Web Developer Jobs in England

Web Developer
UK > England

The median Web Developer salary in England is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 578 490 576
Rank change year-on-year -88 +86 -83
Permanent jobs requiring a Web Developer 92 367 410
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.19% 0.43% 0.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.45% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 71 327 332
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,000 £33,634
25th Percentile £33,750 £32,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -10.00% +8.73%
75th Percentile £63,725 £56,250 £66,375
90th Percentile £73,750 £65,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% -10.00% +10.21%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 43,436 80,761 84,301
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.39% 94.49% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 24,713 60,391 53,470
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,995 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,550 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.42% -12.42% -

Web Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Web Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Web Developer in England

Web Developer
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Web Developer in England.

Salary trend for Web Developer in England

Web Developer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Web Developer in England over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Web Developer in England

Web Developer
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 Developer within the England region over the 6 months to 7 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East of England +14 27 £40,000 - 17
North of England -12 20 £53,750 +34.38% 13
London +67 16 £67,500 +3.85% 32
North West -21 15 £55,000 +22.22% 7
South West +83 14 £37,500 -3.23% 6
South East +63 8 £45,000 +4.05% 20
Midlands -18 7 £45,000 +5.88% 9
East Midlands +23 6 £45,000 +4.65% 3
Yorkshire +34 3 £32,500 -16.13% 4
North East +44 2 £45,000 +28.57% 3
West Midlands -6 1 - - 5
Web Developer
UK

Web Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 7 May 2025, Web Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Web Developer in the job title.

1 82 (89.13%) Web Development
2 64 (69.57%) JavaScript
3 50 (54.35%) PHP
3 50 (54.35%) HTML
4 48 (52.17%) CSS
5 29 (31.52%) Degree
6 28 (30.43%) WordPress
6 28 (30.43%) React
7 27 (29.35%) Social Skills
8 25 (27.17%) Computer Science
8 25 (27.17%) Agile
9 24 (26.09%) SQL
9 24 (26.09%) Git
10 21 (22.83%) User Experience
10 21 (22.83%) Front End Development
11 20 (21.74%) SEO
12 19 (20.65%) .NET
12 19 (20.65%) Marketing
12 19 (20.65%) TypeScript
13 18 (19.57%) Microsoft
13 18 (19.57%) Problem-Solving
14 17 (18.48%) QA
14 17 (18.48%) Node.js
15 16 (17.39%) jQuery
15 16 (17.39%) MySQL
15 16 (17.39%) Accessibility
16 15 (16.30%) C#
16 15 (16.30%) E-Commerce
16 15 (16.30%) AngularJS
17 14 (15.22%) Python

Web Developer Skill Set
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 28 (30.43%) WordPress
2 13 (14.13%) CMS
3 2 (2.17%) Joomla!
4 1 (1.09%) Apache
4 1 (1.09%) Drupal
4 1 (1.09%) Headless CMS
4 1 (1.09%) IIS
4 1 (1.09%) nginx
4 1 (1.09%) Strapi
Applications
1 3 (3.26%) Adobe XD
1 3 (3.26%) Chatbot
1 3 (3.26%) Photoshop
2 2 (2.17%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (1.09%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (1.09%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 4 (4.35%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 13 (14.13%) AWS
1 13 (14.13%) Azure
2 7 (7.61%) Stripe
3 5 (5.43%) Cloud Computing
4 4 (4.35%) GCP
4 4 (4.35%) GitHub
4 4 (4.35%) Google Analytics
5 3 (3.26%) MailChimp
5 3 (3.26%) Power Platform
5 3 (3.26%) SaaS
6 2 (2.17%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (2.17%) Cloudflare
6 2 (2.17%) Figma
6 2 (2.17%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 1 (1.09%) Amazon S3
7 1 (1.09%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (1.09%) Datadog
7 1 (1.09%) GitHub Copilot
7 1 (1.09%) Sage Pay
7 1 (1.09%) Supabase
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.09%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (17.39%) MySQL
2 12 (13.04%) SQL Server
3 11 (11.96%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (2.17%) DynamoDB
4 2 (2.17%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (2.17%) MongoDB
4 2 (2.17%) NoSQL
4 2 (2.17%) Power BI
5 1 (1.09%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (1.09%) Redis
5 1 (1.09%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 24 (26.09%) Git
2 6 (6.52%) Visual Studio
3 4 (4.35%) PHPUnit
4 3 (3.26%) Jasmine
4 3 (3.26%) Mocha
5 2 (2.17%) Bitbucket
5 2 (2.17%) Cypress.io
5 2 (2.17%) JIRA
5 2 (2.17%) webpack
6 1 (1.09%) Babel
6 1 (1.09%) git-flow
6 1 (1.09%) GitLab
6 1 (1.09%) gulp
6 1 (1.09%) Jenkins
6 1 (1.09%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (1.09%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 27 (29.35%) Social Skills
2 19 (20.65%) Marketing
3 8 (8.70%) Organisational Skills
4 6 (6.52%) Retail
5 5 (5.43%) Automotive
5 5 (5.43%) Finance
5 5 (5.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (4.35%) Local Government
7 3 (3.26%) Advertising
7 3 (3.26%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (2.17%) Legal
8 2 (2.17%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.09%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.09%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (54.35%) HTML
2 48 (52.17%) CSS
3 28 (30.43%) React
4 19 (20.65%) .NET
5 17 (18.48%) Node.js
6 16 (17.39%) jQuery
7 15 (16.30%) AngularJS
8 11 (11.96%) Vue
9 8 (8.70%) .NET Framework
9 8 (8.70%) HTML5
9 8 (8.70%) Tailwind CSS
10 7 (7.61%) ASP.NET
11 6 (6.52%) CSS3
11 6 (6.52%) LAMP
11 6 (6.52%) Next.js
11 6 (6.52%) REST
12 5 (5.43%) Bootstrap
12 5 (5.43%) gRPC
12 5 (5.43%) RESTful
12 5 (5.43%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.70%) Learning Management System
2 7 (7.61%) Virtual Team
3 5 (5.43%) Algorithms
3 5 (5.43%) Data Structures
4 4 (4.35%) Mobile App
4 4 (4.35%) Social Media
5 3 (3.26%) Blog
5 3 (3.26%) Motion Graphics
5 3 (3.26%) Renewable Energy
5 3 (3.26%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.17%) Distributed Architecture
6 2 (2.17%) Legacy Code
6 2 (2.17%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.09%) Client/Server
7 1 (1.09%) Digital Media
7 1 (1.09%) Digital Signage
7 1 (1.09%) Educational Technology
7 1 (1.09%) e-Learning
7 1 (1.09%) EPoS
7 1 (1.09%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 6 (6.52%) Linux
2 1 (1.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (89.13%) Web Development
2 25 (27.17%) Agile
2 25 (27.17%) Computer Science
3 21 (22.83%) Front End Development
3 21 (22.83%) User Experience
4 20 (21.74%) SEO
5 18 (19.57%) Problem-Solving
6 15 (16.30%) E-Commerce
7 11 (11.96%) Microservices
7 11 (11.96%) OOP
7 11 (11.96%) Performance Optimisation
8 10 (10.87%) MVC
9 9 (9.78%) Design Patterns
9 9 (9.78%) Full-Stack Development
9 9 (9.78%) Software Engineering
10 8 (8.70%) Project Management
10 8 (8.70%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
11 7 (7.61%) Change Management
11 7 (7.61%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
11 7 (7.61%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 64 (69.57%) JavaScript
2 50 (54.35%) PHP
3 24 (26.09%) SQL
4 19 (20.65%) TypeScript
5 15 (16.30%) C#
6 14 (15.22%) Python
7 3 (3.26%) C++
7 3 (3.26%) Java
8 2 (2.17%) Go
9 1 (1.09%) Ruby
9 1 (1.09%) T-SQL
9 1 (1.09%) VB
Qualifications
1 29 (31.52%) Degree
2 11 (11.96%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.09%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (18.48%) QA
2 16 (17.39%) Accessibility
3 7 (7.61%) WCAG
4 1 (1.09%) GDPR
System Software
1 5 (5.43%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (5.43%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.09%) cPanel
Vendors
1 18 (19.57%) Microsoft
2 8 (8.70%) Google
3 5 (5.43%) ANSYS
4 3 (3.26%) Adobe
4 3 (3.26%) PayPal
5 1 (1.09%) Atlassian
5 1 (1.09%) WooCommerce
5 1 (1.09%) Zend