HTML Contract Job Trends in England

HTML (including XHTML, DHTML & HTML5)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring HTML skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 123 89 80
Rank change year-on-year -34 -9 -24
Contract jobs citing HTML 614 845 1,201
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.23% 2.58% 2.80%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 9.99% 11.51% 12.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 405 576 832
10th Percentile £270 £280 £313
25th Percentile £358 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year -15.84% +1.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £538 £623 £613
90th Percentile £638 £694 £702
UK median daily rate £438 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -6.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 13 20
10th Percentile £32.75 £57.70 £21.00
25th Percentile £33.91 - £34.10
Median hourly rate £50.00 £70.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +21.74% -8.00%
75th Percentile £51.08 - £70.50
90th Percentile £66.60 - £75.10
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £70.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -28.57% +16.67% -4.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

HTML falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 6,149 7,340 9,417
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.31% 22.37% 21.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,170 4,873 6,920
10th Percentile £350 £358 £380
25th Percentile £410 £445 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £677
90th Percentile £750 £820 £788
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 159 176 164
10th Percentile £31.25 £27.38 £36.34
25th Percentile £42.75 £43.00 £46.18
Median hourly rate £54.00 £62.93 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.19% +4.88% -4.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £73.67
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.47 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £61.60 £60.00
% change year-on-year -14.77% +2.67% -

HTML
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing HTML as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for HTML in England

HTML
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing HTML.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing HTML

HTML
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing HTML in England over the 6 months to 14 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for HTML in England

HTML
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing HTML.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing HTML

HTML
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing HTML in England over the 6 months to 14 September 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for HTML in England

HTML
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HTML within the England region over the 6 months to 14 September 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -50 318 £475 -12.84% 397
North of England -10 84 £400 -21.18% 218
Midlands +9 67 £375 -25.00% 151
South East -11 63 £412 -10.92% 290
North West +8 53 £382 -17.41% 112
East of England +5 36 £475 +26.67% 94
West Midlands -15 36 £425 -22.73% 89
East Midlands +20 30 £340 -18.12% 61
South West +23 26 £413 -8.33% 75
Yorkshire -30 26 £481 -13.13% 73
North East +1 5 £480 +18.52% 37
HTML
UK

HTML
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 37 (6.03%) Confluence
2 25 (4.07%) SharePoint
3 23 (3.75%) CMS
4 15 (2.44%) WebLogic
4 15 (2.44%) WebSphere
5 11 (1.79%) nginx
6 8 (1.30%) Apache
7 7 (1.14%) Tomcat
7 7 (1.14%) Umbraco
8 4 (0.65%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.65%) SharePoint Server
8 4 (0.65%) SugarCRM
9 3 (0.49%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.49%) Moodle
9 3 (0.49%) Oracle Application Server
9 3 (0.49%) WordPress
10 2 (0.33%) Alfresco
10 2 (0.33%) Drupal
10 2 (0.33%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 19 (3.09%) Maya
2 16 (2.61%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (2.12%) NUKE
4 12 (1.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (1.47%) Microsoft Excel
6 8 (1.30%) Adobe XD
6 8 (1.30%) Sketch
7 7 (1.14%) Photoshop
8 6 (0.98%) Adobe Captivate
9 5 (0.81%) Adobe Illustrator
10 4 (0.65%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 4 (0.65%) InDesign
10 4 (0.65%) MS Visio
11 1 (0.16%) Adobe After Effects
11 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
11 1 (0.16%) InVision
11 1 (0.16%) MadCap Flare
11 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
11 1 (0.16%) Moqups
11 1 (0.16%) Trello
Business Applications
1 14 (2.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (2.12%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.98%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (0.65%) Shopify
5 3 (0.49%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.49%) Sprinklr
6 2 (0.33%) Loan IQ
7 1 (0.16%) FastStats
7 1 (0.16%) Maximo
7 1 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.16%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 146 (23.78%) Azure
2 92 (14.98%) AWS
3 47 (7.65%) GitHub
4 46 (7.49%) Power Platform
5 37 (6.03%) Azure DevOps
6 35 (5.70%) Power Automate
7 29 (4.72%) PowerApps
8 27 (4.40%) Figma
9 26 (4.23%) Serverless
10 25 (4.07%) npm
11 24 (3.91%) GCP
12 17 (2.77%) SaaS
13 16 (2.61%) Dynamics 365
14 13 (2.12%) GitHub Actions
15 12 (1.95%) AWS Lambda
16 11 (1.79%) Google Analytics
17 9 (1.47%) Amazon SQS
17 9 (1.47%) Entra ID
18 8 (1.30%) Amazon S3
18 8 (1.30%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 27 (4.40%) HTTP
2 16 (2.61%) SSL
3 9 (1.47%) DNS
4 8 (1.30%) Internet
5 3 (0.49%) Bluetooth
5 3 (0.49%) Firewall
5 3 (0.49%) HTTPS
5 3 (0.49%) Intranet
5 3 (0.49%) POP3
5 3 (0.49%) SMTP
5 3 (0.49%) SNMP
5 3 (0.49%) Software-Defined Radio
5 3 (0.49%) WebEx
6 2 (0.33%) LAN
6 2 (0.33%) SMS
7 1 (0.16%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (0.16%) DKIM
7 1 (0.16%) Network Security
7 1 (0.16%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (12.38%) SQL Server
2 55 (8.96%) Relational Database
3 42 (6.84%) PostgreSQL
4 36 (5.86%) MySQL
5 26 (4.23%) MongoDB
6 21 (3.42%) Power BI
6 21 (3.42%) Redis
7 20 (3.26%) NoSQL
8 19 (3.09%) Oracle Database
9 13 (2.12%) Big Data
10 10 (1.63%) Elasticsearch
11 9 (1.47%) DB2
12 8 (1.30%) Tableau
13 7 (1.14%) MariaDB
14 6 (0.98%) Data Lake
15 5 (0.81%) Azure SQL Database
15 5 (0.81%) HPCC
16 4 (0.65%) DynamoDB
16 4 (0.65%) Hadoop
17 3 (0.49%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 165 (26.87%) Git
2 77 (12.54%) JIRA
3 64 (10.42%) Jenkins
4 40 (6.51%) GitLab
5 35 (5.70%) Bitbucket
6 28 (4.56%) webpack
7 27 (4.40%) SonarQube
8 24 (3.91%) Cucumber
9 23 (3.75%) Selenium
10 22 (3.58%) JUnit
11 21 (3.42%) Maven
12 17 (2.77%) Cypress.io
12 17 (2.77%) Mockito
13 15 (2.44%) Visual Studio
14 14 (2.28%) Browser DevTools
14 14 (2.28%) Postman
15 13 (2.12%) Gradle
15 13 (2.12%) Subversion
15 13 (2.12%) Xcode
16 12 (1.95%) TeamCity
General
1 179 (29.15%) Social Skills
2 91 (14.82%) Finance
3 83 (13.52%) Analytical Skills
4 77 (12.54%) Banking
5 51 (8.31%) Public Sector
6 43 (7.00%) Marketing
7 22 (3.58%) Automotive
7 22 (3.58%) Games
8 21 (3.42%) Retail
9 16 (2.61%) Legal
10 15 (2.44%) Investment Banking
10 15 (2.44%) Manufacturing
10 15 (2.44%) Telecoms
11 12 (1.95%) Front Office
12 11 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
13 9 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
13 9 (1.47%) Organisational Skills
14 8 (1.30%) Aerospace
14 8 (1.30%) Local Government
14 8 (1.30%) Military
Job Titles
1 318 (51.79%) Developer
2 68 (11.07%) Full-Stack Developer
3 60 (9.77%) Senior
4 47 (7.65%) Lead
5 35 (5.70%) Consultant
5 35 (5.70%) Java Developer
6 32 (5.21%) Angular Developer
7 27 (4.40%) React Developer
8 26 (4.23%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 26 (4.23%) Senior Developer
9 24 (3.91%) .NET Developer
10 22 (3.58%) Designer
11 21 (3.42%) Software Engineer
12 20 (3.26%) Architect
13 19 (3.09%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 17 (2.77%) ServiceNow Developer
15 15 (2.44%) UI Developer
16 14 (2.28%) Python Developer
16 14 (2.28%) Software Developer
16 14 (2.28%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 484 (78.83%) CSS
2 193 (31.43%) React
3 140 (22.80%) AngularJS
4 134 (21.82%) HTML5
5 133 (21.66%) REST
6 119 (19.38%) .NET
7 114 (18.57%) Node.js
8 82 (13.36%) jQuery
9 80 (13.03%) RESTful
10 73 (11.89%) JSON
11 66 (10.75%) CSS3
12 60 (9.77%) Web Services
13 49 (7.98%) SOAP
14 46 (7.49%) Jest
15 45 (7.33%) XML
16 44 (7.17%) Bootstrap
16 44 (7.17%) Spring
16 44 (7.17%) Vue
17 42 (6.84%) Redux
17 42 (6.84%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 32 (5.21%) Product Ownership
2 31 (5.05%) Mobile App
3 24 (3.91%) Management Information System
4 23 (3.75%) Data Structures
5 21 (3.42%) Algorithms
5 21 (3.42%) Animation
6 20 (3.26%) Distributed Systems
7 13 (2.12%) Cloud Native
8 11 (1.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 11 (1.79%) Virtual Team
9 10 (1.63%) Greenfield Project
10 9 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
10 9 (1.47%) Low-Code
10 9 (1.47%) Onboarding
11 7 (1.14%) Mobile Banking
11 7 (1.14%) Reinsurance
12 6 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
12 6 (0.98%) Legacy Systems
12 6 (0.98%) Marketing Technology
12 6 (0.98%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 27 (4.40%) Linux
2 23 (3.75%) Android
3 22 (3.58%) Apple iOS
4 17 (2.77%) Windows
5 16 (2.61%) Unix
6 6 (0.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.81%) CentOS
7 5 (0.81%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.33%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.16%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 274 (44.63%) Agile
2 161 (26.22%) CI/CD
3 145 (23.62%) Problem-Solving
4 130 (21.17%) DevOps
4 130 (21.17%) User Experience
5 115 (18.73%) Full-Stack Development
6 113 (18.40%) Front End Development
7 102 (16.61%) Microservices
8 89 (14.50%) Scrum
9 78 (12.70%) Test Automation
10 73 (11.89%) TDD
11 66 (10.75%) UX Design
12 62 (10.10%) Computer Science
13 51 (8.31%) Analytics
14 50 (8.14%) SDLC
14 50 (8.14%) Software Engineering
15 48 (7.82%) Unit Testing
16 47 (7.65%) Code Quality
17 43 (7.00%) MVC
17 43 (7.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 424 (69.06%) JavaScript
2 166 (27.04%) Java
2 166 (27.04%) SQL
3 114 (18.57%) Python
4 111 (18.08%) C#
5 107 (17.43%) TypeScript
6 68 (11.07%) C++
7 36 (5.86%) PHP
8 33 (5.37%) C
9 17 (2.77%) PL/SQL
10 13 (2.12%) Kotlin
10 13 (2.12%) Ruby
10 13 (2.12%) Shell Script
10 13 (2.12%) Tcl
11 12 (1.95%) Apex Code
11 12 (1.95%) PowerShell
12 9 (1.47%) Groovy
13 8 (1.30%) Scala
14 7 (1.14%) Objective-C
14 7 (1.14%) VBA
Qualifications
1 82 (13.36%) Security Cleared
2 69 (11.24%) Degree
3 48 (7.82%) SC Cleared
4 36 (5.86%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (1.30%) DBS Check
7 5 (0.81%) Azure Certification
7 5 (0.81%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (0.65%) DV Cleared
8 4 (0.65%) Master's Degree
8 4 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.49%) CCNA
9 3 (0.49%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (0.49%) Network+ Certification
10 2 (0.33%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.33%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.33%) Tableau Certification
11 1 (0.16%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (15.64%) Accessibility
2 43 (7.00%) QA
3 26 (4.23%) WCAG
4 10 (1.63%) Data Quality
5 6 (0.98%) GDPR
6 3 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.33%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.16%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 77 (12.54%) Docker
2 18 (2.93%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.49%) vCloud
4 3 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.49%) VMware Workstation
4 3 (0.49%) vSphere
5 2 (0.33%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 57 (9.28%) Kubernetes
2 22 (3.58%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (0.98%) Kibana
3 6 (0.98%) Terraform
4 5 (0.81%) Grafana
5 1 (0.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.16%) Control-M
5 1 (0.16%) HP Operations Orchestration
5 1 (0.16%) logstash
Vendors
1 94 (15.31%) Microsoft
2 62 (10.10%) Oracle
3 33 (5.37%) ServiceNow
4 30 (4.89%) Adobe
5 26 (4.23%) Salesforce
6 25 (4.07%) Dynatrace
7 24 (3.91%) Google
8 13 (2.12%) BMC
8 13 (2.12%) HP
8 13 (2.12%) Ivanti
8 13 (2.12%) Remedy
9 11 (1.79%) SAP
9 11 (1.79%) Splunk
10 9 (1.47%) OutSystems
11 8 (1.30%) GoldenSource
11 8 (1.30%) Veracode
12 7 (1.14%) Amplitude
12 7 (1.14%) IBM
12 7 (1.14%) Pega
13 6 (0.98%) CA Agile Central