Senior Application Developer
UK
The median Senior Application Developer salary in the UK is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 July 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 5 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 734 | 826 | 872 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +92 | +46 | +301 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Applications Developer | 6 | 88 | 25 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.010% | 0.082% | 0.028% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.011% | 0.087% | 0.031% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 4 | 84 | 12 |
| 10th Percentile | £44,875 | £45,000 | £47,615 |
| 25th Percentile | £57,813 | £46,199 | £48,646 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £70,000 | £61,500 | £57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +13.82% | +6.96% | -4.17% |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £65,000 | £73,125 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £72,000 | £81,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £70,000 | £61,500 | £57,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +13.82% | +6.96% | +6.78% |
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 | 53,510 | 101,343 | 81,087 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 89.90% | 94.83% | 91.24% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 29,131 | 71,360 | 54,483 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,500 | £28,740 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,500 | £38,750 | £44,186 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,708 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -5.66% | +4.95% |
Senior Applications Developer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Senior Applications Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Senior Applications Developer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Applications Developer.
Senior Applications Developer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Applications Developer over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.
Senior Applications Developer
Top 9 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Applications Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 5 July 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 | +77 | 6 | £70,000 | +13.82% | 38 |
| Work from Home | +65 | 6 | £70,000 | +13.82% | 9 |
| UK excluding London | +88 | 5 | £70,000 | +13.82% | 23 |
| Midlands | +86 | 2 | £53,750 | +50.35% | 3 |
| East of England | +39 | 2 | £70,000 | -12.50% | 6 |
| West Midlands | +63 | 1 | £70,000 | +105.88% | 3 |
| East Midlands | +41 | 1 | £37,500 | - | |
| South East | +32 | 1 | - | - | 5 |
| London | - | 1 | - | - | 18 |
Senior Applications Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 5 July 2025, Senior Applications Developer 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 Developer in the job title.
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Senior Applications Developer 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:
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