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

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 56 50
Rank change year-on-year -78 -6 -13
Permanent jobs citing HTML 1,151 1,910 3,980
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.54% 4.44% 4.69%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 14.23% 20.22% 21.00%
Number of salaries quoted 965 1,335 3,269
10th Percentile - £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,372 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.61% +9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £63,750 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -22.73% +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 8,086 9,446 18,953
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.81% 21.97% 22.34%
Number of salaries quoted 5,917 6,672 15,139
10th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,050 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.59% +10.08% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £102,500 £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 17 March 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 17 March 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 1,045 £47,500 -20.83% 589
UK excluding London -62 820 £42,500 -22.73% 512
Work from Home -94 337 £52,500 -19.23% 239
North of England -23 266 £30,500 -32.22% 131
London -99 251 £60,000 -14.29% 160
South East -45 210 £50,000 -16.67% 136
Midlands -50 126 £45,000 - 81
North West -30 125 £31,000 -31.87% 68
Yorkshire -9 105 £30,500 -23.75% 38
South West -56 86 £44,500 -25.83% 63
East of England -59 85 £45,000 -32.04% 74
West Midlands -23 71 £32,000 -37.56% 36
East Midlands -52 55 £55,000 +41.03% 45
North East -7 36 £30,500 -44.55% 27
Scotland -76 35 £30,500 -42.18% 18
Wales -45 10 £36,370 +11.91% 17
Northern Ireland -37 3 £60,000 +20.00% 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
1 118 (10.25%) WordPress
2 59 (5.13%) CMS
3 21 (1.82%) SharePoint
4 13 (1.13%) Confluence
5 10 (0.87%) nginx
6 9 (0.78%) Drupal
7 7 (0.61%) Apache
7 7 (0.61%) Umbraco
8 4 (0.35%) Joomla!
8 4 (0.35%) 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%) Liferay
9 3 (0.26%) NServiceBus
10 2 (0.17%) CICS
10 2 (0.17%) ColdFusion
10 2 (0.17%) Mendix
10 2 (0.17%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 28 (2.43%) Adobe XD
2 15 (1.30%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 15 (1.30%) MS Visio
3 14 (1.22%) Adobe Illustrator
3 14 (1.22%) Photoshop
4 12 (1.04%) Sketch
5 11 (0.96%) Chatbot
6 8 (0.70%) InVision
6 8 (0.70%) Microsoft Excel
6 8 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 6 (0.52%) InDesign
7 6 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
9 3 (0.26%) Elementor
10 2 (0.17%) Adobe After Effects
10 2 (0.17%) Adobe Captivate
10 2 (0.17%) Adobe Premiere
10 2 (0.17%) Windchill
11 1 (0.087%) Siemens NX
11 1 (0.087%) Trello
Business Applications
1 18 (1.56%) Shopify
2 12 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.35%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.17%) Eloqua
4 2 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.17%) SAP Business One
4 2 (0.17%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.087%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.087%) CiviCRM
5 1 (0.087%) FIS Private Capital Suite
5 1 (0.087%) Magento
5 1 (0.087%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 514 (44.66%) Azure
2 463 (40.23%) AWS
3 393 (34.14%) GitHub
4 76 (6.60%) Figma
5 73 (6.34%) Serverless
6 68 (5.91%) Azure DevOps
7 57 (4.95%) GCP
8 39 (3.39%) Power Platform
8 39 (3.39%) SaaS
9 37 (3.21%) Google Analytics
10 29 (2.52%) AWS Lambda
11 27 (2.35%) Amazon S3
12 26 (2.26%) GitHub Actions
13 22 (1.91%) Azure Logic Apps
14 19 (1.65%) Power Automate
14 19 (1.65%) PowerApps
15 16 (1.39%) Entra ID
16 15 (1.30%) Azure Functions
16 15 (1.30%) PaaS
17 13 (1.13%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 308 (26.76%) Internet
2 12 (1.04%) HTTP
3 6 (0.52%) FTP
4 4 (0.35%) Intranet
4 4 (0.35%) Network Security
5 3 (0.26%) AMQP
6 2 (0.17%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.17%) SSL
7 1 (0.087%) iSCSI
7 1 (0.087%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 110 (9.56%) SQL Server
2 77 (6.69%) MySQL
3 51 (4.43%) PostgreSQL
4 46 (4.00%) Relational Database
5 30 (2.61%) Power BI
6 29 (2.52%) MongoDB
6 29 (2.52%) NoSQL
7 21 (1.82%) OLTP
8 20 (1.74%) Azure SQL Database
9 15 (1.30%) DB2
10 13 (1.13%) Looker
11 12 (1.04%) Amazon Redshift
12 7 (0.61%) RDBMS
13 6 (0.52%) Oracle Database
14 4 (0.35%) BigQuery
14 4 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
14 4 (0.35%) DynamoDB
14 4 (0.35%) Elasticsearch
14 4 (0.35%) MariaDB
14 4 (0.35%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 450 (39.10%) Git
2 71 (6.17%) JIRA
3 57 (4.95%) Jenkins
4 47 (4.08%) Selenium
5 28 (2.43%) Postman
6 26 (2.26%) webpack
7 25 (2.17%) Axure RP
7 25 (2.17%) Team Foundation Server
8 24 (2.09%) SoapUI
9 21 (1.82%) WebDriver
10 19 (1.65%) Cypress.io
11 14 (1.22%) Balsamiq
11 14 (1.22%) TeamCity
11 14 (1.22%) Vite
12 13 (1.13%) Bitbucket
12 13 (1.13%) Cucumber
13 12 (1.04%) JUnit
14 11 (0.96%) Babel
14 11 (0.96%) Visual Studio
15 9 (0.78%) GitLab
General
1 302 (26.24%) Multimedia
2 255 (22.15%) Social Skills
3 129 (11.21%) Analytical Skills
4 98 (8.51%) Finance
5 87 (7.56%) Marketing
6 64 (5.56%) Law
7 54 (4.69%) Public Sector
8 48 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 28 (2.43%) Retail
10 27 (2.35%) Legal
11 26 (2.26%) Banking
12 23 (2.00%) Organisational Skills
13 15 (1.30%) German Language
14 14 (1.22%) Advertising
15 9 (0.78%) Games
16 8 (0.70%) Electronics
16 8 (0.70%) Publishing
17 7 (0.61%) Manufacturing
18 6 (0.52%) Aerospace
18 6 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 614 (53.34%) Developer
2 298 (25.89%) Trainee
3 178 (15.46%) Senior
4 163 (14.16%) Software Developer
5 132 (11.47%) Senior Developer
6 125 (10.86%) Trainee Developer
7 116 (10.08%) Full-Stack Developer
8 111 (9.64%) Trainee Software Developer
9 78 (6.78%) Administrator
10 74 (6.43%) Web Administrator
11 72 (6.26%) Trainee Administrator
12 66 (5.73%) .NET Developer
12 66 (5.73%) Designer
13 63 (5.47%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14 55 (4.78%) Lead
15 45 (3.91%) React Developer
16 44 (3.82%) Software Engineer
16 44 (3.82%) Web Developer
17 42 (3.65%) Analyst
18 31 (2.69%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 969 (84.19%) CSS
2 317 (27.54%) React
3 213 (18.51%) .NET
4 120 (10.43%) Node.js
5 116 (10.08%) AngularJS
6 99 (8.60%) RESTful
7 94 (8.17%) HTML5
8 83 (7.21%) Vue
9 81 (7.04%) JSON
10 80 (6.95%) XML
11 72 (6.26%) CSS3
12 64 (5.56%) REST
13 63 (5.47%) SOAP
14 62 (5.39%) jQuery
15 61 (5.30%) ASP.NET
16 57 (4.95%) .NET Core
17 43 (3.74%) .NET Framework
18 37 (3.21%) Web Services
19 35 (3.04%) Sass
19 35 (3.04%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 56 (4.87%) Product Ownership
2 46 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
3 42 (3.65%) Onboarding
4 34 (2.95%) Mobile App
5 30 (2.61%) Linux Command Line
6 29 (2.52%) Cloud Native
7 28 (2.43%) Greenfield Project
8 23 (2.00%) Data Structures
9 19 (1.65%) Legacy Systems
10 16 (1.39%) Low-Code
11 15 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
11 15 (1.30%) Distributed Systems
12 14 (1.22%) Social Media
13 13 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
13 13 (1.13%) Management Information System
14 10 (0.87%) Data Centre
15 9 (0.78%) Algorithms
15 9 (0.78%) Cybercrime
16 6 (0.52%) e-Learning
16 6 (0.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 31 (2.69%) Unix
2 23 (2.00%) Linux
3 19 (1.65%) Windows
4 13 (1.13%) Android
4 13 (1.13%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.43%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.17%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 368 (31.97%) Agile
2 363 (31.54%) Mentoring
3 239 (20.76%) Cybersecurity
4 237 (20.59%) Full-Stack Development
4 237 (20.59%) User Experience
5 231 (20.07%) Problem-Solving
6 201 (17.46%) CI/CD
7 162 (14.07%) Web Development
8 152 (13.21%) Front End Development
9 149 (12.95%) DevOps
10 125 (10.86%) AI
11 119 (10.34%) Continuous Improvement
12 108 (9.38%) Scrum
13 104 (9.04%) Software Engineering
14 101 (8.77%) Analytics
15 97 (8.43%) Computer Science
16 94 (8.17%) UX Design
17 86 (7.47%) Clean Code
18 74 (6.43%) Responsive Web Design
19 73 (6.34%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 875 (76.02%) JavaScript
2 450 (39.10%) Python
3 284 (24.67%) SQL
4 188 (16.33%) C#
5 176 (15.29%) TypeScript
6 174 (15.12%) R
7 114 (9.90%) Java
8 89 (7.73%) PHP
9 34 (2.95%) PL/SQL
10 9 (0.78%) PowerShell
10 9 (0.78%) Ruby
11 8 (0.70%) Apex Code
11 8 (0.70%) C++
11 8 (0.70%) Shell Script
11 8 (0.70%) T-SQL
12 6 (0.52%) Bash
12 6 (0.52%) C
13 4 (0.35%) SOQL
13 4 (0.35%) SOSL
13 4 (0.35%) XAML
Qualifications
1 300 (26.06%) Microsoft Certification
2 298 (25.89%) AWS Certification
2 298 (25.89%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 298 (25.89%) Azure Certification
3 225 (19.55%) Degree
4 77 (6.69%) Security Cleared
5 76 (6.60%) Computer Science Degree
6 49 (4.26%) SC Cleared
7 27 (2.35%) ISTQB
8 21 (1.82%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 11 (0.96%) DV Cleared
10 10 (0.87%) DBS Check
11 9 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
11 9 (0.78%) Master's Degree
12 6 (0.52%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 5 (0.43%) ITIL Certification
14 4 (0.35%) ISEB
15 3 (0.26%) Numerate Degree
15 3 (0.26%) PMI Certification
16 2 (0.17%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 143 (12.42%) Accessibility
2 55 (4.78%) QA
3 52 (4.52%) WCAG
4 20 (1.74%) GDPR
5 10 (0.87%) Data Quality
6 7 (0.61%) PERC
7 6 (0.52%) PCI DSS
7 6 (0.52%) SLA
8 4 (0.35%) GRC
8 4 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.17%) NIST
9 2 (0.17%) Section 508
10 1 (0.087%) HL7
10 1 (0.087%) NCSC
System Software
1 91 (7.91%) Docker
2 15 (1.30%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.087%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 51 (4.43%) Kubernetes
2 28 (2.43%) Terraform
3 7 (0.61%) Kibana
4 4 (0.35%) Argo
5 3 (0.26%) cPanel
5 3 (0.26%) Grafana
5 3 (0.26%) Plesk
6 2 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.17%) Ansible
6 2 (0.17%) Nagios
6 2 (0.17%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 415 (36.06%) Microsoft
2 58 (5.04%) Adobe
3 56 (4.87%) Google
4 41 (3.56%) Oracle
5 25 (2.17%) Salesforce
6 12 (1.04%) Hotjar
7 11 (0.96%) ServiceNow
8 10 (0.87%) Atlassian
8 10 (0.87%) Splunk
9 7 (0.61%) Dynatrace
9 7 (0.61%) Red Hat
9 7 (0.61%) SAP
10 6 (0.52%) Screaming Frog
11 5 (0.43%) iManage
12 4 (0.35%) Facebook
12 4 (0.35%) New Relic
12 4 (0.35%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 3 (0.26%) Guidewire
13 3 (0.26%) HubSpot
13 3 (0.26%) Pardot