Applications Developer Jobs in Central London

Application Developer
London > Central London

The median Application Developer salary in Central London is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 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
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 157 182 227
Rank change year-on-year +25 +45 +36
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Developer 3 17 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 0.12% 0.45% 0.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.47% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 3 17 16
10th Percentile - £50,000 £42,875
25th Percentile £42,500 £52,500 £52,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £61,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -26.83% -1.60% +19.05%
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £63,500 £63,750 £75,625
London median annual salary £63,000 £62,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +0.80% -10.71% +27.27%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 2,334 3,611 5,043
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.31% 95.20% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,658 2,830 4,205
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £54,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £74,000
Median % change year-on-year - -2.03% +2.07%
75th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £112,500
London median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%

Applications Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings that featured Applications Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Applications Developer in Central London

Applications Developer
Salary Trend in Central London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Applications Developer in Central London.

Salary trend for Applications Developer in Central London

Applications Developer
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Applications Developer in Central London over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Applications Developer in Central London

Applications Developer
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Developer within the Central London region over the 6 months to 7 May 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
City of London +12 2 £45,000 -26.83% 11
Camden - 1 £65,000 -
Applications Developer
London

Applications Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 7 May 2025, 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 across the Central London region featuring Applications Developer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) MVC
2 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
2 2 (66.67%) .NET Framework
2 2 (66.67%) .NET
2 2 (66.67%) HTML
2 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
2 2 (66.67%) ASP.NET
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) LINQ
2 2 (66.67%) jQuery
2 2 (66.67%) Unit Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Git
2 2 (66.67%) Entity Framework
2 2 (66.67%) LINQ to SQL
2 2 (66.67%) Bootstrap
2 2 (66.67%) ASP.NET Web Forms
2 2 (66.67%) Boomi
2 2 (66.67%) NUnit
2 2 (66.67%) ASP.NET Core
2 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
2 2 (66.67%) Accessibility
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (33.33%) Retail
3 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (33.33%) SAP
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) SAP Business One
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science

Applications Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 1 (33.33%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Boomi
1 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Git
1 2 (66.67%) NUnit
General
1 1 (33.33%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) .NET
1 2 (66.67%) .NET Framework
1 2 (66.67%) ASP.NET
1 2 (66.67%) ASP.NET Core
1 2 (66.67%) ASP.NET Web Forms
1 2 (66.67%) Bootstrap
1 2 (66.67%) Entity Framework
1 2 (66.67%) HTML
1 2 (66.67%) jQuery
1 2 (66.67%) LINQ
1 2 (66.67%) LINQ to SQL
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) MVC
1 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Unit Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) SAP