Applications Developer Job Trends

Application Developer
UK

The median Application Developer salary in the UK is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 August 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 570 612 530
Rank change year-on-year +42 -82 +76
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Developer 205 65 300
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.19% 0.13% 0.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.14% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 151 49 239
10th Percentile £32,500 £44,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +14.29% -8.70%
75th Percentile £70,000 £76,250 £64,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% - -9.09%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 100,959 44,891 79,128
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.99% 89.94% 95.07%
Number of salaries quoted 69,008 26,549 52,423
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £72,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,679 £47,863 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.06% -4.27% -6.54%

Applications Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Applications Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Applications Developer job vacancy trend in the UK

Applications Developer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Applications Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Applications Developer job vacancies in the UK

Applications Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Applications Developer over the 6 months to 19 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Applications Developer in the UK

Applications Developer
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 19 August 2026. 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 +39 192 £65,000 +8.33% 37
UK excluding London +7 131 £60,000 +20.00% 27
London 0 66 £70,000 +3.70% 18
North of England +8 49 £45,000 -37.93% 4
Work from Home +3 47 £60,000 - 13
South East -8 36 £60,000 +20.00% 6
North West - 35 £45,000 - 4
Midlands -33 17 £45,000 -25.00% 5
Yorkshire -13 14 £65,000 -10.34%
East of England -15 14 £65,000 -7.14% 3
East Midlands -7 13 £45,000 +20.00% 3
South West -61 8 £65,000 +44.44% 2
Scotland 0 4 £30,000 - 2
West Midlands -34 4 £46,500 -22.50% 2
Wales - 3 £45,000 - 6

Applications Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 19 August 2026, 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 featuring Applications Developer in the job title.

1 59 (28.78%) Microsoft
2 52 (25.37%) .NET
3 51 (24.88%) C#
4 49 (23.90%) Power Platform
5 47 (22.93%) PowerApps
6 43 (20.98%) Azure
6 43 (20.98%) Power Automate
7 41 (20.00%) SQL
8 38 (18.54%) Problem-Solving
9 37 (18.05%) SQL Server
10 34 (16.59%) Business Intelligence
11 22 (10.73%) Agile
12 21 (10.24%) Microsoft 365
13 20 (9.76%) AI
13 20 (9.76%) Power BI
14 18 (8.78%) Android
15 17 (8.29%) Apple iOS
15 17 (8.29%) HTML
16 16 (7.80%) Android Development
16 16 (7.80%) Continuous Improvement
16 16 (7.80%) CSS
16 16 (7.80%) Dynamics 365
16 16 (7.80%) JavaScript
16 16 (7.80%) SharePoint
17 15 (7.32%) iOS Development
17 15 (7.32%) React
18 14 (6.83%) Translating Business Requirements
19 13 (6.34%) Case Management
19 13 (6.34%) Document Management
19 13 (6.34%) iManage

Applications Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 16 (7.80%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.95%) Apache
2 4 (1.95%) JBoss
2 4 (1.95%) nginx
2 4 (1.95%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 2 (0.98%) IIS
3 2 (0.98%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.49%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 3 (1.46%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (2.93%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (2.44%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 49 (23.90%) Power Platform
2 47 (22.93%) PowerApps
3 43 (20.98%) Azure
3 43 (20.98%) Power Automate
4 21 (10.24%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (7.80%) Dynamics 365
6 9 (4.39%) Azure Logic Apps
7 8 (3.90%) AWS
8 6 (2.93%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (2.93%) Microsoft Copilot
9 4 (1.95%) Copilot Studio
9 4 (1.95%) Datadog
9 4 (1.95%) OCI
9 4 (1.95%) Oracle CX
10 3 (1.46%) Azure AI
10 3 (1.46%) Azure Functions
10 3 (1.46%) Serverless
11 1 (0.49%) GitHub
11 1 (0.49%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.95%) Broadband
1 4 (1.95%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (18.05%) SQL Server
2 20 (9.76%) Power BI
3 10 (4.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 8 (3.90%) Relational Database
5 5 (2.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (1.95%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 4 (1.95%) Oracle Reports
7 3 (1.46%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.49%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 7 (3.41%) Git
2 4 (1.95%) Bitbucket
2 4 (1.95%) Oracle Forms
2 4 (1.95%) Subversion
3 1 (0.49%) Maven
3 1 (0.49%) Storybook
3 1 (0.49%) XCUITest
General
1 29 (14.15%) Social Skills
2 26 (12.68%) Law
3 16 (7.80%) Finance
3 16 (7.80%) Retail
4 8 (3.90%) Legal
5 5 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (2.44%) Marketing
5 5 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (1.95%) Games
7 3 (1.46%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (1.46%) Back Office
8 2 (0.98%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.49%) Banking
9 1 (0.49%) Billing
9 1 (0.49%) Front Office
9 1 (0.49%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.49%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (25.37%) .NET
2 17 (8.29%) HTML
3 16 (7.80%) CSS
4 15 (7.32%) React
5 11 (5.37%) ASP.NET
5 11 (5.37%) REST
6 8 (3.90%) .NET Core
6 8 (3.90%) AngularJS
6 8 (3.90%) HTML5
7 7 (3.41%) ASP.NET MVC
8 5 (2.44%) Blazor
8 5 (2.44%) Bootstrap
8 5 (2.44%) Classic ASP
8 5 (2.44%) GraphQL
8 5 (2.44%) HTML5 Canvas
8 5 (2.44%) RESTful
8 5 (2.44%) WinForms
9 4 (1.95%) ASP.NET Core
9 4 (1.95%) jQuery
9 4 (1.95%) Keycloak
Miscellaneous
1 32 (15.61%) Mobile App
2 14 (6.83%) Enterprise Software
3 8 (3.90%) Social Media
4 6 (2.93%) Low-Code
4 6 (2.93%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (2.44%) Legacy Code
5 5 (2.44%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 4 (1.95%) Data Centre
6 4 (1.95%) Greenfield Project
6 4 (1.95%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (1.95%) Private Cloud
7 3 (1.46%) Client/Server
8 2 (0.98%) Data Structures
8 2 (0.98%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (0.98%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.98%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.49%) Housing Association
9 1 (0.49%) IoT
9 1 (0.49%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.49%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 18 (8.78%) Android
2 17 (8.29%) Apple iOS
3 4 (1.95%) Windows
4 2 (0.98%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.98%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (18.54%) Problem-Solving
2 34 (16.59%) Business Intelligence
3 22 (10.73%) Agile
4 20 (9.76%) AI
5 16 (7.80%) Android Development
5 16 (7.80%) Continuous Improvement
6 15 (7.32%) iOS Development
7 14 (6.83%) Translating Business Requirements
8 13 (6.34%) Case Management
8 13 (6.34%) Document Management
9 10 (4.88%) CI/CD
9 10 (4.88%) Collaborative Working
9 10 (4.88%) SDLC
9 10 (4.88%) User Experience
10 9 (4.39%) Clean Code
10 9 (4.39%) Collaborative Culture
10 9 (4.39%) Data Integration
10 9 (4.39%) Full-Stack Development
10 9 (4.39%) SOLID
11 8 (3.90%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 51 (24.88%) C#
2 41 (20.00%) SQL
3 16 (7.80%) JavaScript
4 12 (5.85%) Java
5 9 (4.39%) Kotlin
6 7 (3.41%) Swift
7 6 (2.93%) Python
7 6 (2.93%) T-SQL
8 5 (2.44%) VB.NET
9 4 (1.95%) Delphi
9 4 (1.95%) PL/SQL
9 4 (1.95%) VBA
10 2 (0.98%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.98%) F#
10 2 (0.98%) PowerShell
10 2 (0.98%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.98%) VBScript
11 1 (0.49%) C++
11 1 (0.49%) SOQL
11 1 (0.49%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 7 (3.41%) Degree
2 4 (1.95%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (0.98%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.49%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.49%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.95%) Accessibility
2 2 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.49%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.49%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (1.95%) Virtual Desktop
2 3 (1.46%) Docker
3 2 (0.98%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (1.95%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 4 (1.95%) Nagios
1 4 (1.95%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.49%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 59 (28.78%) Microsoft
2 13 (6.34%) iManage
3 8 (3.90%) Oracle
4 4 (1.95%) Atlassian
4 4 (1.95%) New Relic
4 4 (1.95%) Red Hat
4 4 (1.95%) Splunk
5 3 (1.46%) OpenAI
6 2 (0.98%) Apple
7 1 (0.49%) Adobe
7 1 (0.49%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.49%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud