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 8 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 132 50 49
Rank change year-on-year -82 -1 -15
Permanent jobs citing HTML 1,124 2,510 3,539
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.72% 4.95% 4.76%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 15.07% 22.59% 20.23%
Number of salaries quoted 937 1,324 3,011
10th Percentile - £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £40,000 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +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 7,460 11,112 17,495
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.41% 21.92% 23.53%
Number of salaries quoted 5,493 6,597 14,395
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,000 £61,551
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% +7.23% -8.81%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £107,500 £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 8 February 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 8 February 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 -68 1,026 £47,500 -17.39% 672
UK excluding London -78 781 £40,000 -27.27% 590
Work from Home -91 333 £52,500 -16.00% 264
London -86 269 £60,000 -11.11% 187
North of England -31 259 £30,500 -32.22% 156
South East -61 202 £50,000 -16.67% 160
North West -34 122 £30,500 -36.13% 81
Midlands -69 110 £42,039 -11.50% 82
Yorkshire -34 99 £30,500 -26.06% 58
East of England -48 92 £55,000 -16.93% 76
South West -72 71 £40,000 -30.43% 75
West Midlands -61 57 £30,500 -41.90% 31
East Midlands -52 54 £55,000 +46.67% 51
Scotland -72 40 £30,500 -44.55% 25
North East -11 38 £30,500 -44.55% 19
Wales -46 7 £30,500 -6.15% 20
Channel Islands 0 1 £90,000 -
Northern Ireland -38 1 - - 5

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 71 (6.32%) WordPress
2 62 (5.52%) CMS
3 25 (2.22%) SharePoint
4 23 (2.05%) Confluence
5 11 (0.98%) nginx
6 9 (0.80%) Drupal
7 7 (0.62%) Apache
7 7 (0.62%) Umbraco
8 5 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (0.36%) Joomla!
10 3 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.27%) govService
10 3 (0.27%) IIS
10 3 (0.27%) JBoss
10 3 (0.27%) Liferay
11 2 (0.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.18%) ColdFusion
11 2 (0.18%) Mendix
11 2 (0.18%) NServiceBus
11 2 (0.18%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 28 (2.49%) Adobe XD
2 19 (1.69%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 15 (1.33%) MS Visio
4 14 (1.25%) Adobe Illustrator
5 12 (1.07%) Photoshop
5 12 (1.07%) Sketch
6 10 (0.89%) Microsoft Excel
6 10 (0.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 9 (0.80%) InVision
7 9 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
8 8 (0.71%) Chatbot
9 6 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
10 5 (0.44%) Adobe After Effects
10 5 (0.44%) Adobe Premiere
11 4 (0.36%) InDesign
12 3 (0.27%) Elementor
13 2 (0.18%) Adobe Captivate
13 2 (0.18%) Windchill
14 1 (0.089%) Siemens NX
14 1 (0.089%) Trello
Business Applications
1 19 (1.69%) Shopify
2 17 (1.51%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.36%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.18%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.18%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.089%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.089%) FIS Private Capital Suite
6 1 (0.089%) Magento
6 1 (0.089%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 476 (42.35%) Azure
2 425 (37.81%) AWS
3 372 (33.10%) GitHub
4 77 (6.85%) Serverless
5 62 (5.52%) Figma
6 52 (4.63%) Azure DevOps
7 48 (4.27%) GCP
8 46 (4.09%) Power Platform
9 35 (3.11%) Google Analytics
10 33 (2.94%) SaaS
11 32 (2.85%) Power Automate
12 27 (2.40%) AWS Lambda
13 24 (2.14%) Amazon S3
13 24 (2.14%) Entra ID
14 22 (1.96%) Dynamics 365
15 21 (1.87%) GitHub Actions
16 20 (1.78%) PowerApps
17 19 (1.69%) Azure Logic Apps
18 17 (1.51%) Azure Functions
19 16 (1.42%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 283 (25.18%) Internet
2 11 (0.98%) HTTP
3 6 (0.53%) FTP
4 5 (0.44%) Intranet
5 3 (0.27%) AMQP
6 2 (0.18%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.18%) Network Security
6 2 (0.18%) SSL
7 1 (0.089%) DNS
7 1 (0.089%) Firewall
7 1 (0.089%) SSH
7 1 (0.089%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.089%) X.21
Database & Business Intelligence
1 104 (9.25%) SQL Server
2 67 (5.96%) MySQL
3 50 (4.45%) PostgreSQL
4 48 (4.27%) Relational Database
5 33 (2.94%) NoSQL
6 31 (2.76%) MongoDB
6 31 (2.76%) Power BI
7 21 (1.87%) Azure SQL Database
8 19 (1.69%) OLTP
9 14 (1.25%) DB2
9 14 (1.25%) Looker
10 10 (0.89%) Amazon Redshift
11 9 (0.80%) RDBMS
12 5 (0.44%) Elasticsearch
12 5 (0.44%) NonStop SQL
12 5 (0.44%) Oracle Database
13 4 (0.36%) Data Warehouse
13 4 (0.36%) DynamoDB
14 3 (0.27%) MariaDB
14 3 (0.27%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 417 (37.10%) Git
2 80 (7.12%) JIRA
3 51 (4.54%) Jenkins
4 49 (4.36%) Selenium
5 32 (2.85%) Postman
6 30 (2.67%) Team Foundation Server
7 28 (2.49%) SoapUI
8 25 (2.22%) WebDriver
8 25 (2.22%) webpack
9 22 (1.96%) Axure RP
10 16 (1.42%) Cypress.io
10 16 (1.42%) JUnit
11 15 (1.33%) TeamCity
12 14 (1.25%) Bitbucket
12 14 (1.25%) Cucumber
13 13 (1.16%) Visual Studio
14 12 (1.07%) Balsamiq
15 11 (0.98%) Mockito
15 11 (0.98%) Vite
16 10 (0.89%) JMeter
General
1 286 (25.44%) Multimedia
2 281 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 120 (10.68%) Analytical Skills
4 101 (8.99%) Finance
5 91 (8.10%) Marketing
6 82 (7.30%) Law
7 55 (4.89%) Public Sector
8 37 (3.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 29 (2.58%) Banking
9 29 (2.58%) Retail
10 26 (2.31%) Legal
11 22 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
12 21 (1.87%) Advertising
13 15 (1.33%) German Language
14 10 (0.89%) Publishing
15 8 (0.71%) Manufacturing
16 7 (0.62%) Electronics
16 7 (0.62%) Games
17 5 (0.44%) Back Office
17 5 (0.44%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 599 (53.29%) Developer
2 278 (24.73%) Trainee
3 173 (15.39%) Software Developer
4 172 (15.30%) Senior
5 134 (11.92%) Trainee Developer
6 125 (11.12%) Senior Developer
6 125 (11.12%) Trainee Software Developer
7 109 (9.70%) Full-Stack Developer
8 66 (5.87%) Analyst
9 61 (5.43%) .NET Developer
10 60 (5.34%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 51 (4.54%) Lead
12 49 (4.36%) Designer
13 42 (3.74%) Software Engineer
14 38 (3.38%) React Developer
15 35 (3.11%) Administrator
16 33 (2.94%) Web Developer
17 31 (2.76%) Web Administrator
18 30 (2.67%) Java Developer
19 29 (2.58%) Trainee Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 914 (81.32%) CSS
2 297 (26.42%) React
3 203 (18.06%) .NET
4 123 (10.94%) Node.js
5 112 (9.96%) AngularJS
6 106 (9.43%) HTML5
7 101 (8.99%) RESTful
8 90 (8.01%) XML
9 80 (7.12%) JSON
9 80 (7.12%) Vue
10 79 (7.03%) CSS3
11 66 (5.87%) REST
12 62 (5.52%) ASP.NET
12 62 (5.52%) SOAP
13 60 (5.34%) jQuery
14 59 (5.25%) .NET Core
15 40 (3.56%) Web Services
16 39 (3.47%) .NET Framework
17 35 (3.11%) Spring
18 34 (3.02%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 55 (4.89%) Product Ownership
2 44 (3.91%) Self-Motivation
3 42 (3.74%) Onboarding
4 36 (3.20%) Mobile App
5 30 (2.67%) Linux Command Line
6 25 (2.22%) Cloud Native
7 22 (1.96%) Data Structures
7 22 (1.96%) Greenfield Project
8 19 (1.69%) Distributed Systems
9 18 (1.60%) Low-Code
10 14 (1.25%) Analytical Mindset
11 12 (1.07%) Management Information System
11 12 (1.07%) Social Media
12 11 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
13 10 (0.89%) Algorithms
14 9 (0.80%) Cybercrime
14 9 (0.80%) Legacy Systems
15 8 (0.71%) Data Centre
15 8 (0.71%) Digital Media
16 7 (0.62%) Motion Graphics
Operating Systems
1 33 (2.94%) Unix
2 23 (2.05%) Windows
3 19 (1.69%) Linux
4 14 (1.25%) Apple iOS
5 13 (1.16%) Android
6 5 (0.44%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.44%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.27%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.18%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 387 (34.43%) Mentoring
2 382 (33.99%) Agile
3 272 (24.20%) Cybersecurity
4 255 (22.69%) Problem-Solving
5 243 (21.62%) User Experience
6 219 (19.48%) Full-Stack Development
7 172 (15.30%) CI/CD
8 153 (13.61%) Front End Development
9 128 (11.39%) DevOps
10 107 (9.52%) Web Development
11 106 (9.43%) AI
12 102 (9.07%) Continuous Improvement
12 102 (9.07%) Software Engineering
13 92 (8.19%) Analytics
14 90 (8.01%) Scrum
14 90 (8.01%) UX Design
15 83 (7.38%) Microservices
16 81 (7.21%) Computer Science
17 75 (6.67%) Clean Code
17 75 (6.67%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 867 (77.14%) JavaScript
2 434 (38.61%) Python
3 277 (24.64%) SQL
4 190 (16.90%) C#
5 162 (14.41%) TypeScript
6 144 (12.81%) R
7 125 (11.12%) Java
8 69 (6.14%) PHP
9 31 (2.76%) PL/SQL
10 13 (1.16%) Shell Script
11 12 (1.07%) T-SQL
12 11 (0.98%) Ruby
13 8 (0.71%) Apex Code
14 4 (0.36%) ActionScript
14 4 (0.36%) ActionScript 3.0
14 4 (0.36%) Bash
14 4 (0.36%) C++
14 4 (0.36%) Objective-C
14 4 (0.36%) PowerShell
14 4 (0.36%) XAML
Qualifications
1 283 (25.18%) Microsoft Certification
2 279 (24.82%) Azure Certification
3 278 (24.73%) AWS Certification
3 278 (24.73%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 215 (19.13%) Degree
5 86 (7.65%) Security Cleared
6 68 (6.05%) Computer Science Degree
7 48 (4.27%) SC Cleared
8 29 (2.58%) ISTQB
9 25 (2.22%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 17 (1.51%) DV Cleared
11 10 (0.89%) DBS Check
11 10 (0.89%) Master's Degree
12 9 (0.80%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (0.44%) A+ Certification
14 4 (0.36%) ISEB
14 4 (0.36%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 3 (0.27%) Numerate Degree
15 3 (0.27%) PhD
15 3 (0.27%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 153 (13.61%) Accessibility
2 51 (4.54%) WCAG
3 49 (4.36%) QA
4 26 (2.31%) GDPR
5 7 (0.62%) Data Quality
6 6 (0.53%) PERC
7 5 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.27%) SLA
9 2 (0.18%) Section 508
10 1 (0.089%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.089%) HL7
10 1 (0.089%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.089%) NCSC
10 1 (0.089%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 91 (8.10%) Docker
2 15 (1.33%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 52 (4.63%) Kubernetes
2 28 (2.49%) Terraform
3 9 (0.80%) Kibana
4 6 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.36%) Argo
6 3 (0.27%) cPanel
6 3 (0.27%) Grafana
6 3 (0.27%) Plesk
7 2 (0.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.18%) Ansible
7 2 (0.18%) HP Quality Center
7 2 (0.18%) Nagios
7 2 (0.18%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 403 (35.85%) Microsoft
2 61 (5.43%) Google
3 60 (5.34%) Adobe
4 42 (3.74%) Oracle
5 28 (2.49%) Salesforce
6 14 (1.25%) ServiceNow
7 12 (1.07%) Hotjar
8 11 (0.98%) Atlassian
8 11 (0.98%) Dynatrace
8 11 (0.98%) Splunk
9 8 (0.71%) SAP
10 7 (0.62%) Red Hat
10 7 (0.62%) Screaming Frog
11 6 (0.53%) YouTube
12 5 (0.44%) Ahrefs
12 5 (0.44%) Facebook
12 5 (0.44%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 4 (0.36%) HubSpot
13 4 (0.36%) iManage
13 4 (0.36%) Pardot