Applications Developer Jobs

Application Developer
UK

The median Application Developer salary in the UK is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

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

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 509 679 662
Rank change year-on-year +170 -17 -101
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Developer 363 211 746
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.40% 0.26% 0.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.42% 0.28% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 291 178 426
10th Percentile £36,000 £36,713 £34,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,906 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +15.00% -
75th Percentile £64,750 £71,875 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £88,206 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% +6.74%

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 85,709 74,085 167,386
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.83% 91.81% 95.50%
Number of salaries quoted 58,134 51,472 87,435
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,800 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +1.92% +9.47%

Applications Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Developer in the UK

Applications Developer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Applications Developer.

Salary trend for Applications Developer in the UK

Applications Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Applications Developer over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Applications Developer in the UK

Applications Developer
Top 17 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 26 July 2024. 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 +147 322 £54,250 -6.47% 19
UK excluding London +115 270 £50,000 -4.76% 17
Work from Home +89 158 £60,000 +3.45% 12
London +56 65 £67,500 +1.89% 5
South East +40 64 £61,500 +30.19% 6
Midlands +12 55 £45,000 -22.41% 5
South West +43 54 £50,000 +11.11%
North of England +28 54 £50,000 -4.76% 5
East of England +24 32 £44,000 -3.31% 2
East Midlands -13 31 £40,000 -31.03% 1
Yorkshire +70 29 £47,500 -13.64% 2
North West +2 25 £58,750 +17.50% 2
West Midlands +15 24 £60,000 +26.32% 4
Wales +33 8 £50,000 +25.00%
Channel Islands - 4 £60,000 -
Scotland -49 2 £57,500 +9.52%
Northern Ireland +19 1 £60,000 +20.00% 1

Applications Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 26 July 2024, Applications Developer 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 Applications Developer in the job title.

1 145 (39.94%) C#
2 143 (39.39%) .NET
3 138 (38.02%) JavaScript
4 109 (30.03%) Microsoft
5 104 (28.65%) SQL
6 99 (27.27%) Azure
7 88 (24.24%) Agile
8 79 (21.76%) Problem-Solving
9 74 (20.39%) Power Platform
10 72 (19.83%) .NET Framework
11 69 (19.01%) Finance
12 68 (18.73%) ASP.NET
13 67 (18.46%) DevOps
14 66 (18.18%) HTML
15 65 (17.91%) Degree
16 63 (17.36%) Social Skills
17 62 (17.08%) SQL Server
18 58 (15.98%) Azure DevOps
19 55 (15.15%) React
20 54 (14.88%) Power Automate
21 53 (14.60%) CRM
22 49 (13.50%) PowerApps
23 48 (13.22%) Mobile App
23 48 (13.22%) Business Intelligence
24 47 (12.95%) Continuous Integration
24 47 (12.95%) Apple iOS
25 46 (12.67%) AngularJS
25 46 (12.67%) User Experience
25 46 (12.67%) CSS
26 45 (12.40%) RESTful

Applications Developer 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 43 (11.85%) CMS
2 31 (8.54%) IIS
3 28 (7.71%) Umbraco
4 26 (7.16%) Headless CMS
4 26 (7.16%) Kentico
4 26 (7.16%) SharePoint
4 26 (7.16%) Sitecore CMS
5 12 (3.31%) Apache
6 8 (2.20%) Appian
7 4 (1.10%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.55%) Confluence
8 2 (0.55%) nginx
9 1 (0.28%) EPiServer
9 1 (0.28%) JBoss
9 1 (0.28%) Oracle Service Bus
9 1 (0.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.28%) WebLogic
Applications
1 3 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 14 (3.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.93%) Shopify
3 2 (0.55%) HFM
4 1 (0.28%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.28%) Oracle FAH
Cloud Services
1 99 (27.27%) Azure
2 74 (20.39%) Power Platform
3 58 (15.98%) Azure DevOps
4 54 (14.88%) Power Automate
5 49 (13.50%) PowerApps
6 33 (9.09%) Dynamics 365
7 30 (8.26%) AWS
8 26 (7.16%) Kontent
9 20 (5.51%) GitHub
10 19 (5.23%) Firebase
11 18 (4.96%) Microsoft 365
12 17 (4.68%) Serverless
13 15 (4.13%) Azure Functions
13 15 (4.13%) SaaS
14 10 (2.75%) Azure Logic Apps
15 8 (2.20%) AWS IoT
15 8 (2.20%) Azure Service Bus
16 6 (1.65%) Azure Stack
16 6 (1.65%) Entra ID
17 5 (1.38%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.93%) Wireless
2 2 (0.55%) Bluetooth
2 2 (0.55%) DNS
2 2 (0.55%) SSL
3 1 (0.28%) Internet
3 1 (0.28%) Intranet
3 1 (0.28%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (17.08%) SQL Server
2 43 (11.85%) Power BI
3 21 (5.79%) MySQL
4 18 (4.96%) Relational Database
5 13 (3.58%) MongoDB
6 12 (3.31%) PostgreSQL
7 11 (3.03%) MS Access
8 8 (2.20%) Azure SQL Database
9 7 (1.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 6 (1.65%) SQLite
11 5 (1.38%) MySQL Workbench
11 5 (1.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 4 (1.10%) Crystal Reports
12 4 (1.10%) Data Lake
12 4 (1.10%) RDBMS
13 3 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
13 3 (0.83%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 2 (0.55%) DynamoDB
14 2 (0.55%) NoSQL
15 1 (0.28%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 36 (9.92%) Git
2 25 (6.89%) Visual Studio
3 14 (3.86%) JIRA
4 13 (3.58%) Jenkins
5 6 (1.65%) Octopus Deploy
5 6 (1.65%) SonarQube
5 6 (1.65%) TeamCity
5 6 (1.65%) Xcode
6 4 (1.10%) Maven
6 4 (1.10%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.55%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.55%) JMeter
7 2 (0.55%) NUnit
7 2 (0.55%) Oracle APEX
7 2 (0.55%) Selenium
8 1 (0.28%) Crashlytics
8 1 (0.28%) GitLab
8 1 (0.28%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.28%) ScriptRunner
8 1 (0.28%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 69 (19.01%) Finance
2 63 (17.36%) Social Skills
3 32 (8.82%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (8.54%) Marketing
5 27 (7.44%) Public Sector
6 14 (3.86%) Mandarin Language
7 12 (3.31%) Organisational Skills
8 11 (3.03%) Banking
8 11 (3.03%) Electronics
8 11 (3.03%) Manufacturing
9 9 (2.48%) Law
9 9 (2.48%) Retail
9 9 (2.48%) Telecoms
10 8 (2.20%) Back Office
11 7 (1.93%) Fire and Rescue
12 5 (1.38%) Automotive
12 5 (1.38%) Investment Banking
12 5 (1.38%) Legal
12 5 (1.38%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (1.10%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 143 (39.39%) .NET
2 72 (19.83%) .NET Framework
3 68 (18.73%) ASP.NET
4 66 (18.18%) HTML
5 55 (15.15%) React
6 46 (12.67%) AngularJS
6 46 (12.67%) CSS
7 45 (12.40%) RESTful
8 35 (9.64%) .NET Core
9 29 (7.99%) Next.js
10 27 (7.44%) ASP.NET MVC
11 25 (6.89%) HTML5
12 24 (6.61%) REST
13 22 (6.06%) Web Services
14 21 (5.79%) JSON
15 16 (4.41%) jQuery
16 15 (4.13%) Flutter
16 15 (4.13%) XML
17 12 (3.31%) React Native
17 12 (3.31%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 48 (13.22%) Mobile App
2 32 (8.82%) Self-Motivation
3 19 (5.23%) Enterprise Software
4 15 (4.13%) Low-Code
5 11 (3.03%) Product Ownership
6 9 (2.48%) IoT
7 7 (1.93%) EPoS
8 6 (1.65%) Animation
9 5 (1.38%) Wiki
10 4 (1.10%) Data Structures
10 4 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (1.10%) Life Science
11 3 (0.83%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (0.83%) Market Risk
12 2 (0.55%) Femtech
12 2 (0.55%) Mainframe
12 2 (0.55%) Public Cloud
13 1 (0.28%) Management Information System
13 1 (0.28%) Smartphone
13 1 (0.28%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 47 (12.95%) Apple iOS
2 38 (10.47%) Android
3 16 (4.41%) Windows
4 9 (2.48%) Linux
5 1 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.28%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (24.24%) Agile
2 79 (21.76%) Problem-Solving
3 67 (18.46%) DevOps
4 53 (14.60%) CRM
5 48 (13.22%) Business Intelligence
6 47 (12.95%) Continuous Integration
7 46 (12.67%) User Experience
8 44 (12.12%) MVC
9 42 (11.57%) Computer Science
10 38 (10.47%) Web Development
11 37 (10.19%) Project Delivery
12 34 (9.37%) ERP
13 33 (9.09%) E-Commerce
14 32 (8.82%) iOS Development
15 31 (8.54%) Customer Service
16 30 (8.26%) CI/CD
16 30 (8.26%) Mobile First
17 29 (7.99%) Full Stack Development
18 28 (7.71%) Deployment Automation
18 28 (7.71%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 145 (39.94%) C#
2 138 (38.02%) JavaScript
3 104 (28.65%) SQL
4 31 (8.54%) TypeScript
5 28 (7.71%) T-SQL
6 26 (7.16%) Java
7 23 (6.34%) Swift
8 16 (4.41%) Kotlin
9 15 (4.13%) Python
10 12 (3.31%) PHP
10 12 (3.31%) VBA
11 10 (2.75%) Objective-C
11 10 (2.75%) VB.NET
12 7 (1.93%) VB
13 6 (1.65%) C
14 4 (1.10%) Bash
15 3 (0.83%) Formula Language
15 3 (0.83%) PowerShell
15 3 (0.83%) XPath
16 2 (0.55%) Dart
Qualifications
1 65 (17.91%) Degree
2 42 (11.57%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (4.41%) Security Cleared
4 8 (2.20%) SC Cleared
5 7 (1.93%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (1.10%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (6.06%) QA
2 10 (2.75%) GDPR
3 4 (1.10%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.83%) SLA
5 2 (0.55%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.55%) Software Quality Assurance
6 1 (0.28%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 18 (4.96%) Docker
2 2 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 10 (2.75%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.93%) Progress Chef
3 4 (1.10%) Terraform
4 2 (0.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (0.55%) Ansible
4 2 (0.55%) Nagios
5 1 (0.28%) Control-M
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle Identity Management
5 1 (0.28%) Packer
5 1 (0.28%) Puppet
5 1 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 109 (30.03%) Microsoft
2 26 (7.16%) Optimizely
2 26 (7.16%) Sitecore
3 18 (4.96%) Apple
4 17 (4.68%) Oracle
5 14 (3.86%) Xamarin
6 13 (3.58%) Google
7 9 (2.48%) SAP
8 4 (1.10%) F5
9 3 (0.83%) Zend
10 2 (0.55%) Atlassian
10 2 (0.55%) Hyperion
10 2 (0.55%) Liquidlogic
11 1 (0.28%) Adobe
11 1 (0.28%) IFS
11 1 (0.28%) New Relic
11 1 (0.28%) Red Hat
11 1 (0.28%) Splunk