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

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 135 58 49
Rank change year-on-year -77 -9 -12
Permanent jobs citing HTML 1,153 1,860 4,050
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.53% 4.40% 4.74%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 14.26% 20.10% 21.16%
Number of salaries quoted 967 1,321 3,274
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 £62,500 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £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 8,083 9,252 19,140
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.72% 21.87% 22.39%
Number of salaries quoted 5,912 6,609 15,181
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 20 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 20 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 -72 1,048 £47,500 -20.83% 538
UK excluding London -56 824 £42,500 -22.73% 451
Work from Home -93 337 £52,500 -19.23% 220
North of England -19 271 £30,500 -32.22% 115
London -105 250 £60,000 -14.29% 150
South East -49 209 £50,000 -16.67% 115
North West -34 129 £31,500 -30.68% 59
Midlands -49 124 £45,000 - 72
Yorkshire -12 105 £30,500 -23.75% 33
East of England -56 87 £45,000 -32.04% 68
South West -54 86 £44,500 -25.83% 56
West Midlands -22 70 £31,500 -37.00% 36
East Midlands -62 54 £55,000 +46.67% 36
North East -7 37 £30,500 -44.55% 23
Scotland -70 35 £30,500 -43.52% 13
Wales -45 10 £36,370 +11.91% 16
Northern Ireland -36 3 £60,000 +20.00% 4
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
1 120 (10.41%) WordPress
2 58 (5.03%) CMS
3 23 (1.99%) SharePoint
4 13 (1.13%) Confluence
5 10 (0.87%) nginx
6 8 (0.69%) 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 (2.43%) Adobe XD
2 15 (1.30%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 14 (1.21%) Adobe Illustrator
3 14 (1.21%) MS Visio
3 14 (1.21%) Photoshop
4 12 (1.04%) Chatbot
4 12 (1.04%) Sketch
5 9 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
6 8 (0.69%) InVision
6 8 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 7 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
8 6 (0.52%) InDesign
9 4 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
10 3 (0.26%) Elementor
11 2 (0.17%) Adobe After Effects
11 2 (0.17%) Adobe Captivate
11 2 (0.17%) Adobe Premiere
11 2 (0.17%) Windchill
12 1 (0.087%) Siemens NX
12 1 (0.087%) Trello
Business Applications
1 18 (1.56%) Shopify
2 14 (1.21%) 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
1 512 (44.41%) Azure
2 464 (40.24%) AWS
3 391 (33.91%) GitHub
4 77 (6.68%) Figma
5 72 (6.24%) Serverless
6 69 (5.98%) Azure DevOps
7 59 (5.12%) GCP
8 39 (3.38%) SaaS
9 38 (3.30%) Power Platform
10 37 (3.21%) Google Analytics
11 29 (2.52%) AWS Lambda
12 27 (2.34%) Amazon S3
13 26 (2.25%) GitHub Actions
14 22 (1.91%) Azure Logic Apps
15 19 (1.65%) Power Automate
15 19 (1.65%) PowerApps
16 17 (1.47%) Entra ID
17 15 (1.30%) Microsoft 365
17 15 (1.30%) PaaS
18 14 (1.21%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 308 (26.71%) Internet
2 11 (0.95%) 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
1 107 (9.28%) SQL Server
2 77 (6.68%) MySQL
3 51 (4.42%) PostgreSQL
4 47 (4.08%) Relational Database
5 30 (2.60%) NoSQL
6 29 (2.52%) MongoDB
6 29 (2.52%) Power BI
7 22 (1.91%) OLTP
8 20 (1.73%) Azure SQL Database
9 15 (1.30%) DB2
10 12 (1.04%) Amazon Redshift
10 12 (1.04%) Looker
11 7 (0.61%) RDBMS
12 6 (0.52%) Oracle Database
13 5 (0.43%) BigQuery
13 5 (0.43%) Tableau
14 4 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
14 4 (0.35%) DynamoDB
14 4 (0.35%) Elasticsearch
14 4 (0.35%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 450 (39.03%) Git
2 72 (6.24%) JIRA
3 55 (4.77%) Jenkins
4 46 (3.99%) Selenium
5 27 (2.34%) Postman
6 26 (2.25%) webpack
7 25 (2.17%) Team Foundation Server
8 24 (2.08%) Axure RP
8 24 (2.08%) SoapUI
9 21 (1.82%) WebDriver
10 18 (1.56%) Cypress.io
11 14 (1.21%) Balsamiq
11 14 (1.21%) TeamCity
11 14 (1.21%) Vite
12 13 (1.13%) Bitbucket
12 13 (1.13%) Cucumber
13 12 (1.04%) JUnit
14 11 (0.95%) Babel
14 11 (0.95%) Visual Studio
15 9 (0.78%) GitLab
General
1 302 (26.19%) Multimedia
2 257 (22.29%) Social Skills
3 128 (11.10%) Analytical Skills
4 97 (8.41%) Finance
5 89 (7.72%) Marketing
6 63 (5.46%) Law
7 54 (4.68%) Public Sector
8 49 (4.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 28 (2.43%) Retail
10 27 (2.34%) Legal
11 24 (2.08%) Banking
11 24 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
12 15 (1.30%) Advertising
12 15 (1.30%) German Language
13 8 (0.69%) Electronics
13 8 (0.69%) Games
13 8 (0.69%) Publishing
14 7 (0.61%) Manufacturing
14 7 (0.61%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (0.52%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 611 (52.99%) Developer
2 298 (25.85%) Trainee
3 178 (15.44%) Senior
4 163 (14.14%) Software Developer
5 133 (11.54%) Senior Developer
6 125 (10.84%) Trainee Developer
7 117 (10.15%) Full-Stack Developer
8 111 (9.63%) Trainee Software Developer
9 78 (6.76%) Administrator
10 74 (6.42%) Web Administrator
11 72 (6.24%) Trainee Administrator
12 67 (5.81%) Designer
13 64 (5.55%) .NET Developer
14 62 (5.38%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
15 57 (4.94%) Lead
16 43 (3.73%) Analyst
16 43 (3.73%) React Developer
16 43 (3.73%) Web Developer
17 42 (3.64%) Software Engineer
18 31 (2.69%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 969 (84.04%) CSS
2 316 (27.41%) React
3 213 (18.47%) .NET
4 122 (10.58%) Node.js
5 117 (10.15%) AngularJS
6 99 (8.59%) RESTful
7 93 (8.07%) HTML5
8 84 (7.29%) Vue
9 80 (6.94%) JSON
10 79 (6.85%) XML
11 71 (6.16%) CSS3
12 64 (5.55%) REST
12 64 (5.55%) SOAP
13 63 (5.46%) jQuery
14 61 (5.29%) ASP.NET
15 58 (5.03%) .NET Core
16 43 (3.73%) .NET Framework
17 37 (3.21%) Web Services
18 35 (3.04%) Sass
18 35 (3.04%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 55 (4.77%) Product Ownership
2 46 (3.99%) Self-Motivation
3 44 (3.82%) Onboarding
4 33 (2.86%) Mobile App
5 30 (2.60%) Cloud Native
5 30 (2.60%) Linux Command Line
6 28 (2.43%) Greenfield Project
7 23 (1.99%) Data Structures
8 19 (1.65%) Legacy Systems
9 15 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
9 15 (1.30%) Distributed Systems
9 15 (1.30%) Low-Code
10 14 (1.21%) Social Media
11 13 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
11 13 (1.13%) Management Information System
12 10 (0.87%) Data Centre
13 9 (0.78%) Algorithms
14 8 (0.69%) Cybercrime
15 6 (0.52%) e-Learning
16 5 (0.43%) Graphic Design
Operating Systems
1 31 (2.69%) Unix
2 23 (1.99%) Linux
3 19 (1.65%) Windows
4 13 (1.13%) Android
4 13 (1.13%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.43%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.17%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 365 (31.66%) Agile
1 365 (31.66%) Mentoring
2 239 (20.73%) Cybersecurity
3 238 (20.64%) Full-Stack Development
4 236 (20.47%) Problem-Solving
5 235 (20.38%) User Experience
6 199 (17.26%) CI/CD
7 161 (13.96%) Web Development
8 150 (13.01%) DevOps
9 149 (12.92%) Front End Development
10 129 (11.19%) AI
11 120 (10.41%) Continuous Improvement
12 107 (9.28%) Scrum
13 105 (9.11%) Software Engineering
14 101 (8.76%) Analytics
15 97 (8.41%) Computer Science
16 95 (8.24%) UX Design
17 85 (7.37%) Clean Code
18 75 (6.50%) Responsive Web Design
19 73 (6.33%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 875 (75.89%) JavaScript
2 449 (38.94%) Python
3 288 (24.98%) SQL
4 187 (16.22%) C#
5 174 (15.09%) R
5 174 (15.09%) TypeScript
6 115 (9.97%) Java
7 91 (7.89%) PHP
8 34 (2.95%) PL/SQL
9 10 (0.87%) PowerShell
10 9 (0.78%) C++
10 9 (0.78%) Ruby
11 8 (0.69%) Apex Code
11 8 (0.69%) Shell Script
12 7 (0.61%) T-SQL
13 6 (0.52%) Bash
13 6 (0.52%) C
14 4 (0.35%) Bicep
14 4 (0.35%) SOQL
14 4 (0.35%) XAML
Qualifications
1 300 (26.02%) Microsoft Certification
2 298 (25.85%) AWS Certification
2 298 (25.85%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 298 (25.85%) Azure Certification
3 225 (19.51%) Degree
4 76 (6.59%) Security Cleared
5 75 (6.50%) Computer Science Degree
6 49 (4.25%) SC Cleared
7 27 (2.34%) ISTQB
8 21 (1.82%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 11 (0.95%) DV Cleared
10 10 (0.87%) DBS Check
11 9 (0.78%) Master's Degree
12 8 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
13 6 (0.52%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 5 (0.43%) ITIL Certification
15 4 (0.35%) ISEB
16 3 (0.26%) Numerate Degree
16 3 (0.26%) PMI Certification
17 2 (0.17%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 142 (12.32%) Accessibility
2 53 (4.60%) QA
3 52 (4.51%) WCAG
4 21 (1.82%) GDPR
5 10 (0.87%) Data Quality
6 8 (0.69%) PERC
7 6 (0.52%) PCI DSS
7 6 (0.52%) SLA
8 5 (0.43%) GRC
9 4 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (0.17%) NIST
10 2 (0.17%) Section 508
11 1 (0.087%) HL7
11 1 (0.087%) NCSC
System Software
1 89 (7.72%) Docker
2 15 (1.30%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.087%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 50 (4.34%) Kubernetes
2 28 (2.43%) 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
1 416 (36.08%) Microsoft
2 59 (5.12%) Adobe
3 56 (4.86%) Google
4 41 (3.56%) Oracle
5 28 (2.43%) Salesforce
6 11 (0.95%) Hotjar
6 11 (0.95%) 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%) HubSpot
9 6 (0.52%) Screaming Frog
10 4 (0.35%) Facebook
10 4 (0.35%) iManage
10 4 (0.35%) New Relic
10 4 (0.35%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 3 (0.26%) Guidewire
11 3 (0.26%) Pardot