Applications Manager Jobs in the UK excluding London

Application Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Application Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 May 2025.

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

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 534 582 657
Rank change year-on-year +48 +75 +58
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Manager 45 181 91
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.11% 0.24% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.25% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 30 125 81
10th Percentile £46,125 £46,850 £49,250
25th Percentile £49,563 £50,000 £54,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +20.89%
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £75,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +3.85% -7.14% +16.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 35,806 71,101 51,023
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.22% 94.94% 89.01%
Number of salaries quoted 18,138 50,103 29,550
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £36,750 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -6.54% +6.49%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Applications Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Applications Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Applications Manager in the UK excluding London

Applications Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Applications Manager in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Applications Manager in the UK excluding London

Applications Manager
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Applications Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Applications Manager in the UK excluding London

Applications Manager
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
North of England 0 17 £49,000 -10.91% 5
North West 0 16 £48,250 -6.76% 4
Midlands +35 11 £60,000 -7.69% 6
South East +22 11 £62,500 +10.33% 4
West Midlands +31 10 £60,000 -13.04% 4
Scotland +122 2 £82,500 +92.68% 5
South West +103 2 £83,500 +51.82% 4
East of England +49 2 £73,750 +40.48% 3
East Midlands +38 1 £60,000 +26.32% 2
Yorkshire +31 1 £57,250 -10.89% 1
Applications Manager
UK

Applications Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 31 May 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 UK excluding London region featuring Applications Manager in the job title.

1 22 (48.89%) Social Skills
2 20 (44.44%) Change Management
3 16 (35.56%) ITIL
3 16 (35.56%) Continuous Improvement
4 15 (33.33%) Agile
4 15 (33.33%) Roadmaps
5 14 (31.11%) Microsoft
5 14 (31.11%) PRINCE2
6 13 (28.89%) Project Management
6 13 (28.89%) Stakeholder Management
7 12 (26.67%) Finance
7 12 (26.67%) CRM
7 12 (26.67%) Facebook
7 12 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (22.22%) Degree
8 10 (22.22%) ERP
9 9 (20.00%) Azure
9 9 (20.00%) User Experience
10 8 (17.78%) Process Improvement
11 7 (15.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 7 (15.56%) Six Sigma
11 7 (15.56%) Product Roadmap
11 7 (15.56%) Project Delivery
11 7 (15.56%) Budgeting
12 6 (13.33%) Case Management
12 6 (13.33%) Service Delivery
12 6 (13.33%) Performance Monitoring
13 5 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
13 5 (11.11%) Data Protection
13 5 (11.11%) Computer Science

Applications Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 2 (4.44%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.22%) Moodle
2 1 (2.22%) WordPress
Business Applications
1 3 (6.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (4.44%) Infor M3
3 1 (2.22%) Orchard Housing
3 1 (2.22%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (2.22%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 9 (20.00%) Azure
2 3 (6.67%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (6.67%) SaaS
3 2 (4.44%) AWS
3 2 (4.44%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.22%) Amazon EKS
4 1 (2.22%) AppsFlyer
4 1 (2.22%) Google Analytics
4 1 (2.22%) Google Sheets
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.44%) Power BI
2 1 (2.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (2.22%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (2.22%) Vagrant
General
1 22 (48.89%) Social Skills
2 12 (26.67%) Finance
3 5 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.22%) Billing
4 1 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.22%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.22%) Marketing
4 1 (2.22%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (2.22%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.22%) Retail
4 1 (2.22%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.22%) .NET
1 1 (2.22%) Blazor
1 1 (2.22%) Bootstrap
1 1 (2.22%) CSS
1 1 (2.22%) HTML
1 1 (2.22%) HTML5
1 1 (2.22%) Kafka
1 1 (2.22%) WebAssembly
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.89%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (6.67%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (4.44%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.44%) Private Cloud
3 2 (4.44%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.22%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.22%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.22%) Housing Association
4 1 (2.22%) LIMS
4 1 (2.22%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.22%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.22%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (44.44%) Change Management
2 16 (35.56%) Continuous Improvement
2 16 (35.56%) ITIL
3 15 (33.33%) Agile
3 15 (33.33%) Roadmaps
4 14 (31.11%) PRINCE2
5 13 (28.89%) Project Management
5 13 (28.89%) Stakeholder Management
6 12 (26.67%) CRM
6 12 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (22.22%) ERP
8 9 (20.00%) User Experience
9 8 (17.78%) Process Improvement
10 7 (15.56%) Budgeting
10 7 (15.56%) Product Roadmap
10 7 (15.56%) Project Delivery
10 7 (15.56%) Six Sigma
10 7 (15.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 6 (13.33%) Case Management
11 6 (13.33%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.67%) SQL
2 1 (2.22%) C#
2 1 (2.22%) Java
2 1 (2.22%) JavaScript
2 1 (2.22%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.22%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (22.22%) Degree
2 2 (4.44%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.22%) APMP
3 1 (2.22%) AWS Certification
3 1 (2.22%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 1 (2.22%) Azure Certification
3 1 (2.22%) HND
3 1 (2.22%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (2.22%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (2.22%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.22%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (4.44%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (2.22%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.22%) Amdocs OSS
1 1 (2.22%) Ansible
1 1 (2.22%) Kubernetes
1 1 (2.22%) Netcool
1 1 (2.22%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 14 (31.11%) Microsoft
2 12 (26.67%) Facebook
3 5 (11.11%) Liquidlogic
4 2 (4.44%) Google
4 2 (4.44%) Infor
4 2 (4.44%) SAP
5 1 (2.22%) BMC
5 1 (2.22%) Cramer
5 1 (2.22%) Orchard
5 1 (2.22%) Remedy
5 1 (2.22%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.22%) SolarWinds
5 1 (2.22%) Workday
5 1 (2.22%) Zoho