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

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 172 70 53
Rank change year-on-year -102 -17 -19
Permanent jobs citing HTML 1,079 1,728 4,291
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.19% 3.95% 4.44%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 12.02% 20.01% 21.03%
Number of salaries quoted 898 1,205 3,308
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £32,175
25th Percentile £30,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,250 £56,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -17.41% +12.00% -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 8,976 8,636 20,408
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.93% 19.75% 21.12%
Number of salaries quoted 6,606 6,233 15,765
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £78,750
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 12 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 12 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 -86 1,004 £50,000 -16.67% 521
UK excluding London -80 789 £46,250 -17.41% 446
Work from Home -80 385 £55,000 -15.38% 213
North of England -45 232 £37,500 -16.67% 104
London -98 227 £60,000 -14.29% 131
South East -26 211 £50,000 -20.00% 133
Midlands -73 127 £45,000 - 59
North West -56 121 £38,750 -22.50% 49
East of England -38 104 £51,250 -22.60% 77
South West -48 86 £45,000 -25.00% 49
Yorkshire -31 78 £31,000 -17.33% 37
West Midlands -50 72 £42,500 -15.00% 18
East Midlands -62 55 £55,000 +37.50% 41
North East -20 33 £45,000 -12.20% 18
Scotland -80 18 £30,500 -44.55% 19
Wales -42 9 £42,000 -16.00% 10
Northern Ireland -34 3 £60,000 - 6
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
1 103 (9.55%) WordPress
2 53 (4.91%) CMS
3 46 (4.26%) SharePoint
4 13 (1.20%) Confluence
5 12 (1.11%) IIS
6 11 (1.02%) Drupal
7 10 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
8 9 (0.83%) nginx
9 8 (0.74%) Apache
10 5 (0.46%) Umbraco
11 3 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
11 3 (0.28%) govService
11 3 (0.28%) JBoss
11 3 (0.28%) Liferay
11 3 (0.28%) NServiceBus
12 2 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 2 (0.19%) CICS
12 2 (0.19%) Headless CMS
12 2 (0.19%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.093%) Site Server
Applications
1 18 (1.67%) Adobe XD
2 16 (1.48%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 12 (1.11%) Photoshop
4 11 (1.02%) Microsoft Office
5 10 (0.93%) Chatbot
5 10 (0.93%) Sketch
6 9 (0.83%) Microsoft Excel
7 8 (0.74%) Adobe Illustrator
8 7 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
9 6 (0.56%) InVision
9 6 (0.56%) MS Visio
10 5 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
11 3 (0.28%) InDesign
12 1 (0.093%) Elementor
12 1 (0.093%) Siemens NX
12 1 (0.093%) Trello
12 1 (0.093%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 19 (1.76%) Shopify
2 11 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.46%) Magento
4 4 (0.37%) Line 50
5 3 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.19%) Eloqua
7 1 (0.093%) Adobe Campaign
7 1 (0.093%) CiviCRM
7 1 (0.093%) FIS Private Capital Suite
7 1 (0.093%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.093%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.093%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 428 (39.67%) Azure
2 363 (33.64%) AWS
3 281 (26.04%) GitHub
4 100 (9.27%) Azure DevOps
5 64 (5.93%) Figma
6 63 (5.84%) Power Platform
7 57 (5.28%) GCP
8 50 (4.63%) Serverless
9 42 (3.89%) SaaS
10 37 (3.43%) Microsoft 365
10 37 (3.43%) Power Automate
10 37 (3.43%) PowerApps
11 32 (2.97%) Azure Logic Apps
11 32 (2.97%) Google Analytics
12 27 (2.50%) GitHub Actions
12 27 (2.50%) GitHub Copilot
13 25 (2.32%) AWS Lambda
14 24 (2.22%) Adobe Creative Cloud
14 24 (2.22%) Amazon S3
14 24 (2.22%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 211 (19.56%) Internet
2 11 (1.02%) HTTP
3 7 (0.65%) Intranet
3 7 (0.65%) Network Security
4 4 (0.37%) VoIP
5 2 (0.19%) Cisco IOS
5 2 (0.19%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.19%) SMS
5 2 (0.19%) SSL
6 1 (0.093%) AMQP
6 1 (0.093%) Broadband
6 1 (0.093%) DNS
6 1 (0.093%) Firewall
6 1 (0.093%) FTP
6 1 (0.093%) iSCSI
6 1 (0.093%) NAS
6 1 (0.093%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.093%) Wireless
6 1 (0.093%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (10.29%) SQL Server
2 94 (8.71%) MySQL
3 75 (6.95%) Azure SQL Database
4 58 (5.38%) MongoDB
5 55 (5.10%) Power BI
6 45 (4.17%) Relational Database
7 43 (3.99%) PostgreSQL
8 27 (2.50%) NoSQL
9 21 (1.95%) OLTP
10 14 (1.30%) Elasticsearch
11 12 (1.11%) Amazon Redshift
12 11 (1.02%) DB2
13 10 (0.93%) BigQuery
14 9 (0.83%) MariaDB
15 8 (0.74%) Tableau
16 7 (0.65%) FileMaker
16 7 (0.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 6 (0.56%) Metadata
18 5 (0.46%) GIS
18 5 (0.46%) Looker
Development Applications
1 326 (30.21%) Git
2 66 (6.12%) JIRA
3 46 (4.26%) Jenkins
4 41 (3.80%) Selenium
5 27 (2.50%) Postman
6 25 (2.32%) Team Foundation Server
7 24 (2.22%) SoapUI
8 19 (1.76%) WebDriver
9 17 (1.58%) webpack
10 15 (1.39%) Axure RP
11 13 (1.20%) Bitbucket
12 11 (1.02%) Balsamiq
12 11 (1.02%) GitLab
12 11 (1.02%) JUnit
12 11 (1.02%) Vite
13 9 (0.83%) Cucumber
13 9 (0.83%) Cypress.io
13 9 (0.83%) TeamCity
14 7 (0.65%) Babel
14 7 (0.65%) Subversion
General
1 271 (25.12%) Social Skills
2 191 (17.70%) Multimedia
3 129 (11.96%) Analytical Skills
4 91 (8.43%) Marketing
5 89 (8.25%) Finance
6 53 (4.91%) Law
7 41 (3.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 38 (3.52%) Public Sector
9 31 (2.87%) Legal
10 27 (2.50%) Organisational Skills
11 26 (2.41%) Advertising
12 24 (2.22%) Retail
13 14 (1.30%) Banking
14 13 (1.20%) Games
15 11 (1.02%) German Language
16 8 (0.74%) Manufacturing
17 7 (0.65%) Electronics
17 7 (0.65%) Health Technology
18 6 (0.56%) Aerospace
18 6 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 597 (55.33%) Developer
2 196 (18.16%) Trainee
3 166 (15.38%) Senior
4 129 (11.96%) Senior Developer
5 124 (11.49%) Full-Stack Developer
6 121 (11.21%) Software Developer
7 102 (9.45%) .NET Developer
8 77 (7.14%) Trainee Developer
9 64 (5.93%) Trainee Software Developer
10 62 (5.75%) Administrator
10 62 (5.75%) Designer
11 56 (5.19%) Web Administrator
12 53 (4.91%) Trainee Administrator
13 51 (4.73%) Web Developer
14 50 (4.63%) Software Engineer
15 48 (4.45%) Lead
16 42 (3.89%) Analyst
17 38 (3.52%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 38 (3.52%) React Developer
18 37 (3.43%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 922 (85.45%) CSS
2 268 (24.84%) React
3 259 (24.00%) .NET
4 115 (10.66%) HTML5
5 114 (10.57%) Node.js
6 106 (9.82%) .NET Core
7 100 (9.27%) AngularJS
8 98 (9.08%) Vue
9 95 (8.80%) jQuery
9 95 (8.80%) RESTful
10 93 (8.62%) ASP.NET
11 92 (8.53%) CSS3
12 90 (8.34%) JSON
13 62 (5.75%) ASP.NET Core
14 58 (5.38%) SOAP
15 57 (5.28%) REST
15 57 (5.28%) XML
16 47 (4.36%) Entity Framework
16 47 (4.36%) Laravel
17 38 (3.52%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 41 (3.80%) Self-Motivation
2 38 (3.52%) Onboarding
2 38 (3.52%) Product Ownership
3 31 (2.87%) Greenfield Project
4 28 (2.59%) Cloud Native
5 26 (2.41%) Management Information System
5 26 (2.41%) Mobile App
6 23 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
6 23 (2.13%) Linux Command Line
7 22 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
8 18 (1.67%) Social Media
9 15 (1.39%) Algorithms
9 15 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
10 13 (1.20%) Distributed Systems
11 11 (1.02%) Data Structures
12 9 (0.83%) Digital TV
12 9 (0.83%) Low-Code
13 7 (0.65%) Culture of Ownership
13 7 (0.65%) Podcast
13 7 (0.65%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 33 (3.06%) Windows
2 31 (2.87%) Linux
3 22 (2.04%) Unix
4 17 (1.58%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.56%) Android
6 4 (0.37%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.37%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.19%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.093%) VMS
8 1 (0.093%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 318 (29.47%) Agile
2 290 (26.88%) Full-Stack Development
3 258 (23.91%) Mentoring
4 218 (20.20%) Problem-Solving
5 210 (19.46%) CI/CD
6 194 (17.98%) User Experience
7 159 (14.74%) DevOps
8 157 (14.55%) Web Development
9 155 (14.37%) AI
10 151 (13.99%) Cybersecurity
11 118 (10.94%) Continuous Improvement
12 110 (10.19%) Front End Development
12 110 (10.19%) Software Engineering
13 107 (9.92%) Scrum
14 106 (9.82%) Computer Science
15 93 (8.62%) Analytics
16 84 (7.78%) Clean Code
17 83 (7.69%) Microservices
18 79 (7.32%) UX Design
19 73 (6.77%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 748 (69.32%) JavaScript
2 368 (34.11%) SQL
3 336 (31.14%) Python
4 237 (21.96%) C#
5 166 (15.38%) TypeScript
6 133 (12.33%) PHP
7 115 (10.66%) R
8 104 (9.64%) Java
9 31 (2.87%) PowerShell
10 28 (2.59%) PL/SQL
11 15 (1.39%) C++
12 12 (1.11%) T-SQL
13 11 (1.02%) VBA
14 8 (0.74%) C
15 6 (0.56%) Bash
15 6 (0.56%) Shell Script
16 5 (0.46%) Apex Code
16 5 (0.46%) Bicep
16 5 (0.46%) VBScript
17 4 (0.37%) VB
Qualifications
1 210 (19.46%) Degree
2 193 (17.89%) Microsoft Certification
3 192 (17.79%) AWS Certification
4 191 (17.70%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 191 (17.70%) Azure Certification
5 76 (7.04%) Computer Science Degree
6 52 (4.82%) Security Cleared
7 40 (3.71%) SC Cleared
8 21 (1.95%) ISTQB
9 18 (1.67%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 11 (1.02%) DBS Check
11 7 (0.65%) DV Cleared
12 5 (0.46%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
14 3 (0.28%) 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
1 121 (11.21%) Accessibility
2 45 (4.17%) WCAG
3 44 (4.08%) QA
4 32 (2.97%) GDPR
5 13 (1.20%) Data Quality
6 11 (1.02%) SLA
7 9 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (0.65%) GRC
8 7 (0.65%) PERC
9 6 (0.56%) PCI DSS
10 5 (0.46%) ISO 9001
11 4 (0.37%) ISO 14001
12 2 (0.19%) NIST
13 1 (0.093%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.093%) HL7
13 1 (0.093%) NCSC
System Software
1 94 (8.71%) Docker
2 16 (1.48%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.19%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 59 (5.47%) Kubernetes
2 17 (1.58%) Terraform
3 5 (0.46%) Kibana
3 5 (0.46%) 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%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.19%) Nagios
5 2 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.093%) Grafana
6 1 (0.093%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 356 (32.99%) Microsoft
2 74 (6.86%) Adobe
3 48 (4.45%) Google
4 37 (3.43%) Oracle
5 22 (2.04%) Salesforce
6 11 (1.02%) ServiceNow
7 10 (0.93%) Facebook
7 10 (0.93%) Splunk
8 7 (0.65%) Atlassian
8 7 (0.65%) HubSpot
8 7 (0.65%) iManage
8 7 (0.65%) YouTube
9 6 (0.56%) Dynatrace
9 6 (0.56%) Red Hat
9 6 (0.56%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 6 (0.56%) SAP
10 5 (0.46%) Apple
10 5 (0.46%) Hotjar
10 5 (0.46%) Pinterest
10 5 (0.46%) Sage