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 28 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 145 167
Rank change year-on-year +115 +22 -40
Permanent jobs citing Web Development 621 133 199
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 5.32% 1.72% 1.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.88% 1.92% 1.83%
Number of salaries quoted 42 63 178
10th Percentile £27,500 £36,250 £33,900
25th Percentile £40,313 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £58,438 £70,000 £59,688
90th Percentile £60,225 £74,800 £64,050
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

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 9,031 6,931 10,878
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 77.35% 89.83% 86.19%
Number of salaries quoted 5,597 3,256 8,068
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,749 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £85,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +12.73% -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 28 February 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 28 February 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
Surrey +81 336 £55,000 -8.33% 8
Kent +43 144 £30,000 -45.45% 5
Thames Valley +14 75 £48,750 -30.36% 28
Buckinghamshire +30 47 £55,000 - 9
Middlesex +37 28 - - 4
Hampshire +2 21 £55,500 +48.00% 11
Berkshire -5 20 £40,000 -11.11% 12
Oxfordshire -9 8 £65,000 -7.14% 7
Isle of Wight - 8 - -
East Sussex -12 7 £47,500 - 10
West Sussex -19 2 £30,000 -40.00% 5
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 6 (0.97%) WordPress
2 4 (0.64%) nginx
3 1 (0.16%) Confluence
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.16%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.16%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.81%) Shopify
2 1 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 570 (91.79%) Cloud Computing
2 9 (1.45%) Azure
2 9 (1.45%) GitHub
3 7 (1.13%) AWS
4 4 (0.64%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (0.64%) GCP
5 2 (0.32%) Anthropic Claude
5 2 (0.32%) Google Analytics
6 1 (0.16%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.16%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.16%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 579 (93.24%) Internet
2 3 (0.48%) VPN
3 1 (0.16%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (0.97%) MySQL
1 6 (0.97%) SQL Server
2 4 (0.64%) Apache Cassandra
2 4 (0.64%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (0.64%) JIRA
2 2 (0.32%) Git
3 1 (0.16%) Axure RP
General
1 586 (94.36%) Social Skills
2 570 (91.79%) Banking
2 570 (91.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 11 (1.77%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (1.61%) Marketing
5 5 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (0.48%) Multimedia
6 3 (0.48%) Retail
7 1 (0.16%) Finance
7 1 (0.16%) Law
Job Titles
1 469 (75.52%) Lecturer
2 41 (6.60%) Developer
3 29 (4.67%) Web Developer
4 12 (1.93%) Senior
4 12 (1.93%) Senior Developer
5 8 (1.29%) Senior Web Developer
6 6 (0.97%) C# Developer
7 5 (0.81%) E-Commerce Manager
7 5 (0.81%) Full-Stack Developer
8 4 (0.64%) .NET Developer
8 4 (0.64%) .NET Web Developer
8 4 (0.64%) Backend Developer
8 4 (0.64%) C# .NET Developer
8 4 (0.64%) C# Web Developer
8 4 (0.64%) PHP Developer
8 4 (0.64%) Senior Backend Developer
8 4 (0.64%) Senior PHP Developer
8 4 (0.64%) Software Developer
8 4 (0.64%) WordPress Developer
9 3 (0.48%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.06%) .NET
2 17 (2.74%) HTML
3 14 (2.25%) CSS
4 11 (1.77%) React
5 7 (1.13%) AngularJS
6 6 (0.97%) jQuery
7 4 (0.64%) ASP.NET
7 4 (0.64%) Bootstrap
7 4 (0.64%) RabbitMQ
7 4 (0.64%) React Native
7 4 (0.64%) Vue
8 2 (0.32%) Node.js
8 2 (0.32%) Tailwind CSS
9 1 (0.16%) JSON
9 1 (0.16%) REST
9 1 (0.16%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 570 (91.79%) IoT
2 8 (1.29%) Mobile App
3 6 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (0.48%) Onboarding
5 2 (0.32%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (0.32%) EPoS
5 2 (0.32%) NHS
5 2 (0.32%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.16%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.48%) Windows
2 2 (0.32%) Android
2 2 (0.32%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 582 (93.72%) User Experience
2 578 (93.08%) Cybersecurity
3 574 (92.43%) AI
4 572 (92.11%) Machine Learning
5 11 (1.77%) SEO
6 10 (1.61%) Agile
7 9 (1.45%) Full-Stack Development
8 8 (1.29%) Analytics
9 7 (1.13%) Commercial Awareness
9 7 (1.13%) Computer Science
9 7 (1.13%) Customer Experience
9 7 (1.13%) E-Commerce
9 7 (1.13%) Front End Development
10 6 (0.97%) B2C
10 6 (0.97%) Decision-Making
10 6 (0.97%) Mobile Application Development
11 5 (0.81%) Conversion Rate Optimisation
11 5 (0.81%) Email Marketing
11 5 (0.81%) Pay per click
11 5 (0.81%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (2.74%) SQL
2 15 (2.42%) JavaScript
3 10 (1.61%) PHP
4 9 (1.45%) C#
5 5 (0.81%) Python
6 1 (0.16%) R
Qualifications
1 578 (93.08%) Degree
2 570 (91.79%) Master's Degree
2 570 (91.79%) PhD
2 570 (91.79%) Postgraduate
3 7 (1.13%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (0.48%) AWS Certification
4 3 (0.48%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 3 (0.48%) Azure Certification
4 3 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (1.29%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.16%) GDPR
2 1 (0.16%) WCAG
Systems Management
1 4 (0.64%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (0.97%) Google
2 4 (0.64%) Microsoft
3 2 (0.32%) OpenAI
3 2 (0.32%) Xamarin
4 1 (0.16%) Sitecore