Application Manager
UK

The median Application Manager salary in the UK is £65,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 639 743 919
Rank change year-on-year +104 +176 -248
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Manager 251 235 332
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.25% 0.24% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.26% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 194 174 270
10th Percentile £46,700 £50,375 £45,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,680 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,500 £70,000 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year -6.43% +14.29% -1.72%
75th Percentile £79,688 £90,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £96,250 £93,750 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £54,488
% change year-on-year -15.38% +19.29% -0.93%

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 94,627 91,047 156,403
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.71% 91.54% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,562 57,571 85,106
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,750 £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 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 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Applications Manager in the UK

Applications Manager
Top 18 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 20 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 +107 241 £67,500 -3.57% 41
UK excluding London +66 173 £55,000 -15.38% 31
Work from Home +82 102 £70,500 +8.46% 15
London +56 72 £80,000 -11.11% 14
South East +55 61 £56,651 -9.36% 13
North of England +44 51 £57,500 -13.21% 7
Midlands +23 42 £66,000 +14.78% 5
West Midlands +44 36 £75,000 +50.00% 4
Yorkshire +89 22 £70,000 -3.45% 1
North West -7 18 £51,750 -20.38% 3
North East +6 11 £90,000 +58.28% 3
South West -30 11 £55,000 -18.52% 1
East Midlands -19 6 £47,500 -20.83% 1
East of England +8 3 £52,500 -30.00% 5
Scotland -67 2 £42,817 -15.21% 1
Channel Islands - 1 £85,000 -
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 20 May 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 79 (31.47%) Social Skills
2 59 (23.51%) Project Management
3 52 (20.72%) Finance
4 51 (20.32%) Agile
5 46 (18.33%) ERP
6 42 (16.73%) CRM
7 36 (14.34%) Enterprise Software
8 35 (13.94%) Microsoft
8 35 (13.94%) Problem-Solving
9 34 (13.55%) Degree
10 33 (13.15%) Analytical Skills
11 31 (12.35%) ITIL
11 31 (12.35%) SQL
11 31 (12.35%) Law
12 30 (11.95%) Stakeholder Management
13 29 (11.55%) Customer Service
14 28 (11.16%) Service Delivery
15 27 (10.76%) DevOps
16 25 (9.96%) Computer Science
16 25 (9.96%) Computer Science Degree
17 24 (9.56%) People Management
18 23 (9.16%) SQL Server
19 22 (8.76%) Line Management
20 21 (8.37%) Continuous Improvement
20 21 (8.37%) Decision-Making
21 20 (7.97%) Organisational Skills
21 20 (7.97%) Process Improvement
21 20 (7.97%) JIRA
21 20 (7.97%) SLA
22 19 (7.57%) Legal

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 11 (4.38%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.39%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.99%) CMS
4 3 (1.20%) Kentico
Applications
1 4 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.20%) Siemens NX
3 2 (0.80%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (2.39%) NetSuite
2 5 (1.99%) Fidessa
3 4 (1.59%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.59%) Oracle Applications
4 3 (1.20%) Teamcenter
5 2 (0.80%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.40%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.40%) Cognos Business Intelligence
6 1 (0.40%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 19 (7.57%) Power Platform
2 18 (7.17%) Azure
2 18 (7.17%) SaaS
3 13 (5.18%) PowerApps
3 13 (5.18%) Smartsheet
4 10 (3.98%) Dynamics 365
4 10 (3.98%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (1.59%) OCI
6 3 (1.20%) Basecamp
6 3 (1.20%) Google Workspace
6 3 (1.20%) Kontent
7 1 (0.40%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.40%) Azure Event Grid
7 1 (0.40%) Azure Functions
7 1 (0.40%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (0.40%) Azure Service Bus
7 1 (0.40%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.99%) DHCP
1 5 (1.99%) DNS
1 5 (1.99%) Firewall
1 5 (1.99%) FIX Connectivity
1 5 (1.99%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (9.16%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.59%) Power BI
3 3 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.40%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 20 (7.97%) JIRA
2 4 (1.59%) Eclipse
General
1 79 (31.47%) Social Skills
2 52 (20.72%) Finance
3 33 (13.15%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (12.35%) Law
5 20 (7.97%) Organisational Skills
6 19 (7.57%) Legal
7 18 (7.17%) Banking
8 16 (6.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (3.59%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.99%) Automotive
10 5 (1.99%) Back Office
10 5 (1.99%) Financial Institution
10 5 (1.99%) Front Office
10 5 (1.99%) Retail
11 4 (1.59%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.20%) Health Technology
12 3 (1.20%) Marketing
13 2 (0.80%) Fire and Rescue
13 2 (0.80%) Local Government
13 2 (0.80%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (5.98%) .NET
1 15 (5.98%) EDI
2 5 (1.99%) FIX Protocol
2 5 (1.99%) React Native
3 2 (0.80%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 36 (14.34%) Enterprise Software
2 15 (5.98%) Driving Licence
2 15 (5.98%) Mobile App
3 12 (4.78%) Low-Code
4 6 (2.39%) FMCG
4 6 (2.39%) Product Ownership
5 5 (1.99%) Eurex
6 4 (1.59%) Algorithms
6 4 (1.59%) Data Structures
6 4 (1.59%) Hedge funds
6 4 (1.59%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.20%) Derivative
8 2 (0.80%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.80%) Reinsurance
9 1 (0.40%) Client/Server
9 1 (0.40%) Fixed Income
9 1 (0.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 1 (0.40%) N-Tier
9 1 (0.40%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.19%) Windows
2 5 (1.99%) Android
2 5 (1.99%) Apple iOS
2 5 (1.99%) CentOS
2 5 (1.99%) Linux
2 5 (1.99%) Unix
3 3 (1.20%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (23.51%) Project Management
2 51 (20.32%) Agile
3 46 (18.33%) ERP
4 42 (16.73%) CRM
5 35 (13.94%) Problem-Solving
6 31 (12.35%) ITIL
7 30 (11.95%) Stakeholder Management
8 29 (11.55%) Customer Service
9 28 (11.16%) Service Delivery
10 27 (10.76%) DevOps
11 25 (9.96%) Computer Science
12 24 (9.56%) People Management
13 22 (8.76%) Line Management
14 21 (8.37%) Continuous Improvement
14 21 (8.37%) Decision-Making
15 20 (7.97%) Process Improvement
16 18 (7.17%) Programme Management
16 18 (7.17%) Project Delivery
17 17 (6.77%) B2B
17 17 (6.77%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 31 (12.35%) SQL
2 13 (5.18%) Python
3 9 (3.59%) C#
4 7 (2.79%) PowerShell
5 5 (1.99%) Bash
5 5 (1.99%) JavaScript
5 5 (1.99%) Perl
5 5 (1.99%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 34 (13.55%) Degree
2 25 (9.96%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (1.20%) Master's Degree
3 3 (1.20%) Security Cleared
4 2 (0.80%) MBA
5 1 (0.40%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (0.40%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (7.97%) SLA
2 11 (4.38%) QA
3 2 (0.80%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.80%) PMO
3 2 (0.80%) SOC 1
4 1 (0.40%) PMBOK
Vendors
1 35 (13.94%) Microsoft
2 18 (7.17%) Salesforce
3 14 (5.58%) iManage
3 14 (5.58%) SAP
4 11 (4.38%) Oracle
5 9 (3.59%) OpenAI
6 8 (3.19%) IFS
7 5 (1.99%) Anaplan
7 5 (1.99%) Automation Anywhere
7 5 (1.99%) Bloomberg
7 5 (1.99%) CQG
7 5 (1.99%) Freshdesk
7 5 (1.99%) ION Trading
7 5 (1.99%) Patsystems
7 5 (1.99%) Red Hat
7 5 (1.99%) Reuters
7 5 (1.99%) Trayport
7 5 (1.99%) Workday
8 4 (1.59%) Guidewire
9 3 (1.20%) Siemens