Semantic HTML Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Semantic HTML, XHTML (Semantic Markup)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Semantic HTML skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 411 340 -
Rank change year-on-year -71 - -
Contract jobs citing Semantic HTML 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.005% 0.007% -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.028% 0.040% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £513 £225 £375
% change year-on-year +127.78% -40.00% +3.45%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK excluding London

Semantic 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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 3,574 2,487 3,439
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 18.03% 18.50% 16.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,399 1,585 2,297
10th Percentile £350 £350 £325
25th Percentile £407 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £597
90th Percentile £675 £675 £678
UK median daily rate £513 £538 £534
% change year-on-year -4.65% +0.66% -7.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 182 55 154
10th Percentile £41.25 £26.25 £21.25
25th Percentile £52.50 £60.38 £46.18
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - +18.18% -15.38%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.38 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £76.26 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £63.50 £62.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +1.60% +13.64% -15.38%

Semantic HTML
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Semantic HTML job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Semantic HTML
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Semantic HTML.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Semantic HTML

Semantic HTML
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Semantic HTML.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Semantic HTML

Semantic HTML
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Semantic HTML within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 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
North of England -58 1 £525 - 3
North East - 1 £525 -
Semantic HTML
UK

Semantic HTML
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Content Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) User Research
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) WCAG