Application Development Manager Job Trends

Applications Development Manager
UK

The median Applications Development Manager salary in the UK is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 December 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 592 688 699
Rank change year-on-year +96 +11 +308
Permanent jobs requiring an Application Development Manager 55 37 10
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.094% 0.065% 0.020%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.070% 0.022%
Number of salaries quoted 55 31 10
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £62,500 £71,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £72,750
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% -7.22% -9.06%
75th Percentile - £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £71,750 - £120,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +3.45% +20.83%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 52,771 53,172 46,462
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.24% 93.59% 95.22%
Number of salaries quoted 32,471 28,551 36,094
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,634 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.62% - -

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 18 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Application Development Manager in the UK

Application Development Manager
Top 14 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 18 December 2025. 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
UK excluding London +106 44 £70,000 -6.67% 5
England +91 38 £70,000 +3.70% 6
North of England +44 22 £70,000 -3.45% 4
Yorkshire 0 12 £70,000 -6.67% 4
North West +38 10 £70,000 -6.67%
Work from Home +58 4 £69,500 +4.91% 2
South East +39 4 £70,000 -6.67% 1
West Midlands +38 4 £70,000 +5.26%
Midlands +21 4 £70,000 +5.26%
Scotland +11 4 £70,000 -6.67%
Northern Ireland 0 4 £70,000 -6.67%
South West +23 3 £70,000 -6.67%
Wales +3 3 £70,000 -6.67%
London +64 1 £70,000 - 2

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

For the 6 months to 18 December 2025, 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 52 (94.55%) Dynamics 365
1 52 (94.55%) Power Platform
2 6 (10.91%) Agile
2 6 (10.91%) Coaching
2 6 (10.91%) Service Delivery
3 4 (7.27%) .NET
3 4 (7.27%) Accessibility
3 4 (7.27%) Azure
3 4 (7.27%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (7.27%) BDD
3 4 (7.27%) Degree
3 4 (7.27%) DevOps
3 4 (7.27%) Integration Testing
3 4 (7.27%) Line Management
3 4 (7.27%) Mentoring
3 4 (7.27%) Risk Management
3 4 (7.27%) Software Engineering
3 4 (7.27%) Stress Testing
3 4 (7.27%) System Testing
3 4 (7.27%) TDD
3 4 (7.27%) Unit Testing
3 4 (7.27%) Web Development
4 3 (5.45%) Customer Experience
5 2 (3.64%) COBOL
5 2 (3.64%) ITIL
5 2 (3.64%) ITSM
5 2 (3.64%) Logistics
5 2 (3.64%) PRINCE2
5 2 (3.64%) Project Delivery
5 2 (3.64%) Project Management

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:

Business Applications
1 1 (1.82%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 52 (94.55%) Dynamics 365
1 52 (94.55%) Power Platform
2 4 (7.27%) Azure
2 4 (7.27%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.82%) MailChimp
General
1 51 (92.73%) Tech for Good
2 3 (5.45%) Finance
2 3 (5.45%) Marketing
3 2 (3.64%) Retail
4 1 (1.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (1.82%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.27%) .NET
2 1 (1.82%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.09%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.64%) Distributed Systems
2 2 (3.64%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (3.64%) Legacy Applications
2 2 (3.64%) Mainframe
3 1 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (10.91%) Agile
1 6 (10.91%) Coaching
1 6 (10.91%) Service Delivery
2 4 (7.27%) BDD
2 4 (7.27%) DevOps
2 4 (7.27%) Integration Testing
2 4 (7.27%) Line Management
2 4 (7.27%) Mentoring
2 4 (7.27%) Risk Management
2 4 (7.27%) Software Engineering
2 4 (7.27%) Stress Testing
2 4 (7.27%) System Testing
2 4 (7.27%) TDD
2 4 (7.27%) Unit Testing
2 4 (7.27%) Web Development
3 3 (5.45%) Customer Experience
4 2 (3.64%) ITSM
4 2 (3.64%) Logistics
4 2 (3.64%) Project Delivery
4 2 (3.64%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.64%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 4 (7.27%) Degree
2 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.27%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (1.82%) Microsoft