Applications Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Applications Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Applications Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 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
19 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 513 452 530
Rank change year-on-year -61 +78 -45
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Engineer 86 297 155
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.20% 0.41% 0.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.43% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 75 202 108
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £30,350
25th Percentile £35,424 £34,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £53,125 £52,500 £51,665
90th Percentile £63,750 £58,750 £60,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -18.18% +10.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 38,625 68,685 44,756
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.71% 94.97% 89.45%
Number of salaries quoted 21,038 47,107 28,331
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £33,250 £36,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year - -5.66% +3.21%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,550 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.66% -12.42% -

Applications Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Engineer in the UK excluding London

Applications Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Applications Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Applications Engineer in the UK excluding London

Applications Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Applications Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 19 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Applications Engineer in the UK excluding London

Applications Engineer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 19 July 2025. 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
Midlands +18 22 £45,000 +12.50% 53
West Midlands +38 20 £45,000 +12.50% 31
East of England +19 20 £42,000 -16.00% 48
South East -25 20 £50,000 +17.65% 83
North of England -2 16 £35,000 -22.22% 70
North West -6 12 £37,000 -26.00% 39
Scotland +80 4 £80,000 +113.33% 14
Yorkshire +16 4 £30,750 -24.41% 28
South West +76 3 £70,000 +100.00% 34
East Midlands +4 2 £35,000 +2.94% 21
Wales +19 1 £45,000 -10.00% 13
Applications Engineer
UK

Applications Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 19 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 UK excluding London region featuring Applications Engineer in the job title.

1 46 (53.49%) SQL
2 37 (43.02%) Problem-Solving
3 33 (38.37%) Social Skills
3 33 (38.37%) Microsoft
4 25 (29.07%) Azure
5 23 (26.74%) Python
6 19 (22.09%) Java
6 19 (22.09%) AWS
7 17 (19.77%) Microsoft 365
7 17 (19.77%) PowerShell
8 16 (18.60%) Root Cause Analysis
8 16 (18.60%) Windows
9 15 (17.44%) Continuous Improvement
10 14 (16.28%) Degree
10 14 (16.28%) .NET
10 14 (16.28%) Retail
10 14 (16.28%) Serverless
11 13 (15.12%) Amazon ECS
11 13 (15.12%) ITIL
11 13 (15.12%) AWS Lambda
12 12 (13.95%) PCI DSS
12 12 (13.95%) SQL Server
12 12 (13.95%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 12 (13.95%) Incident Management
13 11 (12.79%) SharePoint
14 10 (11.63%) Linux
14 10 (11.63%) Business Intelligence
14 10 (11.63%) High Availability
14 10 (11.63%) Power BI
14 10 (11.63%) Power Platform

Applications Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 11 (12.79%) SharePoint
2 7 (8.14%) IIS
3 5 (5.81%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.16%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (3.49%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.33%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 5 (5.81%) Oracle Applications
1 5 (5.81%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (3.49%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (2.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 25 (29.07%) Azure
2 19 (22.09%) AWS
3 17 (19.77%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (16.28%) Serverless
5 13 (15.12%) Amazon ECS
5 13 (15.12%) AWS Lambda
6 10 (11.63%) Power Platform
7 5 (5.81%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (5.81%) Entra ID
7 5 (5.81%) SaaS
8 3 (3.49%) Azure Logic Apps
8 3 (3.49%) Microsoft Copilot
8 3 (3.49%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (2.33%) GitHub
9 2 (2.33%) IaaS
9 2 (2.33%) Power Automate
9 2 (2.33%) PowerApps
9 2 (2.33%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 1 (1.16%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (1.16%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (8.14%) FTP
2 4 (4.65%) VPN
3 2 (2.33%) DHCP
3 2 (2.33%) DMZ
3 2 (2.33%) DNS
3 2 (2.33%) STUN
3 2 (2.33%) VLAN
3 2 (2.33%) VoIP
4 1 (1.16%) Firewall
4 1 (1.16%) SAN
4 1 (1.16%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (13.95%) SQL Server
2 10 (11.63%) Power BI
3 5 (5.81%) Elasticsearch
3 5 (5.81%) MySQL
3 5 (5.81%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (5.81%) Redis
4 3 (3.49%) Relational Database
5 2 (2.33%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (1.16%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (1.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (8.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 2 (2.33%) JIRA
3 1 (1.16%) Git
3 1 (1.16%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.16%) JUnit
3 1 (1.16%) LabVIEW
General
1 33 (38.37%) Social Skills
2 14 (16.28%) Retail
3 8 (9.30%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (9.30%) Finance
4 7 (8.14%) Local Government
5 4 (4.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.33%) Legal
6 2 (2.33%) Manufacturing
6 2 (2.33%) Marketing
6 2 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.16%) Advertising
7 1 (1.16%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.16%) Banking
7 1 (1.16%) Electronics
7 1 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.16%) Law
7 1 (1.16%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (16.28%) .NET
2 5 (5.81%) Middleware
2 5 (5.81%) Node.js
2 5 (5.81%) Oracle Fusion
3 3 (3.49%) CSS
3 3 (3.49%) HTML
3 3 (3.49%) REST
4 2 (2.33%) AngularJS
4 2 (2.33%) EDI
4 2 (2.33%) FreeSWITCH
4 2 (2.33%) SOAP
4 2 (2.33%) XML
5 1 (1.16%) Android Jetpack
5 1 (1.16%) Entity Framework
5 1 (1.16%) Jetpack Compose
5 1 (1.16%) KnockoutJS
5 1 (1.16%) OLE
5 1 (1.16%) Razor View Engine
5 1 (1.16%) SAP Basis
5 1 (1.16%) SwiftUI
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.81%) Onboarding
2 3 (3.49%) Mobile App
3 2 (2.33%) Driving Licence
3 2 (2.33%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.16%) Algorithms
4 1 (1.16%) Cyberattack
4 1 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.16%) FPGA
4 1 (1.16%) Housing Association
4 1 (1.16%) Marketing Technology
4 1 (1.16%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.16%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (1.16%) SCADA
4 1 (1.16%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 16 (18.60%) Windows
2 10 (11.63%) Linux
3 9 (10.47%) Windows 10
4 4 (4.65%) Windows Server
5 3 (3.49%) Android
6 2 (2.33%) Debian
6 2 (2.33%) Mac OS
7 1 (1.16%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (43.02%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (18.60%) Root Cause Analysis
3 15 (17.44%) Continuous Improvement
4 13 (15.12%) ITIL
5 12 (13.95%) Incident Management
6 10 (11.63%) Business Intelligence
6 10 (11.63%) High Availability
7 8 (9.30%) Collaborative Working
7 8 (9.30%) Computer Science
7 8 (9.30%) Mathematics
7 8 (9.30%) Mentoring
8 7 (8.14%) Software Engineering
9 6 (6.98%) Cybersecurity
9 6 (6.98%) Project Management
9 6 (6.98%) SDLC
10 5 (5.81%) Client Onboarding
10 5 (5.81%) Customer-Centric Approach
10 5 (5.81%) Machine Learning
10 5 (5.81%) Task Automation
10 5 (5.81%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 46 (53.49%) SQL
2 23 (26.74%) Python
3 19 (22.09%) Java
4 17 (19.77%) PowerShell
5 8 (9.30%) T-SQL
6 5 (5.81%) PL/SQL
7 4 (4.65%) C#
7 4 (4.65%) JavaScript
8 2 (2.33%) C
8 2 (2.33%) MATLAB
8 2 (2.33%) PHP
9 1 (1.16%) Progress 4GL
9 1 (1.16%) Swift
9 1 (1.16%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 14 (16.28%) Degree
2 5 (5.81%) Security Cleared
3 4 (4.65%) CISSP
3 4 (4.65%) CREST Certified
3 4 (4.65%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (4.65%) SANS
4 2 (2.33%) MCP
4 2 (2.33%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.16%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.16%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.16%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (13.95%) PCI DSS
1 12 (13.95%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 5 (5.81%) Accessibility
3 4 (4.65%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (2.33%) ISO 9001
4 2 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.16%) GDPR
System Software
1 7 (8.14%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.33%) Kamailio
3 1 (1.16%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (2.33%) SCCM
2 1 (1.16%) Functional Safety
2 1 (1.16%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.16%) SCOM
2 1 (1.16%) Terraform
2 1 (1.16%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 33 (38.37%) Microsoft
2 5 (5.81%) Oracle
3 4 (4.65%) iManage
3 4 (4.65%) Salesforce
3 4 (4.65%) ServiceNow
4 3 (3.49%) Adobe
4 3 (3.49%) DocuSign
4 3 (3.49%) Intapp
4 3 (3.49%) SAP
5 2 (2.33%) Zoho
6 1 (1.16%) Cadence
6 1 (1.16%) Capita
6 1 (1.16%) Cisco
6 1 (1.16%) MathWorks
6 1 (1.16%) Meraki
6 1 (1.16%) Progress
6 1 (1.16%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 1 (1.16%) Sitecore
6 1 (1.16%) SolarWinds
6 1 (1.16%) VMware