Senior Applications Engineer Job Trends in Cardiff

Senior Applications Engineer
South Wales > Cardiff

The median Senior Applications Engineer salary in Cardiff is £31,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 August 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Applications Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Cardiff 0.11% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £29,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 - -
75th Percentile £33,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median annual salary £31,500 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Cardiff

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cardiff. 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 Cardiff with a recognized job title 858 252 614
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.33% 97.67% 95.49%
Number of salaries quoted 622 173 501
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,170 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £74,579 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,375 £73,907 £77,500
South Wales median annual salary £53,171 £50,221 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.87% +0.44% -

Senior Applications Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Applications Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

Senior Applications Engineer job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Senior Applications Engineer
Salary Trend in Cardiff

Salary distribution trend for Senior Applications Engineer job vacancies in Cardiff.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Applications Engineer job vacancies in Cardiff

Senior Applications Engineer Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff

For the 6 months to 21 August 2026, Senior Applications Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Cardiff region featuring Senior Applications Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Bitbucket
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) SQL

Senior Applications Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Bitbucket
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) SQL