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 7 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 122 48 52
Rank change year-on-year -74 +4 -19
Permanent jobs citing HTML 1,141 2,983 2,536
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.02% 4.80% 5.02%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 16.34% 22.48% 19.01%
Number of salaries quoted 905 1,565 2,139
10th Percentile - £31,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £28,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £66,250 £71,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £51,789 £52,500
% change year-on-year -17.94% -1.35% +3.96%

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 6,983 13,270 13,338
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.38% 21.36% 26.43%
Number of salaries quoted 5,172 8,094 10,992
10th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £66,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% -1.52% +1.54%
75th Percentile £86,250 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £108,750 £106,289
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £57,500

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 December 2025.

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 7 December 2025. 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 -73 1,031 £50,000 -9.09% 900
UK excluding London -76 771 £42,500 -17.94% 844
Work from Home -74 362 £52,500 -4.55% 480
London -69 307 £65,000 -3.70% 234
North of England -45 230 £30,500 -39.00% 200
South East -65 192 £50,000 -13.79% 235
East of England -37 115 £55,000 +2.33% 103
North West -38 108 £37,500 -21.05% 114
Midlands -75 105 £42,500 -10.53% 146
Yorkshire -34 93 £30,500 -44.55% 59
South West -72 73 £40,000 -30.43% 81
West Midlands -63 55 £31,500 -38.54% 89
East Midlands -39 51 £47,500 +21.79% 56
Scotland -67 36 £30,500 -41.06% 34
North East -13 29 £30,500 -44.55% 29
Wales -39 20 £60,000 +84.62% 42
Northern Ireland -28 3 £31,500 -21.25% 13
Channel Islands +5 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 79 (6.92%) WordPress
2 69 (6.05%) CMS
3 26 (2.28%) Confluence
4 25 (2.19%) SharePoint
5 13 (1.14%) Umbraco
6 10 (0.88%) Drupal
7 9 (0.79%) Headless CMS
7 9 (0.79%) IIS
8 6 (0.53%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 6 (0.53%) Apache
9 5 (0.44%) nginx
10 3 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.26%) Joomla!
11 2 (0.18%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.18%) EPiServer
11 2 (0.18%) Mendix
11 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
11 2 (0.18%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.088%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.088%) Kentico
Applications
1 29 (2.54%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 28 (2.45%) Adobe XD
3 23 (2.02%) Photoshop
4 17 (1.49%) Microsoft Office
5 16 (1.40%) Sketch
6 15 (1.31%) Adobe Illustrator
7 13 (1.14%) MS Visio
8 9 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
8 9 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 8 (0.70%) Chatbot
9 8 (0.70%) InVision
10 7 (0.61%) Adobe Premiere
11 6 (0.53%) InDesign
12 5 (0.44%) Adobe After Effects
12 5 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
13 2 (0.18%) Adobe Captivate
13 2 (0.18%) Elementor
14 1 (0.088%) CapCut
14 1 (0.088%) Trello
14 1 (0.088%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 32 (2.80%) Shopify
2 17 (1.49%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (0.88%) Sprinklr
4 5 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.26%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.18%) Adobe Campaign
6 2 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.088%) Magento
7 1 (0.088%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.088%) Sage 1000
7 1 (0.088%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 431 (37.77%) Azure
2 359 (31.46%) AWS
3 288 (25.24%) GitHub
4 89 (7.80%) Serverless
5 75 (6.57%) Figma
6 54 (4.73%) Google Analytics
7 50 (4.38%) GCP
8 46 (4.03%) Azure DevOps
8 46 (4.03%) Power Platform
9 36 (3.16%) SaaS
10 34 (2.98%) Power Automate
11 32 (2.80%) Amazon ECS
12 25 (2.19%) Amazon EC2
12 25 (2.19%) Azure Service Bus
13 23 (2.02%) Amazon EKS
13 23 (2.02%) Dynamics 365
13 23 (2.02%) Entra ID
14 22 (1.93%) PowerApps
15 21 (1.84%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 21 (1.84%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 210 (18.40%) Internet
2 10 (0.88%) FTP
3 8 (0.70%) HTTP
4 6 (0.53%) Intranet
5 3 (0.26%) AMQP
6 2 (0.18%) DNS
6 2 (0.18%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.088%) Firewall
7 1 (0.088%) Network Security
7 1 (0.088%) SSH
7 1 (0.088%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.088%) X.21
Database & Business Intelligence
1 124 (10.87%) SQL Server
2 93 (8.15%) MySQL
3 69 (6.05%) Relational Database
4 63 (5.52%) PostgreSQL
5 43 (3.77%) NoSQL
6 35 (3.07%) MongoDB
7 26 (2.28%) Azure SQL Database
8 25 (2.19%) Power BI
9 20 (1.75%) OLTP
9 20 (1.75%) RDBMS
10 12 (1.05%) Looker
11 11 (0.96%) DB2
12 10 (0.88%) GIS
13 8 (0.70%) Metadata
14 7 (0.61%) NonStop SQL
14 7 (0.61%) Redis
15 6 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
15 6 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
15 6 (0.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 5 (0.44%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 380 (33.30%) Git
2 81 (7.10%) JIRA
3 57 (5.00%) Jenkins
4 43 (3.77%) Selenium
5 37 (3.24%) webpack
6 32 (2.80%) Team Foundation Server
7 29 (2.54%) JUnit
8 27 (2.37%) Cypress.io
8 27 (2.37%) Postman
9 25 (2.19%) Mockito
10 24 (2.10%) JMeter
11 22 (1.93%) SoapUI
11 22 (1.93%) WebDriver
12 21 (1.84%) Visual Studio
13 20 (1.75%) Axure RP
14 14 (1.23%) Babel
14 14 (1.23%) TeamCity
15 12 (1.05%) Cucumber
16 11 (0.96%) Balsamiq
16 11 (0.96%) Bitbucket
General
1 316 (27.70%) Social Skills
2 217 (19.02%) Multimedia
3 137 (12.01%) Finance
4 128 (11.22%) Marketing
5 125 (10.96%) Analytical Skills
6 123 (10.78%) Law
7 62 (5.43%) Public Sector
8 45 (3.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 45 (3.94%) Retail
9 34 (2.98%) Banking
10 33 (2.89%) Legal
11 22 (1.93%) Advertising
12 16 (1.40%) Organisational Skills
12 16 (1.40%) Publishing
13 11 (0.96%) German Language
14 10 (0.88%) Games
15 8 (0.70%) Manufacturing
16 5 (0.44%) Back Office
16 5 (0.44%) Electronics
16 5 (0.44%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 588 (51.53%) Developer
2 208 (18.23%) Trainee
3 192 (16.83%) Senior
4 137 (12.01%) Software Developer
5 134 (11.74%) Senior Developer
6 132 (11.57%) Full-Stack Developer
7 98 (8.59%) Trainee Developer
8 91 (7.98%) Trainee Software Developer
9 73 (6.40%) .NET Developer
10 72 (6.31%) Analyst
11 61 (5.35%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 57 (5.00%) Lead
13 56 (4.91%) Designer
14 49 (4.29%) Software Engineer
15 45 (3.94%) Java Developer
16 44 (3.86%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
17 42 (3.68%) Web Developer
18 35 (3.07%) C# Developer
19 34 (2.98%) React Developer
20 31 (2.72%) PHP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 901 (78.97%) CSS
2 302 (26.47%) React
3 222 (19.46%) .NET
4 136 (11.92%) HTML5
5 135 (11.83%) RESTful
6 130 (11.39%) JSON
7 128 (11.22%) Node.js
8 122 (10.69%) AngularJS
9 121 (10.60%) XML
10 94 (8.24%) REST
11 89 (7.80%) CSS3
12 81 (7.10%) ASP.NET
13 79 (6.92%) .NET Core
13 79 (6.92%) Vue
14 61 (5.35%) jQuery
14 61 (5.35%) Web Services
15 57 (5.00%) .NET Framework
16 51 (4.47%) SOAP
17 47 (4.12%) Spring
18 46 (4.03%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 47 (4.12%) Product Ownership
1 47 (4.12%) Self-Motivation
2 36 (3.16%) Onboarding
3 30 (2.63%) Cloud Native
4 29 (2.54%) Distributed Systems
4 29 (2.54%) Linux Command Line
4 29 (2.54%) Mobile App
5 21 (1.84%) Analytical Mindset
6 18 (1.58%) Data Structures
6 18 (1.58%) Social Media
7 16 (1.40%) Greenfield Project
8 15 (1.31%) Low-Code
9 14 (1.23%) Motion Graphics
10 12 (1.05%) Algorithms
10 12 (1.05%) Data Protection Act
10 12 (1.05%) Enterprise Software
11 11 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
12 8 (0.70%) Graphic Design
12 8 (0.70%) W3C
13 7 (0.61%) Digital TV
Operating Systems
1 32 (2.80%) Unix
2 29 (2.54%) Windows
3 23 (2.02%) Linux
4 11 (0.96%) Apple iOS
5 10 (0.88%) Android
6 8 (0.70%) Windows Server
7 5 (0.44%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.26%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.18%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 441 (38.65%) Agile
2 317 (27.78%) Mentoring
3 278 (24.36%) User Experience
4 273 (23.93%) Problem-Solving
5 257 (22.52%) Full-Stack Development
6 201 (17.62%) Cybersecurity
7 178 (15.60%) CI/CD
8 160 (14.02%) Front End Development
9 158 (13.85%) DevOps
10 136 (11.92%) Web Development
11 112 (9.82%) UX Design
12 111 (9.73%) Analytics
13 110 (9.64%) Microservices
14 101 (8.85%) MVC
14 101 (8.85%) Scrum
15 98 (8.59%) AI
16 96 (8.41%) Continuous Improvement
17 94 (8.24%) Software Engineering
18 83 (7.27%) Clean Code
19 79 (6.92%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 885 (77.56%) JavaScript
2 358 (31.38%) Python
3 276 (24.19%) SQL
4 220 (19.28%) C#
5 179 (15.69%) TypeScript
6 134 (11.74%) Java
7 111 (9.73%) R
8 75 (6.57%) PHP
9 30 (2.63%) PL/SQL
10 23 (2.02%) Shell Script
11 14 (1.23%) T-SQL
12 11 (0.96%) Ruby
13 8 (0.70%) Go
14 7 (0.61%) Bicep
15 4 (0.35%) ActionScript 3.0
15 4 (0.35%) Apex Code
15 4 (0.35%) Objective-C
15 4 (0.35%) PowerShell
15 4 (0.35%) VB.NET
15 4 (0.35%) XAML
Qualifications
1 212 (18.58%) Microsoft Certification
2 209 (18.32%) AWS Certification
2 209 (18.32%) Azure Certification
3 208 (18.23%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 188 (16.48%) Degree
5 82 (7.19%) Security Cleared
6 50 (4.38%) Computer Science Degree
7 40 (3.51%) SC Cleared
8 25 (2.19%) ISTQB
9 21 (1.84%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 16 (1.40%) DV Cleared
11 13 (1.14%) Master's Degree
12 9 (0.79%) DBS Check
13 7 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
14 5 (0.44%) A+ Certification
15 4 (0.35%) ISEB
15 4 (0.35%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 3 (0.26%) ITIL Certification
17 2 (0.18%) CCA
17 2 (0.18%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 164 (14.37%) Accessibility
2 73 (6.40%) QA
3 49 (4.29%) WCAG
4 38 (3.33%) GDPR
5 6 (0.53%) PERC
5 6 (0.53%) SLA
6 5 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 5 (0.44%) Data Quality
6 5 (0.44%) Section 508
7 2 (0.18%) HL7
7 2 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.088%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.088%) CDISC
8 1 (0.088%) DICOM
8 1 (0.088%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.088%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.088%) NCSC
8 1 (0.088%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.088%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 114 (9.99%) Docker
2 15 (1.31%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 84 (7.36%) Kubernetes
2 26 (2.28%) Terraform
3 21 (1.84%) Kibana
4 6 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.35%) Argo
5 4 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.26%) cPanel
6 3 (0.26%) Grafana
6 3 (0.26%) Plesk
7 2 (0.18%) Ansible
7 2 (0.18%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.088%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 344 (30.15%) Microsoft
2 86 (7.54%) Adobe
3 66 (5.78%) Google
4 44 (3.86%) Oracle
5 38 (3.33%) ServiceNow
6 29 (2.54%) Salesforce
7 24 (2.10%) Dynatrace
8 22 (1.93%) Splunk
9 12 (1.05%) Cisco
10 9 (0.79%) Apple
11 8 (0.70%) Ahrefs
11 8 (0.70%) Hotjar
11 8 (0.70%) YouTube
12 7 (0.61%) Atlassian
12 7 (0.61%) Facebook
12 7 (0.61%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 7 (0.61%) Screaming Frog
13 6 (0.53%) HubSpot
13 6 (0.53%) Pardot
13 6 (0.53%) SAP