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 14 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 200 233 123
Rank change year-on-year +33 -110 -1
Permanent jobs citing Web Development 141 63 246
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.74% 0.70% 2.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.02% 0.80% 2.53%
Number of salaries quoted 117 46 96
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +17.95% -2.50%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £57,813
90th Percentile £60,000 £70,000 £68,125
England median annual salary £50,000 £51,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -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 13,817 7,884 9,741
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 72.49% 88.22% 81.47%
Number of salaries quoted 9,808 4,274 5,139
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.32%

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 14 October 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 14 October 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 +36 65 £50,000 +20.48% 5
Thames Valley -5 36 £55,000 +22.22% 12
Oxfordshire -19 23 £55,000 - 7
Surrey -29 18 £70,000 +21.74% 3
Hampshire -40 14 £45,000 -21.74% 7
Buckinghamshire -4 11 £55,000 +41.03% 2
Kent -11 4 £60,000 +71.43% 2
West Sussex - 4 £47,500 - 1
Berkshire -14 2 - - 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 8 (5.67%) WordPress
2 5 (3.55%) IIS
3 4 (2.84%) CMS
4 3 (2.13%) ColdFusion
4 3 (2.13%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (2.13%) SharePoint
5 2 (1.42%) Confluence
6 1 (0.71%) ExpressionEngine
Applications
1 1 (0.71%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 6 (4.26%) Shopify
2 1 (0.71%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 29 (20.57%) AWS
2 23 (16.31%) Azure
3 6 (4.26%) GitHub
4 5 (3.55%) Power Platform
5 3 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (2.13%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (2.13%) Entra ID
5 3 (2.13%) GCP
5 3 (2.13%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (2.13%) Microsoft Purview
5 3 (2.13%) Power Automate
5 3 (2.13%) PowerApps
6 2 (1.42%) Cloudflare
6 2 (1.42%) Figma
6 2 (1.42%) Google Analytics
6 2 (1.42%) Google Tag Manager
6 2 (1.42%) SaaS
6 2 (1.42%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 34 (24.11%) Internet
2 1 (0.71%) SSL
2 1 (0.71%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (41.84%) SQL Server
2 21 (14.89%) MySQL
3 17 (12.06%) NoSQL
4 11 (7.80%) Relational Database
5 8 (5.67%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.42%) MongoDB
6 2 (1.42%) Power BI
6 2 (1.42%) Redis
7 1 (0.71%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 13 (9.22%) Git
2 5 (3.55%) Claude Code
2 5 (3.55%) Oracle Forms
2 5 (3.55%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (1.42%) Cypress.io
3 2 (1.42%) GitLab
3 2 (1.42%) JIRA
3 2 (1.42%) Mocha
3 2 (1.42%) Selenium
3 2 (1.42%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.71%) PHPUnit
General
1 54 (38.30%) Social Skills
2 13 (9.22%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (6.38%) Marketing
4 8 (5.67%) Manufacturing
5 6 (4.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (4.26%) Law
5 6 (4.26%) Public Sector
6 4 (2.84%) Banking
7 3 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (2.13%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.71%) Finance
Job Titles
1 121 (85.82%) Developer
2 96 (68.09%) Web Developer
3 21 (14.89%) Senior
4 18 (12.77%) Senior Developer
5 16 (11.35%) .NET Developer
5 16 (11.35%) Full-Stack Developer
6 15 (10.64%) Full-Stack Web Developer
7 13 (9.22%) .NET Web Developer
8 10 (7.09%) PHP Developer
9 8 (5.67%) C# Developer
10 7 (4.96%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 6 (4.26%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
11 6 (4.26%) Graduate
11 6 (4.26%) Senior C# Developer
11 6 (4.26%) Senior Web Developer
12 5 (3.55%) C# .NET Developer
12 5 (3.55%) Software Engineer
12 5 (3.55%) VB.NET Developer
12 5 (3.55%) VB.NET Web Developer
13 4 (2.84%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (47.52%) .NET
2 61 (43.26%) HTML
3 58 (41.13%) CSS
4 32 (22.70%) jQuery
5 31 (21.99%) React
6 28 (19.86%) ASP.NET
7 23 (16.31%) AngularJS
8 19 (13.48%) Terraform
9 17 (12.06%) ASP.NET Core
9 17 (12.06%) RESTful
10 16 (11.35%) REST
10 16 (11.35%) Vue
11 15 (10.64%) SOAP
12 12 (8.51%) .NET Framework
12 12 (8.51%) Entity Framework
13 7 (4.96%) .NET Core
13 7 (4.96%) JSON
13 7 (4.96%) Node.js
14 6 (4.26%) Google Maps API
14 6 (4.26%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (12.06%) Cloud Native
2 5 (3.55%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (2.13%) Clustering
3 3 (2.13%) Data Structures
3 3 (2.13%) Embedded Systems
3 3 (2.13%) IoT
3 3 (2.13%) Onboarding
3 3 (2.13%) Product Ownership
4 1 (0.71%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (0.71%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.71%) Marketing Technology
4 1 (0.71%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.55%) Linux
2 4 (2.84%) Debian
3 3 (2.13%) Gentoo
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (34.04%) Problem-Solving
2 39 (27.66%) SEO
3 37 (26.24%) Agile
4 36 (25.53%) Computer Science
5 24 (17.02%) CI/CD
6 23 (16.31%) Full-Stack Development
7 18 (12.77%) SDLC
8 17 (12.06%) Microservices
9 16 (11.35%) User Experience
10 15 (10.64%) Collaborative Culture
10 15 (10.64%) Infrastructure as Code
10 15 (10.64%) Performance Optimisation
11 14 (9.93%) AI
12 13 (9.22%) Software Engineering
13 12 (8.51%) MVC
13 12 (8.51%) OOP
14 11 (7.80%) E-Commerce
14 11 (7.80%) Mentoring
15 10 (7.09%) Clean Code
15 10 (7.09%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 70 (49.65%) JavaScript
2 47 (33.33%) SQL
3 41 (29.08%) PHP
4 38 (26.95%) C#
5 17 (12.06%) Python
6 14 (9.93%) TypeScript
7 5 (3.55%) C++
7 5 (3.55%) VB.NET
8 4 (2.84%) Bash
8 4 (2.84%) Java
8 4 (2.84%) Ruby
9 3 (2.13%) C
9 3 (2.13%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.71%) CFML
10 1 (0.71%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 47 (33.33%) Degree
2 34 (24.11%) Computer Science Degree
3 11 (7.80%) Master's Degree
4 8 (5.67%) Security Cleared
5 7 (4.96%) SC Cleared
6 3 (2.13%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (23.40%) Accessibility
2 8 (5.67%) QA
3 2 (1.42%) WCAG
4 1 (0.71%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (4.96%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (2.84%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.13%) Ansible
2 3 (2.13%) Podman
3 1 (0.71%) Puppet
Vendors
1 16 (11.35%) Microsoft
2 11 (7.80%) Google
3 5 (3.55%) Oracle
3 5 (3.55%) WooCommerce
4 2 (1.42%) Ahrefs
4 2 (1.42%) Hotjar
4 2 (1.42%) HubSpot
5 1 (0.71%) Adobe
5 1 (0.71%) dotdigital