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

6 months to
4 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 148 60 51
Rank change year-on-year -88 -9 -12
Permanent jobs citing HTML 1,165 1,699 4,255
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.45% 4.15% 4.68%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 13.84% 19.46% 21.27%
Number of salaries quoted 968 1,299 3,313
10th Percentile - £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £59,648 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% +13.61% -8.70%
75th Percentile £62,813 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £81,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +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 8,419 8,729 20,001
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.46% 21.33% 21.98%
Number of salaries quoted 6,168 6,600 15,578
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,938 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,209 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.83% +10.35% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £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 4 April 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 4 April 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 -78 1,065 £47,500 -20.83% 524
UK excluding London -64 838 £45,000 -18.18% 443
Work from Home -82 352 £52,500 -19.23% 210
North of England -30 272 £31,000 -31.11% 114
London -105 253 £60,000 -14.29% 146
South East -53 211 £50,000 -20.00% 112
Midlands -41 133 £45,000 - 63
North West -38 129 £33,750 -25.73% 57
Yorkshire -11 108 £30,500 -18.67% 34
East of England -59 94 £47,500 -28.26% 73
South West -44 87 £40,000 -33.33% 55
West Midlands -24 75 £33,750 -32.50% 30
East Midlands -44 58 £55,000 +46.67% 33
North East -3 35 £30,500 -41.90% 23
Scotland -74 30 £30,500 -44.55% 15
Wales -49 9 £31,000 -11.43% 16
Northern Ireland -42 3 £60,000 - 3
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 (10.30%) WordPress
2 61 (5.24%) CMS
3 29 (2.49%) SharePoint
4 13 (1.12%) Confluence
5 10 (0.86%) nginx
6 7 (0.60%) Drupal
6 7 (0.60%) Umbraco
7 6 (0.52%) Apache
8 5 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.26%) govService
9 3 (0.26%) IIS
9 3 (0.26%) JBoss
9 3 (0.26%) Joomla!
9 3 (0.26%) Liferay
9 3 (0.26%) NServiceBus
9 3 (0.26%) Sitecore CMS
10 2 (0.17%) CICS
10 2 (0.17%) Mendix
11 1 (0.086%) Site Server
Applications
1 28 (2.40%) Adobe XD
2 17 (1.46%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 14 (1.20%) Photoshop
4 13 (1.12%) Adobe Illustrator
4 13 (1.12%) Chatbot
5 12 (1.03%) Sketch
6 10 (0.86%) MS Visio
7 8 (0.69%) InVision
7 8 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
8 7 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 7 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
9 6 (0.52%) InDesign
10 3 (0.26%) Elementor
10 3 (0.26%) Microsoft Office
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 (0.086%) Siemens NX
12 1 (0.086%) Trello
Business Applications
1 16 (1.37%) Shopify
2 12 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.17%) Eloqua
3 2 (0.17%) Magento
3 2 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.17%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.086%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.086%) CiviCRM
4 1 (0.086%) FIS Private Capital Suite
4 1 (0.086%) Line 50
4 1 (0.086%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.086%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 487 (41.80%) Azure
2 451 (38.71%) AWS
3 366 (31.42%) GitHub
4 78 (6.70%) Figma
5 73 (6.27%) Azure DevOps
6 70 (6.01%) Serverless
7 64 (5.49%) GCP
8 46 (3.95%) SaaS
9 41 (3.52%) Power Platform
10 37 (3.18%) Google Analytics
11 29 (2.49%) AWS Lambda
12 27 (2.32%) Amazon S3
13 25 (2.15%) Azure Logic Apps
14 24 (2.06%) GitHub Actions
15 19 (1.63%) Power Automate
15 19 (1.63%) PowerApps
16 18 (1.55%) Microsoft 365
17 16 (1.37%) Entra ID
18 15 (1.29%) Adobe Creative Cloud
19 14 (1.20%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 290 (24.89%) Internet
2 11 (0.94%) HTTP
3 6 (0.52%) FTP
4 5 (0.43%) Intranet
4 5 (0.43%) Network Security
5 3 (0.26%) AMQP
6 2 (0.17%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.17%) SSL
7 1 (0.086%) iSCSI
7 1 (0.086%) NAS
7 1 (0.086%) SMS
7 1 (0.086%) VoIP
7 1 (0.086%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (9.27%) SQL Server
2 91 (7.81%) MySQL
3 47 (4.03%) PostgreSQL
4 42 (3.61%) Relational Database
5 34 (2.92%) Power BI
6 32 (2.75%) NoSQL
7 30 (2.58%) MongoDB
8 26 (2.23%) Azure SQL Database
9 21 (1.80%) OLTP
10 15 (1.29%) DB2
11 12 (1.03%) Amazon Redshift
12 11 (0.94%) Looker
13 10 (0.86%) BigQuery
13 10 (0.86%) Tableau
14 5 (0.43%) Elasticsearch
14 5 (0.43%) Metadata
14 5 (0.43%) Oracle Database
14 5 (0.43%) RDBMS
15 4 (0.34%) Data Warehouse
15 4 (0.34%) FileMaker
Development Applications
1 422 (36.22%) Git
2 72 (6.18%) JIRA
3 52 (4.46%) Jenkins
4 46 (3.95%) Selenium
5 26 (2.23%) Postman
6 24 (2.06%) Team Foundation Server
7 23 (1.97%) SoapUI
7 23 (1.97%) webpack
8 21 (1.80%) Axure RP
9 19 (1.63%) WebDriver
10 18 (1.55%) Cypress.io
11 14 (1.20%) Balsamiq
11 14 (1.20%) Bitbucket
11 14 (1.20%) Vite
12 13 (1.12%) Cucumber
12 13 (1.12%) TeamCity
13 11 (0.94%) Babel
14 10 (0.86%) JUnit
14 10 (0.86%) Visual Studio
15 9 (0.77%) Subversion
General
1 280 (24.03%) Multimedia
2 261 (22.40%) Social Skills
3 136 (11.67%) Analytical Skills
4 98 (8.41%) Marketing
5 96 (8.24%) Finance
6 60 (5.15%) Law
7 51 (4.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 48 (4.12%) Public Sector
9 29 (2.49%) Retail
10 28 (2.40%) Organisational Skills
11 27 (2.32%) Legal
12 25 (2.15%) Banking
13 16 (1.37%) Advertising
14 15 (1.29%) German Language
15 9 (0.77%) Electronics
16 7 (0.60%) Aerospace
16 7 (0.60%) Games
16 7 (0.60%) Manufacturing
16 7 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
16 7 (0.60%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 613 (52.62%) Developer
2 279 (23.95%) Trainee
3 175 (15.02%) Senior
4 154 (13.22%) Software Developer
5 133 (11.42%) Senior Developer
6 120 (10.30%) Full-Stack Developer
7 115 (9.87%) Trainee Developer
8 101 (8.67%) Trainee Software Developer
9 79 (6.78%) Administrator
10 74 (6.35%) .NET Developer
10 74 (6.35%) Web Administrator
11 72 (6.18%) Trainee Administrator
12 71 (6.09%) Designer
13 61 (5.24%) Lead
14 56 (4.81%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
15 51 (4.38%) Software Engineer
16 47 (4.03%) Analyst
16 47 (4.03%) Web Developer
17 42 (3.61%) React Developer
18 35 (3.00%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 982 (84.29%) CSS
2 309 (26.52%) React
3 224 (19.23%) .NET
4 118 (10.13%) Node.js
5 108 (9.27%) AngularJS
6 103 (8.84%) RESTful
7 98 (8.41%) Vue
8 97 (8.33%) HTML5
9 86 (7.38%) JSON
10 74 (6.35%) jQuery
11 73 (6.27%) CSS3
11 73 (6.27%) XML
12 62 (5.32%) ASP.NET
13 61 (5.24%) SOAP
14 59 (5.06%) .NET Core
15 55 (4.72%) REST
16 43 (3.69%) Laravel
17 42 (3.61%) .NET Framework
18 36 (3.09%) Tailwind CSS
18 36 (3.09%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 55 (4.72%) Product Ownership
2 46 (3.95%) Onboarding
3 45 (3.86%) Self-Motivation
4 33 (2.83%) Cloud Native
4 33 (2.83%) Mobile App
5 31 (2.66%) Linux Command Line
6 28 (2.40%) Greenfield Project
7 25 (2.15%) Data Structures
8 20 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
9 18 (1.55%) Management Information System
10 17 (1.46%) Analytical Mindset
10 17 (1.46%) Social Media
11 15 (1.29%) Low-Code
12 14 (1.20%) Distributed Systems
12 14 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
13 11 (0.94%) Algorithms
14 10 (0.86%) Data Centre
15 8 (0.69%) Cybercrime
16 7 (0.60%) Graphic Design
16 7 (0.60%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 32 (2.75%) Unix
2 25 (2.15%) Linux
3 21 (1.80%) Windows
4 10 (0.86%) Android
4 10 (0.86%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.43%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.26%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.086%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 350 (30.04%) Agile
1 350 (30.04%) Mentoring
2 253 (21.72%) Full-Stack Development
3 237 (20.34%) Problem-Solving
4 219 (18.80%) Cybersecurity
5 218 (18.71%) User Experience
6 200 (17.17%) CI/CD
7 163 (13.99%) Web Development
8 149 (12.79%) DevOps
9 143 (12.27%) Front End Development
10 141 (12.10%) AI
11 127 (10.90%) Continuous Improvement
12 112 (9.61%) Software Engineering
13 110 (9.44%) Scrum
14 106 (9.10%) Analytics
15 105 (9.01%) Computer Science
16 89 (7.64%) UX Design
17 87 (7.47%) Clean Code
18 81 (6.95%) Microservices
19 76 (6.52%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 868 (74.51%) JavaScript
2 435 (37.34%) Python
3 313 (26.87%) SQL
4 190 (16.31%) C#
5 173 (14.85%) TypeScript
6 164 (14.08%) R
7 113 (9.70%) PHP
8 112 (9.61%) Java
9 29 (2.49%) PL/SQL
10 14 (1.20%) C++
10 14 (1.20%) PowerShell
11 8 (0.69%) Apex Code
11 8 (0.69%) C
12 6 (0.52%) Bash
12 6 (0.52%) Ruby
12 6 (0.52%) Shell Script
12 6 (0.52%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.43%) Bicep
14 4 (0.34%) SOQL
14 4 (0.34%) VBA
Qualifications
1 279 (23.95%) Microsoft Certification
2 278 (23.86%) AWS Certification
2 278 (23.86%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 278 (23.86%) Azure Certification
3 231 (19.83%) Degree
4 75 (6.44%) Computer Science Degree
5 64 (5.49%) Security Cleared
6 47 (4.03%) SC Cleared
7 25 (2.15%) ISTQB
8 19 (1.63%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 10 (0.86%) DBS Check
10 7 (0.60%) Master's Degree
11 6 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (0.52%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 5 (0.43%) DV Cleared
12 5 (0.43%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (0.34%) ISEB
14 3 (0.26%) Numerate Degree
14 3 (0.26%) PhD
14 3 (0.26%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (11.67%) Accessibility
2 52 (4.46%) QA
3 48 (4.12%) WCAG
4 29 (2.49%) GDPR
5 13 (1.12%) PERC
6 9 (0.77%) Data Quality
7 8 (0.69%) SLA
8 7 (0.60%) GRC
9 6 (0.52%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 2 (0.17%) NIST
11 2 (0.17%) Section 508
12 1 (0.086%) HL7
12 1 (0.086%) ISO 14001
12 1 (0.086%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.086%) NCSC
System Software
1 88 (7.55%) Docker
2 12 (1.03%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.086%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 48 (4.12%) Kubernetes
2 29 (2.49%) Terraform
3 5 (0.43%) Kibana
4 3 (0.26%) Argo
4 3 (0.26%) cPanel
4 3 (0.26%) Plesk
5 2 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.17%) Ansible
5 2 (0.17%) Grafana
5 2 (0.17%) Nagios
5 2 (0.17%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 398 (34.16%) Microsoft
2 68 (5.84%) Adobe
3 55 (4.72%) Google
4 37 (3.18%) Oracle
5 28 (2.40%) Salesforce
6 10 (0.86%) Hotjar
6 10 (0.86%) ServiceNow
7 9 (0.77%) Atlassian
8 8 (0.69%) Splunk
9 6 (0.52%) HubSpot
9 6 (0.52%) Red Hat
9 6 (0.52%) SAP
10 5 (0.43%) Dynatrace
10 5 (0.43%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 5 (0.43%) Screaming Frog
11 4 (0.34%) Ahrefs
11 4 (0.34%) Facebook
11 4 (0.34%) New Relic
12 3 (0.26%) Guidewire
12 3 (0.26%) Zoho