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

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 55 49
Rank change year-on-year -79 -6 -14
Permanent jobs citing HTML 1,125 2,381 3,553
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.64% 4.87% 4.74%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 14.67% 21.97% 20.33%
Number of salaries quoted 935 1,348 2,993
10th Percentile - £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £41,250 £41,250
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 £41,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -24.55% +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 7,670 10,839 17,480
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.18% 22.16% 23.34%
Number of salaries quoted 5,639 6,631 14,278
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,206 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +7.65% -8.89%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £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 20 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 20 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 -73 1,018 £47,500 -20.83% 668
UK excluding London -79 786 £41,500 -24.55% 580
Work from Home -97 334 £52,500 -16.00% 226
North of England -30 266 £30,500 -32.22% 156
London -90 260 £62,500 -7.41% 193
South East -68 201 £50,000 -16.67% 143
North West -39 124 £30,500 -32.22% 76
Midlands -68 114 £42,500 -10.53% 85
Yorkshire -20 104 £30,500 -23.75% 55
East of England -56 86 £55,000 -16.94% 75
South West -90 69 £40,000 -30.43% 73
West Midlands -56 60 £30,500 -41.90% 35
East Midlands -46 55 £55,000 +46.67% 50
Scotland -70 40 £30,500 -44.55% 32
North East -12 38 £30,500 -44.55% 26
Wales -47 8 £36,120 +11.14% 21
Northern Ireland -38 3 £60,000 +20.00% 5
Channel Islands 0 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 76 (6.76%) WordPress
2 62 (5.51%) CMS
3 24 (2.13%) SharePoint
4 18 (1.60%) Confluence
5 12 (1.07%) nginx
6 10 (0.89%) Drupal
7 8 (0.71%) Apache
8 6 (0.53%) Umbraco
9 5 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
10 4 (0.36%) IIS
10 4 (0.36%) Joomla!
11 3 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
11 3 (0.27%) govService
11 3 (0.27%) JBoss
11 3 (0.27%) Liferay
12 2 (0.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 2 (0.18%) ColdFusion
12 2 (0.18%) Mendix
12 2 (0.18%) NServiceBus
12 2 (0.18%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 27 (2.40%) Adobe XD
2 15 (1.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 15 (1.33%) MS Visio
3 13 (1.16%) Adobe Illustrator
3 13 (1.16%) Photoshop
3 13 (1.16%) Sketch
4 10 (0.89%) Microsoft Excel
4 10 (0.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.80%) InVision
6 8 (0.71%) Chatbot
7 6 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
7 6 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.36%) InDesign
9 3 (0.27%) Adobe After Effects
9 3 (0.27%) Adobe Premiere
9 3 (0.27%) Elementor
10 2 (0.18%) Adobe Captivate
10 2 (0.18%) Trello
10 2 (0.18%) Windchill
11 1 (0.089%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 20 (1.78%) Shopify
2 17 (1.51%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.36%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.27%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.18%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.089%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.089%) CiviCRM
6 1 (0.089%) FIS Private Capital Suite
6 1 (0.089%) Magento
6 1 (0.089%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 475 (42.22%) Azure
2 435 (38.67%) AWS
3 373 (33.16%) GitHub
4 79 (7.02%) Serverless
5 70 (6.22%) Figma
6 53 (4.71%) Azure DevOps
7 49 (4.36%) GCP
8 47 (4.18%) Power Platform
9 36 (3.20%) Google Analytics
9 36 (3.20%) SaaS
10 31 (2.76%) Power Automate
11 29 (2.58%) AWS Lambda
12 27 (2.40%) Amazon S3
13 24 (2.13%) Entra ID
14 23 (2.04%) GitHub Actions
15 22 (1.96%) Dynamics 365
16 21 (1.87%) PowerApps
17 19 (1.69%) Azure Logic Apps
18 17 (1.51%) Azure Functions
19 16 (1.42%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 284 (25.24%) Internet
2 11 (0.98%) HTTP
3 6 (0.53%) FTP
3 6 (0.53%) Intranet
4 3 (0.27%) AMQP
4 3 (0.27%) Network Security
5 2 (0.18%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.18%) SSL
6 1 (0.089%) Firewall
6 1 (0.089%) iSCSI
6 1 (0.089%) NAS
6 1 (0.089%) SSH
6 1 (0.089%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 104 (9.24%) SQL Server
2 66 (5.87%) MySQL
3 50 (4.44%) PostgreSQL
4 48 (4.27%) Relational Database
5 33 (2.93%) Power BI
6 32 (2.84%) NoSQL
7 25 (2.22%) MongoDB
8 19 (1.69%) OLTP
9 15 (1.33%) Azure SQL Database
10 14 (1.24%) DB2
10 14 (1.24%) Looker
11 12 (1.07%) Amazon Redshift
12 9 (0.80%) RDBMS
13 5 (0.44%) Oracle Database
14 4 (0.36%) Data Warehouse
14 4 (0.36%) DynamoDB
14 4 (0.36%) Elasticsearch
15 3 (0.27%) FileMaker
15 3 (0.27%) NonStop SQL
15 3 (0.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 427 (37.96%) Git
2 76 (6.76%) JIRA
3 52 (4.62%) Jenkins
4 48 (4.27%) Selenium
5 31 (2.76%) Postman
6 27 (2.40%) SoapUI
6 27 (2.40%) Team Foundation Server
6 27 (2.40%) webpack
7 24 (2.13%) WebDriver
8 22 (1.96%) Axure RP
9 19 (1.69%) Cypress.io
10 16 (1.42%) JUnit
10 16 (1.42%) Vite
11 15 (1.33%) TeamCity
12 14 (1.24%) Cucumber
13 13 (1.16%) Bitbucket
14 12 (1.07%) Balsamiq
14 12 (1.07%) Visual Studio
15 11 (0.98%) Mockito
16 10 (0.89%) Babel
General
1 284 (25.24%) Multimedia
2 273 (24.27%) Social Skills
3 122 (10.84%) Analytical Skills
4 96 (8.53%) Finance
5 87 (7.73%) Marketing
6 77 (6.84%) Law
7 54 (4.80%) Public Sector
8 38 (3.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 29 (2.58%) Legal
9 29 (2.58%) Retail
10 27 (2.40%) Banking
11 20 (1.78%) Organisational Skills
12 15 (1.33%) Advertising
12 15 (1.33%) German Language
13 10 (0.89%) Publishing
14 8 (0.71%) Manufacturing
15 7 (0.62%) Electronics
15 7 (0.62%) Games
16 5 (0.44%) Back Office
16 5 (0.44%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 606 (53.87%) Developer
2 278 (24.71%) Trainee
3 179 (15.91%) Senior
4 176 (15.64%) Software Developer
5 134 (11.91%) Trainee Developer
6 132 (11.73%) Senior Developer
7 125 (11.11%) Trainee Software Developer
8 114 (10.13%) Full-Stack Developer
9 64 (5.69%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 60 (5.33%) Analyst
11 59 (5.24%) .NET Developer
12 57 (5.07%) Designer
13 53 (4.71%) Lead
14 41 (3.64%) React Developer
14 41 (3.64%) Software Engineer
15 35 (3.11%) Administrator
15 35 (3.11%) Web Developer
16 31 (2.76%) Web Administrator
17 29 (2.58%) Java Developer
17 29 (2.58%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 924 (82.13%) CSS
2 305 (27.11%) React
3 203 (18.04%) .NET
4 123 (10.93%) Node.js
5 112 (9.96%) AngularJS
6 105 (9.33%) HTML5
7 101 (8.98%) RESTful
8 85 (7.56%) XML
9 83 (7.38%) Vue
10 79 (7.02%) CSS3
10 79 (7.02%) JSON
11 64 (5.69%) jQuery
11 64 (5.69%) REST
12 61 (5.42%) SOAP
13 56 (4.98%) .NET Core
14 54 (4.80%) ASP.NET
15 42 (3.73%) .NET Framework
15 42 (3.73%) Web Services
16 36 (3.20%) Laravel
17 34 (3.02%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 58 (5.16%) Product Ownership
2 45 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
3 42 (3.73%) Onboarding
4 36 (3.20%) Mobile App
5 31 (2.76%) Linux Command Line
6 25 (2.22%) Cloud Native
6 25 (2.22%) Greenfield Project
7 22 (1.96%) Data Structures
8 19 (1.69%) Distributed Systems
9 17 (1.51%) Low-Code
10 14 (1.24%) Analytical Mindset
11 13 (1.16%) Management Information System
12 12 (1.07%) Legacy Systems
12 12 (1.07%) Social Media
13 10 (0.89%) Algorithms
14 9 (0.80%) Cybercrime
14 9 (0.80%) Data Centre
14 9 (0.80%) Enterprise Software
15 7 (0.62%) e-Learning
15 7 (0.62%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 33 (2.93%) Unix
2 26 (2.31%) Windows
3 20 (1.78%) Linux
4 14 (1.24%) Apple iOS
5 13 (1.16%) Android
6 7 (0.62%) Windows Server
7 5 (0.44%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.27%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.18%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 389 (34.58%) Mentoring
2 379 (33.69%) Agile
3 269 (23.91%) Cybersecurity
4 255 (22.67%) Problem-Solving
5 251 (22.31%) User Experience
6 222 (19.73%) Full-Stack Development
7 179 (15.91%) CI/CD
8 155 (13.78%) Front End Development
9 133 (11.82%) DevOps
10 109 (9.69%) AI
11 107 (9.51%) Continuous Improvement
11 107 (9.51%) Web Development
12 100 (8.89%) Software Engineering
13 99 (8.80%) Analytics
14 97 (8.62%) UX Design
15 95 (8.44%) Scrum
16 84 (7.47%) Computer Science
17 79 (7.02%) Clean Code
17 79 (7.02%) Microservices
18 69 (6.13%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 861 (76.53%) JavaScript
2 436 (38.76%) Python
3 272 (24.18%) SQL
4 184 (16.36%) C#
5 170 (15.11%) TypeScript
6 144 (12.80%) R
7 121 (10.76%) Java
8 81 (7.20%) PHP
9 30 (2.67%) PL/SQL
10 13 (1.16%) Shell Script
11 10 (0.89%) Ruby
11 10 (0.89%) T-SQL
12 8 (0.71%) Apex Code
13 6 (0.53%) Bash
14 5 (0.44%) C++
14 5 (0.44%) PowerShell
15 4 (0.36%) C
15 4 (0.36%) SOQL
15 4 (0.36%) SOSL
15 4 (0.36%) XAML
Qualifications
1 283 (25.16%) Microsoft Certification
2 279 (24.80%) Azure Certification
3 278 (24.71%) AWS Certification
3 278 (24.71%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 213 (18.93%) Degree
5 82 (7.29%) Security Cleared
6 70 (6.22%) Computer Science Degree
7 50 (4.44%) SC Cleared
8 28 (2.49%) ISTQB
9 24 (2.13%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 12 (1.07%) DV Cleared
11 9 (0.80%) BPSS Clearance
11 9 (0.80%) DBS Check
11 9 (0.80%) Master's Degree
12 5 (0.44%) A+ Certification
13 4 (0.36%) ISEB
13 4 (0.36%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 3 (0.27%) Numerate Degree
14 3 (0.27%) PhD
14 3 (0.27%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 152 (13.51%) Accessibility
2 55 (4.89%) WCAG
3 52 (4.62%) QA
4 24 (2.13%) GDPR
5 9 (0.80%) Data Quality
6 6 (0.53%) PERC
7 5 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (0.36%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.18%) Section 508
9 2 (0.18%) SLA
10 1 (0.089%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.089%) HL7
10 1 (0.089%) NCSC
System Software
1 91 (8.09%) Docker
2 16 (1.42%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.089%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 51 (4.53%) Kubernetes
2 27 (2.40%) Terraform
3 10 (0.89%) 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%) Nagios
7 2 (0.18%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 395 (35.11%) Microsoft
2 59 (5.24%) Google
3 55 (4.89%) Adobe
4 39 (3.47%) Oracle
5 27 (2.40%) Salesforce
6 13 (1.16%) Hotjar
7 11 (0.98%) Atlassian
7 11 (0.98%) Dynatrace
7 11 (0.98%) ServiceNow
7 11 (0.98%) Splunk
8 9 (0.80%) SAP
9 7 (0.62%) Red Hat
9 7 (0.62%) Screaming Frog
10 5 (0.44%) Ahrefs
10 5 (0.44%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 4 (0.36%) HubSpot
11 4 (0.36%) iManage
11 4 (0.36%) New Relic
11 4 (0.36%) Pardot
11 4 (0.36%) YouTube