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

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 215 147
Rank change year-on-year +185 -68 -28
Permanent jobs citing Web Development 668 51 310
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 4.58% 0.67% 1.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.29% 0.74% 2.25%
Number of salaries quoted 90 44 225
10th Percentile £40,000 £31,625 £30,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,125 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £49,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.52% -10.45% +10.00%
75th Percentile £57,063 £65,313 £62,500
90th Percentile £60,000 £70,000 £66,250
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 10,620 6,927 13,797
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 72.86% 90.55% 84.27%
Number of salaries quoted 6,882 3,394 9,837
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £39,070 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -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 May 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 May 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 +79 333 £50,000 -13.04% 5
Kent +44 139 - - 5
Thames Valley +80 89 £55,000 -21.43% 18
Buckinghamshire +49 55 £55,000 +22.22% 6
East Sussex +16 45 £50,000 +11.11% 7
Middlesex +48 28 - - 2
Hampshire -16 23 £45,000 +20.00% 7
Berkshire +24 21 £40,000 +33.33% 3
Oxfordshire -3 13 £60,000 -14.29% 9
Isle of Wight - 8 - -
West Sussex -15 3 £30,000 -7.69% 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 11 (1.65%) WordPress
2 9 (1.35%) ColdFusion
3 4 (0.60%) nginx
4 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.15%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.15%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 568 (85.03%) Cloud Computing
2 16 (2.40%) AWS
2 16 (2.40%) Azure
3 12 (1.80%) GitHub
4 5 (0.75%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (0.60%) Anthropic Claude
5 4 (0.60%) GCP
6 1 (0.15%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.15%) Google Analytics
6 1 (0.15%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 599 (89.67%) Internet
2 3 (0.45%) VPN
3 1 (0.15%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (2.54%) SQL Server
2 10 (1.50%) MySQL
3 6 (0.90%) NoSQL
4 4 (0.60%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 6 (0.90%) Git
General
1 585 (87.57%) Social Skills
2 569 (85.18%) Banking
3 568 (85.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 11 (1.65%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (1.05%) Multimedia
6 3 (0.45%) Marketing
7 2 (0.30%) Retail
8 1 (0.15%) Finance
8 1 (0.15%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 467 (69.91%) Lecturer
2 92 (13.77%) Developer
3 79 (11.83%) Web Developer
4 18 (2.69%) Full-Stack Developer
5 16 (2.40%) Full-Stack Web Developer
6 15 (2.25%) Senior
6 15 (2.25%) Senior Developer
7 13 (1.95%) C# Developer
8 12 (1.80%) .NET Developer
9 11 (1.65%) .NET Web Developer
9 11 (1.65%) C# .NET Developer
9 11 (1.65%) C# Web Developer
9 11 (1.65%) Senior Web Developer
10 9 (1.35%) E-Commerce Developer
11 7 (1.05%) E-Commerce Web Developer
11 7 (1.05%) Trainee
12 6 (0.90%) Software Developer
13 5 (0.75%) Administrator
13 5 (0.75%) Trainee Administrator
13 5 (0.75%) Web Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (6.74%) .NET
2 30 (4.49%) CSS
2 30 (4.49%) HTML
3 15 (2.25%) jQuery
4 12 (1.80%) React
5 8 (1.20%) AngularJS
5 8 (1.20%) ASP.NET
6 6 (0.90%) Bootstrap
6 6 (0.90%) React Native
6 6 (0.90%) Vue
7 4 (0.60%) RabbitMQ
8 2 (0.30%) ASP.NET Core
8 2 (0.30%) Node.js
8 2 (0.30%) REST
8 2 (0.30%) RESTful
8 2 (0.30%) SOAP
8 2 (0.30%) Tailwind CSS
9 1 (0.15%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 568 (85.03%) IoT
2 12 (1.80%) Mobile App
3 3 (0.45%) Onboarding
4 2 (0.30%) Cloud Native
4 2 (0.30%) Educational Technology
4 2 (0.30%) EPoS
4 2 (0.30%) NHS
5 1 (0.15%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.15%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.15%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.15%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.45%) Windows
2 2 (0.30%) Android
2 2 (0.30%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.15%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 575 (86.08%) AI
2 571 (85.48%) Cybersecurity
3 570 (85.33%) Machine Learning
3 570 (85.33%) User Experience
4 25 (3.74%) Full-Stack Development
5 16 (2.40%) SEO
6 15 (2.25%) Computer Science
7 11 (1.65%) Agile
8 10 (1.50%) E-Commerce
8 10 (1.50%) Mobile Application Development
9 8 (1.20%) Clean Code
10 6 (0.90%) B2B
10 6 (0.90%) B2C
10 6 (0.90%) DevOps
10 6 (0.90%) Unit Testing
11 5 (0.75%) API Integration
11 5 (0.75%) Front End Development
11 5 (0.75%) Performance Optimisation
11 5 (0.75%) SDLC
11 5 (0.75%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 30 (4.49%) PHP
2 29 (4.34%) SQL
3 24 (3.59%) JavaScript
4 15 (2.25%) C#
5 10 (1.50%) Python
6 5 (0.75%) R
7 3 (0.45%) CFML
8 1 (0.15%) Bash
8 1 (0.15%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 584 (87.43%) Degree
2 568 (85.03%) Master's Degree
2 568 (85.03%) PhD
2 568 (85.03%) Postgraduate
3 15 (2.25%) Computer Science Degree
4 7 (1.05%) AWS Certification
4 7 (1.05%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 7 (1.05%) Azure Certification
4 7 (1.05%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (2.25%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 4 (0.60%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.30%) Terraform
3 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 8 (1.20%) Microsoft
2 5 (0.75%) Google
3 4 (0.60%) OpenAI
4 3 (0.45%) Adobe
5 2 (0.30%) Xamarin
6 1 (0.15%) WooCommerce