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 6 July 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 727 652 863
Rank change year-on-year -75 +211 -8
Permanent jobs requiring an Application Development Manager 29 30 20
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.030% 0.063% 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% 0.070% 0.020%
Number of salaries quoted 25 29 20
10th Percentile £60,000 - £58,000
25th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £69,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £95,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +31.03% +19.70%
75th Percentile £91,250 £106,250 £74,063
90th Percentile £92,750 £112,000 £76,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,687 £80,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -27.89% +10.34% +37.44%

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 91,659 43,150 98,619
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.16% 89.93% 94.75%
Number of salaries quoted 62,930 25,242 71,006
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,360 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,130 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.26% - -5.66%

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 6 July 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 6 July 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 -84 24 £87,500 -7.89% 9
London -24 17 £87,500 -13.37% 3
Work from Home -24 8 £74,750 +10.74% 3
North of England -39 5 £57,687 -27.89% 5
UK excluding London -65 5 £57,687 -27.89% 8
North West -13 3 £57,687 -45.06% 3
Yorkshire -26 2 - - 2

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

For the 6 months to 6 July 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 17 (58.62%) Azure
2 14 (48.28%) ITIL
2 14 (48.28%) Service Management
3 13 (44.83%) Project Delivery
4 12 (41.38%) Stakeholder Management
5 11 (37.93%) Agile
5 11 (37.93%) Degree
6 10 (34.48%) Incident Management
6 10 (34.48%) Root Cause Analysis
6 10 (34.48%) SDLC
7 9 (31.03%) Performance Optimisation
8 8 (27.59%) COBOL
8 8 (27.59%) Computer Science
8 8 (27.59%) DevOps
8 8 (27.59%) IBM
8 8 (27.59%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (27.59%) RPG
8 8 (27.59%) Technical Leadership
9 7 (24.14%) Budget Management
9 7 (24.14%) Business Continuity
9 7 (24.14%) Disaster Recovery
9 7 (24.14%) Mentoring
9 7 (24.14%) Microsoft
10 6 (20.69%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (20.69%) Continuous Improvement
11 5 (17.24%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (17.24%) GRC
11 5 (17.24%) Power Platform
11 5 (17.24%) Resource Management
12 4 (13.79%) Service Delivery

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 (3.45%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 17 (58.62%) Azure
2 5 (17.24%) Dynamics 365
2 5 (17.24%) Power Platform
3 2 (6.90%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (6.90%) Snowflake
4 1 (3.45%) AWS
4 1 (3.45%) GCP
4 1 (3.45%) GitHub
4 1 (3.45%) MailChimp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.90%) Data Hub
2 1 (3.45%) MySQL
2 1 (3.45%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Git
General
1 17 (58.62%) Finance
2 15 (51.72%) Banking
3 9 (31.03%) Social Skills
4 8 (27.59%) Financial Institution
5 4 (13.79%) Tech for Good
6 2 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (3.45%) Law
7 1 (3.45%) Marketing
7 1 (3.45%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.90%) .NET
1 2 (6.90%) Spring
2 1 (3.45%) CSS
2 1 (3.45%) CSS3
2 1 (3.45%) HTML
2 1 (3.45%) HTML5
2 1 (3.45%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (27.59%) AS400
2 5 (17.24%) Management Information System
3 2 (6.90%) Cloud Native
4 1 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (48.28%) ITIL
1 14 (48.28%) Service Management
2 13 (44.83%) Project Delivery
3 12 (41.38%) Stakeholder Management
4 11 (37.93%) Agile
5 10 (34.48%) Incident Management
5 10 (34.48%) Root Cause Analysis
5 10 (34.48%) SDLC
6 9 (31.03%) Performance Optimisation
7 8 (27.59%) Computer Science
7 8 (27.59%) DevOps
7 8 (27.59%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (27.59%) Technical Leadership
8 7 (24.14%) Budget Management
8 7 (24.14%) Business Continuity
8 7 (24.14%) Disaster Recovery
8 7 (24.14%) Mentoring
9 6 (20.69%) Continuous Improvement
10 5 (17.24%) Resource Management
11 4 (13.79%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 8 (27.59%) COBOL
1 8 (27.59%) RPG
2 1 (3.45%) C#
2 1 (3.45%) Java
2 1 (3.45%) JavaScript
2 1 (3.45%) Python
2 1 (3.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (37.93%) Degree
2 6 (20.69%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (6.90%) Master's Degree
3 2 (6.90%) PMI Certification
3 2 (6.90%) PMP
4 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (17.24%) GRC
2 2 (6.90%) Accessibility
2 2 (6.90%) PMO
3 1 (3.45%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (27.59%) IBM
2 7 (24.14%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.45%) Google