Senior Applications Developer Job Trends in London

Senior Application Developer
England > London

The median Senior Application Developer salary in London is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 January 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 365 - 448
Rank change year-on-year - - +204
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Applications Developer 9 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.065% - 0.022%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.071% - 0.023%
Number of salaries quoted 9 0 4
10th Percentile - - £60,625
25th Percentile - - £69,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 - £78,750
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.00%
75th Percentile - - £83,438
90th Percentile - - £85,125
England median annual salary £90,000 £59,125 £60,000
% change year-on-year +52.22% -1.46% -14.29%

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 12,668 14,309 17,494
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.10% 92.69% 95.21%
Number of salaries quoted 8,385 8,261 14,080
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,216
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,965
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.51% -5.75%

Senior Applications Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Senior Applications Developer job vacancy trend in London

Senior Applications Developer
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for Senior Applications Developer job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Applications Developer job vacancies in London

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

For the 6 months to 12 January 2026, Senior 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 Senior Applications Developer in the job title.

1 6 (66.67%) Apple iOS
1 6 (66.67%) iOS Development
2 3 (33.33%) Android
2 3 (33.33%) Android Development
3 2 (22.22%) Accessibility
3 2 (22.22%) Agile
3 2 (22.22%) Analytics
3 2 (22.22%) Architectural Patterns
3 2 (22.22%) Azure
3 2 (22.22%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (22.22%) Backlog Management
3 2 (22.22%) CI/CD
3 2 (22.22%) Clean Code
3 2 (22.22%) Crashlytics
3 2 (22.22%) DevOps
3 2 (22.22%) Figma
3 2 (22.22%) Firebase
3 2 (22.22%) GDPR
3 2 (22.22%) GitHub
3 2 (22.22%) JIRA
3 2 (22.22%) JSON
3 2 (22.22%) Kanban
3 2 (22.22%) MVVM
3 2 (22.22%) RESTful
3 2 (22.22%) Scrum
3 2 (22.22%) Test Automation
3 2 (22.22%) User Experience
3 2 (22.22%) UX Design
4 1 (11.11%) Android Jetpack
4 1 (11.11%) Android SDK

Senior 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Azure
1 2 (22.22%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (22.22%) Figma
1 2 (22.22%) Firebase
1 2 (22.22%) GitHub
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Crashlytics
1 2 (22.22%) JIRA
2 1 (11.11%) Android Studio
2 1 (11.11%) Xcode
General
1 9 (100.00%) Retail
2 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) JSON
1 2 (22.22%) RESTful
2 1 (11.11%) Android Jetpack
2 1 (11.11%) Android SDK
2 1 (11.11%) Jetpack Compose
2 1 (11.11%) SwiftUI
2 1 (11.11%) UIKit
Miscellaneous
1 9 (100.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 6 (66.67%) Apple iOS
2 3 (33.33%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) iOS Development
2 3 (33.33%) Android Development
3 2 (22.22%) Agile
3 2 (22.22%) Analytics
3 2 (22.22%) Architectural Patterns
3 2 (22.22%) Backlog Management
3 2 (22.22%) CI/CD
3 2 (22.22%) Clean Code
3 2 (22.22%) DevOps
3 2 (22.22%) Kanban
3 2 (22.22%) MVVM
3 2 (22.22%) Scrum
3 2 (22.22%) Test Automation
3 2 (22.22%) User Experience
3 2 (22.22%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) Kotlin
1 1 (11.11%) Swift
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) Accessibility
1 2 (22.22%) GDPR