Applications Manager Jobs in the North West

Application Manager
England > North West

The median Application Manager salary in the North West is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 June 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 263 286 267
Rank change year-on-year +23 -19 +54
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Manager 17 18 23
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.22% 0.17% 0.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.18% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 7 18 20
10th Percentile - - £53,225
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £62,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £51,750 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.21% -20.38% +20.89%
75th Percentile £51,375 £67,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £77,250 £81,250 £85,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +3.85% -7.14% +12.00%

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 7,204 10,164 6,609
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.99% 94.90% 89.56%
Number of salaries quoted 3,840 7,697 4,011
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,250 £30,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,351 £41,248
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £78,500 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,567
% change year-on-year +4.76% -13.32% +0.95%

Applications Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings that featured Applications Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Applications Manager in the North West

Applications Manager
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Applications Manager in the North West.

Salary trend for Applications Manager in the North West

Applications Manager
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Applications Manager in the North West over the 6 months to 3 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Applications Manager in the North West

Applications Manager
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 Manager within the North West region over the 6 months to 3 June 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 +62 16 £47,500 -15.56% 3
Merseyside +30 1 £49,000 +1.03%
Applications Manager
England

Applications Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 3 June 2025, Applications Manager 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 North West region featuring Applications Manager in the job title.

1 14 (82.35%) Agile
1 14 (82.35%) Social Skills
2 13 (76.47%) PRINCE2
2 13 (76.47%) Change Management
2 13 (76.47%) Facebook
3 10 (58.82%) Roadmaps
4 8 (47.06%) Budgeting
4 8 (47.06%) Continuous Improvement
4 8 (47.06%) User Experience
4 8 (47.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 8 (47.06%) Product Roadmap
4 8 (47.06%) Microsoft
4 8 (47.06%) Six Sigma
4 8 (47.06%) ITIL
5 7 (41.18%) CRM
5 7 (41.18%) Finance
6 6 (35.29%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (35.29%) Project Management
6 6 (35.29%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (35.29%) Process Improvement
6 6 (35.29%) Performance Monitoring
7 5 (29.41%) Regulatory Compliance
7 5 (29.41%) Case Management
7 5 (29.41%) ERP
7 5 (29.41%) Data Protection
7 5 (29.41%) Liquidlogic
8 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (11.76%) Azure
9 1 (5.88%) Social Media
9 1 (5.88%) AWS

Applications Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 1 (5.88%) Moodle
Business Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Orchard Housing
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.76%) Azure
2 1 (5.88%) Amazon EKS
2 1 (5.88%) AppsFlyer
2 1 (5.88%) AWS
2 1 (5.88%) Google Analytics
2 1 (5.88%) Power Platform
2 1 (5.88%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) Power BI
1 1 (5.88%) Tableau
General
1 14 (82.35%) Social Skills
2 7 (41.18%) Finance
3 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (5.88%) Marketing
4 1 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.88%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (5.88%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (5.88%) Housing Association
1 1 (5.88%) Mobile App
1 1 (5.88%) Onboarding
1 1 (5.88%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (82.35%) Agile
2 13 (76.47%) Change Management
2 13 (76.47%) PRINCE2
3 10 (58.82%) Roadmaps
4 8 (47.06%) Budgeting
4 8 (47.06%) Continuous Improvement
4 8 (47.06%) ITIL
4 8 (47.06%) Product Roadmap
4 8 (47.06%) Six Sigma
4 8 (47.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 8 (47.06%) User Experience
5 7 (41.18%) CRM
6 6 (35.29%) Performance Monitoring
6 6 (35.29%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (35.29%) Process Improvement
6 6 (35.29%) Project Management
6 6 (35.29%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (29.41%) Case Management
7 5 (29.41%) Data Protection
7 5 (29.41%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.88%) Java
1 1 (5.88%) Python
1 1 (5.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (5.88%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 13 (76.47%) Facebook
2 8 (47.06%) Microsoft
3 5 (29.41%) Liquidlogic
4 1 (5.88%) Google
4 1 (5.88%) Orchard
4 1 (5.88%) Zoho