Applications Developer Jobs in the West Midlands

Application Developer
England > West Midlands

The median Application Developer salary in the West Midlands is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 July 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 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 184 237 242
Rank change year-on-year +53 +5 +57
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Developer 10 28 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.25% 0.33% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.35% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 9 24 5
10th Percentile £51,650 £26,850 £40,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £35,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% +15.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £68,750 £62,500 -
90th Percentile £69,500 £67,500 £53,750
England median annual salary £62,500 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +25.00% -13.04% +6.78%

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 3,675 7,965 4,962
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.18% 94.29% 90.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1,889 5,616 3,226
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,700 £30,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £79,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Applications Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings that featured Applications Developer in the job title as a proportion 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

3-month moving average salary quoted in 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

Salary distribution for jobs citing Applications Developer in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 3 July 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 3 July 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 +32 5 £62,500 +4.17% 1
Warwickshire +16 2 £63,000 -16.00% 1
Coventry - 2 £65,000 - 3
Staffordshire +23 1 £47,500 +35.71%
Applications Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 3 July 2025, 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 across the West Midlands region featuring Applications Developer in the job title.

1 6 (60.00%) C#
1 6 (60.00%) .NET
1 6 (60.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (50.00%) CSS
2 5 (50.00%) HTML
2 5 (50.00%) Azure
3 4 (40.00%) Power Platform
4 3 (30.00%) PowerApps
4 3 (30.00%) Power Automate
4 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (30.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (30.00%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (30.00%) ASP.NET Web API
4 3 (30.00%) Unit Testing
4 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
4 3 (30.00%) Git
4 3 (30.00%) Agile
4 3 (30.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (30.00%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (30.00%) JSON
4 3 (30.00%) WCF
4 3 (30.00%) Data Migration
4 3 (30.00%) Data Integration
4 3 (30.00%) JavaScript
4 3 (30.00%) Oracle
4 3 (30.00%) XML
4 3 (30.00%) CRM
4 3 (30.00%) Migration
5 2 (20.00%) Scrum
5 2 (20.00%) HTTP

Applications Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Business Applications
1 3 (30.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (20.00%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 5 (50.00%) Azure
2 4 (40.00%) Power Platform
3 3 (30.00%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (30.00%) Power Automate
3 3 (30.00%) PowerApps
4 2 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (20.00%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (10.00%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) HTTP
2 1 (10.00%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (60.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (30.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (10.00%) Data Mining
3 1 (10.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (30.00%) Git
2 2 (20.00%) JUnit
2 2 (20.00%) NUnit
General
1 3 (30.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Automotive
2 1 (10.00%) Electronics
2 1 (10.00%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (60.00%) .NET
2 5 (50.00%) CSS
2 5 (50.00%) HTML
3 3 (30.00%) ASP.NET Web API
3 3 (30.00%) JSON
3 3 (30.00%) WCF
3 3 (30.00%) XML
4 2 (20.00%) .NET Core
4 2 (20.00%) Jest
4 2 (20.00%) Kafka
4 2 (20.00%) Node.js
4 2 (20.00%) React
5 1 (10.00%) Flutter
5 1 (10.00%) Laravel
5 1 (10.00%) MvvmCross
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (10.00%) e-Learning
2 1 (10.00%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Android
1 2 (20.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Agile
1 3 (30.00%) CRM
1 3 (30.00%) Data Integration
1 3 (30.00%) Data Migration
1 3 (30.00%) Migration
1 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (30.00%) Unit Testing
2 2 (20.00%) API Integration
2 2 (20.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (20.00%) Clean Code
2 2 (20.00%) Continuous Delivery
2 2 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
2 2 (20.00%) Design Patterns
2 2 (20.00%) DevOps
2 2 (20.00%) OO
2 2 (20.00%) OOP
2 2 (20.00%) Scrum
2 2 (20.00%) Web Development
3 1 (10.00%) Data Pipeline
3 1 (10.00%) Mobile Application Development
Programming Languages
1 6 (60.00%) C#
2 3 (30.00%) JavaScript
3 2 (20.00%) SQL
4 1 (10.00%) Dart
4 1 (10.00%) PHP
4 1 (10.00%) PL/SQL
4 1 (10.00%) T-SQL
4 1 (10.00%) TypeScript
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (30.00%) Oracle
2 2 (20.00%) Okta
3 1 (10.00%) Google
3 1 (10.00%) Xamarin