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 2 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 169 79 53
Rank change year-on-year -90 -26 -19
Permanent jobs citing HTML 1,066 1,537 4,294
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.18% 3.64% 4.48%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 12.20% 18.46% 21.08%
Number of salaries quoted 881 1,248 3,304
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +14.29% -7.08%
75th Percentile £63,750 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £55,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.92% +11.00% -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 8,736 8,324 20,370
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.70% 19.69% 21.25%
Number of salaries quoted 6,383 6,366 15,754
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,471 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% +10.00% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £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 2 May 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 2 May 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 -80 984 £47,500 -20.83% 407
UK excluding London -78 761 £45,000 -18.92% 317
Work from Home -94 340 £55,000 -15.38% 212
London -100 240 £60,000 -14.29% 125
North of England -37 232 £31,500 -30.00% 79
South East -56 195 £50,000 -20.00% 108
Midlands -49 125 £45,000 - 36
North West -25 121 £37,500 -19.35% 42
East of England -45 97 £48,760 -26.36% 53
Yorkshire -38 83 £30,500 -18.67% 26
South West -67 79 £45,000 -25.00% 31
West Midlands -29 72 £42,039 -15.92% 18
East Midlands -48 53 £55,000 +37.50% 18
North East -24 28 £30,500 -40.49% 11
Scotland -86 22 £30,500 -44.55% 12
Wales -46 9 £41,740 -9.75% 4
Northern Ireland -41 3 £60,000 - 4
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
1 100 (9.38%) WordPress
2 48 (4.50%) CMS
3 44 (4.13%) SharePoint
4 13 (1.22%) Confluence
5 10 (0.94%) IIS
5 10 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (0.84%) nginx
7 7 (0.66%) Apache
7 7 (0.66%) Drupal
8 5 (0.47%) Umbraco
9 3 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.28%) govService
9 3 (0.28%) JBoss
9 3 (0.28%) Liferay
9 3 (0.28%) NServiceBus
10 2 (0.19%) CICS
10 2 (0.19%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.19%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.094%) ColdFusion
11 1 (0.094%) Site Server
Applications
1 21 (1.97%) Adobe XD
2 17 (1.59%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 13 (1.22%) Photoshop
4 11 (1.03%) Microsoft Office
4 11 (1.03%) Sketch
5 10 (0.94%) Microsoft Excel
6 9 (0.84%) Adobe Illustrator
6 9 (0.84%) Chatbot
7 8 (0.75%) InVision
8 7 (0.66%) MS Visio
8 7 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
9 6 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 3 (0.28%) InDesign
11 2 (0.19%) Elementor
12 1 (0.094%) Adobe After Effects
12 1 (0.094%) Adobe Captivate
12 1 (0.094%) Adobe Premiere
12 1 (0.094%) Siemens NX
12 1 (0.094%) Trello
12 1 (0.094%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 15 (1.41%) Shopify
2 13 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.47%) Magento
4 4 (0.38%) Line 50
5 3 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.19%) Eloqua
7 1 (0.094%) Adobe Campaign
7 1 (0.094%) CiviCRM
7 1 (0.094%) FIS Private Capital Suite
7 1 (0.094%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.094%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.094%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 416 (39.02%) Azure
2 377 (35.37%) AWS
3 294 (27.58%) GitHub
4 73 (6.85%) Azure DevOps
5 68 (6.38%) Figma
6 62 (5.82%) Power Platform
7 60 (5.63%) GCP
8 51 (4.78%) Serverless
9 38 (3.56%) SaaS
10 37 (3.47%) Microsoft 365
11 36 (3.38%) Power Automate
11 36 (3.38%) PowerApps
12 35 (3.28%) Google Analytics
13 31 (2.91%) Azure Logic Apps
14 26 (2.44%) GitHub Actions
15 25 (2.35%) Adobe Creative Cloud
15 25 (2.35%) AWS Lambda
16 24 (2.25%) Amazon S3
17 22 (2.06%) Azure Data Factory
18 19 (1.78%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 236 (22.14%) Internet
2 11 (1.03%) HTTP
3 7 (0.66%) Intranet
3 7 (0.66%) Network Security
4 4 (0.38%) VoIP
5 3 (0.28%) FTP
6 2 (0.19%) AMQP
6 2 (0.19%) Cisco IOS
6 2 (0.19%) SMS
6 2 (0.19%) SSL
7 1 (0.094%) Broadband
7 1 (0.094%) DNS
7 1 (0.094%) Firewall
7 1 (0.094%) iSCSI
7 1 (0.094%) NAS
7 1 (0.094%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (10.23%) SQL Server
2 89 (8.35%) MySQL
3 54 (5.07%) Power BI
4 41 (3.85%) PostgreSQL
5 38 (3.56%) Azure SQL Database
6 37 (3.47%) Relational Database
7 29 (2.72%) NoSQL
8 28 (2.63%) MongoDB
9 21 (1.97%) OLTP
10 12 (1.13%) Amazon Redshift
10 12 (1.13%) DB2
11 10 (0.94%) BigQuery
12 8 (0.75%) Tableau
13 7 (0.66%) FileMaker
13 7 (0.66%) Looker
13 7 (0.66%) Metadata
14 6 (0.56%) Elasticsearch
14 6 (0.56%) MariaDB
14 6 (0.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 4 (0.38%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 349 (32.74%) Git
2 68 (6.38%) JIRA
3 48 (4.50%) Jenkins
4 43 (4.03%) Selenium
5 27 (2.53%) Postman
6 25 (2.35%) Team Foundation Server
7 24 (2.25%) SoapUI
8 19 (1.78%) WebDriver
9 17 (1.59%) Axure RP
9 17 (1.59%) webpack
10 14 (1.31%) Bitbucket
11 12 (1.13%) Balsamiq
12 11 (1.03%) Cypress.io
12 11 (1.03%) Vite
13 10 (0.94%) Cucumber
13 10 (0.94%) JUnit
13 10 (0.94%) TeamCity
14 9 (0.84%) Babel
14 9 (0.84%) GitLab
15 8 (0.75%) Subversion
General
1 264 (24.77%) Social Skills
2 222 (20.83%) Multimedia
3 135 (12.66%) Analytical Skills
4 94 (8.82%) Marketing
5 91 (8.54%) Finance
6 55 (5.16%) Law
7 43 (4.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 39 (3.66%) Public Sector
9 31 (2.91%) Legal
10 24 (2.25%) Organisational Skills
10 24 (2.25%) Retail
11 16 (1.50%) Banking
12 15 (1.41%) Advertising
13 13 (1.22%) German Language
14 8 (0.75%) Games
14 8 (0.75%) Manufacturing
15 7 (0.66%) Electronics
16 6 (0.56%) Aerospace
16 6 (0.56%) Health Technology
16 6 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 561 (52.63%) Developer
2 226 (21.20%) Trainee
3 164 (15.38%) Senior
4 129 (12.10%) Software Developer
5 128 (12.01%) Senior Developer
6 118 (11.07%) Full-Stack Developer
7 91 (8.54%) Trainee Developer
8 78 (7.32%) Trainee Software Developer
9 64 (6.00%) Administrator
9 64 (6.00%) Designer
10 61 (5.72%) .NET Developer
11 58 (5.44%) Web Administrator
12 56 (5.25%) Trainee Administrator
13 50 (4.69%) Lead
14 49 (4.60%) Software Engineer
14 49 (4.60%) Web Developer
15 44 (4.13%) Analyst
16 39 (3.66%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
16 39 (3.66%) React Developer
17 34 (3.19%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 900 (84.43%) CSS
2 271 (25.42%) React
3 215 (20.17%) .NET
4 108 (10.13%) Node.js
5 103 (9.66%) HTML5
6 100 (9.38%) AngularJS
7 94 (8.82%) RESTful
8 91 (8.54%) JSON
8 91 (8.54%) Vue
9 85 (7.97%) jQuery
10 81 (7.60%) CSS3
11 66 (6.19%) .NET Core
12 60 (5.63%) XML
13 58 (5.44%) SOAP
14 53 (4.97%) REST
15 52 (4.88%) ASP.NET
16 42 (3.94%) Laravel
17 37 (3.47%) .NET Framework
18 35 (3.28%) Spring
19 32 (3.00%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 42 (3.94%) Self-Motivation
2 41 (3.85%) Product Ownership
3 40 (3.75%) Onboarding
4 30 (2.81%) Cloud Native
5 27 (2.53%) Linux Command Line
6 26 (2.44%) Management Information System
7 25 (2.35%) Greenfield Project
8 23 (2.16%) Mobile App
9 20 (1.88%) Legacy Systems
9 20 (1.88%) Social Media
10 17 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
11 15 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
12 14 (1.31%) Algorithms
13 13 (1.22%) Data Structures
13 13 (1.22%) Distributed Systems
14 9 (0.84%) Low-Code
15 8 (0.75%) Data Centre
16 7 (0.66%) Cybercrime
16 7 (0.66%) Graphic Design
16 7 (0.66%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 31 (2.91%) Windows
2 28 (2.63%) Linux
3 26 (2.44%) Unix
4 15 (1.41%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.56%) Android
6 4 (0.38%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.38%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.19%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.094%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 293 (27.49%) Agile
2 285 (26.74%) Mentoring
3 236 (22.14%) Full-Stack Development
4 216 (20.26%) Problem-Solving
5 196 (18.39%) User Experience
6 176 (16.51%) Cybersecurity
7 166 (15.57%) CI/CD
8 148 (13.88%) Web Development
9 136 (12.76%) AI
10 132 (12.38%) DevOps
11 115 (10.79%) Continuous Improvement
12 111 (10.41%) Front End Development
13 109 (10.23%) Scrum
14 107 (10.04%) Software Engineering
15 104 (9.76%) Computer Science
16 95 (8.91%) Analytics
17 79 (7.41%) UX Design
18 78 (7.32%) Clean Code
18 78 (7.32%) Microservices
19 70 (6.57%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 768 (72.05%) JavaScript
2 364 (34.15%) Python
3 331 (31.05%) SQL
4 191 (17.92%) C#
5 167 (15.67%) TypeScript
6 131 (12.29%) R
7 122 (11.44%) PHP
8 106 (9.94%) Java
9 30 (2.81%) PowerShell
10 28 (2.63%) PL/SQL
11 14 (1.31%) C++
12 12 (1.13%) T-SQL
13 11 (1.03%) VBA
14 8 (0.75%) C
15 7 (0.66%) Apex Code
16 6 (0.56%) Bash
17 5 (0.47%) Bicep
17 5 (0.47%) Shell Script
17 5 (0.47%) VBScript
18 4 (0.38%) VB
Qualifications
1 223 (20.92%) Microsoft Certification
2 222 (20.83%) AWS Certification
3 221 (20.73%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 221 (20.73%) Azure Certification
4 214 (20.08%) Degree
5 76 (7.13%) Computer Science Degree
6 56 (5.25%) Security Cleared
7 45 (4.22%) SC Cleared
8 22 (2.06%) ISTQB
9 18 (1.69%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 11 (1.03%) DBS Check
11 6 (0.56%) DV Cleared
12 5 (0.47%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (0.38%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 3 (0.28%) Master's Degree
14 3 (0.28%) Numerate Degree
14 3 (0.28%) PMI Certification
15 2 (0.19%) PhD
15 2 (0.19%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 117 (10.98%) Accessibility
2 43 (4.03%) WCAG
3 42 (3.94%) QA
4 30 (2.81%) GDPR
5 11 (1.03%) Data Quality
5 11 (1.03%) SLA
6 8 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (0.75%) PERC
7 7 (0.66%) GRC
8 6 (0.56%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.38%) ISO 14001
9 4 (0.38%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.19%) NIST
11 1 (0.094%) HL7
11 1 (0.094%) NCSC
System Software
1 75 (7.04%) Docker
2 16 (1.50%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.094%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 45 (4.22%) Kubernetes
2 18 (1.69%) Terraform
3 4 (0.38%) Kibana
3 4 (0.38%) Plesk
4 3 (0.28%) Argo
5 2 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.19%) Ansible
5 2 (0.19%) cPanel
5 2 (0.19%) Grafana
5 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.19%) Nagios
5 2 (0.19%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 353 (33.11%) Microsoft
2 76 (7.13%) Adobe
3 53 (4.97%) Google
4 36 (3.38%) Oracle
5 25 (2.35%) Salesforce
6 13 (1.22%) ServiceNow
7 8 (0.75%) Atlassian
8 7 (0.66%) Hotjar
8 7 (0.66%) iManage
8 7 (0.66%) Splunk
9 6 (0.56%) HubSpot
9 6 (0.56%) Red Hat
9 6 (0.56%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 6 (0.56%) SAP
10 5 (0.47%) Apple
10 5 (0.47%) Dynatrace
10 5 (0.47%) Pinterest
10 5 (0.47%) Sage
10 5 (0.47%) TikTok
11 4 (0.38%) New Relic