Senior Applications Engineer Job Trends in Leicestershire

Senior Applications Engineer
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The median Senior Applications Engineer salary in Leicestershire is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 July 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Applications Engineer 10 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Leicestershire 0.72% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.76% - -
Number of salaries quoted 10 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median annual salary £45,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Leicestershire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Leicestershire. 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 Leicestershire with a recognized job title 1,322 334 816
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.59% 91.76% 91.79%
Number of salaries quoted 815 202 466
10th Percentile £31,600 £27,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £38,250 £33,125 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £48,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +6.67% -10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £58,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £75,000
East Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% -5.56% -14.29%

Senior Applications Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire.

Senior Applications Engineer job vacancy trend in Leicestershire

Senior Applications Engineer
Salary Trend in Leicestershire

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

Salary distribution trend for Senior Applications Engineer job vacancies in Leicestershire

Senior Applications Engineer
Job Locations in Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 30 July 2026. 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
Ashby-de-la-Zouch - 7 £45,000 -
Senior Applications Engineer
East Midlands

Senior Applications Engineer Skill Set
Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicestershire

For the 6 months to 30 July 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 Leicestershire region featuring Senior Applications Engineer in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (40.00%) AI
2 4 (40.00%) Azure
2 4 (40.00%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (40.00%) DNS
2 4 (40.00%) Firewall
2 4 (40.00%) High Availability
2 4 (40.00%) Incident Management
2 4 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 4 (40.00%) Linux
2 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (40.00%) MongoDB
2 4 (40.00%) MQTT
2 4 (40.00%) PowerShell
2 4 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (40.00%) Python
2 4 (40.00%) SQL
2 4 (40.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (40.00%) Systems Engineering
2 4 (40.00%) VMS
2 4 (40.00%) VPN
2 4 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 4 (40.00%) Windows
2 4 (40.00%) Windows Server

Senior Applications Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicestershire 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 4 (40.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (40.00%) DNS
1 4 (40.00%) Firewall
1 4 (40.00%) MQTT
1 4 (40.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (40.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 4 (40.00%) MongoDB
1 4 (40.00%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 4 (40.00%) Linux
1 4 (40.00%) VMS
1 4 (40.00%) Windows
1 4 (40.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (40.00%) AI
2 4 (40.00%) High Availability
2 4 (40.00%) Incident Management
2 4 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 4 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (40.00%) Systems Engineering
2 4 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (40.00%) PowerShell
1 4 (40.00%) Python
1 4 (40.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft