Forward Deployed Engineer Job Trends in London
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)
England > London
The median Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) salary in London is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 November 2026.
The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 12 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 405 | 377 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | -28 | - | - |
| Permanent Forward Deployed Engineer jobs | 49 | 6 | 0 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in London | 0.19% | 0.047% | - |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.20% | 0.052% | - |
| Number of salaries quoted | 39 | 6 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £79,749 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £55,000 | - |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £100,000 | £70,000 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | +42.86% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | £85,000 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £116,000 | - | - |
| England median annual salary | £100,000 | £70,000 | - |
| % change year-on-year | +42.86% | - | - |
All Permanent IT Job Roles
London
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts in London matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.
| 6 months to 12 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent job adverts in London matching a recognised job title | 23,933 | 11,524 | 16,394 |
| % of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title | 92.26% | 90.81% | 94.89% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 15,414 | 7,409 | 10,006 |
| 10th Percentile | £40,000 | £36,250 | £41,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £55,000 | £50,000 | £53,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £75,000 | £72,000 | £75,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.17% | -4.00% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £100,000 | £95,000 | £95,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £102,500 | £120,000 | £118,750 |
| England median annual salary | £60,000 | £53,000 | £57,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +13.21% | -7.83% | -4.17% |
Forward Deployed Engineer Salary Histogram in London
Salary distribution for Forward Deployed Engineer jobs in London over the 6 months to 12 November 2026.
Forward Deployed Engineer Job Locations in London
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in Forward Deployed Engineer jobs within the London region over the 6 months to 12 November 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central London | +11 | 3 | £76,250 | -4.69% | 10 |
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Forward Deployed Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London
For the 6 months to 12 November 2026, Forward Deployed Engineer job ads cited 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 Forward Deployed Engineer job ads across the London region.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AI | 46.9% | 23 |
| 2 | Infrastructure Engineering | 36.7% | 18 |
| 3 | Customer Experience | 32.7% | 16 |
| 4 | Python | 28.6% | 14 |
| 4 | Software Engineering | 28.6% | 14 |
| 6 | GCP | 24.5% | 12 |
| 6 | LLM | 24.5% | 12 |
| 8 | Retrieval-Augmented Generation | 22.4% | 11 |
| 9 | Azure | 18.4% | 9 |
| 9 | 18.4% | 9 | |
| 9 | SQL | 18.4% | 9 |
| 12 | Analytics | 14.3% | 7 |
| 12 | AWS | 14.3% | 7 |
| 12 | CI/CD | 14.3% | 7 |
| 12 | Full-Stack Development | 14.3% | 7 |
| 12 | Mentoring | 14.3% | 7 |
| 17 | Machine Learning | 12.2% | 6 |
| 17 | Validation | 12.2% | 6 |
| 17 | Workflow | 12.2% | 6 |
| 20 | Data Engineering | 10.2% | 5 |
| 20 | Data Science | 10.2% | 5 |
| 20 | JavaScript | 10.2% | 5 |
| 20 | Problem-Solving | 10.2% | 5 |
| 20 | QA | 10.2% | 5 |
| 20 | Test Automation | 10.2% | 5 |
| 26 | Cost Control | 8.2% | 4 |
| 26 | Data Protection | 8.2% | 4 |
| 26 | Observability | 8.2% | 4 |
| 26 | Technical Leadership | 8.2% | 4 |
| 26 | TypeScript | 8.2% | 4 |
Forward Deployed Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Infrastructure Engineer | 36.7% | 18 |
| 2 | Cloud Engineer | 16.3% | 8 |
| 2 | GCP Engineer | 16.3% | 8 |
| 2 | Senior Forward Deployed Engineer | 16.3% | 8 |
| 5 | Artificial Intelligence Engineer | 14.3% | 7 |
| 6 | Senior Cloud Engineer | 10.2% | 5 |
| 7 | Forward Deployed Software Engineer | 6.1% | 3 |
| 7 | Palantir Engineer | 6.1% | 3 |
| 9 | Developer | 4.1% | 2 |
| 9 | Kubernetes Engineer | 4.1% | 2 |
| 11 | Agentic Artificial Intelligence Engineer | 2.0% | 1 |
| 11 | Salesforce Engineer | 2.0% | 1 |