Web Developer Jobs in the South West

Web Developer
England > South West

The median Web Developer salary in the South West is £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 164 247 249
Rank change year-on-year +83 +2 +36
Permanent jobs requiring a Web Developer 14 52 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.39% 0.56% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.42% 0.58% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 7 50 13
10th Percentile £30,200 - -
25th Percentile £34,375 £31,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £38,750 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% -3.13% -17.95%
75th Percentile £69,375 £47,500 £47,500
90th Percentile £72,750 £55,975 £60,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% -10.00% +8.73%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South West. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the South West with a recognized job title 3,342 8,889 6,189
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.72% 96.21% 89.27%
Number of salaries quoted 2,039 6,488 3,847
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,574 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,600 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.20% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £79,850
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Web Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings that featured Web Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Web Developer in the South West

Web Developer
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Web Developer in the South West.

Salary trend for Web Developer in the South West

Web Developer
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Web Developer in the South West over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Web Developer in the South West

Web Developer
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Web Developer within the South West region over the 6 months to 7 May 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
Bristol +60 7 - - 2
Wiltshire +44 4 £66,250 +100.76%
Dorset +11 2 £37,500 -
Somerset +12 1 £35,000 +191.67%
Web Developer
England

Web Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 7 May 2025, Web Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South West region featuring Web Developer in the job title.

1 14 (100.00%) HTML
1 14 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 14 (100.00%) PHP
1 14 (100.00%) CSS
1 14 (100.00%) Web Development
2 11 (78.57%) E-Commerce
3 10 (71.43%) Git
3 10 (71.43%) Front End Development
4 9 (64.29%) WordPress
5 8 (57.14%) User Experience
6 7 (50.00%) Project Management
6 7 (50.00%) Learning Management System
6 7 (50.00%) Performance Optimisation
6 7 (50.00%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
6 7 (50.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 7 (50.00%) Line Management
6 7 (50.00%) Stripe
6 7 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (50.00%) WCAG
6 7 (50.00%) Microsoft
6 7 (50.00%) Change Management
6 7 (50.00%) Accessibility
7 5 (35.71%) MySQL
7 5 (35.71%) LAMP
8 4 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (28.57%) Node.js
9 3 (21.43%) React
9 3 (21.43%) AWS
9 3 (21.43%) AngularJS
9 3 (21.43%) Tailwind CSS

Web Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 9 (64.29%) WordPress
2 2 (14.29%) Joomla!
3 1 (7.14%) CMS
3 1 (7.14%) Drupal
Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Adobe XD
1 1 (7.14%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 7 (50.00%) Stripe
2 3 (21.43%) AWS
3 2 (14.29%) Cloudflare
4 1 (7.14%) Azure
4 1 (7.14%) Figma
4 1 (7.14%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (35.71%) MySQL
2 3 (21.43%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (7.14%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 10 (71.43%) Git
General
1 7 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (100.00%) CSS
1 14 (100.00%) HTML
2 5 (35.71%) LAMP
3 4 (28.57%) Node.js
4 3 (21.43%) AngularJS
4 3 (21.43%) React
4 3 (21.43%) Tailwind CSS
5 1 (7.14%) Bootstrap
5 1 (7.14%) DOM
5 1 (7.14%) jQuery
5 1 (7.14%) Kendo UI
5 1 (7.14%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 7 (50.00%) Learning Management System
2 1 (7.14%) Digital Signage
2 1 (7.14%) EPoS
2 1 (7.14%) Legacy Code
2 1 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) Web Development
2 11 (78.57%) E-Commerce
3 10 (71.43%) Front End Development
4 8 (57.14%) User Experience
5 7 (50.00%) Change Management
5 7 (50.00%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
5 7 (50.00%) Line Management
5 7 (50.00%) Performance Optimisation
5 7 (50.00%) Project Management
5 7 (50.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 4 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (21.43%) OOP
8 2 (14.29%) Responsive Web Design
8 2 (14.29%) SEO
8 2 (14.29%) SOLID
9 1 (7.14%) Analytics
9 1 (7.14%) Content Writing
9 1 (7.14%) DOM Manipulation/Scripting
9 1 (7.14%) Mobile First
9 1 (7.14%) Web Design
Programming Languages
1 14 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 14 (100.00%) PHP
2 3 (21.43%) Python
3 2 (14.29%) Go
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (50.00%) Accessibility
1 7 (50.00%) WCAG
Vendors
1 7 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) Adobe
2 1 (7.14%) Google