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 7 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 145 141
Rank change year-on-year +103 -4 -47
Permanent jobs citing Web Development 448 189 138
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 4.57% 1.82% 1.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.54% 2.15% 2.02%
Number of salaries quoted 37 80 125
10th Percentile £27,500 £35,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £38,500 £40,938 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £61,250 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £68,500 £74,100 £69,500
England median annual salary £42,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -19.05% -4.55% -

All Process and 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 8,085 8,795 6,846
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 82.56% 84.58% 92.79%
Number of salaries quoted 4,925 4,575 4,815
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,750 £30,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £43,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £54,763
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +5.00% -0.43%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 7 December 2025.

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 7 December 2025. 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 +90 238 £57,500 -4.17% 13
Kent +37 101 £30,000 -42.86% 17
Thames Valley +9 66 £40,000 -34.75% 63
Buckinghamshire +26 31 £33,250 -36.67% 24
Berkshire +7 29 £67,125 +22.05% 30
Middlesex +13 19 - - 21
Hampshire +31 14 £57,500 +53.33% 30
Oxfordshire +6 6 £55,000 -21.43% 12
Isle of Wight - 6 - - 3
East Sussex -4 3 £41,500 -12.63% 9
West Sussex -15 1 £30,000 -38.46% 15
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 (1.79%) WordPress
2 5 (1.12%) CMS
3 1 (0.22%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (0.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (0.22%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.12%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 392 (87.50%) Cloud Computing
2 23 (5.13%) AWS
3 19 (4.24%) Azure
4 14 (3.13%) GCP
5 6 (1.34%) GitHub
6 5 (1.12%) Google Analytics
7 3 (0.67%) Google Docs
7 3 (0.67%) Google Sheets
8 2 (0.45%) Figma
8 2 (0.45%) SaaS
9 1 (0.22%) Miro
9 1 (0.22%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 394 (87.95%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.23%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.45%) MySQL
3 1 (0.22%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 16 (3.57%) Git
2 4 (0.89%) JIRA
3 1 (0.22%) Axure RP
3 1 (0.22%) Storybook
General
1 419 (93.53%) Social Skills
2 392 (87.50%) Banking
2 392 (87.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 27 (6.03%) Marketing
4 15 (3.35%) Law
5 5 (1.12%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (0.89%) Retail
7 2 (0.45%) Finance
7 2 (0.45%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 320 (71.43%) Lecturer
2 38 (8.48%) Developer
3 25 (5.58%) Senior
4 24 (5.36%) Senior Developer
5 23 (5.13%) Full-Stack Developer
6 21 (4.69%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
6 21 (4.69%) Web Developer
7 16 (3.57%) Senior Web Developer
8 15 (3.35%) Full-Stack Web Developer
9 5 (1.12%) E-Commerce Manager
10 3 (0.67%) .NET Developer
10 3 (0.67%) IT Support
10 3 (0.67%) Junior
10 3 (0.67%) Junior Developer
10 3 (0.67%) Junior IT Support
10 3 (0.67%) SEO Manager
11 2 (0.45%) C# ASP.NET Developer
11 2 (0.45%) CMS Developer
11 2 (0.45%) Creative Director
11 2 (0.45%) Head of Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (6.25%) React
2 26 (5.80%) HTML
3 23 (5.13%) CSS
4 22 (4.91%) RESTful
5 21 (4.69%) Node.js
6 18 (4.02%) .NET
7 13 (2.90%) ASP.NET
8 12 (2.68%) AngularJS
9 4 (0.89%) Vue
10 1 (0.22%) .NET Framework
10 1 (0.22%) Ionic Framework
10 1 (0.22%) Jest
10 1 (0.22%) JSON
10 1 (0.22%) Next.js
10 1 (0.22%) React Native
10 1 (0.22%) REST
10 1 (0.22%) Tailwind CSS
10 1 (0.22%) XML
10 1 (0.22%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 392 (87.50%) IoT
2 7 (1.56%) Onboarding
3 5 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (0.67%) Algorithms
4 3 (0.67%) Blog
4 3 (0.67%) Social Media
5 2 (0.45%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (0.45%) Mobile App
5 2 (0.45%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.22%) Android
1 1 (0.22%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 427 (95.31%) User Experience
2 398 (88.84%) Cybersecurity
3 397 (88.62%) AI
4 392 (87.50%) Machine Learning
5 27 (6.03%) Full-Stack Development
6 20 (4.46%) Problem-Solving
7 19 (4.24%) UX Design
8 17 (3.79%) Agile
9 16 (3.57%) CI/CD
9 16 (3.57%) Customer Engagement
10 15 (3.35%) Design Patterns
10 15 (3.35%) DevOps
11 14 (3.13%) Containerisation
11 14 (3.13%) Test Automation
12 11 (2.46%) Analytics
13 9 (2.01%) Customer Experience
14 8 (1.79%) E-Commerce
14 8 (1.79%) MVC
14 8 (1.79%) SEO
15 7 (1.56%) Commercial Awareness
Programming Languages
1 27 (6.03%) JavaScript
2 17 (3.79%) C#
3 10 (2.23%) SQL
4 2 (0.45%) PHP
4 2 (0.45%) Python
5 1 (0.22%) R
5 1 (0.22%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 395 (88.17%) Degree
2 392 (87.50%) Master's Degree
2 392 (87.50%) PhD
2 392 (87.50%) Postgraduate
3 2 (0.45%) AWS Certification
3 2 (0.45%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 2 (0.45%) Azure Certification
3 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.22%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.13%) QA
2 2 (0.45%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.22%) GDPR
3 1 (0.22%) WCAG
System Software
1 14 (3.13%) Docker
Systems Management
1 14 (3.13%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (1.12%) Google
2 3 (0.67%) Ahrefs
3 2 (0.45%) Adobe
3 2 (0.45%) Microsoft
3 2 (0.45%) OpenAI
4 1 (0.22%) HubSpot
4 1 (0.22%) Sitecore
4 1 (0.22%) WooCommerce
4 1 (0.22%) Xero