HTML (including XHTML, DHTML & HTML5)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring HTML skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 157 59 51
Rank change year-on-year -98 -8 -14
Permanent jobs citing HTML 1,156 1,702 4,324
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.35% 4.10% 4.60%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 13.39% 19.70% 21.35%
Number of salaries quoted 955 1,297 3,334
10th Percentile - £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,372 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% +14.29% -8.70%
75th Percentile £62,500 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £81,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -4.76%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

HTML falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 8,633 8,640 20,254
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.07% 20.83% 21.53%
Number of salaries quoted 6,292 6,529 15,739
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,454 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% +10.00% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -4.35%

HTML
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing HTML relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

HTML job vacancy trend in the UK

HTML
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing HTML.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing HTML

HTML
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing HTML over the 6 months to 16 April 2026.

Salary histogram for HTML in the UK

HTML
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing HTML within the UK over the 6 months to 16 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
England -83 1,064 £47,500 -20.83% 524
UK excluding London -71 832 £45,000 -18.18% 451
Work from Home -89 352 £52,500 -19.23% 211
North of England -19 269 £31,500 -30.00% 105
London -106 254 £60,000 -14.29% 143
South East -63 205 £50,000 -20.00% 120
Midlands -42 133 £45,000 - 70
North West -25 132 £32,500 -28.57% 51
Yorkshire -16 102 £30,500 -18.67% 36
East of England -62 97 £47,500 -28.26% 63
South West -68 89 £44,000 -26.67% 60
West Midlands -23 77 £35,000 -30.00% 33
East Midlands -53 56 £55,000 +41.94% 36
North East -15 35 £30,500 -41.90% 18
Scotland -74 27 £30,500 -44.55% 21
Wales -48 10 £36,370 -3.01% 18
Northern Ireland -42 3 £60,000 - 8
Channel Islands - 1 £90,000 -

HTML
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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
1 117 (10.12%) WordPress
2 51 (4.41%) CMS
3 36 (3.11%) SharePoint
4 13 (1.12%) Confluence
5 10 (0.87%) nginx
6 7 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
7 6 (0.52%) Apache
7 6 (0.52%) Drupal
7 6 (0.52%) IIS
7 6 (0.52%) Umbraco
8 3 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.26%) govService
8 3 (0.26%) JBoss
8 3 (0.26%) Liferay
8 3 (0.26%) NServiceBus
9 2 (0.17%) CICS
9 2 (0.17%) Headless CMS
9 2 (0.17%) Joomla!
9 2 (0.17%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.087%) Site Server
Applications
1 26 (2.25%) Adobe XD
2 17 (1.47%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 14 (1.21%) Photoshop
4 12 (1.04%) Sketch
5 11 (0.95%) Adobe Illustrator
6 10 (0.87%) Chatbot
7 9 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
7 9 (0.78%) MS Visio
8 8 (0.69%) InVision
9 7 (0.61%) Microsoft Office
9 7 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 7 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
10 4 (0.35%) InDesign
11 3 (0.26%) Elementor
12 2 (0.17%) Adobe After Effects
12 2 (0.17%) Adobe Captivate
12 2 (0.17%) Adobe Premiere
12 2 (0.17%) Windchill
13 1 (0.087%) Siemens NX
13 1 (0.087%) Trello
Business Applications
1 16 (1.38%) Shopify
2 12 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.35%) Magento
4 3 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.17%) Eloqua
5 2 (0.17%) Line 50
5 2 (0.17%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.087%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.087%) CiviCRM
6 1 (0.087%) FIS Private Capital Suite
6 1 (0.087%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.087%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 469 (40.57%) Azure
2 437 (37.80%) AWS
3 355 (30.71%) GitHub
4 77 (6.66%) Figma
5 73 (6.31%) Azure DevOps
6 64 (5.54%) Serverless
7 63 (5.45%) GCP
8 50 (4.33%) Power Platform
9 43 (3.72%) SaaS
10 36 (3.11%) Google Analytics
11 28 (2.42%) AWS Lambda
12 27 (2.34%) Microsoft 365
12 27 (2.34%) Power Automate
12 27 (2.34%) PowerApps
13 26 (2.25%) Amazon S3
13 26 (2.25%) Azure Logic Apps
13 26 (2.25%) GitHub Actions
14 19 (1.64%) Adobe Creative Cloud
15 15 (1.30%) Azure Data Factory
15 15 (1.30%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 282 (24.39%) Internet
2 11 (0.95%) HTTP
3 7 (0.61%) Intranet
4 6 (0.52%) FTP
4 6 (0.52%) Network Security
5 3 (0.26%) AMQP
6 2 (0.17%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.17%) SMS
6 2 (0.17%) SSL
6 2 (0.17%) VoIP
7 1 (0.087%) Broadband
7 1 (0.087%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.087%) iSCSI
7 1 (0.087%) NAS
7 1 (0.087%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (9.60%) SQL Server
2 94 (8.13%) MySQL
3 43 (3.72%) PostgreSQL
4 41 (3.55%) Power BI
5 40 (3.46%) Relational Database
6 31 (2.68%) NoSQL
7 29 (2.51%) Azure SQL Database
8 27 (2.34%) MongoDB
9 20 (1.73%) OLTP
10 14 (1.21%) DB2
11 12 (1.04%) Amazon Redshift
12 10 (0.87%) BigQuery
13 9 (0.78%) Looker
13 9 (0.78%) Tableau
14 6 (0.52%) Elasticsearch
14 6 (0.52%) Metadata
15 5 (0.43%) FileMaker
15 5 (0.43%) MariaDB
15 5 (0.43%) Oracle Database
16 4 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 412 (35.64%) Git
2 72 (6.23%) JIRA
3 50 (4.33%) Jenkins
4 46 (3.98%) Selenium
5 27 (2.34%) Postman
6 25 (2.16%) Team Foundation Server
7 24 (2.08%) SoapUI
8 22 (1.90%) webpack
9 20 (1.73%) Axure RP
10 18 (1.56%) WebDriver
11 14 (1.21%) Balsamiq
11 14 (1.21%) Bitbucket
11 14 (1.21%) Cypress.io
12 12 (1.04%) Cucumber
12 12 (1.04%) TeamCity
12 12 (1.04%) Vite
13 10 (0.87%) Babel
14 9 (0.78%) GitLab
14 9 (0.78%) JUnit
14 9 (0.78%) Subversion
General
1 271 (23.44%) Multimedia
1 271 (23.44%) Social Skills
2 144 (12.46%) Analytical Skills
3 99 (8.56%) Marketing
4 95 (8.22%) Finance
5 60 (5.19%) Law
6 47 (4.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 46 (3.98%) Public Sector
8 28 (2.42%) Organisational Skills
9 27 (2.34%) Legal
10 25 (2.16%) Retail
11 21 (1.82%) Banking
12 16 (1.38%) Advertising
13 15 (1.30%) German Language
14 9 (0.78%) Electronics
15 8 (0.69%) Manufacturing
16 7 (0.61%) Aerospace
16 7 (0.61%) Games
16 7 (0.61%) Presentation Skills
17 6 (0.52%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 607 (52.51%) Developer
2 272 (23.53%) Trainee
3 169 (14.62%) Senior
4 150 (12.98%) Software Developer
5 133 (11.51%) Senior Developer
6 119 (10.29%) Full-Stack Developer
7 110 (9.52%) Trainee Developer
8 96 (8.30%) Trainee Software Developer
9 78 (6.75%) Administrator
10 72 (6.23%) Web Administrator
11 70 (6.06%) Trainee Administrator
12 67 (5.80%) .NET Developer
13 66 (5.71%) Designer
14 61 (5.28%) Lead
15 53 (4.58%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
16 52 (4.50%) Software Engineer
17 49 (4.24%) Web Developer
18 48 (4.15%) Analyst
19 41 (3.55%) React Developer
20 35 (3.03%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 975 (84.34%) CSS
2 303 (26.21%) React
3 221 (19.12%) .NET
4 117 (10.12%) Node.js
5 106 (9.17%) AngularJS
6 98 (8.48%) RESTful
7 97 (8.39%) Vue
8 95 (8.22%) HTML5
9 91 (7.87%) JSON
10 76 (6.57%) jQuery
11 72 (6.23%) CSS3
12 70 (6.06%) XML
13 61 (5.28%) .NET Core
14 60 (5.19%) SOAP
15 58 (5.02%) ASP.NET
16 56 (4.84%) REST
17 44 (3.81%) Laravel
18 41 (3.55%) .NET Framework
19 36 (3.11%) Web Services
20 35 (3.03%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 51 (4.41%) Product Ownership
2 46 (3.98%) Onboarding
3 45 (3.89%) Self-Motivation
4 34 (2.94%) Cloud Native
5 33 (2.85%) Linux Command Line
6 28 (2.42%) Greenfield Project
7 26 (2.25%) Mobile App
8 22 (1.90%) Management Information System
9 20 (1.73%) Data Structures
9 20 (1.73%) Legacy Systems
9 20 (1.73%) Social Media
10 19 (1.64%) Analytical Mindset
11 15 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
12 13 (1.12%) Distributed Systems
13 12 (1.04%) Algorithms
14 10 (0.87%) Data Centre
14 10 (0.87%) Low-Code
15 8 (0.69%) Cybercrime
15 8 (0.69%) Graphic Design
16 7 (0.61%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 33 (2.85%) Unix
2 29 (2.51%) Linux
3 25 (2.16%) Windows
4 9 (0.78%) Windows Server
5 7 (0.61%) Android
6 6 (0.52%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.35%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.087%) VMS
9 1 (0.087%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 340 (29.41%) Mentoring
2 326 (28.20%) Agile
3 244 (21.11%) Full-Stack Development
4 231 (19.98%) Problem-Solving
5 212 (18.34%) Cybersecurity
6 207 (17.91%) User Experience
7 185 (16.00%) CI/CD
8 165 (14.27%) Web Development
9 144 (12.46%) DevOps
10 140 (12.11%) AI
11 132 (11.42%) Front End Development
12 125 (10.81%) Continuous Improvement
13 114 (9.86%) Software Engineering
14 112 (9.69%) Scrum
15 106 (9.17%) Computer Science
16 104 (9.00%) Analytics
17 86 (7.44%) UX Design
18 85 (7.35%) Clean Code
19 79 (6.83%) Microservices
20 72 (6.23%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 854 (73.88%) JavaScript
2 427 (36.94%) Python
3 326 (28.20%) SQL
4 193 (16.70%) C#
5 177 (15.31%) TypeScript
6 160 (13.84%) R
7 122 (10.55%) PHP
8 111 (9.60%) Java
9 27 (2.34%) PL/SQL
10 20 (1.73%) PowerShell
11 15 (1.30%) C++
12 9 (0.78%) C
13 8 (0.69%) Apex Code
13 8 (0.69%) T-SQL
14 7 (0.61%) VBA
15 6 (0.52%) Bash
15 6 (0.52%) Ruby
16 5 (0.43%) Bicep
16 5 (0.43%) Shell Script
17 4 (0.35%) VB
Qualifications
1 271 (23.44%) Microsoft Certification
2 269 (23.27%) AWS Certification
2 269 (23.27%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 269 (23.27%) Azure Certification
3 226 (19.55%) Degree
4 77 (6.66%) Computer Science Degree
5 62 (5.36%) Security Cleared
6 47 (4.07%) SC Cleared
7 24 (2.08%) ISTQB
8 18 (1.56%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 11 (0.95%) DBS Check
10 6 (0.52%) DV Cleared
10 6 (0.52%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 5 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (0.43%) ITIL Certification
11 5 (0.43%) Master's Degree
12 4 (0.35%) ISEB
13 3 (0.26%) Numerate Degree
13 3 (0.26%) PhD
13 3 (0.26%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 131 (11.33%) Accessibility
2 49 (4.24%) QA
3 45 (3.89%) WCAG
4 30 (2.60%) GDPR
5 11 (0.95%) Data Quality
6 10 (0.87%) PERC
6 10 (0.87%) SLA
7 7 (0.61%) GRC
8 6 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (0.52%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.17%) ISO 14001
9 2 (0.17%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.17%) NIST
10 1 (0.087%) HL7
10 1 (0.087%) NCSC
System Software
1 86 (7.44%) Docker
2 13 (1.12%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.087%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 48 (4.15%) Kubernetes
2 26 (2.25%) Terraform
3 4 (0.35%) Kibana
3 4 (0.35%) Plesk
4 3 (0.26%) Argo
4 3 (0.26%) cPanel
5 2 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.17%) Ansible
5 2 (0.17%) Grafana
5 2 (0.17%) Nagios
5 2 (0.17%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.087%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 396 (34.26%) Microsoft
2 73 (6.31%) Adobe
3 56 (4.84%) Google
4 35 (3.03%) Oracle
5 26 (2.25%) Salesforce
6 11 (0.95%) ServiceNow
7 9 (0.78%) Atlassian
7 9 (0.78%) Hotjar
8 7 (0.61%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 7 (0.61%) Splunk
9 6 (0.52%) HubSpot
9 6 (0.52%) Red Hat
9 6 (0.52%) SAP
10 5 (0.43%) Dynatrace
10 5 (0.43%) iManage
11 4 (0.35%) Ahrefs
11 4 (0.35%) New Relic
11 4 (0.35%) Screaming Frog
12 3 (0.26%) Granicus
12 3 (0.26%) TikTok