Applications Developer Jobs in England

Application Developer
UK > England

The median Application Developer salary in England is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 576 475 645
Rank change year-on-year -101 +170 -27
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Developer 72 390 316
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.16% 0.46% 0.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.48% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 67 327 242
10th Percentile £41,500 £33,750 £36,713
25th Percentile £48,750 £41,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -9.48% +10.48%
75th Percentile £68,750 £64,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £83,800 £67,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +9.52%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 41,506 80,486 84,681
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.13% 94.46% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 24,507 60,251 53,657
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,773 £60,567
Median % change year-on-year +6.93% -11.22% +0.95%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,777 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.95% -12.04% -

Applications Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Developer in England

Applications Developer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Applications Developer in England

Applications Developer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Applications Developer in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Applications Developer in England

Applications Developer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Developer within the England region over the 6 months to 1 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
Midlands +70 23 £57,500 -4.17% 10
London +57 20 £63,000 +0.80% 33
West Midlands +43 15 £60,000 - 5
South East +35 11 £65,000 +8.33% 18
East Midlands +45 8 £52,500 -19.23% 4
East of England +33 7 £66,219 +65.55% 5
North of England +23 7 £72,500 +64.77% 13
Yorkshire +45 5 £72,500 +84.71% 3
South West +14 4 £45,000 -4.17% 5
North West +1 2 £53,750 -2.27% 10
Applications Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 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 England region featuring Applications Developer in the job title.

1 33 (45.83%) SQL
2 29 (40.28%) JavaScript
3 25 (34.72%) C#
4 24 (33.33%) HTML
5 19 (26.39%) .NET
5 19 (26.39%) Microsoft
5 19 (26.39%) Agile
5 19 (26.39%) Azure
6 18 (25.00%) Python
7 16 (22.22%) CSS
7 16 (22.22%) Power Platform
8 15 (20.83%) TypeScript
9 13 (18.06%) Git
9 13 (18.06%) User Experience
9 13 (18.06%) Problem-Solving
10 12 (16.67%) Mobile App
10 12 (16.67%) SQL Server
10 12 (16.67%) Degree
11 11 (15.28%) Oracle
11 11 (15.28%) AWS
12 10 (13.89%) PowerApps
13 9 (12.50%) Scrum
13 9 (12.50%) .NET Framework
13 9 (12.50%) MVC
13 9 (12.50%) Finance
13 9 (12.50%) React
14 8 (11.11%) Apple iOS
14 8 (11.11%) Android
14 8 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
14 8 (11.11%) Artificial Intelligence

Applications Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 4 (5.56%) Confluence
2 3 (4.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (8.33%) Chatbot
2 2 (2.78%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (6.94%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (5.56%) Oracle Applications
3 3 (4.17%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (1.39%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 19 (26.39%) Azure
2 16 (22.22%) Power Platform
3 11 (15.28%) AWS
4 10 (13.89%) PowerApps
5 8 (11.11%) Power Automate
6 7 (9.72%) Azure Logic Apps
7 5 (6.94%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (5.56%) GCP
8 4 (5.56%) GitHub
9 3 (4.17%) Boomi
9 3 (4.17%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (4.17%) Serverless
10 2 (2.78%) Azure Functions
11 1 (1.39%) Amazon ECS
11 1 (1.39%) Amazon SQS
11 1 (1.39%) AWS Lambda
11 1 (1.39%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (1.39%) Figma
11 1 (1.39%) Firebase
11 1 (1.39%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.56%) 5G
1 4 (5.56%) Broadband
1 4 (5.56%) HTTP
2 1 (1.39%) Bluetooth
2 1 (1.39%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 5 (6.94%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (6.94%) Power BI
3 4 (5.56%) MySQL
4 3 (4.17%) Data Mining
4 3 (4.17%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 3 (4.17%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (4.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (2.78%) MS Access
6 1 (1.39%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (1.39%) Oracle Database
6 1 (1.39%) Oracle ODI
6 1 (1.39%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 13 (18.06%) Git
2 6 (8.33%) NUnit
3 4 (5.56%) JIRA
3 4 (5.56%) JUnit
3 4 (5.56%) Oracle Forms
3 4 (5.56%) Visual Studio
4 1 (1.39%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (1.39%) Spinnaker
4 1 (1.39%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 9 (12.50%) Finance
2 7 (9.72%) Social Skills
3 4 (5.56%) Back Office
3 4 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (5.56%) Law
3 4 (5.56%) Local Government
4 3 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (4.17%) Manufacturing
5 2 (2.78%) Marketing
6 1 (1.39%) Automotive
6 1 (1.39%) Digital Health
6 1 (1.39%) Digital Healthcare
6 1 (1.39%) Electronics
6 1 (1.39%) French Language
6 1 (1.39%) Legal
6 1 (1.39%) Military
6 1 (1.39%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.39%) Publishing
6 1 (1.39%) Retail
6 1 (1.39%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (33.33%) HTML
2 19 (26.39%) .NET
3 16 (22.22%) CSS
4 9 (12.50%) .NET Framework
4 9 (12.50%) React
5 7 (9.72%) .NET Core
6 6 (8.33%) ASP.NET
7 5 (6.94%) Entity Framework
7 5 (6.94%) Kafka
7 5 (6.94%) Node.js
7 5 (6.94%) RESTful
8 4 (5.56%) ASP.NET Web API
8 4 (5.56%) GraphQL
8 4 (5.56%) Jest
8 4 (5.56%) JSON
8 4 (5.56%) koa
8 4 (5.56%) NHibernate
8 4 (5.56%) Svelte
9 3 (4.17%) ASP.NET Web Forms
9 3 (4.17%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 12 (16.67%) Mobile App
2 4 (5.56%) Low-Code
3 2 (2.78%) Data Structures
3 2 (2.78%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (2.78%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.39%) Algorithms
4 1 (1.39%) e-Learning
4 1 (1.39%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 8 (11.11%) Android
1 8 (11.11%) Apple iOS
2 2 (2.78%) Linux
2 2 (2.78%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (26.39%) Agile
2 13 (18.06%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (18.06%) User Experience
3 9 (12.50%) MVC
3 9 (12.50%) Scrum
4 8 (11.11%) Artificial Intelligence
4 8 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
4 8 (11.11%) Clean Code
5 7 (9.72%) DevOps
5 7 (9.72%) Unit Testing
6 6 (8.33%) API Integration
6 6 (8.33%) Code Quality
6 6 (8.33%) Conversational UI
6 6 (8.33%) Full-Stack Development
7 5 (6.94%) API Development
7 5 (6.94%) CI/CD
7 5 (6.94%) Collaborative Culture
7 5 (6.94%) Customer Experience
7 5 (6.94%) Fintech
7 5 (6.94%) Mobile Application Development
Programming Languages
1 33 (45.83%) SQL
2 29 (40.28%) JavaScript
3 25 (34.72%) C#
4 18 (25.00%) Python
5 15 (20.83%) TypeScript
6 7 (9.72%) C++
7 6 (8.33%) Kotlin
7 6 (8.33%) PL/SQL
8 5 (6.94%) Swift
9 4 (5.56%) Bash
9 4 (5.56%) PowerShell
10 3 (4.17%) T-SQL
11 2 (2.78%) Dart
11 2 (2.78%) VB
11 2 (2.78%) VBA
12 1 (1.39%) Java
12 1 (1.39%) Objective-C
12 1 (1.39%) PHP
12 1 (1.39%) Rust
Qualifications
1 12 (16.67%) Degree
2 5 (6.94%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.39%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.39%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.78%) Accessibility
1 2 (2.78%) QA
System Software
1 4 (5.56%) Docker
2 1 (1.39%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (6.94%) Terraform
2 2 (2.78%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 19 (26.39%) Microsoft
2 11 (15.28%) Oracle
3 6 (8.33%) PayPal
4 4 (5.56%) Okta
5 2 (2.78%) SAP
6 1 (1.39%) Databricks
6 1 (1.39%) Google
6 1 (1.39%) IBM
6 1 (1.39%) MuleSoft
6 1 (1.39%) Red Hat