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

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 147 60 50
Rank change year-on-year -87 -10 -11
Permanent jobs citing HTML 1,163 1,696 4,214
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.45% 4.15% 4.67%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 13.87% 19.34% 21.20%
Number of salaries quoted 967 1,297 3,291
10th Percentile - £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +14.29% -8.70%
75th Percentile £63,750 £73,543 £68,250
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 8,383 8,770 19,879
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.47% 21.44% 22.04%
Number of salaries quoted 6,132 6,578 15,517
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £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 £86,250 £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 3 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 3 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 -76 1,062 £47,500 -20.83% 524
UK excluding London -59 837 £45,000 -18.18% 443
Work from Home -83 351 £52,500 -19.23% 210
North of England -25 271 £31,000 -31.11% 114
London -103 252 £60,000 -14.29% 146
South East -49 210 £50,000 -20.00% 112
Midlands -31 132 £45,000 - 63
North West -37 129 £33,750 -25.63% 57
Yorkshire -10 108 £30,500 -18.67% 34
East of England -61 94 £47,500 -28.26% 73
South West -48 88 £42,000 -30.00% 55
West Midlands -26 74 £33,750 -32.50% 30
East Midlands -43 58 £55,000 +46.67% 33
North East -4 34 £30,500 -41.90% 23
Scotland -74 31 £30,500 -44.55% 15
Wales -45 9 £31,000 -11.43% 16
Northern Ireland -39 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 (10.32%) WordPress
2 59 (5.07%) CMS
3 29 (2.49%) SharePoint
4 13 (1.12%) Confluence
5 10 (0.86%) nginx
6 7 (0.60%) Drupal
7 6 (0.52%) Apache
7 6 (0.52%) Umbraco
8 5 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.26%) govService
9 3 (0.26%) IIS
9 3 (0.26%) JBoss
9 3 (0.26%) Joomla!
9 3 (0.26%) Liferay
9 3 (0.26%) NServiceBus
10 2 (0.17%) CICS
10 2 (0.17%) Mendix
10 2 (0.17%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.086%) Site Server
Applications
1 28 (2.41%) Adobe XD
2 17 (1.46%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 14 (1.20%) Photoshop
4 13 (1.12%) Adobe Illustrator
4 13 (1.12%) Chatbot
5 12 (1.03%) Sketch
6 10 (0.86%) MS Visio
7 8 (0.69%) InVision
7 8 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
8 7 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 7 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
9 6 (0.52%) InDesign
10 3 (0.26%) Elementor
10 3 (0.26%) Microsoft Office
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 (0.086%) Siemens NX
12 1 (0.086%) Trello
Business Applications
1 16 (1.38%) Shopify
2 12 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.17%) Eloqua
3 2 (0.17%) Magento
3 2 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.17%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.086%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.086%) CiviCRM
4 1 (0.086%) FIS Private Capital Suite
4 1 (0.086%) Line 50
4 1 (0.086%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.086%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 486 (41.79%) Azure
2 451 (38.78%) AWS
3 367 (31.56%) GitHub
4 78 (6.71%) Figma
5 72 (6.19%) Azure DevOps
6 70 (6.02%) Serverless
7 65 (5.59%) GCP
8 46 (3.96%) SaaS
9 40 (3.44%) Power Platform
10 37 (3.18%) Google Analytics
11 29 (2.49%) AWS Lambda
12 27 (2.32%) Amazon S3
13 25 (2.15%) Azure Logic Apps
14 24 (2.06%) GitHub Actions
15 19 (1.63%) Power Automate
15 19 (1.63%) PowerApps
16 18 (1.55%) Microsoft 365
17 16 (1.38%) Entra ID
18 15 (1.29%) Adobe Creative Cloud
19 14 (1.20%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 290 (24.94%) Internet
2 11 (0.95%) HTTP
3 6 (0.52%) FTP
4 5 (0.43%) Intranet
4 5 (0.43%) Network Security
5 3 (0.26%) AMQP
6 2 (0.17%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.17%) SSL
7 1 (0.086%) iSCSI
7 1 (0.086%) NAS
7 1 (0.086%) VoIP
7 1 (0.086%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 107 (9.20%) SQL Server
2 91 (7.82%) MySQL
3 48 (4.13%) PostgreSQL
4 41 (3.53%) Relational Database
5 33 (2.84%) NoSQL
5 33 (2.84%) Power BI
6 30 (2.58%) MongoDB
7 26 (2.24%) Azure SQL Database
8 21 (1.81%) OLTP
9 15 (1.29%) DB2
10 12 (1.03%) Amazon Redshift
11 11 (0.95%) Looker
12 10 (0.86%) BigQuery
12 10 (0.86%) Tableau
13 5 (0.43%) Elasticsearch
13 5 (0.43%) Metadata
13 5 (0.43%) Oracle Database
13 5 (0.43%) RDBMS
14 4 (0.34%) Data Warehouse
14 4 (0.34%) FileMaker
Development Applications
1 423 (36.37%) Git
2 72 (6.19%) JIRA
3 51 (4.39%) Jenkins
4 46 (3.96%) Selenium
5 26 (2.24%) Postman
6 24 (2.06%) Team Foundation Server
6 24 (2.06%) webpack
7 23 (1.98%) SoapUI
8 21 (1.81%) Axure RP
9 19 (1.63%) WebDriver
10 18 (1.55%) Cypress.io
11 14 (1.20%) Balsamiq
11 14 (1.20%) Bitbucket
11 14 (1.20%) Vite
12 13 (1.12%) Cucumber
12 13 (1.12%) TeamCity
13 11 (0.95%) Babel
14 10 (0.86%) JUnit
14 10 (0.86%) Visual Studio
15 9 (0.77%) Subversion
General
1 280 (24.08%) Multimedia
2 262 (22.53%) Social Skills
3 134 (11.52%) Analytical Skills
4 96 (8.25%) Marketing
5 95 (8.17%) Finance
6 60 (5.16%) Law
7 51 (4.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 49 (4.21%) Public Sector
9 29 (2.49%) Retail
10 27 (2.32%) Legal
11 26 (2.24%) Organisational Skills
12 25 (2.15%) Banking
13 16 (1.38%) Advertising
14 15 (1.29%) German Language
15 9 (0.77%) Electronics
16 7 (0.60%) Aerospace
16 7 (0.60%) Games
16 7 (0.60%) Manufacturing
16 7 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
16 7 (0.60%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 614 (52.79%) Developer
2 279 (23.99%) Trainee
3 175 (15.05%) Senior
4 153 (13.16%) Software Developer
5 133 (11.44%) Senior Developer
6 121 (10.40%) Full-Stack Developer
7 115 (9.89%) Trainee Developer
8 101 (8.68%) Trainee Software Developer
9 79 (6.79%) Administrator
10 74 (6.36%) .NET Developer
10 74 (6.36%) Web Administrator
11 72 (6.19%) Trainee Administrator
12 71 (6.10%) Designer
13 61 (5.25%) Lead
14 57 (4.90%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
15 51 (4.39%) Software Engineer
16 47 (4.04%) Analyst
16 47 (4.04%) Web Developer
17 42 (3.61%) React Developer
18 34 (2.92%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 982 (84.44%) CSS
2 311 (26.74%) React
3 222 (19.09%) .NET
4 120 (10.32%) Node.js
5 111 (9.54%) AngularJS
6 102 (8.77%) RESTful
7 101 (8.68%) Vue
8 95 (8.17%) HTML5
9 84 (7.22%) JSON
10 73 (6.28%) jQuery
10 73 (6.28%) XML
11 72 (6.19%) CSS3
12 61 (5.25%) ASP.NET
12 61 (5.25%) SOAP
13 59 (5.07%) .NET Core
14 56 (4.82%) REST
15 43 (3.70%) Laravel
16 41 (3.53%) .NET Framework
17 36 (3.10%) Tailwind CSS
17 36 (3.10%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 54 (4.64%) Product Ownership
2 46 (3.96%) Onboarding
3 45 (3.87%) Self-Motivation
4 34 (2.92%) Cloud Native
5 33 (2.84%) Mobile App
6 31 (2.67%) Linux Command Line
7 27 (2.32%) Greenfield Project
8 24 (2.06%) Data Structures
9 20 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
10 18 (1.55%) Management Information System
11 17 (1.46%) Analytical Mindset
11 17 (1.46%) Social Media
12 15 (1.29%) Low-Code
13 14 (1.20%) Distributed Systems
13 14 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
14 11 (0.95%) Algorithms
15 10 (0.86%) Data Centre
16 8 (0.69%) Cybercrime
17 7 (0.60%) Graphic Design
17 7 (0.60%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 32 (2.75%) Unix
2 25 (2.15%) Linux
3 21 (1.81%) Windows
4 10 (0.86%) Android
4 10 (0.86%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.43%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.26%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.086%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 351 (30.18%) Agile
2 349 (30.01%) Mentoring
3 253 (21.75%) Full-Stack Development
4 237 (20.38%) Problem-Solving
5 219 (18.83%) Cybersecurity
5 219 (18.83%) User Experience
6 199 (17.11%) CI/CD
7 164 (14.10%) Web Development
8 148 (12.73%) DevOps
9 144 (12.38%) Front End Development
10 140 (12.04%) AI
11 126 (10.83%) Continuous Improvement
12 112 (9.63%) Software Engineering
13 108 (9.29%) Scrum
14 106 (9.11%) Analytics
14 106 (9.11%) Computer Science
15 90 (7.74%) UX Design
16 87 (7.48%) Clean Code
17 81 (6.96%) Microservices
18 76 (6.53%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 868 (74.63%) JavaScript
2 436 (37.49%) Python
3 312 (26.83%) SQL
4 188 (16.17%) C#
5 174 (14.96%) TypeScript
6 164 (14.10%) R
7 113 (9.72%) Java
7 113 (9.72%) PHP
8 29 (2.49%) PL/SQL
9 14 (1.20%) C++
9 14 (1.20%) PowerShell
10 8 (0.69%) Apex Code
10 8 (0.69%) C
11 7 (0.60%) Ruby
12 6 (0.52%) Bash
12 6 (0.52%) Shell Script
12 6 (0.52%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.43%) Bicep
14 4 (0.34%) SOQL
14 4 (0.34%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 279 (23.99%) Microsoft Certification
2 278 (23.90%) AWS Certification
2 278 (23.90%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 278 (23.90%) Azure Certification
3 231 (19.86%) Degree
4 76 (6.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 67 (5.76%) Security Cleared
6 48 (4.13%) SC Cleared
7 25 (2.15%) ISTQB
8 19 (1.63%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 10 (0.86%) DBS Check
10 7 (0.60%) DV Cleared
10 7 (0.60%) Master's Degree
11 6 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (0.52%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 5 (0.43%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (0.34%) ISEB
14 3 (0.26%) Numerate Degree
14 3 (0.26%) PhD
14 3 (0.26%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 137 (11.78%) Accessibility
2 52 (4.47%) QA
3 49 (4.21%) WCAG
4 28 (2.41%) GDPR
5 13 (1.12%) PERC
6 9 (0.77%) Data Quality
7 7 (0.60%) GRC
7 7 (0.60%) SLA
8 6 (0.52%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (0.17%) NIST
10 2 (0.17%) Section 508
11 1 (0.086%) HL7
11 1 (0.086%) ISO 14001
11 1 (0.086%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.086%) NCSC
System Software
1 88 (7.57%) Docker
2 12 (1.03%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.086%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 48 (4.13%) Kubernetes
2 28 (2.41%) Terraform
3 5 (0.43%) Kibana
4 4 (0.34%) Argo
5 3 (0.26%) cPanel
5 3 (0.26%) 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
1 398 (34.22%) Microsoft
2 68 (5.85%) Adobe
3 56 (4.82%) Google
4 36 (3.10%) Oracle
5 27 (2.32%) Salesforce
6 10 (0.86%) Hotjar
6 10 (0.86%) ServiceNow
7 9 (0.77%) Atlassian
8 8 (0.69%) Splunk
9 7 (0.60%) Red Hat
10 6 (0.52%) HubSpot
10 6 (0.52%) SAP
11 5 (0.43%) Dynatrace
11 5 (0.43%) Screaming Frog
12 4 (0.34%) Ahrefs
12 4 (0.34%) Facebook
12 4 (0.34%) New Relic
12 4 (0.34%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 3 (0.26%) Guidewire
13 3 (0.26%) Zoho