Senior Application Developer
UK
The median Senior Application Developer salary in the UK is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 May 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 3 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 694 | 799 | 937 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +105 | +138 | +174 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Applications Developer | 5 | 79 | 41 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.010% | 0.080% | 0.039% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.011% | 0.085% | 0.043% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 5 | 78 | 19 |
| 10th Percentile | £40,250 | £45,000 | £50,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £46,250 | £46,199 | £53,125 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £65,000 | £61,500 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.69% | -5.38% | +8.33% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £64,750 | £73,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £71,000 | £65,000 | £84,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £65,000 | £61,500 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.69% | +11.82% | -0.18% |
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 | 47,358 | 93,248 | 95,013 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.32% | 94.63% | 91.53% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,451 | 66,908 | 59,769 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,000 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £52,550 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.42% | -12.42% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £71,250 | £81,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,000 | £50,000 | £52,750 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.00% | -5.21% | +5.50% |
Senior Applications Developer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Senior Applications Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Senior Applications Developer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Applications Developer.
Senior Applications Developer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Applications Developer over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.
Senior Applications Developer
Top 9 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Applications Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 3 May 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK excluding London | +131 | 5 | £65,000 | +5.69% | 8 |
| England | +119 | 5 | £65,000 | +5.69% | 12 |
| Work from Home | +120 | 3 | £52,500 | -14.63% | 6 |
| South East | +75 | 2 | £65,000 | +5.69% | 2 |
| Midlands | +64 | 1 | £37,500 | +4.90% | 3 |
| East Midlands | +49 | 1 | £37,500 | - | |
| North West | - | 1 | £52,500 | - | 3 |
| East of England | - | 1 | £70,000 | - | 1 |
| North of England | - | 1 | £52,500 | - | 3 |
Senior Applications Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, Senior 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 Senior Applications Developer in the job title.
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Senior 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: