HTML Contract Job Trends in London

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring HTML skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 135 83 83
Rank change year-on-year -52 0 -12
Contract jobs citing HTML 301 434 496
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.04% 3.14% 2.66%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.81% 12.02% 10.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 210 235 338
10th Percentile £340 £303 £319
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £523
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% +0.48% -7.32%
75th Percentile £600 £623 £638
90th Percentile £700 £689 £738
England median daily rate £480 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -3.95% +5.26% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 3
10th Percentile £44.38 £34.25 £34.41
25th Percentile £47.19 £35.75 £45.71
Median hourly rate £53.75 £39.50 £69.10
Median % change year-on-year +36.08% -42.84% -1.29%
75th Percentile £59.69 £41.88 £72.83
90th Percentile £62.13 £42.55 £73.32
England median hourly rate £30.00 £57.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -47.83% -4.17% -7.69%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 3,856 3,611 4,620
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.19% 26.16% 24.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,601 2,343 3,506
10th Percentile £363 £380 £388
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% - -5.74%
75th Percentile £663 £700 £693
90th Percentile £769 £825 £800
England median daily rate £520 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -5.45% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 21 30
10th Percentile £35.00 £35.00 £29.60
25th Percentile £41.25 £38.50 £35.79
Median hourly rate £54.00 £52.50 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% +7.69% -25.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £69.19
90th Percentile £95.00 £80.00 £76.50
England median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year - +13.64% -15.38%

HTML
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing HTML relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

HTML job vacancy trend in London

HTML
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing HTML

HTML
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing HTML in London over the 6 months to 1 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for HTML in London

HTML
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing HTML

HTML
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing HTML in London over the 6 months to 1 February 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for HTML in London

HTML
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HTML within the London region over the 6 months to 1 February 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London -23 51 £535 -2.73% 53
West London -22 3 £365 -35.74% 18
East London - 3 £450 - 20
South London -9 2 £775 +36.26% 4
HTML
England

HTML
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 18 (5.98%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 12 (3.99%) CMS
3 8 (2.66%) Confluence
4 6 (1.99%) SharePoint
5 5 (1.66%) WordPress
6 3 (1.00%) Joomla!
6 3 (1.00%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.66%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.66%) Camunda
7 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.66%) nginx
8 1 (0.33%) Apache
8 1 (0.33%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.33%) Kentico
8 1 (0.33%) Moodle
8 1 (0.33%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.33%) SharePoint 2013
8 1 (0.33%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.33%) Sitefinity
8 1 (0.33%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 9 (2.99%) Adobe XD
2 6 (1.99%) Sketch
3 4 (1.33%) Adobe After Effects
3 4 (1.33%) Trello
4 3 (1.00%) Chatbot
4 3 (1.00%) InVision
4 3 (1.00%) Photoshop
4 3 (1.00%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.66%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (0.66%) InDesign
5 2 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.66%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.33%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
6 1 (0.33%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 12 (3.99%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.66%) Adobe Campaign
2 2 (0.66%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.66%) Shopify
3 1 (0.33%) Actimize
3 1 (0.33%) Loan IQ
3 1 (0.33%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.33%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 82 (27.24%) Azure
2 71 (23.59%) AWS
3 38 (12.62%) GitHub
4 24 (7.97%) Figma
5 23 (7.64%) GCP
5 23 (7.64%) Power Platform
6 21 (6.98%) Azure DevOps
7 16 (5.32%) GitHub Actions
8 15 (4.98%) Dynamics 365
9 14 (4.65%) Serverless
10 12 (3.99%) Azure Logic Apps
11 10 (3.32%) Entra ID
11 10 (3.32%) Power Automate
11 10 (3.32%) PowerApps
12 9 (2.99%) AWS Lambda
12 9 (2.99%) OpenShift
13 7 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
14 6 (1.99%) Amazon S3
14 6 (1.99%) npm
15 5 (1.66%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 16 (5.32%) HTTP
2 5 (1.66%) SSL
3 3 (1.00%) Firewall
3 3 (1.00%) SMS
4 2 (0.66%) BGP
4 2 (0.66%) DNS
4 2 (0.66%) LAN
4 2 (0.66%) Network Security
4 2 (0.66%) OSPF
4 2 (0.66%) Reverse Proxy
4 2 (0.66%) WAN
5 1 (0.33%) DKIM
5 1 (0.33%) FTP
5 1 (0.33%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.33%) Internet
5 1 (0.33%) RTMP
5 1 (0.33%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (8.97%) SQL Server
2 25 (8.31%) PostgreSQL
3 24 (7.97%) NoSQL
4 22 (7.31%) Relational Database
5 17 (5.65%) MongoDB
6 13 (4.32%) MySQL
7 11 (3.65%) Power BI
8 9 (2.99%) Oracle Database
9 6 (1.99%) Apache Cassandra
9 6 (1.99%) RDBMS
10 5 (1.66%) Big Data
10 5 (1.66%) Elasticsearch
11 4 (1.33%) CockroachDB
11 4 (1.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (1.00%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (1.00%) Data Lake
12 3 (1.00%) DB2
12 3 (1.00%) DocumentDB
12 3 (1.00%) Mixpanel
12 3 (1.00%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 60 (19.93%) Git
2 27 (8.97%) JIRA
3 25 (8.31%) Jenkins
4 17 (5.65%) GitLab
5 14 (4.65%) JUnit
6 12 (3.99%) Cypress.io
6 12 (3.99%) Mockito
7 11 (3.65%) webpack
8 9 (2.99%) Maven
8 9 (2.99%) Selenium
9 6 (1.99%) Cucumber
9 6 (1.99%) Postman
10 5 (1.66%) Eclipse
11 4 (1.33%) Bitbucket
11 4 (1.33%) REST Assured
12 3 (1.00%) Ant
12 3 (1.00%) Gradle
12 3 (1.00%) SonarQube
12 3 (1.00%) WebDriver
13 2 (0.66%) Subversion
General
1 88 (29.24%) Social Skills
2 58 (19.27%) Finance
3 49 (16.28%) Banking
4 35 (11.63%) Analytical Skills
5 29 (9.63%) Marketing
6 26 (8.64%) Public Sector
7 20 (6.64%) Front Office
8 13 (4.32%) Investment Banking
9 9 (2.99%) Publishing
10 8 (2.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.99%) Legal
12 5 (1.66%) Retail
13 4 (1.33%) Financial Institution
14 3 (1.00%) Advertising
14 3 (1.00%) Automotive
14 3 (1.00%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (1.00%) Manufacturing
14 3 (1.00%) Military
14 3 (1.00%) Multimedia
14 3 (1.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 179 (59.47%) Developer
2 39 (12.96%) Full-Stack Developer
3 38 (12.62%) Senior
4 27 (8.97%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 21 (6.98%) Senior Developer
6 20 (6.64%) Designer
7 18 (5.98%) React Developer
8 16 (5.32%) Java Developer
9 14 (4.65%) Python Developer
10 12 (3.99%) Consultant
10 12 (3.99%) Dynamics 365 Developer
10 12 (3.99%) Lead
11 10 (3.32%) Software Developer
11 10 (3.32%) Software Engineer
12 9 (2.99%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
12 9 (2.99%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 8 (2.66%) Backend Developer
13 8 (2.66%) Senior Designer
14 7 (2.33%) Analyst
14 7 (2.33%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 236 (78.41%) CSS
2 127 (42.19%) React
3 82 (27.24%) AngularJS
4 66 (21.93%) HTML5
5 65 (21.59%) REST
6 44 (14.62%) Node.js
7 37 (12.29%) .NET
7 37 (12.29%) Spring
8 36 (11.96%) RESTful
9 34 (11.30%) JSON
10 31 (10.30%) CSS3
11 29 (9.63%) Vue
12 28 (9.30%) Spring Boot
13 20 (6.64%) Redux
14 19 (6.31%) SOAP
15 18 (5.98%) OAuth
16 17 (5.65%) Web Services
17 15 (4.98%) Bootstrap
17 15 (4.98%) Kafka
17 15 (4.98%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (5.32%) Cloud Native
2 15 (4.98%) Mobile App
3 14 (4.65%) Product Ownership
4 10 (3.32%) Derivative
4 10 (3.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 9 (2.99%) Greenfield Project
5 9 (2.99%) Legacy Systems
6 8 (2.66%) CMDB
6 8 (2.66%) Data Structures
6 8 (2.66%) Fixed Income
7 7 (2.33%) Algorithms
8 6 (1.99%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (1.99%) Low-Code
8 6 (1.99%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (1.66%) Distributed Systems
9 5 (1.66%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.66%) Marketing Technology
10 4 (1.33%) Equities
10 4 (1.33%) Equity Derivative
11 3 (1.00%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 10 (3.32%) Unix
2 8 (2.66%) Linux
3 4 (1.33%) Mac OS
4 3 (1.00%) CentOS
5 2 (0.66%) Android
5 2 (0.66%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (37.54%) Agile
2 85 (28.24%) CI/CD
3 79 (26.25%) User Experience
4 66 (21.93%) Full-Stack Development
5 64 (21.26%) Problem-Solving
6 57 (18.94%) DevOps
7 49 (16.28%) Front End Development
8 40 (13.29%) Containerisation
9 39 (12.96%) Microservices
10 37 (12.29%) UX Design
11 35 (11.63%) Analytics
12 30 (9.97%) Software Engineering
13 29 (9.63%) AI
14 28 (9.30%) Scrum
14 28 (9.30%) Test Automation
15 27 (8.97%) CRM
16 25 (8.31%) Design Patterns
17 24 (7.97%) Computer Science
17 24 (7.97%) SDLC
18 21 (6.98%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 211 (70.10%) JavaScript
2 83 (27.57%) Java
3 73 (24.25%) SQL
4 68 (22.59%) TypeScript
5 59 (19.60%) Python
6 37 (12.29%) C#
7 11 (3.65%) PowerShell
8 10 (3.32%) Ruby
9 8 (2.66%) C++
10 7 (2.33%) C
11 6 (1.99%) PHP
11 6 (1.99%) Shell Script
12 5 (1.66%) ABAP
12 5 (1.66%) Groovy
13 4 (1.33%) Go
13 4 (1.33%) PL/SQL
14 3 (1.00%) Apex Code
14 3 (1.00%) COBOL
14 3 (1.00%) Perl
15 2 (0.66%) Bash
Qualifications
1 56 (18.60%) Security Cleared
2 46 (15.28%) SC Cleared
3 29 (9.63%) Degree
4 20 (6.64%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.00%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (1.00%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.66%) CCNP
7 1 (0.33%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.33%) CCNA
7 1 (0.33%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.33%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.33%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (11.63%) Accessibility
2 21 (6.98%) QA
3 15 (4.98%) WCAG
4 13 (4.32%) GDPR
5 6 (1.99%) Data Quality
6 4 (1.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.66%) NCSC
7 2 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.33%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.33%) MiFID
8 1 (0.33%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 51 (16.94%) Docker
2 5 (1.66%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.66%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 43 (14.29%) Kubernetes
2 12 (3.99%) Terraform
3 7 (2.33%) Argo
4 4 (1.33%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.66%) Grafana
6 1 (0.33%) Ansible
6 1 (0.33%) Kibana
6 1 (0.33%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 38 (12.62%) Adobe
2 32 (10.63%) Oracle
3 30 (9.97%) Microsoft
4 19 (6.31%) Google
5 13 (4.32%) SAP
6 12 (3.99%) Red Hat
7 9 (2.99%) Salesforce
8 8 (2.66%) ServiceNow
9 5 (1.66%) Amplitude
9 5 (1.66%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 4 (1.33%) Cisco
10 4 (1.33%) OpenAI
10 4 (1.33%) OutSystems
10 4 (1.33%) Pega
10 4 (1.33%) Tealium
11 3 (1.00%) Dynatrace
12 2 (0.66%) CA Agile Central
12 2 (0.66%) Hotjar
12 2 (0.66%) Optimizely
12 2 (0.66%) Palo Alto