Applications Developer Job Trends in the North West

Application Developer
England > North West

The median Application Developer salary in the North West is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 December 2025.

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

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 179 207 178
Rank change year-on-year +28 -29 +99
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Developer 5 9 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.082% 0.17% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.095% 0.18% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 4 6 4
10th Percentile - £41,250 -
25th Percentile £34,500 £45,313 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +31.25% -
75th Percentile £68,125 £58,750 £52,188
90th Percentile £69,250 £63,750 £67,375
England median annual salary £60,000 £59,125 £55,582
% change year-on-year +1.48% +6.37% -9.25%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 the North West with a recognized job title 5,262 4,923 3,430
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.06% 93.01% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 2,826 2,623 2,636
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,000 £53,674
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -4.98% +2.24%
75th Percentile £65,833 £65,603 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £82,548
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Applications Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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 the North West.

Applications Developer job vacancy trend in the North West

Applications Developer
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for Applications Developer job vacancies in the North West.

Salary distribution trend for Applications Developer job vacancies in the North West

Applications Developer
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Applications Developer in the North West over the 6 months to 24 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Applications Developer in the North West

Applications Developer
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Developer within the North West region over the 6 months to 24 December 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
Manchester +25 5 £50,000 -13.04% 15
Applications Developer
England

Applications Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 24 December 2025, 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 North West region featuring Applications Developer in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) .NET
2 2 (40.00%) .NET Framework
2 2 (40.00%) API Development
2 2 (40.00%) API Integration
2 2 (40.00%) ASP.NET
2 2 (40.00%) Asynchronous Programming
2 2 (40.00%) Atlassian
2 2 (40.00%) AWS
2 2 (40.00%) BDD
2 2 (40.00%) C#
2 2 (40.00%) High Availability
2 2 (40.00%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) MVC
2 2 (40.00%) MySQL
2 2 (40.00%) PHP
2 2 (40.00%) Project Management
2 2 (40.00%) Python
2 2 (40.00%) React
2 2 (40.00%) SaaS
2 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (40.00%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (20.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Apache
3 1 (20.00%) Bitbucket
3 1 (20.00%) CSS
3 1 (20.00%) CSS3

Applications Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 1 (20.00%) Apache
1 1 (20.00%) JBoss
1 1 (20.00%) nginx
Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) AWS
2 2 (40.00%) SaaS
3 1 (20.00%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) MySQL
1 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Bitbucket
1 1 (20.00%) Git
1 1 (20.00%) Subversion
General
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) .NET
1 2 (40.00%) .NET Framework
1 2 (40.00%) ASP.NET
1 2 (40.00%) React
2 1 (20.00%) CSS
2 1 (20.00%) CSS3
2 1 (20.00%) HTML
2 1 (20.00%) HTML5
2 1 (20.00%) Keycloak
2 1 (20.00%) OAuth
2 1 (20.00%) OAuth2
2 1 (20.00%) OpenID
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) API Development
1 2 (40.00%) API Integration
1 2 (40.00%) Asynchronous Programming
1 2 (40.00%) BDD
1 2 (40.00%) High Availability
1 2 (40.00%) Identity Access Management
1 2 (40.00%) MVC
1 2 (40.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) C#
1 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (40.00%) PHP
1 2 (40.00%) Python
2 1 (20.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (20.00%) Nagios
1 1 (20.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Atlassian
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) New Relic
2 1 (20.00%) Red Hat
2 1 (20.00%) Splunk