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 2 May 2026.

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

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 489 555 468
Rank change year-on-year +66 -87 +159
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Developer 225 82 459
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.25% 0.19% 0.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.22% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 177 68 378
10th Percentile £37,050 £41,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +14.29% -8.70%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,313 £64,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,600 £65,000
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 83,677 37,745 90,639
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.92% 89.30% 94.56%
Number of salaries quoted 53,852 23,399 66,743
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,648 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.79% +12.54% -11.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

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 2 May 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 2 May 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 +73 220 £60,000 - 38
UK excluding London +37 177 £60,000 - 27
South East +27 65 £60,000 +4.35% 14
Work from Home +26 63 £60,000 - 18
North of England -11 55 £55,000 -24.14% 4
North West +22 44 £55,000 +2.33% 2
London +12 44 £70,000 +11.11% 21
Midlands -24 31 £45,000 -21.74% 3
East Midlands -22 28 £45,000 -14.29% 1
East of England -12 13 £60,000 -9.39% 3
South West -44 11 £65,000 +44.44%
Yorkshire -56 11 £65,000 -10.34% 2
West Midlands -33 3 £28,000 -53.33% 2
Scotland -33 1 £30,000 -60.00% 2
Wales - 1 £45,000 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 2 May 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 61 (27.11%) .NET
2 52 (23.11%) Azure
3 50 (22.22%) C#
4 45 (20.00%) Agile
4 45 (20.00%) Microsoft
5 40 (17.78%) SQL
6 35 (15.56%) Collaborative Culture
7 32 (14.22%) Clean Code
7 32 (14.22%) PowerApps
8 27 (12.00%) Power Platform
9 26 (11.56%) Power Automate
10 25 (11.11%) Android
10 25 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
11 23 (10.22%) .NET Core
11 23 (10.22%) Android Development
12 22 (9.78%) Java
13 21 (9.33%) Continuous Improvement
13 21 (9.33%) CSS
13 21 (9.33%) HTML
13 21 (9.33%) JavaScript
13 21 (9.33%) Problem-Solving
13 21 (9.33%) SOLID
14 20 (8.89%) Mobile Application Development
15 19 (8.44%) React Native
16 18 (8.00%) DevOps
17 17 (7.56%) Apple iOS
17 17 (7.56%) Azure DevOps
17 17 (7.56%) OO
17 17 (7.56%) OOP
17 17 (7.56%) React

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 4 (1.78%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.33%) JBoss
3 2 (0.89%) Apache
3 2 (0.89%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (0.44%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 7 (3.11%) Oracle Applications
1 7 (3.11%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 52 (23.11%) Azure
2 32 (14.22%) PowerApps
3 27 (12.00%) Power Platform
4 26 (11.56%) Power Automate
5 17 (7.56%) Azure DevOps
6 15 (6.67%) Dynamics 365
7 14 (6.22%) GitHub
8 11 (4.89%) Microsoft 365
9 10 (4.44%) AWS
10 8 (3.56%) Azure Logic Apps
11 2 (0.89%) BigCommerce
11 2 (0.89%) Datadog
11 2 (0.89%) Figma
11 2 (0.89%) Firebase
11 2 (0.89%) Microsoft Copilot
11 2 (0.89%) SaaS
12 1 (0.44%) Google Play
12 1 (0.44%) TestFlight
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.78%) Broadband
2 2 (0.89%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (7.11%) Power BI
2 13 (5.78%) SQL Server
3 9 (4.00%) Relational Database
4 6 (2.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 6 (2.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (1.33%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.89%) MySQL
7 1 (0.44%) GIS
7 1 (0.44%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 4 (1.78%) Git
1 4 (1.78%) JIRA
2 2 (0.89%) Android Studio
2 2 (0.89%) Bitbucket
2 2 (0.89%) Crashlytics
2 2 (0.89%) Subversion
2 2 (0.89%) Xcode
3 1 (0.44%) CMake
3 1 (0.44%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.44%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.44%) XCUITest
General
1 23 (10.22%) Finance
2 15 (6.67%) Retail
3 11 (4.89%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (3.11%) Law
4 7 (3.11%) Manufacturing
4 7 (3.11%) Social Skills
5 4 (1.78%) Games
5 4 (1.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (1.33%) Back Office
6 3 (1.33%) Financial Institution
6 3 (1.33%) Public Sector
6 3 (1.33%) Wearables
7 2 (0.89%) Publishing
8 1 (0.44%) Billing
8 1 (0.44%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (27.11%) .NET
2 23 (10.22%) .NET Core
3 21 (9.33%) CSS
3 21 (9.33%) HTML
4 19 (8.44%) React Native
5 17 (7.56%) React
6 10 (4.44%) ASP.NET
6 10 (4.44%) Bootstrap
7 7 (3.11%) .NET Framework
8 6 (2.67%) ASP.NET MVC
8 6 (2.67%) Classic ASP
9 5 (2.22%) Android SDK
9 5 (2.22%) HTML5
9 5 (2.22%) SwiftUI
10 4 (1.78%) GraphQL
10 4 (1.78%) HTML5 Canvas
10 4 (1.78%) REST
10 4 (1.78%) RESTful
11 3 (1.33%) JSON
11 3 (1.33%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 62 (27.56%) Mobile App
2 17 (7.56%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 9 (4.00%) Enterprise Software
3 9 (4.00%) IoT
4 7 (3.11%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (2.67%) Legacy Code
6 5 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.78%) Low-Code
7 4 (1.78%) Social Media
8 3 (1.33%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.44%) 3D Graphics
9 1 (0.44%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 1 (0.44%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 25 (11.11%) Android
2 17 (7.56%) Apple iOS
3 4 (1.78%) Windows
4 1 (0.44%) Linux
4 1 (0.44%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (20.00%) Agile
2 35 (15.56%) Collaborative Culture
3 32 (14.22%) Clean Code
4 25 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
5 23 (10.22%) Android Development
6 21 (9.33%) Continuous Improvement
6 21 (9.33%) Problem-Solving
6 21 (9.33%) SOLID
7 20 (8.89%) Mobile Application Development
8 18 (8.00%) DevOps
9 17 (7.56%) OO
9 17 (7.56%) OOP
9 17 (7.56%) SDLC
10 16 (7.11%) Business Intelligence
11 15 (6.67%) API Integration
12 14 (6.22%) Translating Business Requirements
13 13 (5.78%) CI/CD
13 13 (5.78%) iOS Development
14 11 (4.89%) Kanban
14 11 (4.89%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 50 (22.22%) C#
2 40 (17.78%) SQL
3 22 (9.78%) Java
4 21 (9.33%) JavaScript
5 10 (4.44%) Kotlin
5 10 (4.44%) Swift
6 8 (3.56%) Python
7 2 (0.89%) F#
7 2 (0.89%) PHP
8 1 (0.44%) Bash
8 1 (0.44%) C
8 1 (0.44%) C++
8 1 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.44%) Objective-C
8 1 (0.44%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 10 (4.44%) Degree
2 8 (3.56%) Security Cleared
3 4 (1.78%) Master's Degree
4 3 (1.33%) DV Cleared
5 2 (0.89%) ACCA
5 2 (0.89%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.22%) Accessibility
2 2 (0.89%) GDPR
System Software
1 6 (2.67%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.44%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (0.89%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 2 (0.89%) Nagios
1 2 (0.89%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 45 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 14 (6.22%) Oracle
3 6 (2.67%) Atlassian
4 5 (2.22%) Apple
4 5 (2.22%) iManage
5 2 (0.89%) Anaplan
5 2 (0.89%) New Relic
5 2 (0.89%) Red Hat
5 2 (0.89%) Splunk
5 2 (0.89%) Syncfusion
5 2 (0.89%) Telerik
6 1 (0.44%) Citrix
6 1 (0.44%) Cognos
6 1 (0.44%) ESRI
6 1 (0.44%) Google
6 1 (0.44%) IBM
6 1 (0.44%) Mapbox
6 1 (0.44%) UiPath
6 1 (0.44%) VMware
6 1 (0.44%) Xamarin