W3C Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term W3C in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited W3C over the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 518 551 564
Rank change year-on-year +33 +13 +156
Permanent jobs citing W3C 4 7 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.009% 0.019% 0.012%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.029% 0.057% 0.034%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 4
10th Percentile £31,500 - -
25th Percentile £31,875 £37,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -28.89% +18.42%
75th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £41,500 - -
UK median annual salary £47,000 £61,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -22.95% -2.40% -

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

W3C falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,683 12,325 11,884
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 32.11% 34.26% 34.58%
Number of salaries quoted 6,346 5,311 8,421
10th Percentile £26,375 £30,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,790 £82,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

W3C
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing W3C relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

W3C job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

W3C
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing W3C.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing W3C

W3C
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing W3C within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 15 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
Midlands +23 3 £35,000 -12.50%
West Midlands +22 3 £35,000 -12.50%
East of England - 1 - - 1
W3C
UK

W3C
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (75.00%) CMS
1 3 (75.00%) Umbraco
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Figma
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (25.00%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Git
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Electronics
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (25.00%) Marketing
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Retail
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Developer
2 3 (75.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
3 1 (25.00%) Senior
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (75.00%) CSS
1 3 (75.00%) HTML
1 3 (75.00%) SVG
2 1 (25.00%) FastAPI
2 1 (25.00%) JSON
2 1 (25.00%) JSON-LD
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (25.00%) Linked Data
2 1 (25.00%) Semantic Web
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Content Management
1 3 (75.00%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
1 3 (75.00%) Front End Development
1 3 (75.00%) Mobile First
1 3 (75.00%) Responsive Web Design
1 3 (75.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 3 (75.00%) Web Development
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Data Validation
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (25.00%) Domain Models
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (25.00%) RDF
2 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (25.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (25.00%) Python
2 1 (25.00%) SHACL
2 1 (25.00%) SPARQL
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) Accessibility
1 3 (75.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) SAP