Applications Developer Job Trends in the West Midlands

Application Developer
England > West Midlands

The median Application Developer salary in the West Midlands is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 October 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 159 194 185
Rank change year-on-year +35 -9 +115
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Developer 12 17 3
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.38% 0.30% 0.084%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% 0.32% 0.088%
Number of salaries quoted 11 5 2
10th Percentile - £37,000 £49,875
25th Percentile £47,500 £40,000 £51,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £42,500 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year +52.94% -24.44% +28.57%
75th Percentile £72,500 £47,250 £59,063
90th Percentile - £51,150 £59,625
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.52% -8.70% +4.55%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 2,951 5,291 3,393
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.51% 94.77% 95.34%
Number of salaries quoted 1,915 2,810 2,709
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,224 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.39% +2.45% -
75th Percentile £66,250 £65,000 £64,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -

Applications Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Applications Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Applications Developer job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Applications Developer
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for Applications Developer job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for Applications Developer job vacancies in the West Midlands

Applications Developer
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Applications Developer in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 16 October 2025.

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 6 months to 16 October 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
Birmingham +33 9 £63,500 +36.56%
Warwickshire +43 1 £70,000 -
Coventry - 1 £65,000 -
Solihull - 1 - -
Applications Developer
England

Applications Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 16 October 2025, 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 across the West Midlands region featuring Applications Developer in the job title.

1 7 (58.33%) .NET
1 7 (58.33%) C#
1 7 (58.33%) Power Platform
2 6 (50.00%) .NET Framework
2 6 (50.00%) Azure
2 6 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
2 6 (50.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (50.00%) TypeScript
3 5 (41.67%) Agile
3 5 (41.67%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (41.67%) CI/CD
3 5 (41.67%) Continuous Integration
3 5 (41.67%) CRM
3 5 (41.67%) Data Migration
3 5 (41.67%) DevOps
3 5 (41.67%) Incident Management
3 5 (41.67%) JavaScript
3 5 (41.67%) Migration
3 5 (41.67%) Power Automate
3 5 (41.67%) PowerApps
3 5 (41.67%) SOA
3 5 (41.67%) TDD
4 4 (33.33%) ITIL
4 4 (33.33%) Linux
4 4 (33.33%) Perl
4 4 (33.33%) Python
4 4 (33.33%) XML
5 2 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (16.67%) CSS
5 2 (16.67%) HTML

Applications Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Business Applications
1 6 (50.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (58.33%) Power Platform
2 6 (50.00%) Azure
2 6 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
3 5 (41.67%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (41.67%) Power Automate
3 5 (41.67%) PowerApps
4 1 (8.33%) Azure Functions
4 1 (8.33%) Azure Key Vault
4 1 (8.33%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (8.33%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (8.33%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) Power BI
2 1 (8.33%) Data Mining
2 1 (8.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (8.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Electronics
2 1 (8.33%) Finance
2 1 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (58.33%) .NET
2 6 (50.00%) .NET Framework
3 4 (33.33%) XML
4 2 (16.67%) CSS
4 2 (16.67%) HTML
5 1 (8.33%) Ajax
5 1 (8.33%) AngularJS
5 1 (8.33%) Entity Framework
5 1 (8.33%) jQuery
5 1 (8.33%) KnockoutJS
5 1 (8.33%) MvvmCross
5 1 (8.33%) Razor View Engine
5 1 (8.33%) WCF
5 1 (8.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (8.33%) Low-Code
2 1 (8.33%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 4 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (8.33%) Android
2 1 (8.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Agile
1 5 (41.67%) CI/CD
1 5 (41.67%) Continuous Integration
1 5 (41.67%) CRM
1 5 (41.67%) Data Migration
1 5 (41.67%) DevOps
1 5 (41.67%) Incident Management
1 5 (41.67%) Migration
1 5 (41.67%) SOA
1 5 (41.67%) TDD
2 4 (33.33%) ITIL
3 2 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (8.33%) B2C
4 1 (8.33%) Data Analysis
4 1 (8.33%) Mobile Application Development
4 1 (8.33%) MVC
4 1 (8.33%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (8.33%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (8.33%) Unit Testing
4 1 (8.33%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 7 (58.33%) C#
2 6 (50.00%) TypeScript
3 5 (41.67%) JavaScript
4 4 (33.33%) Perl
4 4 (33.33%) Python
5 2 (16.67%) SQL
6 1 (8.33%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) Azure Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (8.33%) Xamarin