Web Development Job Trends in the East of England

Web Development
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Web Development skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 98 87
Rank change year-on-year +83 -11 +25
Permanent jobs citing Web Development 429 54 152
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 7.15% 2.09% 2.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.06% 2.26% 3.15%
Number of salaries quoted 65 45 141
10th Percentile £27,500 - £25,625
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +44.44% +12.50% -20.00%
75th Percentile £78,500 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £66,200 £76,250
England median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% -9.09%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East of England

Web Development falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,266 2,391 4,823
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 71.09% 92.42% 82.00%
Number of salaries quoted 2,500 1,391 3,627
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,500 £25,809
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -12.00%

Web Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Web Development relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Web Development job vacancy trend in the East of England

Web Development
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Web Development.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Web Development

Web Development
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Web Development in the East of England over the 6 months to 12 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Web Development in the East of England

Web Development
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Web Development within the East of England region over the 6 months to 12 April 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
Hertfordshire +59 196 £45,000 +28.57% 3
Essex +33 166 £100,000 +53.85% 12
Cambridgeshire -20 27 £63,250 +40.56% 5
Norfolk +2 24 £37,500 -23.08% 2
Suffolk +19 14 £30,000 -54.68% 2
Bedfordshire +17 2 £41,250 -22.17% 5
Web Development
England

Web Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 16 (3.73%) WordPress
2 4 (0.93%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (0.93%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.23%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 358 (83.45%) Cloud Computing
2 23 (5.36%) AWS
3 16 (3.73%) Azure
4 11 (2.56%) GitHub
5 4 (0.93%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (0.93%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (0.70%) Google Ads
7 1 (0.23%) Anthropic Claude
7 1 (0.23%) Google Analytics
7 1 (0.23%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 369 (86.01%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.93%) MySQL
1 4 (0.93%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 16 (3.73%) Git
2 2 (0.47%) JIRA
3 1 (0.23%) Claude Code
General
1 373 (86.95%) Social Skills
2 358 (83.45%) Banking
2 358 (83.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 11 (2.56%) Multimedia
4 7 (1.63%) Marketing
5 6 (1.40%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (0.23%) Finance
6 1 (0.23%) Retail
Job Titles
1 286 (66.67%) Lecturer
2 39 (9.09%) Developer
3 35 (8.16%) Web Developer
4 24 (5.59%) Full-Stack Developer
5 23 (5.36%) Full-Stack Web Developer
6 16 (3.73%) Senior
6 16 (3.73%) Senior Developer
6 16 (3.73%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
6 16 (3.73%) Senior Web Developer
7 13 (3.03%) Software Engineer
8 12 (2.80%) Lead
8 12 (2.80%) Lead Software Engineer
9 11 (2.56%) Administrator
9 11 (2.56%) Trainee
9 11 (2.56%) Trainee Administrator
9 11 (2.56%) Web Administrator
10 4 (0.93%) Engineering Manager
10 4 (0.93%) Junior
10 4 (0.93%) Junior Developer
10 4 (0.93%) Junior Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (5.13%) CSS
1 22 (5.13%) HTML
2 21 (4.90%) React
3 12 (2.80%) Web Services
4 8 (1.86%) Node.js
5 6 (1.40%) REST
6 5 (1.17%) .NET
6 5 (1.17%) ASP.NET
7 4 (0.93%) ASP.NET Core
7 4 (0.93%) NestJS
7 4 (0.93%) Next.js
8 1 (0.23%) .NET Framework
8 1 (0.23%) Django
8 1 (0.23%) GraphQL
8 1 (0.23%) JSON
8 1 (0.23%) Laravel
8 1 (0.23%) RESTful
8 1 (0.23%) Shiny
Miscellaneous
1 358 (83.45%) IoT
2 12 (2.80%) e-Learning
2 12 (2.80%) Product Ownership
3 3 (0.70%) Social Media
4 2 (0.47%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.23%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.23%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 372 (86.71%) User Experience
2 365 (85.08%) AI
3 359 (83.68%) Machine Learning
4 358 (83.45%) Cybersecurity
5 36 (8.39%) Full-Stack Development
6 21 (4.90%) Agile
7 17 (3.96%) Software Engineering
8 14 (3.26%) Continuous Improvement
8 14 (3.26%) Problem-Solving
9 13 (3.03%) Scrum
9 13 (3.03%) UX Design
10 12 (2.80%) Kanban
10 12 (2.80%) OO
10 12 (2.80%) Product Vision
10 12 (2.80%) Requirements Gathering
10 12 (2.80%) Scaled Agile Framework
10 12 (2.80%) Scrum-ban
10 12 (2.80%) Test Strategy
11 7 (1.63%) DevOps
11 7 (1.63%) Digital Marketing
Programming Languages
1 34 (7.93%) JavaScript
2 24 (5.59%) Python
3 17 (3.96%) TypeScript
4 12 (2.80%) Java
4 12 (2.80%) R
5 6 (1.40%) C#
6 3 (0.70%) SQL
7 1 (0.23%) PHP
Qualifications
1 361 (84.15%) Degree
2 358 (83.45%) Master's Degree
2 358 (83.45%) PhD
2 358 (83.45%) Postgraduate
3 12 (2.80%) DBS Check
4 11 (2.56%) AWS Certification
4 11 (2.56%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 11 (2.56%) Azure Certification
4 11 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (0.47%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.23%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.23%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.80%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.23%) Docker
Vendors
1 16 (3.73%) Microsoft
2 4 (0.93%) Google
3 3 (0.70%) Screaming Frog