Applications Developer Job Trends in the North West

Application Developer
England > North West

The median Application Developer salary in the North West is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 December 2025.

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

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 182 219 170
Rank change year-on-year +37 -49 +104
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Developer 3 10 8
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.057% 0.16% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.066% 0.17% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 2 6 8
10th Percentile - £37,500 £33,175
25th Percentile £34,500 £39,375 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £51,250 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year -31.71% +10.81% +18.73%
75th Percentile £35,500 £58,750 £58,438
90th Percentile - £63,750 £66,125
England median annual salary £60,000 £59,125 £55,291
% change year-on-year +1.48% +6.93% -7.85%

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 4,544 5,802 3,481
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.32% 93.82% 96.16%
Number of salaries quoted 2,592 3,229 2,653
10th Percentile £27,750 £32,000 £30,277
25th Percentile £34,250 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,055 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.11% -8.99% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £83,750
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
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 5 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 +31 3 £35,000 -39.13% 12
Applications Developer
England

Applications Developer Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 5 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 3 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) .NET
2 2 (66.67%) .NET Framework
2 2 (66.67%) ASP.NET
2 2 (66.67%) C#
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) MVC
2 2 (66.67%) MySQL
2 2 (66.67%) PHP
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) SaaS
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) API Development
3 1 (33.33%) API Integration
3 1 (33.33%) Asynchronous Programming
3 1 (33.33%) Atlassian
3 1 (33.33%) AWS
3 1 (33.33%) BDD
3 1 (33.33%) High Availability
3 1 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (33.33%) Java
3 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 1 (33.33%) Python
3 1 (33.33%) React
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Time Management
3 1 (33.33%) Virtual Desktop

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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) SaaS
3 1 (33.33%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) MySQL
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) .NET
1 2 (66.67%) .NET Framework
1 2 (66.67%) ASP.NET
2 1 (33.33%) React
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) MVC
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) API Development
2 1 (33.33%) API Integration
2 1 (33.33%) Asynchronous Programming
2 1 (33.33%) BDD
2 1 (33.33%) High Availability
2 1 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (33.33%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C#
1 2 (66.67%) PHP
2 1 (33.33%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Atlassian