Applications Engineer Job Trends

Applications Engineer
UK

The median Applications Engineer salary in the UK is £60,000 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 475 425 444
Rank change year-on-year -50 +19 +64
Permanent Applications Engineer jobs 403 241 337
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.33% 0.46% 0.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.51% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 278 196 223
10th Percentile £34,999 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,563 £39,625 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% - -14.29%
75th Percentile £74,688 £72,813 £55,000
90th Percentile £88,000 £90,000 £74,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £42,792 £45,000
% change year-on-year +28.53% -4.91% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts 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 matching a recognised job title 113,326 47,055 63,902
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.78% 89.88% 94.87%
Number of salaries quoted 74,791 28,951 35,850
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £76,444 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,000 £92,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £46,350 £50,000
% change year-on-year +18.66% -7.30% -4.76%

Applications Engineer Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Applications Engineer job postings relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Applications Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

Applications Engineer Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Applications Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Applications Engineer job vacancies in the UK

Applications Engineer Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for Applications Engineer jobs over the 6 months to 12 November 2026.

Salary histogram for Applications Engineer in the UK

Applications Engineer Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in Applications Engineer jobs within the UK 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
England -31 360 £62,500 +38.89% 435
UK excluding London -64 316 £55,000 +28.53% 298
Work from Home -76 91 £63,076 +38.64% 151
Midlands -24 75 £55,000 +29.41% 68
London -45 71 £85,000 +21.43% 144
North of England -44 69 £65,000 +58.25% 47
South East -50 68 £40,000 -3.03% 44
West Midlands -13 61 £50,000 +14.29% 39
South West -22 59 £45,000 -50.00% 32
North West -39 46 £65,000 +75.68% 32
Wales - 16 £55,000 - 17
East of England -56 15 £66,250 +53.77% 47
Yorkshire -26 14 £65,000 +111.38% 14
East Midlands -53 14 £55,000 +57.14% 29
Scotland -38 13 £100,000 +17.65% 30
North East -68 9 £54,286 +19.32% 1
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 15

Applications Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 12 November 2026, Applications 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 Applications Engineer job ads.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1SQL23.6%95
2Problem-Solving22.3%90
3Power Platform14.6%59
4Microsoft12.4%50
5Agile10.9%44
5Azure10.9%44
7CI/CD10.2%41
7Python10.2%41
9Software Engineering9.9%40
10Workflow9.4%38
11Degree8.7%35
12Power BI8.4%34
13AI7.9%32
13Java7.9%32
15Mentoring7.7%31
16PowerApps7.4%30
17Continuous Improvement7.2%29
17QA7.2%29
17Root Cause Analysis7.2%29
17Software Delivery7.2%29
21AWS6.7%27
21C#6.7%27
21Coaching6.7%27
21JIRA6.7%27
25Business Intelligence6.5%26
26Application Security6.2%25
26Infrastructure Engineering6.2%25
28Test Automation5.7%23
29JavaScript5.5%22
29Oracle5.5%22

Applications Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Senior Applications Engineer26.6%107
2Applications Support Engineer18.4%74
3Software Applications Engineer12.4%50
4Operations Engineer9.7%39
5Senior Operations Engineer9.4%38
6Test Engineer8.2%33
7Infrastructure Engineer6.2%25
7Software Engineer6.2%25
9Security Engineer5.7%23
10Graduate Applications Engineer5.5%22
11Programmer4.7%19
12Power Apps Engineer4.5%18
12Senior Infrastructure Engineer4.5%18
14Lead Software Engineer3.5%14
14QA Test Engineer3.5%14
16Azure Engineer3.2%13
17Senior Applications Support3.0%12
17Senior Support Engineer3.0%12
19Application Integration Engineer2.7%11
20Applications Manager2.5%10
531 Applications Engineer jobs Nationwide