Applications Developer Job Trends in London

Application Developer
England > London

The median Application Developer salary in London is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 October 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 374 361 403
Rank change year-on-year -13 +42 -14
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Developer 70 23 39
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.27% 0.20% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.22% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 56 19 33
10th Percentile £51,250 £46,250 -
25th Percentile £65,000 £55,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +13.04% -6.12%
75th Percentile £80,000 £95,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £102,500 £89,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +13.04% +9.52% -8.70%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in 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 London with a recognized job title 24,173 10,658 17,177
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.48% 91.01% 95.26%
Number of salaries quoted 16,052 6,953 10,634
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £74,451
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -2.62% -0.73%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile - £120,000 £120,000
England median annual salary £59,500 £55,000 £56,525
% change year-on-year +8.18% -2.70% -5.79%

Applications Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Applications Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

Applications Developer job vacancy trend in London

Applications Developer
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for Applications Developer job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for Applications Developer job vacancies in London

Applications Developer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Applications Developer in London over the 6 months to 14 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Applications Developer in London

Applications Developer
Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 14 October 2026. 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
Central London +24 19 £70,000 +21.74% 7
Applications Developer
England

Applications Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 14 October 2026, Applications Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the London region featuring Applications Developer in the job title.

1 29 (41.43%) Microsoft
2 27 (38.57%) SQL Server
3 26 (37.14%) Power Platform
4 23 (32.86%) AI
5 22 (31.43%) .NET
6 21 (30.00%) SQL
7 18 (25.71%) Power Automate
8 17 (24.29%) Azure
8 17 (24.29%) SharePoint
9 16 (22.86%) C#
9 16 (22.86%) Problem-Solving
10 15 (21.43%) PowerApps
11 12 (17.14%) Case Management
11 12 (17.14%) Document Management
11 12 (17.14%) iManage
11 12 (17.14%) React
12 11 (15.71%) Android
12 11 (15.71%) Apple iOS
12 11 (15.71%) ASP.NET
12 11 (15.71%) Business Intelligence
12 11 (15.71%) REST
13 10 (14.29%) DevOps
14 9 (12.86%) Agile
14 9 (12.86%) Android Development
14 9 (12.86%) Continuous Improvement
14 9 (12.86%) CSS
14 9 (12.86%) HTML
14 9 (12.86%) iOS Development
14 9 (12.86%) JavaScript
14 9 (12.86%) Power BI

Applications Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 17 (24.29%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.86%) Apache
2 2 (2.86%) IIS
2 2 (2.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.86%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (1.43%) JBoss
3 1 (1.43%) nginx
Applications
1 4 (5.71%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.43%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (2.86%) Oracle Applications
1 2 (2.86%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.43%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 26 (37.14%) Power Platform
2 18 (25.71%) Power Automate
3 17 (24.29%) Azure
4 15 (21.43%) PowerApps
5 6 (8.57%) Azure AI
5 6 (8.57%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (8.57%) Microsoft Copilot
6 5 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (7.14%) Azure Functions
6 5 (7.14%) Serverless
7 4 (5.71%) Copilot Studio
8 3 (4.29%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (2.86%) AWS
9 2 (2.86%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (2.86%) iPaaS
9 2 (2.86%) OCI
9 2 (2.86%) Oracle CX
9 2 (2.86%) SaaS
10 1 (1.43%) Azure App Service
10 1 (1.43%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.43%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (38.57%) SQL Server
2 9 (12.86%) Power BI
3 8 (11.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (5.71%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (2.86%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 2 (2.86%) Oracle Database
5 2 (2.86%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (1.43%) Apache Ignite
6 1 (1.43%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (1.43%) Redis
6 1 (1.43%) Relational Database
6 1 (1.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (4.29%) Git
2 2 (2.86%) JIRA
2 2 (2.86%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (1.43%) Bitbucket
3 1 (1.43%) Subversion
General
1 28 (40.00%) Law
2 19 (27.14%) Social Skills
3 14 (20.00%) Finance
4 10 (14.29%) Legal
4 10 (14.29%) Retail
5 6 (8.57%) Marketing
6 4 (5.71%) Banking
7 3 (4.29%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.43%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.43%) Front Office
8 1 (1.43%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.43%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (31.43%) .NET
2 12 (17.14%) React
3 11 (15.71%) ASP.NET
3 11 (15.71%) REST
4 9 (12.86%) CSS
4 9 (12.86%) HTML
5 6 (8.57%) .NET Core
5 6 (8.57%) ASP.NET MVC
5 6 (8.57%) RESTful
6 5 (7.14%) .NET Framework
7 4 (5.71%) AngularJS
7 4 (5.71%) Bootstrap
7 4 (5.71%) HTML5
7 4 (5.71%) jQuery
8 3 (4.29%) JSON
8 3 (4.29%) React Native
8 3 (4.29%) Web Services
8 3 (4.29%) XML
9 2 (2.86%) ASP.NET Web API
9 2 (2.86%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 12 (17.14%) Mobile App
2 7 (10.00%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (7.14%) Greenfield Project
3 5 (7.14%) Low-Code
4 3 (4.29%) Client/Server
5 2 (2.86%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (2.86%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.43%) AI Agents
6 1 (1.43%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.43%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.43%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.43%) Derivative
6 1 (1.43%) Distributed Applications
6 1 (1.43%) Equities
6 1 (1.43%) IoT
6 1 (1.43%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.43%) Private Cloud
6 1 (1.43%) Smart Home
6 1 (1.43%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 11 (15.71%) Android
1 11 (15.71%) Apple iOS
2 2 (2.86%) Linux
2 2 (2.86%) Windows
2 2 (2.86%) Windows Server
2 2 (2.86%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (32.86%) AI
2 16 (22.86%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (17.14%) Case Management
3 12 (17.14%) Document Management
4 11 (15.71%) Business Intelligence
5 10 (14.29%) DevOps
6 9 (12.86%) Agile
6 9 (12.86%) Android Development
6 9 (12.86%) Continuous Improvement
6 9 (12.86%) iOS Development
7 8 (11.43%) CI/CD
8 7 (10.00%) MVC
9 6 (8.57%) Front End Development
9 6 (8.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 5 (7.14%) Break/Fix
10 5 (7.14%) Full-Stack Development
10 5 (7.14%) Test Automation
10 5 (7.14%) Unit Testing
10 5 (7.14%) User Experience
10 5 (7.14%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 21 (30.00%) SQL
2 16 (22.86%) C#
3 9 (12.86%) JavaScript
4 7 (10.00%) VBA
5 3 (4.29%) C++
5 3 (4.29%) T-SQL
6 2 (2.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (2.86%) Java
6 2 (2.86%) PL/SQL
6 2 (2.86%) PowerShell
6 2 (2.86%) Python
6 2 (2.86%) TypeScript
6 2 (2.86%) VBScript
7 1 (1.43%) Bicep
7 1 (1.43%) SOQL
7 1 (1.43%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 4 (5.71%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (5.71%) Degree
2 1 (1.43%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.43%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (2.86%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.43%) Docker
2 1 (1.43%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (1.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (1.43%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.43%) Nagios
1 1 (1.43%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 29 (41.43%) Microsoft
2 12 (17.14%) iManage
3 5 (7.14%) Oracle
4 3 (4.29%) OpenAI
5 2 (2.86%) Splunk
5 2 (2.86%) UiPath
6 1 (1.43%) Aderant
6 1 (1.43%) Atlassian
6 1 (1.43%) Foundry
6 1 (1.43%) Intapp
6 1 (1.43%) New Relic
6 1 (1.43%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.43%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.43%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud