Applications Developer Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Application Developer
UK > Work from Home

The median Application Developer salary for remote or hybrid work is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 357 377 475
Rank change year-on-year +20 +98 +27
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Developer 40 223 203
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.27% 0.66% 0.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 0.69% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 36 189 163
10th Percentile £46,250 £36,365 £37,983
25th Percentile £48,750 £42,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -9.48% +5.45%
75th Percentile £68,750 £64,750 £76,875
90th Percentile £76,250 £67,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +9.52%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 13,554 32,482 41,080
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.64% 95.99% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 9,860 24,960 29,208
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,000 £36,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -10.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,777 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.95% -12.04% -

Applications Developer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Applications Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Applications Developer trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Applications Developer
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Applications Developer.

Applications Developer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Applications Developer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Applications Developer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Applications Developer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Applications Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 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 jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring Applications Developer in the job title.

1 19 (47.50%) C#
1 19 (47.50%) SQL
2 18 (45.00%) JavaScript
2 18 (45.00%) Agile
3 16 (40.00%) Azure
4 13 (32.50%) .NET
4 13 (32.50%) Microsoft
4 13 (32.50%) Python
5 12 (30.00%) SQL Server
6 11 (27.50%) HTML
6 11 (27.50%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (25.00%) Oracle
8 9 (22.50%) Mobile App
8 9 (22.50%) User Experience
8 9 (22.50%) Power Platform
9 8 (20.00%) PowerApps
9 8 (20.00%) Clean Code
9 8 (20.00%) Code Quality
9 8 (20.00%) Git
9 8 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
10 7 (17.50%) Degree
10 7 (17.50%) Node.js
10 7 (17.50%) Azure Logic Apps
10 7 (17.50%) Power Automate
11 6 (15.00%) Chatbot
11 6 (15.00%) Conversational UI
11 6 (15.00%) PayPal
11 6 (15.00%) API Integration
11 6 (15.00%) TypeScript
11 6 (15.00%) Scrum

Applications Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 4 (10.00%) Confluence
2 2 (5.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (15.00%) Chatbot
2 1 (2.50%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (10.00%) Oracle Applications
1 4 (10.00%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (7.50%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 16 (40.00%) Azure
2 9 (22.50%) Power Platform
3 8 (20.00%) PowerApps
4 7 (17.50%) Azure Logic Apps
4 7 (17.50%) Power Automate
5 5 (12.50%) AWS
6 4 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (10.00%) GCP
6 4 (10.00%) GitHub
7 3 (7.50%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (2.50%) Amazon Cognito
8 1 (2.50%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (2.50%) Azure Functions
8 1 (2.50%) Boomi
8 1 (2.50%) Figma
8 1 (2.50%) OCI
8 1 (2.50%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (10.00%) 5G
1 4 (10.00%) Broadband
1 4 (10.00%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (30.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (10.00%) MySQL
2 4 (10.00%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (7.50%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 3 (7.50%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (7.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (5.00%) Power BI
5 1 (2.50%) Oracle Database
5 1 (2.50%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (20.00%) Git
2 5 (12.50%) JIRA
2 5 (12.50%) JUnit
3 4 (10.00%) NUnit
3 4 (10.00%) Oracle Forms
3 4 (10.00%) Visual Studio
4 1 (2.50%) Android Studio
4 1 (2.50%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (2.50%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (2.50%) Xcode
4 1 (2.50%) XCTest
General
1 5 (12.50%) Social Skills
2 4 (10.00%) Back Office
2 4 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 4 (10.00%) Local Government
3 3 (7.50%) Law
4 2 (5.00%) Finance
5 1 (2.50%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.50%) Digital Health
5 1 (2.50%) Digital Healthcare
5 1 (2.50%) French Language
5 1 (2.50%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (32.50%) .NET
2 11 (27.50%) HTML
3 7 (17.50%) Node.js
4 5 (12.50%) .NET Core
4 5 (12.50%) .NET Framework
4 5 (12.50%) CSS
4 5 (12.50%) RESTful
5 4 (10.00%) ASP.NET Web API
5 4 (10.00%) Jest
5 4 (10.00%) Kafka
5 4 (10.00%) NHibernate
5 4 (10.00%) React
6 3 (7.50%) JSON
6 3 (7.50%) WCF
6 3 (7.50%) XML
7 2 (5.00%) Express.js
7 2 (5.00%) GraphQL
7 2 (5.00%) HTML5 Canvas
7 2 (5.00%) PyTorch
7 2 (5.00%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 9 (22.50%) Mobile App
2 1 (2.50%) Algorithms
2 1 (2.50%) Animation
2 1 (2.50%) Data Structures
2 1 (2.50%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (2.50%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 5 (12.50%) Android
1 5 (12.50%) Apple iOS
2 1 (2.50%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (45.00%) Agile
2 11 (27.50%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (22.50%) User Experience
4 8 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
4 8 (20.00%) Clean Code
4 8 (20.00%) Code Quality
5 6 (15.00%) API Integration
5 6 (15.00%) Conversational UI
5 6 (15.00%) Scrum
6 5 (12.50%) CI/CD
6 5 (12.50%) Collaborative Culture
6 5 (12.50%) DevOps
6 5 (12.50%) MVC
7 4 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (10.00%) Customer Service
7 4 (10.00%) Design Patterns
7 4 (10.00%) OO
7 4 (10.00%) OOP
7 4 (10.00%) Technical Architecture
7 4 (10.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 19 (47.50%) C#
1 19 (47.50%) SQL
2 18 (45.00%) JavaScript
3 13 (32.50%) Python
4 6 (15.00%) C++
4 6 (15.00%) TypeScript
5 5 (12.50%) PL/SQL
6 4 (10.00%) Bash
6 4 (10.00%) PowerShell
7 3 (7.50%) Kotlin
7 3 (7.50%) Swift
7 3 (7.50%) T-SQL
8 2 (5.00%) Java
9 1 (2.50%) Objective-C
9 1 (2.50%) Rust
Qualifications
1 7 (17.50%) Degree
2 1 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 4 (10.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (10.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (32.50%) Microsoft
2 10 (25.00%) Oracle
3 6 (15.00%) PayPal
4 4 (10.00%) Okta
5 1 (2.50%) MuleSoft