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

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 50 47
Rank change year-on-year -84 -3 -13
Permanent jobs citing HTML 1,130 2,470 3,512
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.70% 4.96% 4.76%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 14.98% 22.39% 20.32%
Number of salaries quoted 942 1,354 2,983
10th Percentile - £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £41,250 £41,313
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 £70,875
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +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 7,545 11,030 17,280
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.34% 22.13% 23.41%
Number of salaries quoted 5,546 6,658 14,215
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,100 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.66% +7.48% -8.89%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £107,500 £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 12 February 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 12 February 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 1,029 £47,500 -20.83% 625
UK excluding London -80 789 £40,000 -27.27% 577
Work from Home -95 337 £52,500 -19.23% 236
London -84 265 £60,000 -11.11% 159
North of England -36 264 £30,500 -32.22% 152
South East -62 203 £50,000 -16.67% 146
North West -34 124 £30,500 -32.97% 74
Midlands -78 112 £42,270 -11.01% 80
Yorkshire -30 102 £30,500 -23.75% 56
East of England -60 91 £55,000 -16.94% 73
South West -79 71 £40,000 -30.43% 75
East Midlands -48 57 £55,000 +46.67% 52
West Midlands -64 56 £30,500 -41.90% 28
Scotland -71 40 £30,500 -44.55% 33
North East -9 38 £30,500 -44.55% 23
Wales -49 7 £30,500 -6.15% 20
Northern Ireland -33 2 £60,000 +20.00% 5
Channel Islands -1 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 70 (6.19%) WordPress
2 63 (5.58%) CMS
3 25 (2.21%) SharePoint
4 23 (2.04%) Confluence
5 11 (0.97%) nginx
6 10 (0.88%) Drupal
7 8 (0.71%) Apache
8 7 (0.62%) Umbraco
9 5 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
10 4 (0.35%) IIS
10 4 (0.35%) Joomla!
11 3 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
11 3 (0.27%) govService
11 3 (0.27%) JBoss
11 3 (0.27%) Liferay
12 2 (0.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 2 (0.18%) ColdFusion
12 2 (0.18%) Mendix
12 2 (0.18%) NServiceBus
12 2 (0.18%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 28 (2.48%) Adobe XD
2 18 (1.59%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 15 (1.33%) MS Visio
4 14 (1.24%) Adobe Illustrator
5 12 (1.06%) Photoshop
5 12 (1.06%) Sketch
6 10 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
6 10 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 9 (0.80%) InVision
8 8 (0.71%) Chatbot
8 8 (0.71%) Microsoft Office
9 6 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
10 5 (0.44%) Adobe After Effects
10 5 (0.44%) Adobe Premiere
11 4 (0.35%) InDesign
12 3 (0.27%) Elementor
13 2 (0.18%) Adobe Captivate
13 2 (0.18%) Windchill
14 1 (0.088%) Siemens NX
14 1 (0.088%) Trello
Business Applications
1 18 (1.59%) Shopify
2 17 (1.50%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.35%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.27%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.18%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.088%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.088%) CiviCRM
6 1 (0.088%) FIS Private Capital Suite
6 1 (0.088%) Magento
6 1 (0.088%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 475 (42.04%) Azure
2 429 (37.96%) AWS
3 373 (33.01%) GitHub
4 78 (6.90%) Serverless
5 63 (5.58%) Figma
6 52 (4.60%) Azure DevOps
7 49 (4.34%) GCP
8 48 (4.25%) Power Platform
9 36 (3.19%) SaaS
10 35 (3.10%) Google Analytics
11 32 (2.83%) Power Automate
12 28 (2.48%) AWS Lambda
13 25 (2.21%) Amazon S3
14 24 (2.12%) Entra ID
15 22 (1.95%) Dynamics 365
15 22 (1.95%) GitHub Actions
15 22 (1.95%) PowerApps
16 19 (1.68%) Azure Logic Apps
17 17 (1.50%) Azure Functions
18 16 (1.42%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 283 (25.04%) Internet
2 11 (0.97%) 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
5 2 (0.18%) SSL
6 1 (0.088%) DNS
6 1 (0.088%) Firewall
6 1 (0.088%) iSCSI
6 1 (0.088%) NAS
6 1 (0.088%) SSH
6 1 (0.088%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.088%) X.21
Database & Business Intelligence
1 106 (9.38%) SQL Server
2 68 (6.02%) MySQL
3 51 (4.51%) Relational Database
4 50 (4.42%) PostgreSQL
5 33 (2.92%) Power BI
6 32 (2.83%) NoSQL
7 28 (2.48%) MongoDB
8 19 (1.68%) OLTP
9 18 (1.59%) Azure SQL Database
10 14 (1.24%) DB2
10 14 (1.24%) Looker
11 11 (0.97%) Amazon Redshift
12 9 (0.80%) RDBMS
13 5 (0.44%) Elasticsearch
13 5 (0.44%) Oracle Database
14 4 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
14 4 (0.35%) DynamoDB
14 4 (0.35%) NonStop SQL
15 3 (0.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 3 (0.27%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 424 (37.52%) Git
2 81 (7.17%) JIRA
3 52 (4.60%) Jenkins
4 49 (4.34%) Selenium
5 32 (2.83%) Postman
6 30 (2.65%) Team Foundation Server
7 28 (2.48%) SoapUI
8 25 (2.21%) WebDriver
8 25 (2.21%) webpack
9 22 (1.95%) Axure RP
10 17 (1.50%) Cypress.io
11 16 (1.42%) JUnit
12 15 (1.33%) TeamCity
13 14 (1.24%) Bitbucket
13 14 (1.24%) Cucumber
14 13 (1.15%) Visual Studio
15 12 (1.06%) Balsamiq
15 12 (1.06%) Vite
16 11 (0.97%) Mockito
17 10 (0.88%) Babel
General
1 286 (25.31%) Multimedia
2 283 (25.04%) Social Skills
3 121 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
4 100 (8.85%) Finance
5 89 (7.88%) Marketing
6 81 (7.17%) Law
7 54 (4.78%) Public Sector
8 37 (3.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 29 (2.57%) Banking
9 29 (2.57%) Retail
10 26 (2.30%) Legal
11 21 (1.86%) Organisational Skills
12 18 (1.59%) Advertising
13 15 (1.33%) German Language
14 9 (0.80%) Publishing
15 8 (0.71%) Manufacturing
16 7 (0.62%) Electronics
16 7 (0.62%) Games
17 5 (0.44%) Presentation Skills
17 5 (0.44%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 605 (53.54%) Developer
2 278 (24.60%) Trainee
3 178 (15.75%) Senior
4 175 (15.49%) Software Developer
5 134 (11.86%) Trainee Developer
6 129 (11.42%) Senior Developer
7 125 (11.06%) Trainee Software Developer
8 111 (9.82%) Full-Stack Developer
9 66 (5.84%) Analyst
10 61 (5.40%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 60 (5.31%) .NET Developer
12 52 (4.60%) Lead
13 49 (4.34%) Designer
14 41 (3.63%) Software Engineer
15 39 (3.45%) React Developer
16 36 (3.19%) Administrator
17 34 (3.01%) Web Developer
18 31 (2.74%) Web Administrator
19 30 (2.65%) Java Developer
20 29 (2.57%) PHP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 922 (81.59%) CSS
2 298 (26.37%) React
3 205 (18.14%) .NET
4 123 (10.88%) Node.js
5 112 (9.91%) AngularJS
6 106 (9.38%) HTML5
7 101 (8.94%) RESTful
8 90 (7.96%) XML
9 80 (7.08%) JSON
9 80 (7.08%) Vue
10 79 (6.99%) CSS3
11 65 (5.75%) REST
12 64 (5.66%) jQuery
13 62 (5.49%) SOAP
14 60 (5.31%) ASP.NET
15 57 (5.04%) .NET Core
16 41 (3.63%) Web Services
17 39 (3.45%) .NET Framework
18 36 (3.19%) Laravel
19 35 (3.10%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 55 (4.87%) Product Ownership
2 45 (3.98%) Self-Motivation
3 42 (3.72%) Onboarding
4 36 (3.19%) Mobile App
5 30 (2.65%) Linux Command Line
6 25 (2.21%) Cloud Native
6 25 (2.21%) Greenfield Project
7 22 (1.95%) Data Structures
8 19 (1.68%) Distributed Systems
9 18 (1.59%) Low-Code
10 14 (1.24%) Analytical Mindset
11 12 (1.06%) Legacy Systems
11 12 (1.06%) Management Information System
11 12 (1.06%) Social Media
12 10 (0.88%) Algorithms
12 10 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
13 9 (0.80%) Cybercrime
13 9 (0.80%) Data Centre
14 8 (0.71%) Digital Media
15 7 (0.62%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 33 (2.92%) Unix
2 25 (2.21%) Windows
3 20 (1.77%) Linux
4 14 (1.24%) Apple iOS
5 13 (1.15%) Android
6 7 (0.62%) Windows Server
7 5 (0.44%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.27%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.18%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 388 (34.34%) Mentoring
2 382 (33.81%) Agile
3 271 (23.98%) Cybersecurity
4 260 (23.01%) Problem-Solving
5 249 (22.04%) User Experience
6 223 (19.73%) Full-Stack Development
7 174 (15.40%) CI/CD
8 154 (13.63%) Front End Development
9 129 (11.42%) DevOps
10 108 (9.56%) AI
10 108 (9.56%) Web Development
11 103 (9.12%) Continuous Improvement
12 102 (9.03%) Software Engineering
13 96 (8.50%) Analytics
14 94 (8.32%) UX Design
15 91 (8.05%) Scrum
16 85 (7.52%) Computer Science
17 81 (7.17%) Microservices
18 77 (6.81%) Clean Code
19 74 (6.55%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 870 (76.99%) JavaScript
2 435 (38.50%) Python
3 278 (24.60%) SQL
4 189 (16.73%) C#
5 164 (14.51%) TypeScript
6 144 (12.74%) R
7 124 (10.97%) Java
8 72 (6.37%) PHP
9 31 (2.74%) PL/SQL
10 13 (1.15%) Shell Script
11 12 (1.06%) T-SQL
12 11 (0.97%) Ruby
13 8 (0.71%) Apex Code
14 5 (0.44%) PowerShell
15 4 (0.35%) ActionScript
15 4 (0.35%) ActionScript 3.0
15 4 (0.35%) Bash
15 4 (0.35%) C++
15 4 (0.35%) Objective-C
15 4 (0.35%) XAML
Qualifications
1 283 (25.04%) Microsoft Certification
2 279 (24.69%) Azure Certification
3 278 (24.60%) AWS Certification
3 278 (24.60%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 218 (19.29%) Degree
5 85 (7.52%) Security Cleared
6 71 (6.28%) Computer Science Degree
7 49 (4.34%) SC Cleared
8 29 (2.57%) ISTQB
9 25 (2.21%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 15 (1.33%) DV Cleared
11 10 (0.88%) DBS Check
11 10 (0.88%) Master's Degree
12 9 (0.80%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (0.44%) A+ Certification
14 4 (0.35%) ISEB
14 4 (0.35%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 3 (0.27%) Numerate Degree
15 3 (0.27%) PhD
15 3 (0.27%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 154 (13.63%) Accessibility
2 51 (4.51%) QA
2 51 (4.51%) WCAG
3 29 (2.57%) GDPR
4 10 (0.88%) Data Quality
5 6 (0.53%) PERC
6 5 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (0.35%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.18%) Section 508
9 2 (0.18%) SLA
10 1 (0.088%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.088%) HL7
10 1 (0.088%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.088%) NCSC
System Software
1 91 (8.05%) Docker
2 16 (1.42%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.088%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 52 (4.60%) Kubernetes
2 28 (2.48%) Terraform
3 9 (0.80%) Kibana
4 6 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.35%) Argo
6 3 (0.27%) cPanel
6 3 (0.27%) Grafana
6 3 (0.27%) Plesk
7 2 (0.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.18%) Ansible
7 2 (0.18%) HP Quality Center
7 2 (0.18%) Nagios
7 2 (0.18%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 403 (35.66%) Microsoft
2 60 (5.31%) Google
3 59 (5.22%) Adobe
4 42 (3.72%) Oracle
5 27 (2.39%) Salesforce
6 13 (1.15%) Hotjar
7 12 (1.06%) ServiceNow
8 11 (0.97%) Atlassian
8 11 (0.97%) Dynatrace
8 11 (0.97%) Splunk
9 9 (0.80%) SAP
10 7 (0.62%) Red Hat
10 7 (0.62%) Screaming Frog
11 5 (0.44%) Ahrefs
11 5 (0.44%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 5 (0.44%) YouTube
12 4 (0.35%) Facebook
12 4 (0.35%) HubSpot
12 4 (0.35%) iManage
12 4 (0.35%) Pardot