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 to 18 April 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
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 584 616 620
Rank change year-on-year +32 +4 -102
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Engineer 328 433 733
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.34% 0.40% 0.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.44% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 232 302 440
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £29,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £36,115
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £94,500 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% +3.66%

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 92,025 97,996 146,640
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.64% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 66,479 61,282 85,815
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +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 18 April 2024.

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 IT jobs citing Applications Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 18 April 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 +75 293 £42,500 -19.05% 117
UK excluding London +51 254 £42,500 +6.25% 103
South East +88 106 £42,500 - 15
Work from Home +19 103 £55,000 +4.76% 73
London +47 68 £60,000 -7.69% 29
North of England +41 48 £40,681 -3.36% 16
Midlands +27 44 £32,500 -10.34% 24
Yorkshire +73 30 £40,000 -2.44% 6
East Midlands +6 29 £28,500 -21.38% 11
North West +3 17 £50,000 +18.77% 7
Scotland -58 16 £31,250 -37.50% 12
West Midlands +38 15 £40,000 - 13
Wales +19 14 £50,000 - 6
South West -15 14 £37,500 +15.38% 19
East of England +19 10 £50,000 -9.09% 14
Northern Ireland +5 2 £50,000 +38.89%
North East -6 1 £39,500 -15.96% 3

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

For the 6 months to 18 April 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 98 (29.88%) SQL
2 88 (26.83%) Windows
3 84 (25.61%) Microsoft
4 79 (24.09%) Problem-Solving
5 77 (23.48%) Linux
6 71 (21.65%) Degree
7 64 (19.51%) Agile
8 63 (19.21%) Azure
9 61 (18.60%) Social Skills
10 60 (18.29%) C#
11 59 (17.99%) Software Engineering
12 44 (13.41%) Finance
12 44 (13.41%) Analytical Skills
13 40 (12.20%) Customer Requirements
14 38 (11.59%) ITIL
14 38 (11.59%) Python
15 36 (10.98%) Java
15 36 (10.98%) C
16 35 (10.67%) C++
16 35 (10.67%) Active Directory
17 33 (10.06%) DevOps
18 32 (9.76%) Microsoft 365
19 31 (9.45%) SQL Server
20 29 (8.84%) Power Platform
21 27 (8.23%) Scrum
22 26 (7.93%) .NET
22 26 (7.93%) Windows Server
23 25 (7.62%) Windows 10
24 22 (6.71%) Dynamics 365
24 22 (6.71%) Law

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 16 (4.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (3.66%) SharePoint
3 10 (3.05%) Tomcat
4 9 (2.74%) IIS
5 6 (1.83%) Confluence
6 5 (1.52%) WebSphere
7 3 (0.91%) nginx
8 2 (0.61%) Exchange Server 2013
9 1 (0.30%) Apache
9 1 (0.30%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 19 (5.79%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (3.96%) SOLIDWORKS
3 9 (2.74%) Solid Edge
4 6 (1.83%) AutoCAD
5 3 (0.91%) Fusion 360
5 3 (0.91%) Microsoft Excel
6 1 (0.30%) Autodesk Inventor
Business Applications
1 10 (3.05%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.22%) Elite 3E
3 2 (0.61%) DELMIA
3 2 (0.61%) Eikon
4 1 (0.30%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 63 (19.21%) Azure
2 32 (9.76%) Microsoft 365
3 29 (8.84%) Power Platform
4 22 (6.71%) Dynamics 365
5 21 (6.40%) AWS
6 20 (6.10%) Entra ID
7 14 (4.27%) PowerApps
8 12 (3.66%) Power Automate
8 12 (3.66%) SaaS
9 10 (3.05%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 10 (3.05%) Azure Monitor
10 9 (2.74%) WhatsApp
11 7 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (2.13%) GCP
12 4 (1.22%) Azure Logic Apps
13 2 (0.61%) GitHub
13 2 (0.61%) Serverless
13 2 (0.61%) Slack
14 1 (0.30%) AWS Fargate
14 1 (0.30%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.66%) Firewall
2 9 (2.74%) Remote Desktop
2 9 (2.74%) VPN
3 6 (1.83%) SSL
4 5 (1.52%) DNS
4 5 (1.52%) SAN
5 4 (1.22%) Intranet
6 3 (0.91%) GPRS
6 3 (0.91%) Skype
7 2 (0.61%) Network Security
8 1 (0.30%) HTTP
8 1 (0.30%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.30%) Internet
8 1 (0.30%) LTE
8 1 (0.30%) NAS
8 1 (0.30%) Reverse Proxy
8 1 (0.30%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.30%) VLAN
8 1 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (9.45%) SQL Server
2 17 (5.18%) MySQL
3 15 (4.57%) Power BI
4 6 (1.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 5 (1.52%) Pentaho
5 5 (1.52%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (1.22%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (0.91%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.91%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.61%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (0.61%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 2 (0.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.30%) Metadata
9 1 (0.30%) Metadata Repository
9 1 (0.30%) Redis
9 1 (0.30%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 19 (5.79%) Git
2 14 (4.27%) JIRA
3 12 (3.66%) Visual Studio
4 10 (3.05%) Subversion
5 8 (2.44%) Bitbucket
6 5 (1.52%) MSI
7 2 (0.61%) GitLab
7 2 (0.61%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.61%) JUnit
7 2 (0.61%) NUnit
7 2 (0.61%) Robot Framework
7 2 (0.61%) Selenium
7 2 (0.61%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.30%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.30%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.30%) fastlane
8 1 (0.30%) Gradle
8 1 (0.30%) IntelliJ
8 1 (0.30%) Maven
General
1 61 (18.60%) Social Skills
2 44 (13.41%) Analytical Skills
2 44 (13.41%) Finance
3 22 (6.71%) Law
4 20 (6.10%) Manufacturing
4 20 (6.10%) Marketing
5 18 (5.49%) Legal
6 15 (4.57%) Aerospace
7 14 (4.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 13 (3.96%) Electronics
9 7 (2.13%) Banking
10 6 (1.83%) General Ledger
11 4 (1.22%) Front Office
11 4 (1.22%) Military
11 4 (1.22%) Pharmaceutical
11 4 (1.22%) Telecoms
12 3 (0.91%) Back Office
12 3 (0.91%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.91%) Public Sector
13 2 (0.61%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (7.93%) .NET
2 17 (5.18%) WPF
3 16 (4.88%) .NET Framework
4 10 (3.05%) Qt
4 10 (3.05%) REST
4 10 (3.05%) WinForms
5 9 (2.74%) HTML
6 8 (2.44%) .NET Core
7 6 (1.83%) Kafka
8 5 (1.52%) FastAPI
8 5 (1.52%) Flask
9 4 (1.22%) ADO
9 4 (1.22%) AngularJS
10 3 (0.91%) CSS
10 3 (0.91%) Software Packaging
10 3 (0.91%) Spring Boot
11 2 (0.61%) Blazor
11 2 (0.61%) OAuth2
11 2 (0.61%) React
11 2 (0.61%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 17 (5.18%) Self-Motivation
2 13 (3.96%) IoT
3 12 (3.66%) Client/Server
4 11 (3.35%) Mobile App
5 10 (3.05%) Distributed Systems
5 10 (3.05%) Robotics
6 9 (2.74%) Algorithms
6 9 (2.74%) Linux Command Line
7 8 (2.44%) Greenfield Project
8 7 (2.13%) Driving Licence
8 7 (2.13%) Management Information System
9 6 (1.83%) Data Structures
9 6 (1.83%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (1.83%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 6 (1.83%) Product Ownership
10 5 (1.52%) Clustering
10 5 (1.52%) CMDB
10 5 (1.52%) Data Centre
10 5 (1.52%) Reference Data
11 4 (1.22%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 88 (26.83%) Windows
2 77 (23.48%) Linux
3 26 (7.93%) Windows Server
4 25 (7.62%) Windows 10
5 15 (4.57%) Apple iOS
6 13 (3.96%) Unix
7 10 (3.05%) Ubuntu
8 7 (2.13%) Android
9 6 (1.83%) Mac OS
10 5 (1.52%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (1.52%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.61%) Solaris
12 1 (0.30%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.30%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (24.09%) Problem-Solving
2 64 (19.51%) Agile
3 59 (17.99%) Software Engineering
4 40 (12.20%) Customer Requirements
5 38 (11.59%) ITIL
6 33 (10.06%) DevOps
7 27 (8.23%) Scrum
8 22 (6.71%) Service Management
9 21 (6.40%) Collaborative Working
10 20 (6.10%) Application Packaging
10 20 (6.10%) Customer Service
10 20 (6.10%) SDLC
11 19 (5.79%) Computer Science
11 19 (5.79%) CRM
12 18 (5.49%) Business Intelligence
12 18 (5.49%) Mentoring
12 18 (5.49%) User Experience
13 17 (5.18%) Time Management
14 16 (4.88%) High Availability
14 16 (4.88%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 98 (29.88%) SQL
2 60 (18.29%) C#
3 38 (11.59%) Python
4 36 (10.98%) C
4 36 (10.98%) Java
5 35 (10.67%) C++
6 17 (5.18%) PL/SQL
7 16 (4.88%) PowerShell
8 9 (2.74%) JavaScript
8 9 (2.74%) XAML
9 7 (2.13%) T-SQL
10 6 (1.83%) Swift
11 5 (1.52%) Shell Script
12 4 (1.22%) Kotlin
12 4 (1.22%) MATLAB
13 3 (0.91%) TypeScript
14 2 (0.61%) VB
14 2 (0.61%) VBScript
15 1 (0.30%) Bash
15 1 (0.30%) Go
Qualifications
1 71 (21.65%) Degree
2 15 (4.57%) Security Cleared
3 14 (4.27%) Master's Degree
4 13 (3.96%) DV Cleared
4 13 (3.96%) SC Cleared
5 10 (3.05%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (2.74%) Azure Certification
6 9 (2.74%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (2.74%) HND
7 6 (1.83%) Numerate Degree
8 5 (1.52%) A+ Certification
8 5 (1.52%) MCDST
8 5 (1.52%) PhD
9 4 (1.22%) AWS Certification
9 4 (1.22%) HNC
10 1 (0.30%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.30%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.57%) SLA
2 6 (1.83%) QA
3 5 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.91%) GDPR
5 2 (0.61%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.30%) PMO
System Software
1 35 (10.67%) Active Directory
2 11 (3.35%) Docker
3 7 (2.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.83%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.52%) vSphere
6 3 (0.91%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.30%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 12 (3.66%) Terraform
2 9 (2.74%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.74%) SCCM
3 7 (2.13%) ITRS Geneos
4 5 (1.52%) Grafana
4 5 (1.52%) Microsoft Clustering
4 5 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (1.52%) Pingdom
5 3 (0.91%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.30%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.30%) Kibana
6 1 (0.30%) logstash
6 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 84 (25.61%) Microsoft
2 18 (5.49%) VMware
3 10 (3.05%) Murex
3 10 (3.05%) Oracle
4 6 (1.83%) Google
5 5 (1.52%) ANSYS
5 5 (1.52%) AppDynamics
5 5 (1.52%) CA
5 5 (1.52%) SolarWinds
5 5 (1.52%) Splunk
5 5 (1.52%) Sybase
6 4 (1.22%) Apple
6 4 (1.22%) Bloomberg
6 4 (1.22%) iManage
6 4 (1.22%) Intapp
6 4 (1.22%) LexisNexis
6 4 (1.22%) ServiceNow
7 3 (0.91%) QinetiQ
7 3 (0.91%) Salesforce
7 3 (0.91%) SAP