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 1 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 186 89 53
Rank change year-on-year -97 -36 -9
Permanent jobs citing HTML 1,084 1,608 4,427
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.12% 3.45% 4.20%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.96% 18.24% 20.93%
Number of salaries quoted 906 1,030 3,264
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,250
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.83% -5.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £79,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -2.91%

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 9,893 8,815 21,156
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.26% 18.92% 20.05%
Number of salaries quoted 7,422 5,809 16,108
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -10.49%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £79,600
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £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 1 July 2026.

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 1 July 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 -84 1,003 £50,000 -20.00% 505
UK excluding London -73 815 £50,000 -13.04% 429
Work from Home -68 479 £55,000 -15.38% 254
South East -23 235 £50,000 -20.00% 118
London -107 217 £60,000 -14.29% 154
North of England -42 209 £47,500 -5.00% 103
North West -41 120 £45,000 -14.29% 58
Midlands -70 120 £50,000 -6.54% 60
East of England -34 116 £52,500 -20.71% 58
South West -51 98 £50,000 -4.76% 43
West Midlands -56 62 £45,000 -15.89% 23
East Midlands -57 58 £55,000 +1.85% 37
Yorkshire -32 53 £50,000 +33.33% 32
North East -29 36 £54,750 +9.50% 14
Wales -46 22 £45,000 -25.00% 11
Scotland -63 12 £31,000 -43.64% 29
Northern Ireland -28 3 £60,000 - 11

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 98 (9.04%) WordPress
2 55 (5.07%) SharePoint
3 53 (4.89%) CMS
4 19 (1.75%) IIS
5 18 (1.66%) Confluence
6 15 (1.38%) Microsoft Exchange
7 11 (1.01%) Drupal
8 10 (0.92%) Apache
9 5 (0.46%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 5 (0.46%) Umbraco
10 4 (0.37%) Headless CMS
10 4 (0.37%) nginx
11 3 (0.28%) NServiceBus
12 2 (0.18%) CICS
12 2 (0.18%) JBoss
12 2 (0.18%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.092%) ColdFusion
13 1 (0.092%) Liferay
13 1 (0.092%) Site Server
13 1 (0.092%) WebLogic
Applications
1 27 (2.49%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 20 (1.85%) Photoshop
3 15 (1.38%) Microsoft Office
4 14 (1.29%) Adobe Illustrator
4 14 (1.29%) Adobe XD
5 12 (1.11%) InDesign
6 11 (1.01%) Sketch
7 9 (0.83%) Adobe After Effects
7 9 (0.83%) Microsoft Excel
8 8 (0.74%) Chatbot
9 7 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
10 4 (0.37%) InVision
11 3 (0.28%) Elementor
11 3 (0.28%) Trello
12 1 (0.092%) Adobe Premiere
12 1 (0.092%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 27 (2.49%) Shopify
2 11 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.55%) Magento
4 4 (0.37%) Line 50
5 3 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.18%) Eloqua
6 2 (0.18%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.092%) Adobe Campaign
7 1 (0.092%) CiviCRM
7 1 (0.092%) FIS Private Capital Suite
7 1 (0.092%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 402 (37.08%) Azure
2 262 (24.17%) AWS
3 218 (20.11%) GitHub
4 148 (13.65%) Azure DevOps
5 74 (6.83%) Power Platform
6 72 (6.64%) Figma
7 71 (6.55%) GitHub Copilot
8 67 (6.18%) Azure AI
9 54 (4.98%) Microsoft 365
10 50 (4.61%) PowerApps
11 49 (4.52%) Serverless
12 48 (4.43%) Power Automate
12 48 (4.43%) SaaS
13 45 (4.15%) GCP
14 35 (3.23%) Azure Logic Apps
14 35 (3.23%) GitHub Actions
15 30 (2.77%) Google Analytics
16 25 (2.31%) OneDrive
17 23 (2.12%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 22 (2.03%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 115 (10.61%) Internet
2 10 (0.92%) Intranet
3 7 (0.65%) HTTP
4 6 (0.55%) Network Security
5 5 (0.46%) VoIP
6 4 (0.37%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.37%) Wireshark
7 3 (0.28%) HTTPS
8 2 (0.18%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (0.18%) DNS
8 2 (0.18%) Firewall
8 2 (0.18%) SMS
8 2 (0.18%) SSL
9 1 (0.092%) AMQP
9 1 (0.092%) FTP
9 1 (0.092%) iSCSI
9 1 (0.092%) NAS
9 1 (0.092%) RTSP
9 1 (0.092%) SCTP
9 1 (0.092%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 161 (14.85%) Azure SQL Database
2 134 (12.36%) MongoDB
3 127 (11.72%) SQL Server
4 100 (9.23%) MySQL
5 62 (5.72%) Relational Database
6 58 (5.35%) Power BI
7 48 (4.43%) PostgreSQL
8 30 (2.77%) Elasticsearch
9 18 (1.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 17 (1.57%) NoSQL
11 15 (1.38%) OLTP
12 10 (0.92%) MariaDB
12 10 (0.92%) Metadata
13 9 (0.83%) Amazon RDS
13 9 (0.83%) NonStop SQL
13 9 (0.83%) Tableau
14 8 (0.74%) Amazon Redshift
14 8 (0.74%) BigQuery
15 7 (0.65%) GIS
16 6 (0.55%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 231 (21.31%) Git
2 57 (5.26%) JIRA
3 43 (3.97%) Jenkins
4 22 (2.03%) Selenium
5 14 (1.29%) GitLab
5 14 (1.29%) JUnit
5 14 (1.29%) Postman
6 12 (1.11%) Cypress.io
6 12 (1.11%) webpack
7 10 (0.92%) Axure RP
8 9 (0.83%) Vite
9 8 (0.74%) Mockito
10 7 (0.65%) JMeter
10 7 (0.65%) Team Foundation Server
11 6 (0.55%) Balsamiq
11 6 (0.55%) SoapUI
12 5 (0.46%) Bitbucket
12 5 (0.46%) IntelliJ
12 5 (0.46%) PHPUnit
12 5 (0.46%) Visual Studio
General
1 282 (26.01%) Social Skills
2 121 (11.16%) Marketing
3 114 (10.52%) Analytical Skills
4 84 (7.75%) Multimedia
5 75 (6.92%) Finance
6 62 (5.72%) Advertising
7 57 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 52 (4.80%) Public Sector
9 49 (4.52%) Law
10 40 (3.69%) Organisational Skills
11 34 (3.14%) Legal
12 32 (2.95%) Retail
13 17 (1.57%) Games
14 10 (0.92%) Banking
15 9 (0.83%) Health Technology
16 8 (0.74%) Legal Technology
17 7 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
18 6 (0.55%) Electronics
18 6 (0.55%) Presentation Skills
18 6 (0.55%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 651 (60.06%) Developer
2 195 (17.99%) .NET Developer
3 164 (15.13%) Senior
4 130 (11.99%) Senior Developer
5 122 (11.25%) Full-Stack Developer
6 80 (7.38%) Software Developer
6 80 (7.38%) Trainee
7 69 (6.37%) Designer
8 64 (5.90%) Software Engineer
9 62 (5.72%) Web Developer
10 52 (4.80%) Administrator
11 46 (4.24%) Web Administrator
12 43 (3.97%) Lead
12 43 (3.97%) Trainee Administrator
13 40 (3.69%) Analyst
13 40 (3.69%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
13 40 (3.69%) PHP Developer
14 38 (3.51%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 37 (3.41%) C# Developer
16 34 (3.14%) .NET Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 952 (87.82%) CSS
2 348 (32.10%) .NET
3 228 (21.03%) React
4 200 (18.45%) .NET Core
5 178 (16.42%) ASP.NET
6 154 (14.21%) ASP.NET Core
7 125 (11.53%) HTML5
8 117 (10.79%) Node.js
9 112 (10.33%) jQuery
10 108 (9.96%) Vue
11 97 (8.95%) CSS3
12 95 (8.76%) RESTful
13 93 (8.58%) Entity Framework
14 92 (8.49%) AngularJS
15 87 (8.03%) JSON
16 76 (7.01%) REST
17 65 (6.00%) ML.NET
18 55 (5.07%) XML
19 50 (4.61%) Laravel
20 47 (4.34%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 38 (3.51%) Greenfield Project
2 36 (3.32%) Enterprise Software
3 35 (3.23%) Cloud Native
4 32 (2.95%) Product Ownership
5 31 (2.86%) Onboarding
6 30 (2.77%) Self-Motivation
7 29 (2.68%) Legacy Systems
8 25 (2.31%) Management Information System
8 25 (2.31%) Social Media
9 22 (2.03%) Algorithms
9 22 (2.03%) Mobile App
10 20 (1.85%) Digital TV
11 18 (1.66%) Analytical Mindset
12 17 (1.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 15 (1.38%) Graphic Design
14 14 (1.29%) Marketing Technology
15 13 (1.20%) Distributed Systems
16 8 (0.74%) Data Centre
16 8 (0.74%) Driving Licence
16 8 (0.74%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 59 (5.44%) Windows
2 49 (4.52%) Linux
3 27 (2.49%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.55%) Unix
4 6 (0.55%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (0.46%) Android
6 4 (0.37%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.28%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.18%) AIX
8 2 (0.18%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.18%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.092%) Debian
9 1 (0.092%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 386 (35.61%) Full-Stack Development
2 365 (33.67%) Agile
3 315 (29.06%) CI/CD
4 235 (21.68%) Problem-Solving
5 215 (19.83%) DevOps
6 208 (19.19%) AI
7 194 (17.90%) User Experience
8 170 (15.68%) Web Development
9 135 (12.45%) Continuous Improvement
10 133 (12.27%) Mentoring
11 116 (10.70%) Machine Learning
12 114 (10.52%) Computer Science
13 113 (10.42%) Software Engineering
14 105 (9.69%) Front End Development
15 94 (8.67%) Analytics
16 90 (8.30%) Microservices
17 82 (7.56%) Scrum
18 78 (7.20%) UX Design
19 75 (6.92%) SEO
20 74 (6.83%) OO
Programming Languages
1 659 (60.79%) JavaScript
2 455 (41.97%) SQL
3 334 (30.81%) C#
4 216 (19.93%) Python
5 161 (14.85%) PHP
6 159 (14.67%) TypeScript
7 80 (7.38%) Java
8 55 (5.07%) R
9 41 (3.78%) PowerShell
10 25 (2.31%) C++
11 20 (1.85%) PL/SQL
12 17 (1.57%) T-SQL
13 13 (1.20%) VBA
14 8 (0.74%) Bicep
14 8 (0.74%) Go
14 8 (0.74%) Shell Script
15 7 (0.65%) C
15 7 (0.65%) VBScript
16 5 (0.46%) Perl
16 5 (0.46%) VB
Qualifications
1 187 (17.25%) Degree
2 77 (7.10%) AWS Certification
2 77 (7.10%) Computer Science Degree
3 76 (7.01%) Microsoft Certification
4 75 (6.92%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 75 (6.92%) Azure Certification
5 57 (5.26%) Security Cleared
6 49 (4.52%) SC Cleared
7 9 (0.83%) DBS Check
8 6 (0.55%) Master's Degree
9 5 (0.46%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (0.37%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.37%) ISTQB
11 3 (0.28%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.18%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 2 (0.18%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 2 (0.18%) Numerate Degree
12 2 (0.18%) Postgraduate
13 1 (0.092%) PhD
13 1 (0.092%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 139 (12.82%) Accessibility
2 54 (4.98%) QA
3 47 (4.34%) WCAG
4 41 (3.78%) GDPR
5 16 (1.48%) Data Quality
6 13 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (1.01%) SLA
8 7 (0.65%) GRC
8 7 (0.65%) ISO 9001
8 7 (0.65%) PERC
9 6 (0.55%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (0.37%) ISO 14001
10 4 (0.37%) NCSC
11 2 (0.18%) NIST
12 1 (0.092%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 146 (13.47%) Docker
2 24 (2.21%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.46%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.092%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 106 (9.78%) Kubernetes
2 23 (2.12%) Terraform
3 8 (0.74%) Kibana
4 3 (0.28%) Plesk
5 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.092%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.092%) Grafana
6 1 (0.092%) Nagios
6 1 (0.092%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.092%) Puppet
6 1 (0.092%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 346 (31.92%) Microsoft
2 76 (7.01%) Adobe
3 42 (3.87%) Google
4 36 (3.32%) Facebook
5 35 (3.23%) Oracle
6 34 (3.14%) Salesforce
7 20 (1.85%) YouTube
8 13 (1.20%) Splunk
9 12 (1.11%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 9 (0.83%) Dynatrace
11 8 (0.74%) iManage
11 8 (0.74%) Sage
12 7 (0.65%) HubSpot
12 7 (0.65%) ServiceNow
12 7 (0.65%) TikTok
13 6 (0.55%) SAP
14 5 (0.46%) Apple
14 5 (0.46%) Hotjar
14 5 (0.46%) Pinterest
14 5 (0.46%) WooCommerce