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 5 July 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 386 475 384
Rank change year-on-year +89 -91 +27
Permanent jobs requiring a Web Developer 237 74 424
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.34% 0.23% 0.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.25% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 214 67 307
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £45,000 £41,235
Median % change year-on-year +8.89% +9.13% -8.37%
75th Percentile £55,000 £60,000 £53,250
90th Percentile £60,000 £66,200 £62,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +23.53% -15.00%

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 66,454 29,166 71,906
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.64% 89.40% 94.85%
Number of salaries quoted 46,104 16,441 51,299
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,943 £27,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £34,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,130 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.26% - -5.66%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%

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 5 July 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 5 July 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 +56 102 £50,000 +11.11% 20
North of England +5 48 £40,000 -27.27% 22
East of England -5 35 £65,000 +73.33% 18
North West +7 25 £40,000 -27.27% 8
Midlands -6 22 £45,000 +12.50% 15
Yorkshire -10 19 £40,000 +23.08% 10
South West -57 17 £50,000 +33.33% 10
East Midlands -12 15 £50,000 +11.11% 7
Scotland +19 7 £40,000 - 4
West Midlands -13 7 £40,000 +8.11% 8
Wales -59 5 - - 2
North East -40 4 £40,000 +40.35% 5
Northern Ireland - 1 £31,000 - 1
Web Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 5 July 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.

1 221 (93.25%) Web Development
2 69 (29.11%) .NET
3 60 (25.32%) Full-Stack Development
4 59 (24.89%) HTML
4 59 (24.89%) JavaScript
5 56 (23.63%) CSS
6 53 (22.36%) PHP
7 52 (21.94%) SQL
8 44 (18.57%) Internet
9 37 (15.61%) SQL Server
10 36 (15.19%) C#
11 35 (14.77%) Degree
12 33 (13.92%) Computer Science
13 32 (13.50%) Accessibility
14 31 (13.08%) jQuery
15 28 (11.81%) SEO
16 27 (11.39%) Computer Science Degree
16 27 (11.39%) React
17 26 (10.97%) Azure
18 25 (10.55%) Agile
18 25 (10.55%) ASP.NET
19 20 (8.44%) AWS
19 20 (8.44%) Front End Development
19 20 (8.44%) Git
20 19 (8.02%) Vue
21 17 (7.17%) AngularJS
21 17 (7.17%) Problem-Solving
22 16 (6.75%) E-Commerce
22 16 (6.75%) MySQL
23 15 (6.33%) ASP.NET Core

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 (5.06%) WordPress
2 10 (4.22%) CMS
3 7 (2.95%) ColdFusion
4 2 (0.84%) Apache
4 2 (0.84%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.42%) IIS
5 1 (0.42%) Joomla!
5 1 (0.42%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (1.69%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 26 (10.97%) Azure
2 20 (8.44%) AWS
3 9 (3.80%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (3.38%) GitHub
5 5 (2.11%) Anthropic Claude
6 3 (1.27%) Figma
6 3 (1.27%) SaaS
7 2 (0.84%) DigitalOcean
7 2 (0.84%) npm
8 1 (0.42%) Azure Stack
8 1 (0.42%) GitHub Copilot
8 1 (0.42%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.42%) Serverless
8 1 (0.42%) Vercel
Communications & Networking
1 44 (18.57%) Internet
2 5 (2.11%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (15.61%) SQL Server
2 16 (6.75%) MySQL
3 11 (4.64%) NoSQL
4 7 (2.95%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.84%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (0.84%) Metadata
5 2 (0.84%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.84%) phpMyAdmin
5 2 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.42%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 20 (8.44%) Git
2 2 (0.84%) Bower
2 2 (0.84%) Cypress.io
2 2 (0.84%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.84%) JIRA
2 2 (0.84%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (0.42%) Claude Code
3 1 (0.42%) Visual Studio
General
1 31 (13.08%) Social Skills
2 8 (3.38%) Marketing
3 7 (2.95%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (2.53%) Retail
5 5 (2.11%) Multimedia
6 2 (0.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (29.11%) .NET
2 59 (24.89%) HTML
3 56 (23.63%) CSS
4 31 (13.08%) jQuery
5 27 (11.39%) React
6 25 (10.55%) ASP.NET
7 19 (8.02%) Vue
8 17 (7.17%) AngularJS
9 15 (6.33%) ASP.NET Core
9 15 (6.33%) REST
10 13 (5.49%) RESTful
11 11 (4.64%) SOAP
12 10 (4.22%) JSON
13 8 (3.38%) Node.js
14 7 (2.95%) XML
15 6 (2.53%) Ajax
15 6 (2.53%) Bootstrap
15 6 (2.53%) Tailwind CSS
16 5 (2.11%) React Native
16 5 (2.11%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 12 (5.06%) Mobile App
2 11 (4.64%) Cloud Native
3 2 (0.84%) Educational Technology
3 2 (0.84%) Linux Command Line
3 2 (0.84%) Product Ownership
4 1 (0.42%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (0.42%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (0.42%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.95%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 221 (93.25%) Web Development
2 60 (25.32%) Full-Stack Development
3 33 (13.92%) Computer Science
4 28 (11.81%) SEO
5 25 (10.55%) Agile
6 20 (8.44%) Front End Development
7 17 (7.17%) Problem-Solving
8 16 (6.75%) E-Commerce
9 15 (6.33%) Clean Code
10 13 (5.49%) CI/CD
11 12 (5.06%) Performance Optimisation
12 11 (4.64%) AI
12 11 (4.64%) API Integration
12 11 (4.64%) MVC
12 11 (4.64%) Responsive Web Design
12 11 (4.64%) SDLC
13 10 (4.22%) Microservices
14 9 (3.80%) Collaborative Culture
14 9 (3.80%) DevOps
14 9 (3.80%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 59 (24.89%) JavaScript
2 53 (22.36%) PHP
3 52 (21.94%) SQL
4 36 (15.19%) C#
5 7 (2.95%) Python
6 6 (2.53%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.42%) CFML
7 1 (0.42%) R
Qualifications
1 35 (14.77%) Degree
2 27 (11.39%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (2.11%) AWS Certification
3 5 (2.11%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 5 (2.11%) Azure Certification
3 5 (2.11%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (0.84%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.42%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.42%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (13.50%) Accessibility
2 3 (1.27%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (2.11%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (3.80%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (3.80%) Microsoft
2 4 (1.69%) OpenAI
2 4 (1.69%) WooCommerce
3 3 (1.27%) Google
4 1 (0.42%) Adobe
4 1 (0.42%) Netlify