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 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 45 50
Rank change year-on-year -72 +5 -16
Permanent jobs citing HTML 1,218 2,990 2,850
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.38% 4.42% 5.33%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 15.99% 21.86% 19.65%
Number of salaries quoted 879 1,494 2,320
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,100
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -0.18% -4.17%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% +5.00%

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 7,617 13,679 14,507
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.90% 20.22% 27.13%
Number of salaries quoted 5,115 8,237 11,886
10th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £50,686
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £66,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% -1.52% +1.54%
75th Percentile £86,250 £84,964 £85,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £108,750 £106,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £57,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +0.88% -0.87% -

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 November 2025.

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 8 November 2025. 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 -63 1,091 £50,000 -9.09% 1,677
UK excluding London -68 834 £45,000 -10.00% 1,464
Work from Home -56 492 £55,000 - 748
London -63 317 £63,000 -10.00% 601
North of England -64 236 £40,000 -20.00% 305
South East -61 211 £47,500 -13.64% 590
Midlands -46 132 £46,250 -2.63% 181
North West -59 131 £47,500 -5.00% 182
East of England -28 110 £55,000 -8.33% 121
Yorkshire -30 81 £37,500 -31.82% 87
South West -64 79 £40,000 -25.81% 119
East Midlands -20 67 £47,500 +26.67% 80
West Midlands -49 66 £38,750 -22.50% 96
Scotland -63 40 £30,500 -35.79% 62
Wales -26 25 £60,000 +84.62% 47
North East -10 24 £30,850 -52.54% 39
Northern Ireland -27 3 £31,500 -21.25% 20

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 82 (6.73%) CMS
2 80 (6.57%) WordPress
3 25 (2.05%) SharePoint
4 24 (1.97%) Confluence
5 20 (1.64%) IIS
6 16 (1.31%) Umbraco
7 14 (1.15%) Drupal
8 11 (0.90%) Headless CMS
9 9 (0.74%) Apache
10 5 (0.41%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 5 (0.41%) nginx
11 3 (0.25%) Joomla!
12 2 (0.16%) ArcGIS
12 2 (0.16%) EPiServer
12 2 (0.16%) Mendix
12 2 (0.16%) OpenEdge
12 2 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
13 1 (0.082%) Apache Solr
13 1 (0.082%) Appian
13 1 (0.082%) Strapi
Applications
1 33 (2.71%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 31 (2.55%) Photoshop
3 29 (2.38%) Adobe XD
4 21 (1.72%) Adobe Illustrator
5 20 (1.64%) Microsoft Office
6 14 (1.15%) Sketch
7 10 (0.82%) MS Visio
8 9 (0.74%) Microsoft Excel
9 8 (0.66%) InDesign
10 7 (0.57%) Adobe Premiere
10 7 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
11 6 (0.49%) Chatbot
12 5 (0.41%) Adobe After Effects
12 5 (0.41%) Elementor
12 5 (0.41%) InVision
12 5 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
13 2 (0.16%) Adobe Captivate
14 1 (0.082%) CapCut
14 1 (0.082%) Trello
14 1 (0.082%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 38 (3.12%) Shopify
2 20 (1.64%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.99%) Sprinklr
4 10 (0.82%) Magento
5 5 (0.41%) Payment Gateway
6 4 (0.33%) Sage 1000
7 3 (0.25%) SAP Business One
8 2 (0.16%) Adobe Campaign
8 2 (0.16%) Elite 3E
8 2 (0.16%) MFGPRO
8 2 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.082%) NetSuite
9 1 (0.082%) Oracle BPM
9 1 (0.082%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 400 (32.84%) Azure
2 342 (28.08%) AWS
3 218 (17.90%) GitHub
4 97 (7.96%) Serverless
5 76 (6.24%) Figma
6 61 (5.01%) Google Analytics
7 53 (4.35%) Power Platform
8 42 (3.45%) GCP
9 41 (3.37%) Power Automate
10 39 (3.20%) SaaS
11 38 (3.12%) Azure DevOps
12 36 (2.96%) Amazon ECS
13 33 (2.71%) Amazon EC2
14 31 (2.55%) Azure Service Bus
14 31 (2.55%) PowerApps
15 29 (2.38%) Dynamics 365
16 27 (2.22%) npm
17 25 (2.05%) Amazon S3
17 25 (2.05%) AWS Lambda
18 24 (1.97%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 142 (11.66%) Internet
2 10 (0.82%) FTP
3 8 (0.66%) HTTP
4 5 (0.41%) Intranet
5 3 (0.25%) DNS
6 2 (0.16%) Broadband
6 2 (0.16%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.16%) Network Security
7 1 (0.082%) 2G
7 1 (0.082%) AMQP
7 1 (0.082%) Firewall
7 1 (0.082%) SSH
7 1 (0.082%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.082%) WPA
7 1 (0.082%) X.21
Database & Business Intelligence
1 167 (13.71%) SQL Server
2 115 (9.44%) MySQL
3 67 (5.50%) Relational Database
4 61 (5.01%) PostgreSQL
5 42 (3.45%) MongoDB
5 42 (3.45%) NoSQL
6 32 (2.63%) Power BI
7 26 (2.13%) Azure SQL Database
8 22 (1.81%) RDBMS
9 20 (1.64%) Elasticsearch
9 20 (1.64%) OLTP
10 17 (1.40%) Redis
11 14 (1.15%) Looker
12 12 (0.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 11 (0.90%) GIS
14 10 (0.82%) Metadata
15 9 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
15 9 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
16 8 (0.66%) NonStop SQL
16 8 (0.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 368 (30.21%) Git
2 120 (9.85%) JIRA
3 74 (6.08%) Selenium
4 51 (4.19%) Bitbucket
5 50 (4.11%) webpack
6 49 (4.02%) Jenkins
7 48 (3.94%) Maven
8 46 (3.78%) SonarQube
9 43 (3.53%) GitLab
10 42 (3.45%) Cucumber
11 38 (3.12%) Sonatype Nexus
12 37 (3.04%) Cypress.io
13 30 (2.46%) JUnit
14 29 (2.38%) Team Foundation Server
15 28 (2.30%) Visual Studio
16 26 (2.13%) Mockito
16 26 (2.13%) Vite
17 25 (2.05%) JMeter
18 23 (1.89%) Postman
19 18 (1.48%) Axure RP
General
1 352 (28.90%) Social Skills
2 213 (17.49%) Finance
3 147 (12.07%) Law
3 147 (12.07%) Multimedia
4 142 (11.66%) Analytical Skills
4 142 (11.66%) Marketing
5 112 (9.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 91 (7.47%) Retail
7 73 (5.99%) Banking
8 61 (5.01%) Public Sector
9 42 (3.45%) Investment Banking
10 36 (2.96%) Corporate Banking
11 35 (2.87%) Legal
12 26 (2.13%) Advertising
13 21 (1.72%) Games
13 21 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
14 17 (1.40%) Publishing
15 11 (0.90%) Manufacturing
16 8 (0.66%) Back Office
17 7 (0.57%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 623 (51.15%) Developer
2 209 (17.16%) Senior
3 152 (12.48%) Senior Developer
4 146 (11.99%) Full-Stack Developer
5 137 (11.25%) Trainee
6 117 (9.61%) Software Developer
7 109 (8.95%) Software Engineer
8 89 (7.31%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 84 (6.90%) .NET Developer
10 68 (5.58%) Analyst
11 65 (5.34%) Lead
12 63 (5.17%) Trainee Developer
13 62 (5.09%) Trainee Software Developer
14 52 (4.27%) Designer
14 52 (4.27%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
15 47 (3.86%) Java Developer
16 43 (3.53%) C# Developer
17 40 (3.28%) Web Developer
18 38 (3.12%) Junior
18 38 (3.12%) PHP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 936 (76.85%) CSS
2 359 (29.47%) React
3 237 (19.46%) .NET
4 216 (17.73%) HTML5
5 180 (14.78%) RESTful
6 157 (12.89%) CSS3
7 155 (12.73%) REST
8 147 (12.07%) AngularJS
9 124 (10.18%) JSON
10 113 (9.28%) Node.js
11 103 (8.46%) XML
12 102 (8.37%) ASP.NET
13 94 (7.72%) Jest
14 91 (7.47%) Vue
15 89 (7.31%) Sass
16 86 (7.06%) Spring
17 83 (6.81%) .NET Core
18 79 (6.49%) Spring Boot
19 73 (5.99%) Web Services
20 70 (5.75%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 80 (6.57%) Product Ownership
2 46 (3.78%) Enterprise Software
3 45 (3.69%) Self-Motivation
4 30 (2.46%) Distributed Systems
4 30 (2.46%) Mobile App
5 26 (2.13%) Analytical Mindset
5 26 (2.13%) Cloud Native
6 25 (2.05%) Algorithms
7 22 (1.81%) Onboarding
8 18 (1.48%) Data Structures
9 17 (1.40%) Social Media
10 14 (1.15%) Motion Graphics
11 12 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
12 11 (0.90%) Legacy Code
12 11 (0.90%) Legacy Systems
12 11 (0.90%) Linux Command Line
12 11 (0.90%) Low-Code
13 9 (0.74%) Graphic Design
14 8 (0.66%) Greenfield Project
14 8 (0.66%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 31 (2.55%) Linux
2 27 (2.22%) Windows
3 16 (1.31%) Unix
4 11 (0.90%) Windows Server
5 10 (0.82%) Android
5 10 (0.82%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.41%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.25%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.16%) Solaris
9 1 (0.082%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 497 (40.80%) Agile
2 327 (26.85%) User Experience
3 306 (25.12%) Problem-Solving
4 305 (25.04%) Mentoring
5 300 (24.63%) Full-Stack Development
6 229 (18.80%) Front End Development
7 221 (18.14%) CI/CD
8 199 (16.34%) DevOps
9 161 (13.22%) Software Engineering
10 146 (11.99%) Cybersecurity
10 146 (11.99%) Microservices
11 139 (11.41%) Web Development
12 131 (10.76%) Test Automation
13 129 (10.59%) Computer Science
14 127 (10.43%) AI
15 126 (10.34%) SDLC
16 120 (9.85%) MVC
16 120 (9.85%) UX Design
17 115 (9.44%) Analytics
18 112 (9.20%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 976 (80.13%) JavaScript
2 379 (31.12%) SQL
3 311 (25.53%) Python
4 297 (24.38%) C#
5 290 (23.81%) TypeScript
6 216 (17.73%) Java
7 146 (11.99%) PHP
8 125 (10.26%) R
9 58 (4.76%) Ruby
10 53 (4.35%) C
10 53 (4.35%) C++
11 50 (4.11%) Dart
12 49 (4.02%) MATLAB
12 49 (4.02%) Rust
13 30 (2.46%) PL/SQL
14 25 (2.05%) Shell Script
15 24 (1.97%) T-SQL
16 8 (0.66%) VB.NET
17 7 (0.57%) Bicep
17 7 (0.57%) Go
Qualifications
1 236 (19.38%) Degree
2 143 (11.74%) AWS Certification
3 141 (11.58%) Microsoft Certification
4 139 (11.41%) Azure Certification
5 137 (11.25%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 116 (9.52%) Computer Science Degree
7 81 (6.65%) Security Cleared
8 38 (3.12%) SC Cleared
9 20 (1.64%) ISTQB
10 18 (1.48%) DV Cleared
11 16 (1.31%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 14 (1.15%) Master's Degree
13 7 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
13 7 (0.57%) DBS Check
14 6 (0.49%) AWS Certified Developer
15 5 (0.41%) A+ Certification
16 4 (0.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 3 (0.25%) ITIL Certification
17 3 (0.25%) PhD
18 2 (0.16%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 210 (17.24%) Accessibility
2 119 (9.77%) QA
3 47 (3.86%) WCAG
4 45 (3.69%) GDPR
5 7 (0.57%) SLA
6 5 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 5 (0.41%) PERC
6 5 (0.41%) Section 508
7 4 (0.33%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.082%) CDISC
10 1 (0.082%) DICOM
10 1 (0.082%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.082%) HL7
10 1 (0.082%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.082%) MiFID
10 1 (0.082%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 148 (12.15%) Docker
2 14 (1.15%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.082%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 115 (9.44%) Kubernetes
2 33 (2.71%) Terraform
3 22 (1.81%) Kibana
4 6 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.16%) Grafana
6 2 (0.16%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (0.082%) Argo
7 1 (0.082%) cPanel
7 1 (0.082%) Plesk
Vendors
1 292 (23.97%) Microsoft
2 86 (7.06%) Adobe
3 75 (6.16%) Google
4 55 (4.52%) Oracle
5 37 (3.04%) ServiceNow
6 36 (2.96%) Solace
7 33 (2.71%) Salesforce
8 27 (2.22%) Splunk
9 26 (2.13%) Dynatrace
10 13 (1.07%) Cisco
11 11 (0.90%) Ahrefs
12 10 (0.82%) Screaming Frog
13 9 (0.74%) Apple
13 9 (0.74%) Guidewire
13 9 (0.74%) HubSpot
14 8 (0.66%) Hotjar
14 8 (0.66%) Rollbar
15 7 (0.57%) Pardot
15 7 (0.57%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
15 7 (0.57%) WooCommerce