Application Development Manager Jobs

Applications Development Manager
UK

The median Applications Development Manager salary in the UK is £92,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 684 891 925
Rank change year-on-year +207 +34 +258
Permanent jobs requiring an Application Development Manager 27 19 39
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.049% 0.019% 0.040%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.055% 0.020% 0.044%
Number of salaries quoted 26 19 32
10th Percentile - £69,750 £49,466
25th Percentile £66,250 £70,625 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £92,500 £72,500 £60,567
Median % change year-on-year +27.59% +19.70% +0.95%
75th Percentile £106,250 £75,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £109,250 £76,250 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £69,500 £72,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.14% +31.82% +5.77%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 49,435 96,820 89,564
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.41% 94.78% 91.46%
Number of salaries quoted 25,727 69,155 56,824
10th Percentile £28,822 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,399 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +2.80% -6.54% +6.63%

Application Development Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Application Development Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Application Development Manager in the UK

Application Development Manager
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Application Development Manager.

Salary trend for Application Development Manager in the UK

Application Development Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Application Development Manager over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Application Development Manager in the UK

Application Development Manager
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Application Development Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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
England +167 27 £92,500 +27.59% 5
Work from Home +126 15 £67,500 -6.90% 3
London - 12 £101,750 - 4
UK excluding London +180 5 £69,500 -4.14% 2
North of England - 2 £77,000 -
North West - 2 £77,000 -
South East +75 1 £40,000 -44.83%
West Midlands +62 1 - -
Midlands +58 1 - -
East of England - 1 £90,000 - 1

Application Development Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 28 May 2025, Application Development 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 featuring Application Development Manager in the job title.

1 23 (85.19%) Agile
1 23 (85.19%) .NET
1 23 (85.19%) Azure
1 23 (85.19%) DevOps
2 21 (77.78%) Azure DevOps
3 19 (70.37%) Dynamics 365
4 14 (51.85%) CRM
5 12 (44.44%) Siebel
5 12 (44.44%) Data Management
5 12 (44.44%) Finance
5 12 (44.44%) Dynamics CRM
5 12 (44.44%) Mentoring
5 12 (44.44%) CI/CD
6 11 (40.74%) Cost Management
6 11 (40.74%) Infrastructure as Code
6 11 (40.74%) Power Platform
6 11 (40.74%) Test Automation
6 11 (40.74%) Case Management
6 11 (40.74%) Data Integration
6 11 (40.74%) Coaching
6 11 (40.74%) Software Engineering
6 11 (40.74%) Web Development
6 11 (40.74%) .NET Framework
6 11 (40.74%) Degree
6 11 (40.74%) Resource Management
6 11 (40.74%) Scrum
6 11 (40.74%) Service Delivery
6 11 (40.74%) Back Office
7 10 (37.04%) Risk Management
7 10 (37.04%) Management Information System

Application Development Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (3.70%) SharePoint
1 1 (3.70%) WordPress
Business Applications
1 12 (44.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (3.70%) Orchard Housing
2 1 (3.70%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (3.70%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 23 (85.19%) Azure
2 21 (77.78%) Azure DevOps
3 19 (70.37%) Dynamics 365
4 11 (40.74%) Power Platform
5 10 (37.04%) PowerApps
6 1 (3.70%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (3.70%) AWS
6 1 (3.70%) Google Sheets
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (3.70%) Power BI
2 1 (3.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Vagrant
General
1 12 (44.44%) Finance
2 11 (40.74%) Back Office
3 10 (37.04%) Tech for Good
4 1 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (85.19%) .NET
2 11 (40.74%) .NET Framework
3 1 (3.70%) Blazor
3 1 (3.70%) Bootstrap
3 1 (3.70%) CSS
3 1 (3.70%) HTML
3 1 (3.70%) HTML5
3 1 (3.70%) Kafka
3 1 (3.70%) WebAssembly
Miscellaneous
1 10 (37.04%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (3.70%) Housing Association
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (85.19%) Agile
1 23 (85.19%) DevOps
2 14 (51.85%) CRM
3 12 (44.44%) CI/CD
3 12 (44.44%) Data Management
3 12 (44.44%) Mentoring
4 11 (40.74%) Case Management
4 11 (40.74%) Coaching
4 11 (40.74%) Cost Management
4 11 (40.74%) Data Integration
4 11 (40.74%) Infrastructure as Code
4 11 (40.74%) Resource Management
4 11 (40.74%) Scrum
4 11 (40.74%) Service Delivery
4 11 (40.74%) Software Engineering
4 11 (40.74%) Test Automation
4 11 (40.74%) Web Development
5 10 (37.04%) BDD
5 10 (37.04%) Risk Management
5 10 (37.04%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.41%) SQL
2 1 (3.70%) C#
2 1 (3.70%) Java
2 1 (3.70%) JavaScript
2 1 (3.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (40.74%) Degree
2 1 (3.70%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (37.04%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (3.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (3.70%) Ansible
1 1 (3.70%) Kubernetes
1 1 (3.70%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 12 (44.44%) Siebel
2 1 (3.70%) BMC
2 1 (3.70%) Google
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.70%) Orchard
2 1 (3.70%) Remedy
2 1 (3.70%) Salesforce