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 £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 March 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 412 333 408
Rank change year-on-year -79 +75 +78
Permanent jobs requiring a Web Developer 119 193 303
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.23% 0.68% 0.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.75% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 111 86 275
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,313 £31,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £46,250 £41,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.51% +11.45% -7.78%
75th Percentile £54,375 £57,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £66,850 £65,000
UK median annual salary £43,750 £51,250 £45,000
% change year-on-year -14.63% +13.89% -3.23%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 47,376 25,630 54,832
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.77% 90.60% 94.77%
Number of salaries quoted 29,973 14,284 41,881
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £26,700
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,793 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.75% +9.59% -5.66%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £64,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,958 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%

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 9 March 2026.

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 9 March 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
South East -16 32 £47,500 +2.70% 44
Midlands -12 26 £35,000 -22.22% 27
East of England -16 23 £100,000 +185.71% 26
North of England -49 22 £42,039 -19.93% 31
East Midlands -22 16 £35,000 -22.22% 20
Yorkshire -38 13 £42,039 +36.71% 9
Scotland -14 11 £35,000 -46.15% 11
West Midlands +4 10 £36,250 -9.38% 7
North West -29 9 £40,000 -23.81% 15
South West -35 7 £35,000 -17.65% 19
Web Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 9 March 2026, 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.

1 105 (88.24%) Web Development
2 35 (29.41%) Full-Stack Development
3 33 (27.73%) CSS
3 33 (27.73%) HTML
4 31 (26.05%) JavaScript
5 30 (25.21%) .NET
6 24 (20.17%) SQL
7 19 (15.97%) Azure
8 17 (14.29%) C#
8 17 (14.29%) React
9 16 (13.45%) PHP
10 14 (11.76%) Front End Development
10 14 (11.76%) Internet
11 13 (10.92%) ASP.NET
11 13 (10.92%) SQL Server
12 12 (10.08%) CMS
12 12 (10.08%) WordPress
13 11 (9.24%) Accessibility
13 11 (9.24%) AWS
13 11 (9.24%) MVC
14 10 (8.40%) Computer Science
14 10 (8.40%) Degree
14 10 (8.40%) Mentoring
14 10 (8.40%) Microsoft
15 9 (7.56%) API Integration
15 9 (7.56%) B2B
15 9 (7.56%) SEO
16 8 (6.72%) .NET Core
16 8 (6.72%) Agile
16 8 (6.72%) DevOps

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 12 (10.08%) CMS
1 12 (10.08%) WordPress
2 3 (2.52%) Headless CMS
2 3 (2.52%) Umbraco
3 2 (1.68%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.84%) ColdFusion
4 1 (0.84%) IIS
4 1 (0.84%) Joomla!
4 1 (0.84%) nginx
Business Applications
1 1 (0.84%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 19 (15.97%) Azure
2 11 (9.24%) AWS
3 8 (6.72%) GitHub
4 6 (5.04%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (2.52%) Figma
6 2 (1.68%) Anthropic Claude
6 2 (1.68%) DigitalOcean
6 2 (1.68%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (1.68%) Power Automate
6 2 (1.68%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.68%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.84%) Azure AI
7 1 (0.84%) Azure App Service
7 1 (0.84%) Azure Key Vault
7 1 (0.84%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (0.84%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (0.84%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.84%) Firebase
7 1 (0.84%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (0.84%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 14 (11.76%) Internet
2 2 (1.68%) Intranet
3 1 (0.84%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (10.92%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.36%) MySQL
2 4 (3.36%) NoSQL
2 4 (3.36%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (3.36%) Relational Database
3 2 (1.68%) MongoDB
3 2 (1.68%) Power BI
4 1 (0.84%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 7 (5.88%) Git
2 2 (1.68%) JIRA
3 1 (0.84%) webpack
General
1 13 (10.92%) Social Skills
2 7 (5.88%) Multimedia
3 6 (5.04%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (5.04%) Marketing
4 2 (1.68%) Legal
4 2 (1.68%) Public Sector
5 1 (0.84%) Back Office
5 1 (0.84%) Finance
5 1 (0.84%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (27.73%) CSS
1 33 (27.73%) HTML
2 30 (25.21%) .NET
3 17 (14.29%) React
4 13 (10.92%) ASP.NET
5 8 (6.72%) .NET Core
6 7 (5.88%) ASP.NET MVC
6 7 (5.88%) jQuery
6 7 (5.88%) Tailwind CSS
7 6 (5.04%) .NET Framework
7 6 (5.04%) React Native
7 6 (5.04%) Vue
8 5 (4.20%) Bootstrap
9 4 (3.36%) ASP.NET Core
9 4 (3.36%) Razor View Engine
9 4 (3.36%) RESTful
10 3 (2.52%) ASP.NET Web API
10 3 (2.52%) Entity Framework
10 3 (2.52%) Laravel
10 3 (2.52%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 12 (10.08%) Mobile App
2 1 (0.84%) Digital Media
2 1 (0.84%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (0.84%) Legacy Code
2 1 (0.84%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.52%) Linux
2 1 (0.84%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (88.24%) Web Development
2 35 (29.41%) Full-Stack Development
3 14 (11.76%) Front End Development
4 11 (9.24%) MVC
5 10 (8.40%) Computer Science
5 10 (8.40%) Mentoring
6 9 (7.56%) API Integration
6 9 (7.56%) B2B
6 9 (7.56%) SEO
7 8 (6.72%) Agile
7 8 (6.72%) DevOps
8 7 (5.88%) AI
8 7 (5.88%) B2C
8 7 (5.88%) Cybersecurity
8 7 (5.88%) Mobile Application Development
9 6 (5.04%) API Development
9 6 (5.04%) CI/CD
9 6 (5.04%) Digital Marketing
9 6 (5.04%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (5.04%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 31 (26.05%) JavaScript
2 24 (20.17%) SQL
3 17 (14.29%) C#
4 16 (13.45%) PHP
5 8 (6.72%) Python
6 5 (4.20%) TypeScript
7 2 (1.68%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.84%) Java
8 1 (0.84%) R
Qualifications
1 10 (8.40%) Degree
2 7 (5.88%) AWS Certification
2 7 (5.88%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 7 (5.88%) Azure Certification
2 7 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
2 7 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (1.68%) DBS Check
4 1 (0.84%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.84%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (9.24%) Accessibility
2 2 (1.68%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (4.20%) Docker
Vendors
1 10 (8.40%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.68%) HubSpot
2 2 (1.68%) OpenAI
3 1 (0.84%) Foundry