Forward Deployed Engineer Job Trends in West Yorkshire
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire
The median Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) salary in West Yorkshire is £85,000 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 | 141 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Permanent Forward Deployed Engineer jobs | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire | 0.025% | - | - |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.026% | - | - |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £77,500 | - | - |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £85,000 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £92,500 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Yorkshire median annual salary | £85,000 | - | - |
All Permanent IT Job Roles
West Yorkshire
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts in West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire matching a recognised job title | 3,796 | 1,597 | 1,791 |
| % of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title | 94.22% | 92.85% | 96.14% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 2,699 | 927 | 1,004 |
| 10th Percentile | £32,000 | £28,250 | £30,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £44,241 | £36,250 | £40,050 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £55,000 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.09% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £72,704 | £72,500 | £70,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £87,500 | £83,750 | £83,750 |
| Yorkshire median annual salary | £55,000 | £45,000 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +22.22% | -10.00% | -4.76% |
Forward Deployed Engineer Job Locations in West Yorkshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in Forward Deployed Engineer jobs within the West Yorkshire region 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leeds | - | 1 | £85,000 | - | |
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Forward Deployed Engineer Skill Set Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire
For the 6 months to 12 November 2026, 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 Forward Deployed Engineer job ads across the West Yorkshire region.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AI | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Artificial Intelligence Engineering | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | AWS | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | CI/CD | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Clean Code | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Data Engineering | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Full-Stack Development | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | GCP | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | 100.0% | 1 | |
| 1 | LLM | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Microsoft Certified Professional | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Model Context Protocol | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Observability | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Open Source | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Prompt Engineering | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Python | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Retrieval-Augmented Generation | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Software Engineering | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | TypeScript | 100.0% | 1 |
Forward Deployed Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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 | Artificial Intelligence Engineer | 100.0% | 1 |