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 24 June 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 534 583 480
Rank change year-on-year +49 -103 +142
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Developer 220 74 481
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.23% 0.16% 0.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.18% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 167 57 393
10th Percentile £30,000 £44,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +20.00% -11.89%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £64,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £68,750
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 89,394 40,455 102,187
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.02% 89.45% 94.75%
Number of salaries quoted 61,374 23,051 73,787
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £38,620
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 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,474 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 24 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 24 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 +59 208 £60,000 - 10
UK excluding London +53 156 £60,000 - 5
North of England +12 56 £56,250 -22.41% 2
London +9 56 £70,000 +11.11% 8
Work from Home +26 51 £60,000 -4.00% 4
South East +14 50 £60,000 +20.00% 1
North West +38 42 £55,000 - 1
Midlands -6 27 £45,000 -26.53%
East Midlands -5 23 £45,000 +20.00%
Yorkshire -35 14 £65,000 -10.34% 1
East of England -16 12 £65,000 -1.84%
South West -64 5 - -
Scotland +12 4 £30,000 - 2
West Midlands -18 4 £46,500 -25.60%
Wales - 2 £45,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 24 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 (24.09%) .NET
2 50 (22.73%) Microsoft
3 49 (22.27%) C#
4 44 (20.00%) SQL
5 39 (17.73%) Azure
5 39 (17.73%) PowerApps
6 37 (16.82%) Power Platform
7 33 (15.00%) Power Automate
8 29 (13.18%) Agile
8 29 (13.18%) SQL Server
9 28 (12.73%) Problem-Solving
10 26 (11.82%) Business Intelligence
11 22 (10.00%) Android
12 21 (9.55%) Java
13 20 (9.09%) Android Development
14 19 (8.64%) Collaborative Culture
15 17 (7.73%) Clean Code
15 17 (7.73%) Collaborative Working
15 17 (7.73%) Continuous Improvement
15 17 (7.73%) Power BI
16 16 (7.27%) JavaScript
16 16 (7.27%) Microsoft 365
16 16 (7.27%) SOLID
17 15 (6.82%) .NET Core
17 15 (6.82%) Apple iOS
17 15 (6.82%) React
17 15 (6.82%) Translating Business Requirements
18 14 (6.36%) HTML
18 14 (6.36%) Oracle
18 14 (6.36%) SDLC

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 (4.09%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.82%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 2 (0.91%) IIS
3 2 (0.91%) JBoss
3 2 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.45%) Apache
4 1 (0.45%) nginx
Applications
1 2 (0.91%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 11 (5.00%) Oracle EBS
2 7 (3.18%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 39 (17.73%) Azure
1 39 (17.73%) PowerApps
2 37 (16.82%) Power Platform
3 33 (15.00%) Power Automate
4 16 (7.27%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (5.91%) Dynamics 365
6 10 (4.55%) AWS
7 8 (3.64%) Azure Logic Apps
8 6 (2.73%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (1.82%) OCI
9 4 (1.82%) Oracle CX
10 3 (1.36%) GitHub
11 2 (0.91%) Microsoft Copilot
12 1 (0.45%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.82%) Broadband
2 1 (0.45%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (13.18%) SQL Server
2 17 (7.73%) Power BI
3 9 (4.09%) Relational Database
4 8 (3.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 6 (2.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (1.82%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 4 (1.82%) Oracle Reports
7 3 (1.36%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.45%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 4 (1.82%) Oracle Forms
2 3 (1.36%) Git
3 1 (0.45%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.45%) Subversion
3 1 (0.45%) XCUITest
General
1 31 (14.09%) Finance
2 20 (9.09%) Law
3 15 (6.82%) Retail
4 14 (6.36%) Social Skills
5 7 (3.18%) Manufacturing
6 4 (1.82%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (1.82%) Games
6 4 (1.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (1.82%) Legal
7 3 (1.36%) Back Office
7 3 (1.36%) Financial Institution
7 3 (1.36%) Wearables
8 2 (0.91%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.45%) Billing
9 1 (0.45%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (24.09%) .NET
2 15 (6.82%) .NET Core
2 15 (6.82%) React
3 14 (6.36%) HTML
4 13 (5.91%) CSS
5 10 (4.55%) ASP.NET
6 7 (3.18%) ASP.NET MVC
7 6 (2.73%) Classic ASP
7 6 (2.73%) React Native
8 5 (2.27%) Blazor
8 5 (2.27%) Bootstrap
8 5 (2.27%) HTML5
8 5 (2.27%) HTML5 Canvas
8 5 (2.27%) WinForms
9 4 (1.82%) Android SDK
9 4 (1.82%) AngularJS
9 4 (1.82%) GraphQL
9 4 (1.82%) REST
9 4 (1.82%) SwiftUI
10 3 (1.36%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 41 (18.64%) Mobile App
2 12 (5.45%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 11 (5.00%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (2.73%) Legacy Code
4 6 (2.73%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (2.27%) Low-Code
6 4 (1.82%) Social Media
7 3 (1.36%) IoT
8 2 (0.91%) Client/Server
8 2 (0.91%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.91%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.91%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.45%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.45%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 22 (10.00%) Android
2 15 (6.82%) Apple iOS
3 4 (1.82%) Windows
4 2 (0.91%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.91%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.45%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (13.18%) Agile
2 28 (12.73%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (11.82%) Business Intelligence
4 20 (9.09%) Android Development
5 19 (8.64%) Collaborative Culture
6 17 (7.73%) Clean Code
6 17 (7.73%) Collaborative Working
6 17 (7.73%) Continuous Improvement
7 16 (7.27%) SOLID
8 15 (6.82%) Translating Business Requirements
9 14 (6.36%) SDLC
10 13 (5.91%) Case Management
10 13 (5.91%) Document Management
11 12 (5.45%) OO
11 12 (5.45%) OOP
12 11 (5.00%) CI/CD
12 11 (5.00%) iOS Development
13 10 (4.55%) AI
13 10 (4.55%) Kanban
14 9 (4.09%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 49 (22.27%) C#
2 44 (20.00%) SQL
3 21 (9.55%) Java
4 16 (7.27%) JavaScript
5 9 (4.09%) Kotlin
5 9 (4.09%) Swift
6 5 (2.27%) VB.NET
7 4 (1.82%) PL/SQL
7 4 (1.82%) Python
7 4 (1.82%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.91%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (0.91%) Delphi
8 2 (0.91%) F#
8 2 (0.91%) PowerShell
8 2 (0.91%) VBA
8 2 (0.91%) VBScript
9 1 (0.45%) Ruby
9 1 (0.45%) SOQL
9 1 (0.45%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 10 (4.55%) Degree
2 5 (2.27%) Security Cleared
3 4 (1.82%) Master's Degree
4 3 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (0.91%) ACCA
6 1 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.45%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.36%) Accessibility
2 2 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.45%) Data Quality
System Software
1 4 (1.82%) Virtual Desktop
2 3 (1.36%) Docker
3 2 (0.91%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (0.45%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.45%) Nagios
1 1 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 50 (22.73%) Microsoft
2 14 (6.36%) Oracle
3 13 (5.91%) iManage
4 4 (1.82%) Apple
4 4 (1.82%) Atlassian
5 2 (0.91%) Anaplan
6 1 (0.45%) Cognos
6 1 (0.45%) IBM
6 1 (0.45%) New Relic
6 1 (0.45%) Red Hat
6 1 (0.45%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.45%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 1 (0.45%) Splunk
6 1 (0.45%) VMware