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 6 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 184 102 51
Rank change year-on-year -82 -51 +2
Permanent jobs citing HTML 1,166 1,518 3,400
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.11% 3.06% 4.06%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.96% 17.60% 20.98%
Number of salaries quoted 955 935 2,233
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £81,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +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 10,634 8,624 16,203
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.16% 17.39% 19.36%
Number of salaries quoted 7,827 5,636 11,658
10th Percentile £41,150 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +9.76% -8.89%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £107,500
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 6 August 2026.

Salary histogram for HTML in the UK

HTML
Top 17 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 6 August 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 1,082 £50,000 -13.04% 549
UK excluding London -58 891 £50,000 -9.09% 406
Work from Home -64 518 £55,000 -4.35% 245
South East -19 254 £50,000 -13.04% 110
North of England -26 235 £50,000 -0.99% 95
London -128 223 £60,000 -14.29% 219
East of England -14 132 £48,760 -11.35% 42
North West -35 127 £47,500 -9.52% 50
South West -25 123 £50,000 +1.01% 53
Midlands -78 109 £50,000 -5.21% 71
Yorkshire -9 58 £50,000 +25.00% 34
West Midlands -58 58 £45,000 -11.33% 34
East Midlands -60 51 £50,000 -9.09% 37
North East -12 50 £52,000 +9.47% 13
Wales -55 24 £43,370 -35.75% 9
Scotland -45 11 £31,500 -37.56% 24
Northern Ireland -71 3 £60,000 - 7

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 97 (8.32%) WordPress
2 65 (5.57%) SharePoint
3 49 (4.20%) CMS
4 30 (2.57%) IIS
5 24 (2.06%) Confluence
6 18 (1.54%) Apache
7 16 (1.37%) Microsoft Exchange
8 9 (0.77%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 9 (0.77%) Drupal
9 6 (0.51%) JBoss
9 6 (0.51%) nginx
10 5 (0.43%) Umbraco
11 4 (0.34%) Headless CMS
12 3 (0.26%) Moodle
13 2 (0.17%) CICS
13 2 (0.17%) NServiceBus
13 2 (0.17%) Tomcat
14 1 (0.086%) ExpressionEngine
14 1 (0.086%) Site Server
14 1 (0.086%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 23 (1.97%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 17 (1.46%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (1.46%) Photoshop
3 16 (1.37%) Adobe XD
4 11 (0.94%) Adobe Illustrator
4 11 (0.94%) InDesign
4 11 (0.94%) Sketch
5 9 (0.77%) Adobe After Effects
5 9 (0.77%) Microsoft Excel
6 8 (0.69%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.26%) InVision
8 3 (0.26%) Trello
9 2 (0.17%) Elementor
10 1 (0.086%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.086%) MS Visio
10 1 (0.086%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 28 (2.40%) Shopify
2 11 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.60%) Magento
4 4 (0.34%) Line 50
4 4 (0.34%) NEC Housing
4 4 (0.34%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.26%) Visualfiles
6 2 (0.17%) Eloqua
6 2 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.086%) CiviCRM
7 1 (0.086%) Sage 200
7 1 (0.086%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 415 (35.59%) Azure
2 269 (23.07%) AWS
3 211 (18.10%) GitHub
4 159 (13.64%) Azure DevOps
5 89 (7.63%) Power Platform
6 84 (7.20%) GitHub Copilot
7 80 (6.86%) Figma
8 77 (6.60%) Azure AI
9 65 (5.57%) Microsoft 365
10 61 (5.23%) Power Automate
10 61 (5.23%) PowerApps
11 44 (3.77%) GCP
12 43 (3.69%) SaaS
13 40 (3.43%) Serverless
14 33 (2.83%) GitHub Actions
14 33 (2.83%) Google Analytics
15 31 (2.66%) Azure Logic Apps
16 26 (2.23%) OneDrive
17 22 (1.89%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 21 (1.80%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 105 (9.01%) Internet
2 10 (0.86%) Intranet
3 7 (0.60%) HTTP
3 7 (0.60%) SSL
4 6 (0.51%) Network Security
4 6 (0.51%) TCP/IP
4 6 (0.51%) Wireshark
5 5 (0.43%) SNMP
5 5 (0.43%) VoIP
6 4 (0.34%) SMS
7 3 (0.26%) DNS
7 3 (0.26%) HTTPS
8 2 (0.17%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (0.17%) Firewall
9 1 (0.086%) iSCSI
9 1 (0.086%) NAS
9 1 (0.086%) RTP
9 1 (0.086%) RTSP
9 1 (0.086%) SS7
9 1 (0.086%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 176 (15.09%) Azure SQL Database
2 155 (13.29%) SQL Server
3 147 (12.61%) MongoDB
4 129 (11.06%) MySQL
5 77 (6.60%) Relational Database
6 65 (5.57%) Power BI
7 60 (5.15%) PostgreSQL
8 32 (2.74%) Elasticsearch
9 22 (1.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 17 (1.46%) NoSQL
11 14 (1.20%) Metadata
12 11 (0.94%) Amazon RDS
12 11 (0.94%) MariaDB
12 11 (0.94%) NonStop SQL
12 11 (0.94%) OLTP
13 9 (0.77%) GIS
14 8 (0.69%) BigQuery
14 8 (0.69%) Tableau
15 7 (0.60%) Geospatial Data
16 6 (0.51%) Redis
Development Applications
1 255 (21.87%) Git
2 58 (4.97%) JIRA
3 46 (3.95%) Jenkins
4 21 (1.80%) Selenium
5 15 (1.29%) Cypress.io
5 15 (1.29%) JUnit
5 15 (1.29%) webpack
6 13 (1.11%) GitLab
7 11 (0.94%) Axure RP
7 11 (0.94%) Postman
8 10 (0.86%) Team Foundation Server
8 10 (0.86%) Vite
9 9 (0.77%) Bitbucket
9 9 (0.77%) PHPUnit
9 9 (0.77%) Visual Studio
10 8 (0.69%) Balsamiq
10 8 (0.69%) Claude Code
10 8 (0.69%) Maven
10 8 (0.69%) Mockito
11 7 (0.60%) Storybook
General
1 334 (28.64%) Social Skills
2 129 (11.06%) Marketing
3 123 (10.55%) Analytical Skills
4 89 (7.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 85 (7.29%) Finance
6 78 (6.69%) Public Sector
7 70 (6.00%) Multimedia
8 68 (5.83%) Law
9 67 (5.75%) Advertising
10 41 (3.52%) Organisational Skills
11 37 (3.17%) Legal
12 32 (2.74%) Retail
13 20 (1.72%) Games
14 14 (1.20%) Manufacturing
15 13 (1.11%) Banking
16 11 (0.94%) Publishing
17 9 (0.77%) Aviation
17 9 (0.77%) Health Technology
18 8 (0.69%) Documentation Skills
18 8 (0.69%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 714 (61.23%) Developer
2 216 (18.52%) .NET Developer
3 191 (16.38%) Senior
4 149 (12.78%) Senior Developer
5 124 (10.63%) Full-Stack Developer
6 78 (6.69%) Software Developer
7 77 (6.60%) Web Developer
8 76 (6.52%) Designer
9 64 (5.49%) Software Engineer
9 64 (5.49%) Trainee
10 60 (5.15%) PHP Developer
11 52 (4.46%) Administrator
12 48 (4.12%) Analyst
12 48 (4.12%) Lead
13 47 (4.03%) Web Administrator
14 43 (3.69%) Trainee Administrator
15 42 (3.60%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
16 41 (3.52%) C# Developer
17 39 (3.34%) .NET Software Developer
18 36 (3.09%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,024 (87.82%) CSS
2 392 (33.62%) .NET
3 235 (20.15%) React
4 234 (20.07%) .NET Core
5 217 (18.61%) ASP.NET
6 176 (15.09%) ASP.NET Core
7 146 (12.52%) HTML5
8 129 (11.06%) Node.js
9 120 (10.29%) jQuery
10 114 (9.78%) Vue
11 113 (9.69%) CSS3
12 112 (9.61%) Entity Framework
13 98 (8.40%) RESTful
14 97 (8.32%) AngularJS
15 91 (7.80%) JSON
16 89 (7.63%) REST
17 74 (6.35%) ML.NET
18 64 (5.49%) .NET Framework
18 64 (5.49%) XML
19 63 (5.40%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 46 (3.95%) Greenfield Project
2 41 (3.52%) Enterprise Software
3 39 (3.34%) Product Ownership
4 38 (3.26%) Cloud Native
5 37 (3.17%) Self-Motivation
6 36 (3.09%) Legacy Systems
7 29 (2.49%) Onboarding
7 29 (2.49%) Social Media
8 24 (2.06%) Management Information System
9 23 (1.97%) Algorithms
9 23 (1.97%) Mobile App
10 21 (1.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 20 (1.72%) Digital TV
12 18 (1.54%) Distributed Systems
13 17 (1.46%) Marketing Technology
14 15 (1.29%) Analytical Mindset
15 14 (1.20%) Graphic Design
16 12 (1.03%) Renewable Energy
17 11 (0.94%) Virtual Team
18 10 (0.86%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 78 (6.69%) Windows
2 67 (5.75%) Linux
3 33 (2.83%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.51%) Unix
4 6 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (0.43%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.34%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.26%) AIX
7 3 (0.26%) Debian
8 2 (0.17%) Android
8 2 (0.17%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.086%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.086%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 416 (35.68%) Agile
2 411 (35.25%) Full-Stack Development
3 355 (30.45%) CI/CD
4 268 (22.98%) Problem-Solving
5 243 (20.84%) DevOps
6 229 (19.64%) AI
7 209 (17.92%) Web Development
8 207 (17.75%) User Experience
9 176 (15.09%) Continuous Improvement
10 125 (10.72%) Mentoring
11 123 (10.55%) Software Engineering
12 119 (10.21%) Machine Learning
13 107 (9.18%) Front End Development
14 106 (9.09%) Computer Science
15 101 (8.66%) Scrum
16 96 (8.23%) Analytics
17 94 (8.06%) Microservices
18 90 (7.72%) Clean Code
19 86 (7.38%) UX Design
20 84 (7.20%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 713 (61.15%) JavaScript
2 478 (40.99%) SQL
3 383 (32.85%) C#
4 212 (18.18%) Python
5 186 (15.95%) PHP
6 180 (15.44%) TypeScript
7 82 (7.03%) Java
8 48 (4.12%) R
9 43 (3.69%) PowerShell
10 34 (2.92%) C++
11 15 (1.29%) T-SQL
12 14 (1.20%) PL/SQL
12 14 (1.20%) VBA
13 13 (1.11%) Go
14 12 (1.03%) C
15 10 (0.86%) Bicep
15 10 (0.86%) Ruby
15 10 (0.86%) VB.NET
16 8 (0.69%) Shell Script
17 7 (0.60%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 187 (16.04%) Degree
2 84 (7.20%) Security Cleared
3 72 (6.17%) SC Cleared
4 71 (6.09%) Computer Science Degree
5 63 (5.40%) AWS Certification
6 61 (5.23%) Microsoft Certification
7 59 (5.06%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 59 (5.06%) Azure Certification
8 9 (0.77%) Master's Degree
9 6 (0.51%) DBS Check
10 5 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (0.34%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.34%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.17%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.17%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 2 (0.17%) Postgraduate
13 1 (0.086%) FFIEC
13 1 (0.086%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 1 (0.086%) Numerate Degree
13 1 (0.086%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 174 (14.92%) Accessibility
2 73 (6.26%) WCAG
3 66 (5.66%) QA
4 46 (3.95%) GDPR
5 13 (1.11%) SLA
6 12 (1.03%) Data Quality
6 12 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (0.69%) PCI DSS
7 8 (0.69%) PERC
8 7 (0.60%) GRC
8 7 (0.60%) ISO 9001
8 7 (0.60%) NCSC
9 4 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (0.34%) ISO 14001
10 3 (0.26%) WAI
10 3 (0.26%) WAI-ARIA
11 2 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.17%) NIST
12 1 (0.086%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 176 (15.09%) Docker
2 24 (2.06%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.43%) Hyper-V
3 5 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 128 (10.98%) Kubernetes
2 31 (2.66%) Terraform
3 8 (0.69%) Kibana
3 8 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (0.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 5 (0.43%) Nagios
5 4 (0.34%) Puppet
6 3 (0.26%) Plesk
7 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.086%) Ansible
8 1 (0.086%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 376 (32.25%) Microsoft
2 79 (6.78%) Adobe
3 48 (4.12%) Google
4 42 (3.60%) Facebook
5 36 (3.09%) Oracle
6 29 (2.49%) Salesforce
7 23 (1.97%) YouTube
8 17 (1.46%) Splunk
9 12 (1.03%) ServiceNow
10 11 (0.94%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 9 (0.77%) Sage
12 8 (0.69%) Dynatrace
12 8 (0.69%) HubSpot
13 7 (0.60%) iManage
13 7 (0.60%) TikTok
14 6 (0.51%) Hotjar
14 6 (0.51%) New Relic
14 6 (0.51%) OneLogin
15 5 (0.43%) Pinterest
15 5 (0.43%) WooCommerce