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 24 October 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 456 454 442
Rank change year-on-year -2 -12 +67
Permanent Applications Engineer jobs 402 224 337
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.33% 0.45% 0.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.50% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 279 181 234
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,875 £39,625 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% - -18.18%
75th Percentile £75,000 £66,250 £55,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £76,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +29.41% -5.56% -

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
24 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the UK matching a recognised job title 111,477 44,406 65,669
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 92.18% 89.83% 95.30%
Number of salaries quoted 75,138 26,267 37,427
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,177 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £41,591
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,300 £52,500 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.95% -7.08% -5.83%
75th Percentile £76,250 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £93,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £45,390 £50,000
% change year-on-year +21.17% -9.22% -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 24 October 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 24 October 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 -2 356 £62,500 +38.89% 444
UK excluding London -4 312 £55,000 +29.41% 288
Work from Home -59 89 £63,076 +26.15% 145
North of England -21 74 £65,000 +65.45% 54
London -46 74 £85,000 +30.77% 166
Midlands -22 70 £45,000 +5.88% 56
South East -53 64 £45,000 +9.09% 58
South West -32 57 £45,000 -50.00% 31
West Midlands -13 53 £45,000 +5.88% 33
North West -7 48 £65,000 +75.68% 35
Yorkshire -24 17 £65,000 +70.88% 16
East Midlands -34 17 £55,000 +57.14% 23
Wales - 17 £55,000 - 18
Scotland -20 15 £88,500 +4.12% 17
East of England -51 14 £75,000 +75.27% 46
North East -68 9 £54,286 +19.32% 3
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 9

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

For the 6 months to 24 October 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
1SQL22.9%92
2Problem-Solving22.1%89
3Microsoft14.4%58
4Power Platform13.9%56
5Azure12.2%49
6CI/CD11.7%47
7Agile11.2%45
8Python10.7%43
9Degree10.4%42
10Software Engineering9.5%38
10Workflow9.5%38
12AI9.0%36
13Mentoring8.7%35
14AWS8.5%34
14Java8.5%34
14Power BI8.5%34
17Continuous Improvement8.2%33
18Application Security7.7%31
18Root Cause Analysis7.7%31
20Coaching7.5%30
20PowerApps7.5%30
22JIRA7.0%28
23Infrastructure Engineering6.7%27
24Business Intelligence6.5%26
24QA6.5%26
24Software Delivery6.5%26
27DevOps6.2%25
28C#6.0%24
28Roadmaps6.0%24
30Test Automation5.7%23

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 Engineer27.4%110
2Applications Support Engineer18.4%74
3Software Applications Engineer11.2%45
4Operations Engineer9.7%39
5Senior Operations Engineer9.5%38
6Test Engineer7.5%30
7Security Engineer7.2%29
8Infrastructure Engineer6.2%25
9Software Engineer5.7%23
10Programmer5.0%20
11Power Apps Engineer4.5%18
11Senior Infrastructure Engineer4.5%18
13Graduate Applications Engineer4.2%17
14Senior Applications Support4.0%16
14Senior Support Engineer4.0%16
16Lead Software Engineer3.5%14
17Azure Engineer3.2%13
18Systems Engineer3.0%12
19QA Test Engineer2.7%11
20Application Integration Engineer2.5%10
528 Applications Engineer jobs Nationwide