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 3 July 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 538 595 481
Rank change year-on-year +57 -114 +155
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Developer 213 76 481
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.22% 0.16% 0.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.18% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 161 59 397
10th Percentile £30,000 £44,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,375 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +25.00% -11.89%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £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 90,996 42,434 99,932
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.13% 89.80% 94.75%
Number of salaries quoted 62,462 24,678 72,012
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% +7.62% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.00% - -5.66%

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 3 July 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 3 July 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 +64 201 £62,500 - 24
UK excluding London +37 148 £60,000 - 21
London +4 57 £70,000 +7.69% 10
North of England +14 55 £55,000 -24.14% 9
Work from Home +13 48 £60,000 -4.00% 10
South East +9 47 £60,000 +20.00% 3
North West +32 41 £55,000 - 5
Midlands -10 23 £45,000 -26.53%
East Midlands +4 19 £45,000 +20.00%
Yorkshire -25 14 £65,000 -10.34% 3
East of England -8 12 £65,000 -1.84% 1
South West -66 5 - - 4
Scotland +17 4 £30,000 - 4
West Midlands -28 4 £46,500 -25.60%
Wales - 2 £45,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 3 July 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 51 (23.94%) .NET
2 48 (22.54%) C#
2 48 (22.54%) Microsoft
3 44 (20.66%) SQL
4 40 (18.78%) PowerApps
5 38 (17.84%) Azure
5 38 (17.84%) Power Platform
6 34 (15.96%) Power Automate
7 30 (14.08%) SQL Server
8 29 (13.62%) Problem-Solving
9 27 (12.68%) Business Intelligence
10 26 (12.21%) Agile
11 20 (9.39%) Java
12 19 (8.92%) Android
13 18 (8.45%) Power BI
14 17 (7.98%) Android Development
14 17 (7.98%) Collaborative Culture
15 16 (7.51%) JavaScript
15 16 (7.51%) Microsoft 365
15 16 (7.51%) Translating Business Requirements
16 15 (7.04%) Apple iOS
16 15 (7.04%) Collaborative Working
16 15 (7.04%) Continuous Improvement
16 15 (7.04%) React
17 14 (6.57%) .NET Core
17 14 (6.57%) Clean Code
17 14 (6.57%) SOLID
18 13 (6.10%) Case Management
18 13 (6.10%) Document Management
18 13 (6.10%) Dynamics 365

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 (4.23%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.88%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 2 (0.94%) IIS
3 2 (0.94%) JBoss
3 2 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.47%) Apache
4 1 (0.47%) nginx
Applications
1 2 (0.94%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 11 (5.16%) Oracle EBS
2 6 (2.82%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 40 (18.78%) PowerApps
2 38 (17.84%) Azure
2 38 (17.84%) Power Platform
3 34 (15.96%) Power Automate
4 16 (7.51%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (6.10%) Dynamics 365
6 9 (4.23%) AWS
7 8 (3.76%) Azure Logic Apps
8 5 (2.35%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (1.88%) OCI
9 4 (1.88%) Oracle CX
10 2 (0.94%) GitHub
10 2 (0.94%) Microsoft Copilot
11 1 (0.47%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.88%) Broadband
2 1 (0.47%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (14.08%) SQL Server
2 18 (8.45%) Power BI
3 9 (4.23%) Relational Database
3 9 (4.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 6 (2.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (1.88%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 4 (1.88%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (1.41%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.47%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 4 (1.88%) Oracle Forms
2 3 (1.41%) Git
3 1 (0.47%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.47%) Subversion
3 1 (0.47%) XCUITest
General
1 30 (14.08%) Finance
2 20 (9.39%) Law
3 16 (7.51%) Social Skills
4 15 (7.04%) Retail
5 7 (3.29%) Manufacturing
6 4 (1.88%) Games
6 4 (1.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (1.88%) Legal
7 3 (1.41%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (1.41%) Back Office
8 2 (0.94%) Financial Institution
8 2 (0.94%) Marketing
8 2 (0.94%) Public Sector
8 2 (0.94%) Wearables
9 1 (0.47%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (23.94%) .NET
2 15 (7.04%) React
3 14 (6.57%) .NET Core
4 13 (6.10%) HTML
5 12 (5.63%) CSS
6 11 (5.16%) ASP.NET
7 8 (3.76%) ASP.NET MVC
8 6 (2.82%) Classic ASP
9 5 (2.35%) AngularJS
9 5 (2.35%) Blazor
9 5 (2.35%) Bootstrap
9 5 (2.35%) HTML5
9 5 (2.35%) HTML5 Canvas
9 5 (2.35%) WinForms
10 4 (1.88%) Android SDK
10 4 (1.88%) GraphQL
10 4 (1.88%) React Native
10 4 (1.88%) REST
10 4 (1.88%) SwiftUI
11 3 (1.41%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 36 (16.90%) Mobile App
2 10 (4.69%) Enterprise Software
2 10 (4.69%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 6 (2.82%) Legacy Code
3 6 (2.82%) Low-Code
3 6 (2.82%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (1.88%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (1.88%) Social Media
5 3 (1.41%) Client/Server
6 2 (0.94%) IoT
6 2 (0.94%) Management Information System
6 2 (0.94%) Onboarding
6 2 (0.94%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.47%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.47%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 19 (8.92%) Android
2 15 (7.04%) Apple iOS
3 4 (1.88%) Windows
4 2 (0.94%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.94%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.47%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (13.62%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (12.68%) Business Intelligence
3 26 (12.21%) Agile
4 17 (7.98%) Android Development
4 17 (7.98%) Collaborative Culture
5 16 (7.51%) Translating Business Requirements
6 15 (7.04%) Collaborative Working
6 15 (7.04%) Continuous Improvement
7 14 (6.57%) Clean Code
7 14 (6.57%) SOLID
8 13 (6.10%) Case Management
8 13 (6.10%) Document Management
9 12 (5.63%) SDLC
10 11 (5.16%) iOS Development
11 10 (4.69%) AI
11 10 (4.69%) CI/CD
11 10 (4.69%) Kanban
11 10 (4.69%) OO
11 10 (4.69%) OOP
12 9 (4.23%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 48 (22.54%) C#
2 44 (20.66%) SQL
3 20 (9.39%) Java
4 16 (7.51%) JavaScript
5 9 (4.23%) Kotlin
5 9 (4.23%) Swift
6 5 (2.35%) VB.NET
7 4 (1.88%) PL/SQL
7 4 (1.88%) Python
7 4 (1.88%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (0.94%) Delphi
8 2 (0.94%) F#
8 2 (0.94%) PowerShell
8 2 (0.94%) VBA
8 2 (0.94%) VBScript
9 1 (0.47%) Ruby
9 1 (0.47%) SOQL
9 1 (0.47%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 10 (4.69%) Degree
2 5 (2.35%) Security Cleared
3 4 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (1.41%) Master's Degree
5 2 (0.94%) ACCA
6 1 (0.47%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.47%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.41%) Accessibility
2 2 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.47%) Data Quality
System Software
1 4 (1.88%) Virtual Desktop
2 3 (1.41%) Docker
3 2 (0.94%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (0.47%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.47%) Nagios
1 1 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 48 (22.54%) Microsoft
2 13 (6.10%) iManage
2 13 (6.10%) Oracle
3 4 (1.88%) Apple
3 4 (1.88%) Atlassian
4 2 (0.94%) Anaplan
5 1 (0.47%) Cognos
5 1 (0.47%) IBM
5 1 (0.47%) New Relic
5 1 (0.47%) Red Hat
5 1 (0.47%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.47%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
5 1 (0.47%) Splunk
5 1 (0.47%) VMware