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

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 182 78 53
Rank change year-on-year -104 -25 -19
Permanent jobs citing HTML 1,072 1,560 4,270
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.15% 3.67% 4.30%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.59% 18.97% 20.78%
Number of salaries quoted 896 1,005 3,296
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,000 £31,875
25th Percentile £31,250 £42,500 £39,950
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £63,750 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -17.39% +15.00% -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 9,252 8,222 20,545
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.95% 19.34% 20.71%
Number of salaries quoted 6,849 5,534 15,839
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,253 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% +10.42% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £78,750
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 27 May 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 27 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 -82 997 £50,000 -20.00% 467
UK excluding London -77 786 £47,500 -17.39% 393
Work from Home -71 405 £55,000 -15.38% 196
London -95 230 £59,773 -14.61% 142
North of England -41 226 £41,500 -7.78% 94
South East -18 225 £50,000 -20.00% 101
Midlands -68 121 £45,000 - 66
North West -43 118 £43,750 -12.50% 53
East of England -49 100 £51,250 -22.61% 59
South West -54 83 £45,000 -21.74% 36
Yorkshire -18 74 £37,500 - 26
West Midlands -58 67 £45,000 -5.26% 23
East Midlands -63 54 £55,000 +37.50% 43
North East -16 34 £46,250 -13.95% 15
Scotland -77 17 £30,500 -44.55% 21
Wales -46 11 £45,000 -25.00% 12
Northern Ireland -35 3 £60,000 - 8

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 (9.61%) WordPress
2 55 (5.13%) CMS
3 45 (4.20%) SharePoint
4 16 (1.49%) Confluence
4 16 (1.49%) IIS
5 11 (1.03%) Drupal
5 11 (1.03%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (0.84%) Apache
7 7 (0.65%) nginx
8 6 (0.56%) Umbraco
9 5 (0.47%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.28%) govService
10 3 (0.28%) JBoss
10 3 (0.28%) Liferay
11 2 (0.19%) CICS
11 2 (0.19%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.19%) NServiceBus
11 2 (0.19%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.093%) Camunda
12 1 (0.093%) Site Server
Applications
1 24 (2.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 17 (1.59%) Photoshop
3 15 (1.40%) Adobe XD
4 14 (1.31%) Microsoft Office
5 12 (1.12%) Adobe Illustrator
6 9 (0.84%) InDesign
6 9 (0.84%) Microsoft Excel
6 9 (0.84%) Sketch
7 8 (0.75%) Chatbot
8 7 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
9 6 (0.56%) Adobe After Effects
10 5 (0.47%) InVision
11 4 (0.37%) MS Visio
12 3 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
13 2 (0.19%) Trello
14 1 (0.093%) Adobe Premiere
14 1 (0.093%) Elementor
14 1 (0.093%) Siemens NX
14 1 (0.093%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 23 (2.15%) Shopify
2 14 (1.31%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.47%) 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
1 404 (37.69%) Azure
2 339 (31.62%) AWS
3 260 (24.25%) GitHub
4 108 (10.07%) Azure DevOps
5 68 (6.34%) Figma
6 63 (5.88%) Power Platform
7 50 (4.66%) Serverless
8 49 (4.57%) SaaS
9 46 (4.29%) GCP
10 41 (3.82%) Microsoft 365
11 37 (3.45%) Power Automate
11 37 (3.45%) PowerApps
12 34 (3.17%) Azure Logic Apps
13 30 (2.80%) GitHub Copilot
13 30 (2.80%) Google Analytics
14 28 (2.61%) GitHub Actions
15 26 (2.43%) Azure AI
16 22 (2.05%) AWS Lambda
16 22 (2.05%) Azure Data Factory
17 21 (1.96%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 187 (17.44%) Internet
2 9 (0.84%) HTTP
3 7 (0.65%) Network Security
4 5 (0.47%) Intranet
5 4 (0.37%) VoIP
6 3 (0.28%) HTTPS
6 3 (0.28%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.28%) Wireshark
7 2 (0.19%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (0.19%) Firewall
7 2 (0.19%) SMS
7 2 (0.19%) SSL
8 1 (0.093%) Broadband
8 1 (0.093%) DNS
8 1 (0.093%) FTP
8 1 (0.093%) iSCSI
8 1 (0.093%) NAS
8 1 (0.093%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 122 (11.38%) SQL Server
2 96 (8.96%) MySQL
3 81 (7.56%) Azure SQL Database
4 61 (5.69%) MongoDB
5 54 (5.04%) Power BI
6 47 (4.38%) PostgreSQL
6 47 (4.38%) Relational Database
7 21 (1.96%) NoSQL
8 20 (1.87%) OLTP
9 16 (1.49%) Elasticsearch
10 12 (1.12%) Amazon Redshift
11 11 (1.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 10 (0.93%) BigQuery
13 9 (0.84%) MariaDB
13 9 (0.84%) Tableau
14 8 (0.75%) Amazon RDS
14 8 (0.75%) DB2
14 8 (0.75%) GIS
15 7 (0.65%) Metadata
16 6 (0.56%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 305 (28.45%) Git
2 71 (6.62%) JIRA
3 41 (3.82%) Jenkins
4 38 (3.54%) Selenium
5 28 (2.61%) Postman
6 25 (2.33%) Team Foundation Server
7 24 (2.24%) SoapUI
8 19 (1.77%) WebDriver
9 15 (1.40%) webpack
10 14 (1.31%) JUnit
11 13 (1.21%) Axure RP
12 12 (1.12%) Cypress.io
12 12 (1.12%) GitLab
13 11 (1.03%) Bitbucket
14 10 (0.93%) Vite
15 9 (0.84%) Balsamiq
15 9 (0.84%) Mockito
16 7 (0.65%) Cucumber
16 7 (0.65%) Subversion
16 7 (0.65%) TeamCity
General
1 284 (26.49%) Social Skills
2 169 (15.76%) Multimedia
3 129 (12.03%) Analytical Skills
4 105 (9.79%) Marketing
5 84 (7.84%) Finance
6 49 (4.57%) Law
7 44 (4.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 43 (4.01%) Public Sector
9 36 (3.36%) Organisational Skills
10 31 (2.89%) Legal
11 30 (2.80%) Retail
12 29 (2.71%) Advertising
13 13 (1.21%) Banking
13 13 (1.21%) Games
14 8 (0.75%) Local Government
14 8 (0.75%) Manufacturing
15 7 (0.65%) Health Technology
16 6 (0.56%) Aerospace
16 6 (0.56%) Electronics
16 6 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 608 (56.72%) Developer
2 169 (15.76%) Trainee
3 162 (15.11%) Senior
4 131 (12.22%) Senior Developer
5 124 (11.57%) Full-Stack Developer
6 115 (10.73%) Software Developer
7 113 (10.54%) .NET Developer
8 68 (6.34%) Designer
9 63 (5.88%) Trainee Developer
10 62 (5.78%) Administrator
11 56 (5.22%) Software Engineer
11 56 (5.22%) Web Administrator
11 56 (5.22%) Web Developer
12 51 (4.76%) Trainee Administrator
12 51 (4.76%) Trainee Software Developer
13 49 (4.57%) Lead
14 44 (4.10%) Analyst
15 42 (3.92%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
16 39 (3.64%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 36 (3.36%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 928 (86.57%) CSS
2 277 (25.84%) .NET
3 252 (23.51%) React
4 118 (11.01%) HTML5
5 114 (10.63%) .NET Core
6 107 (9.98%) Vue
7 105 (9.79%) jQuery
8 104 (9.70%) Node.js
9 103 (9.61%) AngularJS
10 99 (9.24%) ASP.NET
11 97 (9.05%) RESTful
12 93 (8.68%) CSS3
13 82 (7.65%) JSON
14 71 (6.62%) ASP.NET Core
15 62 (5.78%) REST
16 58 (5.41%) SOAP
17 53 (4.94%) Entity Framework
18 50 (4.66%) XML
19 48 (4.48%) Laravel
20 41 (3.82%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 36 (3.36%) Product Ownership
1 36 (3.36%) Self-Motivation
2 31 (2.89%) Greenfield Project
3 29 (2.71%) Management Information System
4 28 (2.61%) Onboarding
5 26 (2.43%) Mobile App
6 25 (2.33%) Cloud Native
6 25 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
7 23 (2.15%) Enterprise Software
7 23 (2.15%) Social Media
8 17 (1.59%) Algorithms
8 17 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
9 12 (1.12%) Distributed Systems
9 12 (1.12%) Graphic Design
10 11 (1.03%) Marketing Technology
11 10 (0.93%) Data Structures
12 9 (0.84%) Digital TV
12 9 (0.84%) Linux Command Line
13 7 (0.65%) Renewable Energy
13 7 (0.65%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 40 (3.73%) Windows
2 39 (3.64%) Linux
3 22 (2.05%) Windows Server
4 8 (0.75%) Unix
5 6 (0.56%) Android
5 6 (0.56%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (0.37%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.37%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.19%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.093%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.093%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 321 (29.94%) Agile
2 299 (27.89%) Full-Stack Development
3 234 (21.83%) Mentoring
4 223 (20.80%) CI/CD
5 220 (20.52%) Problem-Solving
6 202 (18.84%) User Experience
7 166 (15.49%) DevOps
8 164 (15.30%) Web Development
9 151 (14.09%) AI
10 130 (12.13%) Cybersecurity
11 125 (11.66%) Continuous Improvement
12 114 (10.63%) Front End Development
13 109 (10.17%) Software Engineering
14 107 (9.98%) Computer Science
15 104 (9.70%) Scrum
16 86 (8.02%) Analytics
17 84 (7.84%) Microservices
18 82 (7.65%) UX Design
19 80 (7.46%) Clean Code
20 76 (7.09%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 725 (67.63%) JavaScript
2 383 (35.73%) SQL
3 301 (28.08%) Python
4 254 (23.69%) C#
5 157 (14.65%) TypeScript
6 139 (12.97%) PHP
7 102 (9.51%) R
8 101 (9.42%) Java
9 34 (3.17%) PowerShell
10 27 (2.52%) PL/SQL
11 20 (1.87%) C++
12 13 (1.21%) T-SQL
12 13 (1.21%) VBA
13 9 (0.84%) Shell Script
14 8 (0.75%) C
15 7 (0.65%) VBScript
16 5 (0.47%) Apex Code
16 5 (0.47%) Bash
16 5 (0.47%) Bicep
17 4 (0.37%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 200 (18.66%) Degree
2 166 (15.49%) AWS Certification
2 166 (15.49%) Microsoft Certification
3 164 (15.30%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 164 (15.30%) Azure Certification
4 73 (6.81%) Computer Science Degree
5 46 (4.29%) Security Cleared
6 35 (3.26%) SC Cleared
7 20 (1.87%) ISTQB
8 18 (1.68%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 9 (0.84%) DBS Check
10 6 (0.56%) DV Cleared
11 5 (0.47%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (0.28%) Master's Degree
13 3 (0.28%) Numerate Degree
13 3 (0.28%) PMI Certification
14 2 (0.19%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 2 (0.19%) PhD
14 2 (0.19%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (11.85%) Accessibility
2 48 (4.48%) QA
3 47 (4.38%) WCAG
4 37 (3.45%) GDPR
5 16 (1.49%) Data Quality
6 11 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (1.03%) SLA
7 7 (0.65%) GRC
7 7 (0.65%) PERC
8 6 (0.56%) PCI DSS
9 5 (0.47%) ISO 9001
10 4 (0.37%) ISO 14001
11 2 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.19%) NIST
12 1 (0.093%) NCSC
System Software
1 100 (9.33%) Docker
2 17 (1.59%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.28%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 57 (5.32%) Kubernetes
2 17 (1.59%) Terraform
3 8 (0.75%) Kibana
4 3 (0.28%) Plesk
5 2 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
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
1 338 (31.53%) Microsoft
2 78 (7.28%) Adobe
3 45 (4.20%) Google
4 40 (3.73%) Oracle
5 28 (2.61%) Salesforce
6 14 (1.31%) Splunk
7 12 (1.12%) Facebook
8 9 (0.84%) Dynatrace
8 9 (0.84%) HubSpot
8 9 (0.84%) iManage
8 9 (0.84%) ServiceNow
8 9 (0.84%) YouTube
9 7 (0.65%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 7 (0.65%) SAP
10 6 (0.56%) TikTok
11 5 (0.47%) Apple
11 5 (0.47%) Atlassian
11 5 (0.47%) Hotjar
11 5 (0.47%) Pinterest
11 5 (0.47%) Sage