Web Developer Job Trends in Manchester

Web Developer
North West > Manchester

The median Web Developer salary in Manchester is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 February 2026.

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

 6 months to
17 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 140 127 174
Rank change year-on-year -13 +47 +40
Permanent jobs requiring a Web Developer 6 24 9
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.17% 0.96% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 1.02% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 6 10 8
10th Percentile - £47,375 -
25th Percentile - £48,750 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £52,500 £43,750
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +20.00% -20.45%
75th Percentile £50,938 £56,250 £58,438
90th Percentile £56,250 £57,375 £65,000
North West median annual salary £35,000 £52,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year -33.33% +40.00% -16.67%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 3,119 2,356 3,454
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.81% 94.05% 94.81%
Number of salaries quoted 2,098 1,185 2,885
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,450 £29,010
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% +3.64% -1.79%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,886 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £82,500
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

Web Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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 Manchester.

Web Developer job vacancy trend in Manchester

Web Developer
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for Web Developer job vacancies in Manchester.

Salary distribution trend for Web Developer job vacancies in Manchester

Web Developer
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Web Developer in Manchester over the 6 months to 17 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Web Developer in Manchester

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

For the 6 months to 17 February 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 Manchester region featuring Web Developer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Web Development
2 2 (33.33%) .NET
2 2 (33.33%) .NET Core
2 2 (33.33%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) API Development
2 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET
2 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET Core
2 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET Web API
2 2 (33.33%) Azure
2 2 (33.33%) C#
2 2 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 2 (33.33%) Continuous Delivery
2 2 (33.33%) CSS
2 2 (33.33%) Data Design
2 2 (33.33%) Design Patterns
2 2 (33.33%) DevOps
2 2 (33.33%) Docker
2 2 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
2 2 (33.33%) Git
2 2 (33.33%) HTML
2 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 2 (33.33%) Kanban
2 2 (33.33%) Microservices
2 2 (33.33%) MVC
2 2 (33.33%) NoSQL
2 2 (33.33%) Razor View Engine
2 2 (33.33%) RESTful
2 2 (33.33%) Sass
2 2 (33.33%) SOLID
2 2 (33.33%) SQL Server

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

Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) NoSQL
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Git
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) .NET
1 2 (33.33%) .NET Core
1 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET
1 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET Core
1 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET Web API
1 2 (33.33%) CSS
1 2 (33.33%) HTML
1 2 (33.33%) Razor View Engine
1 2 (33.33%) RESTful
1 2 (33.33%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Web Development
2 2 (33.33%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) API Development
2 2 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 2 (33.33%) Continuous Delivery
2 2 (33.33%) Data Design
2 2 (33.33%) Design Patterns
2 2 (33.33%) DevOps
2 2 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
2 2 (33.33%) Kanban
2 2 (33.33%) Microservices
2 2 (33.33%) MVC
2 2 (33.33%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) C#
1 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Docker
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