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

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 157 60 50
Rank change year-on-year -97 -10 -11
Permanent jobs citing HTML 1,156 1,701 4,277
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.36% 4.13% 4.60%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 13.47% 19.59% 21.29%
Number of salaries quoted 954 1,295 3,307
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 £73,646 £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 8,582 8,684 20,090
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.12% 21.08% 21.60%
Number of salaries quoted 6,277 6,572 15,623
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,750 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,200 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.81% +10.33% -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 14 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 14 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 -86 1,063 £47,500 -20.83% 528
UK excluding London -73 834 £45,000 -18.18% 452
Work from Home -88 349 £52,500 -19.23% 214
North of England -30 268 £31,250 -30.56% 110
London -110 254 £60,000 -14.29% 146
South East -63 206 £50,000 -20.00% 117
Midlands -45 134 £45,000 - 69
North West -30 132 £32,500 -28.18% 57
Yorkshire -27 101 £30,500 -18.67% 35
East of England -63 97 £46,250 -30.15% 62
South West -59 89 £44,000 -26.67% 59
West Midlands -23 77 £35,000 -30.00% 33
East Midlands -52 57 £55,000 +41.94% 35
North East -14 35 £30,500 -41.90% 18
Scotland -67 29 £30,500 -44.55% 23
Wales -47 9 £31,000 -17.33% 16
Northern Ireland -45 3 £60,000 - 7
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
1 118 (10.21%) WordPress
2 53 (4.58%) CMS
3 33 (2.85%) 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%) Joomla!
9 2 (0.17%) Mendix
9 2 (0.17%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.087%) Site Server
Applications
1 27 (2.34%) Adobe XD
2 18 (1.56%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 15 (1.30%) Photoshop
4 12 (1.04%) Adobe Illustrator
4 12 (1.04%) Sketch
5 11 (0.95%) Chatbot
6 9 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
6 9 (0.78%) MS Visio
7 8 (0.69%) InVision
8 7 (0.61%) Microsoft Office
8 7 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 7 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
9 5 (0.43%) InDesign
10 3 (0.26%) Elementor
11 2 (0.17%) Adobe After Effects
11 2 (0.17%) Adobe Captivate
11 2 (0.17%) Adobe Premiere
11 2 (0.17%) Windchill
12 1 (0.087%) Siemens NX
12 1 (0.087%) Trello
Business Applications
1 16 (1.38%) Shopify
2 12 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.35%) Magento
4 2 (0.17%) Eloqua
4 2 (0.17%) Line 50
4 2 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.17%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.087%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.087%) CiviCRM
5 1 (0.087%) FIS Private Capital Suite
5 1 (0.087%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.087%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 470 (40.66%) Azure
2 441 (38.15%) AWS
3 356 (30.80%) GitHub
4 80 (6.92%) Figma
5 73 (6.31%) Azure DevOps
6 64 (5.54%) GCP
7 63 (5.45%) Serverless
8 48 (4.15%) Power Platform
9 44 (3.81%) SaaS
10 36 (3.11%) Google Analytics
11 28 (2.42%) AWS Lambda
12 26 (2.25%) Amazon S3
12 26 (2.25%) GitHub Actions
13 25 (2.16%) Microsoft 365
13 25 (2.16%) Power Automate
13 25 (2.16%) PowerApps
14 24 (2.08%) Azure Logic Apps
15 17 (1.47%) Adobe Creative Cloud
16 14 (1.21%) Entra ID
17 13 (1.12%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 284 (24.57%) Internet
2 10 (0.87%) HTTP
3 6 (0.52%) FTP
3 6 (0.52%) Network Security
4 5 (0.43%) Intranet
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
1 110 (9.52%) SQL Server
2 94 (8.13%) MySQL
3 45 (3.89%) PostgreSQL
4 40 (3.46%) Power BI
4 40 (3.46%) Relational Database
5 31 (2.68%) NoSQL
6 27 (2.34%) Azure SQL Database
6 27 (2.34%) MongoDB
7 19 (1.64%) OLTP
8 14 (1.21%) DB2
9 12 (1.04%) Amazon Redshift
10 10 (0.87%) BigQuery
11 9 (0.78%) Looker
11 9 (0.78%) Tableau
12 6 (0.52%) Metadata
13 5 (0.43%) Elasticsearch
13 5 (0.43%) FileMaker
13 5 (0.43%) MariaDB
13 5 (0.43%) Oracle Database
13 5 (0.43%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 413 (35.73%) Git
2 71 (6.14%) JIRA
3 51 (4.41%) Jenkins
4 45 (3.89%) Selenium
5 26 (2.25%) Postman
6 24 (2.08%) Team Foundation Server
7 23 (1.99%) 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
13 10 (0.87%) JUnit
14 9 (0.78%) GitLab
14 9 (0.78%) Subversion
General
1 273 (23.62%) Multimedia
2 265 (22.92%) Social Skills
3 142 (12.28%) Analytical Skills
4 99 (8.56%) Marketing
5 94 (8.13%) Finance
6 57 (4.93%) Law
7 48 (4.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 46 (3.98%) Public Sector
9 28 (2.42%) Organisational Skills
10 27 (2.34%) Legal
11 26 (2.25%) Retail
12 22 (1.90%) Banking
13 15 (1.30%) 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
16 7 (0.61%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 603 (52.16%) Developer
2 274 (23.70%) Trainee
3 168 (14.53%) Senior
4 150 (12.98%) Software Developer
5 129 (11.16%) Senior Developer
6 121 (10.47%) Full-Stack Developer
7 111 (9.60%) Trainee Developer
8 97 (8.39%) Trainee Software Developer
9 78 (6.75%) Administrator
10 73 (6.31%) Web Administrator
11 71 (6.14%) Trainee Administrator
12 69 (5.97%) .NET Developer
12 69 (5.97%) Designer
13 61 (5.28%) Lead
14 54 (4.67%) Software Engineer
15 52 (4.50%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
16 48 (4.15%) Web Developer
17 47 (4.07%) Analyst
18 41 (3.55%) React Developer
19 35 (3.03%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 977 (84.52%) CSS
2 303 (26.21%) React
3 217 (18.77%) .NET
4 116 (10.03%) Node.js
5 107 (9.26%) AngularJS
6 98 (8.48%) Vue
7 97 (8.39%) RESTful
8 95 (8.22%) HTML5
9 90 (7.79%) JSON
10 77 (6.66%) jQuery
11 71 (6.14%) CSS3
12 70 (6.06%) XML
13 60 (5.19%) .NET Core
14 59 (5.10%) ASP.NET
14 59 (5.10%) SOAP
15 56 (4.84%) REST
16 44 (3.81%) Laravel
17 39 (3.37%) .NET Framework
18 37 (3.20%) Web Services
19 35 (3.03%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 52 (4.50%) Product Ownership
2 46 (3.98%) Onboarding
3 45 (3.89%) Self-Motivation
4 34 (2.94%) Cloud Native
5 32 (2.77%) Linux Command Line
6 28 (2.42%) Greenfield Project
6 28 (2.42%) Mobile App
7 22 (1.90%) Data Structures
8 21 (1.82%) Management Information System
8 21 (1.82%) Social Media
9 20 (1.73%) Legacy Systems
10 19 (1.64%) Analytical Mindset
11 14 (1.21%) Distributed Systems
11 14 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
12 13 (1.12%) Algorithms
13 12 (1.04%) Low-Code
14 10 (0.87%) Data Centre
15 8 (0.69%) Cybercrime
15 8 (0.69%) Graphic Design
16 7 (0.61%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 33 (2.85%) Unix
2 28 (2.42%) Linux
3 25 (2.16%) Windows
4 9 (0.78%) Android
4 9 (0.78%) Windows Server
5 8 (0.69%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.35%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.087%) VMS
8 1 (0.087%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 337 (29.15%) Mentoring
2 329 (28.46%) Agile
3 246 (21.28%) Full-Stack Development
4 230 (19.90%) Problem-Solving
5 213 (18.43%) Cybersecurity
6 209 (18.08%) User Experience
7 187 (16.18%) CI/CD
8 165 (14.27%) Web Development
9 144 (12.46%) DevOps
10 139 (12.02%) AI
11 133 (11.51%) Front End Development
12 127 (10.99%) Continuous Improvement
13 114 (9.86%) Software Engineering
14 110 (9.52%) Scrum
15 106 (9.17%) Computer Science
16 104 (9.00%) Analytics
17 89 (7.70%) UX Design
18 86 (7.44%) Clean Code
19 81 (7.01%) Microservices
20 74 (6.40%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 854 (73.88%) JavaScript
2 430 (37.20%) Python
3 323 (27.94%) SQL
4 189 (16.35%) C#
5 172 (14.88%) TypeScript
6 161 (13.93%) R
7 120 (10.38%) PHP
8 113 (9.78%) Java
9 27 (2.34%) PL/SQL
10 18 (1.56%) PowerShell
11 16 (1.38%) C++
12 9 (0.78%) C
12 9 (0.78%) T-SQL
13 8 (0.69%) Apex Code
14 7 (0.61%) VBA
15 6 (0.52%) Bash
15 6 (0.52%) Ruby
15 6 (0.52%) Shell Script
16 5 (0.43%) Bicep
17 4 (0.35%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 272 (23.53%) Microsoft Certification
2 271 (23.44%) AWS Certification
2 271 (23.44%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 271 (23.44%) Azure Certification
3 227 (19.64%) Degree
4 76 (6.57%) Computer Science Degree
5 64 (5.54%) 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
10 6 (0.52%) Master's Degree
11 5 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (0.43%) ITIL Certification
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 46 (3.98%) WCAG
4 29 (2.51%) GDPR
5 10 (0.87%) PERC
5 10 (0.87%) SLA
6 9 (0.78%) Data Quality
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
10 1 (0.087%) Section 508
System Software
1 86 (7.44%) Docker
2 12 (1.04%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.087%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 49 (4.24%) Kubernetes
2 26 (2.25%) Terraform
3 5 (0.43%) Kibana
4 4 (0.35%) Plesk
5 3 (0.26%) Argo
5 3 (0.26%) cPanel
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
7 1 (0.087%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 395 (34.17%) Microsoft
2 72 (6.23%) Adobe
3 55 (4.76%) Google
4 35 (3.03%) Oracle
5 26 (2.25%) Salesforce
6 10 (0.87%) ServiceNow
7 9 (0.78%) Atlassian
7 9 (0.78%) Hotjar
8 8 (0.69%) Splunk
9 6 (0.52%) Dynatrace
9 6 (0.52%) HubSpot
9 6 (0.52%) Red Hat
9 6 (0.52%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 6 (0.52%) SAP
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