Applications Manager Jobs in Birmingham

Application Manager
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Application Manager salary in Birmingham is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 27 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 129 132
Rank change year-on-year +24 +3 +45
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Manager 7 16 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.53% 0.56% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.56% 0.59% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 5 16 3
10th Percentile £52,250 £51,250 £43,700
25th Percentile £57,500 £68,438 £52,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £75,000 £66,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +13.64% +18.41%
75th Percentile £80,000 - £71,750
90th Percentile - - £75,200
West Midlands median annual salary £60,000 £72,500 £60,500
% change year-on-year -17.24% +19.83% +16.37%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 1,241 2,718 1,753
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.44% 94.54% 93.15%
Number of salaries quoted 696 2,206 1,357
10th Percentile £31,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,988 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £84,964 £81,250
West Midlands median annual salary £51,887 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +3.77% -4.76% +5.00%

Applications Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Job postings that featured Applications Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Job vacancy trend for Applications Manager in Birmingham

Applications Manager
Salary Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Applications Manager in Birmingham.

Salary trend for Applications Manager in Birmingham

Applications Manager
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Applications Manager in Birmingham over the 6 months to 27 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Applications Manager in Birmingham

Applications Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 27 May 2025, Applications Manager 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 across the Birmingham region featuring Applications Manager in the job title.

1 4 (57.14%) Change Management
2 3 (42.86%) Project Delivery
3 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (28.57%) Roadmaps
3 2 (28.57%) Product Ownership
3 2 (28.57%) Collaborative Culture
3 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
3 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (28.57%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (28.57%) Incident Management
3 2 (28.57%) Service Management
3 2 (28.57%) Service Delivery
3 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
3 2 (28.57%) ITIL
3 2 (28.57%) CRM
3 2 (28.57%) ERP
3 2 (28.57%) Infor
3 2 (28.57%) Azure
3 2 (28.57%) SaaS
3 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (28.57%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (28.57%) Infor M3
3 2 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (28.57%) DevOps
3 2 (28.57%) Private Cloud
3 2 (28.57%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (28.57%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (28.57%) Degree
3 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving

Applications Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (28.57%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Azure
1 2 (28.57%) Dynamics 365
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (28.57%) SaaS
General
1 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
1 2 (28.57%) Private Cloud
1 2 (28.57%) Product Ownership
2 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Change Management
2 3 (42.86%) Project Delivery
3 2 (28.57%) Availability Management
3 2 (28.57%) Collaborative Culture
3 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (28.57%) CRM
3 2 (28.57%) DevOps
3 2 (28.57%) ERP
3 2 (28.57%) Incident Management
3 2 (28.57%) ITIL
3 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (28.57%) Roadmaps
3 2 (28.57%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (28.57%) Service Delivery
3 2 (28.57%) Service Management
3 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (14.29%) Performance Measurement
4 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
4 1 (14.29%) Project Management
4 1 (14.29%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Infor
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft