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

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 194 112 49
Rank change year-on-year -82 -63 +2
Permanent jobs citing HTML 1,108 1,343 3,274
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.97% 2.73% 4.22%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 9.41% 15.81% 19.71%
Number of salaries quoted 870 785 1,746
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,818 £40,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% - -
75th Percentile £66,250 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% -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 11,772 8,494 16,610
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.34% 17.29% 21.42%
Number of salaries quoted 8,468 5,422 10,741
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £52,500 £48,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £69,750 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +7.31% -3.70%
75th Percentile £86,250 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%

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 15 September 2026.

Salary histogram for HTML in the UK

HTML
Top 16 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 15 September 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 -81 1,037 £52,000 -5.45% 1,106
UK excluding London -65 827 £50,000 -0.99% 606
Work from Home -47 500 £53,712 -2.34% 459
South East +2 261 £50,000 -6.98% 130
London -107 233 £60,000 -7.69% 620
North of England -44 212 £50,000 +5.26% 149
East of England -12 124 £48,760 -11.35% 58
South West -33 107 £52,500 +31.25% 74
North West -60 107 £50,000 -4.76% 80
Midlands -103 92 £50,000 -6.98% 109
North East -17 58 £52,000 +66.67% 26
West Midlands -69 48 £47,500 -7.77% 62
Yorkshire -41 47 £50,000 +19.05% 46
East Midlands -76 44 £50,000 -9.09% 47
Wales -72 24 £38,500 -42.96% 16
Scotland -57 7 £32,500 -43.48% 47

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 (6.32%) SharePoint
2 51 (4.60%) CMS
3 47 (4.24%) WordPress
4 40 (3.61%) Confluence
5 39 (3.52%) IIS
6 17 (1.53%) Apache
7 16 (1.44%) Microsoft Exchange
8 10 (0.90%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 10 (0.90%) Drupal
9 7 (0.63%) JBoss
10 6 (0.54%) Moodle
11 5 (0.45%) nginx
12 4 (0.36%) Headless CMS
12 4 (0.36%) Umbraco
13 3 (0.27%) OpenStack
14 2 (0.18%) Tomcat
15 1 (0.090%) ExpressionEngine
15 1 (0.090%) Oracle 10gAS
15 1 (0.090%) Sitecore CMS
15 1 (0.090%) WebLogic
Applications
1 25 (2.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 19 (1.71%) Photoshop
3 18 (1.62%) Microsoft Office
4 15 (1.35%) Adobe XD
5 13 (1.17%) Adobe Illustrator
6 11 (0.99%) Adobe After Effects
7 10 (0.90%) Microsoft Excel
7 10 (0.90%) Sketch
8 9 (0.81%) InDesign
9 5 (0.45%) Chatbot
10 4 (0.36%) Elementor
11 3 (0.27%) Adobe Premiere
11 3 (0.27%) UserZoom
12 2 (0.18%) InVision
12 2 (0.18%) Trello
13 1 (0.090%) Microsoft PowerPoint
13 1 (0.090%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 28 (2.53%) Shopify
2 25 (2.26%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.63%) Magento
4 4 (0.36%) Line 50
4 4 (0.36%) NEC Housing
5 3 (0.27%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.27%) Visualfiles
6 2 (0.18%) Adobe Campaign
6 2 (0.18%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.090%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.090%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 344 (31.05%) Azure
2 199 (17.96%) AWS
3 154 (13.90%) GitHub
4 150 (13.54%) Azure DevOps
5 97 (8.75%) Power Platform
6 81 (7.31%) GitHub Copilot
7 75 (6.77%) Azure AI
8 69 (6.23%) Microsoft 365
8 69 (6.23%) Power Automate
9 67 (6.05%) Figma
9 67 (6.05%) PowerApps
10 39 (3.52%) Serverless
11 36 (3.25%) GCP
12 34 (3.07%) GitHub Actions
12 34 (3.07%) SaaS
13 33 (2.98%) Google Analytics
14 26 (2.35%) Azure Logic Apps
15 25 (2.26%) Microsoft Copilot
16 24 (2.17%) OneDrive
17 21 (1.90%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 52 (4.69%) Internet
2 10 (0.90%) HTTP
2 10 (0.90%) Intranet
3 9 (0.81%) SSL
3 9 (0.81%) TCP/IP
4 7 (0.63%) DNS
5 6 (0.54%) SNMP
5 6 (0.54%) Wireshark
6 5 (0.45%) SMS
6 5 (0.45%) VoIP
7 4 (0.36%) 5G
7 4 (0.36%) Network Security
8 3 (0.27%) 4G
8 3 (0.27%) HTTPS
8 3 (0.27%) SSH
9 2 (0.18%) Cisco IOS
9 2 (0.18%) Firewall
10 1 (0.090%) AMQP
10 1 (0.090%) RTSP
10 1 (0.090%) SCTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 170 (15.34%) Azure SQL Database
2 165 (14.89%) SQL Server
3 142 (12.82%) MongoDB
4 123 (11.10%) MySQL
5 94 (8.48%) Relational Database
6 70 (6.32%) Power BI
7 61 (5.51%) PostgreSQL
8 33 (2.98%) Elasticsearch
9 26 (2.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 16 (1.44%) Metadata
10 16 (1.44%) NoSQL
11 11 (0.99%) Amazon RDS
11 11 (0.99%) GIS
11 11 (0.99%) NonStop SQL
12 10 (0.90%) MariaDB
12 10 (0.90%) Redis
13 8 (0.72%) Tableau
14 7 (0.63%) BigQuery
14 7 (0.63%) Geospatial Data
14 7 (0.63%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 193 (17.42%) Git
2 65 (5.87%) JIRA
3 48 (4.33%) Jenkins
4 20 (1.81%) Selenium
5 16 (1.44%) Cypress.io
5 16 (1.44%) GitLab
6 15 (1.35%) JUnit
7 14 (1.26%) Team Foundation Server
7 14 (1.26%) Visual Studio
8 13 (1.17%) Claude Code
9 11 (0.99%) Oracle Forms
10 10 (0.90%) Postman
11 9 (0.81%) Mockito
12 8 (0.72%) Axure RP
12 8 (0.72%) Bitbucket
12 8 (0.72%) JMeter
12 8 (0.72%) Maven
13 7 (0.63%) MSI
13 7 (0.63%) Storybook
13 7 (0.63%) webpack
General
1 346 (31.23%) Social Skills
2 155 (13.99%) Marketing
3 122 (11.01%) Analytical Skills
4 95 (8.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 93 (8.39%) Public Sector
6 86 (7.76%) Finance
7 85 (7.67%) Law
8 63 (5.69%) Advertising
9 39 (3.52%) Organisational Skills
10 37 (3.34%) Manufacturing
10 37 (3.34%) Retail
11 36 (3.25%) Legal
12 21 (1.90%) Pharmaceutical
13 19 (1.71%) Games
14 18 (1.62%) Multimedia
15 17 (1.53%) Banking
16 13 (1.17%) Publishing
17 11 (0.99%) Health Technology
18 10 (0.90%) Aviation
18 10 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 703 (63.45%) Developer
2 217 (19.58%) .NET Developer
3 206 (18.59%) Senior
4 153 (13.81%) Senior Developer
5 124 (11.19%) Full-Stack Developer
6 76 (6.86%) Web Developer
7 65 (5.87%) Software Developer
8 59 (5.32%) Designer
8 59 (5.32%) PHP Developer
9 58 (5.23%) Software Engineer
10 53 (4.78%) Analyst
10 53 (4.78%) C# Developer
11 50 (4.51%) Lead
12 43 (3.88%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
13 38 (3.43%) C# .NET Developer
14 35 (3.16%) .NET Software Developer
15 32 (2.89%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 31 (2.80%) Junior
17 30 (2.71%) C# Software Developer
17 30 (2.71%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 955 (86.19%) CSS
2 390 (35.20%) .NET
3 232 (20.94%) .NET Core
4 223 (20.13%) ASP.NET
5 205 (18.50%) React
6 176 (15.88%) ASP.NET Core
7 143 (12.91%) HTML5
8 131 (11.82%) Node.js
9 129 (11.64%) jQuery
10 124 (11.19%) Entity Framework
11 111 (10.02%) CSS3
12 106 (9.57%) Vue
13 103 (9.30%) RESTful
14 97 (8.75%) REST
15 92 (8.30%) JSON
16 83 (7.49%) AngularJS
17 79 (7.13%) .NET Framework
18 70 (6.32%) ML.NET
19 62 (5.60%) XML
20 59 (5.32%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 50 (4.51%) Product Ownership
2 45 (4.06%) Enterprise Software
3 43 (3.88%) Greenfield Project
4 41 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
5 36 (3.25%) Social Media
6 35 (3.16%) Cloud Native
7 29 (2.62%) Legacy Systems
8 26 (2.35%) Management Information System
9 25 (2.26%) Onboarding
10 24 (2.17%) Mobile App
11 23 (2.08%) Algorithms
11 23 (2.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 19 (1.71%) Biopharmaceutical
12 19 (1.71%) Digital TV
12 19 (1.71%) Distributed Systems
12 19 (1.71%) Marketing Technology
13 14 (1.26%) Graphic Design
14 13 (1.17%) Analytical Mindset
15 12 (1.08%) Renewable Energy
16 11 (0.99%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 78 (7.04%) Windows
2 69 (6.23%) Linux
3 33 (2.98%) Windows Server
4 7 (0.63%) Unix
5 6 (0.54%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (0.45%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.36%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.27%) AIX
8 3 (0.27%) Debian
9 2 (0.18%) Android
9 2 (0.18%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.090%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.090%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 426 (38.45%) Agile
2 387 (34.93%) Full-Stack Development
3 350 (31.59%) CI/CD
4 284 (25.63%) Problem-Solving
5 238 (21.48%) AI
6 233 (21.03%) DevOps
7 209 (18.86%) User Experience
8 206 (18.59%) Continuous Improvement
9 160 (14.44%) Web Development
10 126 (11.37%) Mentoring
11 118 (10.65%) Software Engineering
12 111 (10.02%) Test Automation
13 109 (9.84%) Machine Learning
14 105 (9.48%) Analytics
15 102 (9.21%) Front End Development
16 95 (8.57%) Scrum
17 93 (8.39%) Microservices
18 92 (8.30%) Computer Science
19 90 (8.12%) UX Design
20 85 (7.67%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 668 (60.29%) JavaScript
2 456 (41.16%) SQL
3 388 (35.02%) C#
4 184 (16.61%) TypeScript
5 161 (14.53%) PHP
6 153 (13.81%) Python
7 78 (7.04%) Java
8 37 (3.34%) PowerShell
9 31 (2.80%) C++
10 19 (1.71%) VBA
11 15 (1.35%) Go
11 15 (1.35%) VB.NET
12 14 (1.26%) T-SQL
13 13 (1.17%) Ruby
14 12 (1.08%) C
14 12 (1.08%) Shell Script
15 8 (0.72%) Bicep
15 8 (0.72%) PL/SQL
16 7 (0.63%) VBScript
17 6 (0.54%) VB
Qualifications
1 193 (17.42%) Degree
2 100 (9.03%) Security Cleared
3 85 (7.67%) SC Cleared
4 65 (5.87%) Computer Science Degree
5 29 (2.62%) Master's Degree
6 19 (1.71%) MBA
7 7 (0.63%) AWS Certification
7 7 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (0.63%) DBS Check
8 6 (0.54%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (0.36%) DV Cleared
10 3 (0.27%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 3 (0.27%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.18%) Postgraduate
12 1 (0.090%) ISTQB
12 1 (0.090%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 1 (0.090%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 1 (0.090%) Numerate Degree
12 1 (0.090%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 193 (17.42%) Accessibility
2 86 (7.76%) WCAG
3 73 (6.59%) QA
4 44 (3.97%) GDPR
5 15 (1.35%) Data Quality
6 12 (1.08%) SLA
7 9 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 8 (0.72%) PERC
9 7 (0.63%) ISO 9001
9 7 (0.63%) NCSC
10 6 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (0.36%) GRC
11 4 (0.36%) ISO 14001
11 4 (0.36%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.27%) WAI
12 3 (0.27%) WAI-ARIA
13 1 (0.090%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 173 (15.61%) Docker
2 23 (2.08%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.36%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 123 (11.10%) Kubernetes
2 11 (0.99%) Single Sign-On
3 8 (0.72%) Kibana
4 5 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 5 (0.45%) Nagios
5 4 (0.36%) Puppet
6 3 (0.27%) Grafana
6 3 (0.27%) Plesk
6 3 (0.27%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.090%) Ansible
8 1 (0.090%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 320 (28.88%) Microsoft
2 82 (7.40%) Adobe
3 46 (4.15%) Google
4 41 (3.70%) Facebook
5 34 (3.07%) Oracle
6 29 (2.62%) Salesforce
7 23 (2.08%) YouTube
8 16 (1.44%) Splunk
9 14 (1.26%) ServiceNow
10 10 (0.90%) Sage
10 10 (0.90%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 9 (0.81%) Dynatrace
11 9 (0.81%) HubSpot
12 8 (0.72%) OneLogin
13 7 (0.63%) TikTok
14 6 (0.54%) iManage
15 5 (0.45%) Hotjar
15 5 (0.45%) New Relic
15 5 (0.45%) Red Hat
15 5 (0.45%) WooCommerce