Forward Deployed Engineer Job Trends in the North West

Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)
England > North West

The median Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) salary in the North West is £80,000 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	261	-	-
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Permanent Forward Deployed Engineer jobs	7	0	0
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West	0.055%	-	-
As % of the Job Titles category	0.059%	-	-
Number of salaries quoted	3	0	0
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£80,000	-	-
England median annual salary	£100,000	£70,000	-
% change year-on-year	+42.86%	-	-

All Permanent IT Job Roles
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts in the North West 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 the North West matching a recognised job title	11,831	4,676	6,511
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title	92.13%	88.88%	94.93%
Number of salaries quoted	8,506	2,660	3,600
10^th Percentile	£31,000	£27,000	£31,250
25^th Percentile	£40,400	£33,750	£40,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	£49,500	£50,000
Median % change year-on-year	+11.11%	-1.00%	-9.09%
75^th Percentile	£75,000	£65,000	£65,000
90^th Percentile	£90,000	£80,000	£77,500
England median annual salary	£60,000	£53,000	£57,500
% change year-on-year	+13.21%	-7.83%	-4.17%

Forward Deployed Engineer Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in Forward Deployed Engineer jobs within the North West 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
Manchester	-	7	£80,000	-	4
Forward Deployed Engineer England

Forward Deployed Engineer Skill Set Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West

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 North West region.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Python	100.0%	7
2	AI	57.1%	4
2	Computer Science	57.1%	4
2	Computer Science Degree	57.1%	4
2	Containerisation	57.1%	4
2	Degree	57.1%	4
2	Java	57.1%	4
2	JavaScript	57.1%	4
2	Observability	57.1%	4
2	Prototyping	57.1%	4
2	Rapid Prototyping	57.1%	4
2	Retrieval-Augmented Generation	57.1%	4
2	SDLC	57.1%	4
2	Semantic Search	57.1%	4
2	Software Engineering	57.1%	4
2	Systems Thinking	57.1%	4
2	Technical Debt	57.1%	4
2	TypeScript	57.1%	4
2	Workflow	57.1%	4
20	AWS	42.9%	3
20	SaaS	42.9%	3

Forward Deployed Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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	Senior Forward Deployed Engineer	57.1%	4
2	AWS Engineer	42.9%	3
2	Python Engineer	42.9%	3