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

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 198 116 47
Rank change year-on-year -82 -69 +2
Permanent jobs citing HTML 1,069 1,328 3,163
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.90% 2.67% 4.32%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.99% 15.88% 19.94%
Number of salaries quoted 833 784 1,614
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% - -
75th Percentile £66,000 £73,750 £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 11,887 8,363 15,860
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.06% 16.84% 21.67%
Number of salaries quoted 8,421 5,323 9,837
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £68,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.46% +5.38% -3.70%
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +0.83% +4.35% -3.79%

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 7 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 7 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 -77 998 £52,000 -5.45% 1,005
UK excluding London -78 795 £50,000 - 576
Work from Home -57 481 £52,597 -4.37% 423
South East +6 256 £50,000 - 146
London -123 229 £60,000 -7.69% 521
North of England -51 211 £51,000 +20.00% 143
East of England -18 114 £47,500 -13.64% 57
North West -62 107 £51,000 +2.00% 73
South West -34 102 £52,500 +31.25% 63
Midlands -112 78 £50,000 -4.31% 85
North East -21 66 £57,500 +86.39% 25
East Midlands -78 40 £50,000 -9.09% 27
Yorkshire -43 38 £48,750 +30.00% 47
West Midlands -91 38 £50,000 +3.63% 58
Wales -65 25 £40,756 -39.62% 18
Scotland -58 9 £37,500 -0.66% 46

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 (6.45%) SharePoint
2 53 (4.96%) CMS
3 42 (3.93%) WordPress
4 41 (3.84%) IIS
5 39 (3.65%) Confluence
6 18 (1.68%) Apache
7 15 (1.40%) Microsoft Exchange
8 12 (1.12%) Drupal
9 11 (1.03%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 7 (0.65%) JBoss
10 7 (0.65%) Umbraco
11 6 (0.56%) Moodle
11 6 (0.56%) nginx
12 4 (0.37%) Headless CMS
13 3 (0.28%) OpenStack
14 2 (0.19%) Tomcat
15 1 (0.094%) ExpressionEngine
15 1 (0.094%) Kentico
15 1 (0.094%) Oracle 10gAS
15 1 (0.094%) WebSphere
Applications
1 24 (2.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 21 (1.96%) Photoshop
3 18 (1.68%) Microsoft Office
4 16 (1.50%) Adobe Illustrator
5 14 (1.31%) Adobe XD
6 11 (1.03%) 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%) Trello
9 3 (0.28%) UserZoom
10 2 (0.19%) Chatbot
10 2 (0.19%) InVision
11 1 (0.094%) Acrobat
11 1 (0.094%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 29 (2.71%) Shopify
2 22 (2.06%) 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 (0.094%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.094%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 338 (31.62%) Azure
2 193 (18.05%) AWS
3 154 (14.41%) GitHub
4 142 (13.28%) Azure DevOps
5 100 (9.35%) Power Platform
6 81 (7.58%) GitHub Copilot
7 75 (7.02%) Azure AI
8 73 (6.83%) Power Automate
9 72 (6.74%) PowerApps
10 71 (6.64%) Microsoft 365
11 62 (5.80%) Figma
12 36 (3.37%) GitHub Actions
13 35 (3.27%) Microsoft Copilot
13 35 (3.27%) Serverless
14 33 (3.09%) Google Analytics
15 27 (2.53%) SaaS
16 26 (2.43%) OneDrive
17 25 (2.34%) GCP
18 21 (1.96%) Azure Logic Apps
19 19 (1.78%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 54 (5.05%) Internet
2 10 (0.94%) TCP/IP
3 9 (0.84%) HTTP
3 9 (0.84%) SSL
4 8 (0.75%) Intranet
5 7 (0.65%) DNS
5 7 (0.65%) Wireshark
6 6 (0.56%) SNMP
7 5 (0.47%) SMS
8 4 (0.37%) 5G
8 4 (0.37%) VoIP
9 3 (0.28%) 4G
9 3 (0.28%) HTTPS
9 3 (0.28%) Network Security
9 3 (0.28%) SSH
10 2 (0.19%) Cisco IOS
10 2 (0.19%) Firewall
11 1 (0.094%) Diameter Protocol
11 1 (0.094%) Software-Defined Radio
11 1 (0.094%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 172 (16.09%) SQL Server
2 162 (15.15%) Azure SQL Database
3 141 (13.19%) MongoDB
4 112 (10.48%) MySQL
5 95 (8.89%) Relational Database
6 65 (6.08%) Power BI
7 60 (5.61%) PostgreSQL
8 34 (3.18%) Elasticsearch
9 26 (2.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 18 (1.68%) Metadata
11 12 (1.12%) Redis
12 11 (1.03%) Amazon RDS
12 11 (1.03%) GIS
12 11 (1.03%) NonStop SQL
12 11 (1.03%) NoSQL
13 7 (0.65%) Geospatial Data
13 7 (0.65%) MariaDB
13 7 (0.65%) RDBMS
14 6 (0.56%) OLTP
15 5 (0.47%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 194 (18.15%) Git
2 59 (5.52%) JIRA
3 47 (4.40%) Jenkins
4 17 (1.59%) Claude Code
4 17 (1.59%) Visual Studio
5 16 (1.50%) Team Foundation Server
6 15 (1.40%) Cypress.io
6 15 (1.40%) GitLab
6 15 (1.40%) JUnit
6 15 (1.40%) Selenium
7 14 (1.31%) Oracle Forms
8 10 (0.94%) Mockito
9 9 (0.84%) Maven
9 9 (0.84%) Postman
10 8 (0.75%) Axure RP
10 8 (0.75%) JMeter
10 8 (0.75%) TeamCity
11 7 (0.65%) MSI
11 7 (0.65%) NUnit
11 7 (0.65%) Subversion
General
1 344 (32.18%) Social Skills
2 149 (13.94%) Marketing
3 116 (10.85%) Analytical Skills
4 99 (9.26%) Public Sector
5 88 (8.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 83 (7.76%) Finance
7 82 (7.67%) Law
8 60 (5.61%) Advertising
9 37 (3.46%) Manufacturing
10 35 (3.27%) Legal
10 35 (3.27%) Organisational Skills
11 32 (2.99%) Retail
12 21 (1.96%) Multimedia
13 20 (1.87%) Games
13 20 (1.87%) Pharmaceutical
14 17 (1.59%) Banking
15 16 (1.50%) Publishing
16 12 (1.12%) Aviation
17 10 (0.94%) Documentation Skills
18 9 (0.84%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 690 (64.55%) Developer
2 212 (19.83%) .NET Developer
3 210 (19.64%) Senior
4 152 (14.22%) Senior Developer
5 116 (10.85%) Full-Stack Developer
6 76 (7.11%) Web Developer
7 67 (6.27%) Software Developer
8 54 (5.05%) Designer
9 52 (4.86%) PHP Developer
10 48 (4.49%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 46 (4.30%) C# Developer
11 46 (4.30%) Software Engineer
12 44 (4.12%) Analyst
13 43 (4.02%) Lead
14 33 (3.09%) Junior
14 33 (3.09%) Microsoft 365 Developer
15 31 (2.90%) C# .NET Developer
16 30 (2.81%) UX Designer
17 27 (2.53%) .NET Software Developer
18 26 (2.43%) Junior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 923 (86.34%) CSS
2 377 (35.27%) .NET
3 230 (21.52%) .NET Core
4 224 (20.95%) ASP.NET
5 199 (18.62%) React
6 178 (16.65%) ASP.NET Core
7 139 (13.00%) Node.js
8 134 (12.54%) HTML5
9 127 (11.88%) Entity Framework
10 119 (11.13%) jQuery
11 106 (9.92%) REST
12 102 (9.54%) CSS3
13 93 (8.70%) RESTful
14 86 (8.04%) Vue
15 85 (7.95%) JSON
16 84 (7.86%) AngularJS
17 82 (7.67%) .NET Framework
18 70 (6.55%) ML.NET
19 66 (6.17%) XML
20 50 (4.68%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 51 (4.77%) Product Ownership
2 45 (4.21%) Enterprise Software
3 44 (4.12%) Self-Motivation
4 43 (4.02%) Greenfield Project
5 34 (3.18%) Social Media
6 29 (2.71%) Cloud Native
6 29 (2.71%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 27 (2.53%) Mobile App
8 26 (2.43%) Algorithms
9 25 (2.34%) Legacy Systems
10 21 (1.96%) Onboarding
11 20 (1.87%) Marketing Technology
12 19 (1.78%) Biopharmaceutical
12 19 (1.78%) Digital TV
13 18 (1.68%) Distributed Systems
13 18 (1.68%) Management Information System
14 16 (1.50%) Robotics
15 12 (1.12%) Graphic Design
16 11 (1.03%) Animation
16 11 (1.03%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 78 (7.30%) Windows
2 70 (6.55%) Linux
3 32 (2.99%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.56%) Unix
4 6 (0.56%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (0.47%) 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 (0.094%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 431 (40.32%) Agile
2 366 (34.24%) Full-Stack Development
3 356 (33.30%) CI/CD
4 273 (25.54%) Problem-Solving
5 235 (21.98%) AI
6 229 (21.42%) DevOps
7 202 (18.90%) Continuous Improvement
8 195 (18.24%) User Experience
9 155 (14.50%) Web Development
10 127 (11.88%) Mentoring
11 118 (11.04%) Test Automation
12 104 (9.73%) Front End Development
13 102 (9.54%) Machine Learning
13 102 (9.54%) Software Engineering
14 99 (9.26%) Analytics
15 91 (8.51%) Scrum
16 88 (8.23%) Computer Science
16 88 (8.23%) Microservices
17 86 (8.04%) UX Design
18 84 (7.86%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 655 (61.27%) JavaScript
2 415 (38.82%) SQL
3 372 (34.80%) C#
4 194 (18.15%) TypeScript
5 149 (13.94%) Python
6 140 (13.10%) PHP
7 80 (7.48%) Java
8 34 (3.18%) PowerShell
9 26 (2.43%) C++
10 18 (1.68%) VB.NET
10 18 (1.68%) VBA
11 14 (1.31%) Go
11 14 (1.31%) T-SQL
12 13 (1.22%) Ruby
13 12 (1.12%) C
13 12 (1.12%) Shell Script
14 8 (0.75%) Bicep
15 7 (0.65%) PL/SQL
15 7 (0.65%) VBScript
16 6 (0.56%) VB
Qualifications
1 187 (17.49%) Degree
2 114 (10.66%) Security Cleared
3 98 (9.17%) SC Cleared
4 72 (6.74%) Computer Science Degree
5 29 (2.71%) Master's Degree
6 19 (1.78%) MBA
7 12 (1.12%) DBS Check
8 10 (0.94%) AWS Certification
9 9 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (0.56%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 6 (0.56%) Azure Certification
11 6 (0.56%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.19%) Postgraduate
13 1 (0.094%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 1 (0.094%) Numerate Degree
13 1 (0.094%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 200 (18.71%) Accessibility
2 91 (8.51%) WCAG
3 82 (7.67%) QA
4 37 (3.46%) GDPR
5 16 (1.50%) Data Quality
6 9 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (0.84%) SLA
7 7 (0.65%) NCSC
8 6 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
8 6 (0.56%) ISO 9001
9 4 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (0.37%) WAI
9 4 (0.37%) WAI-ARIA
10 3 (0.28%) ISO 14001
10 3 (0.28%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.094%) GRC
11 1 (0.094%) PERC
11 1 (0.094%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 174 (16.28%) Docker
2 22 (2.06%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.37%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 123 (11.51%) Kubernetes
2 11 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
3 8 (0.75%) Kibana
4 5 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 5 (0.47%) Nagios
5 4 (0.37%) Puppet
6 3 (0.28%) Grafana
6 3 (0.28%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.19%) Plesk
8 1 (0.094%) Ansible
8 1 (0.094%) Argo
8 1 (0.094%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 323 (30.22%) Microsoft
2 75 (7.02%) Adobe
3 45 (4.21%) Google
4 41 (3.84%) Facebook
5 36 (3.37%) Oracle
6 27 (2.53%) Salesforce
7 23 (2.15%) YouTube
8 16 (1.50%) Splunk
9 15 (1.40%) ServiceNow
10 11 (1.03%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 9 (0.84%) Dynatrace
12 8 (0.75%) OneLogin
12 8 (0.75%) Sage
13 6 (0.56%) HubSpot
13 6 (0.56%) iManage
13 6 (0.56%) TikTok
13 6 (0.56%) WooCommerce
14 5 (0.47%) Atlassian
14 5 (0.47%) Hotjar
14 5 (0.47%) New Relic