Application Development Manager Job Trends

Applications Development Manager
UK

The median Applications Development Manager salary in the UK is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 September 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 765 642 767
Rank change year-on-year -123 +125 -11
Permanent jobs requiring an Application Development Manager 36 21 26
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.032% 0.042% 0.033%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.034% 0.047% 0.035%
Number of salaries quoted 24 21 21
10th Percentile £63,150 £80,000 £58,000
25th Percentile £70,500 £85,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £95,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +26.67% +1.35%
75th Percentile £91,250 £106,250 -
90th Percentile - £112,000 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £71,000 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -11.25% +6.67% +3.45%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 106,119 44,341 74,255
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.46% 89.67% 95.26%
Number of salaries quoted 73,014 26,036 45,320
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.27% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £74,258 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -4.76%

Application Development Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Application Development Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Application Development Manager job vacancy trend in the UK

Application Development Manager
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Application Development Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Application Development Manager job vacancies in the UK

Application Development Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Application Development Manager over the 6 months to 14 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Application Development Manager in the UK

Application Development Manager
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Application Development Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 14 September 2026. 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 -80 28 £87,500 -7.89% 6
North of England -46 14 £71,000 -11.25% 4
UK excluding London -101 14 £71,000 -11.25% 6
London -55 13 £87,500 -13.37%
North West - 9 £71,000 -
Work from Home -37 8 £71,000 -29.70%
Yorkshire -28 5 - - 4

Application Development Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 14 September 2026, Application Development Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Application Development Manager in the job title.

1 16 (44.44%) Stakeholder Management
2 14 (38.89%) Project Delivery
3 12 (33.33%) Agile
4 11 (30.56%) Azure
5 10 (27.78%) IBM
5 10 (27.78%) ITIL
5 10 (27.78%) Power Platform
5 10 (27.78%) Service Management
6 9 (25.00%) AI
6 9 (25.00%) SDLC
7 8 (22.22%) COBOL
7 8 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (22.22%) Incident Management
7 8 (22.22%) Performance Optimisation
7 8 (22.22%) Root Cause Analysis
7 8 (22.22%) RPG
7 8 (22.22%) Technical Leadership
8 7 (19.44%) Relational Database
9 6 (16.67%) Degree
9 6 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (13.89%) Computer Science
10 5 (13.89%) DevOps
10 5 (13.89%) Mentoring
11 4 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
11 4 (11.11%) Business Process Analysis
11 4 (11.11%) Business Strategy
11 4 (11.11%) Data Migration
11 4 (11.11%) Digital Transformation Programme
11 4 (11.11%) ERP
11 4 (11.11%) GDPR

Application Development Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 11 (30.56%) Azure
2 10 (27.78%) Power Platform
3 6 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (5.56%) Snowflake
5 1 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (19.44%) Relational Database
2 4 (11.11%) Power BI
3 2 (5.56%) Data Hub
General
1 24 (66.67%) Finance
2 12 (33.33%) Banking
3 8 (22.22%) Financial Institution
4 7 (19.44%) Social Skills
5 6 (16.67%) Tech for Good
6 5 (13.89%) Marketing
7 4 (11.11%) Manufacturing
8 2 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (2.78%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (11.11%) Spring
2 2 (5.56%) AngularJS
2 2 (5.56%) JSON
2 2 (5.56%) Kafka
2 2 (5.56%) RESTful
2 2 (5.56%) Spring Boot
3 1 (2.78%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 8 (22.22%) AS400
2 4 (11.11%) Cloud Native
2 4 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.78%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (44.44%) Stakeholder Management
2 14 (38.89%) Project Delivery
3 12 (33.33%) Agile
4 10 (27.78%) ITIL
4 10 (27.78%) Service Management
5 9 (25.00%) AI
5 9 (25.00%) SDLC
6 8 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
6 8 (22.22%) Incident Management
6 8 (22.22%) Performance Optimisation
6 8 (22.22%) Root Cause Analysis
6 8 (22.22%) Technical Leadership
7 5 (13.89%) Computer Science
7 5 (13.89%) DevOps
7 5 (13.89%) Mentoring
8 4 (11.11%) Business Process Analysis
8 4 (11.11%) Digital Transformation Programme
8 4 (11.11%) Platform Engineering
8 4 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (11.11%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 8 (22.22%) COBOL
1 8 (22.22%) RPG
2 4 (11.11%) SQL
3 3 (8.33%) Java
4 2 (5.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (16.67%) Degree
2 3 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (5.56%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.11%) GDPR
2 2 (5.56%) GRC
3 1 (2.78%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 10 (27.78%) IBM
2 3 (8.33%) Oracle
3 2 (5.56%) Microsoft