Web Development Job Trends in the South East

Web Development
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Web Development skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 181 228 135
Rank change year-on-year +47 -93 -11
Permanent jobs citing Web Development 139 59 323
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.90% 0.70% 1.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.24% 0.79% 2.28%
Number of salaries quoted 122 53 211
10th Percentile £41,375 £31,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £48,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% -7.62% +5.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £60,000 - £66,250
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% -9.52%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,182 7,456 14,188
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 72.01% 88.95% 81.88%
Number of salaries quoted 7,954 3,875 9,902
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,875 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £79,367
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%

Web Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Web Development job vacancy trend in the South East

Web Development
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Web Development.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Web Development

Web Development
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Web Development in the South East over the 6 months to 8 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Web Development in the South East

Web Development
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Web Development within the South East region over the 6 months to 8 July 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 Sussex +35 69 £50,000 +11.11% 7
Thames Valley +27 37 £55,000 +4.76% 18
Oxfordshire -4 17 £60,000 +9.09% 5
Buckinghamshire +1 16 £47,500 +22.58% 10
Surrey -17 16 £50,000 -13.04% 5
Hampshire -37 15 £45,000 +9.09% 7
Berkshire +9 4 £34,500 +15.00% 3
West Sussex -18 1 £31,000 -4.62% 3
Kent -29 1 £29,000 -29.70% 3
Web Development
England

Web Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 10 (7.19%) WordPress
2 9 (6.47%) ColdFusion
3 4 (2.88%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.88%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.44%) CMS
4 2 (1.44%) Confluence
5 1 (0.72%) ExpressionEngine
Business Applications
1 2 (1.44%) Shopify
2 1 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 26 (18.71%) AWS
1 26 (18.71%) Azure
2 17 (12.23%) GitHub
3 8 (5.76%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (2.88%) Anthropic Claude
4 4 (2.88%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (2.88%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (2.88%) Power Platform
5 3 (2.16%) Entra ID
5 3 (2.16%) Microsoft Purview
5 3 (2.16%) Power Automate
5 3 (2.16%) PowerApps
6 2 (1.44%) Figma
6 2 (1.44%) SaaS
6 2 (1.44%) Serverless
7 1 (0.72%) Cloudflare
7 1 (0.72%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 45 (32.37%) Internet
2 1 (0.72%) Firewall
2 1 (0.72%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (27.34%) SQL Server
2 12 (8.63%) MySQL
3 11 (7.91%) NoSQL
4 2 (1.44%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.44%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.44%) Redis
5 1 (0.72%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 11 (7.91%) Git
2 2 (1.44%) Cypress.io
2 2 (1.44%) GitLab
2 2 (1.44%) JIRA
2 2 (1.44%) Mocha
2 2 (1.44%) Selenium
2 2 (1.44%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 38 (27.34%) Social Skills
2 6 (4.32%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (3.60%) Manufacturing
3 5 (3.60%) Multimedia
4 4 (2.88%) Banking
5 3 (2.16%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (2.16%) Marketing
6 1 (0.72%) Finance
6 1 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (0.72%) Retail
Job Titles
1 121 (87.05%) Developer
2 104 (74.82%) Web Developer
3 20 (14.39%) Full-Stack Developer
4 19 (13.67%) Full-Stack Web Developer
5 15 (10.79%) .NET Developer
5 15 (10.79%) Senior
6 14 (10.07%) .NET Web Developer
6 14 (10.07%) Senior Developer
7 13 (9.35%) C# Developer
8 11 (7.91%) C# .NET Developer
8 11 (7.91%) C# Web Developer
9 10 (7.19%) Senior Web Developer
10 9 (6.47%) Administrator
10 9 (6.47%) E-Commerce Developer
11 7 (5.04%) E-Commerce Web Developer
12 6 (4.32%) Software Developer
12 6 (4.32%) Software Engineer
12 6 (4.32%) Web Administrator
13 5 (3.60%) Trainee
13 5 (3.60%) Trainee Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (48.92%) .NET
2 49 (35.25%) HTML
3 47 (33.81%) CSS
4 26 (18.71%) jQuery
5 21 (15.11%) React
6 19 (13.67%) ASP.NET
7 17 (12.23%) AngularJS
8 13 (9.35%) Vue
9 10 (7.19%) ASP.NET Core
9 10 (7.19%) REST
9 10 (7.19%) RESTful
10 9 (6.47%) SOAP
11 6 (4.32%) Bootstrap
11 6 (4.32%) React Native
12 5 (3.60%) Node.js
13 4 (2.88%) Jest
13 4 (2.88%) JSON
13 4 (2.88%) Laravel
14 3 (2.16%) .NET Framework
14 3 (2.16%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.63%) Mobile App
2 11 (7.91%) Cloud Native
3 3 (2.16%) Clustering
3 3 (2.16%) Data Structures
3 3 (2.16%) Embedded Systems
3 3 (2.16%) IoT
3 3 (2.16%) Onboarding
3 3 (2.16%) Product Ownership
4 2 (1.44%) Educational Technology
4 2 (1.44%) EPoS
4 2 (1.44%) NHS
5 1 (0.72%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.72%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.88%) Linux
2 3 (2.16%) Debian
2 3 (2.16%) Gentoo
2 3 (2.16%) Windows
3 2 (1.44%) Android
3 2 (1.44%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (24.46%) SEO
2 31 (22.30%) Computer Science
3 27 (19.42%) Full-Stack Development
4 25 (17.99%) Agile
5 21 (15.11%) Problem-Solving
6 15 (10.79%) CI/CD
7 14 (10.07%) AI
8 12 (8.63%) DevOps
8 12 (8.63%) SDLC
9 11 (7.91%) Microservices
10 10 (7.19%) E-Commerce
10 10 (7.19%) Mobile Application Development
11 9 (6.47%) API Integration
11 9 (6.47%) Collaborative Culture
11 9 (6.47%) Infrastructure as Code
11 9 (6.47%) Performance Optimisation
12 8 (5.76%) Clean Code
12 8 (5.76%) Front End Development
12 8 (5.76%) Unit Testing
12 8 (5.76%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 50 (35.97%) JavaScript
2 47 (33.81%) SQL
3 40 (28.78%) PHP
4 30 (21.58%) C#
5 17 (12.23%) Python
6 7 (5.04%) TypeScript
7 5 (3.60%) R
8 4 (2.88%) Bash
8 4 (2.88%) C++
8 4 (2.88%) Ruby
9 3 (2.16%) C
9 3 (2.16%) CFML
9 3 (2.16%) PowerShell
10 2 (1.44%) Java
Qualifications
1 37 (26.62%) Degree
2 29 (20.86%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (3.60%) AWS Certification
3 5 (3.60%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 5 (3.60%) Azure Certification
3 5 (3.60%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (2.16%) HND
4 3 (2.16%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.72%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.72%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (21.58%) Accessibility
2 4 (2.88%) QA
3 2 (1.44%) WCAG
System Software
1 6 (4.32%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (7.19%) Terraform
2 3 (2.16%) Ansible
2 3 (2.16%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.16%) Podman
3 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 12 (8.63%) Microsoft
2 4 (2.88%) Google
2 4 (2.88%) OpenAI
3 3 (2.16%) Adobe
4 2 (1.44%) WooCommerce
4 2 (1.44%) Xamarin