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 £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 501 251 403
Rank change year-on-year -250 +152 +61
Permanent jobs requiring a Web Developer 52 525 184
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.15% 0.95% 0.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 1.00% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 36 164 156
10th Percentile £28,875 £30,375 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% - +5.88%
75th Percentile £60,000 £55,313 £65,313
90th Percentile - £60,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% -18.18% +13.40%

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 30,620 52,611 32,782
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.26% 95.19% 93.12%
Number of salaries quoted 17,340 30,810 24,526
10th Percentile £26,750 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Web Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Web Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Web Developer 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 16 September 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 16 September 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 -34 19 £42,500 +6.25% 28
Wales -1 11 £60,000 +33.33% 5
North of England -63 7 £52,500 +5.00% 23
Midlands -43 6 £30,750 -27.65% 34
North West -58 5 £55,000 +4.76% 12
East of England -64 5 £40,000 -20.00% 12
South West +30 3 £37,500 -6.25% 8
West Midlands -9 3 £34,000 -20.00% 17
East Midlands -26 3 £27,500 -35.29% 17
North East +7 2 £39,250 +30.83% 4
Scotland +33 1 - - 4
Web Developer
UK

Web Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 16 September 2025, Web Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number 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 44 (84.62%) JavaScript
3 35 (67.31%) HTML
4 27 (51.92%) CSS
5 25 (48.08%) Git
5 25 (48.08%) Full-Stack Development
6 21 (40.38%) React
7 20 (38.46%) Agile
8 19 (36.54%) User Experience
9 18 (34.62%) Problem-Solving
9 18 (34.62%) Social Skills
10 17 (32.69%) CI/CD
10 17 (32.69%) AWS
10 17 (32.69%) Marketing
11 16 (30.77%) Azure
11 16 (30.77%) Docker
11 16 (30.77%) PHP
12 15 (28.85%) Law
12 15 (28.85%) Node.js
12 15 (28.85%) QA
12 15 (28.85%) RESTful
12 15 (28.85%) UX Design
12 15 (28.85%) Test Automation
12 15 (28.85%) GCP
13 14 (26.92%) Kubernetes
13 14 (26.92%) Containerisation
13 14 (26.92%) Design Patterns
13 14 (26.92%) Customer Engagement
13 14 (26.92%) DevOps
13 14 (26.92%) MySQL

Web Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 10 (19.23%) CMS
2 6 (11.54%) WordPress
3 2 (3.85%) Drupal
3 2 (3.85%) IIS
4 1 (1.92%) Confluence
4 1 (1.92%) Headless CMS
4 1 (1.92%) Strapi
4 1 (1.92%) Umbraco
Applications
1 5 (9.62%) Adobe Illustrator
2 4 (7.69%) Photoshop
3 3 (5.77%) Adobe XD
4 2 (3.85%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (3.85%) Elementor
5 1 (1.92%) Chatbot
5 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 4 (7.69%) Cloudflare
4 4 (7.69%) npm
5 3 (5.77%) Figma
5 3 (5.77%) GitHub
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 7 (13.46%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.92%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 25 (48.08%) Git
2 2 (3.85%) webpack
3 1 (1.92%) Bitbucket
3 1 (1.92%) JIRA
3 1 (1.92%) Mocha
General
1 18 (34.62%) Social Skills
2 17 (32.69%) Marketing
3 15 (28.85%) Law
4 3 (5.77%) Finance
5 2 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.92%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.92%) Banking
6 1 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (67.31%) HTML
2 27 (51.92%) CSS
3 21 (40.38%) React
4 15 (28.85%) Node.js
4 15 (28.85%) RESTful
5 12 (23.08%) Vue
6 10 (19.23%) Sass
7 8 (15.38%) .NET
8 7 (13.46%) ASP.NET
8 7 (13.46%) Symfony
9 5 (9.62%) CSS3
9 5 (9.62%) HTML5
10 4 (7.69%) AngularJS
10 4 (7.69%) Laravel
10 4 (7.69%) REST
11 3 (5.77%) Ajax
11 3 (5.77%) ASP.NET MVC
11 3 (5.77%) jQuery
11 3 (5.77%) LESS
12 2 (3.85%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (13.46%) Legacy Code
2 2 (3.85%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (1.92%) Digital Media
3 1 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.92%) Graphic Design
3 1 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.92%) Linux Command Line
3 1 (1.92%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.92%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.92%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.69%) 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 20 (38.46%) Agile
4 19 (36.54%) User Experience
5 18 (34.62%) Problem-Solving
6 17 (32.69%) CI/CD
7 15 (28.85%) Test Automation
7 15 (28.85%) UX Design
8 14 (26.92%) Containerisation
8 14 (26.92%) Customer Engagement
8 14 (26.92%) Design Patterns
8 14 (26.92%) DevOps
9 11 (21.15%) Mentoring
10 6 (11.54%) Computer Science
10 6 (11.54%) SEO
11 5 (9.62%) Clean Code
11 5 (9.62%) Software Engineering
12 4 (7.69%) Front End Development
12 4 (7.69%) MVC
12 4 (7.69%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 44 (84.62%) JavaScript
2 16 (30.77%) PHP
3 7 (13.46%) C#
4 5 (9.62%) TypeScript
5 4 (7.69%) SQL
6 1 (1.92%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (9.62%) Degree
2 3 (5.77%) 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 4 (7.69%) Adobe
2 2 (3.85%) Google
2 2 (3.85%) Netlify
3 1 (1.92%) HubSpot
3 1 (1.92%) OpenAI
3 1 (1.92%) Oracle