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

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 144 111 160
Rank change year-on-year -33 +49 +5
Permanent jobs citing Web Development 41 80 62
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.81% 1.91% 1.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.13% 2.24% 1.47%
Number of salaries quoted 8 38 55
10th Percentile £33,425 £34,775 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £44,375 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £57,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.09% +27.78% -7.22%
75th Percentile £52,500 £67,813 £55,625
90th Percentile £60,000 £81,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £47,372 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.77% -4.55% -

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 3,624 3,578 4,228
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 71.75% 85.29% 89.54%
Number of salaries quoted 2,481 1,810 3,209
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,613 £30,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £40,000 £40,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,439 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.15% +3.69% +2.94%
75th Percentile £66,250 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £80,627
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 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 10 January 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 10 January 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 +16 19 £35,000 +12.00% 9
Gloucestershire +23 8 £50,000 -16.67% 5
Cornwall -13 7 - -
Somerset -4 6 - - 4
Bristol -16 1 £31,500 -47.50% 9
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 1 (2.44%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 32 (78.05%) Cloud Computing
2 3 (7.32%) AWS
3 2 (4.88%) SaaS
4 1 (2.44%) Azure
4 1 (2.44%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 33 (80.49%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.32%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (4.88%) Git
General
1 33 (80.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 33 (80.49%) Social Skills
2 32 (78.05%) Banking
3 1 (2.44%) Manufacturing
3 1 (2.44%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 27 (65.85%) Lecturer
2 6 (14.63%) Developer
3 3 (7.32%) Full-Stack Developer
3 3 (7.32%) Web Developer
4 2 (4.88%) Analyst
4 2 (4.88%) QA Analyst
4 2 (4.88%) Web Analyst
5 1 (2.44%) Administrator
5 1 (2.44%) Senior
5 1 (2.44%) Senior Developer
5 1 (2.44%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
5 1 (2.44%) Trainee
5 1 (2.44%) Trainee Administrator
5 1 (2.44%) Web Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.88%) CSS
1 2 (4.88%) HTML
1 2 (4.88%) React
1 2 (4.88%) Symfony
2 1 (2.44%) DOM
2 1 (2.44%) Qt
2 1 (2.44%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 32 (78.05%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (85.37%) User Experience
2 32 (78.05%) AI
2 32 (78.05%) Cybersecurity
2 32 (78.05%) Machine Learning
3 3 (7.32%) Full-Stack Development
3 3 (7.32%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (4.88%) Agile
4 2 (4.88%) API Development
4 2 (4.88%) CI/CD
4 2 (4.88%) Microservices
4 2 (4.88%) UX Design
5 1 (2.44%) Asynchronous Programming
5 1 (2.44%) Code Quality
5 1 (2.44%) CRUD
5 1 (2.44%) DOM Manipulation/Scripting
5 1 (2.44%) Facilities Management
5 1 (2.44%) Front End Development
5 1 (2.44%) Requirements Gathering
5 1 (2.44%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 4 (9.76%) JavaScript
2 2 (4.88%) PHP
2 2 (4.88%) SQL
3 1 (2.44%) Python
3 1 (2.44%) R
Qualifications
1 32 (78.05%) Degree
1 32 (78.05%) Master's Degree
1 32 (78.05%) PhD
1 32 (78.05%) Postgraduate
2 1 (2.44%) AWS Certification
2 1 (2.44%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 1 (2.44%) Azure Certification
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.88%) Accessibility
1 2 (4.88%) QA
System Software
1 2 (4.88%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (2.44%) Microsoft