Web Development Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Web Development
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Web Development skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 108 138
Rank change year-on-year +9 +30 -49
Permanent jobs citing Web Development 74 75 71
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.78% 2.20% 1.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.22% 2.39% 1.75%
Number of salaries quoted 13 27 65
10th Percentile £38,800 £44,000 £41,450
25th Percentile £40,000 £48,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £70,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +27.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £60,000 - £62,500
90th Percentile £90,100 £70,250 £63,250
South East median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £53,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -0.94% +0.95%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,327 3,135 4,065
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 79.90% 92.12% 88.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1,839 1,365 2,892
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,052 £45,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +13.21% -3.64%
75th Percentile £68,750 £76,009 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £83,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £58,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.79% +10.48% -4.55%

Web Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Web Development job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Web Development
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Web Development.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Web Development

Web Development
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Web Development in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 23 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Web Development in the Thames Valley

Web Development
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Web Development within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 23 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
Buckinghamshire +30 45 £55,000 +4.76% 13
Berkshire -3 22 £40,000 -20.00% 25
Oxfordshire -11 7 £65,000 -7.14% 12
Web Development
South East

Web Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 5 (6.76%) WordPress
2 1 (1.35%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (2.70%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 58 (78.38%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (2.70%) Figma
2 2 (2.70%) Google Analytics
2 2 (2.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 58 (78.38%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.70%) MySQL
1 2 (2.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.35%) JIRA
General
1 60 (81.08%) Social Skills
2 58 (78.38%) Banking
2 58 (78.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (6.76%) Marketing
4 4 (5.41%) Retail
5 2 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.35%) Finance
6 1 (1.35%) Law
Job Titles
1 48 (64.86%) Lecturer
2 11 (14.86%) Developer
3 10 (13.51%) Web Developer
4 5 (6.76%) Senior
4 5 (6.76%) Senior Developer
4 5 (6.76%) Senior Web Developer
5 4 (5.41%) WordPress Developer
6 2 (2.70%) ASP.NET Developer
6 2 (2.70%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 2 (2.70%) C# Developer
6 2 (2.70%) Creative Director
6 2 (2.70%) Full-Stack Developer
6 2 (2.70%) Full-Stack Web Developer
6 2 (2.70%) Head of E-Commerce
6 2 (2.70%) Head of Technology
6 2 (2.70%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
7 1 (1.35%) .NET Developer
7 1 (1.35%) C# .NET Developer
7 1 (1.35%) Developer/Software Engineer
7 1 (1.35%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.70%) .NET
1 2 (2.70%) AngularJS
1 2 (2.70%) ASP.NET
1 2 (2.70%) React
1 2 (2.70%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 58 (78.38%) IoT
2 2 (2.70%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (2.70%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (85.14%) User Experience
2 60 (81.08%) AI
3 58 (78.38%) Cybersecurity
3 58 (78.38%) Machine Learning
4 6 (8.11%) Full-Stack Development
5 4 (5.41%) Customer Experience
5 4 (5.41%) UX Design
6 3 (4.05%) Analytics
7 2 (2.70%) B2B
7 2 (2.70%) Budget Management
7 2 (2.70%) Business Strategy
7 2 (2.70%) Customer Engagement
7 2 (2.70%) Customer Service
7 2 (2.70%) Data Analysis
7 2 (2.70%) Digital Marketing
7 2 (2.70%) E-Commerce
7 2 (2.70%) Enterprise Architecture
7 2 (2.70%) Marketing Strategy
7 2 (2.70%) Product Marketing
7 2 (2.70%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.70%) C#
1 2 (2.70%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 59 (79.73%) Degree
2 58 (78.38%) Master's Degree
2 58 (78.38%) PhD
2 58 (78.38%) Postgraduate
3 1 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.35%) Accessibility
1 1 (1.35%) GDPR
1 1 (1.35%) WCAG
Vendors
1 2 (2.70%) Adobe
1 2 (2.70%) Google
1 2 (2.70%) OpenAI
2 1 (1.35%) Sitecore