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

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 49 50
Rank change year-on-year -76 +1 -18
Permanent jobs citing HTML 1,129 2,598 3,236
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.78% 4.95% 4.76%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 15.43% 22.69% 19.76%
Number of salaries quoted 938 1,337 2,731
10th Percentile - £31,250 £34,250
25th Percentile £28,250 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year -27.27% +6.80% -1.90%

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 7,315 11,450 16,375
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.56% 21.84% 24.08%
Number of salaries quoted 5,370 6,720 13,403
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £59,250 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.25% +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 29 January 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 29 January 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 -70 1,030 £47,500 -17.39% 717
UK excluding London -73 783 £40,000 -27.27% 681
Work from Home -92 337 £52,500 -12.50% 295
London -91 276 £62,500 -7.41% 159
North of England -39 252 £30,500 -32.22% 157
South East -62 200 £50,000 -16.67% 201
North West -36 115 £30,500 -34.33% 74
Midlands -74 113 £42,039 -11.50% 95
Yorkshire -29 99 £30,500 -28.24% 60
East of England -46 95 £55,000 -16.93% 91
South West -71 73 £39,250 -31.74% 75
West Midlands -53 61 £30,500 -41.90% 37
East Midlands -54 53 £52,500 +40.00% 58
Scotland -67 40 £30,500 -44.55% 34
North East -13 38 £30,500 -40.49% 25
Wales -44 9 £42,000 +29.23% 29
Northern Ireland -29 2 £31,500 -37.00% 8
Channel Islands 0 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 71 (6.29%) WordPress
2 58 (5.14%) CMS
3 25 (2.21%) Confluence
3 25 (2.21%) SharePoint
4 11 (0.97%) Umbraco
5 10 (0.89%) nginx
6 8 (0.71%) Drupal
7 7 (0.62%) Apache
8 5 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (0.35%) Joomla!
10 3 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.27%) govService
10 3 (0.27%) IIS
10 3 (0.27%) Liferay
11 2 (0.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.18%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.18%) ColdFusion
11 2 (0.18%) JBoss
11 2 (0.18%) Mendix
11 2 (0.18%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 27 (2.39%) Adobe XD
2 20 (1.77%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 15 (1.33%) MS Visio
4 14 (1.24%) Adobe Illustrator
5 13 (1.15%) Photoshop
6 12 (1.06%) Microsoft Office
6 12 (1.06%) Sketch
7 10 (0.89%) Microsoft Excel
7 10 (0.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 9 (0.80%) InVision
9 8 (0.71%) Chatbot
10 5 (0.44%) Adobe After Effects
10 5 (0.44%) Adobe Premiere
11 4 (0.35%) InDesign
12 3 (0.27%) Elementor
12 3 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
13 2 (0.18%) Adobe Captivate
13 2 (0.18%) Windchill
14 1 (0.089%) Siemens NX
14 1 (0.089%) Trello
Business Applications
1 19 (1.68%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (1.59%) Shopify
3 5 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.27%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.18%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.089%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.089%) FIS Private Capital Suite
6 1 (0.089%) Magento
6 1 (0.089%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 475 (42.07%) Azure
2 424 (37.56%) AWS
3 375 (33.22%) GitHub
4 82 (7.26%) Serverless
5 63 (5.58%) Figma
6 51 (4.52%) Azure DevOps
7 48 (4.25%) GCP
7 48 (4.25%) Power Platform
8 34 (3.01%) Power Automate
9 30 (2.66%) SaaS
10 28 (2.48%) Google Analytics
11 26 (2.30%) AWS Lambda
12 25 (2.21%) Dynamics 365
13 24 (2.13%) Entra ID
14 23 (2.04%) Amazon S3
15 22 (1.95%) PowerApps
16 20 (1.77%) GitHub Actions
17 19 (1.68%) Azure Logic Apps
18 18 (1.59%) Azure Functions
19 16 (1.42%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 282 (24.98%) Internet
2 10 (0.89%) HTTP
3 6 (0.53%) FTP
3 6 (0.53%) Intranet
4 3 (0.27%) AMQP
5 2 (0.18%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.18%) Network Security
6 1 (0.089%) DNS
6 1 (0.089%) Firewall
6 1 (0.089%) SSH
6 1 (0.089%) SSL
6 1 (0.089%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.089%) X.21
Database & Business Intelligence
1 107 (9.48%) SQL Server
2 69 (6.11%) MySQL
3 54 (4.78%) PostgreSQL
4 53 (4.69%) Relational Database
5 34 (3.01%) NoSQL
6 31 (2.75%) MongoDB
7 28 (2.48%) Power BI
8 22 (1.95%) Azure SQL Database
9 19 (1.68%) OLTP
10 14 (1.24%) DB2
11 12 (1.06%) Looker
12 10 (0.89%) RDBMS
13 9 (0.80%) Amazon Redshift
14 5 (0.44%) Elasticsearch
14 5 (0.44%) NonStop SQL
14 5 (0.44%) Oracle Database
15 4 (0.35%) DynamoDB
15 4 (0.35%) GIS
15 4 (0.35%) MariaDB
15 4 (0.35%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 420 (37.20%) Git
2 84 (7.44%) JIRA
3 55 (4.87%) Jenkins
4 53 (4.69%) Selenium
5 36 (3.19%) Postman
6 34 (3.01%) Team Foundation Server
7 32 (2.83%) SoapUI
8 29 (2.57%) WebDriver
9 26 (2.30%) webpack
10 21 (1.86%) Axure RP
11 20 (1.77%) JUnit
12 18 (1.59%) Cypress.io
13 15 (1.33%) Mockito
13 15 (1.33%) TeamCity
14 14 (1.24%) Cucumber
14 14 (1.24%) JMeter
14 14 (1.24%) Visual Studio
15 13 (1.15%) Bitbucket
16 11 (0.97%) Balsamiq
16 11 (0.97%) GitLab
General
1 287 (25.42%) Social Skills
2 286 (25.33%) Multimedia
3 118 (10.45%) Analytical Skills
4 109 (9.65%) Finance
5 87 (7.71%) Marketing
6 85 (7.53%) Law
7 56 (4.96%) Public Sector
8 36 (3.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 30 (2.66%) Legal
9 30 (2.66%) Retail
10 29 (2.57%) Banking
11 20 (1.77%) Organisational Skills
12 19 (1.68%) Advertising
13 15 (1.33%) German Language
14 10 (0.89%) Publishing
15 9 (0.80%) Manufacturing
16 7 (0.62%) Electronics
16 7 (0.62%) Games
17 5 (0.44%) Presentation Skills
17 5 (0.44%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 608 (53.85%) Developer
2 278 (24.62%) Trainee
3 176 (15.59%) Software Developer
4 173 (15.32%) Senior
5 134 (11.87%) Trainee Developer
6 125 (11.07%) Trainee Software Developer
7 123 (10.89%) Senior Developer
8 106 (9.39%) Full-Stack Developer
9 69 (6.11%) Analyst
10 62 (5.49%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 60 (5.31%) .NET Developer
12 55 (4.87%) Lead
13 49 (4.34%) Designer
14 41 (3.63%) Software Engineer
15 38 (3.37%) React Developer
16 33 (2.92%) Administrator
16 33 (2.92%) Java Developer
16 33 (2.92%) Web Developer
17 31 (2.75%) Web Administrator
18 29 (2.57%) Trainee Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 911 (80.69%) CSS
2 295 (26.13%) React
3 208 (18.42%) .NET
4 125 (11.07%) Node.js
5 112 (9.92%) AngularJS
6 111 (9.83%) HTML5
7 103 (9.12%) RESTful
8 94 (8.33%) XML
9 87 (7.71%) JSON
10 84 (7.44%) CSS3
11 79 (7.00%) Vue
12 71 (6.29%) REST
13 66 (5.85%) SOAP
14 64 (5.67%) ASP.NET
15 63 (5.58%) jQuery
16 61 (5.40%) .NET Core
17 40 (3.54%) Web Services
18 39 (3.45%) .NET Framework
19 37 (3.28%) Spring
20 35 (3.10%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 54 (4.78%) Product Ownership
2 48 (4.25%) Self-Motivation
3 41 (3.63%) Onboarding
4 37 (3.28%) Mobile App
5 30 (2.66%) Linux Command Line
6 27 (2.39%) Cloud Native
7 22 (1.95%) Data Structures
7 22 (1.95%) Greenfield Project
8 21 (1.86%) Distributed Systems
9 19 (1.68%) Low-Code
10 12 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
10 12 (1.06%) Management Information System
11 11 (0.97%) Social Media
12 10 (0.89%) Algorithms
12 10 (0.89%) Legacy Systems
13 9 (0.80%) Enterprise Software
14 8 (0.71%) Cybercrime
14 8 (0.71%) Data Centre
14 8 (0.71%) Digital Media
14 8 (0.71%) Motion Graphics
Operating Systems
1 33 (2.92%) Unix
2 27 (2.39%) Windows
3 19 (1.68%) Linux
4 14 (1.24%) Apple iOS
5 13 (1.15%) Android
6 6 (0.53%) Windows Server
7 5 (0.44%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.27%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.18%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 394 (34.90%) Mentoring
2 393 (34.81%) Agile
3 273 (24.18%) Cybersecurity
4 256 (22.67%) Problem-Solving
5 238 (21.08%) User Experience
6 218 (19.31%) Full-Stack Development
7 176 (15.59%) CI/CD
8 159 (14.08%) Front End Development
9 131 (11.60%) DevOps
10 111 (9.83%) Web Development
11 104 (9.21%) Continuous Improvement
12 101 (8.95%) AI
12 101 (8.95%) Software Engineering
13 100 (8.86%) Scrum
14 89 (7.88%) UX Design
15 85 (7.53%) Microservices
16 83 (7.35%) Analytics
17 79 (7.00%) MVC
18 77 (6.82%) Clean Code
18 77 (6.82%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 879 (77.86%) JavaScript
2 436 (38.62%) Python
3 279 (24.71%) SQL
4 196 (17.36%) C#
5 163 (14.44%) TypeScript
6 144 (12.75%) R
7 131 (11.60%) Java
8 70 (6.20%) PHP
9 33 (2.92%) PL/SQL
10 16 (1.42%) Shell Script
11 12 (1.06%) T-SQL
12 11 (0.97%) Ruby
13 8 (0.71%) Apex Code
14 4 (0.35%) ActionScript
14 4 (0.35%) ActionScript 3.0
14 4 (0.35%) Bash
14 4 (0.35%) C++
14 4 (0.35%) Objective-C
14 4 (0.35%) VB
14 4 (0.35%) XAML
Qualifications
1 283 (25.07%) Microsoft Certification
2 279 (24.71%) Azure Certification
3 278 (24.62%) AWS Certification
3 278 (24.62%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 214 (18.95%) Degree
5 86 (7.62%) Security Cleared
6 65 (5.76%) Computer Science Degree
7 45 (3.99%) SC Cleared
8 33 (2.92%) ISTQB
9 29 (2.57%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 16 (1.42%) DV Cleared
11 10 (0.89%) BPSS Clearance
11 10 (0.89%) DBS Check
11 10 (0.89%) Master's Degree
12 5 (0.44%) A+ Certification
13 4 (0.35%) ISEB
13 4 (0.35%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 3 (0.27%) Numerate Degree
14 3 (0.27%) PhD
14 3 (0.27%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 150 (13.29%) Accessibility
2 50 (4.43%) WCAG
3 45 (3.99%) QA
4 29 (2.57%) GDPR
5 7 (0.62%) Data Quality
6 6 (0.53%) PERC
7 5 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (0.35%) SLA
9 3 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (0.18%) Section 508
11 1 (0.089%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.089%) HL7
11 1 (0.089%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.089%) NCSC
11 1 (0.089%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 96 (8.50%) Docker
2 15 (1.33%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.089%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 59 (5.23%) Kubernetes
2 29 (2.57%) Terraform
3 12 (1.06%) Kibana
4 6 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.35%) Argo
5 4 (0.35%) Grafana
6 3 (0.27%) cPanel
6 3 (0.27%) Plesk
6 3 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.18%) Ansible
7 2 (0.18%) HP Quality Center
7 2 (0.18%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.089%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.089%) Nagios
Vendors
1 405 (35.87%) Microsoft
2 61 (5.40%) Adobe
3 53 (4.69%) Google
4 44 (3.90%) Oracle
5 27 (2.39%) Salesforce
6 19 (1.68%) ServiceNow
7 15 (1.33%) Dynatrace
8 13 (1.15%) Splunk
9 10 (0.89%) Atlassian
9 10 (0.89%) Hotjar
10 9 (0.80%) SAP
11 7 (0.62%) Screaming Frog
12 6 (0.53%) Red Hat
12 6 (0.53%) YouTube
13 5 (0.44%) Ahrefs
13 5 (0.44%) Facebook
14 4 (0.35%) HubSpot
14 4 (0.35%) iManage
14 4 (0.35%) OpenAI
14 4 (0.35%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud