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

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 181 87 52
Rank change year-on-year -94 -35 -13
Permanent jobs citing HTML 1,070 1,612 4,513
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.13% 3.56% 4.18%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.95% 18.46% 20.89%
Number of salaries quoted 897 1,034 3,346
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £84,625 £78,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -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 9,776 8,734 21,607
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.28% 19.31% 20.03%
Number of salaries quoted 7,315 5,742 16,457
10th Percentile £40,850 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,340 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.02% +10.57% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £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 24 June 2026.

Salary histogram for HTML in the UK

HTML
Top 17 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 24 June 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 -84 990 £50,000 -20.00% 432
UK excluding London -73 802 £50,000 -13.04% 387
Work from Home -69 459 £55,000 -15.38% 163
South East -24 228 £50,000 -20.00% 105
London -100 217 £59,773 -14.61% 125
North of England -48 209 £45,000 -7.69% 93
Midlands -66 120 £50,000 - 52
North West -39 119 £45,000 -14.29% 51
East of England -35 114 £50,000 -24.48% 55
South West -57 95 £50,000 -4.76% 49
West Midlands -41 62 £45,000 -15.89% 19
East Midlands -57 58 £55,000 +22.22% 33
Yorkshire -37 56 £47,500 +26.67% 25
North East -21 34 £52,000 +4.00% 18
Wales -43 21 £45,000 -25.00% 12
Scotland -70 12 £30,500 -44.55% 19
Northern Ireland -32 3 £60,000 - 7

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 96 (8.97%) WordPress
2 55 (5.14%) SharePoint
3 53 (4.95%) CMS
4 19 (1.78%) IIS
5 17 (1.59%) Confluence
6 15 (1.40%) Microsoft Exchange
7 11 (1.03%) Apache
7 11 (1.03%) Drupal
8 5 (0.47%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 5 (0.47%) nginx
8 5 (0.47%) Umbraco
9 4 (0.37%) Headless CMS
10 3 (0.28%) govService
10 3 (0.28%) JBoss
10 3 (0.28%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.19%) CICS
11 2 (0.19%) NServiceBus
12 1 (0.093%) Liferay
12 1 (0.093%) Moodle
12 1 (0.093%) Site Server
Applications
1 27 (2.52%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 21 (1.96%) Photoshop
3 15 (1.40%) Adobe Illustrator
3 15 (1.40%) Microsoft Office
4 14 (1.31%) Adobe XD
5 12 (1.12%) InDesign
6 10 (0.93%) Sketch
7 9 (0.84%) Adobe After Effects
7 9 (0.84%) Microsoft Excel
8 8 (0.75%) Chatbot
9 7 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
10 4 (0.37%) InVision
11 3 (0.28%) Trello
12 1 (0.093%) Adobe Premiere
12 1 (0.093%) Elementor
12 1 (0.093%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 28 (2.62%) Shopify
2 11 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.56%) Magento
4 4 (0.37%) Line 50
5 3 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.19%) Eloqua
7 1 (0.093%) Adobe Campaign
7 1 (0.093%) CiviCRM
7 1 (0.093%) FIS Private Capital Suite
7 1 (0.093%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.093%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 395 (36.92%) Azure
2 270 (25.23%) AWS
3 225 (21.03%) GitHub
4 138 (12.90%) Azure DevOps
5 72 (6.73%) Figma
5 72 (6.73%) Power Platform
6 60 (5.61%) GitHub Copilot
7 56 (5.23%) Azure AI
8 52 (4.86%) Microsoft 365
9 50 (4.67%) Serverless
10 48 (4.49%) PowerApps
10 48 (4.49%) SaaS
11 46 (4.30%) Power Automate
12 44 (4.11%) GCP
13 35 (3.27%) Azure Logic Apps
14 34 (3.18%) GitHub Actions
15 31 (2.90%) Google Analytics
16 24 (2.24%) OneDrive
17 23 (2.15%) AWS Lambda
18 22 (2.06%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 128 (11.96%) Internet
2 10 (0.93%) Intranet
3 7 (0.65%) HTTP
4 6 (0.56%) Network Security
5 5 (0.47%) VoIP
6 4 (0.37%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.37%) Wireshark
7 3 (0.28%) HTTPS
8 2 (0.19%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (0.19%) DNS
8 2 (0.19%) Firewall
8 2 (0.19%) SMS
8 2 (0.19%) SSL
9 1 (0.093%) FTP
9 1 (0.093%) iSCSI
9 1 (0.093%) NAS
9 1 (0.093%) RTP
9 1 (0.093%) RTSP
9 1 (0.093%) SS7
9 1 (0.093%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 140 (13.08%) Azure SQL Database
2 124 (11.59%) SQL Server
3 115 (10.75%) MongoDB
4 95 (8.88%) MySQL
5 59 (5.51%) Relational Database
6 58 (5.42%) Power BI
7 47 (4.39%) PostgreSQL
8 27 (2.52%) Elasticsearch
9 18 (1.68%) NoSQL
10 17 (1.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 16 (1.50%) OLTP
12 10 (0.93%) Amazon Redshift
12 10 (0.93%) Metadata
13 9 (0.84%) Amazon RDS
13 9 (0.84%) BigQuery
13 9 (0.84%) MariaDB
13 9 (0.84%) Tableau
14 7 (0.65%) GIS
14 7 (0.65%) NonStop SQL
15 6 (0.56%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 249 (23.27%) Git
2 63 (5.89%) JIRA
3 43 (4.02%) Jenkins
4 26 (2.43%) Selenium
5 18 (1.68%) Postman
6 14 (1.31%) GitLab
6 14 (1.31%) JUnit
7 12 (1.12%) Cypress.io
7 12 (1.12%) webpack
8 11 (1.03%) Axure RP
8 11 (1.03%) Team Foundation Server
9 10 (0.93%) SoapUI
9 10 (0.93%) Vite
10 8 (0.75%) Mockito
11 7 (0.65%) Balsamiq
11 7 (0.65%) JMeter
11 7 (0.65%) WebDriver
12 6 (0.56%) Subversion
13 5 (0.47%) Maven
13 5 (0.47%) Visual Studio
General
1 279 (26.07%) Social Skills
2 118 (11.03%) Analytical Skills
2 118 (11.03%) Marketing
3 100 (9.35%) Multimedia
4 72 (6.73%) Finance
5 56 (5.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 54 (5.05%) Advertising
7 50 (4.67%) Law
8 49 (4.58%) Public Sector
9 40 (3.74%) Organisational Skills
10 34 (3.18%) Legal
11 32 (2.99%) Retail
12 16 (1.50%) Games
13 9 (0.84%) Banking
13 9 (0.84%) Health Technology
14 8 (0.75%) Legal Technology
14 8 (0.75%) Local Government
15 7 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
15 7 (0.65%) Electronics
16 6 (0.56%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 631 (58.97%) Developer
2 174 (16.26%) .NET Developer
3 159 (14.86%) Senior
4 126 (11.78%) Senior Developer
5 119 (11.12%) Full-Stack Developer
6 97 (9.07%) Trainee
7 92 (8.60%) Software Developer
8 69 (6.45%) Designer
9 62 (5.79%) Software Engineer
10 61 (5.70%) Web Developer
11 52 (4.86%) Administrator
12 46 (4.30%) Web Administrator
13 44 (4.11%) Lead
14 43 (4.02%) Trainee Administrator
15 39 (3.64%) Analyst
15 39 (3.64%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
16 38 (3.55%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 37 (3.46%) C# Developer
18 35 (3.27%) PHP Developer
19 34 (3.18%) .NET Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 934 (87.29%) CSS
2 327 (30.56%) .NET
3 224 (20.93%) React
4 178 (16.64%) .NET Core
5 156 (14.58%) ASP.NET
6 133 (12.43%) ASP.NET Core
7 121 (11.31%) HTML5
8 113 (10.56%) Node.js
9 111 (10.37%) jQuery
10 106 (9.91%) Vue
11 95 (8.88%) RESTful
12 94 (8.79%) AngularJS
13 93 (8.69%) CSS3
14 88 (8.22%) JSON
15 83 (7.76%) Entity Framework
16 74 (6.92%) REST
17 55 (5.14%) XML
18 54 (5.05%) ML.NET
19 48 (4.49%) Laravel
20 45 (4.21%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 35 (3.27%) Product Ownership
2 34 (3.18%) Greenfield Project
3 32 (2.99%) Enterprise Software
3 32 (2.99%) Self-Motivation
4 30 (2.80%) Cloud Native
4 30 (2.80%) Onboarding
5 29 (2.71%) Legacy Systems
6 27 (2.52%) Management Information System
7 25 (2.34%) Social Media
8 22 (2.06%) Mobile App
9 20 (1.87%) Algorithms
10 18 (1.68%) Analytical Mindset
11 17 (1.59%) Digital TV
12 15 (1.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 15 (1.40%) Graphic Design
13 14 (1.31%) Marketing Technology
14 13 (1.21%) Distributed Systems
15 8 (0.75%) Driving Licence
16 7 (0.65%) Data Centre
16 7 (0.65%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 54 (5.05%) Windows
2 48 (4.49%) Linux
3 26 (2.43%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.56%) Unix
4 6 (0.56%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (0.47%) Android
6 4 (0.37%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.28%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.19%) AIX
8 2 (0.19%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.19%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.093%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 358 (33.46%) Full-Stack Development
2 353 (32.99%) Agile
3 289 (27.01%) CI/CD
4 232 (21.68%) Problem-Solving
5 198 (18.50%) DevOps
6 192 (17.94%) User Experience
7 189 (17.66%) AI
8 166 (15.51%) Web Development
9 154 (14.39%) Mentoring
10 134 (12.52%) Continuous Improvement
11 115 (10.75%) Computer Science
12 111 (10.37%) Software Engineering
13 104 (9.72%) Machine Learning
14 103 (9.63%) Front End Development
15 91 (8.50%) Analytics
16 87 (8.13%) Microservices
16 87 (8.13%) Scrum
17 76 (7.10%) UX Design
18 73 (6.82%) Responsive Web Design
18 73 (6.82%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 662 (61.87%) JavaScript
2 437 (40.84%) SQL
3 313 (29.25%) C#
4 234 (21.87%) Python
5 155 (14.49%) TypeScript
6 152 (14.21%) PHP
7 84 (7.85%) Java
8 62 (5.79%) R
9 40 (3.74%) PowerShell
10 24 (2.24%) C++
11 22 (2.06%) PL/SQL
12 17 (1.59%) T-SQL
13 13 (1.21%) VBA
14 9 (0.84%) Shell Script
15 7 (0.65%) Bicep
15 7 (0.65%) C
15 7 (0.65%) VBScript
16 6 (0.56%) Go
17 5 (0.47%) Apex Code
17 5 (0.47%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 191 (17.85%) Degree
2 94 (8.79%) AWS Certification
3 93 (8.69%) Microsoft Certification
4 92 (8.60%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 92 (8.60%) Azure Certification
5 78 (7.29%) Computer Science Degree
6 51 (4.77%) Security Cleared
7 45 (4.21%) SC Cleared
8 9 (0.84%) DBS Check
9 8 (0.75%) ISTQB
10 6 (0.56%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 6 (0.56%) Master's Degree
11 5 (0.47%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (0.37%) DV Cleared
13 3 (0.28%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (0.28%) Numerate Degree
14 2 (0.19%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 2 (0.19%) PMI Certification
14 2 (0.19%) Postgraduate
15 1 (0.093%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 134 (12.52%) Accessibility
2 54 (5.05%) QA
3 47 (4.39%) WCAG
4 41 (3.83%) GDPR
5 16 (1.50%) Data Quality
6 13 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (1.03%) SLA
8 7 (0.65%) GRC
8 7 (0.65%) ISO 9001
8 7 (0.65%) PERC
9 5 (0.47%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (0.37%) ISO 14001
11 3 (0.28%) NCSC
12 2 (0.19%) NIST
13 1 (0.093%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 135 (12.62%) Docker
2 21 (1.96%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.47%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.093%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 93 (8.69%) Kubernetes
2 21 (1.96%) Terraform
3 8 (0.75%) Kibana
4 3 (0.28%) Plesk
5 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.093%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.093%) Grafana
6 1 (0.093%) Nagios
6 1 (0.093%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.093%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 341 (31.87%) Microsoft
2 76 (7.10%) Adobe
3 42 (3.93%) Google
4 37 (3.46%) Oracle
5 34 (3.18%) Salesforce
6 30 (2.80%) Facebook
7 17 (1.59%) YouTube
8 13 (1.21%) Splunk
9 12 (1.12%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 9 (0.84%) Dynatrace
10 9 (0.84%) iManage
11 7 (0.65%) HubSpot
11 7 (0.65%) Sage
11 7 (0.65%) SAP
11 7 (0.65%) ServiceNow
11 7 (0.65%) TikTok
12 6 (0.56%) Hotjar
13 5 (0.47%) Apple
13 5 (0.47%) Pinterest
13 5 (0.47%) WooCommerce