miscellaneous
1 16 (5.06%) Self-Motivation
2 14 (4.43%) IoT
3 12 (3.80%) Client/Server
4 11 (3.48%) Algorithms
4 11 (3.48%) Distributed Systems
4 11 (3.48%) Robotics
5 10 (3.16%) Mobile App
6 9 (2.85%) Linux Command Line
7 8 (2.53%) Greenfield Project
8 7 (2.22%) Driving Licence
8 7 (2.22%) Management Information System
9 6 (1.90%) Data Structures
9 6 (1.90%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (1.90%) Product Ownership
10 5 (1.58%) Clustering
10 5 (1.58%) CMDB
10 5 (1.58%) Data Centre
10 5 (1.58%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 5 (1.58%) Reference Data
11 4 (1.27%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 84 (26.58%) Windows
2 76 (24.05%) Linux
3 24 (7.59%) Windows Server
4 23 (7.28%) Windows 10
5 14 (4.43%) Apple iOS
6 11 (3.48%) Ubuntu
6 11 (3.48%) Unix
7 7 (2.22%) Android
7 7 (2.22%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.32%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.32%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (23.73%) Problem-Solving
2 62 (19.62%) Agile
2 62 (19.62%) Software Engineering
3 39 (12.34%) Customer Requirements
4 38 (12.03%) ITIL
5 34 (10.76%) DevOps
6 27 (8.54%) Scrum
7 23 (7.28%) Service Management
8 22 (6.96%) SDLC
9 20 (6.33%) Application Packaging
9 20 (6.33%) Collaborative Working
10 19 (6.01%) Computer Science
10 19 (6.01%) Customer Service
10 19 (6.01%) User Experience
11 18 (5.70%) Mentoring
12 17 (5.38%) High Availability
13 16 (5.06%) Business Intelligence
13 16 (5.06%) CRM
13 16 (5.06%) Release Management
13 16 (5.06%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 97 (30.70%) SQL
2 59 (18.67%) C#
3 33 (10.44%) C
3 33 (10.44%) C++
3 33 (10.44%) Python
4 32 (10.13%) Java
5 16 (5.06%) PL/SQL
6 11 (3.48%) PowerShell
7 9 (2.85%) XAML
8 8 (2.53%) JavaScript
9 7 (2.22%) T-SQL
10 6 (1.90%) Swift
11 5 (1.58%) Shell Script
12 4 (1.27%) Kotlin
12 4 (1.27%) MATLAB
13 3 (0.95%) TypeScript
14 2 (0.63%) VB
14 2 (0.63%) VBScript
15 1 (0.32%) Bash
15 1 (0.32%) Go
Qualifications
1 69 (21.84%) Degree
2 14 (4.43%) Master's Degree
3 12 (3.80%) Security Cleared
4 10 (3.16%) DV Cleared
4 10 (3.16%) Microsoft Certification
4 10 (3.16%) SC Cleared
5 9 (2.85%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (2.85%) HND
6 8 (2.53%) Azure Certification
7 6 (1.90%) Numerate Degree
8 5 (1.58%) A+ Certification
8 5 (1.58%) MCDST
9 4 (1.27%) AWS Certification
9 4 (1.27%) HNC
10 1 (0.32%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.32%) MCSE
10 1 (0.32%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (5.06%) SLA
2 6 (1.90%) QA
3 3 (0.95%) GDPR
3 3 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.32%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 33 (10.44%) Active Directory
2 12 (3.80%) Docker
3 3 (0.95%) Microsoft App-V
4 2 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.63%) vSphere
5 1 (0.32%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (3.48%) Terraform
2 9 (2.85%) Kubernetes
3 8 (2.53%) SCCM
4 7 (2.22%) ITRS Geneos
5 5 (1.58%) Grafana
5 5 (1.58%) Microsoft Clustering
5 5 (1.58%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (1.58%) Pingdom
6 3 (0.95%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.32%) Kibana
7 1 (0.32%) logstash
Vendors
1 77 (24.37%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.11%) VMware
3 10 (3.16%) Murex
4 8 (2.53%) Oracle
5 5 (1.58%) AppDynamics
5 5 (1.58%) CA
5 5 (1.58%) Google
5 5 (1.58%) SolarWinds
5 5 (1.58%) Splunk
5 5 (1.58%) Sybase
6 4 (1.27%) Bloomberg
6 4 (1.27%) iManage
6 4 (1.27%) Intapp
6 4 (1.27%) LexisNexis
6 4 (1.27%) ServiceNow
7 3 (0.95%) Apple
7 3 (0.95%) Autodesk
7 3 (0.95%) QinetiQ
7 3 (0.95%) Salesforce
7 3 (0.95%) SAP