Applications Engineer
UK

The median Applications Engineer salary in the UK is £42,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 May 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 580 631 613
Rank change year-on-year +51 -18 -54
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Engineer 323 372 817
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.32% 0.37% 0.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.41% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 224 265 454
10th Percentile £26,750 £32,200 £30,650
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £58,750 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £79,250 £102,500 £82,850
UK excluding London median annual salary £41,235 £42,098 £45,000
% change year-on-year -2.05% -6.45% +12.50%

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 94,627 91,047 156,403
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.71% 91.54% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,562 57,571 85,106
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,750 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +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 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Applications Engineer in the UK

Applications Engineer
Top 16 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 20 May 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 +57 288 £42,500 -22.73% 179
UK excluding London +73 264 £41,235 -2.05% 151
South East +80 106 £42,500 - 43
Work from Home +28 99 £47,500 -13.64% 75
Midlands +28 57 £40,000 +10.34% 34
London -8 54 £80,000 +28.00% 40
North of England +23 47 £41,235 -2.05% 26
East Midlands +5 35 £28,500 -21.38% 12
Yorkshire +72 26 £40,000 +1.27% 8
West Midlands +25 22 £40,000 -8.57% 22
North West -4 18 £50,000 +18.77% 13
Scotland -60 17 £37,500 -25.00% 5
Wales +22 15 £50,000 - 4
South West -22 12 £37,500 +11.11% 20
East of England +1 10 £50,000 -9.09% 26
North East -1 3 £60,000 +27.66% 5

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

For the 6 months to 20 May 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.

1 102 (31.58%) SQL
2 83 (25.70%) Windows
2 83 (25.70%) Problem-Solving
3 75 (23.22%) Linux
4 70 (21.67%) Degree
5 67 (20.74%) Agile
6 66 (20.43%) Microsoft
7 63 (19.50%) Software Engineering
8 60 (18.58%) Social Skills
9 58 (17.96%) C#
10 56 (17.34%) Azure
11 51 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
12 44 (13.62%) Customer Requirements
13 43 (13.31%) ITIL
14 42 (13.00%) Finance
15 34 (10.53%) C
16 33 (10.22%) Collaborative Working
17 32 (9.91%) DevOps
17 32 (9.91%) C++
18 30 (9.29%) .NET
18 30 (9.29%) SQL Server
18 30 (9.29%) Python
19 29 (8.98%) Java
19 29 (8.98%) Law
19 29 (8.98%) Scrum
19 29 (8.98%) Windows Server
20 27 (8.36%) Service Management
20 27 (8.36%) Active Directory
21 26 (8.05%) Power Platform
22 23 (7.12%) Customer Service

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 12 (3.72%) IIS
2 11 (3.41%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (3.10%) Tomcat
4 7 (2.17%) Confluence
4 7 (2.17%) SharePoint
5 5 (1.55%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.31%) Apache
6 1 (0.31%) nginx
Applications
1 13 (4.02%) Microsoft Office
1 13 (4.02%) SOLIDWORKS
2 11 (3.41%) AutoCAD
3 9 (2.79%) Solid Edge
4 8 (2.48%) Fusion 360
5 6 (1.86%) Autodesk Inventor
6 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
7 1 (0.31%) Revit
Business Applications
1 5 (1.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.24%) Elite 3E
3 2 (0.62%) DELMIA
3 2 (0.62%) Eikon
4 1 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.31%) Endur
4 1 (0.31%) Findur
Cloud Services
1 56 (17.34%) Azure
2 26 (8.05%) Power Platform
3 23 (7.12%) AWS
3 23 (7.12%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (5.26%) Dynamics 365
4 17 (5.26%) Entra ID
5 14 (4.33%) PowerApps
6 11 (3.41%) Power Automate
7 9 (2.79%) SaaS
8 8 (2.48%) WhatsApp
9 5 (1.55%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 5 (1.55%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (1.55%) Azure Monitor
9 5 (1.55%) GCP
10 4 (1.24%) Azure Logic Apps
11 2 (0.62%) Datadog
11 2 (0.62%) Serverless
11 2 (0.62%) Slack
12 1 (0.31%) AWS CloudFormation
12 1 (0.31%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.02%) Firewall
2 11 (3.41%) VPN
3 7 (2.17%) Remote Desktop
3 7 (2.17%) SAN
4 6 (1.86%) SSL
5 5 (1.55%) DNS
6 4 (1.24%) Intranet
7 3 (0.93%) GPRS
8 2 (0.62%) Network Security
9 1 (0.31%) HTTP
9 1 (0.31%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.31%) Internet
9 1 (0.31%) LTE
9 1 (0.31%) Reverse Proxy
9 1 (0.31%) VLAN
9 1 (0.31%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (9.29%) SQL Server
2 15 (4.64%) MySQL
2 15 (4.64%) Power BI
3 6 (1.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 5 (1.55%) Pentaho
5 4 (1.24%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (1.24%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (0.93%) Elasticsearch
6 3 (0.93%) MongoDB
6 3 (0.93%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.62%) Redis
7 2 (0.62%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.31%) Metadata
8 1 (0.31%) Metadata Repository
8 1 (0.31%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 20 (6.19%) Git
2 19 (5.88%) JIRA
3 12 (3.72%) Visual Studio
4 11 (3.41%) Subversion
5 8 (2.48%) Bitbucket
6 5 (1.55%) MSI
7 2 (0.62%) GitLab
7 2 (0.62%) IntelliJ
7 2 (0.62%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.62%) NUnit
8 1 (0.31%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.31%) fastlane
8 1 (0.31%) Gradle
8 1 (0.31%) JUnit
8 1 (0.31%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 60 (18.58%) Social Skills
2 51 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
3 42 (13.00%) Finance
4 29 (8.98%) Law
5 19 (5.88%) Manufacturing
6 18 (5.57%) Electronics
7 17 (5.26%) Legal
8 16 (4.95%) Marketing
9 15 (4.64%) Aerospace
10 9 (2.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.55%) Banking
11 5 (1.55%) General Ledger
11 5 (1.55%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (1.24%) Back Office
12 4 (1.24%) Front Office
13 3 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.93%) Public Sector
13 3 (0.93%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.62%) Influencing Skills
15 1 (0.31%) Agriculture
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (9.29%) .NET
2 19 (5.88%) WPF
3 17 (5.26%) .NET Framework
4 12 (3.72%) HTML
4 12 (3.72%) WinForms
5 11 (3.41%) Qt
6 8 (2.48%) .NET Core
7 7 (2.17%) CSS
7 7 (2.17%) REST
8 5 (1.55%) Kafka
9 4 (1.24%) ADO
9 4 (1.24%) AngularJS
10 3 (0.93%) Software Packaging
11 2 (0.62%) FastAPI
11 2 (0.62%) Flask
11 2 (0.62%) Node.js
11 2 (0.62%) OAuth2
11 2 (0.62%) React
11 2 (0.62%) Spring Boot
11 2 (0.62%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 17 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
2 15 (4.64%) Client/Server
3 14 (4.33%) IoT
3 14 (4.33%) Robotics
4 11 (3.41%) Algorithms
4 11 (3.41%) Distributed Systems
4 11 (3.41%) Driving Licence
5 10 (3.10%) Management Information System
6 9 (2.79%) Linux Command Line
6 9 (2.79%) Mobile App
7 8 (2.48%) Greenfield Project
8 7 (2.17%) Clustering
9 6 (1.86%) Data Structures
9 6 (1.86%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (1.86%) Product Ownership
10 5 (1.55%) CMDB
10 5 (1.55%) Data Centre
10 5 (1.55%) Reference Data
11 4 (1.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 3 (0.93%) Analogue Electronics
Operating Systems
1 83 (25.70%) Windows
2 75 (23.22%) Linux
3 29 (8.98%) Windows Server
4 19 (5.88%) Windows 10
5 13 (4.02%) Apple iOS
6 11 (3.41%) Ubuntu
7 10 (3.10%) Unix
8 7 (2.17%) Mac OS
9 6 (1.86%) Android
10 1 (0.31%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.31%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (25.70%) Problem-Solving
2 67 (20.74%) Agile
3 63 (19.50%) Software Engineering
4 44 (13.62%) Customer Requirements
5 43 (13.31%) ITIL
6 33 (10.22%) Collaborative Working
7 32 (9.91%) DevOps
8 29 (8.98%) Scrum
9 27 (8.36%) Service Management
10 23 (7.12%) Application Packaging
10 23 (7.12%) Computer Science
10 23 (7.12%) Customer Service
11 22 (6.81%) Mentoring
11 22 (6.81%) SDLC
11 22 (6.81%) User Experience
12 21 (6.50%) Business Intelligence
13 19 (5.88%) High Availability
13 19 (5.88%) Release Management
14 17 (5.26%) Fintech
14 17 (5.26%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 102 (31.58%) SQL
2 58 (17.96%) C#
3 34 (10.53%) C
4 32 (9.91%) C++
5 30 (9.29%) Python
6 29 (8.98%) Java
7 13 (4.02%) PL/SQL
8 9 (2.79%) JavaScript
8 9 (2.79%) PowerShell
8 9 (2.79%) T-SQL
8 9 (2.79%) XAML
9 5 (1.55%) Shell Script
9 5 (1.55%) Swift
10 4 (1.24%) Kotlin
10 4 (1.24%) MATLAB
11 3 (0.93%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.62%) VB
13 1 (0.31%) Bash
13 1 (0.31%) Go
Qualifications
1 70 (21.67%) Degree
2 15 (4.64%) DV Cleared
2 15 (4.64%) SC Cleared
2 15 (4.64%) Security Cleared
3 14 (4.33%) Master's Degree
4 10 (3.10%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (2.79%) HND
6 8 (2.48%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (1.86%) Numerate Degree
8 5 (1.55%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.24%) AWS Certification
9 4 (1.24%) HNC
10 3 (0.93%) A+ Certification
10 3 (0.93%) MCDST
11 2 (0.62%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.31%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.31%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (6.50%) SLA
2 7 (2.17%) QA
3 4 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.93%) GDPR
5 2 (0.62%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 27 (8.36%) Active Directory
2 11 (3.41%) Docker
3 3 (0.93%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (0.93%) Firmware
3 3 (0.93%) Microsoft App-V
4 2 (0.62%) vSphere
5 1 (0.31%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (2.48%) Kubernetes
1 8 (2.48%) SCCM
1 8 (2.48%) Terraform
2 7 (2.17%) ITRS Geneos
2 7 (2.17%) Microsoft Clustering
3 5 (1.55%) Grafana
3 5 (1.55%) Pingdom
4 3 (0.93%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.31%) Kibana
5 1 (0.31%) logstash
Vendors
1 66 (20.43%) Microsoft
2 16 (4.95%) VMware
3 10 (3.10%) Murex
3 10 (3.10%) Oracle
4 7 (2.17%) Autodesk
5 5 (1.55%) AppDynamics
5 5 (1.55%) CA
5 5 (1.55%) SolarWinds
5 5 (1.55%) Splunk
5 5 (1.55%) Sybase
6 4 (1.24%) Bloomberg
6 4 (1.24%) Google
6 4 (1.24%) iManage
6 4 (1.24%) Intapp
6 4 (1.24%) LexisNexis
6 4 (1.24%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.24%) ServiceNow
7 3 (0.93%) Apple
7 3 (0.93%) QinetiQ
7 3 (0.93%) SAP