Web Developer Job Trends in London

Web Developer
England > London

The median Web Developer salary in London is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 June 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 392 379 464
Rank change year-on-year -13 +85 +26
Permanent jobs requiring a Web Developer 18 19 39
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.086% 0.16% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.093% 0.18% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 17 17 35
10th Percentile £35,150 £42,250 £30,110
25th Percentile £38,750 £48,750 £47,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +8.33% -8.40%
75th Percentile - £75,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £63,500 £80,500 -
England median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% +5.88% -15.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 19,327 10,788 22,650
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.30% 90.07% 94.46%
Number of salaries quoted 13,205 6,862 16,939
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,508 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.61% +9.52% -13.32%

Web Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Web Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

Web Developer job vacancy trend in London

Web Developer
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for Web Developer job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for Web Developer job vacancies in London

Web Developer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Web Developer in London over the 6 months to 3 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Web Developer in London

Web Developer
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Web Developer within the London region over the 6 months to 3 June 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
East London -2 7 £50,000 -35.48% 2
Central London -17 1 £80,000 +14.29% 2
West London - 1 £31,500 - 2
Web Developer
England

Web Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 3 June 2026, Web Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the London region featuring Web Developer in the job title.

1 17 (94.44%) Web Development
2 12 (66.67%) C#
3 9 (50.00%) JavaScript
4 6 (33.33%) .NET
4 6 (33.33%) ASP.NET
5 5 (27.78%) ASP.NET Core
5 5 (27.78%) Azure
5 5 (27.78%) CSS
5 5 (27.78%) HTML
5 5 (27.78%) MVC
6 4 (22.22%) ASP.NET Web API
6 4 (22.22%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (22.22%) CMS
6 4 (22.22%) Confluence
6 4 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (22.22%) DevOps
6 4 (22.22%) Front End Development
6 4 (22.22%) JIRA
6 4 (22.22%) React
6 4 (22.22%) Test Automation
6 4 (22.22%) Umbraco
7 2 (11.11%) CI/CD
7 2 (11.11%) Customer Experience
7 2 (11.11%) Degree
7 2 (11.11%) F#
7 2 (11.11%) Mentoring
7 2 (11.11%) Microservices
7 2 (11.11%) Python
7 2 (11.11%) SOA
7 2 (11.11%) Software Testing

Web Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (22.22%) CMS
1 4 (22.22%) Confluence
1 4 (22.22%) Umbraco
2 1 (5.56%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 5 (27.78%) Azure
2 4 (22.22%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (5.56%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) MySQL
1 1 (5.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (22.22%) JIRA
General
1 5 (27.78%) Social Skills
2 4 (22.22%) Retail
3 2 (11.11%) Finance
4 1 (5.56%) Japanese Language
4 1 (5.56%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.56%) Multimedia
4 1 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (33.33%) .NET
1 6 (33.33%) ASP.NET
2 5 (27.78%) ASP.NET Core
2 5 (27.78%) CSS
2 5 (27.78%) HTML
3 4 (22.22%) ASP.NET Web API
3 4 (22.22%) React
4 1 (5.56%) .NET Core
4 1 (5.56%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (5.56%) Django
4 1 (5.56%) Node.js
4 1 (5.56%) OAuth
4 1 (5.56%) RESTful
4 1 (5.56%) Ruby on Rails
4 1 (5.56%) Tailwind CSS
4 1 (5.56%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) Product Ownership
2 2 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (5.56%) Digital Media
3 1 (5.56%) Onboarding
3 1 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (5.56%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (94.44%) Web Development
2 5 (27.78%) MVC
3 4 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (22.22%) DevOps
3 4 (22.22%) Front End Development
3 4 (22.22%) Test Automation
4 2 (11.11%) CI/CD
4 2 (11.11%) Customer Experience
4 2 (11.11%) Mentoring
4 2 (11.11%) Microservices
4 2 (11.11%) SOA
4 2 (11.11%) Software Testing
4 2 (11.11%) System Testing
5 1 (5.56%) Commercial Awareness
5 1 (5.56%) Open Source
5 1 (5.56%) Scenario Testing
5 1 (5.56%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (5.56%) TDD
5 1 (5.56%) UX Design
5 1 (5.56%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 12 (66.67%) C#
2 9 (50.00%) JavaScript
3 2 (11.11%) F#
3 2 (11.11%) Python
3 2 (11.11%) SQL
4 1 (5.56%) PHP
4 1 (5.56%) Ruby
4 1 (5.56%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (11.11%) Degree
2 1 (5.56%) AWS Certification
2 1 (5.56%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 1 (5.56%) Azure Certification
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 1 (5.56%) Apple
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft