Applications Engineer Job Trends in the South East

Applications Engineer
England > South East

The median Applications Engineer salary in the South East is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 May 2026.

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

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 261 239 281
Rank change year-on-year -22 +42 +67
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Engineer 35 38 97
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.24% 0.49% 0.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% 0.59% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 27 31 65
10th Percentile £32,375 £31,250 £33,000
25th Percentile £38,125 £31,625 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - +17.65% -
75th Percentile £53,750 - £58,750
90th Percentile £56,000 £60,000 £67,250
England median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year - +17.65% -22.73%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 13,703 6,478 15,384
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 84.35% 93.85%
Number of salaries quoted 9,236 3,654 11,259
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £59,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -7.56% +10.19% -11.18%

Applications Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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 the South East.

Applications Engineer job vacancy trend in the South East

Applications Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for Applications Engineer job vacancies in the South East.

Salary distribution trend for Applications Engineer job vacancies in the South East

Applications Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Applications Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 9 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Applications Engineer in the South East

Applications Engineer
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 9 May 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
Thames Valley +9 18 £45,000 -10.00% 5
Buckinghamshire -1 10 £45,000 +9.09% 1
Berkshire -2 7 £52,500 +5.00% 4
Surrey -11 7 £33,750 -41.30% 2
Hampshire -28 7 £50,000 +53.85% 17
West Sussex - 3 - - 1
Oxfordshire - 1 £40,000 -
Applications Engineer
England

Applications Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 9 May 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 South East region featuring Applications Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (20.00%) Degree
1 7 (20.00%) SQL
2 6 (17.14%) MySQL
2 6 (17.14%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (17.14%) SQL Server
3 5 (14.29%) .NET
3 5 (14.29%) C#
3 5 (14.29%) Computer Science
3 5 (14.29%) CSS
3 5 (14.29%) HTML
3 5 (14.29%) ITIL
3 5 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
3 5 (14.29%) JavaScript
3 5 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 5 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 5 (14.29%) SLA
3 5 (14.29%) Windows
4 4 (11.43%) Active Directory
4 4 (11.43%) DNS
4 4 (11.43%) DV Cleared
4 4 (11.43%) Linux
4 4 (11.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (11.43%) SIEM
4 4 (11.43%) VMware
4 4 (11.43%) vSphere
4 4 (11.43%) Windows Server
5 3 (8.57%) DevOps
5 3 (8.57%) Test Automation
6 2 (5.71%) Application Security
6 2 (5.71%) Azure

Applications Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (2.86%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.71%) Azure
1 2 (5.71%) BigCommerce
1 2 (5.71%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (11.43%) DNS
2 2 (5.71%) Firewall
2 2 (5.71%) NAS
2 2 (5.71%) NetScaler
2 2 (5.71%) SAN
2 2 (5.71%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (17.14%) MySQL
1 6 (17.14%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.86%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (5.71%) JIRA
General
1 8 (22.86%) Analytical Skills
1 8 (22.86%) Social Skills
2 1 (2.86%) Aviation
2 1 (2.86%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (14.29%) .NET
1 5 (14.29%) CSS
1 5 (14.29%) HTML
2 2 (5.71%) JSON
2 2 (5.71%) JSON Schema
2 2 (5.71%) LDAP
2 2 (5.71%) Regular Expression
2 2 (5.71%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.29%) Mobile App
2 2 (5.71%) PKI
2 2 (5.71%) Security Posture
3 1 (2.86%) NHS
3 1 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (14.29%) Windows
2 4 (11.43%) Linux
2 4 (11.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 4 (11.43%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (17.14%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (14.29%) Computer Science
2 5 (14.29%) ITIL
3 4 (11.43%) SIEM
4 3 (8.57%) DevOps
4 3 (8.57%) Test Automation
5 2 (5.71%) Application Security
5 2 (5.71%) Collaborative Culture
5 2 (5.71%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (5.71%) Fintech
5 2 (5.71%) High Availability
5 2 (5.71%) Incident Management
5 2 (5.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (5.71%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (2.86%) Data Science
6 1 (2.86%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 1 (2.86%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (2.86%) Platform Engineering
6 1 (2.86%) Test Strategy
6 1 (2.86%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 7 (20.00%) SQL
2 5 (14.29%) C#
2 5 (14.29%) JavaScript
3 2 (5.71%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 7 (20.00%) Degree
2 5 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
2 5 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 4 (11.43%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.86%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (14.29%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (11.43%) Active Directory
1 4 (11.43%) vSphere
Vendors
1 5 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 4 (11.43%) VMware
3 2 (5.71%) Citrix
3 2 (5.71%) NetApp