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 9 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 173 69 53
Rank change year-on-year -104 -16 -20
Permanent jobs citing HTML 1,077 1,713 4,298
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.19% 3.94% 4.46%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 12.05% 19.96% 21.08%
Number of salaries quoted 894 1,216 3,320
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,625 £32,225
25th Percentile £29,750 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £56,250 £50,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +12.50% -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 8,937 8,584 20,385
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.86% 19.73% 21.14%
Number of salaries quoted 6,550 6,277 15,757
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £51,000 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,100 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.66% +10.17% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £78,750
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 9 May 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 9 May 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 -82 999 £50,000 -16.67% 505
UK excluding London -83 774 £45,000 -20.00% 435
Work from Home -88 374 £55,000 -15.38% 209
London -94 239 £60,000 -14.29% 130
North of England -52 230 £37,500 -16.67% 101
South East -42 206 £50,000 -20.00% 129
Midlands -74 127 £45,000 - 59
North West -54 119 £37,500 -25.00% 48
East of England -42 98 £49,380 -25.42% 72
South West -56 82 £45,000 -25.00% 47
Yorkshire -34 78 £31,000 -17.33% 35
West Midlands -55 73 £42,270 -13.29% 20
East Midlands -52 54 £55,000 +37.50% 39
North East -28 33 £45,000 -12.20% 18
Scotland -84 20 £30,500 -44.55% 21
Wales -46 9 £42,000 -16.00% 10
Northern Ireland -33 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
1 102 (9.47%) WordPress
2 52 (4.83%) CMS
3 44 (4.09%) SharePoint
4 14 (1.30%) Confluence
5 11 (1.02%) IIS
6 10 (0.93%) Drupal
6 10 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
7 9 (0.84%) nginx
8 8 (0.74%) Apache
9 5 (0.46%) Umbraco
10 3 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.28%) govService
10 3 (0.28%) JBoss
10 3 (0.28%) Liferay
10 3 (0.28%) NServiceBus
11 2 (0.19%) CICS
11 2 (0.19%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.19%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.093%) Site Server
Applications
1 19 (1.76%) Adobe XD
2 16 (1.49%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 12 (1.11%) Photoshop
4 11 (1.02%) Microsoft Office
4 11 (1.02%) Sketch
5 9 (0.84%) Chatbot
5 9 (0.84%) Microsoft Excel
6 8 (0.74%) Adobe Illustrator
7 7 (0.65%) InVision
7 7 (0.65%) MS Visio
7 7 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
8 6 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 3 (0.28%) InDesign
10 1 (0.093%) Elementor
10 1 (0.093%) Siemens NX
10 1 (0.093%) Trello
10 1 (0.093%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 19 (1.76%) Shopify
2 12 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.46%) Magento
4 4 (0.37%) Line 50
5 3 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.19%) Eloqua
7 1 (0.093%) Adobe Campaign
7 1 (0.093%) CiviCRM
7 1 (0.093%) FIS Private Capital Suite
7 1 (0.093%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.093%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.093%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 420 (39.00%) Azure
2 367 (34.08%) AWS
3 281 (26.09%) GitHub
4 91 (8.45%) Azure DevOps
5 66 (6.13%) Figma
6 62 (5.76%) Power Platform
7 59 (5.48%) GCP
8 52 (4.83%) Serverless
9 43 (3.99%) SaaS
10 37 (3.44%) Power Automate
10 37 (3.44%) PowerApps
11 36 (3.34%) Microsoft 365
12 32 (2.97%) Azure Logic Apps
12 32 (2.97%) Google Analytics
13 27 (2.51%) GitHub Actions
14 25 (2.32%) AWS Lambda
15 24 (2.23%) Adobe Creative Cloud
15 24 (2.23%) Amazon S3
16 22 (2.04%) Azure Data Factory
17 19 (1.76%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 214 (19.87%) Internet
2 11 (1.02%) HTTP
3 7 (0.65%) Intranet
3 7 (0.65%) Network Security
4 4 (0.37%) VoIP
5 2 (0.19%) AMQP
5 2 (0.19%) Cisco IOS
5 2 (0.19%) SMS
5 2 (0.19%) SSL
6 1 (0.093%) Broadband
6 1 (0.093%) DNS
6 1 (0.093%) Firewall
6 1 (0.093%) FTP
6 1 (0.093%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.093%) iSCSI
6 1 (0.093%) NAS
6 1 (0.093%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.093%) Wireless
6 1 (0.093%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 110 (10.21%) SQL Server
2 93 (8.64%) MySQL
3 62 (5.76%) Azure SQL Database
4 54 (5.01%) Power BI
5 47 (4.36%) MongoDB
6 46 (4.27%) PostgreSQL
7 44 (4.09%) Relational Database
8 29 (2.69%) NoSQL
9 22 (2.04%) OLTP
10 12 (1.11%) Amazon Redshift
10 12 (1.11%) DB2
11 10 (0.93%) BigQuery
11 10 (0.93%) Elasticsearch
12 8 (0.74%) MariaDB
12 8 (0.74%) Tableau
13 7 (0.65%) FileMaker
13 7 (0.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 6 (0.56%) Metadata
15 5 (0.46%) GIS
15 5 (0.46%) Looker
Development Applications
1 331 (30.73%) Git
2 68 (6.31%) JIRA
3 49 (4.55%) Jenkins
4 43 (3.99%) Selenium
5 27 (2.51%) Postman
6 25 (2.32%) Team Foundation Server
7 24 (2.23%) SoapUI
8 19 (1.76%) WebDriver
9 17 (1.58%) webpack
10 16 (1.49%) Axure RP
11 14 (1.30%) Bitbucket
12 11 (1.02%) Balsamiq
12 11 (1.02%) Cypress.io
12 11 (1.02%) JUnit
12 11 (1.02%) Vite
13 10 (0.93%) Cucumber
13 10 (0.93%) GitLab
13 10 (0.93%) TeamCity
14 7 (0.65%) Babel
14 7 (0.65%) Subversion
General
1 273 (25.35%) Social Skills
2 197 (18.29%) Multimedia
3 132 (12.26%) Analytical Skills
4 93 (8.64%) Finance
5 92 (8.54%) Marketing
6 53 (4.92%) Law
7 41 (3.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 40 (3.71%) Public Sector
9 31 (2.88%) Legal
10 26 (2.41%) Organisational Skills
10 26 (2.41%) Retail
11 23 (2.14%) Advertising
12 16 (1.49%) Banking
13 12 (1.11%) German Language
14 11 (1.02%) Games
15 8 (0.74%) Manufacturing
16 7 (0.65%) Electronics
17 6 (0.56%) Aerospace
17 6 (0.56%) Health Technology
17 6 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 590 (54.78%) Developer
2 202 (18.76%) Trainee
3 170 (15.78%) Senior
4 132 (12.26%) Senior Developer
5 123 (11.42%) Software Developer
6 122 (11.33%) Full-Stack Developer
7 88 (8.17%) .NET Developer
8 82 (7.61%) Trainee Developer
9 69 (6.41%) Trainee Software Developer
10 63 (5.85%) Designer
11 62 (5.76%) Administrator
12 56 (5.20%) Web Administrator
13 53 (4.92%) Trainee Administrator
14 51 (4.74%) Software Engineer
14 51 (4.74%) Web Developer
15 50 (4.64%) Lead
16 43 (3.99%) Analyst
17 39 (3.62%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
17 39 (3.62%) Full-Stack Engineer
18 38 (3.53%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 917 (85.14%) CSS
2 273 (25.35%) React
3 245 (22.75%) .NET
4 117 (10.86%) HTML5
5 112 (10.40%) Node.js
6 104 (9.66%) AngularJS
7 99 (9.19%) RESTful
8 98 (9.10%) Vue
9 95 (8.82%) jQuery
10 92 (8.54%) .NET Core
10 92 (8.54%) CSS3
11 90 (8.36%) JSON
12 78 (7.24%) ASP.NET
13 58 (5.39%) SOAP
14 57 (5.29%) XML
15 56 (5.20%) REST
16 45 (4.18%) ASP.NET Core
16 45 (4.18%) Laravel
17 39 (3.62%) Entity Framework
18 37 (3.44%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 42 (3.90%) Self-Motivation
2 39 (3.62%) Onboarding
2 39 (3.62%) Product Ownership
3 30 (2.79%) Greenfield Project
4 29 (2.69%) Cloud Native
5 26 (2.41%) Management Information System
6 25 (2.32%) Mobile App
7 24 (2.23%) Linux Command Line
8 22 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
9 21 (1.95%) Enterprise Software
10 18 (1.67%) Social Media
11 15 (1.39%) Algorithms
11 15 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
12 14 (1.30%) Distributed Systems
13 12 (1.11%) Data Structures
14 9 (0.84%) Low-Code
15 7 (0.65%) Culture of Ownership
15 7 (0.65%) Data Centre
15 7 (0.65%) Digital TV
15 7 (0.65%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 32 (2.97%) Windows
2 31 (2.88%) Linux
3 23 (2.14%) Unix
4 15 (1.39%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.56%) Android
6 4 (0.37%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.37%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.19%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.093%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 316 (29.34%) Agile
2 277 (25.72%) Full-Stack Development
3 265 (24.61%) Mentoring
4 217 (20.15%) Problem-Solving
5 198 (18.38%) User Experience
6 194 (18.01%) CI/CD
7 156 (14.48%) Cybersecurity
8 154 (14.30%) Web Development
9 149 (13.83%) DevOps
10 146 (13.56%) AI
11 116 (10.77%) Continuous Improvement
12 114 (10.58%) Front End Development
13 110 (10.21%) Software Engineering
14 109 (10.12%) Scrum
15 105 (9.75%) Computer Science
16 94 (8.73%) Analytics
17 87 (8.08%) Microservices
18 82 (7.61%) Clean Code
19 81 (7.52%) UX Design
20 73 (6.78%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 759 (70.47%) JavaScript
2 359 (33.33%) SQL
3 347 (32.22%) Python
4 220 (20.43%) C#
5 168 (15.60%) TypeScript
6 130 (12.07%) PHP
7 116 (10.77%) R
8 108 (10.03%) Java
9 30 (2.79%) PowerShell
10 29 (2.69%) PL/SQL
11 15 (1.39%) C++
12 12 (1.11%) T-SQL
13 11 (1.02%) VBA
14 8 (0.74%) C
15 6 (0.56%) Apex Code
15 6 (0.56%) Bash
15 6 (0.56%) Shell Script
16 5 (0.46%) Bicep
16 5 (0.46%) VBScript
17 4 (0.37%) VB
Qualifications
1 211 (19.59%) Degree
2 199 (18.48%) Microsoft Certification
3 198 (18.38%) AWS Certification
4 197 (18.29%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 197 (18.29%) Azure Certification
5 76 (7.06%) Computer Science Degree
6 52 (4.83%) Security Cleared
7 40 (3.71%) SC Cleared
8 22 (2.04%) ISTQB
9 18 (1.67%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 11 (1.02%) DBS Check
11 7 (0.65%) DV Cleared
12 5 (0.46%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (0.37%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 3 (0.28%) Master's Degree
14 3 (0.28%) Numerate Degree
14 3 (0.28%) PMI Certification
15 2 (0.19%) PhD
15 2 (0.19%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 123 (11.42%) Accessibility
2 46 (4.27%) WCAG
3 43 (3.99%) QA
4 33 (3.06%) GDPR
5 13 (1.21%) Data Quality
6 11 (1.02%) SLA
7 8 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (0.74%) PERC
8 7 (0.65%) GRC
9 6 (0.56%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.37%) ISO 14001
10 4 (0.37%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.19%) NIST
12 1 (0.093%) HL7
12 1 (0.093%) NCSC
System Software
1 90 (8.36%) Docker
2 16 (1.49%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.093%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 55 (5.11%) Kubernetes
2 18 (1.67%) Terraform
3 5 (0.46%) Kibana
3 5 (0.46%) Plesk
4 3 (0.28%) Argo
5 2 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.19%) Ansible
5 2 (0.19%) cPanel
5 2 (0.19%) Grafana
5 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.19%) Nagios
5 2 (0.19%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 349 (32.40%) Microsoft
2 76 (7.06%) Adobe
3 49 (4.55%) Google
4 38 (3.53%) Oracle
5 24 (2.23%) Salesforce
6 11 (1.02%) ServiceNow
7 9 (0.84%) Facebook
7 9 (0.84%) Splunk
8 8 (0.74%) Atlassian
9 7 (0.65%) HubSpot
9 7 (0.65%) iManage
9 7 (0.65%) YouTube
10 6 (0.56%) Dynatrace
10 6 (0.56%) Red Hat
10 6 (0.56%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 6 (0.56%) SAP
11 5 (0.46%) Apple
11 5 (0.46%) Hotjar
11 5 (0.46%) Pinterest
11 5 (0.46%) Sage