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

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 148 61 49
Rank change year-on-year -87 -12 -10
Permanent jobs citing HTML 1,171 1,699 4,288
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.41% 4.16% 4.65%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 13.73% 19.51% 21.31%
Number of salaries quoted 967 1,295 3,325
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 £67,750
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 8,526 8,710 20,125
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.28% 21.31% 21.81%
Number of salaries quoted 6,227 6,591 15,653
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,875 £46,250
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 9 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 9 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 -78 1,073 £47,500 -20.83% 524
UK excluding London -62 847 £45,000 -18.18% 443
Work from Home -84 358 £52,500 -19.23% 210
North of England -31 276 £31,250 -30.56% 114
London -116 250 £60,000 -14.29% 146
South East -55 209 £50,000 -20.00% 112
Midlands -40 132 £45,000 - 63
North West -39 131 £33,750 -25.73% 57
Yorkshire -15 110 £30,500 -18.67% 34
East of England -57 100 £47,500 -28.26% 73
South West -47 90 £42,000 -30.00% 55
West Midlands -29 75 £33,750 -32.50% 30
East Midlands -53 57 £55,000 +46.67% 33
North East -13 35 £30,500 -41.90% 23
Scotland -61 29 £30,500 -44.55% 15
Wales -50 9 £31,000 -11.43% 16
Northern Ireland -41 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
1 119 (10.16%) WordPress
2 58 (4.95%) CMS
3 33 (2.82%) SharePoint
4 13 (1.11%) Confluence
5 10 (0.85%) nginx
6 6 (0.51%) Apache
6 6 (0.51%) Drupal
6 6 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (0.51%) Umbraco
7 4 (0.34%) IIS
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
8 3 (0.26%) Sitecore CMS
9 2 (0.17%) CICS
9 2 (0.17%) Joomla!
9 2 (0.17%) Mendix
10 1 (0.085%) ColdFusion
Applications
1 27 (2.31%) Adobe XD
2 18 (1.54%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 14 (1.20%) Chatbot
3 14 (1.20%) Photoshop
4 12 (1.02%) Adobe Illustrator
4 12 (1.02%) Sketch
5 10 (0.85%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.68%) InVision
6 8 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
7 7 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 7 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
8 5 (0.43%) InDesign
8 5 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
9 3 (0.26%) Elementor
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 (0.085%) Siemens NX
11 1 (0.085%) Trello
Business Applications
1 15 (1.28%) Shopify
2 12 (1.02%) 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 (0.085%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.085%) CiviCRM
4 1 (0.085%) FIS Private Capital Suite
4 1 (0.085%) Line 50
4 1 (0.085%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.085%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 483 (41.25%) Azure
2 448 (38.26%) AWS
3 364 (31.08%) GitHub
4 79 (6.75%) Figma
5 73 (6.23%) Azure DevOps
6 68 (5.81%) Serverless
7 64 (5.47%) GCP
8 48 (4.10%) Power Platform
9 44 (3.76%) SaaS
10 37 (3.16%) Google Analytics
11 28 (2.39%) AWS Lambda
12 26 (2.22%) Amazon S3
13 25 (2.13%) Azure Logic Apps
13 25 (2.13%) GitHub Actions
13 25 (2.13%) Power Automate
13 25 (2.13%) PowerApps
14 23 (1.96%) Microsoft 365
15 17 (1.45%) Adobe Creative Cloud
16 15 (1.28%) Entra ID
17 13 (1.11%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 289 (24.68%) Internet
2 11 (0.94%) HTTP
3 6 (0.51%) 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 (0.085%) Broadband
7 1 (0.085%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.085%) iSCSI
7 1 (0.085%) NAS
7 1 (0.085%) SMS
7 1 (0.085%) VoIP
7 1 (0.085%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 110 (9.39%) SQL Server
2 93 (7.94%) MySQL
3 47 (4.01%) PostgreSQL
4 42 (3.59%) Relational Database
5 40 (3.42%) Power BI
6 31 (2.65%) NoSQL
7 27 (2.31%) Azure SQL Database
7 27 (2.31%) MongoDB
8 20 (1.71%) OLTP
9 14 (1.20%) DB2
10 12 (1.02%) Amazon Redshift
11 10 (0.85%) BigQuery
11 10 (0.85%) Looker
11 10 (0.85%) Tableau
12 6 (0.51%) Metadata
13 5 (0.43%) Elasticsearch
13 5 (0.43%) MariaDB
13 5 (0.43%) Oracle Database
13 5 (0.43%) RDBMS
14 4 (0.34%) FileMaker
Development Applications
1 419 (35.78%) Git
2 71 (6.06%) JIRA
3 51 (4.36%) Jenkins
4 45 (3.84%) Selenium
5 26 (2.22%) Postman
6 24 (2.05%) Team Foundation Server
7 23 (1.96%) SoapUI
7 23 (1.96%) webpack
8 21 (1.79%) Axure RP
9 18 (1.54%) WebDriver
10 16 (1.37%) Cypress.io
11 14 (1.20%) Balsamiq
11 14 (1.20%) Bitbucket
12 13 (1.11%) Vite
13 12 (1.02%) Cucumber
13 12 (1.02%) TeamCity
14 11 (0.94%) Babel
15 10 (0.85%) JUnit
16 9 (0.77%) GitLab
16 9 (0.77%) Subversion
General
1 278 (23.74%) Multimedia
2 269 (22.97%) Social Skills
3 141 (12.04%) Analytical Skills
4 99 (8.45%) Marketing
5 93 (7.94%) Finance
6 60 (5.12%) Law
7 51 (4.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 48 (4.10%) Public Sector
9 28 (2.39%) Organisational Skills
10 26 (2.22%) Legal
10 26 (2.22%) Retail
11 22 (1.88%) Banking
12 15 (1.28%) Advertising
12 15 (1.28%) German Language
13 9 (0.77%) Electronics
14 8 (0.68%) Manufacturing
15 7 (0.60%) Aerospace
15 7 (0.60%) Games
15 7 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (0.60%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 615 (52.52%) Developer
2 278 (23.74%) Trainee
3 172 (14.69%) Senior
4 154 (13.15%) Software Developer
5 132 (11.27%) Senior Developer
6 119 (10.16%) Full-Stack Developer
7 114 (9.74%) Trainee Developer
8 100 (8.54%) Trainee Software Developer
9 78 (6.66%) Administrator
10 73 (6.23%) Web Administrator
11 71 (6.06%) Trainee Administrator
12 70 (5.98%) .NET Developer
12 70 (5.98%) Designer
13 61 (5.21%) Lead
14 55 (4.70%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
15 54 (4.61%) Software Engineer
16 49 (4.18%) Analyst
17 48 (4.10%) Web Developer
18 42 (3.59%) React Developer
19 35 (2.99%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 988 (84.37%) CSS
2 308 (26.30%) React
3 219 (18.70%) .NET
4 116 (9.91%) Node.js
5 107 (9.14%) AngularJS
6 99 (8.45%) Vue
7 97 (8.28%) RESTful
8 96 (8.20%) HTML5
9 90 (7.69%) JSON
10 77 (6.58%) jQuery
11 72 (6.15%) CSS3
11 72 (6.15%) XML
12 60 (5.12%) SOAP
13 59 (5.04%) ASP.NET
14 58 (4.95%) .NET Core
15 56 (4.78%) REST
16 44 (3.76%) Laravel
17 40 (3.42%) .NET Framework
18 37 (3.16%) Web Services
19 35 (2.99%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 51 (4.36%) Product Ownership
2 46 (3.93%) Onboarding
3 45 (3.84%) Self-Motivation
4 32 (2.73%) Cloud Native
5 31 (2.65%) Linux Command Line
5 31 (2.65%) Mobile App
6 28 (2.39%) Greenfield Project
7 25 (2.13%) Data Structures
8 20 (1.71%) Legacy Systems
8 20 (1.71%) Management Information System
9 19 (1.62%) Social Media
10 18 (1.54%) Analytical Mindset
11 15 (1.28%) Low-Code
12 14 (1.20%) Distributed Systems
13 13 (1.11%) Algorithms
13 13 (1.11%) Enterprise Software
14 10 (0.85%) Data Centre
15 8 (0.68%) Cybercrime
15 8 (0.68%) Graphic Design
16 7 (0.60%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 32 (2.73%) Unix
2 26 (2.22%) Linux
3 23 (1.96%) Windows
4 9 (0.77%) Android
5 8 (0.68%) Apple iOS
6 7 (0.60%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.26%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.085%) VMS
8 1 (0.085%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.085%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 346 (29.55%) Mentoring
2 344 (29.38%) Agile
3 245 (20.92%) Full-Stack Development
4 240 (20.50%) Problem-Solving
5 218 (18.62%) Cybersecurity
6 217 (18.53%) User Experience
7 195 (16.65%) CI/CD
8 167 (14.26%) Web Development
9 144 (12.30%) DevOps
10 142 (12.13%) AI
11 140 (11.96%) Front End Development
12 129 (11.02%) Continuous Improvement
13 116 (9.91%) Software Engineering
14 111 (9.48%) Scrum
15 108 (9.22%) Computer Science
16 105 (8.97%) Analytics
17 89 (7.60%) UX Design
18 87 (7.43%) Clean Code
19 78 (6.66%) Microservices
20 74 (6.32%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 867 (74.04%) JavaScript
2 437 (37.32%) Python
3 320 (27.33%) SQL
4 192 (16.40%) C#
5 172 (14.69%) TypeScript
6 163 (13.92%) R
7 117 (9.99%) PHP
8 112 (9.56%) Java
9 28 (2.39%) PL/SQL
10 17 (1.45%) PowerShell
11 16 (1.37%) C++
12 9 (0.77%) C
13 8 (0.68%) Apex Code
13 8 (0.68%) T-SQL
14 6 (0.51%) Bash
14 6 (0.51%) Ruby
14 6 (0.51%) Shell Script
15 5 (0.43%) Bicep
15 5 (0.43%) VBA
16 4 (0.34%) VB
Qualifications
1 277 (23.65%) Microsoft Certification
2 276 (23.57%) AWS Certification
2 276 (23.57%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 276 (23.57%) Azure Certification
3 229 (19.56%) Degree
4 77 (6.58%) Computer Science Degree
5 64 (5.47%) Security Cleared
6 47 (4.01%) SC Cleared
7 24 (2.05%) ISTQB
8 18 (1.54%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 11 (0.94%) DBS Check
10 7 (0.60%) Master's Degree
11 6 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (0.51%) DV Cleared
11 6 (0.51%) 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
1 139 (11.87%) Accessibility
2 49 (4.18%) QA
3 47 (4.01%) WCAG
4 28 (2.39%) GDPR
5 11 (0.94%) PERC
6 9 (0.77%) Data Quality
6 9 (0.77%) SLA
7 7 (0.60%) GRC
8 6 (0.51%) PCI DSS
9 5 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (0.17%) NIST
11 1 (0.085%) HL7
11 1 (0.085%) ISO 14001
11 1 (0.085%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.085%) NCSC
11 1 (0.085%) Section 508
System Software
1 88 (7.51%) Docker
2 12 (1.02%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.085%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 48 (4.10%) Kubernetes
2 29 (2.48%) Terraform
3 5 (0.43%) Kibana
4 4 (0.34%) 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 (0.085%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 398 (33.99%) Microsoft
2 71 (6.06%) Adobe
3 56 (4.78%) Google
4 36 (3.07%) Oracle
5 26 (2.22%) Salesforce
6 10 (0.85%) ServiceNow
7 9 (0.77%) Atlassian
7 9 (0.77%) Hotjar
8 8 (0.68%) Splunk
9 6 (0.51%) HubSpot
9 6 (0.51%) Red Hat
9 6 (0.51%) SAP
10 5 (0.43%) Dynatrace
10 5 (0.43%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 4 (0.34%) Ahrefs
11 4 (0.34%) iManage
11 4 (0.34%) New Relic
11 4 (0.34%) Screaming Frog
12 3 (0.26%) Granicus
12 3 (0.26%) Pardot