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 26 June 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 529 588 480
Rank change year-on-year +59 -108 +156
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Developer 218 75 484
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.23% 0.17% 0.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.18% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 165 58 397
10th Percentile £30,000 £44,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,063 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.04% +22.50% -11.89%
75th Percentile £70,000 £74,375 £64,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £70,000
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 89,332 40,653 100,647
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.05% 89.51% 94.74%
Number of salaries quoted 61,290 23,209 72,638
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,622 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,042 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +0.08% - -6.54%

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 26 June 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 26 June 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 +74 206 £61,250 - 14
UK excluding London +46 153 £60,000 - 10
London 0 57 £70,000 +9.38% 8
North of England +14 56 £56,250 -22.41% 5
Work from Home +21 50 £60,000 -4.00% 5
South East +1 49 £60,000 +20.00% 2
North West +44 42 £55,000 - 1
Midlands -5 25 £45,000 -26.53%
East Midlands -1 21 £45,000 +20.00%
Yorkshire -30 14 £65,000 -10.34% 4
East of England -13 12 £65,000 -1.84%
South West -61 5 - - 1
Scotland +9 4 £30,000 - 2
West Midlands -24 4 £46,500 -25.60%
Wales - 2 £45,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 26 June 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 53 (24.31%) .NET
2 49 (22.48%) C#
2 49 (22.48%) Microsoft
3 45 (20.64%) SQL
4 40 (18.35%) PowerApps
5 39 (17.89%) Azure
6 38 (17.43%) Power Platform
7 34 (15.60%) Power Automate
8 30 (13.76%) SQL Server
9 29 (13.30%) Problem-Solving
10 28 (12.84%) Agile
11 27 (12.39%) Business Intelligence
12 21 (9.63%) Java
13 20 (9.17%) Android
14 18 (8.26%) Android Development
14 18 (8.26%) Collaborative Culture
14 18 (8.26%) Power BI
15 16 (7.34%) Clean Code
15 16 (7.34%) Collaborative Working
15 16 (7.34%) Continuous Improvement
15 16 (7.34%) JavaScript
15 16 (7.34%) Microsoft 365
15 16 (7.34%) React
15 16 (7.34%) Translating Business Requirements
16 15 (6.88%) .NET Core
16 15 (6.88%) Apple iOS
16 15 (6.88%) SOLID
17 14 (6.42%) HTML
17 14 (6.42%) Oracle
18 13 (5.96%) Case Management

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 9 (4.13%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.83%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 2 (0.92%) IIS
3 2 (0.92%) JBoss
3 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.46%) Apache
4 1 (0.46%) nginx
Applications
1 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 11 (5.05%) Oracle EBS
2 7 (3.21%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 40 (18.35%) PowerApps
2 39 (17.89%) Azure
3 38 (17.43%) Power Platform
4 34 (15.60%) Power Automate
5 16 (7.34%) Microsoft 365
6 13 (5.96%) Dynamics 365
7 10 (4.59%) AWS
8 8 (3.67%) Azure Logic Apps
9 6 (2.75%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (1.83%) OCI
10 4 (1.83%) Oracle CX
11 3 (1.38%) GitHub
12 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Copilot
13 1 (0.46%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.83%) Broadband
2 1 (0.46%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (13.76%) SQL Server
2 18 (8.26%) Power BI
3 9 (4.13%) Relational Database
3 9 (4.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 6 (2.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (1.83%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 4 (1.83%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (1.38%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.46%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 4 (1.83%) Oracle Forms
2 3 (1.38%) Git
3 1 (0.46%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.46%) Subversion
3 1 (0.46%) XCUITest
General
1 31 (14.22%) Finance
2 20 (9.17%) Law
3 15 (6.88%) Retail
3 15 (6.88%) Social Skills
4 7 (3.21%) Manufacturing
5 4 (1.83%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (1.83%) Games
5 4 (1.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (1.83%) Legal
6 3 (1.38%) Back Office
6 3 (1.38%) Financial Institution
6 3 (1.38%) Wearables
7 2 (0.92%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.46%) Billing
8 1 (0.46%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (24.31%) .NET
2 16 (7.34%) React
3 15 (6.88%) .NET Core
4 14 (6.42%) HTML
5 13 (5.96%) CSS
6 11 (5.05%) ASP.NET
7 8 (3.67%) ASP.NET MVC
8 6 (2.75%) Bootstrap
8 6 (2.75%) Classic ASP
8 6 (2.75%) React Native
9 5 (2.29%) AngularJS
9 5 (2.29%) Blazor
9 5 (2.29%) HTML5
9 5 (2.29%) HTML5 Canvas
9 5 (2.29%) WinForms
10 4 (1.83%) Android SDK
10 4 (1.83%) GraphQL
10 4 (1.83%) REST
10 4 (1.83%) SwiftUI
11 3 (1.38%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 39 (17.89%) Mobile App
2 11 (5.05%) Enterprise Software
2 11 (5.05%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 6 (2.75%) Legacy Code
3 6 (2.75%) Low-Code
3 6 (2.75%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (2.29%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (1.83%) Social Media
6 3 (1.38%) Client/Server
6 3 (1.38%) IoT
7 2 (0.92%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.92%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.92%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.46%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.46%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 20 (9.17%) Android
2 15 (6.88%) Apple iOS
3 4 (1.83%) Windows
4 2 (0.92%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.92%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.46%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (13.30%) Problem-Solving
2 28 (12.84%) Agile
3 27 (12.39%) Business Intelligence
4 18 (8.26%) Android Development
4 18 (8.26%) Collaborative Culture
5 16 (7.34%) Clean Code
5 16 (7.34%) Collaborative Working
5 16 (7.34%) Continuous Improvement
5 16 (7.34%) Translating Business Requirements
6 15 (6.88%) SOLID
7 13 (5.96%) Case Management
7 13 (5.96%) Document Management
7 13 (5.96%) SDLC
8 11 (5.05%) CI/CD
8 11 (5.05%) iOS Development
8 11 (5.05%) OO
8 11 (5.05%) OOP
9 10 (4.59%) AI
9 10 (4.59%) Kanban
10 9 (4.13%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 49 (22.48%) C#
2 45 (20.64%) SQL
3 21 (9.63%) Java
4 16 (7.34%) JavaScript
5 9 (4.13%) Kotlin
5 9 (4.13%) Swift
6 5 (2.29%) VB.NET
7 4 (1.83%) PL/SQL
7 4 (1.83%) Python
7 4 (1.83%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (0.92%) Delphi
8 2 (0.92%) F#
8 2 (0.92%) PowerShell
8 2 (0.92%) VBA
8 2 (0.92%) VBScript
9 1 (0.46%) Ruby
9 1 (0.46%) SOQL
9 1 (0.46%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 10 (4.59%) Degree
2 5 (2.29%) Security Cleared
3 4 (1.83%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (1.38%) Master's Degree
5 2 (0.92%) ACCA
6 1 (0.46%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.46%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.38%) Accessibility
2 2 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.46%) Data Quality
System Software
1 4 (1.83%) Virtual Desktop
2 3 (1.38%) Docker
3 2 (0.92%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (0.46%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.46%) Nagios
1 1 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 49 (22.48%) Microsoft
2 14 (6.42%) Oracle
3 13 (5.96%) iManage
4 4 (1.83%) Apple
4 4 (1.83%) Atlassian
5 2 (0.92%) Anaplan
6 1 (0.46%) Cognos
6 1 (0.46%) IBM
6 1 (0.46%) New Relic
6 1 (0.46%) Red Hat
6 1 (0.46%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.46%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 1 (0.46%) Splunk
6 1 (0.46%) VMware