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 19 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 178 104 51
Rank change year-on-year -74 -53 +3
Permanent jobs citing HTML 1,178 1,447 3,436
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.10% 2.90% 4.13%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.05% 17.21% 21.38%
Number of salaries quoted 955 868 2,159
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.91% +5.71% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £85,000 £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 10,661 8,409 16,068
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.93% 16.85% 19.31%
Number of salaries quoted 7,780 5,443 11,343
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 19 August 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 19 August 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 -64 1,101 £50,000 -9.09% 758
UK excluding London -47 900 £50,000 -4.76% 486
Work from Home -56 512 £55,000 - 293
South East +7 266 £50,000 -13.04% 125
North of England -32 237 £50,000 -2.91% 122
London -111 233 £60,000 -14.29% 377
East of England 0 133 £48,130 -3.74% 48
North West -46 125 £47,500 -9.52% 71
South West -23 122 £50,000 +11.11% 61
Midlands -91 104 £50,000 -9.09% 82
Yorkshire -10 57 £50,000 +25.00% 37
North East -12 55 £52,000 +9.47% 18
West Midlands -63 53 £45,000 -16.28% 38
East Midlands -65 51 £50,000 -9.09% 44
Wales -58 26 £38,500 -42.96% 11
Scotland -63 11 £31,500 -37.56% 33
Northern Ireland -85 1 £31,000 -1.59% 12

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 93 (7.89%) WordPress
2 67 (5.69%) SharePoint
3 50 (4.24%) CMS
4 32 (2.72%) Confluence
4 32 (2.72%) IIS
5 17 (1.44%) Apache
6 16 (1.36%) Microsoft Exchange
7 9 (0.76%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 8 (0.68%) Drupal
9 7 (0.59%) JBoss
10 5 (0.42%) nginx
10 5 (0.42%) Umbraco
11 4 (0.34%) Headless CMS
11 4 (0.34%) Moodle
12 2 (0.17%) CICS
12 2 (0.17%) NServiceBus
12 2 (0.17%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.085%) Oracle 10gAS
13 1 (0.085%) PegaRULES
13 1 (0.085%) WebSphere
Applications
1 24 (2.04%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 18 (1.53%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (1.44%) Adobe XD
3 17 (1.44%) Photoshop
4 11 (0.93%) Adobe Illustrator
4 11 (0.93%) InDesign
5 10 (0.85%) Sketch
6 9 (0.76%) Adobe After Effects
6 9 (0.76%) Microsoft Excel
7 8 (0.68%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.25%) Elementor
8 3 (0.25%) InVision
8 3 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.25%) Trello
9 2 (0.17%) UserZoom
10 1 (0.085%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.085%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 31 (2.63%) Shopify
2 19 (1.61%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.59%) Magento
4 4 (0.34%) Line 50
4 4 (0.34%) NEC Housing
4 4 (0.34%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.25%) Visualfiles
6 2 (0.17%) Eloqua
6 2 (0.17%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 418 (35.48%) Azure
2 271 (23.01%) AWS
3 213 (18.08%) GitHub
4 161 (13.67%) Azure DevOps
5 90 (7.64%) Power Platform
6 85 (7.22%) GitHub Copilot
7 78 (6.62%) Azure AI
8 75 (6.37%) Figma
9 67 (5.69%) Microsoft 365
10 64 (5.43%) Power Automate
11 61 (5.18%) PowerApps
12 45 (3.82%) GCP
13 40 (3.40%) SaaS
13 40 (3.40%) Serverless
14 35 (2.97%) GitHub Actions
15 33 (2.80%) Google Analytics
16 31 (2.63%) Azure Logic Apps
17 26 (2.21%) OneDrive
18 22 (1.87%) Adobe Creative Cloud
18 22 (1.87%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 107 (9.08%) Internet
2 9 (0.76%) Intranet
3 8 (0.68%) SSL
4 7 (0.59%) HTTP
5 6 (0.51%) SNMP
5 6 (0.51%) TCP/IP
5 6 (0.51%) Wireshark
6 5 (0.42%) Network Security
6 5 (0.42%) SMS
6 5 (0.42%) VoIP
7 4 (0.34%) DNS
8 3 (0.25%) HTTPS
9 2 (0.17%) Cisco IOS
9 2 (0.17%) Firewall
10 1 (0.085%) AMQP
10 1 (0.085%) RTP
10 1 (0.085%) RTSP
10 1 (0.085%) SCTP
10 1 (0.085%) SS7
10 1 (0.085%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 176 (14.94%) Azure SQL Database
2 164 (13.92%) SQL Server
3 147 (12.48%) MongoDB
4 134 (11.38%) MySQL
5 84 (7.13%) Relational Database
6 65 (5.52%) PostgreSQL
7 64 (5.43%) Power BI
8 32 (2.72%) Elasticsearch
9 23 (1.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 17 (1.44%) Metadata
11 16 (1.36%) NoSQL
12 11 (0.93%) Amazon RDS
12 11 (0.93%) MariaDB
12 11 (0.93%) NonStop SQL
13 9 (0.76%) GIS
13 9 (0.76%) OLTP
14 8 (0.68%) Tableau
15 7 (0.59%) BigQuery
15 7 (0.59%) Geospatial Data
15 7 (0.59%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 255 (21.65%) Git
2 62 (5.26%) JIRA
3 50 (4.24%) Jenkins
4 21 (1.78%) Selenium
5 15 (1.27%) Cypress.io
5 15 (1.27%) JUnit
6 13 (1.10%) GitLab
7 12 (1.02%) Team Foundation Server
7 12 (1.02%) Visual Studio
8 11 (0.93%) Axure RP
8 11 (0.93%) Postman
9 10 (0.85%) Claude Code
10 9 (0.76%) Bitbucket
10 9 (0.76%) Maven
10 9 (0.76%) PHPUnit
10 9 (0.76%) webpack
11 8 (0.68%) Balsamiq
11 8 (0.68%) Mockito
11 8 (0.68%) Oracle Forms
11 8 (0.68%) Storybook
General
1 344 (29.20%) Social Skills
2 142 (12.05%) Marketing
3 128 (10.87%) Analytical Skills
4 95 (8.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 88 (7.47%) Finance
6 87 (7.39%) Public Sector
7 80 (6.79%) Law
8 71 (6.03%) Multimedia
9 67 (5.69%) Advertising
10 43 (3.65%) Organisational Skills
11 37 (3.14%) Legal
12 35 (2.97%) Retail
13 27 (2.29%) Manufacturing
14 21 (1.78%) Games
15 15 (1.27%) Banking
16 13 (1.10%) Pharmaceutical
17 11 (0.93%) Health Technology
18 10 (0.85%) Aviation
19 9 (0.76%) Publishing
20 8 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 723 (61.38%) Developer
2 216 (18.34%) .NET Developer
3 197 (16.72%) Senior
4 151 (12.82%) Senior Developer
5 127 (10.78%) Full-Stack Developer
6 80 (6.79%) Software Developer
7 79 (6.71%) Web Developer
8 68 (5.77%) Designer
9 64 (5.43%) Software Engineer
9 64 (5.43%) Trainee
10 59 (5.01%) PHP Developer
11 51 (4.33%) Lead
12 50 (4.24%) Administrator
12 50 (4.24%) Analyst
13 47 (3.99%) C# Developer
13 47 (3.99%) Web Administrator
14 43 (3.65%) Trainee Administrator
15 38 (3.23%) .NET Software Developer
16 37 (3.14%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
17 34 (2.89%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,031 (87.52%) CSS
2 399 (33.87%) .NET
3 237 (20.12%) .NET Core
4 234 (19.86%) React
5 223 (18.93%) ASP.NET
6 178 (15.11%) ASP.NET Core
7 143 (12.14%) HTML5
8 133 (11.29%) Node.js
9 123 (10.44%) jQuery
10 117 (9.93%) Entity Framework
11 114 (9.68%) CSS3
12 107 (9.08%) Vue
13 96 (8.15%) RESTful
14 95 (8.06%) AngularJS
15 94 (7.98%) REST
16 91 (7.72%) JSON
17 74 (6.28%) ML.NET
18 69 (5.86%) .NET Framework
19 60 (5.09%) Laravel
19 60 (5.09%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 46 (3.90%) Product Ownership
2 44 (3.74%) Enterprise Software
2 44 (3.74%) Greenfield Project
3 39 (3.31%) Cloud Native
4 37 (3.14%) Self-Motivation
5 33 (2.80%) Legacy Systems
6 30 (2.55%) Onboarding
6 30 (2.55%) Social Media
7 25 (2.12%) Management Information System
8 24 (2.04%) Mobile App
9 23 (1.95%) Algorithms
10 21 (1.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 20 (1.70%) Digital TV
11 20 (1.70%) Distributed Systems
12 17 (1.44%) Marketing Technology
13 14 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
13 14 (1.19%) Graphic Design
14 12 (1.02%) Renewable Energy
15 11 (0.93%) Biopharmaceutical
16 10 (0.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 76 (6.45%) Windows
2 68 (5.77%) Linux
3 31 (2.63%) 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 (0.085%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.085%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 427 (36.25%) Agile
2 407 (34.55%) Full-Stack Development
3 361 (30.65%) CI/CD
4 280 (23.77%) Problem-Solving
5 246 (20.88%) DevOps
6 238 (20.20%) AI
7 216 (18.34%) Web Development
8 207 (17.57%) User Experience
9 196 (16.64%) Continuous Improvement
10 131 (11.12%) Mentoring
11 128 (10.87%) Software Engineering
12 119 (10.10%) Machine Learning
13 104 (8.83%) Front End Development
13 104 (8.83%) Scrum
14 103 (8.74%) Computer Science
15 100 (8.49%) Analytics
16 96 (8.15%) Microservices
17 94 (7.98%) Clean Code
18 93 (7.89%) Test Automation
19 84 (7.13%) OO
Programming Languages
1 727 (61.71%) JavaScript
2 477 (40.49%) SQL
3 393 (33.36%) C#
4 211 (17.91%) Python
5 182 (15.45%) TypeScript
6 176 (14.94%) PHP
7 84 (7.13%) Java
8 48 (4.07%) R
9 42 (3.57%) PowerShell
10 34 (2.89%) C++
11 15 (1.27%) Go
11 15 (1.27%) VBA
12 14 (1.19%) C
12 14 (1.19%) T-SQL
13 13 (1.10%) PL/SQL
14 12 (1.02%) Ruby
14 12 (1.02%) VB.NET
15 10 (0.85%) Bicep
16 8 (0.68%) Shell Script
17 7 (0.59%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 196 (16.64%) Degree
2 93 (7.89%) Security Cleared
3 80 (6.79%) SC Cleared
4 69 (5.86%) Computer Science Degree
5 63 (5.35%) AWS Certification
6 61 (5.18%) Microsoft Certification
7 59 (5.01%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 59 (5.01%) Azure Certification
8 22 (1.87%) Master's Degree
9 11 (0.93%) MBA
10 7 (0.59%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (0.51%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.34%) DV Cleared
12 4 (0.34%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.17%) ISTQB
13 2 (0.17%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 2 (0.17%) Postgraduate
14 1 (0.085%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 1 (0.085%) Numerate Degree
14 1 (0.085%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 177 (15.03%) Accessibility
2 73 (6.20%) WCAG
3 69 (5.86%) QA
4 44 (3.74%) GDPR
5 15 (1.27%) SLA
6 12 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (0.85%) Data Quality
8 8 (0.68%) PERC
9 7 (0.59%) GRC
9 7 (0.59%) ISO 9001
9 7 (0.59%) NCSC
10 5 (0.42%) PCI DSS
11 4 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (0.34%) ISO 14001
12 3 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.25%) WAI
12 3 (0.25%) WAI-ARIA
13 2 (0.17%) NIST
14 1 (0.085%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 177 (15.03%) Docker
2 24 (2.04%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.34%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 129 (10.95%) Kubernetes
2 31 (2.63%) Terraform
3 9 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (0.59%) Kibana
5 5 (0.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 5 (0.42%) Nagios
6 4 (0.34%) Puppet
7 3 (0.25%) Plesk
8 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.085%) Ansible
9 1 (0.085%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 380 (32.26%) Microsoft
2 82 (6.96%) Adobe
3 47 (3.99%) Google
4 42 (3.57%) Facebook
5 37 (3.14%) Oracle
6 28 (2.38%) Salesforce
7 23 (1.95%) YouTube
8 17 (1.44%) Splunk
9 14 (1.19%) ServiceNow
10 10 (0.85%) Sage
10 10 (0.85%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 9 (0.76%) HubSpot
12 8 (0.68%) Dynatrace
12 8 (0.68%) OneLogin
13 7 (0.59%) iManage
13 7 (0.59%) TikTok
14 5 (0.42%) Hotjar
14 5 (0.42%) New Relic
14 5 (0.42%) Pinterest
14 5 (0.42%) WooCommerce