Application Developer
UK

The median Application Developer salary in the UK is £52,301 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 May 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 494 666 639
Rank change year-on-year +172 -27 -117
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Developer 458 321 772
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.46% 0.32% 0.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.48% 0.35% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 378 243 439
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,713 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,000 £46,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,301 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.04% +9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £64,750 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £87,500 £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +13.96%

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 94,593 90,744 154,424
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 91.51% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,603 57,335 84,442
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Applications Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Developer in the UK

Applications Developer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Applications Developer in the UK

Applications Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Applications Developer over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Applications Developer in the UK

Applications Developer
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 Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 18 May 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 +165 387 £52,500 -9.48% 52
UK excluding London +121 339 £50,000 -4.76% 46
Work from Home +100 226 £52,301 -9.83% 30
South West +60 95 £46,958 +17.39% 3
South East +33 85 £60,000 +14.29% 8
North of England +83 70 £44,000 -19.83% 10
London +40 68 £62,500 -7.41% 13
Midlands -3 38 £60,000 +14.29% 11
Yorkshire +101 37 £40,000 -27.27% 5
North West +23 33 £55,000 +4.76% 4
East of England +23 31 £40,000 -12.10% 7
West Midlands +19 22 £60,000 +20.00% 9
East Midlands -9 16 £40,000 -31.03% 2
Wales +15 11 £52,101 +30.25% 3
Scotland -70 6 £47,500 -11.53% 4
Channel Islands - 4 £60,000 -
Northern Ireland +22 3 £60,000 +20.00% 1

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

For the 6 months to 18 May 2024, 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 featuring Applications Developer in the job title.

1 207 (45.20%) .NET
2 191 (41.70%) C#
3 158 (34.50%) Microsoft
4 139 (30.35%) JavaScript
5 127 (27.73%) Azure
6 124 (27.07%) SQL
7 123 (26.86%) Agile
8 107 (23.36%) DevOps
8 107 (23.36%) Power Platform
9 96 (20.96%) .NET Framework
10 94 (20.52%) Social Skills
11 86 (18.78%) ASP.NET
12 83 (18.12%) Power Automate
13 80 (17.47%) SQL Server
14 79 (17.25%) Finance
15 78 (17.03%) PowerApps
15 78 (17.03%) Azure DevOps
16 77 (16.81%) Problem-Solving
17 69 (15.07%) CRM
18 65 (14.19%) CMS
19 63 (13.76%) Business Intelligence
20 62 (13.54%) User Experience
20 62 (13.54%) React
21 59 (12.88%) Power BI
21 59 (12.88%) Degree
22 58 (12.66%) HTML
22 58 (12.66%) MVC
23 56 (12.23%) Scrum
23 56 (12.23%) Continuous Integration
24 53 (11.57%) RESTful

Applications Developer 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 65 (14.19%) CMS
2 43 (9.39%) IIS
3 40 (8.73%) SharePoint
4 36 (7.86%) Headless CMS
4 36 (7.86%) Kentico
4 36 (7.86%) Sitecore CMS
4 36 (7.86%) Umbraco
5 11 (2.40%) Apache
6 8 (1.75%) Appian
7 6 (1.31%) Tomcat
8 4 (0.87%) EPiServer
9 2 (0.44%) nginx
9 2 (0.44%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.22%) Confluence
10 1 (0.22%) JBoss
10 1 (0.22%) Mendix
10 1 (0.22%) Oracle Service Bus
10 1 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.22%) WebLogic
Applications
1 5 (1.09%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 25 (5.46%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.97%) Shopify
3 5 (1.09%) Maximo
4 2 (0.44%) BusinessWorks
4 2 (0.44%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.44%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.22%) HFM
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle FAH
5 1 (0.22%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 127 (27.73%) Azure
2 107 (23.36%) Power Platform
3 83 (18.12%) Power Automate
4 78 (17.03%) Azure DevOps
4 78 (17.03%) PowerApps
5 48 (10.48%) Dynamics 365
6 42 (9.17%) Microsoft 365
7 36 (7.86%) Kontent
8 24 (5.24%) AWS
8 24 (5.24%) Serverless
9 22 (4.80%) Azure Functions
10 20 (4.37%) Firebase
11 18 (3.93%) GitHub
12 9 (1.97%) SaaS
13 7 (1.53%) AWS IoT
13 7 (1.53%) Azure Service Bus
13 7 (1.53%) Cloud Computing
14 6 (1.31%) Azure Logic Apps
14 6 (1.31%) Entra ID
15 5 (1.09%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.53%) Wireless
2 2 (0.44%) Bluetooth
2 2 (0.44%) SSL
3 1 (0.22%) DNS
3 1 (0.22%) Internet
3 1 (0.22%) Intranet
3 1 (0.22%) MQTT
3 1 (0.22%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (17.47%) SQL Server
2 59 (12.88%) Power BI
3 23 (5.02%) Relational Database
4 21 (4.59%) MySQL
5 15 (3.28%) PostgreSQL
6 10 (2.18%) MS Access
7 9 (1.97%) MongoDB
8 8 (1.75%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (1.53%) NoSQL
10 6 (1.31%) SQLite
11 5 (1.09%) Azure SQL Database
11 5 (1.09%) GIS
11 5 (1.09%) MySQL Workbench
12 4 (0.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 3 (0.66%) Data Lake
13 3 (0.66%) RDBMS
13 3 (0.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 2 (0.44%) DynamoDB
14 2 (0.44%) Oracle Reports
15 1 (0.22%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 50 (10.92%) Visual Studio
2 36 (7.86%) Git
3 13 (2.84%) Jenkins
4 12 (2.62%) JIRA
4 12 (2.62%) NUnit
5 8 (1.75%) Selenium
6 7 (1.53%) Team Foundation Server
6 7 (1.53%) TeamCity
7 6 (1.31%) JMeter
7 6 (1.31%) Octopus Deploy
7 6 (1.31%) SonarQube
8 5 (1.09%) Xcode
9 4 (0.87%) Maven
9 4 (0.87%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 2 (0.44%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.44%) Crashlytics
10 2 (0.44%) Oracle Forms
11 1 (0.22%) Browser DevTools
11 1 (0.22%) fastlane
11 1 (0.22%) ScriptRunner
General
1 94 (20.52%) Social Skills
2 79 (17.25%) Finance
3 41 (8.95%) Marketing
4 37 (8.08%) Fire and Rescue
5 30 (6.55%) Analytical Skills
5 30 (6.55%) Public Sector
6 12 (2.62%) Organisational Skills
6 12 (2.62%) Retail
7 11 (2.40%) Mandarin Language
7 11 (2.40%) Manufacturing
8 10 (2.18%) Electronics
8 10 (2.18%) Law
9 9 (1.97%) Telecoms
10 8 (1.75%) Back Office
11 6 (1.31%) Banking
11 6 (1.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (1.09%) Automotive
12 5 (1.09%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (0.87%) Financial Institution
13 4 (0.87%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 207 (45.20%) .NET
2 96 (20.96%) .NET Framework
3 86 (18.78%) ASP.NET
4 62 (13.54%) React
5 58 (12.66%) HTML
6 53 (11.57%) RESTful
7 48 (10.48%) AngularJS
8 47 (10.26%) .NET Core
9 42 (9.17%) CSS
10 39 (8.52%) ASP.NET MVC
10 39 (8.52%) Next.js
11 32 (6.99%) REST
12 30 (6.55%) WPF
13 27 (5.90%) Web Services
14 22 (4.80%) JSON
15 21 (4.59%) XML
16 20 (4.37%) HTML5
17 19 (4.15%) WCF
18 15 (3.28%) Entity Framework
19 14 (3.06%) Flutter
Miscellaneous
1 47 (10.26%) Mobile App
2 41 (8.95%) Self-Motivation
3 28 (6.11%) Enterprise Software
4 18 (3.93%) Product Ownership
5 16 (3.49%) Low-Code
6 10 (2.18%) EPoS
7 8 (1.75%) IoT
8 5 (1.09%) Animation
8 5 (1.09%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (1.09%) Public Cloud
9 4 (0.87%) Femtech
9 4 (0.87%) Life Science
10 3 (0.66%) Data Structures
10 3 (0.66%) Housing Association
10 3 (0.66%) Wiki
11 2 (0.44%) Mainframe
12 1 (0.22%) Management Information System
12 1 (0.22%) N-Tier
12 1 (0.22%) Smartphone
12 1 (0.22%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 34 (7.42%) Apple iOS
2 28 (6.11%) Android
3 15 (3.28%) Windows
4 9 (1.97%) Linux
5 2 (0.44%) AIX
5 2 (0.44%) Oracle Linux
5 2 (0.44%) Unix
6 1 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (26.86%) Agile
2 107 (23.36%) DevOps
3 77 (16.81%) Problem-Solving
4 69 (15.07%) CRM
5 63 (13.76%) Business Intelligence
6 62 (13.54%) User Experience
7 58 (12.66%) MVC
8 56 (12.23%) Continuous Integration
8 56 (12.23%) Scrum
9 49 (10.70%) Web Development
10 46 (10.04%) E-Commerce
11 44 (9.61%) ERP
11 44 (9.61%) Project Delivery
12 40 (8.73%) Mobile First
13 38 (8.30%) CI/CD
13 38 (8.30%) Deployment Automation
14 37 (8.08%) Technical Leadership
15 36 (7.86%) Data Privacy
15 36 (7.86%) Presales
16 35 (7.64%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 191 (41.70%) C#
2 139 (30.35%) JavaScript
3 124 (27.07%) SQL
4 46 (10.04%) Java
5 35 (7.64%) TypeScript
6 26 (5.68%) T-SQL
7 19 (4.15%) Swift
8 14 (3.06%) Kotlin
9 13 (2.84%) Python
10 11 (2.40%) VB.NET
10 11 (2.40%) VBA
11 10 (2.18%) Objective-C
11 10 (2.18%) PHP
11 10 (2.18%) VB
12 7 (1.53%) C
13 6 (1.31%) PL/SQL
13 6 (1.31%) XPath
14 5 (1.09%) Dart
14 5 (1.09%) PowerShell
15 3 (0.66%) Formula Language
Qualifications
1 59 (12.88%) Degree
2 35 (7.64%) Computer Science Degree
3 27 (5.90%) Security Cleared
4 22 (4.80%) SC Cleared
5 7 (1.53%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (1.09%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.22%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (5.46%) QA
2 7 (1.53%) GDPR
3 5 (1.09%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.44%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.44%) Software Quality Assurance
5 1 (0.22%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.22%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (3.28%) Docker
2 2 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 10 (2.18%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.53%) Progress Chef
3 4 (0.87%) Terraform
4 2 (0.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (0.44%) Ansible
4 2 (0.44%) Nagios
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle Identity Management
5 1 (0.22%) Packer
5 1 (0.22%) Puppet
5 1 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 158 (34.50%) Microsoft
2 36 (7.86%) Optimizely
2 36 (7.86%) Sitecore
3 21 (4.59%) Oracle
4 19 (4.15%) Apple
5 14 (3.06%) Google
6 12 (2.62%) Xamarin
7 10 (2.18%) F5
7 10 (2.18%) SAP
8 7 (1.53%) IBM
9 3 (0.66%) Zend
10 2 (0.44%) Atlassian
10 2 (0.44%) TIBCO
11 1 (0.22%) Hyperion
11 1 (0.22%) New Relic
11 1 (0.22%) Red Hat
11 1 (0.22%) Salesforce
11 1 (0.22%) Splunk