Applications Manager Jobs

Application Manager
UK

The median Application Manager salary in the UK is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 648 743 936
Rank change year-on-year +95 +193 -280
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Manager 268 207 330
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.26% 0.22% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.24% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 204 151 268
10th Percentile £47,750 £51,409 £45,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £58,101 £50,296
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +14.29% -0.41%
75th Percentile £78,750 £88,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £105,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £53,769
% change year-on-year -15.38% +20.89% -2.24%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 99,552 86,380 162,088
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 91.27% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 70,786 55,655 84,889
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,244
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.48% +5.78%

Applications Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Manager in the UK

Applications Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Applications Manager in the UK

Applications Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Applications Manager over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Applications Manager in the UK

Applications Manager
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. 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
England +96 257 £65,000 -7.14% 45
UK excluding London +62 184 £55,000 -15.38% 29
Work from Home +63 106 £70,000 +7.69% 18
London +80 76 £80,000 -11.11% 15
South East +44 68 £56,651 -12.85% 5
North of England +50 56 £55,000 -15.38% 7
Midlands +17 42 £65,000 +8.33% 7
West Midlands +18 36 £67,500 +11.57% 6
Yorkshire +77 27 £58,500 -19.31% 4
North West -9 18 £51,750 -20.38% 3
North East -2 11 £90,000 +56.52%
South West -29 11 £55,000 -20.00% 1
East Midlands -20 6 £47,500 -20.83% 1
East of England +1 3 £52,500 -30.00% 8
Scotland -68 2 £42,817 -15.21% 2
Northern Ireland - 1 £54,408 -
Wales - 1 £55,000 -

Applications Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, 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 featuring Applications Manager in the job title.

1 77 (28.73%) Social Skills
2 67 (25.00%) Project Management
3 61 (22.76%) Finance
4 57 (21.27%) Agile
5 48 (17.91%) ERP
6 46 (17.16%) CRM
7 36 (13.43%) Problem-Solving
8 35 (13.06%) Degree
8 35 (13.06%) Analytical Skills
9 33 (12.31%) Enterprise Software
9 33 (12.31%) SQL
10 32 (11.94%) ITIL
10 32 (11.94%) Microsoft
11 31 (11.57%) Law
12 29 (10.82%) Stakeholder Management
12 29 (10.82%) Customer Service
13 27 (10.07%) People Management
14 26 (9.70%) DevOps
14 26 (9.70%) Computer Science
14 26 (9.70%) Service Delivery
15 25 (9.33%) Computer Science Degree
16 24 (8.96%) Line Management
17 23 (8.58%) SLA
17 23 (8.58%) Banking
18 20 (7.46%) SQL Server
18 20 (7.46%) JIRA
18 20 (7.46%) Continuous Improvement
18 20 (7.46%) Process Improvement
18 20 (7.46%) Decision-Making
18 20 (7.46%) Organisational Skills

Applications Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 8 (2.99%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.24%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.87%) CMS
4 3 (1.12%) Kentico
Applications
1 4 (1.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.12%) Siemens NX
3 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.75%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.37%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (2.24%) NetSuite
2 5 (1.87%) Fidessa
3 4 (1.49%) Oracle Applications
4 3 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (1.12%) Teamcenter
5 2 (0.75%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.37%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.37%) Cognos Business Intelligence
6 1 (0.37%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.37%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 18 (6.72%) Power Platform
2 17 (6.34%) SaaS
3 15 (5.60%) Azure
4 13 (4.85%) PowerApps
4 13 (4.85%) Smartsheet
5 11 (4.10%) Dynamics 365
6 7 (2.61%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (1.49%) OCI
8 3 (1.12%) Basecamp
8 3 (1.12%) Google Workspace
8 3 (1.12%) Kontent
9 1 (0.37%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.37%) Azure Event Grid
9 1 (0.37%) Azure Functions
9 1 (0.37%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.37%) Azure Service Bus
9 1 (0.37%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.37%) Serverless
9 1 (0.37%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.87%) DHCP
1 5 (1.87%) DNS
1 5 (1.87%) Firewall
1 5 (1.87%) FIX Connectivity
1 5 (1.87%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (7.46%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.24%) Power BI
3 4 (1.49%) BigQuery
4 3 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.75%) Looker
5 2 (0.75%) Spotfire
5 2 (0.75%) Tableau
6 1 (0.37%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 20 (7.46%) JIRA
2 4 (1.49%) Eclipse
General
1 77 (28.73%) Social Skills
2 61 (22.76%) Finance
3 35 (13.06%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (11.57%) Law
5 23 (8.58%) Banking
6 20 (7.46%) Organisational Skills
7 19 (7.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 17 (6.34%) Legal
9 10 (3.73%) Retail
10 9 (3.36%) Manufacturing
11 7 (2.61%) Marketing
12 5 (1.87%) Automotive
12 5 (1.87%) Financial Institution
13 4 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (1.12%) Back Office
14 3 (1.12%) Front Office
14 3 (1.12%) Health Technology
15 2 (0.75%) Fire and Rescue
15 2 (0.75%) Local Government
15 2 (0.75%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (5.60%) EDI
2 12 (4.48%) .NET
3 5 (1.87%) FIX Protocol
3 5 (1.87%) React Native
4 2 (0.75%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 33 (12.31%) Enterprise Software
2 19 (7.09%) Mobile App
3 15 (5.60%) Driving Licence
4 11 (4.10%) Low-Code
5 9 (3.36%) Product Ownership
6 6 (2.24%) FMCG
7 5 (1.87%) Eurex
7 5 (1.87%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.49%) Algorithms
8 4 (1.49%) Data Structures
8 4 (1.49%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.75%) Hedge funds
9 2 (0.75%) Reinsurance
10 1 (0.37%) Biopharmaceutical
10 1 (0.37%) Client/Server
10 1 (0.37%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 1 (0.37%) Learning Management System
10 1 (0.37%) N-Tier
10 1 (0.37%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (2.99%) Windows
2 5 (1.87%) Android
2 5 (1.87%) Apple iOS
2 5 (1.87%) CentOS
2 5 (1.87%) Linux
2 5 (1.87%) Unix
3 3 (1.12%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (25.00%) Project Management
2 57 (21.27%) Agile
3 48 (17.91%) ERP
4 46 (17.16%) CRM
5 36 (13.43%) Problem-Solving
6 32 (11.94%) ITIL
7 29 (10.82%) Customer Service
7 29 (10.82%) Stakeholder Management
8 27 (10.07%) People Management
9 26 (9.70%) Computer Science
9 26 (9.70%) DevOps
9 26 (9.70%) Service Delivery
10 24 (8.96%) Line Management
11 20 (7.46%) Continuous Improvement
11 20 (7.46%) Decision-Making
11 20 (7.46%) Process Improvement
12 18 (6.72%) Programme Management
12 18 (6.72%) Project Delivery
12 18 (6.72%) Roadmaps
13 17 (6.34%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 33 (12.31%) SQL
2 11 (4.10%) Python
3 8 (2.99%) PowerShell
4 7 (2.61%) C#
5 5 (1.87%) Bash
5 5 (1.87%) JavaScript
5 5 (1.87%) Perl
5 5 (1.87%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 35 (13.06%) Degree
2 25 (9.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (1.12%) Master's Degree
3 3 (1.12%) Security Cleared
4 2 (0.75%) MBA
5 1 (0.37%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.37%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (0.37%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (8.58%) SLA
2 12 (4.48%) QA
3 2 (0.75%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.75%) PMO
3 2 (0.75%) SOC 1
4 1 (0.37%) GxP
4 1 (0.37%) PMBOK
4 1 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 32 (11.94%) Microsoft
2 18 (6.72%) Salesforce
3 15 (5.60%) SAP
4 11 (4.10%) iManage
4 11 (4.10%) Oracle
5 8 (2.99%) IFS
6 6 (2.24%) OpenAI
7 5 (1.87%) Anaplan
7 5 (1.87%) Automation Anywhere
7 5 (1.87%) Bloomberg
7 5 (1.87%) CQG
7 5 (1.87%) Freshdesk
7 5 (1.87%) ION Trading
7 5 (1.87%) Patsystems
7 5 (1.87%) Red Hat
7 5 (1.87%) Reuters
7 5 (1.87%) Trayport
7 5 (1.87%) Workday
8 4 (1.49%) Guidewire
9 3 (1.12%) Google