Applications Engineer
UK

The median Applications Engineer salary in the UK is £42,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 598 605 609
Rank change year-on-year +7 +4 -76
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Engineer 321 391 794
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.32% 0.39% 0.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.42% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 225 278 455
10th Percentile £26,750 £31,850 £30,700
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,834 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £58,750 £70,938 £71,250
90th Percentile £79,000 £97,500 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £42,098 £45,000
% change year-on-year +0.96% -6.45% +12.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 93,937 92,745 151,578
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.52% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 67,282 58,546 84,308
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,604
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,627 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

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 12 May 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 12 May 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 +42 285 £42,500 -22.73% 158
UK excluding London +58 258 £42,500 +0.96% 133
South East +73 103 £42,500 -5.56% 33
Work from Home +25 101 £46,500 -15.45% 64
London +9 58 £70,000 +7.69% 28
Midlands +23 52 £32,500 -13.33% 34
North of England +34 46 £41,235 -2.05% 25
East Midlands +11 33 £28,500 -21.38% 12
Yorkshire +68 25 £37,500 -8.54% 10
West Midlands +30 19 £40,000 -23.81% 22
North West 0 18 £50,000 +18.77% 14
Scotland -48 18 £37,500 -25.00% 6
Wales +28 15 £50,000 - 3
East of England +11 12 £50,000 -9.09% 20
South West -26 12 £37,500 +15.38% 19
North East -5 3 £60,000 +27.66% 1

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

For the 6 months to 12 May 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.

1 103 (32.09%) SQL
2 82 (25.55%) Windows
3 79 (24.61%) Problem-Solving
4 75 (23.36%) Linux
5 69 (21.50%) Degree
6 68 (21.18%) Microsoft
7 64 (19.94%) Agile
8 63 (19.63%) Software Engineering
9 59 (18.38%) C#
9 59 (18.38%) Social Skills
10 56 (17.45%) Azure
11 48 (14.95%) Analytical Skills
12 43 (13.40%) Finance
13 41 (12.77%) ITIL
13 41 (12.77%) Customer Requirements
14 32 (9.97%) DevOps
14 32 (9.97%) C
15 31 (9.66%) C++
15 31 (9.66%) Java
15 31 (9.66%) Python
16 30 (9.35%) SQL Server
17 29 (9.03%) .NET
17 29 (9.03%) Active Directory
17 29 (9.03%) Collaborative Working
18 27 (8.41%) Law
18 27 (8.41%) Scrum
19 26 (8.10%) Service Management
19 26 (8.10%) Windows Server
20 25 (7.79%) Power Platform
20 25 (7.79%) Microsoft 365

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 12 (3.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (3.43%) IIS
3 10 (3.12%) Tomcat
4 8 (2.49%) SharePoint
5 7 (2.18%) Confluence
6 5 (1.56%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.31%) Apache
7 1 (0.31%) nginx
Applications
1 15 (4.67%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (4.05%) SOLIDWORKS
3 10 (3.12%) AutoCAD
4 9 (2.80%) Solid Edge
5 7 (2.18%) Fusion 360
6 5 (1.56%) Autodesk Inventor
7 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
8 1 (0.31%) Revit
Business Applications
1 6 (1.87%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.25%) Elite 3E
3 2 (0.62%) DELMIA
3 2 (0.62%) Eikon
4 1 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.31%) Endur
4 1 (0.31%) Findur
Cloud Services
1 56 (17.45%) Azure
2 25 (7.79%) Microsoft 365
2 25 (7.79%) Power Platform
3 23 (7.17%) AWS
4 18 (5.61%) Dynamics 365
4 18 (5.61%) Entra ID
5 14 (4.36%) PowerApps
6 11 (3.43%) Power Automate
7 10 (3.12%) SaaS
8 8 (2.49%) WhatsApp
9 6 (1.87%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 6 (1.87%) Azure Monitor
9 6 (1.87%) GCP
10 5 (1.56%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (1.25%) Azure Logic Apps
12 2 (0.62%) Serverless
12 2 (0.62%) Slack
13 1 (0.31%) Azure Stack
13 1 (0.31%) Bitrise
13 1 (0.31%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.74%) Firewall
2 10 (3.12%) VPN
3 8 (2.49%) Remote Desktop
4 6 (1.87%) SAN
4 6 (1.87%) SSL
5 5 (1.56%) DNS
6 4 (1.25%) Intranet
7 3 (0.93%) GPRS
8 2 (0.62%) Network Security
9 1 (0.31%) HTTP
9 1 (0.31%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.31%) Internet
9 1 (0.31%) LTE
9 1 (0.31%) Reverse Proxy
9 1 (0.31%) VLAN
9 1 (0.31%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (9.35%) SQL Server
2 15 (4.67%) MySQL
3 14 (4.36%) Power BI
4 6 (1.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 5 (1.56%) Pentaho
6 4 (1.25%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (1.25%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (0.93%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (0.93%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.93%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.62%) Redis
8 2 (0.62%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 2 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.31%) Metadata
9 1 (0.31%) Metadata Repository
9 1 (0.31%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 20 (6.23%) Git
2 19 (5.92%) JIRA
3 12 (3.74%) Visual Studio
4 11 (3.43%) Subversion
5 8 (2.49%) Bitbucket
6 5 (1.56%) MSI
7 2 (0.62%) GitLab
7 2 (0.62%) IntelliJ
7 2 (0.62%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.62%) NUnit
8 1 (0.31%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.31%) fastlane
8 1 (0.31%) Gradle
8 1 (0.31%) JUnit
8 1 (0.31%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 59 (18.38%) Social Skills
2 48 (14.95%) Analytical Skills
3 43 (13.40%) Finance
4 27 (8.41%) Law
5 19 (5.92%) Manufacturing
6 17 (5.30%) Legal
7 16 (4.98%) Electronics
8 15 (4.67%) Marketing
9 13 (4.05%) Aerospace
10 9 (2.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.87%) Banking
12 5 (1.56%) General Ledger
12 5 (1.56%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (1.25%) Back Office
13 4 (1.25%) Front Office
14 3 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.93%) Public Sector
14 3 (0.93%) Telecoms
15 2 (0.62%) Influencing Skills
16 1 (0.31%) Agriculture
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (9.03%) .NET
2 19 (5.92%) WPF
3 17 (5.30%) .NET Framework
4 12 (3.74%) WinForms
5 11 (3.43%) HTML
5 11 (3.43%) Qt
6 8 (2.49%) .NET Core
6 8 (2.49%) REST
7 6 (1.87%) CSS
8 5 (1.56%) Kafka
9 4 (1.25%) ADO
9 4 (1.25%) AngularJS
10 3 (0.93%) FastAPI
10 3 (0.93%) Flask
10 3 (0.93%) Software Packaging
11 2 (0.62%) Node.js
11 2 (0.62%) OAuth2
11 2 (0.62%) OpenID
11 2 (0.62%) React
11 2 (0.62%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 17 (5.30%) Self-Motivation
2 14 (4.36%) IoT
3 13 (4.05%) Client/Server
4 12 (3.74%) Robotics
5 11 (3.43%) Algorithms
5 11 (3.43%) Distributed Systems
5 11 (3.43%) Driving Licence
6 10 (3.12%) Mobile App
7 9 (2.80%) Linux Command Line
8 8 (2.49%) Greenfield Project
8 8 (2.49%) Management Information System
9 6 (1.87%) Clustering
9 6 (1.87%) Data Structures
9 6 (1.87%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (1.87%) Product Ownership
10 5 (1.56%) CMDB
10 5 (1.56%) Data Centre
10 5 (1.56%) Reference Data
11 4 (1.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 3 (0.93%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 82 (25.55%) Windows
2 75 (23.36%) Linux
3 26 (8.10%) Windows Server
4 20 (6.23%) Windows 10
5 14 (4.36%) Apple iOS
6 11 (3.43%) Ubuntu
7 10 (3.12%) Unix
8 7 (2.18%) Android
8 7 (2.18%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.31%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.31%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (24.61%) Problem-Solving
2 64 (19.94%) Agile
3 63 (19.63%) Software Engineering
4 41 (12.77%) Customer Requirements
4 41 (12.77%) ITIL
5 32 (9.97%) DevOps
6 29 (9.03%) Collaborative Working
7 27 (8.41%) Scrum
8 26 (8.10%) Service Management
9 23 (7.17%) Customer Service
10 22 (6.85%) Computer Science
10 22 (6.85%) SDLC
11 21 (6.54%) Application Packaging
11 21 (6.54%) Mentoring
11 21 (6.54%) User Experience
12 20 (6.23%) Business Intelligence
13 18 (5.61%) High Availability
14 17 (5.30%) Release Management
14 17 (5.30%) User Acceptance Testing
15 16 (4.98%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 103 (32.09%) SQL
2 59 (18.38%) C#
3 32 (9.97%) C
4 31 (9.66%) C++
4 31 (9.66%) Java
4 31 (9.66%) Python
5 14 (4.36%) PL/SQL
6 9 (2.80%) JavaScript
6 9 (2.80%) PowerShell
6 9 (2.80%) T-SQL
6 9 (2.80%) XAML
7 6 (1.87%) Swift
8 5 (1.56%) Shell Script
9 4 (1.25%) Kotlin
9 4 (1.25%) MATLAB
10 3 (0.93%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.62%) VB
12 1 (0.31%) Bash
12 1 (0.31%) Go
Qualifications
1 69 (21.50%) Degree
2 14 (4.36%) Master's Degree
3 13 (4.05%) DV Cleared
3 13 (4.05%) SC Cleared
3 13 (4.05%) Security Cleared
4 10 (3.12%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (2.80%) HND
5 9 (2.80%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (1.87%) Azure Certification
6 6 (1.87%) Numerate Degree
7 4 (1.25%) A+ Certification
7 4 (1.25%) AWS Certification
7 4 (1.25%) HNC
7 4 (1.25%) MCDST
8 1 (0.31%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.31%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.31%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (5.92%) SLA
2 7 (2.18%) QA
3 4 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.93%) GDPR
5 2 (0.62%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 29 (9.03%) Active Directory
2 11 (3.43%) Docker
3 3 (0.93%) Microsoft App-V
4 2 (0.62%) vSphere
5 1 (0.31%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.31%) Firmware
5 1 (0.31%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (2.80%) Terraform
2 8 (2.49%) Kubernetes
2 8 (2.49%) SCCM
3 7 (2.18%) ITRS Geneos
4 6 (1.87%) Microsoft Clustering
5 5 (1.56%) Grafana
5 5 (1.56%) Pingdom
6 4 (1.25%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.93%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.31%) Kibana
8 1 (0.31%) logstash
Vendors
1 68 (21.18%) Microsoft
2 14 (4.36%) VMware
3 10 (3.12%) Murex
3 10 (3.12%) Oracle
4 6 (1.87%) Autodesk
5 5 (1.56%) AppDynamics
5 5 (1.56%) CA
5 5 (1.56%) Google
5 5 (1.56%) SolarWinds
5 5 (1.56%) Splunk
5 5 (1.56%) Sybase
6 4 (1.25%) Bloomberg
6 4 (1.25%) iManage
6 4 (1.25%) Intapp
6 4 (1.25%) LexisNexis
6 4 (1.25%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.25%) ServiceNow
7 3 (0.93%) Apple
7 3 (0.93%) SAP
7 3 (0.93%) Trayport