Applications Engineer Jobs in Southampton

Applications Engineer
Hampshire > Southampton

The median Applications Engineer salary in Southampton is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 July 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 70 68
Rank change year-on-year +32 -2 +35
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Engineer 1 7 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton 0.28% 0.73% 0.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 0.75% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1 5 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57,500 - £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £40,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% +33.33% -5.51%
75th Percentile £62,500 - £32,813
90th Percentile - - £33,375
Hampshire median annual salary £32,500 £52,500 £42,000
% change year-on-year -38.10% +25.00% -1.18%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Southampton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Southampton. 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 Southampton with a recognized job title 353 936 610
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 99.16% 97.50% 91.59%
Number of salaries quoted 256 773 475
10th Percentile £27,000 £29,750 £28,850
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
Hampshire median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -

Applications Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

Job postings that featured Applications Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Southampton.

Job vacancy trend for Applications Engineer in Southampton

Applications Engineer
Salary Trend in Southampton

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Applications Engineer in Southampton.

Salary trend for Applications Engineer in Southampton

Applications Engineer Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton

For the 6 months to 12 July 2025, Applications Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Southampton region featuring Applications Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
1 1 (100.00%) SOA
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills

Applications Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) SOA
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft