Applications Manager Jobs in the West Midlands

Application Manager
England > West Midlands

The median Application Manager salary in the West Midlands is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 187 219 252
Rank change year-on-year +32 +33 +25
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Manager 10 36 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.24% 0.46% 0.066%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.48% 0.073%
Number of salaries quoted 6 22 4
10th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £42,438
25th Percentile £50,938 £59,250 £48,906
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,750 £60,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.19% +16.94% +21.00%
75th Percentile £75,625 £75,000 £68,875
90th Percentile £80,000 - £74,050
England median annual salary £67,500 £66,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +2.27% -5.71% +16.67%

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 3,752 7,442 5,458
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.50% 94.50% 90.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1,661 5,513 3,230
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,387 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.77% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £77,525
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

Applications Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Manager in the West Midlands

Applications Manager
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Applications Manager in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Applications Manager in the West Midlands

Applications Manager
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Applications Manager in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Applications Manager in the West Midlands

Applications Manager
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 Manager within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 30 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 +34 7 £60,000 -20.00% 2
Staffordshire +21 1 - - 2
Warwickshire - 1 £42,500 -
Applications Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 30 May 2025, Applications Manager 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 Manager in the job title.

1 6 (60.00%) Change Management
2 5 (50.00%) Degree
2 5 (50.00%) ITIL
3 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (40.00%) Azure
3 4 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (30.00%) Project Delivery
4 3 (30.00%) DevOps
4 3 (30.00%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (30.00%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (30.00%) CRM
4 3 (30.00%) ERP
4 3 (30.00%) Roadmaps
4 3 (30.00%) Collaborative Culture
5 2 (20.00%) Product Ownership
5 2 (20.00%) SQL
5 2 (20.00%) Project Management
5 2 (20.00%) Incident Management
5 2 (20.00%) Service Delivery
5 2 (20.00%) Management Information System
5 2 (20.00%) Service Management
5 2 (20.00%) Private Cloud
5 2 (20.00%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (20.00%) Availability Management
5 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
5 2 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (20.00%) SaaS
5 2 (20.00%) Infor

Applications Manager 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 (10.00%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 3 (30.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (20.00%) Infor M3
3 1 (10.00%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (10.00%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) Azure
2 3 (30.00%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (20.00%) SaaS
4 1 (10.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Vagrant
General
1 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (20.00%) Private Cloud
1 2 (20.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Change Management
2 5 (50.00%) ITIL
3 4 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (30.00%) Collaborative Culture
4 3 (30.00%) CRM
4 3 (30.00%) DevOps
4 3 (30.00%) ERP
4 3 (30.00%) Project Delivery
4 3 (30.00%) Roadmaps
5 2 (20.00%) Analytics
5 2 (20.00%) Availability Management
5 2 (20.00%) Incident Management
5 2 (20.00%) Project Management
5 2 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (20.00%) Service Delivery
5 2 (20.00%) Service Management
6 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
6 1 (10.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) SQL
2 1 (10.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) AWS Certification
2 1 (10.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 1 (10.00%) Azure Certification
2 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (10.00%) HND
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Ansible
1 1 (10.00%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (20.00%) Infor
3 1 (10.00%) BMC
3 1 (10.00%) Remedy
3 1 (10.00%) SAP