Senior Applications Engineer
UK
The median Senior Applications Engineer salary in the UK is £42,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 May 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 13 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 700 | 848 | 913 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +148 | +65 | +221 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Applications Engineer | 12 | 53 | 47 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.022% | 0.053% | 0.046% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.024% | 0.056% | 0.051% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 11 | 41 | 31 |
| 10th Percentile | £39,750 | £38,890 | £46,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,875 | £41,250 | £52,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £42,000 | £55,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -23.64% | -8.33% | -11.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £67,500 | £62,500 | £87,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £80,000 | £95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £42,000 | £52,500 | £47,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -20.00% | +10.53% | +5.56% |
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 | 50,162 | 93,945 | 92,753 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.62% | 94.63% | 91.53% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,234 | 67,289 | 58,554 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,750 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £56,500 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +7.62% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £71,250 | £80,627 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,645 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.29% | -5.66% | +6.00% |
Senior Applications Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Senior Applications Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Senior Applications Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Applications Engineer.
Senior Applications Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Applications Engineer over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.
Senior Applications Engineer
Top 8 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Applications Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 13 May 2025. 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 |
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| England | +116 | 12 | £42,000 | -23.64% | 32 |
| UK excluding London | +146 | 9 | £42,000 | -20.00% | 21 |
| East of England | +40 | 7 | £42,000 | -16.00% | 3 |
| Work from Home | +106 | 2 | £65,000 | +4.00% | 21 |
| London | +96 | 2 | £81,250 | +1.56% | 17 |
| South East | +78 | 1 | £50,000 | -13.04% | 9 |
| Midlands | +71 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| West Midlands | +48 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
Senior Applications Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 13 May 2025, Senior 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 Senior Applications Engineer in the job title.
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Senior 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: