Web Application Development Job Trends in England

Web Application Development
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Web Application Development skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 698 614 676
Rank change year-on-year -84 +62 -104
Permanent jobs citing Web Application Development 38 35 87
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.038% 0.081% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.052% 0.091% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 38 33 60
10th Percentile £34,750 £41,250 £32,375
25th Percentile £44,500 £60,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £85,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -32.35% +25.93% -8.92%
75th Percentile £64,688 £102,500 £82,813
90th Percentile £67,500 £105,000 £125,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £85,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -32.35% +25.93% -4.93%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Web Application 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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 73,171 38,378 55,859
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.08% 88.74% 81.34%
Number of salaries quoted 52,052 22,031 32,570
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,485 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -7.93%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

Web Application Development
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Web Application Development job vacancy trend in England

Web Application Development
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Web Application Development.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Web Application Development

Web Application Development
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Web Application Development in England over the 6 months to 14 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Web Application Development in England

Web Application Development
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Web Application Development within the England region over the 6 months to 14 September 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
South East -31 15 £47,500 -3.13% 9
North of England -52 8 £57,500 +15.00% 4
Yorkshire -25 7 £57,500 +43.75% 3
London -67 6 £65,000 -31.58% 32
West Midlands - 5 £30,000 - 3
Midlands - 5 £30,000 - 6
South West -74 4 £65,000 -43.48% 2
North West -16 1 £67,500 +12.50%
Web Application Development
UK

Web Application Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 4 (10.53%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (5.26%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 21 (55.26%) AWS
1 21 (55.26%) Azure
2 5 (13.16%) GitHub
3 4 (10.53%) Dynamics 365
3 4 (10.53%) GCP
3 4 (10.53%) GitHub Actions
3 4 (10.53%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.63%) Anthropic Claude
4 1 (2.63%) GitHub Copilot
4 1 (2.63%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (28.95%) Azure SQL Database
1 11 (28.95%) Elasticsearch
1 11 (28.95%) MongoDB
2 10 (26.32%) SQL Server
3 4 (10.53%) NonStop SQL
3 4 (10.53%) Power BI
4 1 (2.63%) NoSQL
4 1 (2.63%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (10.53%) Gradle
2 1 (2.63%) Git
2 1 (2.63%) JIRA
General
1 15 (39.47%) Social Skills
2 4 (10.53%) Automotive
3 1 (2.63%) Advertising
3 1 (2.63%) Back Office
3 1 (2.63%) Finance
3 1 (2.63%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 31 (81.58%) Developer
2 20 (52.63%) .NET Developer
3 6 (15.79%) Applications Developer
3 6 (15.79%) Web Applications Developer
4 5 (13.16%) .NET Applications Developer
4 5 (13.16%) .NET Web Applications Developer
4 5 (13.16%) Blazor Developer
4 5 (13.16%) Digital Project Manager
4 5 (13.16%) Java Developer
4 5 (13.16%) Project Manager
4 5 (13.16%) VB.NET Developer
5 4 (10.53%) .NET Software Developer
5 4 (10.53%) Development Manager
5 4 (10.53%) Lead
5 4 (10.53%) Lead Developer
5 4 (10.53%) Software Developer
6 3 (7.89%) Assistant Project Manager
6 3 (7.89%) Junior
6 3 (7.89%) Junior Digital Project Manager
6 3 (7.89%) Junior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (68.42%) .NET
2 17 (44.74%) ASP.NET
3 16 (42.11%) ASP.NET Core
3 16 (42.11%) Vue
3 16 (42.11%) WinForms
4 15 (39.47%) ASP.NET Web API
5 14 (36.84%) React
6 12 (31.58%) .NET Core
6 12 (31.58%) AngularJS
6 12 (31.58%) Node.js
7 11 (28.95%) .NET Framework
7 11 (28.95%) Entity Framework
7 11 (28.95%) WPF
8 6 (15.79%) CSS
9 5 (13.16%) Blazor
9 5 (13.16%) HTML
9 5 (13.16%) RESTful
9 5 (13.16%) Spring
9 5 (13.16%) Spring Boot
10 4 (10.53%) Vaadin
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.26%) Mobile App
1 2 (5.26%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (2.63%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (60.53%) Agile
2 20 (52.63%) Business Intelligence
3 17 (44.74%) Full-Stack Development
4 15 (39.47%) Kanban
5 14 (36.84%) Scrum
6 13 (34.21%) CI/CD
6 13 (34.21%) Microservices
7 12 (31.58%) TDD
8 11 (28.95%) BDD
8 11 (28.95%) MVVM
9 9 (23.68%) Continuous Improvement
10 8 (21.05%) AI
10 8 (21.05%) Roadmaps
11 6 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
11 6 (15.79%) Software Engineering
11 6 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
12 5 (13.16%) Clean Code
12 5 (13.16%) Commercial Awareness
12 5 (13.16%) OO
12 5 (13.16%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 25 (65.79%) C#
2 21 (55.26%) SQL
3 18 (47.37%) JavaScript
4 13 (34.21%) TypeScript
5 5 (13.16%) Java
5 5 (13.16%) VB.NET
6 4 (10.53%) C++
6 4 (10.53%) PHP
7 1 (2.63%) F#
Qualifications
1 9 (23.68%) Degree
2 3 (7.89%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.53%) ISO 20022
2 2 (5.26%) QA
System Software
1 4 (10.53%) Docker
Vendors
1 15 (39.47%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.26%) IFS