Forward Deployed Engineer Job Trends in the UK excluding London
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)
UK > UK excluding London
The median Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) salary in the UK excluding London 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 | 690 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Permanent Forward Deployed Engineer jobs | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London | 0.011% | - | - |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.012% | - | - |
| Number of salaries quoted | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £70,600 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £77,500 | - | - |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £80,000 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £88,000 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £90,700 | - | - |
| UK median annual salary | £100,000 | £70,000 | - |
| % change year-on-year | +42.86% | - | - |
All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK excluding London
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts in the UK excluding London 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 UK excluding London matching a recognised job title | 83,928 | 32,656 | 45,026 |
| % of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title | 91.57% | 89.71% | 94.81% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 56,375 | 19,959 | 24,181 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £27,000 | £30,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,000 | £32,500 | £40,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £46,350 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +18.66% | -7.30% | -4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £70,000 | £65,000 | £66,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £88,148 | £80,000 | £80,000 |
| UK median annual salary | £60,000 | £52,500 | £57,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +14.29% | -8.70% | -4.17% |
Forward Deployed 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 Forward Deployed Engineer jobs within the UK excluding London 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North of England | - | 8 | £80,000 | - | 5 |
| North West | - | 7 | £80,000 | - | 4 |
| West Midlands | - | 1 | £77,000 | - | |
| East of England | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Midlands | - | 1 | £77,000 | - | |
| Yorkshire | - | 1 | £85,000 | - | |
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Forward Deployed Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London
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 UK excluding London region.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Python | 100.0% | 10 |
| 2 | AI | 70.0% | 7 |
| 2 | Retrieval-Augmented Generation | 70.0% | 7 |
| 4 | Software Engineering | 60.0% | 6 |
| 4 | TypeScript | 60.0% | 6 |
| 6 | AWS | 50.0% | 5 |
| 6 | Observability | 50.0% | 5 |
| 6 | Prototyping | 50.0% | 5 |
| 6 | Rapid Prototyping | 50.0% | 5 |
| 10 | Computer Science | 40.0% | 4 |
| 10 | Computer Science Degree | 40.0% | 4 |
| 10 | Containerisation | 40.0% | 4 |
| 10 | Degree | 40.0% | 4 |
| 10 | Java | 40.0% | 4 |
| 10 | JavaScript | 40.0% | 4 |
| 10 | SDLC | 40.0% | 4 |
| 10 | Semantic Search | 40.0% | 4 |
| 10 | Systems Thinking | 40.0% | 4 |
| 10 | Technical Debt | 40.0% | 4 |
| 10 | Workflow | 40.0% | 4 |
| 21 | LLM | 30.0% | 3 |
| 21 | SaaS | 30.0% | 3 |
| 23 | Artificial Intelligence Engineering | 20.0% | 2 |
| 23 | CI/CD | 20.0% | 2 |
| 23 | Full-Stack Development | 20.0% | 2 |
| 23 | GCP | 20.0% | 2 |
| 23 | Generative AI | 20.0% | 2 |
| 23 | LangChain | 20.0% | 2 |
| 29 | Agile | 10.0% | 1 |
| 29 | Azure | 10.0% | 1 |
Forward Deployed Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 | 40.0% | 4 |
| 2 | AWS Engineer | 30.0% | 3 |
| 2 | Python Engineer | 30.0% | 3 |
| 4 | Artificial Intelligence Engineer | 20.0% | 2 |