Senior Applications Engineer Job Trends in England

Senior Applications Engineer
UK > England

The median Senior Applications Engineer salary in England is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 October 2025.

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

6 months to
30 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 589 658 681
Rank change year-on-year +69 +23 +336
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Applications Engineer 43 58 12
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.099% 0.095% 0.025%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.100% 0.026%
Number of salaries quoted 39 31 12
10th Percentile £42,780 £40,000 £41,352
25th Percentile £44,986 £45,000 £47,129
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,500 £59,750
Median % change year-on-year +18.81% -15.48% -0.42%
75th Percentile £62,500 £66,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £79,100 £85,000 £75,375
UK median annual salary £60,000 £50,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +18.81% -22.31% +8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 39,477 58,071 46,439
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.98% 95.16% 95.49%
Number of salaries quoted 24,341 33,021 35,877
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,750 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.96% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.89% -5.00% -

Senior Applications Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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 England.

Senior Applications Engineer job vacancy trend in England

Senior Applications Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary distribution trend for Senior Applications Engineer job vacancies in England

Senior Applications Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Applications Engineer in England over the 6 months to 30 October 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Applications Engineer in England

Senior Applications Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Applications Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 30 October 2025. 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
South East +43 17 £60,000 +9.09% 4
North of England 0 12 £45,497 +1.10%
North West +8 6 £58,999 +31.11%
London +57 5 £77,000 +10.00% 7
East of England - 5 £43,085 - 1
North East - 4 £45,497 -
Midlands +38 2 - - 3
Yorkshire +1 2 £51,788 +15.08%
West Midlands +33 1 - - 1
East Midlands - 1 - - 2
Senior Applications Engineer
UK

Senior Applications Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 30 October 2025, 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 England region featuring Senior Applications Engineer in the job title.

1 28 (65.12%) SQL
2 26 (60.47%) Problem-Solving
3 25 (58.14%) PowerShell
4 20 (46.51%) Azure
4 20 (46.51%) Microsoft
5 19 (44.19%) C#
5 19 (44.19%) Root Cause Analysis
6 18 (41.86%) Security Cleared
6 18 (41.86%) Task Automation
7 17 (39.53%) Cloud Operations
7 17 (39.53%) Data Analysis
7 17 (39.53%) REST
7 17 (39.53%) SOA
7 17 (39.53%) SOAP
8 13 (30.23%) Agile
8 13 (30.23%) Windows
9 12 (27.91%) Windows Server
10 8 (18.60%) Degree
10 8 (18.60%) Mentoring
11 7 (16.28%) Continuous Improvement
11 7 (16.28%) ITIL
11 7 (16.28%) SQL Server
12 6 (13.95%) Service Management
13 5 (11.63%) Application Security
13 5 (11.63%) Coaching
13 5 (11.63%) Cybersecurity
13 5 (11.63%) Linux
13 5 (11.63%) Migration
13 5 (11.63%) Oracle
13 5 (11.63%) SDLC

Senior Applications Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (9.30%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (2.33%) IIS
Business Applications
1 4 (9.30%) NEC Housing
2 3 (6.98%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 20 (46.51%) Azure
2 2 (4.65%) SaaS
3 1 (2.33%) Azure AKS
3 1 (2.33%) Azure Functions
3 1 (2.33%) Azure Key Vault
3 1 (2.33%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (2.33%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (2.33%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (2.33%) GitHub
3 1 (2.33%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.33%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.65%) DHCP
1 2 (4.65%) DNS
2 1 (2.33%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (16.28%) SQL Server
2 4 (9.30%) BusinessObjects
2 4 (9.30%) MS Access
2 4 (9.30%) SAP Data Services
3 1 (2.33%) Power BI
3 1 (2.33%) RDBMS
3 1 (2.33%) Relational Database
3 1 (2.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (9.30%) Toad
2 1 (2.33%) JIRA
2 1 (2.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 28 (65.12%) Social Skills
2 5 (11.63%) Finance
3 4 (9.30%) Local Government
3 4 (9.30%) Marketing
3 4 (9.30%) Public Sector
4 3 (6.98%) Banking
4 3 (6.98%) Law
4 3 (6.98%) Legal
5 2 (4.65%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (4.65%) Police
6 1 (2.33%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.33%) Automotive
6 1 (2.33%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (39.53%) REST
1 17 (39.53%) SOAP
2 2 (4.65%) .NET
3 1 (2.33%) .NET Core
3 1 (2.33%) Ajax
3 1 (2.33%) AngularJS
3 1 (2.33%) CSS
3 1 (2.33%) Entity Framework
3 1 (2.33%) HTML
3 1 (2.33%) jQuery
3 1 (2.33%) JSON
3 1 (2.33%) KnockoutJS
3 1 (2.33%) Razor View Engine
3 1 (2.33%) React
3 1 (2.33%) RESTful
3 1 (2.33%) WCF
3 1 (2.33%) Web Services
3 1 (2.33%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.65%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (4.65%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.33%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (2.33%) Marketing Technology
2 1 (2.33%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 13 (30.23%) Windows
2 12 (27.91%) Windows Server
3 5 (11.63%) Linux
4 4 (9.30%) Unix
5 2 (4.65%) Windows 10
5 2 (4.65%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (60.47%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (44.19%) Root Cause Analysis
3 18 (41.86%) Task Automation
4 17 (39.53%) Cloud Operations
4 17 (39.53%) Data Analysis
4 17 (39.53%) SOA
5 13 (30.23%) Agile
6 8 (18.60%) Mentoring
7 7 (16.28%) Continuous Improvement
7 7 (16.28%) ITIL
8 6 (13.95%) Service Management
9 5 (11.63%) Application Security
9 5 (11.63%) Coaching
9 5 (11.63%) Cybersecurity
9 5 (11.63%) Migration
9 5 (11.63%) SDLC
9 5 (11.63%) Systems Thinking
10 4 (9.30%) Data-Driven Decision Making
10 4 (9.30%) Decision-Making
10 4 (9.30%) Digital Strategy
Programming Languages
1 28 (65.12%) SQL
2 25 (58.14%) PowerShell
3 19 (44.19%) C#
4 4 (9.30%) JavaScript
4 4 (9.30%) Shell Script
4 4 (9.30%) VB
5 3 (6.98%) Python
6 2 (4.65%) Java
7 1 (2.33%) PL/SQL
7 1 (2.33%) T-SQL
7 1 (2.33%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 18 (41.86%) Security Cleared
2 8 (18.60%) Degree
3 2 (4.65%) Azure Certification
4 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (2.33%) NCSC
1 1 (2.33%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (4.65%) Active Directory
1 2 (4.65%) Hyper-V
1 2 (4.65%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (4.65%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 20 (46.51%) Microsoft
2 5 (11.63%) Oracle
3 4 (9.30%) NEC
3 4 (9.30%) SAP
4 3 (6.98%) LexisNexis
4 3 (6.98%) Sitecore
5 2 (4.65%) VMware