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

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 57 50
Rank change year-on-year -77 -7 -13
Permanent jobs citing HTML 1,147 1,878 4,011
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.53% 4.42% 4.72%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 14.22% 20.17% 21.07%
Number of salaries quoted 962 1,328 3,263
10th Percentile - £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,372 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.61% +9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £63,438 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -22.73% +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 8,064 9,313 19,034
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.74% 21.90% 22.38%
Number of salaries quoted 5,895 6,625 15,137
10th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £46,250
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 £86,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £101,250 £110,000 £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 19 March 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 19 March 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 -69 1,043 £47,500 -20.83% 573
UK excluding London -58 820 £42,500 -22.73% 497
Work from Home -93 336 £52,500 -19.23% 237
North of England -21 266 £30,500 -32.22% 129
London -99 249 £60,000 -14.29% 149
South East -50 210 £50,000 -16.67% 132
Midlands -45 125 £45,000 - 81
North West -29 124 £31,000 -31.78% 69
Yorkshire -6 105 £30,500 -23.75% 36
East of England -57 87 £45,000 -32.04% 70
South West -56 85 £44,000 -26.67% 59
West Midlands -29 71 £32,000 -36.00% 36
East Midlands -60 54 £55,000 +46.67% 45
North East -3 37 £30,500 -44.55% 25
Scotland -77 35 £30,500 -42.18% 16
Wales -43 10 £36,370 +11.91% 17
Northern Ireland -36 3 £60,000 +20.00% 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
1 118 (10.29%) WordPress
2 57 (4.97%) CMS
3 23 (2.01%) SharePoint
4 13 (1.13%) Confluence
5 10 (0.87%) nginx
6 8 (0.70%) Drupal
7 7 (0.61%) Apache
7 7 (0.61%) Umbraco
8 4 (0.35%) Joomla!
8 4 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.26%) govService
9 3 (0.26%) JBoss
9 3 (0.26%) Liferay
9 3 (0.26%) NServiceBus
10 2 (0.17%) CICS
10 2 (0.17%) ColdFusion
10 2 (0.17%) IIS
10 2 (0.17%) Mendix
10 2 (0.17%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 28 (2.44%) Adobe XD
2 15 (1.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 15 (1.31%) MS Visio
3 14 (1.22%) Adobe Illustrator
3 14 (1.22%) Photoshop
4 12 (1.05%) Chatbot
4 12 (1.05%) Sketch
5 8 (0.70%) InVision
5 8 (0.70%) Microsoft Excel
5 8 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 6 (0.52%) InDesign
6 6 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
8 3 (0.26%) Elementor
9 2 (0.17%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.17%) Adobe Captivate
9 2 (0.17%) Adobe Premiere
9 2 (0.17%) Windchill
10 1 (0.087%) Siemens NX
10 1 (0.087%) Trello
Business Applications
1 18 (1.57%) Shopify
2 12 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.35%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.17%) Eloqua
4 2 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.17%) SAP Business One
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%) Magento
5 1 (0.087%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 514 (44.81%) Azure
2 463 (40.37%) AWS
3 392 (34.18%) GitHub
4 76 (6.63%) Figma
5 72 (6.28%) Serverless
6 68 (5.93%) Azure DevOps
7 57 (4.97%) GCP
8 39 (3.40%) SaaS
9 38 (3.31%) Power Platform
10 36 (3.14%) Google Analytics
11 29 (2.53%) AWS Lambda
12 27 (2.35%) Amazon S3
13 26 (2.27%) GitHub Actions
14 22 (1.92%) Azure Logic Apps
15 19 (1.66%) Power Automate
15 19 (1.66%) PowerApps
16 16 (1.39%) Entra ID
17 15 (1.31%) Microsoft 365
17 15 (1.31%) PaaS
18 14 (1.22%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 308 (26.85%) Internet
2 11 (0.96%) HTTP
3 6 (0.52%) FTP
4 4 (0.35%) Intranet
4 4 (0.35%) Network Security
5 3 (0.26%) AMQP
6 2 (0.17%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.17%) SSL
7 1 (0.087%) iSCSI
7 1 (0.087%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (9.42%) SQL Server
2 77 (6.71%) MySQL
3 51 (4.45%) PostgreSQL
4 46 (4.01%) Relational Database
5 29 (2.53%) MongoDB
5 29 (2.53%) NoSQL
5 29 (2.53%) Power BI
6 21 (1.83%) OLTP
7 20 (1.74%) Azure SQL Database
8 15 (1.31%) DB2
9 12 (1.05%) Amazon Redshift
9 12 (1.05%) Looker
10 7 (0.61%) RDBMS
11 6 (0.52%) Oracle Database
12 4 (0.35%) BigQuery
12 4 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
12 4 (0.35%) DynamoDB
12 4 (0.35%) Elasticsearch
12 4 (0.35%) MariaDB
12 4 (0.35%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 450 (39.23%) Git
2 71 (6.19%) JIRA
3 55 (4.80%) Jenkins
4 46 (4.01%) Selenium
5 27 (2.35%) Postman
6 26 (2.27%) webpack
7 25 (2.18%) Axure RP
7 25 (2.18%) Team Foundation Server
8 24 (2.09%) SoapUI
9 21 (1.83%) WebDriver
10 18 (1.57%) Cypress.io
11 14 (1.22%) Balsamiq
11 14 (1.22%) TeamCity
11 14 (1.22%) Vite
12 13 (1.13%) Bitbucket
12 13 (1.13%) Cucumber
13 12 (1.05%) JUnit
14 11 (0.96%) Babel
14 11 (0.96%) Visual Studio
15 9 (0.78%) GitLab
General
1 302 (26.33%) Multimedia
2 255 (22.23%) Social Skills
3 127 (11.07%) Analytical Skills
4 98 (8.54%) Finance
5 86 (7.50%) Marketing
6 64 (5.58%) Law
7 54 (4.71%) Public Sector
8 48 (4.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 28 (2.44%) Retail
10 27 (2.35%) Legal
11 24 (2.09%) Banking
12 23 (2.01%) Organisational Skills
13 15 (1.31%) German Language
14 14 (1.22%) Advertising
15 8 (0.70%) Electronics
15 8 (0.70%) Games
15 8 (0.70%) Publishing
16 7 (0.61%) Manufacturing
17 6 (0.52%) Aerospace
17 6 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 612 (53.36%) Developer
2 298 (25.98%) Trainee
3 178 (15.52%) Senior
4 163 (14.21%) Software Developer
5 133 (11.60%) Senior Developer
6 125 (10.90%) Trainee Developer
7 117 (10.20%) Full-Stack Developer
8 111 (9.68%) Trainee Software Developer
9 78 (6.80%) Administrator
10 74 (6.45%) Web Administrator
11 72 (6.28%) Trainee Administrator
12 66 (5.75%) Designer
13 64 (5.58%) .NET Developer
14 63 (5.49%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
15 56 (4.88%) Lead
16 44 (3.84%) React Developer
17 42 (3.66%) Analyst
17 42 (3.66%) Software Engineer
17 42 (3.66%) Web Developer
18 31 (2.70%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 965 (84.13%) CSS
2 315 (27.46%) React
3 213 (18.57%) .NET
4 122 (10.64%) Node.js
5 116 (10.11%) AngularJS
6 98 (8.54%) RESTful
7 92 (8.02%) HTML5
8 83 (7.24%) Vue
9 81 (7.06%) JSON
10 79 (6.89%) XML
11 70 (6.10%) CSS3
12 65 (5.67%) REST
13 63 (5.49%) SOAP
14 62 (5.41%) jQuery
15 61 (5.32%) ASP.NET
16 58 (5.06%) .NET Core
17 43 (3.75%) .NET Framework
18 37 (3.23%) Web Services
19 35 (3.05%) Sass
19 35 (3.05%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 55 (4.80%) Product Ownership
2 46 (4.01%) Self-Motivation
3 42 (3.66%) Onboarding
4 33 (2.88%) Mobile App
5 30 (2.62%) Linux Command Line
6 29 (2.53%) Cloud Native
7 28 (2.44%) Greenfield Project
8 23 (2.01%) Data Structures
9 19 (1.66%) Legacy Systems
10 15 (1.31%) Analytical Mindset
10 15 (1.31%) Distributed Systems
10 15 (1.31%) Low-Code
11 13 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
11 13 (1.13%) Social Media
12 12 (1.05%) Management Information System
13 10 (0.87%) Data Centre
14 9 (0.78%) Algorithms
14 9 (0.78%) Cybercrime
15 6 (0.52%) e-Learning
16 5 (0.44%) Graphic Design
Operating Systems
1 31 (2.70%) Unix
2 23 (2.01%) Linux
3 19 (1.66%) Windows
4 13 (1.13%) Android
4 13 (1.13%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.44%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.17%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 366 (31.91%) Agile
2 364 (31.73%) Mentoring
3 239 (20.84%) Cybersecurity
4 238 (20.75%) Full-Stack Development
5 236 (20.58%) User Experience
6 229 (19.97%) Problem-Solving
7 198 (17.26%) CI/CD
8 161 (14.04%) Web Development
9 150 (13.08%) Front End Development
10 149 (12.99%) DevOps
11 126 (10.99%) AI
12 119 (10.37%) Continuous Improvement
13 106 (9.24%) Scrum
14 104 (9.07%) Software Engineering
15 99 (8.63%) Analytics
16 96 (8.37%) Computer Science
17 95 (8.28%) UX Design
18 85 (7.41%) Clean Code
19 73 (6.36%) Responsive Web Design
20 72 (6.28%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 873 (76.11%) JavaScript
2 449 (39.15%) Python
3 284 (24.76%) SQL
4 188 (16.39%) C#
5 176 (15.34%) TypeScript
6 174 (15.17%) R
7 114 (9.94%) Java
8 89 (7.76%) PHP
9 33 (2.88%) PL/SQL
10 10 (0.87%) PowerShell
11 9 (0.78%) Ruby
12 8 (0.70%) Apex Code
12 8 (0.70%) C++
12 8 (0.70%) Shell Script
13 7 (0.61%) T-SQL
14 6 (0.52%) Bash
14 6 (0.52%) C
15 4 (0.35%) Bicep
15 4 (0.35%) SOQL
15 4 (0.35%) XAML
Qualifications
1 300 (26.16%) Microsoft Certification
2 298 (25.98%) AWS Certification
2 298 (25.98%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 298 (25.98%) Azure Certification
3 223 (19.44%) Degree
4 76 (6.63%) Security Cleared
5 75 (6.54%) Computer Science Degree
6 49 (4.27%) SC Cleared
7 27 (2.35%) ISTQB
8 21 (1.83%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 11 (0.96%) DV Cleared
10 10 (0.87%) DBS Check
11 9 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
11 9 (0.78%) Master's Degree
12 6 (0.52%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 5 (0.44%) ITIL Certification
14 4 (0.35%) ISEB
15 3 (0.26%) Numerate Degree
15 3 (0.26%) PMI Certification
16 2 (0.17%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 142 (12.38%) Accessibility
2 53 (4.62%) QA
3 52 (4.53%) WCAG
4 20 (1.74%) GDPR
5 10 (0.87%) Data Quality
6 7 (0.61%) PERC
7 6 (0.52%) PCI DSS
7 6 (0.52%) SLA
8 4 (0.35%) GRC
8 4 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.17%) NIST
9 2 (0.17%) Section 508
10 1 (0.087%) HL7
10 1 (0.087%) NCSC
System Software
1 89 (7.76%) Docker
2 15 (1.31%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.087%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 50 (4.36%) Kubernetes
2 28 (2.44%) Terraform
3 7 (0.61%) Kibana
4 4 (0.35%) 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
1 415 (36.18%) Microsoft
2 59 (5.14%) Adobe
3 55 (4.80%) Google
4 40 (3.49%) Oracle
5 26 (2.27%) Salesforce
6 11 (0.96%) Hotjar
6 11 (0.96%) ServiceNow
7 10 (0.87%) Atlassian
7 10 (0.87%) Splunk
8 7 (0.61%) Dynatrace
8 7 (0.61%) Red Hat
8 7 (0.61%) SAP
9 6 (0.52%) Screaming Frog
10 5 (0.44%) iManage
11 4 (0.35%) Facebook
11 4 (0.35%) HubSpot
11 4 (0.35%) New Relic
11 4 (0.35%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 3 (0.26%) Guidewire
12 3 (0.26%) Pardot