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

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 187 110 49
Rank change year-on-year -77 -61 +3
Permanent jobs citing HTML 1,187 1,369 3,299
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.05% 2.76% 4.21%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 9.92% 15.84% 19.71%
Number of salaries quoted 952 809 1,766
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £81,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -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 11,971 8,644 16,741
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.60% 17.40% 21.34%
Number of salaries quoted 8,646 5,554 10,883
10th Percentile £42,000 £40,000 £39,750
25th Percentile £51,236 £52,500 £48,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -3.70%
75th Percentile £86,000 £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 10 September 2026.

Salary histogram for HTML in the UK

HTML
Top 17 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 10 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 -66 1,109 £50,000 -9.09% 498
UK excluding London -49 898 £50,000 -4.76% 396
Work from Home -46 512 £55,000 - 226
South East +8 270 £50,000 -9.09% 95
London -119 241 £59,773 -8.04% 182
North of England -34 235 £50,000 +5.26% 96
East of England -3 133 £48,760 -11.35% 40
North West -47 119 £47,500 -13.64% 47
South West -27 116 £50,000 +25.00% 53
Midlands -81 106 £50,000 -6.98% 80
North East -10 61 £52,000 +66.67% 18
West Midlands -53 58 £45,000 -13.46% 40
Yorkshire -33 55 £50,000 +19.05% 34
East Midlands -68 48 £50,000 -9.09% 40
Wales -74 26 £38,500 -42.96% 10
Scotland -50 11 £31,500 -45.22% 21
Northern Ireland -78 1 £31,000 -1.59% 6

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 92 (7.75%) WordPress
2 73 (6.15%) SharePoint
3 51 (4.30%) CMS
4 38 (3.20%) IIS
5 36 (3.03%) Confluence
6 17 (1.43%) Apache
7 16 (1.35%) Microsoft Exchange
8 10 (0.84%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 9 (0.76%) Drupal
10 7 (0.59%) JBoss
11 6 (0.51%) Moodle
12 5 (0.42%) nginx
12 5 (0.42%) Umbraco
13 4 (0.34%) Headless CMS
14 3 (0.25%) OpenStack
15 2 (0.17%) Tomcat
16 1 (0.084%) Red Hat Fuse
16 1 (0.084%) Sitecore CMS
16 1 (0.084%) WebLogic
16 1 (0.084%) WebSphere
Applications
1 25 (2.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 19 (1.60%) Photoshop
3 18 (1.52%) Microsoft Office
4 16 (1.35%) Adobe XD
5 13 (1.10%) Adobe Illustrator
6 11 (0.93%) Adobe After Effects
7 10 (0.84%) InDesign
7 10 (0.84%) Microsoft Excel
7 10 (0.84%) Sketch
8 7 (0.59%) Chatbot
9 4 (0.34%) Elementor
10 3 (0.25%) Adobe Premiere
10 3 (0.25%) UserZoom
11 2 (0.17%) InVision
11 2 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
11 2 (0.17%) Trello
12 1 (0.084%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 29 (2.44%) Shopify
2 22 (1.85%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.59%) Magento
4 4 (0.34%) Line 50
4 4 (0.34%) NEC Housing
5 3 (0.25%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.25%) Visualfiles
6 2 (0.17%) Adobe Campaign
6 2 (0.17%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.084%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.084%) Eloqua
7 1 (0.084%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 417 (35.13%) Azure
2 261 (21.99%) AWS
3 213 (17.94%) GitHub
4 157 (13.23%) Azure DevOps
5 99 (8.34%) Power Platform
6 85 (7.16%) GitHub Copilot
7 80 (6.74%) Azure AI
8 72 (6.07%) Microsoft 365
9 71 (5.98%) Power Automate
10 69 (5.81%) PowerApps
11 68 (5.73%) Figma
12 40 (3.37%) GCP
12 40 (3.37%) Serverless
13 36 (3.03%) SaaS
14 35 (2.95%) GitHub Actions
14 35 (2.95%) Google Analytics
15 29 (2.44%) Azure Logic Apps
16 26 (2.19%) OneDrive
17 24 (2.02%) Microsoft Copilot
18 23 (1.94%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 109 (9.18%) Internet
2 9 (0.76%) HTTP
2 9 (0.76%) Intranet
2 9 (0.76%) TCP/IP
3 8 (0.67%) SSL
4 7 (0.59%) DNS
5 6 (0.51%) SNMP
5 6 (0.51%) Wireshark
6 5 (0.42%) SMS
6 5 (0.42%) VoIP
7 4 (0.34%) 5G
7 4 (0.34%) Network Security
8 3 (0.25%) 4G
8 3 (0.25%) HTTPS
8 3 (0.25%) SSH
9 2 (0.17%) Cisco IOS
9 2 (0.17%) Firewall
10 1 (0.084%) AMQP
10 1 (0.084%) RTSP
10 1 (0.084%) SCTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 178 (15.00%) Azure SQL Database
2 166 (13.98%) SQL Server
3 150 (12.64%) MongoDB
4 129 (10.87%) MySQL
5 92 (7.75%) Relational Database
6 71 (5.98%) Power BI
7 64 (5.39%) PostgreSQL
8 33 (2.78%) Elasticsearch
9 26 (2.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 18 (1.52%) NoSQL
11 17 (1.43%) Metadata
12 11 (0.93%) Amazon RDS
12 11 (0.93%) MariaDB
12 11 (0.93%) NonStop SQL
13 10 (0.84%) GIS
13 10 (0.84%) Redis
14 8 (0.67%) Tableau
15 7 (0.59%) BigQuery
15 7 (0.59%) Geospatial Data
15 7 (0.59%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 249 (20.98%) Git
2 61 (5.14%) JIRA
3 49 (4.13%) Jenkins
4 23 (1.94%) Selenium
5 17 (1.43%) GitLab
6 16 (1.35%) Cypress.io
7 14 (1.18%) JUnit
7 14 (1.18%) Team Foundation Server
8 13 (1.10%) Claude Code
8 13 (1.10%) Visual Studio
9 11 (0.93%) Oracle Forms
10 10 (0.84%) Postman
11 9 (0.76%) Axure RP
11 9 (0.76%) Bitbucket
11 9 (0.76%) Maven
12 8 (0.67%) Mockito
12 8 (0.67%) Storybook
13 7 (0.59%) Balsamiq
13 7 (0.59%) PHPUnit
13 7 (0.59%) webpack
General
1 350 (29.49%) Social Skills
2 157 (13.23%) Marketing
3 125 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
4 99 (8.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 92 (7.75%) Public Sector
6 88 (7.41%) Finance
7 84 (7.08%) Law
8 75 (6.32%) Multimedia
9 66 (5.56%) Advertising
10 42 (3.54%) Organisational Skills
11 38 (3.20%) Legal
12 36 (3.03%) Retail
13 33 (2.78%) Manufacturing
14 21 (1.77%) Games
15 17 (1.43%) Pharmaceutical
16 16 (1.35%) Banking
17 12 (1.01%) Publishing
18 11 (0.93%) Health Technology
19 10 (0.84%) Aviation
19 10 (0.84%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 731 (61.58%) Developer
2 224 (18.87%) .NET Developer
3 206 (17.35%) Senior
4 155 (13.06%) Senior Developer
5 125 (10.53%) Full-Stack Developer
6 80 (6.74%) Web Developer
7 73 (6.15%) Software Developer
8 65 (5.48%) Trainee
9 61 (5.14%) Designer
10 60 (5.05%) PHP Developer
10 60 (5.05%) Software Engineer
11 54 (4.55%) Analyst
12 53 (4.47%) Administrator
12 53 (4.47%) C# Developer
13 49 (4.13%) Lead
14 47 (3.96%) Web Administrator
15 44 (3.71%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
16 43 (3.62%) Trainee Administrator
17 38 (3.20%) C# .NET Developer
18 35 (2.95%) .NET Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,035 (87.19%) CSS
2 399 (33.61%) .NET
3 240 (20.22%) .NET Core
4 231 (19.46%) ASP.NET
5 219 (18.45%) React
6 183 (15.42%) ASP.NET Core
7 146 (12.30%) HTML5
8 135 (11.37%) Node.js
9 128 (10.78%) jQuery
10 124 (10.45%) Entity Framework
11 113 (9.52%) CSS3
12 108 (9.10%) Vue
13 105 (8.85%) RESTful
14 98 (8.26%) REST
15 95 (8.00%) JSON
16 85 (7.16%) AngularJS
17 78 (6.57%) .NET Framework
18 74 (6.23%) ML.NET
19 62 (5.22%) XML
20 59 (4.97%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 49 (4.13%) Product Ownership
2 47 (3.96%) Enterprise Software
2 47 (3.96%) Greenfield Project
3 41 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
4 38 (3.20%) Cloud Native
5 36 (3.03%) Social Media
6 29 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
7 28 (2.36%) Onboarding
8 27 (2.27%) Management Information System
9 25 (2.11%) Mobile App
10 23 (1.94%) Algorithms
11 22 (1.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 20 (1.68%) Digital TV
13 19 (1.60%) Distributed Systems
13 19 (1.60%) Marketing Technology
14 15 (1.26%) Biopharmaceutical
14 15 (1.26%) Graphic Design
15 14 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
16 12 (1.01%) Renewable Energy
17 10 (0.84%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 77 (6.49%) Windows
2 69 (5.81%) Linux
3 32 (2.70%) Windows Server
4 7 (0.59%) Unix
5 6 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (0.42%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.34%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.25%) AIX
8 3 (0.25%) Debian
9 2 (0.17%) Android
9 2 (0.17%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.084%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.084%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 435 (36.65%) Agile
2 400 (33.70%) Full-Stack Development
3 361 (30.41%) CI/CD
4 281 (23.67%) Problem-Solving
5 244 (20.56%) AI
6 243 (20.47%) DevOps
7 215 (18.11%) User Experience
8 210 (17.69%) Web Development
9 205 (17.27%) Continuous Improvement
10 141 (11.88%) Mentoring
11 126 (10.61%) Software Engineering
12 115 (9.69%) Machine Learning
13 110 (9.27%) Test Automation
14 107 (9.01%) Analytics
15 106 (8.93%) Front End Development
16 102 (8.59%) Scrum
17 94 (7.92%) Computer Science
18 93 (7.83%) Microservices
19 91 (7.67%) UX Design
20 88 (7.41%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 736 (62.01%) JavaScript
2 470 (39.60%) SQL
3 396 (33.36%) C#
4 212 (17.86%) Python
5 185 (15.59%) TypeScript
6 167 (14.07%) PHP
7 77 (6.49%) Java
8 48 (4.04%) R
9 40 (3.37%) PowerShell
10 32 (2.70%) C++
11 19 (1.60%) VBA
12 15 (1.26%) Go
12 15 (1.26%) VB.NET
13 14 (1.18%) T-SQL
14 12 (1.01%) C
14 12 (1.01%) Ruby
15 11 (0.93%) Shell Script
16 8 (0.67%) Bicep
16 8 (0.67%) PL/SQL
17 7 (0.59%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 191 (16.09%) Degree
2 101 (8.51%) Security Cleared
3 85 (7.16%) SC Cleared
4 65 (5.48%) Computer Science Degree
5 64 (5.39%) AWS Certification
6 63 (5.31%) Microsoft Certification
7 60 (5.05%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 60 (5.05%) Azure Certification
8 26 (2.19%) Master's Degree
9 15 (1.26%) MBA
10 7 (0.59%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (0.51%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.34%) DV Cleared
13 2 (0.17%) Postgraduate
14 1 (0.084%) ISTQB
14 1 (0.084%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 1 (0.084%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 1 (0.084%) Numerate Degree
14 1 (0.084%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 193 (16.26%) Accessibility
2 83 (6.99%) WCAG
3 76 (6.40%) QA
4 45 (3.79%) GDPR
5 15 (1.26%) Data Quality
6 11 (0.93%) SLA
7 10 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 8 (0.67%) PERC
9 7 (0.59%) ISO 9001
9 7 (0.59%) NCSC
10 6 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
10 6 (0.51%) GRC
11 4 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (0.34%) ISO 14001
11 4 (0.34%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.25%) WAI
12 3 (0.25%) WAI-ARIA
13 1 (0.084%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 180 (15.16%) Docker
2 23 (1.94%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.34%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 129 (10.87%) Kubernetes
2 11 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
3 7 (0.59%) Kibana
4 5 (0.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 5 (0.42%) Nagios
5 4 (0.34%) Puppet
6 3 (0.25%) Grafana
6 3 (0.25%) Plesk
6 3 (0.25%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.084%) Ansible
8 1 (0.084%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 390 (32.86%) Microsoft
2 85 (7.16%) Adobe
3 49 (4.13%) Google
4 43 (3.62%) Facebook
5 34 (2.86%) Oracle
6 29 (2.44%) Salesforce
7 23 (1.94%) YouTube
8 15 (1.26%) Splunk
9 14 (1.18%) ServiceNow
10 10 (0.84%) Sage
10 10 (0.84%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 9 (0.76%) HubSpot
12 8 (0.67%) Dynatrace
12 8 (0.67%) OneLogin
13 7 (0.59%) TikTok
14 6 (0.51%) iManage
15 5 (0.42%) Braze
15 5 (0.42%) Hotjar
15 5 (0.42%) Pinterest
15 5 (0.42%) WooCommerce