HTML Job Trends

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 1 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 61 50
Rank change year-on-year -77 -11 -11
Permanent jobs citing HTML 1,185 1,688 4,211
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.49% 4.13% 4.70%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 14.24% 19.23% 21.28%
Number of salaries quoted 991 1,292 3,297
10th Percentile - £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £42,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,372 £59,824 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.81% +13.95% -8.70%
75th Percentile £63,125 £72,761 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £81,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -22.73% +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 8,321 8,776 19,785
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.48% 21.48% 22.09%
Number of salaries quoted 6,095 6,569 15,464
10th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,212 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.83% +10.35% -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 1 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 1 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 -71 1,081 £47,500 -20.83% 524
UK excluding London -54 856 £42,500 -22.73% 443
Work from Home -84 353 £52,500 -19.23% 210
North of England -19 281 £30,500 -32.22% 114
London -109 254 £60,000 -14.29% 146
South East -53 211 £50,000 -20.00% 112
North West -33 133 £32,000 -29.58% 57
Midlands -30 132 £45,000 - 63
Yorkshire -5 112 £30,500 -18.67% 34
East of England -56 97 £47,500 -28.26% 73
South West -50 89 £40,000 -33.33% 55
West Midlands -22 74 £32,500 -35.00% 30
East Midlands -48 58 £55,000 +46.67% 33
North East -6 36 £30,500 -41.90% 23
Scotland -62 35 £30,500 -44.55% 15
Wales -47 9 £31,000 -10.79% 16
Northern Ireland -38 3 £60,000 - 3
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
1 120 (10.13%) WordPress
2 59 (4.98%) CMS
3 29 (2.45%) SharePoint
4 12 (1.01%) Confluence
5 10 (0.84%) nginx
6 8 (0.68%) Drupal
7 7 (0.59%) Umbraco
8 6 (0.51%) Apache
9 5 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
10 4 (0.34%) Joomla!
11 3 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
11 3 (0.25%) govService
11 3 (0.25%) JBoss
11 3 (0.25%) Liferay
11 3 (0.25%) NServiceBus
12 2 (0.17%) CICS
12 2 (0.17%) IIS
12 2 (0.17%) Mendix
12 2 (0.17%) Sitecore CMS
13 1 (0.084%) Tomcat
Applications
1 28 (2.36%) Adobe XD
2 17 (1.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 13 (1.10%) Adobe Illustrator
3 13 (1.10%) Chatbot
3 13 (1.10%) Photoshop
4 12 (1.01%) Sketch
5 11 (0.93%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.68%) InVision
7 7 (0.59%) Microsoft Excel
7 7 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 7 (0.59%) Spreadsheet
8 6 (0.51%) InDesign
9 3 (0.25%) Elementor
9 3 (0.25%) Microsoft Office
10 2 (0.17%) Adobe After Effects
10 2 (0.17%) Adobe Captivate
10 2 (0.17%) Adobe Premiere
10 2 (0.17%) Windchill
11 1 (0.084%) Siemens NX
11 1 (0.084%) Trello
Business Applications
1 16 (1.35%) Shopify
2 13 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.17%) Eloqua
3 2 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.17%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.084%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.084%) CiviCRM
4 1 (0.084%) FIS Private Capital Suite
4 1 (0.084%) Magento
4 1 (0.084%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.084%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 509 (42.95%) Azure
2 469 (39.58%) AWS
3 388 (32.74%) GitHub
4 79 (6.67%) Figma
5 71 (5.99%) Azure DevOps
6 70 (5.91%) Serverless
7 62 (5.23%) GCP
8 45 (3.80%) SaaS
9 40 (3.38%) Power Platform
10 38 (3.21%) Google Analytics
11 29 (2.45%) AWS Lambda
12 27 (2.28%) Amazon S3
13 25 (2.11%) Azure Logic Apps
14 24 (2.03%) GitHub Actions
15 20 (1.69%) Power Automate
15 20 (1.69%) PowerApps
16 17 (1.43%) Microsoft 365
17 15 (1.27%) Adobe Creative Cloud
17 15 (1.27%) Entra ID
18 14 (1.18%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 310 (26.16%) Internet
2 11 (0.93%) HTTP
3 6 (0.51%) FTP
4 5 (0.42%) Intranet
5 4 (0.34%) Network Security
6 3 (0.25%) AMQP
7 2 (0.17%) HTTPS
7 2 (0.17%) SSL
8 1 (0.084%) iSCSI
8 1 (0.084%) NAS
8 1 (0.084%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (9.11%) SQL Server
2 91 (7.68%) MySQL
3 49 (4.14%) PostgreSQL
4 43 (3.63%) Relational Database
5 34 (2.87%) NoSQL
6 32 (2.70%) Power BI
7 30 (2.53%) MongoDB
8 26 (2.19%) Azure SQL Database
9 21 (1.77%) OLTP
10 14 (1.18%) DB2
11 12 (1.01%) Amazon Redshift
11 12 (1.01%) Looker
12 8 (0.68%) BigQuery
12 8 (0.68%) Tableau
13 5 (0.42%) Elasticsearch
13 5 (0.42%) Metadata
13 5 (0.42%) Oracle Database
13 5 (0.42%) RDBMS
14 4 (0.34%) Data Warehouse
14 4 (0.34%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 446 (37.64%) Git
2 71 (5.99%) JIRA
3 51 (4.30%) Jenkins
4 45 (3.80%) Selenium
5 25 (2.11%) Postman
5 25 (2.11%) webpack
6 23 (1.94%) Team Foundation Server
7 22 (1.86%) Axure RP
7 22 (1.86%) SoapUI
8 19 (1.60%) WebDriver
9 18 (1.52%) Cypress.io
10 14 (1.18%) Balsamiq
10 14 (1.18%) Vite
11 13 (1.10%) Bitbucket
11 13 (1.10%) TeamCity
12 12 (1.01%) Cucumber
13 11 (0.93%) Babel
14 10 (0.84%) JUnit
14 10 (0.84%) Visual Studio
15 9 (0.76%) Subversion
General
1 300 (25.32%) Multimedia
2 262 (22.11%) Social Skills
3 133 (11.22%) Analytical Skills
4 97 (8.19%) Marketing
5 93 (7.85%) Finance
6 64 (5.40%) Law
7 52 (4.39%) Public Sector
8 51 (4.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 28 (2.36%) Retail
10 26 (2.19%) Legal
11 25 (2.11%) Organisational Skills
12 24 (2.03%) Banking
13 16 (1.35%) Advertising
14 15 (1.27%) German Language
15 9 (0.76%) Electronics
16 7 (0.59%) Aerospace
16 7 (0.59%) Games
16 7 (0.59%) Manufacturing
16 7 (0.59%) Presentation Skills
16 7 (0.59%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 629 (53.08%) Developer
2 299 (25.23%) Trainee
3 177 (14.94%) Senior
4 163 (13.76%) Software Developer
5 135 (11.39%) Senior Developer
6 125 (10.55%) Trainee Developer
7 122 (10.30%) Full-Stack Developer
8 111 (9.37%) Trainee Software Developer
9 79 (6.67%) Administrator
10 74 (6.24%) .NET Developer
10 74 (6.24%) Web Administrator
11 72 (6.08%) Designer
11 72 (6.08%) Trainee Administrator
12 59 (4.98%) Lead
13 58 (4.89%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14 50 (4.22%) Software Engineer
15 47 (3.97%) Web Developer
16 46 (3.88%) Analyst
17 41 (3.46%) React Developer
18 34 (2.87%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,000 (84.39%) CSS
2 313 (26.41%) React
3 224 (18.90%) .NET
4 120 (10.13%) Node.js
5 116 (9.79%) AngularJS
6 101 (8.52%) Vue
7 100 (8.44%) RESTful
8 96 (8.10%) HTML5
9 83 (7.00%) JSON
10 74 (6.24%) XML
11 73 (6.16%) CSS3
11 73 (6.16%) jQuery
12 61 (5.15%) .NET Core
12 61 (5.15%) ASP.NET
12 61 (5.15%) SOAP
13 59 (4.98%) REST
14 43 (3.63%) .NET Framework
15 42 (3.54%) Laravel
16 36 (3.04%) Web Services
17 35 (2.95%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 54 (4.56%) Product Ownership
2 45 (3.80%) Onboarding
2 45 (3.80%) Self-Motivation
3 33 (2.78%) Mobile App
4 32 (2.70%) Cloud Native
5 30 (2.53%) Linux Command Line
6 27 (2.28%) Greenfield Project
7 24 (2.03%) Data Structures
8 18 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
9 16 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
9 16 (1.35%) Management Information System
9 16 (1.35%) Social Media
10 15 (1.27%) Low-Code
11 14 (1.18%) Distributed Systems
11 14 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
12 11 (0.93%) Algorithms
13 10 (0.84%) Data Centre
14 8 (0.68%) Cybercrime
15 7 (0.59%) Graphic Design
16 6 (0.51%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 31 (2.62%) Unix
2 23 (1.94%) Linux
3 19 (1.60%) Windows
4 11 (0.93%) Android
4 11 (0.93%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.34%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.17%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.084%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 367 (30.97%) Mentoring
2 357 (30.13%) Agile
3 253 (21.35%) Full-Stack Development
4 239 (20.17%) Cybersecurity
5 238 (20.08%) Problem-Solving
6 225 (18.99%) User Experience
7 199 (16.79%) CI/CD
8 166 (14.01%) Web Development
9 148 (12.49%) DevOps
10 144 (12.15%) Front End Development
11 138 (11.65%) AI
12 126 (10.63%) Continuous Improvement
13 112 (9.45%) Software Engineering
14 107 (9.03%) Scrum
15 105 (8.86%) Computer Science
16 104 (8.78%) Analytics
17 91 (7.68%) UX Design
18 87 (7.34%) Clean Code
19 79 (6.67%) Microservices
20 76 (6.41%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 889 (75.02%) JavaScript
2 455 (38.40%) Python
3 309 (26.08%) SQL
4 190 (16.03%) C#
5 174 (14.68%) R
5 174 (14.68%) TypeScript
6 112 (9.45%) Java
7 111 (9.37%) PHP
8 30 (2.53%) PL/SQL
9 14 (1.18%) C++
9 14 (1.18%) PowerShell
10 8 (0.68%) Apex Code
10 8 (0.68%) C
11 7 (0.59%) Ruby
11 7 (0.59%) T-SQL
12 6 (0.51%) Bash
12 6 (0.51%) Shell Script
13 5 (0.42%) Bicep
14 4 (0.34%) SOQL
14 4 (0.34%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 299 (25.23%) Microsoft Certification
2 298 (25.15%) AWS Certification
2 298 (25.15%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 298 (25.15%) Azure Certification
3 233 (19.66%) Degree
4 77 (6.50%) Computer Science Degree
5 73 (6.16%) Security Cleared
6 51 (4.30%) SC Cleared
7 25 (2.11%) ISTQB
8 19 (1.60%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 10 (0.84%) DBS Check
10 9 (0.76%) DV Cleared
10 9 (0.76%) Master's Degree
11 8 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
12 6 (0.51%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 5 (0.42%) ITIL Certification
14 4 (0.34%) ISEB
15 3 (0.25%) Numerate Degree
15 3 (0.25%) PhD
15 3 (0.25%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 141 (11.90%) Accessibility
2 52 (4.39%) QA
3 50 (4.22%) WCAG
4 25 (2.11%) GDPR
5 11 (0.93%) PERC
6 9 (0.76%) Data Quality
7 6 (0.51%) GRC
7 6 (0.51%) PCI DSS
7 6 (0.51%) SLA
8 4 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.17%) NIST
9 2 (0.17%) Section 508
10 1 (0.084%) HL7
10 1 (0.084%) NCSC
System Software
1 87 (7.34%) Docker
2 12 (1.01%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.084%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 47 (3.97%) Kubernetes
2 28 (2.36%) Terraform
3 5 (0.42%) Kibana
4 4 (0.34%) Argo
5 3 (0.25%) cPanel
5 3 (0.25%) Plesk
6 2 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.17%) Ansible
6 2 (0.17%) Grafana
6 2 (0.17%) Nagios
6 2 (0.17%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 417 (35.19%) Microsoft
2 66 (5.57%) Adobe
3 57 (4.81%) Google
4 37 (3.12%) Oracle
5 27 (2.28%) Salesforce
6 11 (0.93%) Hotjar
7 10 (0.84%) ServiceNow
8 9 (0.76%) Atlassian
9 8 (0.68%) Splunk
10 7 (0.59%) Red Hat
11 6 (0.51%) HubSpot
11 6 (0.51%) SAP
11 6 (0.51%) Screaming Frog
12 5 (0.42%) Dynatrace
13 4 (0.34%) Ahrefs
13 4 (0.34%) Facebook
13 4 (0.34%) New Relic
13 4 (0.34%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
14 3 (0.25%) Granicus
14 3 (0.25%) YouTube