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 £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 November 2025.

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

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 467 225 408
Rank change year-on-year -242 +183 +82
Permanent jobs requiring a Web Developer 58 518 145
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.17% 1.08% 0.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 1.14% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 41 134 119
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,375 £32,400
25th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,000 £56,250 £65,625
90th Percentile - £60,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% -18.18% +11.17%

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 31,229 45,382 29,110
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.91% 95.02% 95.80%
Number of salaries quoted 19,301 24,614 21,949
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £64,000 £66,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,410 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.55% -4.32% -

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 6 November 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 6 November 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 -56 21 £42,500 +3.03% 31
Wales -3 11 £60,000 +41.18% 8
Midlands -42 11 £30,000 -24.05% 36
North of England -96 8 £34,500 -34.29% 36
West Midlands -1 6 £31,250 -24.24% 22
East Midlands -18 5 £25,500 -29.66% 13
South West -4 3 £37,500 -11.76% 15
Yorkshire -27 3 £27,500 -8.33% 11
North West -30 3 £52,500 - 23
East of England -33 3 £37,500 -18.92% 15
North East -6 2 £39,250 +57.00% 3
Scotland -29 1 £30,000 -50.00% 5
Web Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 6 November 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 56 (96.55%) Web Development
2 48 (82.76%) JavaScript
3 38 (65.52%) HTML
4 30 (51.72%) CSS
5 26 (44.83%) Git
6 25 (43.10%) Full-Stack Development
7 24 (41.38%) React
8 21 (36.21%) Problem-Solving
8 21 (36.21%) User Experience
9 18 (31.03%) Agile
9 18 (31.03%) CI/CD
10 17 (29.31%) AWS
11 16 (27.59%) Azure
11 16 (27.59%) Docker
12 15 (25.86%) CMS
12 15 (25.86%) GCP
12 15 (25.86%) Node.js
12 15 (25.86%) PHP
12 15 (25.86%) RESTful
12 15 (25.86%) Test Automation
12 15 (25.86%) UX Design
13 14 (24.14%) Containerisation
13 14 (24.14%) Customer Engagement
13 14 (24.14%) Design Patterns
13 14 (24.14%) DevOps
13 14 (24.14%) Kubernetes
13 14 (24.14%) MySQL
13 14 (24.14%) QA
13 14 (24.14%) Vue
14 11 (18.97%) Mentoring

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 (25.86%) CMS
2 7 (12.07%) WordPress
3 3 (5.17%) Headless CMS
3 3 (5.17%) IIS
4 2 (3.45%) Drupal
4 2 (3.45%) Umbraco
5 1 (1.72%) Confluence
5 1 (1.72%) Strapi
Applications
1 4 (6.90%) Adobe Illustrator
2 3 (5.17%) Photoshop
3 2 (3.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (3.45%) Adobe XD
3 2 (3.45%) Elementor
4 1 (1.72%) Chatbot
4 1 (1.72%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 1 (1.72%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 17 (29.31%) AWS
2 16 (27.59%) Azure
3 15 (25.86%) GCP
4 6 (10.34%) Figma
5 4 (6.90%) Cloudflare
5 4 (6.90%) GitHub
5 4 (6.90%) npm
6 2 (3.45%) Vercel
7 1 (1.72%) BrowserStack
7 1 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.72%) Google Analytics
7 1 (1.72%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.72%) Sage Pay
7 1 (1.72%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.72%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (24.14%) MySQL
2 9 (15.52%) SQL Server
3 2 (3.45%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (3.45%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 26 (44.83%) Git
2 3 (5.17%) JIRA
2 3 (5.17%) webpack
3 1 (1.72%) Bitbucket
3 1 (1.72%) Mocha
General
1 21 (36.21%) Social Skills
2 18 (31.03%) Marketing
3 15 (25.86%) Law
4 2 (3.45%) Finance
4 2 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.72%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.72%) Multimedia
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (65.52%) HTML
2 30 (51.72%) CSS
3 24 (41.38%) React
4 15 (25.86%) Node.js
4 15 (25.86%) RESTful
5 14 (24.14%) Vue
6 10 (17.24%) .NET
6 10 (17.24%) Sass
7 9 (15.52%) ASP.NET
8 7 (12.07%) Symfony
9 6 (10.34%) HTML5
10 5 (8.62%) ASP.NET MVC
10 5 (8.62%) CSS3
10 5 (8.62%) Laravel
11 4 (6.90%) AngularJS
11 4 (6.90%) Next.js
11 4 (6.90%) REST
12 3 (5.17%) Ajax
12 3 (5.17%) ASP.NET Web Forms
12 3 (5.17%) LESS
Miscellaneous
1 7 (12.07%) Legacy Code
2 1 (1.72%) Digital Media
2 1 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (1.72%) Graphic Design
2 1 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (1.72%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (1.72%) Mobile App
2 1 (1.72%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.45%) Linux
2 1 (1.72%) Android
2 1 (1.72%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (96.55%) Web Development
2 25 (43.10%) Full-Stack Development
3 21 (36.21%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (36.21%) User Experience
4 18 (31.03%) Agile
4 18 (31.03%) CI/CD
5 15 (25.86%) Test Automation
5 15 (25.86%) UX Design
6 14 (24.14%) Containerisation
6 14 (24.14%) Customer Engagement
6 14 (24.14%) Design Patterns
6 14 (24.14%) DevOps
7 11 (18.97%) Mentoring
8 6 (10.34%) Front End Development
8 6 (10.34%) MVC
8 6 (10.34%) SEO
9 5 (8.62%) Clean Code
9 5 (8.62%) Computer Science
9 5 (8.62%) Responsive Web Design
10 4 (6.90%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 48 (82.76%) JavaScript
2 15 (25.86%) PHP
3 9 (15.52%) C#
4 7 (12.07%) TypeScript
5 3 (5.17%) SQL
6 2 (3.45%) Python
7 1 (1.72%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (6.90%) Degree
2 1 (1.72%) AWS Certification
2 1 (1.72%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 1 (1.72%) Azure Certification
2 1 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (24.14%) QA
2 1 (1.72%) Accessibility
System Software
1 16 (27.59%) Docker
Systems Management
1 14 (24.14%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.72%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (5.17%) Adobe
1 3 (5.17%) HubSpot
2 2 (3.45%) Google
2 2 (3.45%) Netlify
3 1 (1.72%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.72%) OpenAI