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

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 137 56 50
Rank change year-on-year -81 -6 -13
Permanent jobs citing HTML 1,162 1,928 3,971
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.56% 4.47% 4.69%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 14.39% 20.26% 21.00%
Number of salaries quoted 977 1,348 3,269
10th Percentile - £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% +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 £42,039 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -23.57% +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 8,074 9,514 18,913
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.82% 22.06% 22.32%
Number of salaries quoted 5,907 6,731 15,134
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £36,265
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,100 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.66% +10.17% -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 16 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 16 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 1,055 £47,500 -20.83% 560
UK excluding London -60 832 £42,039 -23.57% 505
Work from Home -96 336 £52,500 -19.23% 223
North of England -20 277 £30,500 -32.22% 131
London -101 251 £60,000 -14.29% 147
South East -46 209 £50,000 -16.67% 128
North West -27 131 £31,000 -31.78% 65
Midlands -49 125 £45,000 -2.70% 82
Yorkshire -14 107 £30,500 -23.75% 41
South West -61 87 £44,000 -26.67% 64
East of England -57 85 £45,000 -32.04% 73
West Midlands -37 70 £30,500 -40.49% 34
East Midlands -59 55 £55,000 +41.03% 48
North East -5 39 £30,500 -44.55% 27
Scotland -70 37 £30,500 -43.52% 21
Wales -47 10 £36,370 +11.91% 16
Northern Ireland -36 3 £60,000 +20.00% 2
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
1 117 (10.07%) WordPress
2 59 (5.08%) CMS
3 21 (1.81%) SharePoint
4 13 (1.12%) Confluence
5 10 (0.86%) nginx
6 9 (0.77%) Drupal
7 7 (0.60%) Apache
7 7 (0.60%) Umbraco
8 4 (0.34%) Joomla!
8 4 (0.34%) 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 (2.41%) Adobe XD
2 15 (1.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 15 (1.29%) MS Visio
3 14 (1.20%) Adobe Illustrator
3 14 (1.20%) Photoshop
4 12 (1.03%) Sketch
5 11 (0.95%) Chatbot
6 8 (0.69%) InVision
6 8 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
6 8 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 6 (0.52%) InDesign
7 6 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.34%) 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 (0.086%) Siemens NX
11 1 (0.086%) Trello
Business Applications
1 18 (1.55%) Shopify
2 12 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.34%) 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 (0.086%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.086%) CiviCRM
5 1 (0.086%) FIS Private Capital Suite
5 1 (0.086%) Magento
5 1 (0.086%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 530 (45.61%) Azure
2 479 (41.22%) AWS
3 410 (35.28%) GitHub
4 75 (6.45%) Figma
4 75 (6.45%) Serverless
5 67 (5.77%) Azure DevOps
6 56 (4.82%) GCP
7 39 (3.36%) Power Platform
7 39 (3.36%) SaaS
8 37 (3.18%) Google Analytics
9 29 (2.50%) AWS Lambda
10 27 (2.32%) Amazon S3
11 25 (2.15%) GitHub Actions
12 22 (1.89%) Azure Logic Apps
13 19 (1.64%) Power Automate
13 19 (1.64%) PowerApps
14 15 (1.29%) Azure Functions
14 15 (1.29%) Entra ID
14 15 (1.29%) PaaS
15 13 (1.12%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 323 (27.80%) Internet
2 11 (0.95%) HTTP
3 6 (0.52%) FTP
4 4 (0.34%) Intranet
4 4 (0.34%) Network Security
5 3 (0.26%) AMQP
6 2 (0.17%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.17%) SSL
7 1 (0.086%) iSCSI
7 1 (0.086%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (9.38%) SQL Server
2 75 (6.45%) MySQL
3 51 (4.39%) PostgreSQL
4 44 (3.79%) Relational Database
5 30 (2.58%) Power BI
6 29 (2.50%) MongoDB
6 29 (2.50%) NoSQL
7 21 (1.81%) OLTP
8 20 (1.72%) Azure SQL Database
9 15 (1.29%) DB2
10 13 (1.12%) Looker
11 12 (1.03%) Amazon Redshift
12 7 (0.60%) RDBMS
13 6 (0.52%) Oracle Database
14 4 (0.34%) Data Warehouse
14 4 (0.34%) DynamoDB
14 4 (0.34%) Elasticsearch
14 4 (0.34%) Metadata
15 3 (0.26%) BigQuery
15 3 (0.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 463 (39.85%) Git
2 71 (6.11%) JIRA
3 55 (4.73%) Jenkins
4 47 (4.04%) Selenium
5 28 (2.41%) Postman
6 26 (2.24%) Team Foundation Server
6 26 (2.24%) webpack
7 25 (2.15%) Axure RP
7 25 (2.15%) SoapUI
8 22 (1.89%) WebDriver
9 19 (1.64%) Cypress.io
10 14 (1.20%) Balsamiq
10 14 (1.20%) TeamCity
10 14 (1.20%) Vite
11 13 (1.12%) Bitbucket
11 13 (1.12%) Cucumber
12 11 (0.95%) Babel
12 11 (0.95%) JUnit
12 11 (0.95%) Visual Studio
13 9 (0.77%) Subversion
General
1 318 (27.37%) Multimedia
2 254 (21.86%) Social Skills
3 126 (10.84%) Analytical Skills
4 98 (8.43%) Finance
5 86 (7.40%) Marketing
6 63 (5.42%) Law
7 54 (4.65%) Public Sector
8 46 (3.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 27 (2.32%) Retail
10 26 (2.24%) Banking
10 26 (2.24%) Legal
11 23 (1.98%) Organisational Skills
12 15 (1.29%) German Language
13 14 (1.20%) Advertising
14 9 (0.77%) Games
15 8 (0.69%) Electronics
15 8 (0.69%) Publishing
16 7 (0.60%) Manufacturing
17 6 (0.52%) Aerospace
17 6 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 622 (53.53%) Developer
2 314 (27.02%) Trainee
3 179 (15.40%) Senior
4 172 (14.80%) Software Developer
5 134 (11.53%) Trainee Developer
6 133 (11.45%) Senior Developer
7 120 (10.33%) Full-Stack Developer
7 120 (10.33%) Trainee Software Developer
8 78 (6.71%) Administrator
9 74 (6.37%) Web Administrator
10 72 (6.20%) Trainee Administrator
11 66 (5.68%) .NET Developer
12 65 (5.59%) Designer
13 63 (5.42%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14 54 (4.65%) Lead
15 44 (3.79%) React Developer
16 43 (3.70%) Software Engineer
16 43 (3.70%) Web Developer
17 41 (3.53%) Analyst
18 31 (2.67%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 980 (84.34%) CSS
2 317 (27.28%) React
3 213 (18.33%) .NET
4 123 (10.59%) Node.js
5 118 (10.15%) AngularJS
6 99 (8.52%) RESTful
7 98 (8.43%) HTML5
8 87 (7.49%) Vue
9 81 (6.97%) JSON
10 80 (6.88%) XML
11 76 (6.54%) CSS3
12 64 (5.51%) REST
12 64 (5.51%) SOAP
13 61 (5.25%) ASP.NET
14 60 (5.16%) jQuery
15 57 (4.91%) .NET Core
16 43 (3.70%) .NET Framework
17 37 (3.18%) Web Services
18 35 (3.01%) Tailwind CSS
19 34 (2.93%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 56 (4.82%) Product Ownership
2 45 (3.87%) Self-Motivation
3 41 (3.53%) Onboarding
4 38 (3.27%) Mobile App
5 30 (2.58%) Cloud Native
5 30 (2.58%) Linux Command Line
6 28 (2.41%) Greenfield Project
7 23 (1.98%) Data Structures
8 17 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
9 16 (1.38%) Low-Code
10 15 (1.29%) Distributed Systems
11 14 (1.20%) Social Media
12 13 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
13 12 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
13 12 (1.03%) Management Information System
14 10 (0.86%) Data Centre
15 9 (0.77%) Algorithms
15 9 (0.77%) Cybercrime
16 6 (0.52%) e-Learning
16 6 (0.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 31 (2.67%) Unix
2 23 (1.98%) Linux
3 19 (1.64%) Windows
4 13 (1.12%) Android
4 13 (1.12%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.43%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.17%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 381 (32.79%) Mentoring
2 367 (31.58%) Agile
3 255 (21.94%) Cybersecurity
4 239 (20.57%) Full-Stack Development
5 236 (20.31%) User Experience
6 226 (19.45%) Problem-Solving
7 198 (17.04%) CI/CD
8 161 (13.86%) Web Development
9 152 (13.08%) Front End Development
10 149 (12.82%) DevOps
11 123 (10.59%) AI
12 114 (9.81%) Continuous Improvement
13 107 (9.21%) Scrum
14 102 (8.78%) Software Engineering
15 100 (8.61%) Analytics
16 94 (8.09%) Computer Science
16 94 (8.09%) UX Design
17 83 (7.14%) Clean Code
18 73 (6.28%) Microservices
18 73 (6.28%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 887 (76.33%) JavaScript
2 466 (40.10%) Python
3 284 (24.44%) SQL
4 188 (16.18%) C#
5 181 (15.58%) R
6 178 (15.32%) TypeScript
7 114 (9.81%) Java
8 85 (7.31%) PHP
9 34 (2.93%) PL/SQL
10 9 (0.77%) PowerShell
10 9 (0.77%) Ruby
11 8 (0.69%) Apex Code
11 8 (0.69%) C++
11 8 (0.69%) Shell Script
11 8 (0.69%) T-SQL
12 6 (0.52%) Bash
12 6 (0.52%) C
13 4 (0.34%) Bicep
13 4 (0.34%) SOQL
13 4 (0.34%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 316 (27.19%) Microsoft Certification
2 314 (27.02%) AWS Certification
2 314 (27.02%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 314 (27.02%) Azure Certification
3 222 (19.10%) Degree
4 81 (6.97%) Security Cleared
5 74 (6.37%) Computer Science Degree
6 53 (4.56%) SC Cleared
7 27 (2.32%) ISTQB
8 22 (1.89%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 11 (0.95%) DV Cleared
10 10 (0.86%) DBS Check
11 9 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
11 9 (0.77%) Master's Degree
12 5 (0.43%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 5 (0.43%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (0.34%) ISEB
14 3 (0.26%) Numerate Degree
14 3 (0.26%) PMI Certification
15 2 (0.17%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 141 (12.13%) Accessibility
2 54 (4.65%) QA
3 52 (4.48%) WCAG
4 18 (1.55%) GDPR
5 10 (0.86%) Data Quality
6 6 (0.52%) PERC
6 6 (0.52%) SLA
7 5 (0.43%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.26%) GRC
10 2 (0.17%) NIST
10 2 (0.17%) Section 508
11 1 (0.086%) HL7
11 1 (0.086%) NCSC
System Software
1 91 (7.83%) Docker
2 15 (1.29%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.086%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 51 (4.39%) Kubernetes
2 28 (2.41%) Terraform
3 7 (0.60%) Kibana
4 4 (0.34%) 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
1 430 (37.01%) Microsoft
2 58 (4.99%) Adobe
2 58 (4.99%) Google
3 41 (3.53%) Oracle
4 25 (2.15%) Salesforce
5 12 (1.03%) Hotjar
6 11 (0.95%) ServiceNow
7 10 (0.86%) Atlassian
7 10 (0.86%) Splunk
8 7 (0.60%) Dynatrace
8 7 (0.60%) Red Hat
8 7 (0.60%) SAP
9 6 (0.52%) Screaming Frog
10 5 (0.43%) iManage
11 4 (0.34%) Facebook
11 4 (0.34%) New Relic
11 4 (0.34%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 3 (0.26%) Guidewire
12 3 (0.26%) HubSpot
12 3 (0.26%) Pardot