Applications Developer Job Trends

Application Developer
UK

The median Application Developer salary in the UK is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 October 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 608 590 590
Rank change year-on-year -18 0 -28
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Developer 196 67 165
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.17% 0.14% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.15% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 139 52 118
10th Percentile £44,500 £42,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% +15.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £70,938
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £61,250 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.36% +10.00% -9.09%

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 109,883 44,162 67,664
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.51% 89.77% 95.35%
Number of salaries quoted 74,751 25,776 38,845
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £35,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,500 £53,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.35% -2.73% -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,250 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £46,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +19.57% -8.00% -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 15 October 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 15 October 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 -29 181 £65,000 +13.04% 87
UK excluding London -90 118 £61,250 +11.36% 56
London -27 71 £70,000 +7.69% 38
North of England -33 40 £45,000 -18.18% 11
Work from Home -35 35 £75,000 +36.36% 46
South East -35 29 £75,000 +50.00% 11
North West - 28 £45,000 - 5
Midlands -37 19 £45,000 -30.77% 6
East Midlands - 15 £26,000 - 1
Yorkshire -27 12 £65,000 +18.18% 6
East of England -35 12 £65,000 +13.04% 15
South West -78 8 £65,000 +36.84% 3
Wales - 6 £55,000 - 2
Scotland +17 4 £30,000 - 6
West Midlands -54 4 £65,000 - 5

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

For the 6 months to 15 October 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 56 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 43 (21.94%) Azure
3 42 (21.43%) SQL Server
4 41 (20.92%) .NET
5 40 (20.41%) Business Intelligence
6 39 (19.90%) C#
6 39 (19.90%) Power Platform
7 37 (18.88%) SQL
8 34 (17.35%) Problem-Solving
9 31 (15.82%) Power Automate
10 30 (15.31%) PowerApps
11 28 (14.29%) AI
12 21 (10.71%) SharePoint
13 18 (9.18%) API Development
14 17 (8.67%) Agile
14 17 (8.67%) Power BI
15 16 (8.16%) Fintech
15 16 (8.16%) HTML
15 16 (8.16%) Microsoft 365
15 16 (8.16%) React
16 15 (7.65%) Continuous Improvement
16 15 (7.65%) CSS
16 15 (7.65%) Decision-Making
16 15 (7.65%) JavaScript
17 13 (6.63%) Android
17 13 (6.63%) Apple iOS
17 13 (6.63%) iManage
18 12 (6.12%) ASP.NET
18 12 (6.12%) Case Management
18 12 (6.12%) Document 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 21 (10.71%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.55%) Apache
3 4 (2.04%) JBoss
3 4 (2.04%) nginx
3 4 (2.04%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 2 (1.02%) IIS
4 2 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.51%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 4 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 9 (4.59%) Oracle Applications
2 6 (3.06%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (2.04%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.51%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 43 (21.94%) Azure
2 39 (19.90%) Power Platform
3 31 (15.82%) Power Automate
4 30 (15.31%) PowerApps
5 16 (8.16%) Microsoft 365
6 11 (5.61%) BigCommerce
7 8 (4.08%) Microsoft Copilot
8 7 (3.57%) AWS
9 6 (3.06%) Azure AI
9 6 (3.06%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (2.55%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (2.55%) Azure Functions
10 5 (2.55%) Serverless
11 4 (2.04%) Copilot Studio
11 4 (2.04%) Datadog
11 4 (2.04%) OCI
11 4 (2.04%) Oracle CX
12 3 (1.53%) SaaS
13 2 (1.02%) Azure Logic Apps
13 2 (1.02%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.04%) SSL
2 2 (1.02%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (21.43%) SQL Server
2 17 (8.67%) Power BI
3 9 (4.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 5 (2.55%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (2.04%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 4 (2.04%) Oracle Reports
5 4 (2.04%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.02%) Oracle Database
6 2 (1.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.51%) Apache Ignite
7 1 (0.51%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.51%) Power Query
7 1 (0.51%) Redis
Development Applications
1 9 (4.59%) Git
2 4 (2.04%) Bitbucket
2 4 (2.04%) Oracle Forms
2 4 (2.04%) Subversion
3 2 (1.02%) GDB
3 2 (1.02%) JIRA
4 1 (0.51%) Maven
4 1 (0.51%) Storybook
4 1 (0.51%) Visual Studio
General
1 35 (17.86%) Social Skills
2 30 (15.31%) Law
3 20 (10.20%) Finance
4 13 (6.63%) Retail
5 11 (5.61%) Legal
6 6 (3.06%) Marketing
7 5 (2.55%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (2.04%) Banking
9 3 (1.53%) Analytical Skills
10 2 (1.02%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.51%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.51%) Back Office
11 1 (0.51%) Billing
11 1 (0.51%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.51%) Front Office
11 1 (0.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.51%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.51%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.51%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (20.92%) .NET
2 16 (8.16%) HTML
2 16 (8.16%) React
3 15 (7.65%) CSS
4 12 (6.12%) ASP.NET
4 12 (6.12%) REST
5 9 (4.59%) HTML5
6 7 (3.57%) .NET Core
6 7 (3.57%) AngularJS
6 7 (3.57%) RESTful
7 6 (3.06%) ASP.NET MVC
8 5 (2.55%) .NET Framework
8 5 (2.55%) Blazor
8 5 (2.55%) WinForms
9 4 (2.04%) CSS3
9 4 (2.04%) jQuery
9 4 (2.04%) Keycloak
9 4 (2.04%) OAuth
9 4 (2.04%) OAuth2
9 4 (2.04%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 31 (15.82%) Mobile App
2 16 (8.16%) Enterprise Software
3 8 (4.08%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (3.06%) Greenfield Project
5 5 (2.55%) Low-Code
6 4 (2.04%) Data Centre
6 4 (2.04%) Private Cloud
6 4 (2.04%) Social Media
7 3 (1.53%) Algorithms
7 3 (1.53%) Client/Server
7 3 (1.53%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.53%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.02%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (1.02%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.02%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.02%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.51%) AI Agents
9 1 (0.51%) Distributed Applications
9 1 (0.51%) Housing Association
9 1 (0.51%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 13 (6.63%) Android
1 13 (6.63%) Apple iOS
2 4 (2.04%) Linux
2 4 (2.04%) Windows
3 2 (1.02%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.02%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (20.41%) Business Intelligence
2 34 (17.35%) Problem-Solving
3 28 (14.29%) AI
4 18 (9.18%) API Development
5 17 (8.67%) Agile
6 16 (8.16%) Fintech
7 15 (7.65%) Continuous Improvement
7 15 (7.65%) Decision-Making
8 12 (6.12%) Case Management
8 12 (6.12%) Document Management
8 12 (6.12%) ETL
8 12 (6.12%) SDLC
9 11 (5.61%) Android Development
9 11 (5.61%) CI/CD
9 11 (5.61%) iOS Development
9 11 (5.61%) User Experience
10 10 (5.10%) DevOps
11 9 (4.59%) Translating Business Requirements
12 8 (4.08%) Data Modelling
13 7 (3.57%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 39 (19.90%) C#
2 37 (18.88%) SQL
3 15 (7.65%) JavaScript
4 10 (5.10%) T-SQL
5 8 (4.08%) Python
6 7 (3.57%) Delphi
6 7 (3.57%) VBA
7 6 (3.06%) C++
7 6 (3.06%) VB.NET
8 4 (2.04%) Java
8 4 (2.04%) PL/SQL
8 4 (2.04%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (1.02%) Bash
10 2 (1.02%) Kotlin
10 2 (1.02%) PowerShell
10 2 (1.02%) Shell Script
10 2 (1.02%) Swift
10 2 (1.02%) VBScript
11 1 (0.51%) VB
Qualifications
1 5 (2.55%) Degree
2 4 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (1.02%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 1 (0.51%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.02%) Accessibility
1 2 (1.02%) Data Quality
1 2 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (1.02%) QA
2 1 (0.51%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (2.04%) Docker
1 4 (2.04%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (1.02%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (2.04%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 4 (2.04%) Nagios
1 4 (2.04%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.51%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 56 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 13 (6.63%) iManage
3 12 (6.12%) Oracle
4 6 (3.06%) SAP
5 5 (2.55%) Splunk
6 4 (2.04%) Atlassian
6 4 (2.04%) New Relic
6 4 (2.04%) Red Hat
7 3 (1.53%) OpenAI
8 2 (1.02%) Aderant
8 2 (1.02%) Intapp
8 2 (1.02%) UiPath
9 1 (0.51%) Adobe
9 1 (0.51%) Foundry
9 1 (0.51%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.51%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud