Senior Forward Deployed Engineer Job Trends
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)
UK
The median Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) salary in the UK is £100,000 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 | 830 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Permanent Senior Forward Deployed Engineer jobs | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 0.010% | - | - |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.011% | - | - |
| Number of salaries quoted | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £90,625 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £100,000 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | - | - | - |
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% |
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for Senior Forward Deployed Engineer jobs over the 6 months to 12 November 2026.
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer Top 6 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in Senior Forward Deployed 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 | - | 12 | £100,000 | - | 9 |
| London | - | 8 | £100,000 | - | 8 |
| North West | - | 4 | - | - | 1 |
| UK excluding London | - | 4 | - | - | 1 |
| North of England | - | 4 | - | - | 1 |
| Work from Home | - | 1 | - | - | 3 |
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities
For the 6 months to 12 November 2026, Senior Forward Deployed 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 Senior Forward Deployed Engineer job ads.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AI | 58.3% | 7 |
| 1 | Python | 58.3% | 7 |
| 3 | Computer Science | 50.0% | 6 |
| 3 | Degree | 50.0% | 6 |
| 3 | 50.0% | 6 | |
| 6 | GCP | 41.7% | 5 |
| 6 | Observability | 41.7% | 5 |
| 6 | Prototyping | 41.7% | 5 |
| 6 | Rapid Prototyping | 41.7% | 5 |
| 6 | Retrieval-Augmented Generation | 41.7% | 5 |
| 6 | Software Engineering | 41.7% | 5 |
| 12 | Computer Science Degree | 33.3% | 4 |
| 12 | Containerisation | 33.3% | 4 |
| 12 | Java | 33.3% | 4 |
| 12 | JavaScript | 33.3% | 4 |
| 12 | SDLC | 33.3% | 4 |
| 12 | Semantic Search | 33.3% | 4 |
| 12 | Systems Thinking | 33.3% | 4 |
| 12 | Technical Debt | 33.3% | 4 |
| 12 | TypeScript | 33.3% | 4 |
| 12 | Workflow | 33.3% | 4 |
| 22 | AWS | 25.0% | 3 |
| 22 | Data Engineering | 25.0% | 3 |
| 22 | Validation | 25.0% | 3 |
| 25 | Analytics | 16.7% | 2 |
| 25 | Apache Cassandra | 16.7% | 2 |
| 25 | Bokeh | 16.7% | 2 |
| 25 | CI/CD | 16.7% | 2 |
| 25 | Code Quality | 16.7% | 2 |
| 25 | Dashboard Development | 16.7% | 2 |
Senior Forward Deployed 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
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GCP Engineer | 41.7% | 5 |
| 1 | Senior Cloud Engineer | 41.7% | 5 |
| 3 | Agentic Artificial Intelligence Engineer | 8.3% | 1 |