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 £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 December 2025.

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

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 435 225 441
Rank change year-on-year -210 +216 +61
Permanent jobs requiring a Web Developer 69 496 117
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.17% 1.16% 0.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 1.24% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 53 125 107
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £34,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -6.25% +6.67%
75th Percentile £56,250 £56,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £75,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £48,825 £54,000
% change year-on-year -18.07% -9.58% +12.50%

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 35,626 40,138 27,761
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.70% 93.79% 95.51%
Number of salaries quoted 21,807 21,180 21,084
10th Percentile £27,625 £30,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,250 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.17% -3.33% -

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 7 December 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 7 December 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 -25 21 £40,000 -5.88% 46
Midlands -39 21 £35,000 -22.22% 35
North of England -80 12 £42,039 -19.93% 46
East Midlands -15 11 £35,000 -22.22% 18
West Midlands -11 10 £36,250 -12.12% 16
Yorkshire -42 7 £40,000 +35.59% 24
Wales -12 6 £60,000 +41.18% 3
Scotland -22 5 £30,000 -50.00% 9
North West -24 4 £52,500 - 16
East of England -42 4 £100,000 +135.29% 37
South West -13 2 £45,000 +5.88% 19
North East -5 1 £50,000 +11.11% 6
Web Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 7 December 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 60 (86.96%) Web Development
2 42 (60.87%) JavaScript
3 37 (53.62%) HTML
4 34 (49.28%) CSS
5 30 (43.48%) Full-Stack Development
6 25 (36.23%) React
7 24 (34.78%) Azure
8 21 (30.43%) Git
8 21 (30.43%) User Experience
9 20 (28.99%) AWS
10 19 (27.54%) CI/CD
10 19 (27.54%) Problem-Solving
11 18 (26.09%) Agile
12 17 (24.64%) DevOps
12 17 (24.64%) RESTful
13 16 (23.19%) Design Patterns
13 16 (23.19%) Docker
14 15 (21.74%) .NET
15 14 (20.29%) C#
15 14 (20.29%) Containerisation
15 14 (20.29%) Customer Engagement
15 14 (20.29%) GCP
15 14 (20.29%) Kubernetes
15 14 (20.29%) Mentoring
15 14 (20.29%) Node.js
15 14 (20.29%) QA
15 14 (20.29%) Test Automation
15 14 (20.29%) UX Design
16 13 (18.84%) ASP.NET
17 12 (17.39%) MVC

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 (15.94%) CMS
2 5 (7.25%) WordPress
3 4 (5.80%) Umbraco
4 3 (4.35%) IIS
5 2 (2.90%) Headless CMS
5 2 (2.90%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.90%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (1.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (1.45%) Adobe XD
2 1 (1.45%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (1.45%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 24 (34.78%) Azure
2 20 (28.99%) AWS
3 14 (20.29%) GCP
4 4 (5.80%) GitHub
5 3 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (4.35%) Figma
5 3 (4.35%) Power Platform
6 2 (2.90%) Power Automate
6 2 (2.90%) PowerApps
7 1 (1.45%) Azure AI
7 1 (1.45%) Azure App Service
7 1 (1.45%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.45%) Azure Key Vault
7 1 (1.45%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (1.45%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (1.45%) Cloudflare
7 1 (1.45%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.45%) Firebase
7 1 (1.45%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (1.45%) Sage Pay
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.25%) Internet
2 2 (2.90%) Intranet
3 1 (1.45%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (14.49%) SQL Server
2 6 (8.70%) MySQL
3 2 (2.90%) NoSQL
3 2 (2.90%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (2.90%) Power BI
3 2 (2.90%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.45%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 21 (30.43%) Git
2 2 (2.90%) JIRA
3 1 (1.45%) webpack
General
1 21 (30.43%) Social Skills
2 16 (23.19%) Marketing
3 15 (21.74%) Law
4 5 (7.25%) Multimedia
5 2 (2.90%) Legal
5 2 (2.90%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.45%) Back Office
6 1 (1.45%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (53.62%) HTML
2 34 (49.28%) CSS
3 25 (36.23%) React
4 17 (24.64%) RESTful
5 15 (21.74%) .NET
6 14 (20.29%) Node.js
7 13 (18.84%) ASP.NET
8 8 (11.59%) ASP.NET MVC
9 6 (8.70%) .NET Core
9 6 (8.70%) Vue
10 5 (7.25%) .NET Framework
10 5 (7.25%) Razor View Engine
10 5 (7.25%) Sass
10 5 (7.25%) Tailwind CSS
11 4 (5.80%) ASP.NET Core
11 4 (5.80%) ASP.NET Web Forms
12 3 (4.35%) ASP.NET Web API
12 3 (4.35%) HTML5
12 3 (4.35%) Next.js
12 3 (4.35%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.80%) Legacy Code
2 2 (2.90%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.45%) Digital Media
3 1 (1.45%) Graphic Design
3 1 (1.45%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.45%) Android
1 1 (1.45%) Apple iOS
1 1 (1.45%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (86.96%) Web Development
2 30 (43.48%) Full-Stack Development
3 21 (30.43%) User Experience
4 19 (27.54%) CI/CD
4 19 (27.54%) Problem-Solving
5 18 (26.09%) Agile
6 17 (24.64%) DevOps
7 16 (23.19%) Design Patterns
8 14 (20.29%) Containerisation
8 14 (20.29%) Customer Engagement
8 14 (20.29%) Mentoring
8 14 (20.29%) Test Automation
8 14 (20.29%) UX Design
9 12 (17.39%) MVC
10 5 (7.25%) Content Management
10 5 (7.25%) Cybersecurity
11 4 (5.80%) AI
11 4 (5.80%) Clean Code
11 4 (5.80%) CRM
12 3 (4.35%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 42 (60.87%) JavaScript
2 14 (20.29%) C#
3 8 (11.59%) SQL
4 5 (7.25%) Python
4 5 (7.25%) TypeScript
5 4 (5.80%) PHP
6 2 (2.90%) T-SQL
7 1 (1.45%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (7.25%) AWS Certification
1 5 (7.25%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 5 (7.25%) Azure Certification
1 5 (7.25%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (4.35%) Degree
3 2 (2.90%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (20.29%) QA
2 3 (4.35%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.90%) WCAG
System Software
1 16 (23.19%) Docker
Systems Management
1 14 (20.29%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.45%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 8 (11.59%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.35%) HubSpot
3 2 (2.90%) Adobe
4 1 (1.45%) Foundry
4 1 (1.45%) Google
4 1 (1.45%) OpenAI