Applications Developer Jobs in the West Midlands

The median annual salary for an Applications Developer was £34,000 in advertised job vacancies in the West Midlands during the 3 months to 28 June 2017.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

Application Developer England / West Midlands
Location	3 months to 28 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	140	173	177
Rank change year-on-year	+33	+4
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Developer	90	68	56
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands	1.75%	1.10%	0.98%
As % of the Job Titles category	1.81%	1.15%	1.02%
Number of salaries quoted	90	72	56
Median salary	£34,000	£35,000	£35,750
Median salary % change year-on-year	-2.85%	-2.09%
90% offered a salary of more than	£27,500	£19,750	£30,000
10% offered a salary of more than	£47,500	£62,250	£51,750
UK excluding London median salary	£40,000	£40,000	£37,500
% change year-on-year	-	+6.66%

The next table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all job roles in permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title. As such, the figures in the first row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

IT Job Roles West Midlands
Permanent job vacancies with a job title containing a recognized job role	4976	5936	5505
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands	96.85%	96.24%	96.80%
Number of salaries quoted	18330	19769	21754
Median salary	£40,000	£38,000	£40,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	+5.26%	-5.00%
90% offered a salary of more than	£22,750	£22,750	£22,500
10% offered a salary of more than	£58,750	£66,750	£61,250
UK excluding London median salary	£42,500	£41,000	£40,000
% change year-on-year	+3.65%	+2.50%

Applications Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings that featured Applications Developer in the job title as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Applications Developer in the West Midlands

Applications Developer
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Applications Developer in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Applications Developer in the West Midlands

Applications Developer
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Applications Developer in the West Midlands over the 3 months to 28 June 2017.

Salary histogram for Applications Developer in the West Midlands

Applications Developer
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Developer within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 28 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
Birmingham	+25	33	£37,500	+7.14%	4
Warwickshire	+20	19	£34,000	-2.85%	1
Coventry	+4	15	£30,000	-18.91%	1
Shropshire	+8	11	£35,000	+62.79%	1
Staffordshire	-1	7	£40,000	+17.64%	2
Wolverhampton	+3	3	£45,000	+42.85%	1
West Bromwich	-	2	£45,000	-
Walsall	+7	1	£45,000	+42.85%
Dudley	-	1	£30,000	-
Worcestershire	-	1	£45,000	-	4
Applications Developer England

Applications Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 28 June 2017, Applications Developer job roles required the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads across the West Midlands region featuring Applications Developer in the job title.

1	59 (47.58%)	JavaScript
1	59 (47.58%)	Android
2	58 (46.77%)	Mobile App
3	55 (44.35%)	Android Development
4	53 (42.74%)	CSS
5	51 (41.13%)	Xcode
5	51 (41.13%)	Objective-C
6	50 (40.32%)	HTML
7	48 (38.71%)	Java
8	42 (33.87%)	Web Services
9	41 (33.06%)	Android Studio
10	40 (32.26%)	Android SDK
11	36 (29.03%)	Apple iOS
12	34 (27.42%)	iOS Development
12	34 (27.42%)	.NET

13	33 (26.61%)	C#
14	32 (25.81%)	Apple Swift
15	31 (25.00%)	REST
15	31 (25.00%)	SQL
16	30 (24.19%)	HTML5
17	29 (23.39%)	C
17	29 (23.39%)	JSON
18	28 (22.58%)	Retail
18	28 (22.58%)	MVC
18	28 (22.58%)	iOS SDK
19	25 (20.16%)	OO
19	25 (20.16%)	Node.js
20	23 (18.55%)	XML
21	21 (16.94%)	Asset Management
22	20 (16.13%)	Git (software)

Applications Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring IT Skills in the West Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	4 (3.23%)	SharePoint
2	2 (1.61%)	WebLogic

Applications
1	3 (2.42%)	Microsoft Office

Business Applications
1	1 (0.81%)	Dynamics CRM
1	1 (0.81%)	Dynamics NAV
1	1 (0.81%)	Shopify

Cloud Services
1	19 (15.32%)	Google Play
2	14 (11.29%)	Microsoft Azure
3	4 (3.23%)	Amazon AWS
3	4 (3.23%)	Bluemix
3	4 (3.23%)	IBM Cloud
4	3 (2.42%)	IaaS
4	3 (2.42%)	PaaS
5	2 (1.61%)	Office 365
5	2 (1.61%)	SaaS

Communications & Networking
1	4 (3.23%)	X.509
2	2 (1.61%)	Bluetooth
2	2 (1.61%)	Wi-Fi
3	1 (0.81%)	Intranet

Database & Business Intelligence
1	19 (15.32%)	SQL Server
2	13 (10.48%)	SQL Server Analysis Services
2	13 (10.48%)	SQL Server Integration Services
2	13 (10.48%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
3	10 (8.06%)	SQL Server 2008
4	7 (5.65%)	Power BI
4	7 (5.65%)	QlikView
5	5 (4.03%)	Data Warehouse
5	5 (4.03%)	MongoDB
5	5 (4.03%)	NoSQL
6	3 (2.42%)	CouchDB
7	2 (1.61%)	MySQL
7	2 (1.61%)	Oracle Database
7	2 (1.61%)	Oracle Database 11g
7	2 (1.61%)	Oracle Reports
7	2 (1.61%)	Relational Database
8	1 (0.81%)	Microsoft Analysis Services

Development Applications
1	51 (41.13%)	Xcode
2	41 (33.06%)	Android Studio
3	20 (16.13%)	Eclipse
3	20 (16.13%)	Git (software)
4	13 (10.48%)	Mocha
5	5 (4.03%)	Subversion
6	3 (2.42%)	JSUnit
7	2 (1.61%)	Oracle Forms
8	1 (0.81%)	Atlassian Bamboo
8	1 (0.81%)	Gradle
8	1 (0.81%)	JIRA
8	1 (0.81%)	Octopus Deploy
8	1 (0.81%)	PHPUnit
8	1 (0.81%)	Selenium
8	1 (0.81%)	Team Foundation Server
8	1 (0.81%)	WebDriver

General
1	28 (22.58%)	Retail
2	19 (15.32%)	Electronics
3	13 (10.48%)	Telecoms
4	9 (7.26%)	Automotive
5	7 (5.65%)	Legal
6	6 (4.84%)	Finance
7	2 (1.61%)	Back Office
7	2 (1.61%)	Front Office

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	53 (42.74%)	CSS
2	50 (40.32%)	HTML
3	42 (33.87%)	Web Services
4	40 (32.26%)	Android SDK
5	34 (27.42%)	.NET
6	31 (25.00%)	REST
7	30 (24.19%)	HTML5
8	29 (23.39%)	JSON
9	28 (22.58%)	iOS SDK
10	25 (20.16%)	Node.js
11	23 (18.55%)	XML
12	17 (13.71%)	AngularJS
13	15 (12.10%)	jQuery
13	15 (12.10%)	Twitter Bootstrap
14	13 (10.48%)	Express
14	13 (10.48%)	Pug
14	13 (10.48%)	Ruby on Rails
14	13 (10.48%)	Smarty
15	12 (9.68%)	SOAP
16	8 (6.45%)	LESS

Miscellaneous
1	58 (46.77%)	Mobile App
2	10 (8.06%)	User Experience
3	9 (7.26%)	iPad
3	9 (7.26%)	iPhone
4	4 (3.23%)	Analytical Skills
5	3 (2.42%)	Enterprise Software
6	2 (1.61%)	Data Structures
6	2 (1.61%)	EMV
7	1 (0.81%)	Computer Science
7	1 (0.81%)	Greenfield Project
7	1 (0.81%)	Linux Command Line

Operating Systems
1	59 (47.58%)	Android
2	36 (29.03%)	Apple iOS
3	15 (12.10%)	Linux
4	6 (4.84%)	Windows
5	2 (1.61%)	Windows Server
5	2 (1.61%)	Windows Server 2012
6	1 (0.81%)	Windows Mobile

Processes & Methodologies
1	55 (44.35%)	Android Development
2	34 (27.42%)	iOS Development
3	28 (22.58%)	MVC
4	25 (20.16%)	OO
5	21 (16.94%)	Asset Management
6	18 (14.52%)	Agile Software Development
7	14 (11.29%)	Scrum
8	13 (10.48%)	Data Security
9	12 (9.68%)	Business Intelligence
10	10 (8.06%)	Mentoring
11	7 (5.65%)	ETL
11	7 (5.65%)	Kimball Methodology
11	7 (5.65%)	TDD
12	6 (4.84%)	Web Development
13	5 (4.03%)	Cryptography
13	5 (4.03%)	Mobile Development
14	4 (3.23%)	Front End Development
14	4 (3.23%)	Mobile Application Development
14	4 (3.23%)	Multithreading
14	4 (3.23%)	SDLC

Programming Languages
1	59 (47.58%)	JavaScript
2	51 (41.13%)	Objective-C
3	48 (38.71%)	Java
4	33 (26.61%)	C#
5	32 (25.81%)	Apple Swift
6	31 (25.00%)	SQL
7	29 (23.39%)	C
8	15 (12.10%)	PHP
9	14 (11.29%)	T-SQL
10	13 (10.48%)	Ruby
11	7 (5.65%)	Data Analysis Expressions (DAX)
12	6 (4.84%)	VB
13	5 (4.03%)	TypeScript
14	3 (2.42%)	VB.NET
14	3 (2.42%)	XAML
15	2 (1.61%)	PL/SQL
16	1 (0.81%)	C++
16	1 (0.81%)	PHP 5
16	1 (0.81%)	PHP 7