Applications Developer Job Trends

Application Developer
UK

The median Application Developer salary in the UK is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 September 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 601 613 545
Rank change year-on-year +12 -68 +70
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Developer 192 58 269
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.17% 0.12% 0.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.13% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 144 44 216
10th Percentile £38,584 £45,375 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +4.35% -0.86%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,313 £64,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £76,563
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 103,220 44,750 77,447
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.83% 89.79% 95.18%
Number of salaries quoted 70,976 26,578 49,466
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 £75,750 £73,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -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 September 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 September 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 +15 176 £65,000 +8.33% 51
UK excluding London -14 119 £60,000 +20.00% 25
London -17 65 £70,000 +7.69% 29
Work from Home -11 42 £63,750 +8.51% 22
North of England -16 37 £45,000 -37.93% 7
South East -17 32 £60,000 +21.83% 6
North West - 27 £45,000 - 6
Midlands -31 18 £45,000 -18.18% 4
East of England -9 15 £65,000 -7.14% 4
East Midlands - 14 £45,000 - 3
Yorkshire -38 10 £65,000 -10.34% 1
South West -71 7 £65,000 +44.44%
Wales - 6 £55,000 - 3
Scotland +5 4 £30,000 - 1
West Midlands -31 4 £46,500 -15.45% 1

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

For the 6 months to 2 September 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 55 (28.65%) Microsoft
2 49 (25.52%) .NET
2 49 (25.52%) C#
3 45 (23.44%) Power Platform
4 43 (22.40%) Azure
5 42 (21.88%) PowerApps
6 41 (21.35%) SQL Server
7 39 (20.31%) Power Automate
7 39 (20.31%) SQL
8 35 (18.23%) Problem-Solving
9 34 (17.71%) Business Intelligence
10 21 (10.94%) AI
11 19 (9.90%) Microsoft 365
11 19 (9.90%) Power BI
12 18 (9.38%) Agile
12 18 (9.38%) SharePoint
13 17 (8.85%) Android
13 17 (8.85%) Apple iOS
13 17 (8.85%) HTML
14 16 (8.33%) CSS
15 15 (7.81%) Android Development
15 15 (7.81%) Continuous Improvement
15 15 (7.81%) JavaScript
15 15 (7.81%) React
16 14 (7.29%) iOS Development
17 13 (6.77%) ASP.NET
17 13 (6.77%) Case Management
17 13 (6.77%) Document Management
17 13 (6.77%) iManage
18 12 (6.25%) Translating Business Requirements

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 18 (9.38%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.08%) Apache
2 4 (2.08%) JBoss
2 4 (2.08%) nginx
2 4 (2.08%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 2 (1.04%) IIS
3 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.52%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 3 (1.56%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (4.17%) Oracle Applications
2 4 (2.08%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 45 (23.44%) Power Platform
2 43 (22.40%) Azure
3 42 (21.88%) PowerApps
4 39 (20.31%) Power Automate
5 19 (9.90%) Microsoft 365
6 11 (5.73%) Dynamics 365
7 9 (4.69%) Azure Logic Apps
8 8 (4.17%) AWS
9 6 (3.13%) Microsoft Copilot
10 5 (2.60%) Azure AI
10 5 (2.60%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (2.08%) Copilot Studio
11 4 (2.08%) Datadog
11 4 (2.08%) OCI
11 4 (2.08%) Oracle CX
12 3 (1.56%) Azure Functions
12 3 (1.56%) Serverless
13 1 (0.52%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.08%) SSL
2 2 (1.04%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (21.35%) SQL Server
2 19 (9.90%) Power BI
3 10 (5.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 6 (3.13%) Relational Database
5 5 (2.60%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (2.08%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 4 (2.08%) Oracle Reports
7 3 (1.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.52%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 7 (3.65%) Git
2 4 (2.08%) Bitbucket
2 4 (2.08%) Oracle Forms
2 4 (2.08%) Subversion
3 1 (0.52%) Maven
3 1 (0.52%) Storybook
3 1 (0.52%) XCUITest
General
1 29 (15.10%) Social Skills
2 25 (13.02%) Law
3 14 (7.29%) Retail
4 13 (6.77%) Finance
5 8 (4.17%) Legal
6 5 (2.60%) Marketing
6 5 (2.60%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.04%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (1.04%) Back Office
8 2 (1.04%) Games
9 1 (0.52%) Banking
9 1 (0.52%) Billing
9 1 (0.52%) Front Office
9 1 (0.52%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.52%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (25.52%) .NET
2 17 (8.85%) HTML
3 16 (8.33%) CSS
4 15 (7.81%) React
5 13 (6.77%) ASP.NET
6 10 (5.21%) HTML5
6 10 (5.21%) REST
7 8 (4.17%) .NET Core
7 8 (4.17%) AngularJS
8 7 (3.65%) ASP.NET MVC
8 7 (3.65%) RESTful
9 6 (3.13%) HTML5 Canvas
10 5 (2.60%) Blazor
10 5 (2.60%) WinForms
11 4 (2.08%) ASP.NET Core
11 4 (2.08%) CSS3
11 4 (2.08%) jQuery
11 4 (2.08%) Keycloak
11 4 (2.08%) OAuth
11 4 (2.08%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 29 (15.10%) Mobile App
2 16 (8.33%) Enterprise Software
3 6 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
3 6 (3.13%) Social Media
4 5 (2.60%) Low-Code
5 4 (2.08%) Data Centre
5 4 (2.08%) Greenfield Project
5 4 (2.08%) Private Cloud
5 4 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.56%) Client/Server
6 3 (1.56%) Legacy Code
6 3 (1.56%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 2 (1.04%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.04%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.04%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.04%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.52%) Housing Association
8 1 (0.52%) IoT
8 1 (0.52%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.52%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 17 (8.85%) Android
1 17 (8.85%) Apple iOS
2 4 (2.08%) Windows
3 2 (1.04%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.04%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (18.23%) Problem-Solving
2 34 (17.71%) Business Intelligence
3 21 (10.94%) AI
4 18 (9.38%) Agile
5 15 (7.81%) Android Development
5 15 (7.81%) Continuous Improvement
6 14 (7.29%) iOS Development
7 13 (6.77%) Case Management
7 13 (6.77%) Document Management
8 12 (6.25%) Translating Business Requirements
9 11 (5.73%) SDLC
10 10 (5.21%) User Experience
11 9 (4.69%) CI/CD
11 9 (4.69%) Full-Stack Development
12 8 (4.17%) Data Modelling
13 7 (3.65%) Data Integration
13 7 (3.65%) Decision-Making
13 7 (3.65%) MVC
14 6 (3.13%) Clean Code
14 6 (3.13%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 49 (25.52%) C#
2 39 (20.31%) SQL
3 15 (7.81%) JavaScript
4 8 (4.17%) Java
4 8 (4.17%) T-SQL
5 7 (3.65%) Kotlin
5 7 (3.65%) Swift
6 6 (3.13%) Delphi
6 6 (3.13%) Python
6 6 (3.13%) VBA
7 5 (2.60%) VB.NET
8 4 (2.08%) PL/SQL
9 3 (1.56%) TypeScript
10 2 (1.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (1.04%) F#
10 2 (1.04%) PowerShell
10 2 (1.04%) VBScript
11 1 (0.52%) Ruby
11 1 (0.52%) SOQL
11 1 (0.52%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 6 (3.13%) Degree
2 4 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (1.04%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.52%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.08%) Accessibility
2 2 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.52%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.52%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (2.08%) Virtual Desktop
2 3 (1.56%) Docker
3 2 (1.04%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (2.08%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 4 (2.08%) Nagios
1 4 (2.08%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.52%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 55 (28.65%) Microsoft
2 13 (6.77%) iManage
3 9 (4.69%) Oracle
4 4 (2.08%) Atlassian
4 4 (2.08%) New Relic
4 4 (2.08%) Red Hat
4 4 (2.08%) Splunk
5 3 (1.56%) OpenAI
6 2 (1.04%) Apple
7 1 (0.52%) Adobe
7 1 (0.52%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.52%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud