Applications Developer Job Trends

Application Developer
UK

The median Application Developer salary in the UK is £58,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 September 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 619 580 606
Rank change year-on-year -39 +26 +87
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Developer 57 218 171
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.28% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.29% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 42 169 139
10th Percentile £45,125 £40,000 £37,300
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.17% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £80,000 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +22.22%

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 44,338 74,395 56,728
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.65% 95.25% 94.13%
Number of salaries quoted 26,053 44,780 43,966
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -

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

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 18 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Applications Developer in the UK

Applications Developer
Top 12 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 18 September 2025. 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 -30 56 £58,750 +2.17% 34
UK excluding London -11 34 £50,000 - 26
London +41 23 £65,000 +5.69% 12
Work from Home +5 20 £57,500 -4.17% 17
South East +26 11 £50,000 -23.08% 14
South West +58 9 £47,500 -5.00% 1
West Midlands +39 9 £56,750 +22.04% 4
Midlands +20 9 £56,750 +41.88% 4
Yorkshire +12 2 £60,000 +20.00% 4
North of England -13 2 £60,000 +14.29% 5
East of England -22 2 £63,750 -15.00% 3
Scotland +40 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, 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 19 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 17 (29.82%) Agile
3 16 (28.07%) Azure
4 13 (22.81%) HTML
4 13 (22.81%) CSS
5 12 (21.05%) Degree
5 12 (21.05%) TypeScript
5 12 (21.05%) Power Platform
6 11 (19.30%) C#
7 10 (17.54%) SQL
7 10 (17.54%) .NET
7 10 (17.54%) IBM
7 10 (17.54%) Microsoft
7 10 (17.54%) Computer Science
7 10 (17.54%) PowerApps
7 10 (17.54%) Full-Stack Development
7 10 (17.54%) Hybrid Cloud
7 10 (17.54%) AWS
8 9 (15.79%) DevOps
8 9 (15.79%) Social Skills
8 9 (15.79%) CI/CD
8 9 (15.79%) Data Migration
8 9 (15.79%) Finance
8 9 (15.79%) Migration
8 9 (15.79%) Python
9 8 (14.04%) ERP
9 8 (14.04%) ETL
9 8 (14.04%) Oracle
9 8 (14.04%) .NET Framework
9 8 (14.04%) Power Automate

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 1 (1.75%) Confluence
1 1 (1.75%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (12.28%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (5.26%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.75%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (1.75%) Elite 3E
3 1 (1.75%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 16 (28.07%) Azure
2 12 (21.05%) Power Platform
3 10 (17.54%) AWS
3 10 (17.54%) PowerApps
4 8 (14.04%) Power Automate
5 7 (12.28%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (12.28%) GitHub
6 6 (10.53%) Azure Logic Apps
6 6 (10.53%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (3.51%) Azure Functions
7 2 (3.51%) Serverless
8 1 (1.75%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (1.75%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (1.75%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (1.75%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (1.75%) BrowserStack
8 1 (1.75%) Cloudflare
8 1 (1.75%) Figma
8 1 (1.75%) npm
8 1 (1.75%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.75%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (12.28%) Oracle ODI
2 5 (8.77%) Power BI
2 5 (8.77%) SQL Server
3 3 (5.26%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (3.51%) MySQL
5 1 (1.75%) Big Data
5 1 (1.75%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (1.75%) Data Mining
5 1 (1.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (5.26%) Git
2 2 (3.51%) Bitbucket
2 2 (3.51%) JIRA
3 1 (1.75%) Mocha
General
1 9 (15.79%) Finance
1 9 (15.79%) Social Skills
2 4 (7.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 4 (7.02%) Public Sector
3 3 (5.26%) Legal
4 2 (3.51%) Banking
4 2 (3.51%) Digital Health
4 2 (3.51%) Electronics
5 1 (1.75%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.75%) Automotive
5 1 (1.75%) Back Office
5 1 (1.75%) Digital Healthcare
5 1 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.75%) Law
5 1 (1.75%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.75%) Marketing
5 1 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.75%) Retail
5 1 (1.75%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (22.81%) CSS
1 13 (22.81%) HTML
2 10 (17.54%) .NET
3 8 (14.04%) .NET Framework
3 8 (14.04%) React
4 7 (12.28%) Oracle Fusion
4 7 (12.28%) Svelte
5 6 (10.53%) GraphQL
5 6 (10.53%) koa
6 5 (8.77%) Universal Windows Platform
6 5 (8.77%) Web Services
6 5 (8.77%) WinUI
6 5 (8.77%) WPF
6 5 (8.77%) XML
7 4 (7.02%) HTML5 Canvas
8 3 (5.26%) Flutter
9 2 (3.51%) React Native
10 1 (1.75%) Django
10 1 (1.75%) jQuery
10 1 (1.75%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 10 (17.54%) Hybrid Cloud
2 8 (14.04%) Mobile App
3 7 (12.28%) Data Structures
3 7 (12.28%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (7.02%) Cloud Native
5 3 (5.26%) e-Learning
5 3 (5.26%) Low-Code
6 2 (3.51%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (3.51%) IoT
6 2 (3.51%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.75%) NHS
7 1 (1.75%) Private Cloud
7 1 (1.75%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (10.53%) Linux
2 5 (8.77%) Windows
3 2 (3.51%) Android
3 2 (3.51%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (29.82%) Agile
2 10 (17.54%) Computer Science
2 10 (17.54%) Full-Stack Development
3 9 (15.79%) CI/CD
3 9 (15.79%) Data Migration
3 9 (15.79%) DevOps
3 9 (15.79%) Migration
4 8 (14.04%) ERP
4 8 (14.04%) ETL
4 8 (14.04%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (12.28%) Data Cleansing
5 7 (12.28%) Data Mapping
5 7 (12.28%) Mentoring
5 7 (12.28%) Validation
6 6 (10.53%) Clean Code
6 6 (10.53%) Fintech
6 6 (10.53%) Web Application Development
7 5 (8.77%) Data Protection
7 5 (8.77%) Design Patterns
7 5 (8.77%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 19 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 12 (21.05%) TypeScript
3 11 (19.30%) C#
4 10 (17.54%) SQL
5 9 (15.79%) Python
6 7 (12.28%) PL/SQL
7 5 (8.77%) T-SQL
8 4 (7.02%) Perl
8 4 (7.02%) PowerShell
9 2 (3.51%) C
9 2 (3.51%) Dart
10 1 (1.75%) Bash
10 1 (1.75%) C++
10 1 (1.75%) Java
10 1 (1.75%) PHP
10 1 (1.75%) Rust
Qualifications
1 12 (21.05%) Degree
2 8 (14.04%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.75%) Azure Certification
3 1 (1.75%) DV Cleared
3 1 (1.75%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.75%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.53%) QA
2 1 (1.75%) ISO 9001
2 1 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (1.75%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.75%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (1.75%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 10 (17.54%) IBM
1 10 (17.54%) Microsoft
2 8 (14.04%) Oracle
3 7 (12.28%) Red Hat
4 5 (8.77%) Syncfusion
4 5 (8.77%) Telerik
5 2 (3.51%) SAP
5 2 (3.51%) Xamarin
6 1 (1.75%) iManage
6 1 (1.75%) Intapp