Senior Applications Engineer Job Trends in Somerset

Senior Applications Engineer
South West > Somerset

The median Senior Applications Engineer salary in Somerset is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 October 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Applications Engineer 19 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Somerset 1.66% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.82% - -
Number of salaries quoted 9 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - -
South West median annual salary £60,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Somerset

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Somerset. 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 Somerset with a recognized job title 1,045 373 619
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.03% 89.66% 87.18%
Number of salaries quoted 679 184 365
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,750 £29,220
25th Percentile £30,250 £28,750 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,678 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.63% -18.65% +5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £52,688 £63,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £66,617 £75,000
South West median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +22.22% -10.00% -9.09%

Senior Applications Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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 Somerset.

Senior Applications Engineer job vacancy trend in Somerset

Senior Applications Engineer
Salary Trend in Somerset

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

Salary distribution trend for Senior Applications Engineer job vacancies in Somerset

Senior Applications Engineer
Job Locations in Somerset

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 Somerset region over the 6 months to 11 October 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
Yeovil - 19 £60,000 - 4
Senior Applications Engineer
South West

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

For the 6 months to 11 October 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 Somerset region featuring Senior Applications Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (42.11%) SIEM
2 7 (36.84%) ITSM
3 6 (31.58%) JIRA
4 5 (26.32%) EDRMS
5 1 (5.26%) Accessibility
5 1 (5.26%) Active Directory
5 1 (5.26%) Agile
5 1 (5.26%) Analytics
5 1 (5.26%) API Integration
5 1 (5.26%) Application Security
5 1 (5.26%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (5.26%) CI/CD
5 1 (5.26%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (5.26%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (5.26%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (5.26%) DevOps
5 1 (5.26%) DV Cleared
5 1 (5.26%) Identity Management
5 1 (5.26%) Incident Response
5 1 (5.26%) Integration Patterns
5 1 (5.26%) ITIL
5 1 (5.26%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (5.26%) RBAC
5 1 (5.26%) Security Cleared
5 1 (5.26%) Service Management
5 1 (5.26%) Service-Level Objective
5 1 (5.26%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (5.26%) SOAR
5 1 (5.26%) Splunk
5 1 (5.26%) Systems Engineering

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

Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (26.32%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 6 (31.58%) JIRA
General
1 3 (15.79%) Aerospace
2 1 (5.26%) Finance
2 1 (5.26%) Public Sector
2 1 (5.26%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.26%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (42.11%) SIEM
2 7 (36.84%) ITSM
3 1 (5.26%) Agile
3 1 (5.26%) Analytics
3 1 (5.26%) API Integration
3 1 (5.26%) Application Security
3 1 (5.26%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (5.26%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (5.26%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (5.26%) DevOps
3 1 (5.26%) Identity Management
3 1 (5.26%) ITIL
3 1 (5.26%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (5.26%) RBAC
3 1 (5.26%) Service Management
3 1 (5.26%) Service-Level Objective
3 1 (5.26%) Systems Engineering
3 1 (5.26%) Threat Detection
3 1 (5.26%) Use Case
3 1 (5.26%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (5.26%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (5.26%) DV Cleared
1 1 (5.26%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.26%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (5.26%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (5.26%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (5.26%) Splunk
1 1 (5.26%) Tenable