Applications Developer Job Trends

Application Developer
UK

The median Application Developer salary in the UK is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 July 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 570 606 478
Rank change year-on-year +36 -128 +161
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Developer 204 74 409
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.20% 0.15% 0.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.17% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 152 58 331
10th Percentile £30,250 £44,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,063 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +19.05% -8.70%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,938 £64,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +20.00% -4.76%

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 94,323 44,218 88,743
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.27% 89.88% 94.74%
Number of salaries quoted 64,728 26,167 62,366
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year - +1.85% -10.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -5.66%

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 21 July 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 21 July 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 +65 192 £62,500 - 25
UK excluding London +18 138 £60,000 - 15
London +19 58 £70,000 +5.66% 12
North of England +24 55 £55,000 -24.14% 8
Work from Home -9 48 £60,000 -4.00% 10
South East -4 41 £60,000 +20.00% 3
North West - 40 £55,000 - 6
Midlands -27 16 £55,000 -12.00%
Yorkshire -27 15 £65,000 -10.34% 2
East of England -6 13 £65,000 -1.84% 1
East Midlands -11 12 £55,500 +48.00%
South West -58 7 £65,000 +44.44% 3
Scotland +17 4 £30,000 -
West Midlands -25 4 £46,500 -25.60%
Wales - 2 £45,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 21 July 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 51 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 50 (24.51%) .NET
3 49 (24.02%) C#
4 44 (21.57%) SQL
5 43 (21.08%) Power Platform
5 43 (21.08%) PowerApps
6 37 (18.14%) Azure
6 37 (18.14%) Power Automate
7 34 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
8 33 (16.18%) SQL Server
9 28 (13.73%) Business Intelligence
10 23 (11.27%) Agile
11 19 (9.31%) Power BI
12 18 (8.82%) Microsoft 365
13 16 (7.84%) AI
13 16 (7.84%) Continuous Improvement
13 16 (7.84%) Java
13 16 (7.84%) Translating Business Requirements
14 15 (7.35%) Android
14 15 (7.35%) Apple iOS
14 15 (7.35%) Collaborative Culture
15 14 (6.86%) Dynamics 365
16 13 (6.37%) Android Development
16 13 (6.37%) Case Management
16 13 (6.37%) Collaborative Working
16 13 (6.37%) Document Management
16 13 (6.37%) HTML
16 13 (6.37%) iManage
16 13 (6.37%) JavaScript
17 12 (5.88%) Clean Code

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 12 (5.88%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.96%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 2 (0.98%) IIS
3 2 (0.98%) JBoss
3 2 (0.98%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.49%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.49%) Apache
4 1 (0.49%) nginx
Applications
1 2 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 11 (5.39%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (1.96%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 43 (21.08%) Power Platform
1 43 (21.08%) PowerApps
2 37 (18.14%) Azure
2 37 (18.14%) Power Automate
3 18 (8.82%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (6.86%) Dynamics 365
5 8 (3.92%) Azure Logic Apps
6 6 (2.94%) AWS
7 5 (2.45%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (1.96%) OCI
8 4 (1.96%) Oracle CX
9 3 (1.47%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.49%) Azure AI
10 1 (0.49%) Azure Functions
10 1 (0.49%) Copilot Studio
10 1 (0.49%) Datadog
10 1 (0.49%) GitHub
10 1 (0.49%) npm
10 1 (0.49%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.96%) Broadband
2 1 (0.49%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (16.18%) SQL Server
2 19 (9.31%) Power BI
3 9 (4.41%) Relational Database
3 9 (4.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 6 (2.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (1.96%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 4 (1.96%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (1.47%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.49%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 4 (1.96%) Oracle Forms
2 3 (1.47%) Git
3 1 (0.49%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.49%) Maven
3 1 (0.49%) Storybook
3 1 (0.49%) Subversion
3 1 (0.49%) XCUITest
General
1 27 (13.24%) Finance
2 22 (10.78%) Law
2 22 (10.78%) Social Skills
3 12 (5.88%) Retail
4 7 (3.43%) Manufacturing
5 5 (2.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (2.45%) Legal
6 4 (1.96%) Games
6 4 (1.96%) Marketing
7 3 (1.47%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (1.47%) Back Office
8 2 (0.98%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.49%) Banking
9 1 (0.49%) Billing
9 1 (0.49%) Front Office
9 1 (0.49%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.49%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (24.51%) .NET
2 13 (6.37%) HTML
3 12 (5.88%) CSS
4 11 (5.39%) React
5 10 (4.90%) .NET Core
6 9 (4.41%) ASP.NET
7 7 (3.43%) AngularJS
7 7 (3.43%) REST
8 6 (2.94%) ASP.NET MVC
8 6 (2.94%) Classic ASP
9 5 (2.45%) Blazor
9 5 (2.45%) GraphQL
9 5 (2.45%) HTML5
9 5 (2.45%) HTML5 Canvas
9 5 (2.45%) WinForms
10 4 (1.96%) Android SDK
10 4 (1.96%) Bootstrap
10 4 (1.96%) RESTful
10 4 (1.96%) SwiftUI
11 3 (1.47%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 29 (14.22%) Mobile App
2 10 (4.90%) Enterprise Software
3 8 (3.92%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 6 (2.94%) Legacy Code
4 6 (2.94%) Low-Code
4 6 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (1.96%) Social Media
6 3 (1.47%) Client/Server
6 3 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.47%) Product Ownership
7 2 (0.98%) Data Structures
7 2 (0.98%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (0.98%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.98%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.49%) Derivative
8 1 (0.49%) Equities
8 1 (0.49%) Housing Association
8 1 (0.49%) IoT
8 1 (0.49%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 15 (7.35%) Android
1 15 (7.35%) Apple iOS
2 4 (1.96%) Windows
3 2 (0.98%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.98%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.49%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 28 (13.73%) Business Intelligence
3 23 (11.27%) Agile
4 16 (7.84%) AI
4 16 (7.84%) Continuous Improvement
4 16 (7.84%) Translating Business Requirements
5 15 (7.35%) Collaborative Culture
6 13 (6.37%) Android Development
6 13 (6.37%) Case Management
6 13 (6.37%) Collaborative Working
6 13 (6.37%) Document Management
7 12 (5.88%) Clean Code
7 12 (5.88%) SDLC
7 12 (5.88%) SOLID
8 11 (5.39%) CI/CD
8 11 (5.39%) iOS Development
9 10 (4.90%) Kanban
10 9 (4.41%) Data Integration
10 9 (4.41%) Full-Stack Development
11 8 (3.92%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 49 (24.02%) C#
2 44 (21.57%) SQL
3 16 (7.84%) Java
4 13 (6.37%) JavaScript
5 9 (4.41%) Kotlin
5 9 (4.41%) Swift
6 5 (2.45%) T-SQL
6 5 (2.45%) VB.NET
7 4 (1.96%) PL/SQL
8 3 (1.47%) Delphi
8 3 (1.47%) Python
8 3 (1.47%) VBA
9 2 (0.98%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.98%) F#
9 2 (0.98%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.98%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.98%) VBScript
10 1 (0.49%) Ruby
10 1 (0.49%) SOQL
10 1 (0.49%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 8 (3.92%) Degree
2 4 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (0.98%) ACCA
3 2 (0.98%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.49%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (0.49%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.49%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.96%) Accessibility
2 2 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.49%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.49%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (1.47%) Docker
2 2 (0.98%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (0.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (0.49%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.49%) Nagios
1 1 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 51 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 13 (6.37%) iManage
3 12 (5.88%) Oracle
4 4 (1.96%) Apple
5 2 (0.98%) Anaplan
6 1 (0.49%) Adobe
6 1 (0.49%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.49%) Cognos
6 1 (0.49%) IBM
6 1 (0.49%) New Relic
6 1 (0.49%) OpenAI
6 1 (0.49%) Red Hat
6 1 (0.49%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.49%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 1 (0.49%) Splunk
6 1 (0.49%) VMware