Applications Developer Job Trends in the West Midlands

Application Developer
England > West Midlands

The median Application Developer salary in the West Midlands is £56,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 158 204 199
Rank change year-on-year +46 -5 +106
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Developer 9 17 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.28% 0.28% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 0.30% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 8 8 2
10th Percentile - £38,500 £49,875
25th Percentile £47,500 £40,938 £51,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,750 £53,250 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year +6.57% -5.33% +32.35%
75th Percentile £68,750 £60,000 £59,063
90th Percentile £72,500 £62,250 £59,625
England median annual salary £58,750 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +2.17% - +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 2,962 5,689 3,672
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.86% 94.91% 92.52%
Number of salaries quoted 1,977 3,359 2,876
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £33,250 £36,250 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
75th Percentile £65,250 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £79,250 £79,225 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

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

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 15 September 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 15 September 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 +28 6 £50,000 -16.67% 3
Warwickshire +42 1 £70,000 -
Coventry - 1 £65,000 -
Solihull - 1 - -
Applications Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 15 September 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 5 (55.56%) Incident Management
1 5 (55.56%) JavaScript
1 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 4 (44.44%) Power Platform
2 4 (44.44%) Perl
2 4 (44.44%) C#
2 4 (44.44%) .NET
2 4 (44.44%) XML
2 4 (44.44%) ITIL
2 4 (44.44%) Linux
2 4 (44.44%) Python
3 3 (33.33%) .NET Framework
3 3 (33.33%) Azure
3 3 (33.33%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (33.33%) TypeScript
3 3 (33.33%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (22.22%) CI/CD
4 2 (22.22%) Power BI
4 2 (22.22%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (22.22%) PowerApps
4 2 (22.22%) Power Automate
4 2 (22.22%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (22.22%) DevOps
4 2 (22.22%) Agile
4 2 (22.22%) TDD
4 2 (22.22%) Continuous Integration
4 2 (22.22%) Data Migration
4 2 (22.22%) Migration
4 2 (22.22%) CRM
4 2 (22.22%) SOA

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 (33.33%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) Power Platform
2 3 (33.33%) Azure
2 3 (33.33%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (22.22%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (22.22%) Power Automate
3 2 (22.22%) PowerApps
4 1 (11.11%) Azure Functions
4 1 (11.11%) Azure Key Vault
4 1 (11.11%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (11.11%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (11.11%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Power BI
2 1 (11.11%) Data Mining
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Electronics
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (44.44%) .NET
1 4 (44.44%) XML
2 3 (33.33%) .NET Framework
3 2 (22.22%) CSS
3 2 (22.22%) HTML
4 1 (11.11%) Ajax
4 1 (11.11%) AngularJS
4 1 (11.11%) Entity Framework
4 1 (11.11%) jQuery
4 1 (11.11%) KnockoutJS
4 1 (11.11%) MvvmCross
4 1 (11.11%) Razor View Engine
4 1 (11.11%) WCF
4 1 (11.11%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (11.11%) Low-Code
2 1 (11.11%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 4 (44.44%) Linux
2 1 (11.11%) Android
2 1 (11.11%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Incident Management
2 4 (44.44%) ITIL
3 2 (22.22%) Agile
3 2 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (22.22%) CI/CD
3 2 (22.22%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (22.22%) CRM
3 2 (22.22%) Data Migration
3 2 (22.22%) DevOps
3 2 (22.22%) Migration
3 2 (22.22%) SOA
3 2 (22.22%) TDD
4 1 (11.11%) Analytical Thinking
4 1 (11.11%) API Development
4 1 (11.11%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 1 (11.11%) Data Pipeline
4 1 (11.11%) Mentoring
4 1 (11.11%) Microservices
4 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (11.11%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) JavaScript
2 4 (44.44%) C#
2 4 (44.44%) Perl
2 4 (44.44%) Python
3 3 (33.33%) TypeScript
4 2 (22.22%) SQL
5 1 (11.11%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Azure Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Xamarin