Applications Engineer Job Trends in Glasgow

Applications Engineer
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Applications Engineer salary in Glasgow is £28,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 April 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 - 217
Rank change year-on-year - - -101
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Engineer 11 0 13
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 1.23% - 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.31% - 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 7
10th Percentile £26,800 - -
25th Percentile £27,000 - £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 - £29,000
75th Percentile £29,750 - £31,875
90th Percentile £30,500 - £35,250
Scotland median annual salary £29,000 £80,000 £31,250
% change year-on-year -63.75% +156.00% -37.50%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Glasgow

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Glasgow. 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 Glasgow with a recognized job title 840 381 3,591
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.65% 91.59% 97.98%
Number of salaries quoted 504 222 812
10th Percentile £29,375 £32,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £41,563 £40,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £50,946
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +17.77% -2.96%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £77,500
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £51,250
% change year-on-year -18.18% +7.32% -10.87%

Applications Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Applications Engineer job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Applications Engineer
Salary Trend in Glasgow

Salary distribution trend for Applications Engineer job vacancies in Glasgow.

Salary distribution trend for Applications Engineer job vacancies in Glasgow

Applications Engineer Skill Set
Top 10 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 12 April 2026, 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 Glasgow region featuring Applications Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (63.64%) Active Directory
1 7 (63.64%) Azure
1 7 (63.64%) Azure SQL Database
1 7 (63.64%) Change Management
1 7 (63.64%) DevOps
1 7 (63.64%) Entra ID
1 7 (63.64%) ITIL
1 7 (63.64%) SaaS
1 7 (63.64%) SQL
2 4 (36.36%) Application Security

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

Cloud Services
1 7 (63.64%) Azure
1 7 (63.64%) Entra ID
1 7 (63.64%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (63.64%) Azure SQL Database
Miscellaneous
1 7 (63.64%) Client/Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Change Management
1 7 (63.64%) DevOps
1 7 (63.64%) ITIL
2 4 (36.36%) Application Security
Programming Languages
1 7 (63.64%) SQL
System Software
1 7 (63.64%) Active Directory