Applications Developer Jobs in the West Midlands

Application Developer
England > West Midlands

The median Application Developer salary in the West Midlands is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 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
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 192 231 254
Rank change year-on-year +39 +23 +16
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Developer 15 22 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.34% 0.30% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% 0.32% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 13 21 11
10th Percentile £38,500 £25,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £35,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +20.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 -
England median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £58,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% -9.48% +10.48%

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 4,034 6,859 5,876
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.15% 94.11% 90.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1,786 5,181 3,317
10th Percentile £28,822 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

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

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 8 May 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 8 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
Birmingham +24 5 £62,500 +4.17%
Coventry - 4 £60,000 - 2
Warwickshire -15 3 £40,000 -46.67% 4
Staffordshire +20 1 £47,500 +35.71%
Wednesbury - 1 £45,000 -
Applications Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 8 May 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 7 (46.67%) HTML
1 7 (46.67%) CSS
1 7 (46.67%) Power Platform
2 6 (40.00%) SQL Server
2 6 (40.00%) .NET
2 6 (40.00%) C#
2 6 (40.00%) Azure
3 5 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 5 (33.33%) SQL
3 5 (33.33%) PowerApps
3 5 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (33.33%) API Development
4 4 (26.67%) API Integration
4 4 (26.67%) Power Automate
4 4 (26.67%) Oracle
4 4 (26.67%) JavaScript
4 4 (26.67%) Data Integration
4 4 (26.67%) Agile
4 4 (26.67%) JSON
5 3 (20.00%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (20.00%) WCF
5 3 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (20.00%) Data Analysis
5 3 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (20.00%) Data Migration
5 3 (20.00%) Git
5 3 (20.00%) Visualisation
5 3 (20.00%) CRM
5 3 (20.00%) XML
5 3 (20.00%) Migration

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.67%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 3 (20.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (13.33%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 7 (46.67%) Power Platform
2 6 (40.00%) Azure
3 5 (33.33%) PowerApps
4 4 (26.67%) Power Automate
5 3 (20.00%) Azure Logic Apps
5 3 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (13.33%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (6.67%) Amazon Cognito
7 1 (6.67%) AWS
7 1 (6.67%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (6.67%) Azure Functions
7 1 (6.67%) Boomi
7 1 (6.67%) Firebase
7 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (6.67%) OCI
7 1 (6.67%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) HTTP
2 1 (6.67%) Bluetooth
2 1 (6.67%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (40.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (20.00%) Data Mining
2 3 (20.00%) Power BI
2 3 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (6.67%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 3 (20.00%) Git
2 2 (13.33%) JUnit
2 2 (13.33%) NUnit
3 1 (6.67%) Oracle APEX
General
1 2 (13.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Automotive
2 1 (6.67%) French Language
2 1 (6.67%) Publishing
2 1 (6.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (46.67%) CSS
1 7 (46.67%) HTML
2 6 (40.00%) .NET
3 4 (26.67%) JSON
4 3 (20.00%) ASP.NET Web API
4 3 (20.00%) Node.js
4 3 (20.00%) WCF
4 3 (20.00%) XML
5 2 (13.33%) .NET Core
5 2 (13.33%) Jest
5 2 (13.33%) Kafka
5 2 (13.33%) React
5 2 (13.33%) RESTful
6 1 (6.67%) Flutter
6 1 (6.67%) Laravel
6 1 (6.67%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Low-Code
2 2 (13.33%) Mobile App
3 1 (6.67%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) Android
1 2 (13.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) API Development
1 5 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (26.67%) Agile
2 4 (26.67%) API Integration
2 4 (26.67%) Data Integration
3 3 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (20.00%) CRM
3 3 (20.00%) Data Analysis
3 3 (20.00%) Data Migration
3 3 (20.00%) Data Pipeline
3 3 (20.00%) Data Visualisation
3 3 (20.00%) Migration
3 3 (20.00%) Scrum
3 3 (20.00%) Visualisation
4 2 (13.33%) Android Development
4 2 (13.33%) Clean Code
4 2 (13.33%) Continuous Delivery
4 2 (13.33%) DevOps
4 2 (13.33%) iOS Development
4 2 (13.33%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 6 (40.00%) C#
2 5 (33.33%) SQL
3 4 (26.67%) JavaScript
4 3 (20.00%) TypeScript
5 1 (6.67%) Dart
5 1 (6.67%) Kotlin
5 1 (6.67%) PHP
5 1 (6.67%) PL/SQL
5 1 (6.67%) Swift
5 1 (6.67%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (6.67%) Degree
1 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 5 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 4 (26.67%) Oracle
3 2 (13.33%) Okta
4 1 (6.67%) Google
4 1 (6.67%) MuleSoft