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 £49,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 April 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 379 411 425
Rank change year-on-year +32 +14 +37
Permanent jobs requiring a Web Developer 201 94 347
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.31% 0.35% 0.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.39% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 186 65 303
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £31,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.89% +5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £66,200 £65,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +16.67% -10.00%

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 60,696 24,066 64,233
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.20% 88.35% 94.70%
Number of salaries quoted 38,829 14,617 46,940
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £76,770
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +13.21% -11.67%

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 29 April 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 29 April 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 +32 73 £50,000 +11.11% 13
East of England -7 38 £70,000 +75.00% 4
North of England -35 37 £42,039 -21.79% 8
Midlands -12 28 £35,000 -22.22% 2
North West -26 21 £50,000 -9.09% 1
East Midlands -36 19 £35,000 -22.22%
Yorkshire -48 16 £41,020 +26.21% 6
South West -44 15 £55,000 +46.67%
Scotland -21 11 £35,000 -46.15%
West Midlands -22 9 £40,000 - 2
Northern Ireland - 1 £31,000 - 2
Web Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 29 April 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.

1 181 (90.05%) Web Development
2 62 (30.85%) Full-Stack Development
3 55 (27.36%) .NET
4 47 (23.38%) JavaScript
5 44 (21.89%) CSS
5 44 (21.89%) HTML
6 36 (17.91%) SQL
7 35 (17.41%) Internet
7 35 (17.41%) PHP
8 29 (14.43%) C#
9 25 (12.44%) Azure
10 23 (11.44%) Accessibility
11 22 (10.95%) React
12 20 (9.95%) ASP.NET
12 20 (9.95%) SQL Server
13 19 (9.45%) Front End Development
14 18 (8.96%) AWS
15 17 (8.46%) Degree
16 16 (7.96%) jQuery
17 15 (7.46%) Computer Science
17 15 (7.46%) Computer Science Degree
17 15 (7.46%) E-Commerce
17 15 (7.46%) Microsoft
17 15 (7.46%) SEO
18 14 (6.97%) Clean Code
18 14 (6.97%) Mentoring
19 12 (5.97%) Python
20 11 (5.47%) AWS Certification
20 11 (5.47%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
20 11 (5.47%) Azure Certification

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 11 (5.47%) CMS
1 11 (5.47%) WordPress
2 7 (3.48%) ColdFusion
3 2 (1.00%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.00%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.50%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.50%) Joomla!
4 1 (0.50%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.00%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 25 (12.44%) Azure
2 18 (8.96%) AWS
3 6 (2.99%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (2.99%) GitHub
4 4 (1.99%) Anthropic Claude
5 2 (1.00%) DigitalOcean
5 2 (1.00%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (1.00%) Power Automate
5 2 (1.00%) Power Platform
5 2 (1.00%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.50%) Azure AI
6 1 (0.50%) Azure App Service
6 1 (0.50%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (0.50%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (0.50%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (0.50%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.50%) Firebase
6 1 (0.50%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (0.50%) Twilio
6 1 (0.50%) Vercel
Communications & Networking
1 35 (17.41%) Internet
2 2 (1.00%) Intranet
3 1 (0.50%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (9.95%) SQL Server
2 11 (5.47%) MySQL
3 5 (2.49%) NoSQL
4 2 (1.00%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.00%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.00%) Power BI
4 2 (1.00%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.50%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 8 (3.98%) Git
General
1 18 (8.96%) Social Skills
2 11 (5.47%) Multimedia
3 6 (2.99%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (1.99%) Marketing
5 3 (1.49%) Retail
6 2 (1.00%) Legal
6 2 (1.00%) Public Sector
7 1 (0.50%) Back Office
7 1 (0.50%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (27.36%) .NET
2 44 (21.89%) CSS
2 44 (21.89%) HTML
3 22 (10.95%) React
4 20 (9.95%) ASP.NET
5 16 (7.96%) jQuery
6 11 (5.47%) Tailwind CSS
6 11 (5.47%) Vue
7 10 (4.98%) ASP.NET Core
8 7 (3.48%) .NET Core
8 7 (3.48%) .NET Framework
9 6 (2.99%) Bootstrap
9 6 (2.99%) React Native
10 5 (2.49%) AngularJS
10 5 (2.49%) ASP.NET MVC
10 5 (2.49%) Laravel
10 5 (2.49%) RESTful
11 4 (1.99%) Node.js
11 4 (1.99%) Razor View Engine
11 4 (1.99%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 14 (6.97%) Mobile App
2 2 (1.00%) Educational Technology
3 1 (0.50%) Cloud Native
3 1 (0.50%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (0.50%) Legacy Code
3 1 (0.50%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (0.50%) Linux Command Line
3 1 (0.50%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (0.50%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.99%) Linux
2 1 (0.50%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 181 (90.05%) Web Development
2 62 (30.85%) Full-Stack Development
3 19 (9.45%) Front End Development
4 15 (7.46%) Computer Science
4 15 (7.46%) E-Commerce
4 15 (7.46%) SEO
5 14 (6.97%) Clean Code
5 14 (6.97%) Mentoring
6 11 (5.47%) Cybersecurity
6 11 (5.47%) MVC
7 9 (4.48%) Agile
7 9 (4.48%) AI
7 9 (4.48%) B2B
7 9 (4.48%) Mobile Application Development
8 8 (3.98%) API Development
8 8 (3.98%) API Integration
8 8 (3.98%) DevOps
9 7 (3.48%) B2C
10 6 (2.99%) Collaborative Working
10 6 (2.99%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 47 (23.38%) JavaScript
2 36 (17.91%) SQL
3 35 (17.41%) PHP
4 29 (14.43%) C#
5 12 (5.97%) Python
6 4 (1.99%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.50%) CFML
7 1 (0.50%) Java
7 1 (0.50%) R
7 1 (0.50%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (8.46%) Degree
2 15 (7.46%) Computer Science Degree
3 11 (5.47%) AWS Certification
3 11 (5.47%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 11 (5.47%) Azure Certification
3 11 (5.47%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (1.00%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.50%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (11.44%) Accessibility
2 2 (1.00%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (2.49%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (7.46%) Microsoft
2 4 (1.99%) OpenAI
3 1 (0.50%) Adobe
3 1 (0.50%) Foundry
3 1 (0.50%) Netlify