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 £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 June 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 362 466 376
Rank change year-on-year +104 -90 +51
Permanent jobs requiring a Web Developer 237 70 457
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.35% 0.23% 0.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% 0.26% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 214 60 340
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,375 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £54,875
90th Percentile £63,500 £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 64,029 26,778 75,464
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.50% 89.04% 94.86%
Number of salaries quoted 44,390 14,530 54,102
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £26,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £33,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.54%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,350 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £77,225
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -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 20 June 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 20 June 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 +66 101 £50,000 +11.11% 16
North of England +14 51 £40,000 -27.27% 18
East of England +1 36 £65,000 +73.33% 11
North West +20 26 £40,000 -27.27% 7
Midlands -9 23 £35,000 -12.50% 10
Yorkshire -19 21 £40,000 +23.08% 8
East Midlands -18 17 £35,000 -22.22% 6
South West -59 14 £55,000 +46.67% 9
Scotland +16 7 £40,000 - 5
West Midlands -15 6 - - 4
Wales -46 4 - - 5
North East -46 4 £40,000 +40.35% 3
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 20 June 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 63 (26.58%) .NET
3 61 (25.74%) Full-Stack Development
4 54 (22.78%) HTML
5 53 (22.36%) JavaScript
6 51 (21.52%) CSS
6 51 (21.52%) PHP
7 48 (20.25%) SQL
8 42 (17.72%) Internet
9 33 (13.92%) Degree
10 32 (13.50%) C#
10 32 (13.50%) SQL Server
11 31 (13.08%) Computer Science
12 30 (12.66%) Accessibility
13 28 (11.81%) jQuery
14 26 (10.97%) React
14 26 (10.97%) SEO
15 25 (10.55%) Computer Science Degree
16 24 (10.13%) Azure
17 21 (8.86%) ASP.NET
18 20 (8.44%) Agile
18 20 (8.44%) Front End Development
19 19 (8.02%) AWS
20 18 (7.59%) Git
20 18 (7.59%) Vue
21 17 (7.17%) E-Commerce
22 16 (6.75%) Problem-Solving
23 15 (6.33%) AngularJS
23 15 (6.33%) Clean Code
23 15 (6.33%) MySQL

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 24 (10.13%) Azure
2 19 (8.02%) AWS
3 8 (3.38%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (2.95%) GitHub
5 4 (1.69%) 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%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.42%) Serverless
8 1 (0.42%) Vercel
Communications & Networking
1 42 (17.72%) Internet
2 4 (1.69%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (13.50%) SQL Server
2 15 (6.33%) MySQL
3 10 (4.22%) NoSQL
4 6 (2.53%) 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 18 (7.59%) 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
General
1 29 (12.24%) Social Skills
2 8 (3.38%) Marketing
3 7 (2.95%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (2.95%) Retail
4 5 (2.11%) Multimedia
5 2 (0.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (26.58%) .NET
2 54 (22.78%) HTML
3 51 (21.52%) CSS
4 28 (11.81%) jQuery
5 26 (10.97%) React
6 21 (8.86%) ASP.NET
7 18 (7.59%) Vue
8 15 (6.33%) AngularJS
9 14 (5.91%) ASP.NET Core
9 14 (5.91%) REST
10 11 (4.64%) RESTful
11 10 (4.22%) SOAP
12 7 (2.95%) Node.js
13 6 (2.53%) Bootstrap
13 6 (2.53%) JSON
13 6 (2.53%) Tailwind CSS
14 5 (2.11%) Ajax
14 5 (2.11%) React Native
14 5 (2.11%) Sass
15 4 (1.69%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (5.49%) Mobile App
2 10 (4.22%) 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 61 (25.74%) Full-Stack Development
3 31 (13.08%) Computer Science
4 26 (10.97%) SEO
5 20 (8.44%) Agile
5 20 (8.44%) Front End Development
6 17 (7.17%) E-Commerce
7 16 (6.75%) Problem-Solving
8 15 (6.33%) Clean Code
9 12 (5.06%) CI/CD
10 11 (4.64%) Performance Optimisation
11 10 (4.22%) AI
11 10 (4.22%) API Integration
11 10 (4.22%) Responsive Web Design
11 10 (4.22%) SDLC
12 9 (3.80%) B2B
12 9 (3.80%) Mobile Application Development
13 8 (3.38%) DevOps
13 8 (3.38%) Microservices
13 8 (3.38%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 53 (22.36%) JavaScript
2 51 (21.52%) PHP
3 48 (20.25%) SQL
4 32 (13.50%) C#
5 7 (2.95%) Python
6 6 (2.53%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.42%) CFML
7 1 (0.42%) R
Qualifications
1 33 (13.92%) Degree
2 25 (10.55%) 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 30 (12.66%) Accessibility
2 2 (0.84%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (2.11%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (3.38%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (2.53%) Microsoft
2 4 (1.69%) OpenAI
2 4 (1.69%) WooCommerce
3 1 (0.42%) Adobe
3 1 (0.42%) Netlify