Applications Engineer Jobs

Applications Engineer
UK

The median Applications Engineer salary in the UK is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

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

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 519 585 585
Rank change year-on-year +66 0 -6
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Engineer 350 321 937
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.39% 0.40% 0.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% 0.43% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 239 251 467
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £31,150
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,667 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £57,125 £70,000 £72,399
90th Percentile £85,000 £100,000 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £43,286
% change year-on-year - -1.82% +8.22%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 85,709 74,085 167,386
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.83% 91.81% 95.50%
Number of salaries quoted 58,134 51,472 87,435
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,800 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +1.92% +9.47%

Applications Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Engineer in the UK

Applications Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Applications Engineer in the UK

Applications Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Applications Engineer over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Applications Engineer in the UK

Applications Engineer
Top 16 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
England +62 315 £45,000 -14.29% 80
UK excluding London +101 293 £42,500 - 73
South East +42 105 £42,500 - 18
Work from Home -10 88 £47,500 -13.64% 24
Midlands +40 79 £40,000 -19.19% 17
London -5 51 £80,000 +28.00% 11
North of England +19 47 £50,000 +27.39% 18
West Midlands +25 41 £40,000 -23.81% 7
East Midlands +5 38 £34,000 -15.00% 10
Yorkshire +64 24 £40,681 +8.48% 11
North West -6 21 £50,000 +18.77% 6
South West +7 17 £35,000 +7.69% 12
Wales +42 15 £50,000 - 1
East of England +5 15 £50,000 -9.09% 6
Scotland -35 15 £37,500 -6.25% 2
North East - 2 £60,232 - 3

Applications Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 26 July 2024, 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 featuring Applications Engineer in the job title.

1 102 (29.14%) SQL
2 81 (23.14%) Windows
3 71 (20.29%) Software Engineering
4 69 (19.71%) Linux
5 66 (18.86%) Problem-Solving
6 65 (18.57%) Social Skills
7 64 (18.29%) Microsoft
8 56 (16.00%) Agile
9 47 (13.43%) Degree
9 47 (13.43%) Azure
10 46 (13.14%) C#
11 38 (10.86%) Collaborative Working
12 35 (10.00%) Customer Requirements
12 35 (10.00%) .NET
12 35 (10.00%) Finance
13 34 (9.71%) Security Cleared
14 33 (9.43%) ITIL
15 32 (9.14%) Analytical Skills
16 30 (8.57%) AWS
17 29 (8.29%) C++
17 29 (8.29%) C
18 28 (8.00%) Customer Service
19 27 (7.71%) Windows Server
20 26 (7.43%) Python
20 26 (7.43%) Aerospace
20 26 (7.43%) Electronics
21 25 (7.14%) Law
21 25 (7.14%) SQL Server
22 24 (6.86%) SC Cleared
23 23 (6.57%) DevOps

Applications Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 15 (4.29%) IIS
2 10 (2.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (2.86%) Tomcat
3 8 (2.29%) WebSphere
4 7 (2.00%) Confluence
5 6 (1.71%) SharePoint
6 4 (1.14%) Apache
7 3 (0.86%) nginx
7 3 (0.86%) WebSphere Application Server
8 2 (0.57%) Exchange Server 2013
9 1 (0.29%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 8 (2.29%) AutoCAD
1 8 (2.29%) Fusion 360
2 7 (2.00%) Autodesk Inventor
2 7 (2.00%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.43%) Windchill
4 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.57%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.29%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.29%) Revit
5 1 (0.29%) Solid Edge
Business Applications
1 5 (1.43%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.14%) Elite 3E
3 2 (0.57%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.57%) Eikon
3 2 (0.57%) Endur
3 2 (0.57%) Findur
4 1 (0.29%) DELMIA
4 1 (0.29%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 47 (13.43%) Azure
2 30 (8.57%) AWS
3 19 (5.43%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (4.57%) Power Platform
5 15 (4.29%) Dynamics 365
6 12 (3.43%) Entra ID
6 12 (3.43%) Serverless
7 11 (3.14%) SaaS
8 9 (2.57%) PowerApps
9 5 (1.43%) Power Automate
10 4 (1.14%) Azure Logic Apps
10 4 (1.14%) Datadog
11 3 (0.86%) GCP
11 3 (0.86%) IaaS
11 3 (0.86%) PaaS
11 3 (0.86%) WhatsApp
12 2 (0.57%) AWS CloudFormation
12 2 (0.57%) Slack
13 1 (0.29%) Azure DevOps
13 1 (0.29%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 14 (4.00%) Firewall
2 10 (2.86%) VPN
3 8 (2.29%) DNS
4 7 (2.00%) SAN
5 6 (1.71%) Remote Desktop
5 6 (1.71%) SSL
6 3 (0.86%) DHCP
6 3 (0.86%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 3 (0.86%) GPRS
6 3 (0.86%) NetScaler
6 3 (0.86%) Network Security
6 3 (0.86%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.86%) Wireshark
7 2 (0.57%) HTTP
7 2 (0.57%) Skype
8 1 (0.29%) LAN
8 1 (0.29%) Reverse Proxy
8 1 (0.29%) SNMP
8 1 (0.29%) VLAN
8 1 (0.29%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (7.14%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.43%) MySQL
3 10 (2.86%) Power BI
4 5 (1.43%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (1.43%) Pentaho
5 4 (1.14%) NoSQL
5 4 (1.14%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (1.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (0.86%) Elasticsearch
6 3 (0.86%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.57%) Redis
8 1 (0.29%) DTS
8 1 (0.29%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 20 (5.71%) Git
2 18 (5.14%) JIRA
3 13 (3.71%) Subversion
4 12 (3.43%) Visual Studio
5 7 (2.00%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.86%) Fiddler
7 2 (0.57%) GitLab
7 2 (0.57%) IntelliJ
7 2 (0.57%) NUnit
8 1 (0.29%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.29%) fastlane
8 1 (0.29%) Gradle
8 1 (0.29%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.29%) JUnit
General
1 65 (18.57%) Social Skills
2 35 (10.00%) Finance
3 32 (9.14%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (7.43%) Aerospace
4 26 (7.43%) Electronics
5 25 (7.14%) Law
6 16 (4.57%) Manufacturing
7 13 (3.71%) Marketing
8 10 (2.86%) Legal
9 6 (1.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.43%) Back Office
11 4 (1.14%) Front Office
11 4 (1.14%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (0.86%) Automotive
13 2 (0.57%) Agriculture
13 2 (0.57%) Banking
14 1 (0.29%) Advertising
14 1 (0.29%) General Ledger
14 1 (0.29%) German Language
14 1 (0.29%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (10.00%) .NET
2 17 (4.86%) .NET Framework
3 15 (4.29%) HTML
4 13 (3.71%) WinForms
5 12 (3.43%) CSS
5 12 (3.43%) Qt
5 12 (3.43%) WPF
6 9 (2.57%) .NET Core
7 6 (1.71%) Kafka
8 5 (1.43%) REST
9 4 (1.14%) AngularJS
10 3 (0.86%) Node.js
10 3 (0.86%) Software Packaging
10 3 (0.86%) Spring
11 2 (0.57%) JSON
11 2 (0.57%) XML
12 1 (0.29%) FIX Protocol
12 1 (0.29%) OAuth2
12 1 (0.29%) React
12 1 (0.29%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 18 (5.14%) Client/Server
2 16 (4.57%) Robotics
3 15 (4.29%) IoT
4 12 (3.43%) Distributed Systems
5 8 (2.29%) Greenfield Project
5 8 (2.29%) Linux Command Line
6 7 (2.00%) Clustering
7 6 (1.71%) Algorithms
7 6 (1.71%) Driving Licence
7 6 (1.71%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (1.43%) Data Centre
8 5 (1.43%) Mobile App
8 5 (1.43%) Reference Data
9 4 (1.14%) Analogue Electronics
9 4 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.14%) Management Information System
10 3 (0.86%) Distributed Computing
11 2 (0.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 2 (0.57%) Onboarding
12 1 (0.29%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 81 (23.14%) Windows
2 69 (19.71%) Linux
3 27 (7.71%) Windows Server
4 18 (5.14%) Windows 10
5 12 (3.43%) Ubuntu
6 11 (3.14%) Unix
7 8 (2.29%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.86%) Android
9 2 (0.57%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (20.29%) Software Engineering
2 66 (18.86%) Problem-Solving
3 56 (16.00%) Agile
4 38 (10.86%) Collaborative Working
5 35 (10.00%) Customer Requirements
6 33 (9.43%) ITIL
7 28 (8.00%) Customer Service
8 23 (6.57%) DevOps
9 22 (6.29%) Release Management
9 22 (6.29%) Scrum
10 21 (6.00%) Application Packaging
11 20 (5.71%) Service Management
12 18 (5.14%) SDLC
12 18 (5.14%) Technical Analysis
13 16 (4.57%) Fintech
14 15 (4.29%) Actionable Insight
14 15 (4.29%) Computer Science
15 14 (4.00%) Business Intelligence
15 14 (4.00%) Change Management
15 14 (4.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 102 (29.14%) SQL
2 46 (13.14%) C#
3 29 (8.29%) C
3 29 (8.29%) C++
4 26 (7.43%) Python
5 21 (6.00%) Java
6 13 (3.71%) PowerShell
7 9 (2.57%) T-SQL
8 7 (2.00%) JavaScript
9 6 (1.71%) PL/SQL
10 5 (1.43%) Shell Script
11 4 (1.14%) MATLAB
11 4 (1.14%) TypeScript
11 4 (1.14%) XAML
12 2 (0.57%) Swift
13 1 (0.29%) Bash
13 1 (0.29%) Embedded C
13 1 (0.29%) Embedded C++
13 1 (0.29%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.29%) VB
Qualifications
1 47 (13.43%) Degree
2 34 (9.71%) Security Cleared
3 24 (6.86%) SC Cleared
4 19 (5.43%) DV Cleared
5 8 (2.29%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (1.71%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (1.43%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.57%) A+ Certification
8 2 (0.57%) MCDST
9 1 (0.29%) CISSP
9 1 (0.29%) CREST Certified
9 1 (0.29%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.29%) HND
9 1 (0.29%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.29%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (5.71%) SLA
2 4 (1.14%) QA
3 2 (0.57%) GDPR
3 2 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.29%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.29%) MiFID
System Software
1 20 (5.71%) Active Directory
2 11 (3.14%) Docker
3 4 (1.14%) Embedded Firmware
3 4 (1.14%) Firmware
3 4 (1.14%) vSphere
4 3 (0.86%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (0.57%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 19 (5.43%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.00%) Microsoft Clustering
3 6 (1.71%) ITRS Geneos
4 5 (1.43%) Grafana
4 5 (1.43%) Pingdom
5 3 (0.86%) CA Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.86%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (0.86%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.86%) SCCM
6 2 (0.57%) Terraform
7 1 (0.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.29%) Ansible
7 1 (0.29%) Kibana
7 1 (0.29%) logstash
Vendors
1 64 (18.29%) Microsoft
2 20 (5.71%) VMware
3 10 (2.86%) Oracle
4 9 (2.57%) Murex
5 8 (2.29%) Autodesk
6 6 (1.71%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.43%) AppDynamics
7 5 (1.43%) CA
7 5 (1.43%) iManage
7 5 (1.43%) Intapp
7 5 (1.43%) SolarWinds
7 5 (1.43%) Splunk
7 5 (1.43%) Sybase
8 4 (1.14%) F5
8 4 (1.14%) LexisNexis
8 4 (1.14%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.14%) Trayport
9 3 (0.86%) Bloomberg
9 3 (0.86%) Dynatrace
10 2 (0.57%) OpenLink