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 27 April 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 497 567 474
Rank change year-on-year +70 -93 +161
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Developer 220 80 462
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.25% 0.19% 0.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.21% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 173 70 381
10th Percentile £39,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,813 £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 £68,750 £64,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,200 £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 82,923 37,495 90,335
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.85% 89.00% 94.56%
Number of salaries quoted 53,189 23,459 66,610
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,625 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +13.21% -11.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £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 27 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Applications Developer in the UK

Applications Developer
Top 14 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 27 April 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 +68 216 £60,000 - 39
UK excluding London +32 175 £60,000 - 29
South East +29 66 £60,000 -7.69% 13
Work from Home +33 63 £60,000 - 38
North of England -9 53 £55,000 -24.14% 6
North West +12 43 £55,000 +2.33% 4
London +4 42 £70,000 +11.11% 21
Midlands -44 30 £45,000 -20.70% 3
East Midlands -30 28 £45,000 -14.29% 1
East of England -28 14 £60,000 -9.39% 4
South West -42 11 £65,000 +52.94%
Yorkshire -51 10 £63,750 -12.07% 2
West Midlands -38 2 £28,000 -53.33% 2
Wales - 1 £45,000 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 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 (27.73%) .NET
2 53 (24.09%) Azure
3 49 (22.27%) C#
4 46 (20.91%) Agile
5 43 (19.55%) Microsoft
6 40 (18.18%) SQL
7 35 (15.91%) Collaborative Culture
8 33 (15.00%) Clean Code
9 29 (13.18%) PowerApps
10 25 (11.36%) Android
10 25 (11.36%) Collaborative Working
10 25 (11.36%) Power Platform
11 23 (10.45%) .NET Core
11 23 (10.45%) Android Development
11 23 (10.45%) HTML
11 23 (10.45%) Power Automate
12 22 (10.00%) CSS
13 21 (9.55%) Continuous Improvement
13 21 (9.55%) Java
13 21 (9.55%) Mobile Application Development
13 21 (9.55%) SOLID
14 20 (9.09%) JavaScript
14 20 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
14 20 (9.09%) React Native
15 19 (8.64%) DevOps
16 18 (8.18%) Azure DevOps
16 18 (8.18%) React
17 17 (7.73%) Apple iOS
17 17 (7.73%) OO
17 17 (7.73%) OOP

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 3 (1.36%) JBoss
2 2 (0.91%) Apache
2 2 (0.91%) nginx
2 2 (0.91%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.45%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 7 (3.18%) Oracle Applications
1 7 (3.18%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 53 (24.09%) Azure
2 29 (13.18%) PowerApps
3 25 (11.36%) Power Platform
4 23 (10.45%) Power Automate
5 18 (8.18%) Azure DevOps
6 15 (6.82%) Dynamics 365
6 15 (6.82%) GitHub
7 10 (4.55%) AWS
7 10 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (3.64%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (0.91%) BigCommerce
9 2 (0.91%) Datadog
9 2 (0.91%) Figma
9 2 (0.91%) Firebase
9 2 (0.91%) SaaS
10 1 (0.45%) Google Play
10 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.45%) TestFlight
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.82%) Broadband
2 2 (0.91%) SSL
3 1 (0.45%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.82%) Power BI
2 13 (5.91%) SQL Server
3 7 (3.18%) Relational Database
4 5 (2.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 5 (2.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (1.36%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (1.36%) MySQL
6 1 (0.45%) GIS
Development Applications
1 4 (1.82%) Git
1 4 (1.82%) JIRA
2 2 (0.91%) Android Studio
2 2 (0.91%) Bitbucket
2 2 (0.91%) Crashlytics
2 2 (0.91%) Subversion
2 2 (0.91%) Xcode
3 1 (0.45%) CMake
3 1 (0.45%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.45%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.45%) XCUITest
General
1 23 (10.45%) Finance
2 14 (6.36%) Retail
3 12 (5.45%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (3.18%) Manufacturing
4 7 (3.18%) Social Skills
5 6 (2.73%) Law
6 4 (1.82%) Games
6 4 (1.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (1.36%) Financial Institution
7 3 (1.36%) Wearables
8 2 (0.91%) Back Office
8 2 (0.91%) Public Sector
8 2 (0.91%) Publishing
9 1 (0.45%) Billing
9 1 (0.45%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (27.73%) .NET
2 23 (10.45%) .NET Core
2 23 (10.45%) HTML
3 22 (10.00%) CSS
4 20 (9.09%) React Native
5 18 (8.18%) React
6 11 (5.00%) Bootstrap
7 10 (4.55%) ASP.NET
8 7 (3.18%) .NET Framework
9 6 (2.73%) ASP.NET MVC
10 5 (2.27%) Android SDK
10 5 (2.27%) Classic ASP
10 5 (2.27%) HTML5
10 5 (2.27%) REST
10 5 (2.27%) SwiftUI
11 4 (1.82%) GraphQL
11 4 (1.82%) HTML5 Canvas
11 4 (1.82%) JSON
11 4 (1.82%) RESTful
12 3 (1.36%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 63 (28.64%) Mobile App
2 17 (7.73%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 9 (4.09%) Enterprise Software
3 9 (4.09%) IoT
4 7 (3.18%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (2.27%) Legacy Code
5 5 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (1.82%) Low-Code
6 4 (1.82%) Social Media
7 3 (1.36%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.45%) 3D Graphics
8 1 (0.45%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 25 (11.36%) Android
2 17 (7.73%) Apple iOS
3 4 (1.82%) Windows
4 1 (0.45%) Linux
4 1 (0.45%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (20.91%) Agile
2 35 (15.91%) Collaborative Culture
3 33 (15.00%) Clean Code
4 25 (11.36%) Collaborative Working
5 23 (10.45%) Android Development
6 21 (9.55%) Continuous Improvement
6 21 (9.55%) Mobile Application Development
6 21 (9.55%) SOLID
7 20 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
8 19 (8.64%) DevOps
9 17 (7.73%) OO
9 17 (7.73%) OOP
9 17 (7.73%) SDLC
10 16 (7.27%) API Integration
11 15 (6.82%) Business Intelligence
12 14 (6.36%) Translating Business Requirements
13 13 (5.91%) CI/CD
13 13 (5.91%) iOS Development
14 12 (5.45%) Unit Testing
15 11 (5.00%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 49 (22.27%) C#
2 40 (18.18%) SQL
3 21 (9.55%) Java
4 20 (9.09%) JavaScript
5 10 (4.55%) Kotlin
5 10 (4.55%) Swift
6 8 (3.64%) Python
7 2 (0.91%) F#
7 2 (0.91%) PHP
8 1 (0.45%) Bash
8 1 (0.45%) C
8 1 (0.45%) C++
8 1 (0.45%) Objective-C
8 1 (0.45%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 10 (4.55%) Degree
2 7 (3.18%) Security Cleared
3 4 (1.82%) Master's Degree
4 3 (1.36%) DV Cleared
5 2 (0.91%) ACCA
5 2 (0.91%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.27%) Accessibility
2 2 (0.91%) GDPR
System Software
1 6 (2.73%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (0.91%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 2 (0.91%) Nagios
1 2 (0.91%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 43 (19.55%) Microsoft
2 14 (6.36%) Oracle
3 6 (2.73%) Atlassian
4 5 (2.27%) Apple
5 4 (1.82%) iManage
6 2 (0.91%) Anaplan
6 2 (0.91%) New Relic
6 2 (0.91%) Red Hat
6 2 (0.91%) Splunk
6 2 (0.91%) Syncfusion
6 2 (0.91%) Telerik
7 1 (0.45%) Citrix
7 1 (0.45%) Cognos
7 1 (0.45%) ESRI
7 1 (0.45%) Google
7 1 (0.45%) IBM
7 1 (0.45%) Mapbox
7 1 (0.45%) UiPath
7 1 (0.45%) VMware
7 1 (0.45%) Xamarin