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 30 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 140 60 50
Rank change year-on-year -80 -10 -12
Permanent jobs citing HTML 1,173 1,722 4,208
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.50% 4.18% 4.71%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 14.22% 19.42% 21.28%
Number of salaries quoted 982 1,316 3,295
10th Percentile - £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,372 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.61% +9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £62,500 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £81,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -22.73% +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 8,247 8,867 19,771
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.52% 21.52% 22.11%
Number of salaries quoted 6,042 6,643 15,460
10th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,206 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +10.34% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £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 30 March 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 30 March 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 -76 1,068 £47,500 -20.83% 524
UK excluding London -60 846 £42,500 -22.73% 443
Work from Home -91 345 £52,500 -19.23% 210
North of England -19 279 £30,500 -32.22% 114
London -98 253 £60,000 -14.29% 146
South East -52 209 £50,000 -20.00% 112
North West -32 132 £31,500 -30.30% 57
Midlands -36 129 £45,000 - 63
Yorkshire -8 111 £30,500 -18.67% 34
East of England -61 95 £47,500 -28.26% 73
South West -57 87 £42,000 -30.00% 55
West Midlands -19 74 £32,500 -35.00% 30
East Midlands -51 55 £55,000 +43.79% 33
North East +1 36 £30,500 -41.90% 23
Scotland -73 35 £30,500 -44.04% 15
Wales -48 10 £36,370 +8.57% 16
Northern Ireland -37 3 £60,000 - 3
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
1 121 (10.32%) WordPress
2 60 (5.12%) CMS
3 27 (2.30%) SharePoint
4 11 (0.94%) Confluence
5 10 (0.85%) nginx
6 8 (0.68%) Drupal
7 7 (0.60%) Umbraco
8 6 (0.51%) Apache
9 5 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
10 4 (0.34%) Joomla!
11 3 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
11 3 (0.26%) govService
11 3 (0.26%) JBoss
11 3 (0.26%) Liferay
11 3 (0.26%) NServiceBus
12 2 (0.17%) CICS
12 2 (0.17%) ColdFusion
12 2 (0.17%) IIS
12 2 (0.17%) Mendix
12 2 (0.17%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 28 (2.39%) Adobe XD
2 16 (1.36%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 13 (1.11%) Adobe Illustrator
3 13 (1.11%) Chatbot
3 13 (1.11%) Photoshop
4 12 (1.02%) Sketch
5 11 (0.94%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.68%) InVision
7 7 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
7 7 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 7 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
8 6 (0.51%) InDesign
9 4 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
10 3 (0.26%) Elementor
11 2 (0.17%) Adobe After Effects
11 2 (0.17%) Adobe Captivate
11 2 (0.17%) Adobe Premiere
11 2 (0.17%) Windchill
12 1 (0.085%) Siemens NX
12 1 (0.085%) Trello
Business Applications
1 17 (1.45%) Shopify
2 13 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.17%) Eloqua
3 2 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.17%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.085%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.085%) CiviCRM
4 1 (0.085%) FIS Private Capital Suite
4 1 (0.085%) Magento
4 1 (0.085%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 510 (43.48%) Azure
2 467 (39.81%) AWS
3 389 (33.16%) GitHub
4 79 (6.73%) Figma
5 71 (6.05%) Azure DevOps
5 71 (6.05%) Serverless
6 61 (5.20%) GCP
7 43 (3.67%) SaaS
8 39 (3.32%) Power Platform
9 36 (3.07%) Google Analytics
10 29 (2.47%) AWS Lambda
11 27 (2.30%) Amazon S3
12 25 (2.13%) GitHub Actions
13 24 (2.05%) Azure Logic Apps
14 19 (1.62%) Power Automate
14 19 (1.62%) PowerApps
15 17 (1.45%) Microsoft 365
16 15 (1.28%) Entra ID
17 14 (1.19%) Adobe Creative Cloud
17 14 (1.19%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 309 (26.34%) Internet
2 11 (0.94%) HTTP
3 6 (0.51%) FTP
4 4 (0.34%) Intranet
4 4 (0.34%) Network Security
5 3 (0.26%) AMQP
6 2 (0.17%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.17%) SSL
7 1 (0.085%) iSCSI
7 1 (0.085%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 106 (9.04%) SQL Server
2 86 (7.33%) MySQL
3 50 (4.26%) PostgreSQL
4 45 (3.84%) Relational Database
5 34 (2.90%) NoSQL
6 31 (2.64%) Power BI
7 29 (2.47%) MongoDB
8 25 (2.13%) Azure SQL Database
9 21 (1.79%) OLTP
10 14 (1.19%) DB2
11 12 (1.02%) Amazon Redshift
11 12 (1.02%) Looker
12 7 (0.60%) BigQuery
12 7 (0.60%) Tableau
13 6 (0.51%) Oracle Database
13 6 (0.51%) RDBMS
14 5 (0.43%) Elasticsearch
15 4 (0.34%) Data Warehouse
15 4 (0.34%) DynamoDB
15 4 (0.34%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 446 (38.02%) Git
2 70 (5.97%) JIRA
3 52 (4.43%) Jenkins
4 45 (3.84%) Selenium
5 25 (2.13%) Postman
5 25 (2.13%) webpack
6 23 (1.96%) Team Foundation Server
7 22 (1.88%) Axure RP
7 22 (1.88%) SoapUI
8 19 (1.62%) WebDriver
9 18 (1.53%) Cypress.io
10 14 (1.19%) Balsamiq
10 14 (1.19%) Vite
11 13 (1.11%) TeamCity
12 12 (1.02%) Bitbucket
12 12 (1.02%) Cucumber
13 11 (0.94%) Babel
13 11 (0.94%) JUnit
14 10 (0.85%) Visual Studio
15 9 (0.77%) Subversion
General
1 300 (25.58%) Multimedia
2 262 (22.34%) Social Skills
3 131 (11.17%) Analytical Skills
4 93 (7.93%) Marketing
5 92 (7.84%) Finance
6 64 (5.46%) Law
7 53 (4.52%) Public Sector
8 50 (4.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 28 (2.39%) Retail
10 26 (2.22%) Legal
11 25 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
12 24 (2.05%) Banking
13 16 (1.36%) Advertising
14 15 (1.28%) German Language
15 9 (0.77%) Electronics
16 7 (0.60%) Aerospace
16 7 (0.60%) Games
16 7 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
16 7 (0.60%) Publishing
17 6 (0.51%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 621 (52.94%) Developer
2 299 (25.49%) Trainee
3 175 (14.92%) Senior
4 163 (13.90%) Software Developer
5 134 (11.42%) Senior Developer
6 125 (10.66%) Trainee Developer
7 122 (10.40%) Full-Stack Developer
8 111 (9.46%) Trainee Software Developer
9 79 (6.73%) Administrator
10 74 (6.31%) Web Administrator
11 72 (6.14%) .NET Developer
11 72 (6.14%) Trainee Administrator
12 70 (5.97%) Designer
13 58 (4.94%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14 57 (4.86%) Lead
15 47 (4.01%) Software Engineer
16 45 (3.84%) Web Developer
17 44 (3.75%) Analyst
18 41 (3.50%) React Developer
19 33 (2.81%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 988 (84.23%) CSS
2 311 (26.51%) React
3 220 (18.76%) .NET
4 120 (10.23%) Node.js
5 116 (9.89%) AngularJS
6 101 (8.61%) RESTful
7 97 (8.27%) Vue
8 94 (8.01%) HTML5
9 82 (6.99%) JSON
10 75 (6.39%) XML
11 72 (6.14%) CSS3
12 70 (5.97%) jQuery
13 62 (5.29%) ASP.NET
14 61 (5.20%) SOAP
15 60 (5.12%) .NET Core
15 60 (5.12%) REST
16 43 (3.67%) .NET Framework
17 37 (3.15%) Laravel
17 37 (3.15%) Web Services
18 35 (2.98%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 54 (4.60%) Product Ownership
2 45 (3.84%) Onboarding
2 45 (3.84%) Self-Motivation
3 33 (2.81%) Mobile App
4 31 (2.64%) Cloud Native
5 30 (2.56%) Linux Command Line
6 27 (2.30%) Greenfield Project
7 24 (2.05%) Data Structures
8 19 (1.62%) Legacy Systems
9 15 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
9 15 (1.28%) Distributed Systems
9 15 (1.28%) Low-Code
9 15 (1.28%) Management Information System
9 15 (1.28%) Social Media
10 13 (1.11%) Enterprise Software
11 10 (0.85%) Algorithms
11 10 (0.85%) Data Centre
12 8 (0.68%) Cybercrime
13 6 (0.51%) Culture of Ownership
13 6 (0.51%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 31 (2.64%) Unix
2 22 (1.88%) Linux
3 19 (1.62%) Windows
4 11 (0.94%) Android
4 11 (0.94%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.34%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.17%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.085%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 366 (31.20%) Mentoring
2 359 (30.61%) Agile
3 253 (21.57%) Full-Stack Development
4 239 (20.38%) Cybersecurity
5 238 (20.29%) Problem-Solving
6 224 (19.10%) User Experience
7 202 (17.22%) CI/CD
8 163 (13.90%) Web Development
9 148 (12.62%) DevOps
10 146 (12.45%) Front End Development
11 136 (11.59%) AI
12 124 (10.57%) Continuous Improvement
13 109 (9.29%) Software Engineering
14 106 (9.04%) Scrum
15 102 (8.70%) Computer Science
16 101 (8.61%) Analytics
17 91 (7.76%) UX Design
18 87 (7.42%) Clean Code
19 77 (6.56%) Microservices
20 76 (6.48%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 883 (75.28%) JavaScript
2 454 (38.70%) Python
3 301 (25.66%) SQL
4 188 (16.03%) C#
5 174 (14.83%) R
6 173 (14.75%) TypeScript
7 112 (9.55%) Java
8 104 (8.87%) PHP
9 31 (2.64%) PL/SQL
10 13 (1.11%) C++
10 13 (1.11%) PowerShell
11 8 (0.68%) Apex Code
11 8 (0.68%) Ruby
12 7 (0.60%) C
12 7 (0.60%) Shell Script
12 7 (0.60%) T-SQL
13 6 (0.51%) Bash
14 5 (0.43%) Bicep
15 4 (0.34%) SOQL
15 4 (0.34%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 299 (25.49%) Microsoft Certification
2 298 (25.40%) AWS Certification
2 298 (25.40%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 298 (25.40%) Azure Certification
3 229 (19.52%) Degree
4 76 (6.48%) Computer Science Degree
5 74 (6.31%) Security Cleared
6 51 (4.35%) SC Cleared
7 25 (2.13%) ISTQB
8 19 (1.62%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 10 (0.85%) DBS Check
10 9 (0.77%) DV Cleared
10 9 (0.77%) Master's Degree
11 8 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
12 6 (0.51%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 5 (0.43%) ITIL Certification
14 4 (0.34%) ISEB
15 3 (0.26%) Numerate Degree
15 3 (0.26%) PMI Certification
16 2 (0.17%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 139 (11.85%) Accessibility
2 52 (4.43%) QA
3 50 (4.26%) WCAG
4 23 (1.96%) GDPR
5 10 (0.85%) PERC
6 9 (0.77%) Data Quality
7 7 (0.60%) SLA
8 6 (0.51%) GRC
8 6 (0.51%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (0.17%) NIST
10 2 (0.17%) Section 508
11 1 (0.085%) HL7
11 1 (0.085%) NCSC
System Software
1 87 (7.42%) Docker
2 13 (1.11%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.085%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 48 (4.09%) Kubernetes
2 29 (2.47%) Terraform
3 6 (0.51%) Kibana
4 4 (0.34%) Argo
5 3 (0.26%) cPanel
5 3 (0.26%) Plesk
6 2 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.17%) Ansible
6 2 (0.17%) Grafana
6 2 (0.17%) Nagios
6 2 (0.17%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 416 (35.46%) Microsoft
2 63 (5.37%) Adobe
3 55 (4.69%) Google
4 38 (3.24%) Oracle
5 27 (2.30%) Salesforce
6 11 (0.94%) Hotjar
6 11 (0.94%) ServiceNow
7 9 (0.77%) Atlassian
7 9 (0.77%) Splunk
8 7 (0.60%) Red Hat
9 6 (0.51%) Dynatrace
9 6 (0.51%) HubSpot
9 6 (0.51%) SAP
9 6 (0.51%) Screaming Frog
10 4 (0.34%) Ahrefs
10 4 (0.34%) Facebook
10 4 (0.34%) New Relic
10 4 (0.34%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 3 (0.26%) Guidewire
11 3 (0.26%) Zoho