Senior Applications Developer Jobs

Senior Application Developer
UK

The median Senior Application Developer salary in the UK is £61,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 June 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
7 Jun 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 818 913 1155
Rank change year-on-year +95 +242 -252
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Applications Developer 86 30 122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.080% 0.032% 0.071%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.084% 0.035% 0.074%
Number of salaries quoted 83 16 47
10th Percentile £45,000 £48,073 £45,372
25th Percentile £46,199 £50,599 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.96% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £64,750 £66,875 £100,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £78,750 £127,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £61,500 £55,000 £55,100
% change year-on-year +11.82% -0.18% +0.18%

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 102,423 85,496 164,500
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.93% 91.22% 95.99%
Number of salaries quoted 72,429 55,387 85,689
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,564 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,500
% change year-on-year -6.54% +5.94% +6.32%

Senior Applications Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Applications Developer in the UK

Senior Applications Developer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior Applications Developer in the UK

Senior Applications Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Applications Developer over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Applications Developer in the UK

Senior Applications Developer
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Applications Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 7 June 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
UK excluding London +21 86 £61,500 +11.82% 7
England +97 81 £61,500 +6.96% 8
Work from Home +85 57 £61,500 +6.96% 6
South West +19 45 £46,958 -6.09%
South East +7 32 £61,500 +6.96% 5
Midlands -24 4 £35,750 -31.90% 2
Wales - 4 £52,101 -
West Midlands -9 3 £34,000 -35.24% 2
East Midlands -23 1 £37,500 -
Scotland - 1 £57,500 -

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

For the 6 months to 7 June 2024, Senior 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 Senior Applications Developer in the job title.

1 54 (62.79%) Microsoft
2 53 (61.63%) C#
3 49 (56.98%) .NET
4 48 (55.81%) ASP.NET
5 47 (54.65%) CMS
6 39 (45.35%) Self-Motivation
6 39 (45.35%) Azure
7 38 (44.19%) JavaScript
8 37 (43.02%) RESTful
8 37 (43.02%) React
9 36 (41.86%) DevOps
9 36 (41.86%) MVC
10 35 (40.70%) CRM
10 35 (40.70%) .NET Framework
10 35 (40.70%) .NET Core
11 34 (39.53%) Azure DevOps
11 34 (39.53%) Optimizely
11 34 (39.53%) Presales
11 34 (39.53%) Next.js
11 34 (39.53%) Technical Leadership
11 34 (39.53%) Deployment Automation
11 34 (39.53%) Headless CMS
11 34 (39.53%) Data Privacy
11 34 (39.53%) Mobile First
11 34 (39.53%) Kentico
11 34 (39.53%) ASP.NET MVC
11 34 (39.53%) Continuous Integration
11 34 (39.53%) Umbraco
11 34 (39.53%) Sitecore CMS
11 34 (39.53%) Sitecore

Senior 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 47 (54.65%) CMS
2 34 (39.53%) Headless CMS
2 34 (39.53%) IIS
2 34 (39.53%) Kentico
2 34 (39.53%) Sitecore CMS
2 34 (39.53%) Umbraco
Business Applications
1 1 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 39 (45.35%) Azure
2 34 (39.53%) Azure DevOps
2 34 (39.53%) Kontent
3 16 (18.60%) Power Platform
4 15 (17.44%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (16.28%) Power Automate
5 14 (16.28%) PowerApps
6 3 (3.49%) iPaaS
6 3 (3.49%) PaaS
6 3 (3.49%) WhatsApp
7 2 (2.33%) Azure App Service
7 2 (2.33%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (1.16%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (1.16%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (1.16%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (16.28%) Power BI
2 6 (6.98%) SQL Server
3 4 (4.65%) Relational Database
4 3 (3.49%) MySQL
4 3 (3.49%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (3.49%) RDBMS
5 2 (2.33%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 4 (4.65%) Git
2 3 (3.49%) JIRA
3 1 (1.16%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 24 (27.91%) Fire and Rescue
2 19 (22.09%) Social Skills
3 4 (4.65%) Finance
4 3 (3.49%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (3.49%) Welsh Language
5 2 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (56.98%) .NET
2 48 (55.81%) ASP.NET
3 37 (43.02%) React
3 37 (43.02%) RESTful
4 35 (40.70%) .NET Core
4 35 (40.70%) .NET Framework
5 34 (39.53%) ASP.NET MVC
5 34 (39.53%) Next.js
6 2 (2.33%) ASP.NET Web Forms
6 2 (2.33%) CSS
6 2 (2.33%) HTML
7 1 (1.16%) ASP.NET Web API
7 1 (1.16%) Dapper ORM
7 1 (1.16%) Entity Framework
7 1 (1.16%) HTML5 Canvas
7 1 (1.16%) jQuery
7 1 (1.16%) REST
7 1 (1.16%) WCF
7 1 (1.16%) WinForms
7 1 (1.16%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 39 (45.35%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (3.49%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (3.49%) Housing Association
3 1 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (1.16%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.16%) N-Tier
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (41.86%) DevOps
1 36 (41.86%) MVC
2 35 (40.70%) CRM
3 34 (39.53%) Continuous Integration
3 34 (39.53%) Data Privacy
3 34 (39.53%) Deployment Automation
3 34 (39.53%) E-Commerce
3 34 (39.53%) ERP
3 34 (39.53%) Mobile First
3 34 (39.53%) Presales
3 34 (39.53%) Project Delivery
3 34 (39.53%) Technical Leadership
4 30 (34.88%) Web Development
5 16 (18.60%) Agile
6 14 (16.28%) Business Intelligence
6 14 (16.28%) Scrum
7 12 (13.95%) Performance Management
8 11 (12.79%) Customer-Centricity
8 11 (12.79%) Sprint Planning
8 11 (12.79%) Sprint Review
Programming Languages
1 53 (61.63%) C#
2 38 (44.19%) JavaScript
3 9 (10.47%) SQL
4 4 (4.65%) C
5 2 (2.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (5.81%) Degree
2 2 (2.33%) Azure Certification
2 2 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (2.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.33%) GDPR
Vendors
1 54 (62.79%) Microsoft
2 34 (39.53%) Optimizely
2 34 (39.53%) Sitecore
3 1 (1.16%) Xamarin