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 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 591 478 646
Rank change year-on-year -113 +168 -35
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Developer 79 388 309
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.16% 0.45% 0.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.48% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 68 327 238
10th Percentile £42,500 £33,750 £36,713
25th Percentile £48,750 £41,000 £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 £70,313 £64,750 £79,500
90th Percentile £88,000 £66,000 £94,125
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 43,436 80,761 84,301
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.39% 94.49% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 24,713 60,391 53,470
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,995 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,550 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.42% -12.42% -

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 7 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 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
London +50 22 £63,000 +0.80% 39
Midlands +42 22 £58,750 -2.08% 7
South East +28 17 £57,500 -4.17% 16
West Midlands +36 15 £60,000 - 5
East Midlands +41 7 £52,500 -19.23% 2
East of England +16 7 £66,219 +65.55% 8
North of England -1 7 £72,500 +64.77% 16
Yorkshire +39 5 £72,500 +84.71% 3
South West +30 4 £45,000 -4.17% 5
North West -20 2 £53,750 -2.27% 13
Applications Developer
UK

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

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 England region featuring Applications Developer in the job title.

1 34 (43.04%) SQL
2 30 (37.97%) JavaScript
3 25 (31.65%) C#
3 25 (31.65%) HTML
4 21 (26.58%) Azure
5 20 (25.32%) Microsoft
6 19 (24.05%) .NET
6 19 (24.05%) Agile
7 18 (22.78%) Power Platform
8 17 (21.52%) Oracle
8 17 (21.52%) CSS
8 17 (21.52%) Python
9 15 (18.99%) TypeScript
10 14 (17.72%) User Experience
11 13 (16.46%) Git
11 13 (16.46%) SQL Server
11 13 (16.46%) Problem-Solving
12 12 (15.19%) PowerApps
12 12 (15.19%) PL/SQL
12 12 (15.19%) Degree
12 12 (15.19%) Mobile App
13 11 (13.92%) Data Migration
13 11 (13.92%) AWS
13 11 (13.92%) Migration
13 11 (13.92%) Oracle EBS
14 10 (12.66%) ERP
14 10 (12.66%) Finance
14 10 (12.66%) Power Automate
15 9 (11.39%) Azure Logic Apps
15 9 (11.39%) .NET Framework

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 (5.06%) Confluence
2 3 (3.80%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (7.59%) Chatbot
2 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 11 (13.92%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (5.06%) Oracle Applications
3 3 (3.80%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (1.27%) Elite 3E
4 1 (1.27%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 21 (26.58%) Azure
2 18 (22.78%) Power Platform
3 12 (15.19%) PowerApps
4 11 (13.92%) AWS
5 10 (12.66%) Power Automate
6 9 (11.39%) Azure Logic Apps
7 5 (6.33%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (5.06%) GCP
8 4 (5.06%) GitHub
8 4 (5.06%) Serverless
9 3 (3.80%) Azure Functions
9 3 (3.80%) Boomi
9 3 (3.80%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (2.53%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (1.27%) Amazon ECS
11 1 (1.27%) Amazon SQS
11 1 (1.27%) AWS Lambda
11 1 (1.27%) Figma
11 1 (1.27%) Firebase
11 1 (1.27%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.06%) 5G
1 4 (5.06%) Broadband
1 4 (5.06%) HTTP
2 1 (1.27%) Bluetooth
2 1 (1.27%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (16.46%) SQL Server
2 7 (8.86%) Oracle ODI
3 6 (7.59%) Power BI
4 5 (6.33%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (5.06%) MySQL
6 3 (3.80%) Data Mining
6 3 (3.80%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 3 (3.80%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (3.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (1.27%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (1.27%) MS Access
7 1 (1.27%) Oracle Database
7 1 (1.27%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 13 (16.46%) Git
2 6 (7.59%) NUnit
3 4 (5.06%) JIRA
3 4 (5.06%) JUnit
3 4 (5.06%) Oracle Forms
3 4 (5.06%) Visual Studio
4 1 (1.27%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (1.27%) Spinnaker
4 1 (1.27%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 10 (12.66%) Finance
2 6 (7.59%) Social Skills
3 5 (6.33%) Law
4 4 (5.06%) Back Office
4 4 (5.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (5.06%) Local Government
5 2 (2.53%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (2.53%) Legal
5 2 (2.53%) Manufacturing
5 2 (2.53%) Marketing
6 1 (1.27%) Automotive
6 1 (1.27%) Banking
6 1 (1.27%) Digital Health
6 1 (1.27%) Electronics
6 1 (1.27%) French Language
6 1 (1.27%) Military
6 1 (1.27%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.27%) Publishing
6 1 (1.27%) Retail
6 1 (1.27%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (31.65%) HTML
2 19 (24.05%) .NET
3 17 (21.52%) CSS
4 9 (11.39%) .NET Framework
4 9 (11.39%) React
5 7 (8.86%) .NET Core
5 7 (8.86%) Oracle Fusion
6 6 (7.59%) ASP.NET
7 5 (6.33%) Entity Framework
7 5 (6.33%) Kafka
7 5 (6.33%) Node.js
7 5 (6.33%) RESTful
8 4 (5.06%) ASP.NET Web API
8 4 (5.06%) GraphQL
8 4 (5.06%) Jest
8 4 (5.06%) JSON
8 4 (5.06%) koa
8 4 (5.06%) NHibernate
8 4 (5.06%) Svelte
9 3 (3.80%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 12 (15.19%) Mobile App
2 8 (10.13%) Data Structures
3 7 (8.86%) Hybrid Cloud
3 7 (8.86%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (6.33%) Low-Code
5 2 (2.53%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (2.53%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.27%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.27%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 8 (10.13%) Android
1 8 (10.13%) Apple iOS
2 2 (2.53%) Linux
2 2 (2.53%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (24.05%) Agile
2 14 (17.72%) User Experience
3 13 (16.46%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (13.92%) Data Migration
4 11 (13.92%) Migration
5 10 (12.66%) ERP
6 9 (11.39%) MVC
6 9 (11.39%) Scrum
7 8 (10.13%) Artificial Intelligence
7 8 (10.13%) Business Intelligence
7 8 (10.13%) Clean Code
7 8 (10.13%) Data Cleansing
7 8 (10.13%) ETL
8 7 (8.86%) Data Mapping
8 7 (8.86%) DevOps
8 7 (8.86%) Unit Testing
8 7 (8.86%) Validation
9 6 (7.59%) API Integration
9 6 (7.59%) Conversational UI
9 6 (7.59%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 34 (43.04%) SQL
2 30 (37.97%) JavaScript
3 25 (31.65%) C#
4 17 (21.52%) Python
5 15 (18.99%) TypeScript
6 12 (15.19%) PL/SQL
7 7 (8.86%) C++
8 6 (7.59%) Kotlin
9 5 (6.33%) PowerShell
9 5 (6.33%) Swift
10 4 (5.06%) Bash
10 4 (5.06%) T-SQL
11 2 (2.53%) Dart
12 1 (1.27%) Java
12 1 (1.27%) Objective-C
12 1 (1.27%) PHP
12 1 (1.27%) Rust
12 1 (1.27%) VB
12 1 (1.27%) VBA
Qualifications
1 12 (15.19%) Degree
2 5 (6.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.27%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.27%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.53%) Accessibility
1 2 (2.53%) QA
System Software
1 4 (5.06%) Docker
2 1 (1.27%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (6.33%) Terraform
2 2 (2.53%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 20 (25.32%) Microsoft
2 17 (21.52%) Oracle
3 7 (8.86%) IBM
3 7 (8.86%) Red Hat
4 6 (7.59%) PayPal
5 4 (5.06%) Okta
6 2 (2.53%) SAP
7 1 (1.27%) Databricks
7 1 (1.27%) Google
7 1 (1.27%) iManage
7 1 (1.27%) Intapp
7 1 (1.27%) MuleSoft