Hybrid/Remote Applications Engineer Job Trends

Applications Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Applications Engineer salary for remote/hybrid work is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 May 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 319 368 472
Rank change year-on-year +49 +104 +12
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Engineer 77 50 101
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.42% 0.34% 0.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% 0.37% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 50 41 82
10th Percentile £27,000 £35,000 £32,550
25th Percentile £31,250 £42,000 £36,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +12.90% -15.45%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,813
90th Percentile £81,625 £82,500 £98,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year - +17.65% -22.73%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 17,275 13,485 31,193
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.70% 92.26% 95.86%
Number of salaries quoted 12,676 9,055 24,903
10th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £33,152
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -10.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £52,550
% change year-on-year -5.17% +10.37% -12.42%

Applications Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Applications Engineer' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Applications Engineer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Applications Engineer
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote Applications Engineer job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote Applications Engineer job vacancies

Applications Engineer
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Applications Engineer over the 6 months to 11 May 2026.

Applications Engineer salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Applications Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 11 May 2026, Applications Engineer job roles required 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 jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Applications Engineer in the job title.

1 45 (58.44%) SQL
2 43 (55.84%) Azure
3 36 (46.75%) DevOps
4 25 (32.47%) Active Directory
4 25 (32.47%) Agile
4 25 (32.47%) CI/CD
4 25 (32.47%) ITIL
5 24 (31.17%) Python
6 22 (28.57%) Asset Management
6 22 (28.57%) Oracle
6 22 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
7 21 (27.27%) Coaching
7 21 (27.27%) Entra ID
8 20 (25.97%) Microsoft
9 18 (23.38%) GitHub
9 18 (23.38%) Java
10 17 (22.08%) Azure DevOps
10 17 (22.08%) ERP
10 17 (22.08%) RESTful
10 17 (22.08%) Root Cause Analysis
10 17 (22.08%) Test Automation
11 14 (18.18%) AI
11 14 (18.18%) API Integration
11 14 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
11 14 (18.18%) Jenkins
11 14 (18.18%) OCI
11 14 (18.18%) Oracle ERP
11 14 (18.18%) Oracle Forms
11 14 (18.18%) PL/SQL
11 14 (18.18%) Power BI

Applications Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 7 (9.09%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 2 (2.60%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.30%) Appian
3 1 (1.30%) IIS
3 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 14 (18.18%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (5.19%) Markit EDM
Cloud Services
1 43 (55.84%) Azure
2 21 (27.27%) Entra ID
3 18 (23.38%) GitHub
4 17 (22.08%) Azure DevOps
5 14 (18.18%) OCI
5 14 (18.18%) Power Platform
5 14 (18.18%) SaaS
6 10 (12.99%) AWS
6 10 (12.99%) GitHub Copilot
7 8 (10.39%) Power Automate
8 7 (9.09%) Azure Data Factory
9 5 (6.49%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (6.49%) Microsoft 365
10 4 (5.19%) dbt
10 4 (5.19%) PowerApps
10 4 (5.19%) Snowflake
11 3 (3.90%) GCP
12 2 (2.60%) BigCommerce
13 1 (1.30%) Azure Logic Apps
13 1 (1.30%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.30%) Broadband
1 1 (1.30%) Intranet
1 1 (1.30%) Modbus
1 1 (1.30%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (18.18%) Power BI
2 11 (14.29%) Azure SQL Database
3 8 (10.39%) SQL Server
4 7 (9.09%) Tableau
5 5 (6.49%) MySQL
6 4 (5.19%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (1.30%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (1.30%) Redis
Development Applications
1 14 (18.18%) Jenkins
1 14 (18.18%) Oracle Forms
2 7 (9.09%) Git
2 7 (9.09%) JIRA
3 1 (1.30%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (1.30%) Bitbucket
General
1 24 (31.17%) Finance
2 18 (23.38%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (15.58%) Social Skills
4 3 (3.90%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (22.08%) RESTful
2 11 (14.29%) .NET
3 9 (11.69%) JSON
4 8 (10.39%) CSS
4 8 (10.39%) HTML
5 7 (9.09%) OAuth
5 7 (9.09%) OAuth2
5 7 (9.09%) SAML
5 7 (9.09%) SOAP
5 7 (9.09%) XML
6 4 (5.19%) AngularJS
7 3 (3.90%) gRPC
7 3 (3.90%) HTML5
7 3 (3.90%) jQuery
7 3 (3.90%) Kafka
7 3 (3.90%) WebSockets
8 1 (1.30%) Blazor
8 1 (1.30%) Node.js
8 1 (1.30%) React
8 1 (1.30%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 21 (27.27%) Cloud Native
2 14 (18.18%) Enterprise Software
3 11 (14.29%) Client/Server
4 9 (11.69%) Low-Code
5 4 (5.19%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (3.90%) AI Agents
6 3 (3.90%) Distributed Systems
6 3 (3.90%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (3.90%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (2.60%) Mobile App
8 1 (1.30%) Data Centre
8 1 (1.30%) Onboarding
8 1 (1.30%) PKI
8 1 (1.30%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.49%) Windows
2 3 (3.90%) Android
3 1 (1.30%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (46.75%) DevOps
2 25 (32.47%) Agile
2 25 (32.47%) CI/CD
2 25 (32.47%) ITIL
3 22 (28.57%) Asset Management
3 22 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 21 (27.27%) Coaching
5 17 (22.08%) ERP
5 17 (22.08%) Root Cause Analysis
5 17 (22.08%) Test Automation
6 14 (18.18%) AI
6 14 (18.18%) API Integration
6 14 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
7 11 (14.29%) Change Management
7 11 (14.29%) Mentoring
7 11 (14.29%) Microservices
8 10 (12.99%) Analytics
8 10 (12.99%) Event-Driven
9 9 (11.69%) Computer Science
9 9 (11.69%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 45 (58.44%) SQL
2 24 (31.17%) Python
3 18 (23.38%) Java
4 14 (18.18%) PL/SQL
4 14 (18.18%) Shell Script
5 11 (14.29%) JavaScript
6 10 (12.99%) C#
7 9 (11.69%) PowerShell
8 3 (3.90%) Go
8 3 (3.90%) T-SQL
9 1 (1.30%) Bash
9 1 (1.30%) C++
9 1 (1.30%) VBA
Qualifications
1 12 (15.58%) Degree
2 7 (9.09%) Security Cleared
3 6 (7.79%) ITIL Certification
4 3 (3.90%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (2.60%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (2.60%) MOS
5 2 (2.60%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.30%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.30%) CCNA
6 1 (1.30%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.30%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (9.09%) SLA
2 6 (7.79%) Data Quality
3 3 (3.90%) GDPR
3 3 (3.90%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 25 (32.47%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.90%) Docker
Systems Management
1 14 (18.18%) Single Sign-On
1 14 (18.18%) Terraform
2 4 (5.19%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.30%) Ansible
3 1 (1.30%) Grafana
3 1 (1.30%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 22 (28.57%) Oracle
2 20 (25.97%) Microsoft
3 7 (9.09%) Okta
4 4 (5.19%) Ab Initio
4 4 (5.19%) IBM
5 1 (1.30%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.30%) Splunk