Web Development Job Trends in the South West

Web Development
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Web Development skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 198 150 111
Rank change year-on-year -48 -39 +61
Permanent jobs citing Web Development 46 14 139
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.46% 0.40% 1.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.65% 0.49% 2.41%
Number of salaries quoted 45 12 74
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,188 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -15.00% -
75th Percentile £53,750 £59,063 £64,750
90th Percentile £55,000 £62,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £51,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -1.96% +7.37% -13.64%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,059 2,843 5,776
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 70.89% 81.70% 75.75%
Number of salaries quoted 4,798 1,814 3,537
10th Percentile £30,250 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £67,728
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £80,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -8.00%

Web Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Web Development relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Web Development job vacancy trend in the South West

Web Development
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Web Development.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Web Development

Web Development
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Web Development in the South West over the 6 months to 12 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Web Development in the South West

Web Development
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 Development within the South West region over the 6 months to 12 September 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
Devon -6 23 £40,000 -11.11% 6
Bristol -35 9 £42,500 -15.00% 4
Gloucestershire -48 7 £55,000 - 4
Dorset -1 6 £35,000 -12.50% 3
Wiltshire -22 1 £32,500 -33.33% 2
Web Development
England

Web Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 3 (6.52%) CMS
2 2 (4.35%) Apache
2 2 (4.35%) EPiServer
3 1 (2.17%) Headless CMS
3 1 (2.17%) WordPress
Business Applications
1 11 (23.91%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 4 (8.70%) GitHub
2 1 (2.17%) Anthropic Claude
2 1 (2.17%) Azure
2 1 (2.17%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (2.17%) Azure Stack
2 1 (2.17%) Figma
2 1 (2.17%) GitHub Copilot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (21.74%) MySQL
2 3 (6.52%) MariaDB
2 3 (6.52%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (2.17%) Relational Database
3 1 (2.17%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (4.35%) Git
2 1 (2.17%) Claude Code
2 1 (2.17%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (2.17%) Aerospace
1 1 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (2.17%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (2.17%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 39 (84.78%) Developer
2 22 (47.83%) Web Developer
3 15 (32.61%) Full-Stack Developer
4 9 (19.57%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 9 (19.57%) Full-Stack JavaScript Developer
4 9 (19.57%) Full-Stack Python Developer
4 9 (19.57%) JavaScript Developer
4 9 (19.57%) Python Developer
5 6 (13.04%) Full-Stack Web Developer
5 6 (13.04%) PHP Developer
5 6 (13.04%) PHP Web Developer
6 4 (8.70%) Senior
6 4 (8.70%) Software Engineer
7 3 (6.52%) Senior Software Engineer
8 1 (2.17%) Business Development Executive
8 1 (2.17%) CMS Developer
8 1 (2.17%) Junior Developer
8 1 (2.17%) Junior Web Developer
8 1 (2.17%) Senior Developer
8 1 (2.17%) Senior Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (30.43%) CSS
2 11 (23.91%) HTML
3 7 (15.22%) Vue
4 6 (13.04%) Laravel
5 5 (10.87%) AngularJS
5 5 (10.87%) Tailwind CSS
6 4 (8.70%) .NET
6 4 (8.70%) Node.js
6 4 (8.70%) React
6 4 (8.70%) RESTful
7 3 (6.52%) CSS3
7 3 (6.52%) HTML5
7 3 (6.52%) Jest
7 3 (6.52%) jQuery
7 3 (6.52%) Sass
8 2 (4.35%) ASP.NET
8 2 (4.35%) LAMP
9 1 (2.17%) EDI
9 1 (2.17%) JSON
9 1 (2.17%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 9 (19.57%) Greenfield Project
2 3 (6.52%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.17%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (10.87%) Linux
2 2 (4.35%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (36.96%) Full-Stack Development
2 11 (23.91%) E-Commerce
3 6 (13.04%) MVC
3 6 (13.04%) OOP
4 5 (10.87%) Software Engineering
5 4 (8.70%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (8.70%) Front End Development
6 3 (6.52%) AI
6 3 (6.52%) Collaborative Working
6 3 (6.52%) Computer Science
6 3 (6.52%) CRM
6 3 (6.52%) Strategic Thinking
7 2 (4.35%) Agile
7 2 (4.35%) Code Quality
7 2 (4.35%) Content Management
7 2 (4.35%) Mentoring
7 2 (4.35%) Sprint Planning
7 2 (4.35%) User Experience
8 1 (2.17%) Generative AI
8 1 (2.17%) LLM
Programming Languages
1 17 (36.96%) JavaScript
2 12 (26.09%) PHP
3 9 (19.57%) Python
4 4 (8.70%) TypeScript
5 2 (4.35%) C#
5 2 (4.35%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (6.52%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (6.52%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.52%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.17%) WCAG
Systems Management
1 3 (6.52%) Plesk
Vendors
1 2 (4.35%) Optimizely
2 1 (2.17%) Google
2 1 (2.17%) Microsoft