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

6 months to
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 204 116 46
Rank change year-on-year -88 -70 +4
Permanent jobs citing HTML 1,076 1,335 3,208
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.91% 2.68% 4.32%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 9.06% 15.88% 20.01%
Number of salaries quoted 834 790 1,642
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% - -
75th Percentile £65,750 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 11,873 8,407 16,030
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.04% 16.90% 21.61%
Number of salaries quoted 8,409 5,360 10,005
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £67,750 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.37% +4.23% -3.70%
75th Percentile £87,000 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%

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 4 October 2026.

Salary histogram for HTML in the UK

HTML
Top 16 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 4 October 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 -79 1,006 £52,000 -5.45% 1,190
UK excluding London -77 802 £50,000 - 958
Work from Home -61 482 £52,597 -4.37% 769
South East -1 257 £50,000 - 185
London -116 230 £60,000 -7.69% 537
North of England -57 212 £51,000 +16.57% 200
East of England -11 116 £47,500 -13.64% 82
North West -64 106 £50,500 +1.00% 91
South West -32 104 £52,500 +35.48% 90
Midlands -118 79 £50,000 -4.31% 124
North East -12 68 £56,250 +82.33% 43
East Midlands -89 40 £50,000 -9.09% 51
West Midlands -85 39 £50,000 +3.63% 73
Yorkshire -55 38 £50,000 +33.33% 72
Wales -71 25 £40,756 -39.62% 73
Scotland -58 9 £37,500 -0.66% 158

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 69 (6.41%) SharePoint
2 56 (5.20%) CMS
3 44 (4.09%) WordPress
4 41 (3.81%) IIS
5 39 (3.62%) Confluence
6 18 (1.67%) Apache
7 15 (1.39%) Microsoft Exchange
8 12 (1.12%) Drupal
9 11 (1.02%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 8 (0.74%) Umbraco
11 7 (0.65%) JBoss
12 6 (0.56%) Moodle
12 6 (0.56%) nginx
13 5 (0.46%) Headless CMS
14 3 (0.28%) OpenStack
15 2 (0.19%) Tomcat
16 1 (0.093%) ExpressionEngine
16 1 (0.093%) Oracle 10gAS
16 1 (0.093%) Sitecore CMS
16 1 (0.093%) WebLogic
Applications
1 25 (2.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 21 (1.95%) Photoshop
3 18 (1.67%) Microsoft Office
4 16 (1.49%) Adobe Illustrator
5 14 (1.30%) Adobe XD
6 11 (1.02%) Adobe After Effects
7 9 (0.84%) InDesign
7 9 (0.84%) Microsoft Excel
7 9 (0.84%) Sketch
8 4 (0.37%) Elementor
9 3 (0.28%) Adobe Premiere
9 3 (0.28%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.28%) Trello
9 3 (0.28%) UserZoom
10 2 (0.19%) InVision
11 1 (0.093%) Acrobat
11 1 (0.093%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 29 (2.70%) Shopify
2 23 (2.14%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.56%) Magento
4 4 (0.37%) NEC Housing
5 3 (0.28%) Adobe Campaign
5 3 (0.28%) Line 50
5 3 (0.28%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.28%) Visualfiles
6 2 (0.19%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.093%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.093%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 340 (31.60%) Azure
2 192 (17.84%) AWS
3 154 (14.31%) GitHub
4 143 (13.29%) Azure DevOps
5 102 (9.48%) Power Platform
6 81 (7.53%) GitHub Copilot
7 75 (6.97%) Azure AI
8 73 (6.78%) Power Automate
9 72 (6.69%) PowerApps
10 71 (6.60%) Microsoft 365
11 62 (5.76%) Figma
12 36 (3.35%) GitHub Actions
12 36 (3.35%) Serverless
13 34 (3.16%) Microsoft Copilot
14 33 (3.07%) Google Analytics
15 27 (2.51%) SaaS
16 26 (2.42%) GCP
17 25 (2.32%) OneDrive
18 21 (1.95%) Azure Logic Apps
19 20 (1.86%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 53 (4.93%) Internet
2 10 (0.93%) TCP/IP
3 9 (0.84%) HTTP
3 9 (0.84%) SSL
4 8 (0.74%) Intranet
5 7 (0.65%) DNS
5 7 (0.65%) Wireshark
6 6 (0.56%) SMS
6 6 (0.56%) SNMP
7 4 (0.37%) 5G
7 4 (0.37%) VoIP
8 3 (0.28%) 4G
8 3 (0.28%) HTTPS
8 3 (0.28%) Network Security
8 3 (0.28%) SSH
9 2 (0.19%) Cisco IOS
9 2 (0.19%) Firewall
10 1 (0.093%) Broadband
10 1 (0.093%) FTP
10 1 (0.093%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 173 (16.08%) SQL Server
2 163 (15.15%) Azure SQL Database
3 141 (13.10%) MongoDB
4 113 (10.50%) MySQL
5 96 (8.92%) Relational Database
6 68 (6.32%) Power BI
7 61 (5.67%) PostgreSQL
8 33 (3.07%) Elasticsearch
9 26 (2.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 18 (1.67%) Metadata
11 12 (1.12%) Redis
12 11 (1.02%) Amazon RDS
12 11 (1.02%) GIS
12 11 (1.02%) NonStop SQL
12 11 (1.02%) NoSQL
13 8 (0.74%) MariaDB
14 7 (0.65%) Geospatial Data
14 7 (0.65%) RDBMS
15 6 (0.56%) OLTP
16 5 (0.46%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 193 (17.94%) Git
2 59 (5.48%) JIRA
3 47 (4.37%) Jenkins
4 17 (1.58%) Claude Code
5 16 (1.49%) Selenium
5 16 (1.49%) Team Foundation Server
5 16 (1.49%) Visual Studio
6 15 (1.39%) Cypress.io
6 15 (1.39%) GitLab
7 14 (1.30%) JUnit
7 14 (1.30%) Oracle Forms
8 9 (0.84%) Maven
8 9 (0.84%) Mockito
8 9 (0.84%) Postman
9 8 (0.74%) Axure RP
9 8 (0.74%) JMeter
10 7 (0.65%) MSI
10 7 (0.65%) Subversion
10 7 (0.65%) TeamCity
10 7 (0.65%) webpack
General
1 348 (32.34%) Social Skills
2 154 (14.31%) Marketing
3 118 (10.97%) Analytical Skills
4 99 (9.20%) Public Sector
5 88 (8.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 85 (7.90%) Finance
7 81 (7.53%) Law
8 60 (5.58%) Advertising
9 38 (3.53%) Manufacturing
10 37 (3.44%) Organisational Skills
11 34 (3.16%) Legal
12 32 (2.97%) Retail
13 20 (1.86%) Games
13 20 (1.86%) Multimedia
13 20 (1.86%) Pharmaceutical
14 17 (1.58%) Banking
15 16 (1.49%) Publishing
16 12 (1.12%) Aviation
17 10 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
18 9 (0.84%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 688 (63.94%) Developer
2 212 (19.70%) .NET Developer
2 212 (19.70%) Senior
3 153 (14.22%) Senior Developer
4 116 (10.78%) Full-Stack Developer
5 74 (6.88%) Web Developer
6 69 (6.41%) Software Developer
7 54 (5.02%) Designer
8 51 (4.74%) PHP Developer
9 48 (4.46%) Software Engineer
10 46 (4.28%) C# Developer
10 46 (4.28%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 44 (4.09%) Analyst
12 43 (4.00%) Lead
13 33 (3.07%) Junior
14 32 (2.97%) Microsoft 365 Developer
15 31 (2.88%) C# .NET Developer
16 30 (2.79%) UX Designer
17 27 (2.51%) .NET Software Developer
18 26 (2.42%) Junior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 926 (86.06%) CSS
2 378 (35.13%) .NET
3 229 (21.28%) .NET Core
4 225 (20.91%) ASP.NET
5 200 (18.59%) React
6 178 (16.54%) ASP.NET Core
7 139 (12.92%) Node.js
8 137 (12.73%) HTML5
9 126 (11.71%) Entity Framework
10 121 (11.25%) jQuery
11 106 (9.85%) REST
12 103 (9.57%) CSS3
13 94 (8.74%) RESTful
14 88 (8.18%) Vue
15 87 (8.09%) JSON
16 83 (7.71%) AngularJS
17 82 (7.62%) .NET Framework
18 70 (6.51%) ML.NET
19 66 (6.13%) XML
20 49 (4.55%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 52 (4.83%) Product Ownership
2 45 (4.18%) Enterprise Software
2 45 (4.18%) Greenfield Project
3 44 (4.09%) Self-Motivation
4 35 (3.25%) Social Media
5 29 (2.70%) Cloud Native
6 28 (2.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 27 (2.51%) Algorithms
8 26 (2.42%) Mobile App
9 25 (2.32%) Legacy Systems
10 21 (1.95%) Marketing Technology
10 21 (1.95%) Onboarding
11 19 (1.77%) Biopharmaceutical
11 19 (1.77%) Digital TV
11 19 (1.77%) Management Information System
12 18 (1.67%) Distributed Systems
13 16 (1.49%) Robotics
14 12 (1.12%) Graphic Design
15 11 (1.02%) Animation
15 11 (1.02%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 78 (7.25%) Windows
2 71 (6.60%) Linux
3 32 (2.97%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.56%) Unix
4 6 (0.56%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (0.46%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.28%) AIX
7 3 (0.28%) Debian
7 3 (0.28%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.19%) Android
8 2 (0.19%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.093%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 432 (40.15%) Agile
2 367 (34.11%) Full-Stack Development
3 357 (33.18%) CI/CD
4 275 (25.56%) Problem-Solving
5 236 (21.93%) AI
6 231 (21.47%) DevOps
7 204 (18.96%) Continuous Improvement
8 198 (18.40%) User Experience
9 156 (14.50%) Web Development
10 127 (11.80%) Mentoring
11 117 (10.87%) Test Automation
12 106 (9.85%) Software Engineering
13 104 (9.67%) Front End Development
14 103 (9.57%) Machine Learning
15 101 (9.39%) Analytics
16 92 (8.55%) Scrum
17 90 (8.36%) Computer Science
18 88 (8.18%) Microservices
18 88 (8.18%) UX Design
19 83 (7.71%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 658 (61.15%) JavaScript
2 418 (38.85%) SQL
3 376 (34.94%) C#
4 192 (17.84%) TypeScript
5 152 (14.13%) Python
6 140 (13.01%) PHP
7 80 (7.43%) Java
8 34 (3.16%) PowerShell
9 28 (2.60%) C++
10 18 (1.67%) VB.NET
10 18 (1.67%) VBA
11 14 (1.30%) Go
12 13 (1.21%) Ruby
12 13 (1.21%) T-SQL
13 12 (1.12%) C
13 12 (1.12%) Shell Script
14 8 (0.74%) Bicep
15 7 (0.65%) PL/SQL
15 7 (0.65%) VBScript
16 6 (0.56%) VB
Qualifications
1 188 (17.47%) Degree
2 114 (10.59%) Security Cleared
3 98 (9.11%) SC Cleared
4 72 (6.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 29 (2.70%) Master's Degree
6 19 (1.77%) MBA
7 12 (1.12%) DBS Check
8 9 (0.84%) AWS Certification
9 8 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (0.56%) DV Cleared
12 5 (0.46%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 5 (0.46%) Azure Certification
13 2 (0.19%) Postgraduate
14 1 (0.093%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 1 (0.093%) Numerate Degree
14 1 (0.093%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 201 (18.68%) Accessibility
2 91 (8.46%) WCAG
3 82 (7.62%) QA
4 38 (3.53%) GDPR
5 16 (1.49%) Data Quality
6 10 (0.93%) SLA
7 9 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (0.65%) NCSC
9 6 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (0.56%) ISO 9001
10 4 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.28%) ISO 14001
11 3 (0.28%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.28%) WAI
11 3 (0.28%) WAI-ARIA
12 1 (0.093%) GRC
12 1 (0.093%) PERC
12 1 (0.093%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 175 (16.26%) Docker
2 22 (2.04%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.37%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 124 (11.52%) Kubernetes
2 11 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
3 8 (0.74%) Kibana
4 5 (0.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 5 (0.46%) Nagios
5 4 (0.37%) Puppet
6 3 (0.28%) Grafana
6 3 (0.28%) Plesk
6 3 (0.28%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.093%) Ansible
8 1 (0.093%) Argo
8 1 (0.093%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 323 (30.02%) Microsoft
2 76 (7.06%) Adobe
3 46 (4.28%) Google
4 41 (3.81%) Facebook
5 37 (3.44%) Oracle
6 28 (2.60%) Salesforce
7 23 (2.14%) YouTube
8 16 (1.49%) Splunk
9 15 (1.39%) ServiceNow
10 12 (1.12%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 9 (0.84%) Dynatrace
12 8 (0.74%) OneLogin
12 8 (0.74%) Sage
13 7 (0.65%) TikTok
14 6 (0.56%) HubSpot
14 6 (0.56%) iManage
14 6 (0.56%) WooCommerce
15 5 (0.46%) Hotjar
15 5 (0.46%) New Relic
15 5 (0.46%) Red Hat