Web Development Job Trends in Essex

Web Development
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Essex requiring Web Development skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 23 24
Rank change year-on-year +15 +1 +20
Permanent jobs citing Web Development 144 28 29
As % of all permanent jobs in Essex 20.22% 6.07% 6.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 25.26% 7.71% 7.88%
Number of salaries quoted 6 3 29
10th Percentile £27,500 £45,500 £33,300
25th Percentile £45,625 £51,875 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +53.85% - +62.50%
75th Percentile - £66,250 £75,000
90th Percentile - £67,000 £78,750
East of England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -10.00% +8.70%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Essex

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 Essex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 570 363 368
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 80.06% 78.74% 87.62%
Number of salaries quoted 326 137 271
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,500 £22,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £51,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% -2.86% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £73,500
90th Percentile £75,900 £75,000 £87,500
East of England median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% - -

Web Development
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Web Development job vacancy trend in Essex

Web Development
Salary Trend in Essex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Web Development.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Web Development

Web Development
Salary Histogram in Essex

Salary distribution for jobs citing Web Development in Essex over the 6 months to 3 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Web Development in Essex

Web Development
Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Web Development within the Essex region over the 6 months to 3 January 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
Hockley - 15 - -
Grays -1 13 - -
Chigwell - 9 - -
Epping - 8 - -
Buckhurst Hill - 7 - -
South Ockendon - 7 - -
Thurrock - 7 - -
Waltham Abbey - 6 - -
Halstead - 6 - -
Loughton - 4 £100,000 - 2
Southend-on-Sea +2 2 £30,000 - 2
Basildon -8 1 - - 2
Web Development
East of England

Web Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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 2 (1.39%) WordPress
Business Applications
1 1 (0.69%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 137 (95.14%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (1.39%) AWS
2 2 (1.39%) Azure
2 2 (1.39%) GitHub
3 1 (0.69%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 139 (96.53%) Internet
Development Applications
1 2 (1.39%) Git
General
1 137 (95.14%) Banking
1 137 (95.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 137 (95.14%) Social Skills
2 2 (1.39%) Multimedia
3 1 (0.69%) Finance
3 1 (0.69%) Retail
Job Titles
1 109 (75.69%) Lecturer
2 4 (2.78%) Developer
2 4 (2.78%) Full-Stack Developer
2 4 (2.78%) Full-Stack Web Developer
2 4 (2.78%) Senior
2 4 (2.78%) Senior Developer
2 4 (2.78%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
2 4 (2.78%) Senior Web Developer
2 4 (2.78%) Web Developer
3 2 (1.39%) Administrator
3 2 (1.39%) Trainee
3 2 (1.39%) Trainee Administrator
3 2 (1.39%) Web Administrator
4 1 (0.69%) Platform Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.39%) CSS
1 2 (1.39%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 137 (95.14%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 138 (95.83%) User Experience
2 137 (95.14%) AI
2 137 (95.14%) Cybersecurity
2 137 (95.14%) Machine Learning
3 4 (2.78%) Full-Stack Development
4 1 (0.69%) Analytics
4 1 (0.69%) Content Strategy
4 1 (0.69%) Conversion Rate Optimisation
4 1 (0.69%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 1 (0.69%) E-Commerce
4 1 (0.69%) Front End Development
4 1 (0.69%) Pay per click
4 1 (0.69%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.39%) JavaScript
1 2 (1.39%) Python
1 2 (1.39%) R
Qualifications
1 137 (95.14%) Degree
1 137 (95.14%) Master's Degree
1 137 (95.14%) PhD
1 137 (95.14%) Postgraduate
2 2 (1.39%) AWS Certification
2 2 (1.39%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 2 (1.39%) Azure Certification
2 2 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 2 (1.39%) Microsoft
2 1 (0.69%) Google