Web Developer Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Web Developer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Web Developer salary in the UK excluding London is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 October 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 478 232 422
Rank change year-on-year -246 +190 +72
Permanent jobs requiring a Web Developer 52 524 158
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.15% 1.08% 0.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 1.13% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 36 139 132
10th Percentile £25,750 £31,250 £32,050
25th Percentile £31,188 £35,000 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,000 £56,250 £66,250
90th Percentile - £60,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -18.18% +12.89%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 30,643 46,509 30,867
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.57% 95.41% 95.99%
Number of salaries quoted 17,601 25,414 23,101
10th Percentile £26,750 £30,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £31,750 £40,000 £38,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £56,252 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% -6.25% -

Web Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Web Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Web Developer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Web Developer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Web Developer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Web Developer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Web Developer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Web Developer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 21 October 2025.

Salary histogram for Web Developer in the UK excluding London

Web Developer
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 Web Developer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 21 October 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
South East -61 19 £42,500 +3.03% 21
Wales +2 11 £60,000 +37.14% 3
North of England -97 8 £34,500 -34.29% 27
Midlands -71 7 £25,500 -40.00% 23
East Midlands -23 4 £25,250 -40.59% 7
South West +7 3 £37,500 -11.76% 9
West Midlands -12 3 £34,000 -20.00% 16
Yorkshire -34 3 £27,500 -26.67% 13
North West -47 3 £52,500 - 11
East of England -51 3 £37,500 -16.67% 9
North East -2 2 £39,250 +57.00% 3
Scotland -32 1 - - 6
Web Developer
UK

Web Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 21 October 2025, Web Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Web Developer in the job title.

1 51 (98.08%) Web Development
2 45 (86.54%) JavaScript
3 36 (69.23%) HTML
4 28 (53.85%) CSS
5 26 (50.00%) Git
6 25 (48.08%) Full-Stack Development
7 23 (44.23%) React
8 21 (40.38%) Problem-Solving
9 19 (36.54%) Agile
9 19 (36.54%) CI/CD
9 19 (36.54%) User Experience
10 17 (32.69%) AWS
11 16 (30.77%) Azure
11 16 (30.77%) Docker
12 15 (28.85%) CMS
12 15 (28.85%) GCP
12 15 (28.85%) Node.js
12 15 (28.85%) QA
12 15 (28.85%) RESTful
12 15 (28.85%) Test Automation
12 15 (28.85%) UX Design
13 14 (26.92%) Containerisation
13 14 (26.92%) Customer Engagement
13 14 (26.92%) Design Patterns
13 14 (26.92%) DevOps
13 14 (26.92%) Kubernetes
13 14 (26.92%) MySQL
13 14 (26.92%) PHP
14 12 (23.08%) Vue
15 11 (21.15%) .NET

Web Developer Skill Set
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 15 (28.85%) CMS
2 6 (11.54%) WordPress
3 3 (5.77%) Headless CMS
3 3 (5.77%) IIS
4 2 (3.85%) Drupal
4 2 (3.85%) Umbraco
5 1 (1.92%) Confluence
5 1 (1.92%) Strapi
Applications
1 4 (7.69%) Adobe Illustrator
2 3 (5.77%) Photoshop
3 2 (3.85%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (3.85%) Adobe XD
3 2 (3.85%) Elementor
4 1 (1.92%) Chatbot
4 1 (1.92%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 1 (1.92%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 17 (32.69%) AWS
2 16 (30.77%) Azure
3 15 (28.85%) GCP
4 5 (9.62%) Figma
4 5 (9.62%) GitHub
5 4 (7.69%) Cloudflare
5 4 (7.69%) npm
6 2 (3.85%) Vercel
7 1 (1.92%) BrowserStack
7 1 (1.92%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.92%) Google Analytics
7 1 (1.92%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.92%) Sage Pay
7 1 (1.92%) Yarn
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (26.92%) MySQL
2 10 (19.23%) SQL Server
3 3 (5.77%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (3.85%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 26 (50.00%) Git
2 3 (5.77%) JIRA
3 2 (3.85%) webpack
4 1 (1.92%) Bitbucket
4 1 (1.92%) Mocha
General
1 21 (40.38%) Social Skills
2 18 (34.62%) Marketing
3 15 (28.85%) Law
4 2 (3.85%) Finance
4 2 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.92%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.92%) Banking
5 1 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (69.23%) HTML
2 28 (53.85%) CSS
3 23 (44.23%) React
4 15 (28.85%) Node.js
4 15 (28.85%) RESTful
5 12 (23.08%) Vue
6 11 (21.15%) .NET
7 10 (19.23%) Sass
8 9 (17.31%) ASP.NET
9 7 (13.46%) Symfony
10 5 (9.62%) ASP.NET MVC
10 5 (9.62%) CSS3
10 5 (9.62%) HTML5
11 4 (7.69%) AngularJS
11 4 (7.69%) Laravel
11 4 (7.69%) REST
12 3 (5.77%) Ajax
12 3 (5.77%) ASP.NET Web Forms
12 3 (5.77%) jQuery
12 3 (5.77%) LESS
Miscellaneous
1 7 (13.46%) Legacy Code
2 1 (1.92%) Digital Media
2 1 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (1.92%) Graphic Design
2 1 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (1.92%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (1.92%) Mobile App
2 1 (1.92%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.85%) Linux
2 1 (1.92%) Android
2 1 (1.92%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (98.08%) Web Development
2 25 (48.08%) Full-Stack Development
3 21 (40.38%) Problem-Solving
4 19 (36.54%) Agile
4 19 (36.54%) CI/CD
4 19 (36.54%) User Experience
5 15 (28.85%) Test Automation
5 15 (28.85%) UX Design
6 14 (26.92%) Containerisation
6 14 (26.92%) Customer Engagement
6 14 (26.92%) Design Patterns
6 14 (26.92%) DevOps
7 11 (21.15%) Mentoring
8 6 (11.54%) Computer Science
8 6 (11.54%) MVC
9 5 (9.62%) Clean Code
9 5 (9.62%) Responsive Web Design
9 5 (9.62%) SEO
9 5 (9.62%) Software Engineering
10 4 (7.69%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 45 (86.54%) JavaScript
2 14 (26.92%) PHP
3 9 (17.31%) C#
4 7 (13.46%) TypeScript
5 3 (5.77%) SQL
6 1 (1.92%) Python
6 1 (1.92%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (9.62%) Degree
2 1 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (28.85%) QA
2 1 (1.92%) Accessibility
System Software
1 16 (30.77%) Docker
Systems Management
1 14 (26.92%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.92%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (5.77%) Adobe
1 3 (5.77%) HubSpot
2 2 (3.85%) Google
2 2 (3.85%) Netlify
3 1 (1.92%) OpenAI
3 1 (1.92%) Oracle